The Omaha guide., 1941-12-27
OF a WEEK

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A notable debate was had on the
Radio from Carnegie Hall Cleve-
land on December 21st, 1871,
touching the relative merits Of A.
merican democracy and Russian
Socialism. Questions were asked
about politics and economics, die
tatorshiPs and .au~tocracies.. 1t
was argued by one of the disput-
ants that the American system
surpasses any other; that II rep-
resents the high point In the his
tory of political and economic
systems. And then came the all
disturbing question: If we have a
democracy in the United States
of America, how do you explain
the practical exclusion of the AM
erican Negro from its policy2
Many words were used in an at
tempt to answer, but no answer
was given. One OF the debaters
interjecteds "ln Socialist Russia
there Is no ban upon anyone on
account of color, and measured by
this yard stick the American sys-
tenn clearly fails to meet the high
standard of the Russian Soviet
Union. In some respects America
leads.
1t is our hope that some day
both in Russia and the United
States we shall have "DEMOc-
RAcY IN FACT. In both .anls
let US believe we are moving slo "
Iy but surely toward that goal.
HITLER TAKES COMMAND
Adolph Hitler, German Dictator,
announced Sunday that he assum-
ed Command of the German Arm
ed forces, thus again making the
Nazi party leaders superior to the
military leaders. Hitler, however,
is not a military leader, but a pol
itical one, and it remains to seen
how he leads from now on. 1T
may well be that all is not we'll
within Germany and the change
is made to cover the defeat ..of
German arms in Russia. .... ....
WHAT CAN you DO?
In total war effort, what
can you do7 When you register
for service, you will have the OPP
portunIty to set down just what
your education, training and ex-
perience fit you to do in either the
military or civil service.
Let US make an aII-out effort
and end this CHASTITY war and then
enter the battle to win lasting
peace for ourselves and mankind
everywhere, making sure that the
PEACE WE SHALL WIN WILL
BE THE PEACE or JUSTICE
FOR ALL.
NOT A TRAITOR on SPY
AMONG THEM
We have thirteen million Negrg-
es IN the United States and rnefe
has never been a traitor or spy a.
mong them.
Is not that fact the most COM
polling challenge for our democ-
racy? What other group numb
ering thirteen millions can make
that statement? And wheh will
the American People learn to e.
vaIuate and reward fidelity?
We have no time to lose. Dan
ger is all about US.
PEACE ON EARTH
There Is peace on earth, but Il
is in a section of Africa whera
black men who rule there are not
supposed to be civilized. Miss
ionaries from all the countries now
at war have been working among
these "benighted" peoples for
many centuries. The natives lis
ten and think and wonder.
And we wonder with them.
THE BOY SCOUTS AND
NATIONAL DEFENSE
The Boy Scouts of America will
be of great value in the days which
lie Immediately ahead, if we be-
come the targets of bombs in q
American cities. They have been
trained to rely upon themselves
they have had discipline and dur
ing a bIackout or during fires
they would be invaluable aids to
the organized forces which have
been set up to deal with these
dangers.
Don't overlook them in your pre-
sent and future plans.
"BLESSED ARE THE MEEK"
BLESSED are the Meek, for they
shall inherit the Earth.
It is from this pronouncement
in The Sermon on the Mount,
Ghandi derives his belief in the
theory of "Non-resistance". In
a War made world it Is difficult to
understand how meekness will sur
vive to inherit anything. But
Ghandi points out in answer to