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The Omaha guide., 1937-07-17
Echo of the News
BY H. j. Ford, Washington.
HEAVEN ON EARTH

While we, a lifelong Baptist,
cannot agree with Father Di-
vine in his claim that he is God.
the diminutive pretender should.
be given some credit for the
leadership he has established
which far outshines any other
in spite of his messianie claims.
Those most disturbed by his
activities spare no pains IN tell
ing the world the humorous side
of his cults behavior, but none
have thrown any light ON that
phase of his work, which if adj
opeted generally would make
this world a better place in
which to live, truly creating a
heaven on earth.
There is no color line in Fa-
Their Diyine's heaven, which IS
strictly in keeping with spirit
ual pronouneement. Divine also
teaches his followers To be thrift
ty, pay their debts. and learn
self-government. They are adj
monished to form good habits.
to be honest, Industrious. and
peaceful, and with such obiec-
lives he finds a fertile field.
not only among the leader
hungry Harlemites, but in OF
her far remote places. Critics,
while quick to perseeute this
self appointed god, fail abso-
lutely to offer something better
or even "just as good and are
adding to his popularity by
giving his angels opportun.
lily to compare his sufferings
with the sufferings Of the MAN
of Sorrow" We agree thai
"peace is wonderful" and a
few more heavens on earth
would do this old world no
harm.
The Omaha guide., 1937-07-17
EDITORIAL PAGE
NAACP. Open Letter

Continued from Page y
ticle.' The Supreme Court of the
United States has repeatedly
held that a estate" can only
act through its officers or az
ents and the denial of equal pro
lection or due process by an Of
fieer Of the state is Estate ac-
ton" within the meaning Of the
Fourteenth amendment.
A check of the records of
senators who raised this point
will show that they constantly
vote for the granting of feder-
al monies to the state for direct
relief, etc, and then attempt to
raise the question of states
rights against all forward legis-
lation.
Objection Raised: The bill is a
force bill, aimed at the South:
Answer:
Lynching is a national evil,
although the majority of the
lynchings occur in the South.
The Fourteenth amendment APP
plies to all states alike.
An increasing majority of
southerners desire an effective
anti.lynching bill a poll taken
by the American Institute of
.1ublic Opinion in January, 1887
reveal the following answer
to the question "Should Con
gress Enact a law which would
Make Lynching A Federal
Crime.p
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C. |. O. SPEAKS
Continued from Page J.

workiilg conditions. What the
general labor movement II
America cannot ignore the great
body Of Negro labor.
Now for some of the bunk
The speaker spent most if his
time trying to show that Chris
tianity and the Labor Movement
are just alike. OF course, the
Christian church is one of the
worst jim-erowing institutions
in modern civilization-but he
Perhaps was not referring to
any likeness in that particular.
I'm no single case has a Ne
gro been Disseminated by the
CIO," said the speaker. We had
no facts to disprove it, but some
how we know that such a sweep
ing statement is always untrue
in Amerca. OF Course The CI0 is
young. but no institution domin-
ated by American whites can
claim such racial-unconsci-
] BUSINESS. Besides, had already
heard am unimpeachable colored
man say that in Cleveland, o.,
they had tried to get the CIO
leaders TO use their influence
to get Negro workers on a job
dominated by a CI0 union,-
and tried in vain. That is at
least negative (but very effec-
ti1e) discrimination against
1.-The colored brother
"No discrimination whatso
eyerl7 exclaimed the speaker
We've heard that before,-from
the American Federation of La
Dor. Nice resolution = audable
aim,-but not yet a fact in the
\. +. of I've have also heard
that same exclamation from
American Communists, Social
lists, Democrats, Republicans,
and even from the employing
situation actually is.
Colored and white workers
class. and muchly from the New
Deal. But we know what the sit
sit together, work ON cimmit-
tees together but that's no
achievement Of the c. /. Q. They
were.doing that in Alabama coal
and iron fields 35 years ago.
The Negro must not be swept
off his feet the poor black devil
is in such a Elk" in America
that he grabs at any new thing
as salvation. If the c. |. 0. will
use dynamite on whites when
they want to bully them, they'll
use something worse (maybe
INT on Negroes, when they
get to the place where they want
to bully Negroes.
There is no nope in the brutal
ity of one section Of Labor
against another. Cruelty, vio-
lence, lawbreaking are danger
GUS from any quarter they pro-
ceed. Even Roosevelt viii find
that ont before it is all over.
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That his States Rights attitude on the woman suffrage was
a purely artificial device 10 cloak his personal ~prejudices can
be inferred from his willingness TO vote for what he called a
"whie amendment 10 the federal woman suffrage amend
mont. He proclaimed, "When this white amendment was pre-
scented, yobed to make it Nhe woman suffrage amendment) a
white amendment" Criously enough, the record does not sup
port his statement. Tie record shows that on March 10, 1914, he
voted against two such amendments, each presented by the Miss
issippi senator's, Vardaman and Williams. The Williams amend
ment provided; "Thc right of white Gtalies supplied) citizens
Of the United States TO vote shall not be denied or abridged~~~~.
ON account Of sex The Vardaman proposal, while not expressly
eyiolating The. woman vote, was even more vicious, for it pro-
vided in all other respects Chat is in all respects other than
SEX the right of citizens TO vote shall be controlled by the State
wherein they reside Under this proposal, constitutional imped-
iments TO the abrogation of all Negro suffrage, male as we'll as
female, would have beenrdisolved and thdState left free to negate
the Fifteenth Amendment. Ii was one or both Of these proposals
that Borah mistakenly declared he had voted for.
The Omaha guide., 1937-07-17
Cong. Arthur w.
Mitchell Files Suit

