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MERRY CHRISTMAS
We wish all our readers a
very merry Christmas. And
merry indeed it will be if each
does his or her part, as we be
lieve they will, to spread the
spirit of the season among all
those with whom they may
come in contact.
There is much criticism of
the spirit of commercialism
which dominates or seems to
dominate this season, but we
are among those who believe
that even our intense commer
cialism has not deadened or
destroyed the spirit of the sea
son. Indeed, the spirit of the
season is largely responsible
for the increased commercial
ism. Each one is anxious to
make someone else happy by
the bestowal of some gift,
which calls for purchase or
manufacture. The spirit of
Christmastide is that of mak
ing others happy, and those
who do this find supreme hap
piness themselves, and happi
ness manifests itself in joy and
mirth. And so we wish you a
merry, merry Christmas, and
echo again the prayer of Tiny
Tim, immortalized by Charles
Dickens, “And may God bless
us every one.”
LOOMING LARGE
The race question is looming
large in the present Congress.
Several bills have been intro
duced which directly deal with
some phase or phases of this
question. Among these are the
federal anti-lynching bill, re
apportionment of representa
tion from the South, an anti
interracial marriage bill, and a
separate car provision for the |
District of Columbia. We are;
important folk, if we only j
knew it. At all events, we
loom large in the public eye.
Let us by our conduct and char
acter prove so worthy that re
strictional legislation concern
ing us may fall of its own
weight and that which makes
for our full status as American
citizens may find high favor
even among those who are at
present hostile.
THEY ARE RIGHT
Representatives of our group
have united in a petition to
Congress for the enforcement
of the whole Constitution.
They wisely take the ground
that all amendments are parts
of the Constitution and that all
ought to be equally enforced.
These race leaders are abso
lutely right. They have taken
high ground. If America is to
endure, law and respect for
law must prevail.
Santa Claus is a jolly old fel
low, and has a rightful place,
but there is a grave danger of
our permitting him to over
shadow the Christ Child, Who
should be uppermost in the
minds of children. Teach them
of the Christ Child.
MOORFIELD STOREY ISSUES
HOLIDAY SEASON APPEAL
FOR N. A. A. C. P.
New York City—Moorfield Storey
of Boston, national president of the
National Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, has issued
a stirring appeal for support for the
N. A. A. C. P. as the only organiza
tion of its kind in America, safe
guarding through its court victories
and education of public opinion the
rights not only of Negroes, but of all
minority groups in America.
In issuing his appeal, Mr. Storey
sounded a note of solemn warning of
the dangers confronting the Ameri
can nation, urging the people of the
United States to rally to the cause of
civilization and justice. Mr. Storey’s
appeal is as follows:
“The people of the United States
do not all realize the dangers before
them. Twelve million American citi
zens cannot be denied their inalit i
able rights to life, liberty and the pur
suit of happiness, protection from
mob violence, equal rights in parks,
public places and public conveyances,
the right to dwell in places of their
own selection and purchased by them
and every other legal right which be
longs to their neighbors without ulti
mate civil war. Secret societies
masking themselves in order to evade
the law with impunity and threaten
ing Roman Catholics who claim a dif
ferent faith, Jews and Negroes who
are of a different race, like the Ku
Klu Klan with their hideous practices
and childish names and ceremonies
cannot be tolerated in a civilized com
munity, but they have a strong hold
on parts of our states as appears by
the recent admission of the highest
legal officers that the law cannot be
enforced in Alabama against these
cowardly ruffians and the revelations
in Indiana and elsewhere. The peo
ple of the United States must rally
to the cause of civilization and just
ice. Clergymen must unite the
Church, college presidents must en
list the forces of education. Not all
will wish to join the battle them
selves, but they should at least be
willing to help those who do with
sympathy and means. To sucn, the
National Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People should make
a strong appeal. It is not only work
ing for colored people, but to help
the United States against the violence
which is inevitable and is sure to
cause disastrous consequences un
less the supremacy of our principles
and our laws can be restored. It is
working to establish both by proceed
ings in the proper courts and is sure
of success with any proper case in
any self respecting court. It has
won striking victories, and in the
courts and at the ballot boxes it
means to be heard. It needs money
for court expenses, for investigation
charges, for all the numerous ex
penses which such a cause insures and
everyone who contributes a dollar to
its treasury is making the country
safer for us all and the future of our
children secure. He who declines un
wittingly, perhaps prefers civil war
to the orderly course of justice. Let
him think before he refuses to help.’'
E. E. Collins, brother of Miss Ruth
Collins, acting secretary at the North
Side branch of the Y. W. C. A., spent
the ,7eek-end in the city as the guest
of Weldon Solomon, who returned
Wednesday evening from Iowa City,
la., to spend the holidays with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Solo
mon. Both young men are students
at the University of Iowa.
We Extend Sincere
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
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