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The Omaha guide., 1937-06-05
PoRITICAL PERPLExITIES

Tbs supreme Court issue holds the spotlight today in the
sAa Of national politics and receRt happenings seem more "
e~omplieaas Than clarity the situation The adverse report Of me
senate judiciary committee She retirement OF Associate JUS
tee Van Devanter, she "whole hog or none attitude OF the pres
lis.f she i'll advsed statements of Mr.. Farley, and the deter
nSuation Of those opposed t othe bill, all tend to belle the much
repsated statement thai "all is wen along the Potomac" Demo
ssras senator's opposing the presidents plan TO add SIX new mem
bers to The court, face opposition OF the party leaders in the
eomsng elections, if alleged statements Of the chairman OF the
party national committee are correctly interpreted anu Ie
offer Of the Republicans to support at the polls Democrat Sena-
tor Clark and others f~oreshadows @ shift in alignment hereto
fore unknown,
The vacancy created so unexpectedly by the vahntary re-
tireuenf of Mr.. Justice Van Devanter has given the president
his FIRST opportunity to make an appointment of n jNdge where
he in 40 anxious to appoint six, but herein lies another dittieulty
Any appointment at this stage of the court fight would cause
dissatisfaction in some quarters, andto delay an appointment
would place the president ahother dilemma. To-day the unan-
imous opinion Of congress is thas Senator Robinson is the logf
cal man for the place, but being che outstanding spokesman or
the gdministraion oR the FLOOR of tho senate and engineep-xtra-
erdhmary Of the presidents bills, rs services m the fnidst OF the
gseatssE fight in congress for generations could not well be
zased. o constitutional question also arises. The constitution
fsrlada the appointment Of any member ST the House or Senate
to any office created during the term served by such member.
he retirement Of Mr.. Vsh Devanter comes under the Act OF
March + 1897, as stated in his letter to the president, then no
nAenber of the present Congress h eligible for the Supreme
oowt appointment Agasn the element Of time which the pres
ideak hopes would help in gaining strength for the bn, has
na provided the desired result. Time, however, and a plenty
Of IL will be consumed, from al indications, before this out
standing question will be sttled.
The Omaha guide., 1937-06-05
EDITORIALS.
ECHOES OF H NEWS
scoTTsBoRo COMPROMISE
By H. J. FORD, Washington, DC.

News ZONES from AlIBama thar ~ plan has been reached
40 end the six year old Seottsboro eases next fall i'll a compro-
mise between the defense and prosecution. On the surface ID
is indeed refreshing news, but when we consider the nature of
the compromise we hove a much better name for the arrange
men.. II looks more like a complete surrender of the defense.
A report saws the Judge has said the people ARE sick and
tired of the affair and don't care whit happens so long as IT
is settled once and for ALL We, too, are sick and tired OF
the affair. the country at farge-in fact the whole worlds
sick and tired Of the affair, but we do care what happens
According 10 the terms Of the proposed compromise the de-
fendents are 10 plead guilty to y crime thd world believes they
did NOT commit. and the state will sentence them for a period
Of less han seventy-fge years. And they call it a compromise.
We fail to see the wisdom of compromise that fakes all ana
glvea nothing. If he boys aEe guilty they should be punlshen
without prejudice or favor, and IL they are innocent they should
be liberated without delay. Any arrangement which does not
Incorporate these conditions cannot be considered q compromise.
A Nsr and impartial trial for these ignorant boys who have sf-
65red a living hell at the hands of the state OF Alabama, wouo
bo ~ much Of a compromise as we could desire.
The Omaha guide., 1937-06-05
WHAT-ANorHER DEPRESSION

Senator Willard Tydings Of Maryland, speaking in the
Senate a few days ago, in opposition to an appropriation for a
dam, predicted another depression. He named as authority for
his prediction, Mariner Eccles, ferner Vice-president Dawes,
and many eminent economists throughout the cOutry. These
men should be in position to read the signs of the times and
our group would do well 10 take them seriously. While it Is
true that most Of us are still in 1e depression of 1929, the
muohpubicized prosperity not having reached US, we know
that when and n mother one comes we again will be the~fipst
TO- be fired and the last to be rehired and must unrayel bales
OF red tape to secure assistance. Why not lay aside a little
each day and otherwise fortify ourselves for amy eventuality.
TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
The Social Security Board hGs announced the appointment
Of a special advisory council to cooperate with Che Board in
working out possible changes in the oldqge provisions of the
act and other necessary amendments. The advisory council Of
- representing labor, management and the public, is to meet
The Omaha guide., 1937-06-05
White Manager Stays
Worker in Pay Dispute

