AN OPEN LETTER TO J. FINLEY WILSON (Continued from Page 2) The few Negroes who are left in the classified service are subject to the insult of humiliating segregation and penned np in compartments as if af flicted with leprosy. Let us, how ever, give Mr, Hoover as much credit as he is willing to claim for giving orders to have such distinction re moved from his department in the midst of the heated issue of a pri mary campaign. Very soon, how ever, there will be left in the depart ments no Negro clerks to segregate. If Mr. Hoover is elected and re elected and allows the civil service commission to function as it has done under Harding and Coolidge, after eight years of his rule, there will hardly be left a Negro clerk in Wash ington. I need not go further compounding a bill of particulars. Every Negro1 knows them like a book. They are as painfully familiar to Dr. John R. Hawkins and his co-operative commit tee as they are to you, Mr. Wilson. They feel them as deeply and as keen ly. There is not a single understand ing Negro in the United States who will not acknowledge the justice of the bill of indictment as here drawn. If so, let him stand up and say so. Fundamental Question The fundamental question arises: “What shall the Negro do in the midst of the emergency which is now upon us?” Some will support A1 Smith for vindictive reasons, while others with slave-like fidelity, will say to the G. 0. P., “Though you slay me, yet will I serve you.” It was true when Frederick Douglass said: “The republican party is the ship; all else the sea." But this was a generation ago. Since then the old ark of safety h^; become unseaworthy. The Negro may as well seek passage on other crafts upon the sea of political uncer tainty. My dear Mr. W'ilson, I am not sending you this open letter to give information upon topics already fa miliar to you, nor to indicate personal animosity against the republican par ty. I have stated the truth with so berness, with naught set down in mal ice. Immediately upon reading your letter in this morning’s Post, I sat me down and took my pen in hand to write you these few lines for a very definite reason. You will doubtless be influential in formulating the expression of re volt which is now running rampant.’ I am writing to urge that this new dynamic be turned into constructive instead of destructive channels. The Negro race should no longer continue to vote for the republicans because they do not like democrats, nor yet for democrats because they do not like republicans. Vindictive politics will get the race nowhere. The Ne gro should align himself with firm principles and sound politics inde pendently of whichever party es pouses them. Principal Issue There is but one fundamental prin ciple involved in the present cam paign, and that is the principle of prohibition. Tonight I expect to lis ten to Governor Smith deliver his ac ceptance address over the radio. It is perfectly safe to predict that on all features of the two platforms, save one, his address will be as much like Mr. Hoover’s as Senator Curtis’ was. Prohibition, and prohibition alone is the issue. This is neither a republij can nor a democratic doctrine. Pres ident Nicholas Murray Butler is as wet as Senator Edwards and Senator Robinson is as dry as Senator Curtis. It is a sound, patriotic American doc trine, which political exigencies have forced the republican party to spon sor. Intemperance Injures Race The Negro race is the chief victim of intemperance and drunkenness. Free flowing liquor w'orks its great est havoc on the weaker man and the weaker race. The demon rum loves the black victim. The Negro reverse ly is the chief beneficiary of prohibi tion. It saves our sons and daughters from the lurings of temptation which th?y may lack the inhibition to resist. It makes for the building up of fam ily, church and home. The rapid ma terial progress of the race since pro hibition, though imperfectly enforced indicates its great value and advan tage. Return to rum would be a re turn to ruin. Negro Beneficiary of Law The Negro is the victim of law lessness and the beneficiary of law. He must uphold the constitution. Though all men should forsake it, yet should not he. Because the repub lican and democratic parties join in nullifying the 14th and 15th amend ments, yet the Negro should stand firmly by the constiution in all of its parts and provisions. If the coun try ever becomes accustomed to the nullification of the prohibition amendment, then there is little hope that it will ever return to the human rights amendments. Nullification is catching. Nullification of one por tion leads to nullification of other portions. Let the Negro at least maintain an attitude of moral consis tency. Mr. Smith and Mr. Hoover are two good men. Whichever of them is elected, the Negro may stand assured that farm relief, flood control, the foreign debt and international rela tions will be looked after. Let the Negro stand with Mr. Hoover because he stands for prohibition. But di* not fail to let Mr. Hoover and the re | publican party know that our griev i anees are great and that we will no I forget them nor hold them in abey ance, no, not even during the present j campaign. Yours truly, KELLY MILLER. _ PATENTS NEW LOCK INVENTION New York City—Henry Charle magne, a race man living in Anse-a Vieux, Haiti, and a member of the Haitian Patriotic Union of America, has just received from Washington the patent rights on his most reecnt invention. It is a combination lock, and is said to be a great improvement over anything of this nature ever pat ented. Mr. Charlemagne is said to be the holder of numerous other pat ents on devices for automobiles and electrical equipment. I PASSES AT AGE OF 105 Nassau, Bahamas—The last surviv or of slavery in the colony of Nassau, Martin Sawyer, aged 105 years, is dead. Sawyer was brought here from Africa as a boy. He enjoyed splen did health and spirits to the day of I his death, and was in possession of ; all his faculties. He was still able to ! do a good day’s work and support ] himself. | - WAGE FIGHT AGAINST HOME SEGREGATION New York, N. Y.