1t was recently announced
that on May 10th Congress-
man Arthur w. Mitchell filed
suit against the Illinois Cen
trail, the Rock Island and IL
Pullman Railroad companies
for forcing him to ride in a jim
crow car in Arkansas while on
his way to Hot Springs.
Atty. Richard f. Westbrook
is asking for $4,000 for the
Congressman.
The Omaha guide., 1937-07-17
OPINIONS

VI AdPOy VI nOlle
and fireside, womanhood, etc,
Answer
Less than one-sixth of the
victims of lynchings have been
accused by the lynchers them
selves of any sort of sex crime
(Chadbourn's Lynching and the
Law University of n t h
Carolina Press, 1888. South
ern white women themselves
want a Federal anti-lynehing
bill. They have repudiated the
theory that lynching is neces-
sary for the purpose of protect
ing womanhood. The most pow
erful denunciation comes an
nually from the Assn. of South
ern White Women for Proven
ton OF Lynching whose direc-
tor is Mrs. Jessie Daniel Amos
Standard Building, Atlanta, Ga.
Objection Raised: The states
themselves are capable Of
handling the lynching evil.
Answer.
Five thousand one hundred
and eight persons, men and wo-
men, white and black, have
been lynched in America since
1882. No punishment whatever
has been inflicted upon the
lynehers in 99.2 per cent of the
lynchings. In eighth-teths of
one per cent Of the lynchings
punishment was very slight
This is the record of the man
ner in which states have hand
led the lynching problem.
Objection Raised: Lynchings
are no worse than "~gangster
killings" of the North and,
therefore, Congress should
not enact an anti-lynching
bill unless it includes these
"gangster killing"
Answer:
Lynchings are more than
murders. They embody the COM
plete breakdown of the law en-
forcement machinery of the
law enforcement of the state.
The peace officers do not at
tempt to do anything about
lNncNlllgS- peace OLllceIa III
yestigate gang killings, make
arrests and prosecute.
Gang killing are furtive and
secret -lynehings are frequent
ly perpetrated in public after
wide publicity.
The local community sane
lions lynehing and protects
the members of the mob-local
communities condemn gang kill
ings and insist ON the arrest and
conviction of the gangsters.
The Omaha guide., 1937-07-17
AnEcho
From my Den
BY s. Z. Gilbert

As | sit here in my DEN with
pen in hand, meditatino &c i
were; there comes to mind or
article that appeared on the
front parge of the Omaha Guide
a snort time ago with the cap
tlos of Buy Nebraska Made
Goods Says Storz." Re stating
this caption with different
words | write Spend Your
Money with Merchants and
Firms Who Show Willingness.
Not by Words but by Action to
Give Us Employment"
Throughout the country civic
and race minded Negroes r
launching campaigns to cause
merchant and firms who eniov
a large race patronage to en-
ploy members of the race in
their businesses {
Dear readers perhaps you r.
not aware of the fact that in
Omaha 10000 Negroes spend an
average of 1924 per person
daily, making a total expendi-
ture per day of $22, 867.0 90. an
annual expenditure of $10.000,-
600.
Ask yourself the question what
would the unfair merchant and
firms do if you would direct
your buying power along the
channel in which may be found
Nergoes employed, instead of
the chanel where nonetare found
On oath street, there are
stores enjoying a lucrative pa.
tronage from Negroes, which
include drug stores, grocery
stores, dry good stores, ice
cream stands etc, who do not
share any of the profit received
with those who give it.
1t is your duty, black Amer
leans, to put forth a concerted
effort to have them change their
selfish views and give our oual-
flied boys and girls who are
struggling to get an education.
a chance. Thu doing unto you
as they would have you do, in
dollars and cents.
l propose a campaign in Oma-
ha which will ultimately result
in the placing of at least one
clerk in every store in that sec
ton of the city with a large -
gro patronage.
The race should get back in
the form of wages some of
the hundreds OF thousands of
dollars it spends annually with
these merchants.
The Omaha guide., 1937-07-17
EverybOdy's Going!

