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$2.00 a Year. 5c a Copy ^ OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1924 Whole Number 458 Vol. IX—No. 42
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PROPERTY RIGHTS
OF RACE AFFECTED
GY IFORHIA LAW
Restrictive Clauses In Deeds Aimed
Chiefly at Japanese Found to
Affect Negroes
Also
RESILTS IR MUCH LITIGATION
Several Suits Filed To Test Validity
of Restriction Against “Use and
Occupancy” of
Property
Ixis Angeles, Cal., April 18.—The
people of California are watching
with unusual interest the outcome of
one or two suits now pending involving
the right of land owners to write in
land deeds restricting in the courts of
the state which the lease or sale to
“Caucasian.” And while it was or
iginally intended, it is said, to affect
the Japanese, yet the Negroes and all
other races except the Caucasians are
affected. This has precipitated a le
gal fight which promises to be far
reaching in its final conclusion.
Many years ago it was the fash
ion to say that “Land conveyed
should never be leased, rented, sold
or conveyed to any person not of the
Caucasian race."
In 1918, upon the advice of Attor
ney Willis O. Tyler, Homer L. Garrott
bought a home with this restriction
in the deed. Immediately a suit was
filed by Title Guarantee and Trust
Co., to forfeit the title and the case
went to the Supreme Court, Attorney
Tyler defending the rights of his cli
ent. A victory was won, the Supreme
Court decided that restrictions against
“lease or sale" to persons of the Ne
gro race were void.
Immediately thereafter the restric
tion was reformed and made to read:
“Nor shall any nerson non-Caucasian
use or occupy said premises.” There
after lx>s Angeles Investment Co., a
millionaire corporation, sued Alfred
Cary, a Negro, because he was violat
ing the restriction against “use and
occupancy.” When this case went to
the Supreme Court, the decision in the
Title Guarantee and Trust Co. v. Gar
rott (183 Pag. 470) was sustained as
to the lease or sale, but the Court
split the difference and held that the
restriction against “use and occu
pancy” was good.
In May of 1922, the Janns Invest
ment Co., a millionaire corporation,
sold a lot to J. H. Waldon, white man,
and he in turn permitted Jesse Wall
ing to use it. The contract contained
a restriction against “use and occu
pancy” by a person non-Caucasian.
Jesse Walling is a Negro.
A suit was filed to forfeit the title
because of the violation of the re
striction, and Attorney Tyler repre
sented both Waldon (white) and
Walling (colored) upon adverse de
cision in the trial Court and appealed
to the Supreme Court.
As the case now stands the Su
preme Court is called upon by the
appeal to decide whether or not the
restriction against “use and occupan
cy” is valid.
Following upon the heels of Janns
Investment Co., v Walden et al, H.
I/ettau sued W. H. Long to forfeit
a title because of the restriction
against “use and occupancy.” Mr.
Long, a staunch race man and a mem
ber of several fraternal orders, bought
a five room residence at 1171 E. 41st
street, and met the restriction fafte to
face. The case is now pending in the
Superior Court of this state.
The case of Mr. Long is similar to
the two other cases as they involve
property rights of citizens, and it
looks like a fight to the Supreme
Court before justice is to be had.
HEALTH FILMS SHOWN TO
RACE IN NEW ORLEANS
New Orleans, April 18.—“The Mes
sage of Hope,” a film, shown at the
Lyric theatre last week in the inter
est of “Negro Health Week,” was wit
nessed by thousands of race men, wo
men and children, according to an an
nouncement by the Anti-Tuberculosis
League.
I A PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE FROM RACE £
X PREJUDICE
£ By Morney Williams X
(For the Associated Negro Press) £
X GOD, who hast made man in Thine own likeness and %
If I who dost love all whom Thou hast made, suffer us not, X
because of difference in race ,color or condition, to £
separate ourselves from others, and thereby from Thee, but £
teach as the unity of Thy family and the universality of X
Thy love. As Thy Son, our Savior, was born of an Hebrew x
mother and ministered first to His brethren of the House v
of Israel, but rejoiced in the faith of a Syro-Phocnician wo- ^
man and of a Roman soldier, and suffered His cross to be X
{carried by a man of Africa, teach us, also, while loving and Y
serving our own, to enter into the communion of the whole £
human family; and forbid that, from pride of birth and A
hardness of heart, we should despise any for whom Christ
died, or injure any in whom He lives. Amen. £
$200 FOLKLORE PRIZE
IS EQUALLY DIVIDED
BETWEEN CONTESTANTS
Prize Offered Annually by History
and American Folklore
Associations to
Students
At the Spring Conference of the
Association for the Study of Negro
Life and History held in Philadelphia
on the 3rd and 4th of this month
there was awarded the Folklore Prize
offered by the Association in coop
eration with the American Folklore
Society. The Committee on Award
found that the best two collections
had equal merit. The prize money
was, therefore, divided between these
two, which were submitted by Miss
Herlene M. Grier, a student of Hamp
ton Institute, and the St. Helena Folk
lore Society of the Penn School, Frog
more, South Carolina.