Columbus, S. c., June 6 amp
Because he argued with a ium-
Der plant manager over what he be-
lieved was a shortage in his pay en-
velope, Harrison Smith. 4O-year-
old World War veteran, was shot
and killed Saturday night by r. L.
Whitson, white.
Officers said Smith complained
Saturday afternoon about the short
age and that evening went to Whit
sons home to talk with him. The
white man borrowed a pistol and
shot at his employee five times, two
bullets taking effect. Smith died
instantly. The slayer was placed
in the County jail.
The Omaha guide., 1937-06-05

in a few days and will have before it an eightpont plan Of
action prepared by the board. The board, 1t seems, was very
careful IN its selection to cover every pfHre of American life,
but as usual, sad to say overlooked the gargest and by far the
most indispensable, the Negro laborer. This group, morgan
lied 1t is true, is labors backbone and usually prepares the way
for The organized skilled laborer do work, receiving only a pit
lance. But an excise tax Is expected of dhis pitance just as of
the higheS paid organized Haborer. Who, then, VIII rspresent
the Negro common aborer when the council meetSi
The Omaha guide., 1937-06-05
OPINIONS

richest, best established unions.
Big A. L. Of L. hopes are PIN
ned on a change IN the Nation
al Labor Relations Act (Wag-
ner Act which it hopes Con-
gress will endorse.
AS now constituted, this act
forces elections among workers
when trouble appears ia an in
dustry. These elections are Sc
cret, are impartially conducted,
and workers vote for whatever
union they want. Union getting
a majority vote is the legal rep
resentative of all the workers
and other unions are out. A. F.
of i. wants an amendment to
the Act which would permit a
craft union to represent it's
members in an industry, ire
spective of what union speaks
for other workers in the same
industry. MAY be that such
nm amendment is necessary 40
the verv life of A. F. of LIN
an industry. craft workers. who
oro renallv hiohlv skilled men.
'oro in the minority and can be
nesilv ontvoted.
The company union, Business
Week says, is definitely on the
wane, may entirely disappear
before Long. Workers just do
not like it. Recent test came
in the Packard motor company
election, held by the Labor Re-
lations Board, when workers
had their choice between a COM
pany union and q CI0 union.
CLIO came out on top, by a four
to one majority.
So the inteEunion warfare
will involve only the two major
groups-CIO AND A. i. Of L.
Both are gfrding for the fray,
both realize that they are In for
real action. Both have been rails
ing money-nUwadays Unions
are big business and require ire
menduous war chests. Both are
conducting most intensive mem-
bership drives IN years.
What influence a labor "cibil
war" will have on labors de-
maHds ON management remains
to be seen. Under any circum-
stance, the feeling is growing
that legislation imposing res
possibilities on unions as well
as corporations, must be passed.
The Omaha guide., 1937-06-05
An Echo
my Den
By S. Z. Gilbert

ny >. Il. IilDefI
AS | sit here in my den, with
pen IN hind, meditating as IT
were, there comes to my mind
the fact that the average Negro
thinks black and reads white.
AS a Negro, it is possible you
often think black, but you in
variably read white. There is
no disputing this, for here in
Omaha it is shown in the races
lack of solidarity. Economical
ly the Negro is a slave, not be-
cause he does not know thAk
the Negro, as a citizen and as a
group, needs to develop bust
ness enterprises which are the
bulwark of economic freedom
and independence, but because
he has READ white so long that
he believes there is no way by
which these much needed en-
terprises may be launched. His
thoughts are that in a Negro
community a Negro grocery is
needed. But, when he reads, he
comes to the conclusion "Thgt
if it is white, it Is right"
Going a bit further by ifluS-
tliat1on, let us take the Negro
consumer, for instance. Ninety
per cent of the Negroes in ON
aha know that it would be help
full to the group, and espoe-
tally to the many boys and girAs
who this week are completing
their high school and college
careers, should they soppert
the Negro merchants, newspa-
pers, professioal men and others
who are struggling to bWftd
something of which we cou6a
and would be proud, it b thEs
they think. But when they coma
to read, they take the position
that because it is white IL -
right and hence they throw
their support not to the bIAth
but to The white.
It is not going to do Us any
| good as a group to bewan our
economic plight. It is not en-
ough FOR us to think "hiaek".
We must also read black. That
means that we must not only
think Of what will help AS as 3
group to get out Of this eco
nomic morass, but we mus read
it into realization by acting up
on the thoughts. For what good
will it do, OF has It done, that
we should pity ourselves IN our
thoughts while in oar actions
we throw our sympathy to the
other fellow. Say what You may
but that is exactly what is be-
ing done in Omaha today. And
the pity of It is we seem to be
unable to do otherwise.
But the possibilities Of sNr
ever becoming economically
free depends almost entirely On
our ability TO coordinate ous
action with our thoughts. We
are elassed as black Americans,
ana as such, we cannot succeed
+, by thinking and reading Of otrr-
selves as otherwise. If we szpest
the respect Of all men we naes
qualify by building cur own
economic structure and this can
only be done through the eeoE-
dinating Of mind. heart and co
ton. =
The Omaha guide., 1937-06-05
PAGE
ECONOMIC H%IGHITGETs
By E. Hofer

