Farley Holds Confer
ence with Democrats
By L. Herbert Henegan
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Postmaster
General James A Farley received a
delegation of representative Negroes
prominent in local, state and nation
al Democratic circles in his suite at
the Muehkbach hotel Friday and ex
pressed his gratitude for the sup
port given President Roosevelt in the
campaign last fail He assured the
group that Negroes would be recogn
ized for their activity.
The delegation was led by Dr Wm
J Thompkins. director of Negro
voters in the western states in the
Roosevelt campaign who acted as
spokesman for the group.
Dr. Thompkins Speaks
Following the introduction of each
member of the delegation to Mr
Faritv. Dr Thompkins said:
“Mr Farky, we have assembled
here for the purpcse of bringing
fraternal greetings rom the Negro
Democrat in this section we felt that
it would have been a derelicition on
our part to permit a person of your
office and import to come into our
midst without showing appreciation
for what you and the administration
are doing in these history' making
times.
“Democracy is not a new thing
here in Kansas City. We stated more
than 30 years ago with less than a
handful!. In the last campaign more
than 60 per cent of our group cast
their iot with the Democratic party.
Whik our organization has been one
long duration, we have been able to
enlist thousands of fresh recruits
from our race because of your match
less candidate and your own individ
ual efforts as national chairman. This
could not have been done without
your cooperation and fine inspiration.
rmcnu Mr. Farley
Turning to the group. Dr Thomp
kins sad:
"Now. ladies and gentlemen. I take
great pleasure in presenting to you a
man who has made a president,
Franklin D Roos.velt, who in this
great maiestrom of suffering and
anguish has perfected more legisla
tkn in 90 days than any of his pre
decessors And when you, Mr Farley,
shall have passed into the great be
yond your name will go down in his
tory as the greatest national chair
man this nation has ever produced
and one of America’s statesmen—the
erudite James A Farley, postmaster
general of these United States.”
Espceaiwn Gratitude To Group,
Mr Farley who has been standing
in^stljr in the center of the group
smiled and said:
"Ladies and gentlemen, I feel very
grateful to Dr Thompkins. He is al
ways very nice to me. Everything he
has said is all right except, of course,
the part he said about me.
“I am most grateful to the Negroes
throughout the country, to Dr.
Thompkins and his able associates,
who played such an important part
in our campaign last fall. We could
®ot have enjoyed the splendid victory
had it not been for the great effort
put forth by you folks. I am glad to
know you have had a staunch organ
isation here and I appreciate the fact
that you were successful in rallying
such large support I am hoping that
we may perpetuate this great work
I might say that we have already
recognised and honored members of
your race in the short time we have
been in office and we plan to do
more I think that Dr Thompkins is
one of the most outstanding and we
appreciate his work.”
Keaiper Echoes Tribute.
Simultaneous with the applause
that burst forth from the group, W.
T Kemper, national committeeman
Dry Cleaning
The Cut throat who has
been ruining your
dresses and such for so
long in this town is now
out of the picture. Come
back to the old STAND.
BY. Our CASH AND
CARRY prices are as
lew as any and our DE
LIVERY charge is
moderate.
EDHOLM AND SHERMAN
LAUNDERERS AND
DRY CLEANERS
from Missouri who was present said,
of Mr Farley’s tribute to Dr
Thompkins.
“And I do too.” “The Negroes of
the United States,” he continued,
“ar extremely fortunate in having
for a friend the type of man that
Mr Farley is and with the heart that
he possesses.”
Harry Leland, director of activ
ities in Nebraska and a member of
the delegation said:
“Mr Farley, I want to say just a
word. I look upon Dr Wm J
Thompkins as the most outstanding
, Negro Democrat in America, and had
I h not been for his help, advice and
! cooperation we would not have been
able to elect John Owens, a Negro,
to the state legislature. We owe Dr
Thompkins every consideration for
guiding us to a Democratic victory.”
Dr Thompkins has been actively
identified in national Democratic
politics since the first Woodrow Wil
son campaign in 1912, serving as di
rector of Negro activities and direct
ed the Negro voters in the Cox for
president movement and also directed
the national campaign for John W
Davis in 1924 among Negroes. In
1928 he was western director when A1
Smith ran for president and held the
same position last fall in the Roose
velt campaign Dr Thompkins is
chairman of the National Colored
Democratic association which has
been incorporated which has been in
corporated since 1892 and is also chair
man of the Missouri Negro Demo
cratic association.
Mr Farley was here to dedicate
the new postoffice and to speak be
fore the Youth Democratic clubs in
its first annual session at Convention
hall
Representative Delegation
Others who were present at the
meeting included Felix H Payne who
headed the national Negro campaign
in Missouri for John W Davis in
1924 Ife also handled the A1 Smith
campaign in the state and organized
92 Negro Roosevelt for President
clubs in Missouri last fall.