A prize of $200 is offered jointly by
these societies for the best collection
of tales, riddles, proverbs, sayings,
and songs, which have been heard at
home by Negro students of accredited
schools. The aim is to study the Ne
gro mind in relation to its environ
ment at various periods in the history
of the race and in different parts of
the world.
Students desiring to compete should
give their names to the head of their
institution that he may forward them
to the Director of the Association,
who will answer all necessary inquir
ies.
Only stories, riddles and the like,
that have been heard should be col
lected; stories or riddles from books
or those composed by the collector
should not be included. They will not
be counted.
In all cases the stoiy, riddle or song
should be written as heard in exactly
the same language.' If they have
been heard in dialect, then they should
be written in dialect, if they have been
heard in school English, then they,
should be written in school English.
When possible, music should ac
company songs. Also, when possible,
the name and locality of the person
from whom the song or tale was heard
should be given.
Collections should be sent to Dr.
C. G. Woodson, at 1538 Ninth Street,
Northwest, Washington, D. C., at any
time before August 1, 1924. Collec
tions may be sent in two or more
parts, and competitors are advised to
send the first part of their collection
in the near future that they may have
the opportunity of receiving sugges
tions ubout methods of continuing
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SCHLAIFER BUSY DOING HIS
ROAR WORK AT RACE TRACK
Now Weighs 154 and Intends to Make
147 for Dave Shade in Their
Fight, April 25. Shade
to Weigh 150
Theodore Roosevelt Post (colored)
American Legion, announce that they
have clinched contracts for a battle
between Dave Shade of California and
New York City and Morrie (Kid)
Schlaifer of Omaha. The date was
originally set for Monday the 21st,
but Shade was signed far Wamie
Smith at Cincinnati, so the 25th, Fri
day was set for the bout.
A lot of squawking has emanated
about the proposed match on the
grounds that Shade was too good for
the local lad, he beating Schlaifer
twice.
Another event which brought many
squeals from the boys on the fight
rialto was when Morrie’s manager
announced that his boy would appear
as a middle in this fight. Morrie is
a natural, welter and if he were not
too lazy to train, would make one of
the best welters in the game today.
However, the squeals and squawks
have had their effect and Morrie is
making 3 to 6 miles daily in road
work at Ak-Sar-Ben Field, and has
agreed to meet Shade as a welter,
although the easterner will enter the
ring at 150 pounds.
Dandy preliminaries are promised
and the cause is right, so a double
reason presents itself for attending
the card. Tickets are at popular
prices and will go on sale tomorrow.
and completing their collection during
the summer vacation.
The Committee on Award consists
of Dr. Elsie Clews Parsons, Assistant
Editor of the Journal of American
Folklore, Dr. Franz Boas, Professor
of Anthropology in Columbia Uni
versity and a member of the Execu
tive Council of the Association, and
Dr. Carter G. Woodson, Editor of the
Journal of Negro History. The Com
mittee reserves the right to dispose
of the collections sent in or parts
thereof for use in scientific publica
tions, with the names of contributors.
The Committee also reserves the
right, in case in its judgment ade
quate collections of material are not
sent in this year, to award part of
the prize money only, the balance to
be credited towards a prize fund for
1924.
COLORED GIRL SECOND
IN BEAUTY CONTEST
(Lincoln News Service.)
New York, April 18.—Dorothy Der
rick, a colored girl of Flushing, Long
Island, is one of the leaders in the
beauty contest being conducted by
the “Green Twigs”, one of the city’s
oldest and most exclusive organiza
tions, to determine the most beautiful
girl in town. At the opening of the
contest the young colored girl, who is
a former Flushing high school pupil,
took a position with the leaders, and
yesterday she was in second place in
competition with daughters of some
of Flushing’s leading families.