In the past, labor trouble us
ually consisted Of disagree
ments between employers and
unions. In the future, some of
our b%itterest labor troubles may
be the fruits of a remarkable
between different kisds of la
phenomenon - disagreemeAts
Dor unions.
Signs of this have already be-
come apparent in a few strikes ;
the ship strike in New York,
shoe strike in Maine, and the
automobile strikes for instance.
Principals in the inter-union
argument are the Committee on
Industrial Organization headed
by John l.. Lewis, and the old
American Federation of Labor,
led by VIM. Green.
Seeds of discord between the
two groups were sown long ago (:
the AT. of L.. is. the staunch
defender of the craft union-a
union composed of men doing
the same kind of work, though
they may be employed in a hun
dred different industries. CT
o. dream is the Zone big union"
for example,, all automobile
workers would be listed in one
union, all the steel workers in
hnother and SO on, irrespective
of what their jobs were in the
industry.
Now every time q labor con-
troversy starts, representatives
of the CLIO and of the AZ. Of L..
Immediately appear on the
scene, attempt to influence the
workers to join their organiza-
stioas. In many instances, CIO
and a. y. of L. are farther
apart and are mere bitterly OPP
posed to each other, than are
the strikers and the companies.
Matters occasionally reach the
comic opera stage-for exam
pie, recent cases are on record
such as where a Clio picketed
a shop as being unfair to or
gained labor, and was IN turn
picketed by A. H. of l.. man
with h banner declssing the
same shop 10 be fair.
So far, the CLIO has had the
best of the battle. But the A
+. of L. hasn't boisted the flag
Of surrender yet. It is Ear big
ger than the GI0, has great pres
tige. Within it are some Of the
The Omaha guide., 1937-06-05
Bill Robinson Heads
nineteenth Fete at
Dallas, Texas :.

Dallas, June 9 (ANP)-Two ser
les Of programs, one given by the
Pan Amehan exposition to lure in
Emancipation day crowds and the
other by coloBed citizens who re-
sent the attitude of the exposition's
executives, will be held here on
June 10th when this section makes
its annual "Juneteenth" celebraeion.
The Pan American announces It
has contracted for Bill Robinson.
the tap dancing king, to appear
here bath guns 10th and 10th,
Lasky Nillinder's orchestra is be-
ing brought for the same period.
Exposition officials plan to present
them from q stage Ia the semi-cir-
cuiar entrance way Of the marble
hall of State and at a street dance
in the big Court of Honor. MANY
thousand Negroes are expected.
said Direetog General Frank L. Nc
Neny.
Colored leaders, however, are
asking citizens to remain away
from this special attraction and at
tend a eeunteB-eekbration They
declare Pan American officials
have refused to allow Negro parti-
ipation in the fair this year and
are interested now only because
they plan to grab a large part of
the money ordinarily spent in June
teenth observance.
They plan ON staging a mammoth
parade with floats and banners.
with amusements provided at
Griggs, Wahoo Lake and Oak Cliff
parks. Emancipation day speeches
will be made by Roscoe D~unjee, Ok
lahoma City editor and R. D. Evans
Waco attorney. State branches of
the N. A. A. c.. P. viii also hold
their convention at the same time.
Evening star., 1937-04-11