WHEREf To the big Carnival
Dance featuring Anna Mae Win
burn and her Swing Band on
Mon, July &c, at the beautiful
Dreamland hall. The Bacchanite
Boys will be on hand to see that
everybody has fun.
The Omaha guide., 1937-07-17
Mistake to Give Negroes Vote

A Conclusion as TO Borah's willingness to wipe out the Fiji
teenth Amendment rests upon something more explicit than IN
ferences from his statement as to the "white amendment
l viii say very frankly (Borah announced during the
1914 debate on woman ~suffrage) I am one of those who be
lieve that it was a mistake to bestow upon the colored peo-
pie at that particular time the right to vote.
That his view was not unanimously shared by the reply
Senator McCunber made;
Had it not been granted then it would not hav5 been
granted, and we would have had in this day a large popu-
laion that were not citizens of the country. If it had net
been granted at that time it never would have been granted
afterwards.
Two weeks later Borah went further;
Mi, President, I say very frankly that if woman stuff
rage in this country depended upon the repeal of the Fiji
teenth Amendment, if there were no way to get woman
suffrage except to get by an amendment to the Constitu-
tion of the United States, and I believe that in order to get
it the Fifteenth Amendment would have to be repealed, I
would vote to repsal the Fifteenth Amendment.
Asked by Senator Thomas of Colorado whether, for the
purpose Of restoring prior conditions he would vote to repeal
the Fifteenth Amendment, Borah replied.
want to say to the Senator that if there is to be found
no way in which to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment, I
would unhastitahngly vote to repeal it. It is a certainty now
that it is a delusion and a snare~~~~~
lThe full ~deadliness of such repeal to the Negro citizens
Borah himself recently indicated. On January Is, 1886, on the
hastings in Brooklyn, N. Y. to advance his political aspirations
replying to the badgering of Negroes in his audience, he said; Ii
there is anybody in the United States who ought to be interest
ed in maintaining the integrity of the Constitution~~i is the
colored man, because it is his charter of living. Qtahes supplied
The spectacle of Borah simultaneously protesting a sincere
belief III the betterment of the government by the inclusion OF
women in the electorate and thwarting such a social advance
by dragging in the Negro question is typical of his self-contra-
diction. Such conduct, if Borah should not insist upon being
judged by a higherthan-ayera standard, might be regarded as
the sheerest hypocrisy. 1t might also be regrded as indicating
an obsession with the race problem. He has said:
/ regard the race question as the Nemesis Of American
life. 1 sympathize deeply with the people upon whom
falls most heavily the burden of solving it. Sphinxlke, IN
~scrutablo, an intractable it intrudes itself at every national
life, no outlook but is colored by the sinister shadow OF this
problem. We of the North can afford to take counsel upon
this matter. We can afford to listen to- the requests Of our
Southern friends.
CONTINUED Next Week))
The Omaha guide., 1937-07-17

GIdl uiill-Ag iloiAAiE hiAAs
Objection Raised: The bill does
not reach all forms of illegal
killings.
Answer:
The bill rs aimed only at
these killings in which the state
government is a silent partieipat
or by Withholding its protection
from the victim. Ordinary kill
ings, gang killings and killings
and violence incident to labor
disputes are omitted because
in these types of killings there
is usually no breakdown in state
law before the killing and subse-
Quent to the killing the police,
prosecutor and court |actuflly
function,
Objection Raised The bill by
placing a penalty on the peace
officer will discourage q con
scientious officer from tax
ing a person into custody
where he is charged with a
crime which has inflamed pu-
bile sentiment.
Answer:
The amended bill demands
that peace officers fulfill the
duties of their office and take
active steps to protect a person
suspected of or charged with
a crime even though the per-
son has not been taken into
custody. A peace officer could
not escape his responsibility
by refusing to arrest a person
and allowing him to be lynched
by a mob.
Objection Raised; The bill is
a political gesture:
Answer:
More than 100 cooperating
and sponsoring organizations
with a total membership of more
than fifty million people from
all sections of the country have
endorse the principle of Fed,
eral anti-lynching legislation
The vote on the Gavagan bill
April Is, 1887, showed 194
Democrats and 70 Republicans
for the lynching bill and III
Democrats and 3 Republicans
against. In 1922 a Republican
House of Representatives pass
ed the Dyer anti-lynching bill
Objection Raised: The lynch
ing problem Is the problem
The Omaha guide., 1937-07-17