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U. S. SENATORS STUDY
D. C. RENT CONDITIONS
(Preston News Service)
Washington, D. C., April 18.—The
housing situation in Washington as
revealed by a survey made for the
District Senate Committee, was con
sidered by them last Thursday aft
ernoon. The survey was made pri
marily for the purpose of having
first hand knowledge on conditions in
an effort to extend the life to the
District Rent Commission, which is I
due to expire May 1st, under the ex
isting law. The movement is spon
sored by Senator Robinson of Arkan
sas.
William Murphy has been detained
at home this week by illness.
INTERRACIAL
PASSES TO REWARD
AT SOUTHERN HOME
In Death of John J. Eagan, Good Will
Movement Loses Great Leader
Who Labored Faithfully
in Great Cause
WILLS EMPLOYEES BBSINESS
Hundreds of Colored Operatives Given
Share in Management and Profits
of Great Industrial
Concern
Atlanta, Ga., April 18. — In the
death of John J. Eagan, of this city,
which took place on March 30, the
causes of interracial good will and
economic justice lost a true and pow
erful friend—one whose life was de
voted almost wholly to these ideals.
In 1919 Mr. Eagan helped to organize
the Commission on Interracial Co
operation and was its chairman until
his death. When the Federal Council
of Churches set up a similar com
mission, he was called upon*to head
that as well. He was also the mov
ing spirit in the local interracial com
mittee of Atlanta. To these organ
izations he devoted a great deal of
time, and none of his altruistic in
terests was nearer to his heart.
Mr. Eagan was deeply interested
also in the problem of Christianizing
industry, and was a pioneer in this
field. As the principal owner and
manager of a great manufacturing
enterprise in Birmingham, he intro
duced profit sharing pn an extensive
scale and employee representation in
management. In one year profits
amounting to $200,000, which would
odrinarily have gone to the stockhold
ers, were distributed to the employ
ees, over and above their regular
wages. Shortly after the war, when
so many enterprises were closing down
or cutting wages, Mr. Eagan refused
to do either, saying that the welfare
of the workers was his chief concern.
He put into effect also many other
projects for their ben' 'ich as rec
reation facilities, t "ts, pen
sions, etc.
Mr. Eagan’s will, which has just
been made public, is the supreme evi
dence of his sincerity, and is almost
without precedent. It leaves all his
stock in the Birmingham concern,
amounting to about $100,000, to be
held by the management in perpetual
trust for the employees, and provides
that all the profits shall go to them.
His purpose in this arrangement, as
expressed in the will, is “to Insure
service both to the purchasing public
and to labor on the basis of the Gold
en Rule.” It is especially significant
that in all the benefits of Mr. Eagan’s
welfare plans while living and also in
the provisions of his will, the several
hundred colored employees of the con
cern participate fully and on equal
terms.
In the light of the above facts it
is not surprising that the death of
this great man is mourned equally
by both races. His funeral was at
tended by a number of representative
colored leaders, and both races will
participate in a memorial service soon
i to be held.
BOSTON BEACONS
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By Arthur G. Banks
(For the Associated Negro Press)
White elevator operators of Boston
have formed a union under the A.
F. of L. from which colored operators
are excluded.
John D. Gainey, colored, of the
First Assistant Postmaster General’s
office, visited Boston during the week
to look into conditions among the col
ored employees, particularly as re
gards opportunities for promotion.
An organization meeting of the Ku
Klux Klan was held in Lynn, Mass.,
Sunday, March 23rd. A colored of
ficer was among the patrolmen on
duty at the outside of the hall.
In the 16th Annual High School
Track Meet of the Boston High
Schools, colored boys won all three
places in the broad jump, calling to
mind the like performance of Hub
bard, Gourdin and Butler in the Na
tional Championships.
Paul E. Pieris, a native of Ceylon
and a graduate of Cambridge Uni
versity, England, now a graduate of
Harvard, is considered one of Har
vard’s best boxers, In the 136 pound
class.
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What is the Matter With Chr* ^anity Today?
There is Something Wrong About It? What is it?
(An address delivered by the Rev.
Francis J. Grimke, D. D., pastor of
the Fifteenth Street Pres%terian
Church, Washington, D. C., at the
Seventh Annual Convocation of the
School of Religion of Howard Uni
versity, Washington, D. C. It was
this address which so offended cer
tain Southern Senators that they
withheld the appropriation for How
ard University.
(By the Associated Negro Press.)
(Conclusion.)