Mrs Wm J Thompkins, Mrs C
H Adkins, Mrs D M. Miller, Miss
Etta Butler, Omaha only Negro wom
an delegate attending the Young
Democratic Clubs of America Con
vention; W P Dancey, Harry Le
land, Omaha; Robert L. Sweeney,
Roy Dorsey, Dr L M Tillman, Dr
T A Fletcher, Dr E B Perry,
Dorsey Moore, J B Gibbs, attorney;
and L Herbert Henegan, city editor
of The Kansas City American were
the other members of the group
Mr Farley boarded a plane short
after the conference for Washington.
ATLANTA DAILY WANTS NE
GROES TO TAKE LOWER WAGE
THAN WHITES
WASHINGTON, DC— Further
jffeaso* why objections are rising all
over the country to the naming of
Clark Foreman, Atlanta white man,
as economic adviser on Negroes in
the interior department was cited here
this week. The Atlanta Constitution,
owned by Clark Howell, uncle of
Clark Foreman, has come out editor
ially for a lower wage for Negroes
under J*ie NRA and as a general
practice. A representative of the N
A A C P , speaking of the asso
ciation’s protest on Mr Foreman,
said:
“This is the best possible example
of why we object to Mr Foreman
He personally is rate as a fine young
man, as fair on the race question as
| a southerner cs-n be But Mr Fore
! man, no matter how fair he tries to
be, cannot stand up for Negro eco
nomic justice like a Negro can. The
pressure on him is too great. How
can we expect an Atlantan, where the
most powerful daily paper and the
| Atlanta Chamber of Commerce have
] come out for a lower wage based or
color only, to stand up and fight foi
equal wages for equal work? That is
what the Negroes want Southerr
Negro leaders want it as well as
I northern Negro leaders. The masses
| of the South want it They held *
mass meeting in Atlanta and said sc
in no uncertain language. We do no1
believe Mr Foreman can think anc
feel for us We don’t think he car
function in the pinches — and there
will be plenty of pinches. Only a Ne
gro can do this job right and by righl
we mean right according to Negroes
judgment.”
“REVEALING”
YOUR
PAST -
| PRESENT I
FUTURE f
by Abbe’ Wallace I
"YOUNGEST MENTALIST ON THE AMERICAN STAGE”
R R K Dees the man I am in
love with love me?
Ans: This MINISTER with whom
yon are in love is fond of you hut this
does not appear to be real love. I do
aot believe that you and he will ever
live as MAN AND WIFE.
F C Will I be fortunate enough
to get a job?
Ans: I believe that you will if
' you Put an ‘AD IN THE PAPER. I
see you at work this month.
—
R L. Will you please tell me
1 where my shoes and pocketbook went
! to?
Ans: The person who is living
with you took these articles out of
your shop. His BEST FRIEND HAS
them at the present time.
M C Please favor me eough to
tell me if the man I have been meet
ing on my way to work is the man
that attacked me?
Ans: The person whom you sus
pect is NOT GUILTY of this crime.
S K Am I safe here in this city?
Ans: No YOLfR WIFE is on your
' trial at the present time.
A Constant Reader: What is the
cause of this breaking out all over
my body. Will I get over it soon?
Ans: The cause of this breaking
out all over your body is nothing in 1
the world but FOOD POISONING. I
advise a CHANCE OF DIET.
G H O. Will you tell me where
my cousin is living at the present
time?
Ans: Your cousins address at the
present time is 2224/z Second Avenue,
Seattle, Washington.
Dimples Will I or will I not?
Ans: Better not. I know girls that
have gotten in trouble in that way,
-
Z M I dream of L. R nearly
every night, is he sick or in trouble ?
Ans: He is not sick, but he is in
trouble, and further more he will al
ways be if he continues to fool around
with the NUMBER RACKET.
Waiting Is the boy friend cheat
ing on me and is the future any better
for me ?
Ans: The girl WHOM YOU SUS
PECT of having an affair with your
boy friend is innocent. She carries on
an affair, but not with yonr boy
friend.
L M What does the future hold
for me?
Ans: A term in prison if you'
continue running the kind of place
that you are running at the present
time. A change of occupation would
be to your advantage.
NOTE:—Your question printed free in this column.
For Prviate reply send 25c and (self addressed
stamped enevelope for my New Astrological Read
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questions free. Sign your full name birthdate, and
correct address. Adress Abbe’ Wallace,
P. 0. Box—11, Atlanta, Georgia.
Second Amonia
Conference
—
( Continued from p. 1)
Existing agencies for the welfare
of ihe Negro have evolved no methods
or philosophy to change the historic
status of Negro labor, the conference
found, and have failed to realize the
necessary alignment of black and
white labor
The whole system of private pro
perty and private profit is being
1 questioned “because individual owner
ship, expressing itself through the
control and exploitation of natural re
sources and industrial machinery, has
failed in the past to equalize con
sumption with production,” the c ,n
ference declared.