Leading southern newspapers
endorse the principle Of a Fed
eral anti-lynching bill.
Objection Raised: The bill does
not reach all forms of illegal
killings:
Answer:
The Omaha guide., 1937-07-17
Nebr. Quota AIS

President Roosevelt affixed
his signature Immediately to
the new CCC Legislation the
other day. With this final exc
cutive action, the former Emer-
gency Consolation Work Organ
ization became officially the
CCC.
The 10000 colored juniors
and war veterans enrolled in the
CCC will continue. The camp
stewart, three cooks and leader
in each camp will be exempted
from an age limit of other jun
Tor enrollments. 457 Negro
youth of Nebraska are eligible
to make application in the new
set-up which is in process for
opening headquarters for that
purpose. Watch the papers for
further information.
The Omaha guide., 1937-07-17
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[ can see now that it has been
listen to. When they commence
to tumble around in the pockets
of my old jeans, l commence to
savvy.
Maybe if I get woke up en-
ough, I'll do something about
it, except just squawk. l guess
I'll write EN- a postcard down
there in Washington, and III
drop EN- a hint that I'm gettin'
registered for the next election.
Yours, with the low-down
The Omaha guide., 1937-07-17

Rorah-What Does He Stand For?


Il would seem from this analysis of the senator from
Idaho, that Negro citizens can place little dependence
in him a. n sta sesman and none at all in him as q man
haying any conception of the hopes, ambitions and rights
of Negro Americans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-16
D. c. MAN BELIEVED
KILLED BY TRAIN
George T. Jones Found Dead Near
Tracks in Brentwood-Rites
Tomorrow.

A certificate Of accidental death has
been issued in the case of George r.
Jones. 30, Of 1924 w street WASH
ington, whose body. was found early
yesterday about 80 feet from the
Baltimore 81 Ohio Railroad tracks in
Brentwood. Md.
Acting Coroner Hiram L. Wohl-
farth Of Brentwood said Jones ap-
parently was struck by B. e. O.
train as he was walking along the
tracks between Barney street anu the
B. & 0. station in Brentwood He
had been dead five hours, Wohfarth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-16

company asserted 1t believes the N. L
R. B. docs not have jurisdiction over
it in these proceedings" The Good
year statement said it had "scrupu-
lousy complied with the national labor
relations act"
The company denied the charges as
absolutely untrue and without any
foundation OF fact. Any such acts OF
terrorism" it said, which may have
occurred here were melted. promoted
encouraged or caused by the United
Rubber Workers OF America, us mem :
bers or persons associated with them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-16
tional Labor Relations Board was set
for Thursday.

tional Labor Relations Board was set
for Thursday
Regional Director Charles N. Feidel-
son said the N. l.. r. B. complaint was
based on information furnished by
B. T. Garner of Gadsden. interna-
tional representative of the United
Rubber Workers, an affiliate Of the
Committee for Industrial Organiza-
ton.
The complaint charged the COM
pany with acts of terrorism" in an
attempt to prevent unionization Of its
employees. The company retorted that
the union resorted to coercion, in
timidation and terrorism in it's men,
bership campaign.
The companys answer to the COM
plant denied it had Disseminated
against the union or its members "in
any manner or form"
Labor leaders have described Gads-
den as an armed camp" while city
officials have insisted the situation
was normal and laid responsibility for
violence to outside labor agitators. :,
In its answer to the complaint, the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-16

said, when found by Mrs. T. A. Bow
man OF Brentwood.
Jones. a carpenter. had not been
seen by any member of his family
since late Saturday night He was
married, but had been separated from
his wife for several years.
He Is survived by his parents, MIR.
and Mrs. James I. Jones, of the w
street address, five sisters and Two
brothers.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow at pm. at Gasch's funeral
home In Hyattsville, Md Burial
Will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-16
Faints at Wheel.