If that is pessimism, then the more
of it we have the better, the sooner
there will be change for the better.
If to call present-day Christianity
to an account for its lack of the spirit
of Christ, in its shameful attitude on
the race question, is to be a pessi
mist, then let us hope that there may
be pessimists springing up all over
the land and in all of the churches. That
is the kind of pessimism that is need
ed, the kind of pessimism that has
back of all the moral and reli
gious reforms that have taken place
in the world. In spite of what may
be said, in spite of being called pessi
mists, there is nothing for us to do
but to go on upbraiding the church
with its inconsistency, its unbrother
ly, un-Christian spirit, until its ac
tions conform with Its professed ideals
and principles.
Those are my sentiments. There is
THE NEED OF TRAINED
NEGROES IN INDUSTRY
Today as never before the Negro
needs industrial leadership. The Euro
pean industrial worker is not of the
type which formerly came to Ameri
ca. This being true someone must
take his place. The source of supply
may be found in the American Ne
gro. But must he be merely a sub
stitute for the poorly equipped South
European ? Must he be drafted into
industry only in so far as his lim
ited powers will allow him to go, or
will he through intelligent prepara
tion become so dependable thai ms
advancement will be limited only by
the needs of industry itself?
Not only must the Negro have def
inite training, but he also needs the
driving force of organization. Thru
lack of co-operation much ability is
wasted. It frequently happens that
those who could be most helpful re
fuse to combine with others, with the
result that the entire Negro commun
ity suffers. This is particularly true
of mechanics.
where I expect to stand until there is
a change for the better.
A word now, in closing, by way of
application. What can we do to help
bring about such a Christianity? We
may not be able to do very much, but
one thing we can all do, we can en
throne Jesus Christ in our own
hearts; we can make up our minds to
be true to him and to his principles
and ideals, never mind how unpopular
it may be or how unpleasant it may
be made for us. We can not hope
to do much toward improving tne
Christianity of today if we are cow
ards, if we are afraid to stand up for
what we believe to be right, to be in
harmony with the teachings of Jesus
Christ. We want men, must have
them, not only of convictions but men
of courage who will stand up and be
counted in the struggle between what
is Christian and what is not.
“Truth forever on the scaffold,
Wrong forever on the throne,
Yet that scaffold sways the future,
And behind the dim unknown
Standeth God within the shadow
Keeping watch above his own.”
So wrote James Russell Lowell dur
ing the great anti-slavery struggle in
this country. (And in the effort that
must be made to rescue the Chris
tianity of today from the spirit, the
unbrotherly, un-Christian spirit that
now has possession of it, if our faitn
is weak and if we are not willing to
go to the scaffold if need be, not will
The Negro must begin to think In
terms of co-ordination and co-opera
tion. In twenty-five years, if he is
wise, he will be the great mainstay
of productive wealth in this country.
He has the power to transform this
tremendous opportunity into person
al advantage through organization.
This is not necessary in, the North
alone; it is particularly necessary in
the South.—Southern Workman.
SPINGARN MEDAL IS
URGED FOR WOODSON
Washington, D. C,, April 18.—
Friends of Doctor Carter G. Wood
son are urging his name as the next
Spingam medalist. Dr. Woodson is
editor of the Journal of Negro His
tory, and through bis recent books,
"The Negro In Our History,” “His
tory of the Negro Church,” “A Cen
tury of Negro Migration,” and “Ed
ucation of Negro Prior to 1861,” has
won an international reputation.
At one time he was professor of
history at Howard University and
later resigned to give all of his time
to research work.
ing to suffer, we won’t be of much
service. Very little can be expected
in this great moral and religious cru
sade that must be waged from the
timorous, the half hearted, the cow
ardly). Within the next few years,
much, very much, will depend upon
whether we are to have a better type
of Christianity, a Christianity that
will ring true every time and every
where to the principles of Jesus
Christ, or whether we are to have tne
same old, narrow, prejudiced, unbro
therly Christianity that we have to
day. Let us hope lhat a change for
the better will come, and come speed
ily; and let us, one and all, make up
our minds to do all that we can to
hasten it.
I clipped from one of our maga
zines some time ago the following
lines, entitled “Our Fellowship”.
“Not dependent on identity of theo
logical opinion,
Nor on outward circumstances, nor of
denominational name;
But growing from a common loyalty
to Jesus Christ,
A common passion to serve the world,
A common purpose to do justly, to
love kindness,
And to walk humbly with God.”