—The national of fice of the N. A. A. C. P. has for warded its check for $180.75 to At torney George E. Hayes of Washing ton, covering the costs of printing the briefs in the case of Cornish against O’Donoghue, in the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. This is I the action brought to test whether or not white property owners may in clude in the deeds to property clauses which prohibit the sale by any future owner of that property to persons of Negro blood. This case marks an other step in the battle which the N. A. A. C. P. has waged for upwards of ten years to checkmate and defeat each new move to segregate colored people. DATES FOR TRIAL SET Biloxi, Miss.—A sensation is ex pected in the trials of the prominent race politicians under indictment for the sale of federal patronage in the State of Mississippi. The dates of the trials have just been set. Ed. L. Patton will be tried at the September term of court. The trial of Perry W. Howard will not take place until the November term of court in Jack son. i _ PULLMAN CO. EMPLOYES NUMBER 10,794 Washington, D. C.—According to an abstract which has just been pub lished by the Interstate Commerce Commission of the report rendered by j the Pullman company for 1927 the j company had in its employ last year j 10,794 porters and maids and their I average salary was $2.60 a day. The revenue received by the Pull j man company from the operation of leeping cars in 1927 amounted to 80.952,208. The total operating ex penses were $66,502,582. I — ACTION TAKEN TO DISBAR REDMOND Jackson, Miss.—Ex parte motion was entered on the docket of the chancery court by a special commit tee recently, seeking the disbarment of Attorney S. D. Redmond, republi can political leader. Redmond was indicted for the sale of federal pat ronage in the recent republican pat ronage probe at Biloxi. TAKE NOTICE We take this method of informing jthe members and friends of Clair iM. E. church and the public in gen eral, that the Home Coming and An ; nual Visit of Bishop Clair, our Area Bishop, of Covington, Ky., will not 1 be with us September 9th, the second Sunday, as previously announced, because that is the final rally of the A. M. E. churches of Omaha before leaving for their annual conference, and t* e other Methodist churches al so. We have so written the Bishop, hoping that he may Vie able to come at another date. A. H. HIGGS. j: A BIG EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION j: •j to be held at ■■ I* KRUG PARK—September 11 j; I We are hereby calling the public’s atten- ■: tion to this big event. We have heretofore, :■ no doubt, witnessed this day of celebration in Omaha, but never before have we had it ;j I; in this wise. :• ij There is a big effort being made by the i Committee to reach every organized group J ■: of race people in and around Omaha, in £ ■| order that they may share in, or have a $ chance to share in this affair. We are hop- j; ■j ing to have every church group, every fra- £ ternal society and the business and profes- :« Isional men to participate in this celebration. £ We have heard from many sources, much :• criticism about a date for this celebration. £ To that we have only this to say: In the J Slave States, the dates differ; in Nebraska, £ there is no fixed date for this occasion, for J |;j this was not a slave state. So, we use a date £ I* on which we can secure a place that fur- £ •: nishes such recreation and amusements as £ ;■ this day calls for, hence, the day and place £ X: this year is $ > % £ September 11th, at Krug Park! £ j£ Another objection has been that it has £ £ been a single-handed effort. That objection £ £ this year is removed by reason of the fact £ £ that all groups are being approached to take £ £ part. £ £ Still another objection has been because £ £ some have thought that the churches and £ £ pastors should not have the dance pavilion (operating under church management. That £ objection this time is removed, for the Krug £ Park Amusement Co. had contracted with £ £ Mr. John Smith for the dance pavilion last £ I"* March, so the churches will have no hand in £ the management of the hall. £ Now let us all get together and have a big 5 day of co-mingling one with another and at £ the same time celebrate in a large way our £ £ Race Freedom. £ £ The following named brethren have been £ £ approached and have agreed to co-operate '< I with the plan. From Fraternities: £ A. M. HARROLD REV. D. McQUEEN £ C. G. M. of U. K. T.’b State G. M. of M. T. of A’b £ DR. GOODEN £ G. M. of U. B. F.’s £ Churches approached through pastors: £ £ REV. E. H. HILSON REV. A. H. HIGGS £ £ Salem Baptist Clare Chapel M. E. f J REV. WM. HALL REV. E. D. JOHNSON £ ! Morning Star Baptist St. John’s M. B., No. Side ■£ REV. MR. STEVENSON REV. Z. E. McGEE £ Galilee M. B. Pleasant Green M. B. £ REV. JNO. ADAMS REV. J. W. GARNER £ £ Presiding Elder, Omaha Bethel A. M. E. £ ^ District, A. M. E. % £ REV. J. H. JACKSON L. E. HAMLETT £ Ip Bethel M. B., So. Side Cleaves Temple, C. M. E. ^ £ We hope this announcement will be clear- £ £ ly read and understood so that everyone will £ £ know that all groups can be benefited by f: £ plans offered if they will take part. At this £ £ writing the Committee has not been able to £ £ see all of the churches and pastors, neither £ £ have we had time to see all of the Fraternal £ £ Societies, but we will see them before the £ £ next issue comes out, so as to let the public £ £ know those participating in this grand af- £ £ fair. Watch for newspaper and circular an- J £ nouncements later. Anyone wishing to take £ £ part or to get further information call £ L. E. HAMLETT £ jj Secretary of Committee £ \ 1713 No. 25th Street Phone WE. 6855 j £ Let us hope that all groups will do their ■! £ best to make this a worth-while occasion. £ \ JNO. ADAMS £ £ Z. E. McGEE £ £ J. W. GARNER £ £ J. H. JACKSON £ £ L. E. 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