DENVER F1-Patrolmen I. A. Mott
and Douglas Phillips chased a re-
portedly stolen auto 20 blocks, shoot.
ing doggedly. Their bullets puncturec
all four of the autos tires and the
drivers nonchalance.
When they finally arrested 20-year-
OLD Wayne Inman. he had tainted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-16
Modern Farm Relief.

EDNA, Mo. CP)-Justice OF the
Peace G. E. Hunolt offered a new form
Of farm relief" today.
The Judge, known as 1.-The marrying
justice" said he would "tie the knot"
for bushel of corn, oats or wheat;
frying chickens "or even an occasional
fresh ham"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-16
MI. R. B. WILL S|FT
VIOLENCE CHARGES
Goodyear Rubber Firm to
Get Hearing This Week
on Boards Complaint.
H the Associated Press,

GADSDEN. Ala, August 16-This
industrial city. scene of outbreaks Of
labor violence. awaited today An OFF,
cial sitting Of charges and counter
charges of terrorism" made by the
United Rubber Workers and Goodyear
Tire e. Rubber Co
Hearing of a formal complaint is
sued against the company by the Ma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-16
ENTIRELY New WOOLENS

The wooens from the foremost looms Of England and
Scotland; the that give maximum warmth without
excessive weight You'll find them very different from the WOOL
of the past few They're deep eeced soft and lux
urious; in new misty shades, and stunning plaids.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-16
SAVE 2O% to 2 So ~; ": y,

We naturally proud of accomplishments and we're
glad we've waited until to offer OUR AUGUST SALE OF
OVERCOATS AND TOPCOATS. Everything about this Sale
is NEW! Every coat is NEW! The woolens are NEW We
carefully selected every of hem had them tailored
exactng standards by regular ST. ALBANS aors. Brief
y, that the best Of everything! While
phatcay that the savings from 2Oo to $50 they may be
greater for wooens and labor mounting daily
We strongly advise that you buy your Fall and Winter Over
coats and Topcoats NOW-and SAVE the difference!
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
Ana00Sha High GI0eS
First Sport Letters;
Is GrIdmen. H0nOrgQ
nv CARRETT WATERS

Thirteen youngsters of Anaco High School have something
else to add to their Christmas holiday joys today.
They recipients of football letters presented yesterday
an assembly at the Southeast school
The Washington times., 1937-12-24

BERKELEY, Calf, Dec. "a.
After today's practice session, 81
University Of California football
players who live In Southern Cali
fornia will depart for the south to
spend Christmas with their fam
lilies.
The rest Of the squad and Coach
Z. B. "Stud" Allison will depart
Sunday night for Pasadena,
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
MeetsVenturi
Armstrong to Fight
Italian Jan. 10

NEW YORK, Dec. "a G.N.s0.
Henry Armstrong, world feather
weight champion and most de-
structive little man to come along
since the days Of Terrible Terry
McGovern, will start the new
year in a 10-round non-title match
with Enrico Ventura, Of Italy, here
on January 10.
And that can be construed as
another drive against all fighters
within 10 pounds of the feather
division limit of 1875.
Armstrong during the current
year knocked out 26 of 81 oppo-
nentS, and took a one-sided deci-
sion over Aldo Spoldi, the one-man
able to go the limit with him.
The prediction is general that
before the new year runs out Arm
strong will relinquish his fmther-
weight title, win the lightweight
crown and possibly even campaign
among the welters.
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
GULDAHL, HORNE
SET FAST PACE
in MIAMI Golf.

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. "a GN.SO
Carrying $4,000 in prize money,
the Miami open golf tourney
went into it's second round today
with Ralph Guldahl, national
open champion, and Stanley
Horne, Canadian P. G. A. cham
pion, showing the way. Both
turned in sparkling Cts, three
strokes under par, in the opening
round.
Ranged closely behind the lead
ers were Frank Champ of Terre
Haute, Ind, and slamming Sam
Snead of White Sulphur Springs,
w. Va, both of whom carded two
under-par scores in the opener.
Snead, who won the Nassau open
last Monday after blazing the way
with a Sc, looked the best up to
the 18th hole when his hooked
second shot ran him into a bogey
five.
Horne got off to a bad start
with a six on the par four first
when he drove his ball out of
bounds from the tee. He straight
ened with four brides on the first
half, rounding the turn with a
neat 33 and collecting a "a score
on the second nine holes.
Also under par with COS were
Denny Shute, Jim Fogerty, Jack
Patroni, Earl christensen and
Horton Smith,