That, it seems to me, furnishes a
most excellent program for improving
the type of our present-day Christi
anity. It is for us all to catch the
spirit of it and to live under its great
and inspiring influence.
BASEBALL, TRACK AND
FOOTBALL MEN REPORT
(Preston News Service)
Wilberforce, O., April 18.—Wilber
force Baseball candidates reported
for spring training and practice last
week with a squad of forty men,
while more than thirty turned out for
the spring football practice. The
track team has been entered in the
Ohio relays at Columbus on April 19,
and a strong team, composed of Cap
tain Sedwick and Willette as the back
bone, will attempt to cop the state
title.
RACE LAD LEADS CLASS
AT WILLIAMS COLLEGE
Williainstown, Mass., April 18.—Al
lison Davis, of Washington, D. C., is
the valedictorian of the class of 1924,
from Williams College, Williamstown,
Mass. Mr. Davis was elected to Phi
Beta Kappa in his junior year, and
will graduate summa cum laude. He
is an alumnus of Dunbar High School,
1920, and a member of the Omega
Psi Phi Fraternity.
EARLY REGISTRATION
URGED FOR JUNE N. A.
A. C. P. CONFERENCE
New York, April 18. — Delegates
and visitors to the 15th Annual Con
ference of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo
ple to be held in Philadelphia are
urged to write at once to N. A. A. C.
P. Headquarters, in order that hous
ing arrangements may be made for
them and reduced fares obtained from
the railway companies.
Information about the Conference
may be had from Walter White, As
sistant Secretary, N. A. A. C. P., at
69 Fifth avenue. Mr. White said re
cently it was hoped to make the ses
sions of the Conference representa
tive of the entire country. Mr. White
urged all who intend to come to Phil
adelphia for the Conference to organ
ize their local delegations and write
to him at once so that reception ar
rangements could be completed in
Philadelphia and plans matured for
the Conference Day’s outing on June
28th in Atlantic City, “The Play
ground of the Nation.” The Confer
ence will open on Wednesday, June
25th and continue through Tuesday,
July 1st.
DR. DU BOIS HONORED
AT DINNER GIVEN BY WELL
KNOWN NEW YORKERS
New York, April 18.—Some hun
dreds of prominent New Yorkers gave
a dinner on Sunday night, April 13,
in honor of Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, Edi
tor of The Crisis, who has just re
turned from the Pan-African Con
gress and Africa. Among those par
ticipating in the tribute of the N. A.
A. C. P. leader were: Zona Gale, the
novelist; Professor Franz Boas of Col
umbia University; H. L.. Mencken,
Editor of The American Mercury; Col.
Arthur Little; Heywood Broun, ol The
New York World; Robert C. Bench
ley, Editor of “Life”; the playwright,
Eugene O’Neill; Senator James J.
Walker of New York; and George R.
Lunn, Lieutenant Governor of New
York State.
J. E. Spingarn, Treasurer of the
N. A. A. C. P., presided at the
winner, which was held in the Cafe
Savarin.
LEDGER THOUGHT BANKRU.PT
Indianapolis, Ind., April 18.—Indi
anapolis Ledger, under fire by local
press for its alleged supporting of
Ku Klux Klan candidates, is now in
the hands of a white receiver.
OMAHA WESTERNS GET OFF
TO GOOD START AT ST. JOE
Seasons Opened at St. Joe Wednesday.
The Omahans Drop First Game
7 to 6 and Win Second
Contest 6 to 1
The regular Western League sea
son was opened Wednesday with Oma
ha playing at St. Joseph, before a
record crowd of 6,500 in a new park,
said to be one of the best baseball
plants in the circuit.
The first contest was a pitchers
battle between Harry Lee, the dim
inutive hurler for the Buffaloes and
Haid for St. Joseph, with the Missou
ri boys getting the long end of the
count, 7 to 6. But not by way of
alibis, what could be more appropri
ate than the Josies winning their first
game at home and in their new park
before such a record crowd.
But on the second day comes forth
Barney’s boys wearing their warring
garments and set for a battle to win.
They did and according to “Wag” of
the Bee who was present at the game,
it was some game, especially until
the 8th inning when Birkenstock, the
Josie flinger cracked and Art Griggs
chased the Omaha team around the
sack for six runs.
Bailey, also called Bill, the south
paw, pitched superb ball for the Oma
ha team and we copped the game 6
to 1.