The traditional labor movement in
America is also ineffective in uniting
white and black labor, the conference
found, because of its craft structure
; and its objective of controlling jobs
! and wages for a minority of skilled
! whites workers.
A new labor movement, with Ne
l groes as active participants, is sug
gested. “Its activities,” says the re
port, “must be political as well as
economic for the purpose of effecting
such social legislation as old age pen
sions, unemployment insurance, the
regulation of ohild and female labor,
etc ”
“These social reforms may go to
the extent of a change in the form of
the government itself”, the report
continues “The conference sees three
possibilities: (1) fascism (2) com
munism (3) reformed democracy.
“The conference is opposed to fasc
ism because it would crytalize the
Negro’s position at the bottom of the
social structure. Communism is im
possible without a fundamental trans
formation in the psychology and at
titude of white workers on the race
question and a change in the Negro's
conception of himself as a worker.
“In the process of reform the inter
ests of the Negro cannot be adequate
ly safeguarded by white paternalism
in government. It is absolutely indis
pensable that in this attempt of the
government to control agriculture
and industry there be adequate Negro
representation on all boards and field
staffs ”
“There has been no attempt,” says
the report, “to disparage the older
type of leadership. We appreciate its
importance and contributions, but we
feel that in a period in which eco
nomic, political and social values are
shifting rapidly, and the very struc
ture of organized society is being re
vamped, the leadership which is
necessary is that which will integrate
the special problems of the Negro
within the larger issues facing the
nation.”
Inasmuch as the conference was
one for free discussion, the frank
statements of the members during tho
deliberations were voted as private
matter. Only the conclusions, which
summarized the three day discus
sions, are made public
No attempt was made to lay down
a concrete program for administra
tive action by any organization or
group The conference was called to
make a critical appraisal of the Ne
gro’s existing situation in the chang
ing American and world scene and to
consider underlying principles for
future aetion.
Elmer A. Carter, editor af Oppor
tunity magazine, was elected chair
man of the conference and served on
the findings committee Other offi
cers of the conference, also members
of the findings committee were; Anna
Arnold, New York and Hazel E
Browne, Louisville, Ky , secretaries
Reid, New York and Abram L Har
Other committee members: Ira De A
ris, Washington, D C.; Mabel Byrd,
Chicago; and Charles H Houston,
Washington, D C . chairman.
The average age of the conferees
was 32 All except one were college
graduates; a number had advanced
degrees and three had degrees of i
doctors ot philosophy there were
twenty men and eleven women
This is the second conference held
at Amenia The first, in 1916, brought
together older leaders of the race to
devise a common basis upon which
all elements of Negro thought could
work for the benefit of the 1 ace. One
of the spokesmen at the second Am
enia conference pointed out that in
1916 the conferees were faced only
with the problem of how to secure
for the Negro his place in an order
which was deemed to be permanent
The second Amenia conference, on
the other hand, was confronted with
a swiftly changing world scene in
which monarchies and democracies
have oppled and many doctrines
thought revolutionary and impossible
in 1916 are in vogue Its problem of
analyzing the Negro’s predicament
and suggesting a way out was, there
fore, much more difficult
A continuation committee to con
sider the practical implications of the
suggested program, has the following
members:
Charles H. Houston, temporary
chairman: Ira DeA Reid, Abram L.
Harris Mabel Byrd, Roy Wilkins,
Ralph Bunche, and E Franklin Fra
] zier.
The complete list of the conferees:
Virginia M Alexander Anna Arnold,
Pauline A Young, Philadelphia;
Wenonah Bond, Elmer A Carter,
Marion Cuthbert, WEB DuBois,
Ira De A Reid, Sara E Reid, M
Moran Weston, II Walter White. Roy
Wilkins, Frances Williams, and Prank
T Wilson, New York; Sterling A
Brown, Ralph J Bunche, Emmett E
Dorsey, Abram L Harris, Charles H.
Houston, Edward P Lovett and Roy
A Ellis, Washington; Hazer Browne,
Louisville, Ky ; Mabel J Byrde and
toward Shaw, Chicago; Thelma
Louise Taylor, Cleveland, Ohio; E.
Franklin Frazier and Jame3 Weldon
Johnson, Nashville, Tennessee; Har
ry W Greene, Institute, W Va ;
Juanita E Jackson, Baltimore, Md.;
Truly W Hayes Hampton. Va.;
I Louis L Redding, Wilmington. Del.
MEET ME ON THE BIG BOAT
EXCURSION ON THE “VALLEY
QUEEN”, SEPTEMBER 11.
“This
and
That....
By CLIFFORD C. MITCHELL
Chicago and Chicagoans!
Inside a Jewish Synagogue!