IJERE's why millions of families prefer crisp;
l. crunchy, delicious Post Toasties for break
fast every morning!
Post Toasties are made from the sweet
tender little hearts of the corn, where most of
the rich favor is stored. And then, these
golden brown fakes are toasted double crisp,
SO they will keep their crunchy, appetizina
goodness longer in milk or cream.
Post Toastes are swell for after school, too
-or for a bedtime snack. For
special treat-try Post Toastes with -
sliced bananas it's mighty
delicious combination! Vrr3fy
Get Post Toasties, the better corn
fakes, at your erocer's tomorrow
mornina-the price Is low! ~a
Evening star., 1937-10-04
4 @ I 5 3
4 A K Q 70 81

After winning with the singleton
king Of diamonds, declarer ran OH
seven club tricks. In the interim
East was squeezed and he was then
thrown in with a heart and forced
to lead from his king of spades
Easts double was definitely asking
for the lead OF heart, the first suit
bid by dummy. Had West led the
jack of hearts. the proper opening
lead. declarer would have been down
eight tricks. He would have COW
cred with dummy's king, and East,
after winning with the ace. would
have led his singleton diamond West
would then have run OF seven dia-
mond tricks and led the eight Of
hearts through dummy. Whether or
not declarer covered, East would then
have run OF four more tricks in
hearts, making a grand total Of IL,
or 1,500-point penalty. Actually
the total swing, not counting the
value of the game, was 1900 points!
tCopyrisht. 1872
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Evening star., 1937-10-04
Defeatists Fought.

Police of Toxic. Japan. have adopted
the military code and its severe penal
ties in dealing with "defeatists" who
spread false reports relating to the
war From the outset of hostilities
vicious rumors" have been circulated
concerning what is going on in China.
To stop the flow of propaganda from
outside Japan, the higher special ser
vice section Of the police board in
Toxic Is cooperating with the foreign
mail section OF the communications
ministry and with customs ofdcials in
intsrcepting anti-Japanese literature
sent from China.
Evening star., 1937-10-04
Winning Contract

BY THE FOUR ACES.
David Burnstine Merwin D. Maier. Os-
vald Jacoby. Howard Schenken. worlds
ieAdinG team of four. inventors OF the
system that has beaten every other sys
TEN in existence)
Evening star., 1937-10-04
Laughing Thrush Found.

Among rare birds, 30 far unknown
in captivity, caught by Or. 8. c. Law,
sheriff Of Calcutta, India, and m orni-
thologist on m expedition in the
was white-spotted laugh
ing thrush. Other birds new to the
captors were gold-headed black
finch, a Himalayan nutcracker. 4
white -collared blackbird and 4 fre-
tail yellow backed sunbird.
Evening star., 1937-10-04
Sea Monster Caught.

Caught Oh DoA;' Island In the Sea
Of Marmora, . "lion-headed" fish is
being exhibited alive in the fish mar
kst is lstanbul, Turkey. 1t Is Is feet
long and IL feet in circumference.
It has two fins 4 feet long near the
head and single, spade-like I'm along
its back. The fishermen worked two
houn to maneuver the monster to-
ward the shore and capture 1t.
Evening star., 1937-10-04
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE-Sez Who?

W2ESTERDAN ANNIE WANDERED
y INTO A HITHERTO LOCKED ROOM
u THE 'hAUNrED' HOUSE THERE
SAT Mr. BLADE At A DINING
TABLE TALKING BUT TO WHOM!
HE WAS ALL ALONE OR MAS AE|
Evening star., 1937-10-04

West. having been doubled at two
diamonds by North, decided that
player would surely hold the king.
He reasoned that If he led the queen,
declarer would be afraid to cover on
the first play and he could then
cash in the ace and shift to whichever
suit looked most promising. To his
utter dismay. he found the declarer
winning the opening lead with the
singleton king. Here were the COM
plete hands:
4 A s
K 10 So
= 1855
1 10 63
4 J 10 2 N 4 K 8 8 1
wa mlr Qs76
. q j 10 -
Evening star., 1937-10-04
What to Lead.

What to Lead.
SOMETHING like a worlds record
was created the other day when
on a doubled contract West threw
nine tricks on the opening lead.
South, who was playing three no
trump doubled. actually made four,
while the correct opening lead would
have set him eight tricks! We are
showing only the bidding and the
West hand. What would you have
selected for the opening lead?
West. dealer
East-WeSt vulnerable.
4 10 2
W "a N
= A @ j 10 w e
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-05-26
HENDERSON, IN c) DAILY DISPATCH WEDNESDAY MAY g. 1887

dependence in senators. Still, it is Pc
culiar. And why aren't representatives
as independent also?
SENATOR'S ADVANTAGE
It is a matter of tradition partly.
in all probability.
Then, there is the consideration of
senatorial versus house rules. A SEN
ator cannot be muzzled, as represen-
tative can The former can make
speeches lad lib" and become prom
inent regardless of the administra-
TONS wishes. A representative can be
so tightly corked up that his con-
stituents will consider him nonentity
not worth having; thus he will be
beat on next election day.
A senator has six years to dig in';
a representative only two.
There is an occasional representa-
tive who hangs on so long that he can
afford to become fairly sassy" a.
gainst the administration, but he is
the exception.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-05-26
ONE ARREST MADE
IN BOSTON KILLING
Grows Out of Staying by Shots
Through Window of Boys
School Head in 1885