First game on the home lot will
be uncorked on the 29th of April with
Wichita as the visitors. A monster
crowd will see the game and Mayor
Jim will probably declare it an after
noon holiday here.
Our people should plan accordingly
for that day. Burch wants you there
and has gathered a real representa
tive team for Omaha to make it pleas
ant for the fans.
A lot of remodeling and decorating
has been done this spring to the park
and stands, and Rhiny Mohr already
has his hot dogs getting hotter and
his peanuts roasted, and that spells
the perfect day, and Omaha intends
to win.
ASST. STATE’S ATTORNEY
Columbus, O., April 18.—Wilbur E.
King has been reappointed assistant
prosecuting attorney of Franklin
County. He has served under both
Republicans and Democrats for the
last 14 years.
ADVOCATES DOIEAD
FOI LEGISLATIVE
INTERESTS OF RACE
National Race Congress of America
Would Provide Permanent
Effective Agency at
Washington
MTIOML BBREM IS IEEKI
Several Measures Now Pending In
Congress In Which Negroes
Are So Vitally
Interested
(Lincoln News Service)
Washington, April 18.—If the Na
tional Race Congress of America,
which convenes in this city on April
29, is successful in carrying out that
part of its program which provides
for the permanent establishment in
Washington of an Executive Bureau
to look after the legislative interests
of our group, it shall have established
one of the most useful and helpful
agencies that has yet been organized
by our thoughtful men and women.
The necessity of having such an agen
cy has long been apparent and has
been particularly emphasized within
recent years and months, when legis
lative affairs vital to our welfare as
citizens have been up for considera
tion in Congress. But to properly
function there should be placed at the
head of this Executive Bureau an in
telligent man with a broad vision
one who is familiar with the needs of
the race; who knows how to meet and
to handle men of affairs; who knows
legislative procedure; who knows the
political game, but who is not a camp
follower, a partisan cymbal-beater, or
a “trimmer.” He should receive a lu
crative salary, be placed in a surety
bonding company, have a centrally lo
cated and well equipped business of
fice, that would not appeal as a loaf
ing place to political highwaymen,
briefless lawyers, humorous gentle
men, pious preachers, plausible scoun
drels, or pretty maidens, and he
should have sufficient clerical help to
permit him to devote his entire time
and attention to the supervisory work
incident to the responsible position of
looking after the legislative interests
of twelve million unorganized people.
The National Race Congress of Amer
ica should be incorporated and an
ample budget should be provided
thru the flotation of a reasonable
amount of stock at a popular price,
so that the major part of the super
vising official’s time would not be
spent in seeking finance with which
to carry on his work. Having per
fected some such an arrangement, and
having a directorate composed of in
telligent men of influence in the dif
ferent states, there is every reason
to believe that the Executive Bureau
would successfully function.
At the present time there are be
fore Congress several measures that
vitally affect our group, and upon
which we had no bearing, because
of our inability to realize the im
portance of an organized effort. Al
though we have nearly one million
farmers operating farm property val
ued in excess of two billion dollars,
not a colored farmer nor colored far
mers’ organization has asked to be
heard on the subject of rural credits,
notwithstanding the fact that in many
sections of the country local condi
tions are such as to deny their parti
cipation in the full benefits of this
Congressional Act. In the matter of
teh Educational Bill, which seeks to
wipe out illiteracy through govern
mental aid to the educational systems
of the various states, our side has not
been presented, although democratic
statesmen are bitterly opposing the
measures because of the benefits it
will bestow upon the several million
colored children of school age in cer
tain sections of the country. Nor
have we been heard on the Immigra
tion Bill, which means so much to the
permanency of our employment in
dustry and to the upbuilding of our
economic status. Unless the Nation
al Race Congress of America or our
very effective N. A. A. C. P., which
has rendered such signal service to
the race and country in its advocacy
of the passage of the Dyer Anti
lynching Bill, establishes a permanent
bureau at the nation’s capital, for the
purpose of handling all such import
ant matters, our progress will neces
sarily be retarded.
CIGARETTE COST $50
Braddock, Pa., April 18. — Caesar
Taylor, 26, was fined $60 and costs
for lighting a cigarette Thursday in
the court room of Burgess Harvey
Hunter.
WANTS FUNDS FOR AEROPLANE
Boston, Mass., April 18.—Lieuten
ant Hubert Julian, aviator, is lec
turing here in the effort to raise
$8,000 with which to purchase an
aeroplane to fly around the world.