Boston, Mass, May 26 (AP)-De-
spite a sweeping denial by Thomas
Elder, former dean of the Mount
Herman school for Boys, Captain
John Stokes, chief of Massachusetts
detectives, said today he had obtain
ed a warrant charging Elder with as
sault with intent to commit murder.
Stokes said he was awaiting word
from two detectives that Elder had
been arrested, that his Alton Bay, N.
H., home.
Allan Norton, former cashier at the
Mount Hernon school, was quoted by
Stokes as saying man he identified
as Elder accosted him last night at
Greenfield, Mass, by pulling a shot
gun from under his coat. Elder told
newspaper men by telephone he had
rot even been in Greenfield last night.
The Mount Hernon school was the
scene of a sensational but unsolved
shotgun Staying more than two and a
half years ago. DR.. Elliot Speer, the
young neadmaster, was the victim.
Shotgun slugs from outside his study
window poured through his right arm
and side, but neither the slayer nor
the gun was ever found
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-05-26
Labor Chief From Cabinet
Testifies at House Hearing
CONTINUED from Page Onel

visions should be left to this board.
Meanwhile, the Senate received
eight international agreements de-
signed to maintain pace in the Anne
ricas They were sent up with a
request from President Roosevelt they
be ratified as soon as possible as a
proof of the sincerity of the good
neighbor policy"
In committee rooms, hearings on
railway financing and proposed relax
alton on helium exports were in pro-
gress.
Before the Senate Military Commit
tee, Germany's master of airships, DR..
Hugo Eckener, said dirigible operators
must give up hydrogen gas for non
inflammable helium. That must be
done, he said, regardless of the cause
of the Hindenburgs explosion. The
Hindenburg used hydrogen.
The United States has a virtual mo-
nOpOly on helium.
The House devoted it's session to
memorial exercises for six senators
and fifteen representatives who died
during the past year.
Many observers continued to watch
for evidence of behind-the-scenes de-
velOpments in the court reorganization
controversy.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-05-26

commissioner or any of his friends, it
was pointed out
Governor Hoey pointed out, how
ever, that he favored the return to
the district system only to bring the
commission closer to the people in
the hearing of requests for new roads
and in studying the needs of the vari-
Gus sections of the State and not to
break down the centralized plan of
administering the highway system. He
was emphatic in saying that he did
not want the impression to get out
among the people that the admins
tration of the State highway system
is sectional or local function or that
the centralized administration of the
highway department was going to be
broken up among ten districts
Our road system is a State system
and should be so regarded" Governor
Hoey said, But it must be admins
tered with fair and just regard for
local needs. 1t is my thought that by
dividing the State into ten admins
trative districts you can have a most
effective utilization of all the local
forces and factors essential to the
most complete development of a we'll
knit State system of public highways.
SO while each commissioner is select
ed from a district. he is a commits
sioner for the State and it is not the
purpose to set up ten autonomous dis
tricts, but rather one autonomy COM
bining the ten districts and represent
ing the whole State.
"The establishment of dis+ricts did
not mean and should not 1e inter
preted as doing away with central
control, because I think it is essential
to have a real head of the highway
commission. The central activities
should be SO directed that a harmon
ious program will obtain throughout
the State
81 think the chairman should be
vested with large powers with refer
ence to the central office and agen-
cies, because there are problems arts
ing constantly which reuire authori-
tative action, so that it is necessary
to have a real directing head"
With regard to making any chan
ges in personnel, the governor advised
the commission to proceed cautiously
" 1Ildhe d IHOlOuSH anu CdIelu III STUDY
of the entire program and personnel
first and then to make changes only
when such changes will increase eff
ficiency. He also advised that any
changes in the personnel of the cen
trail office of the commission here be
left largely to the judgment and dis
erection of the chairman He urged
the members of the commission to
keep uppermost in their minds that
their main job was to improve all the
highways in the State, with special