While the above is true it is a trifle
misleading for while I was inside of
what was once the beautiful and
massive Jewish Synagogue at Fifty
Third and Michigan Boulevard, it is
now the home of the Bethesda Bap
tist Church, pastored by the Rev E
T Martin
Chicago is the home of so many
beautiful churches that one who is
not affiliated with any particular de
nomination must have special reasons
for selecting some particular church
to attend and I had very special
reasons—an invitation from Miss
Myrtle King Brown, whom the read
er will recall was with me and my
sister some weeks ago when I pre
viously visited some churches here
Although I arrived at the Church
promptly at eleven o'clock I did not
get there in time to view the proces
sional march by the Junior Chorus
which I later learned commences at
five minutes to eleven. But after
obtaining a seat in the rear of the
church where I could view everything
without being too conspicuous in do
ing so I became deeply impressed
with the observance of punctuality in
opening their services for the large
seating capacity was extremely no
ticeable by the number of empty
seats available
Gradually, however, the attendance
increased and new arrivals were seen
entering even as late as ten minutes
before the closing time. And one
peculiar thing I noticed about the
late arrivals seemed to be their al
most unanimous desire to be seated
close to the front Perhaps there is
a little peculiar psychology in coming
to church late and parading dowrn to
the front with all eyes centered on
you?
As the services proceeded I regret
ted that I hadn’t gone further to the
front myself for it was rather diffi
cult to hear some of the speakers
from where I was sitting. This con
dition was caused by three imper
fections; a little deafness; the low
voice modulation of some of the
speakers; and the successful efforts
of a husky youngster in arms who
desired to be heard—and was
The music, however, was grand.
All during the service my eyes search
ed and searched in an effort to find
out where the organist was at and
whether it was a he or a she I was
not successful in my search and I am
still curious to know where the con
sole of that organ is
The choral music for that particu
lar day was furnished by the Junior
Chorus composed of about thirty
four high school boys and girls and
trained wholly by Miss Myrtle King
Brown, secretary to Mr Harry H
Pace, president of the Supreme Lib
erty Life Insurance Company, whom
I understand has spent one or two
evenings a week in training this Jun
lor Chorus, even to the extent of per
sonally making all of the robes used
by the members of the Chorus. It
would take some one possessing more
technical knowledge of music and its
execution than I possess, to comment
professionally on the work of this
Chorus under Miss Brown’s leadership
and training Personally, however, I
could have sat there for an indefinite
period listening to this Chorus for
each number seemed to surpass the
previous one and the spiritual, “Cer
tainly Lord” which they sang last
left such a longing to hear from such
numbers that I expect to be there
quite frequently.
And so I am grateful to Miss
Brown for the invitation extended and
regret that I had not accepted it
earlier but in one thing I was dis
appointed and that was in not having
the good fortune of hearing Miss
Brown in some solo work, whose
ability I have been hearing compli
mentary remarks from her working
associates at the Supreme Liberty
Life Insurance Company’s office*
ever since I returned to Chicago, bul
at least I was thankful to see and
hear the results of her Junior Chorus
whose training has been her hobby
for over two years
Prisons and Prisoners!
Michigan Democratic Politics!
It might seem a little far fetched
to write on Michigan Democratic
Politics in a Prisons and Prisoners
column but strange as it may seem
the subject ties up definitely for suen
an article The colored man who sat
in at my parole hearing when I was
attempting to secure a parole from
Jackson Prison was Charles C. Diggs,
of Detroit, democrat, and the only col*
ored member of the parole depart
ment. The day I was released he also
was at the prison with his car, and
other newspapermen, to get me At
the time I promised to give his Mich
igan efforts nation wide attenton
through my writings and for this
particular release I am using the
space to portray his achievements in
buildig up a democratic organization
among the colored people of Mich
igan
At one time Mr Diggs was an ard
ent Republican and as such he once
ran for Councilman in the City of
Detroit In 1928 however, he with
two other young Detroiters, Attorney
Harold E Bledsoe, and Joseph A.
Craigen, saw the light of day, to use
their own phrase and decides that the
colored man had more to gain by
building up a strong democratic or
ganization, so Mr Diggs set out to
organize local groups until in 1932
they had formed the Michigan Demo
cratic League, Inc , with headquart
ers in Detroit, thirty one branches,
and eight thousand members, accord
ing to some firgures recently sub
mitted to me And perhaps a better
idea can be formed of their achieve
ments by quoting from a manuscript
sent me by Mr Diggs.
“With three Negro candidates for
the State Legislature in 1932, al
though neither was nominated, each
of the candidates received in the
neighborhood of 18,000 votes and had
a plurality over any other colored
candidate running on the Republican
ticket. With wo candidates running
for County Coroner, Dr David C.
Smith, came within 800 votes of re
ceiving the Democratic nomination
for Wayne County Coroner. Follow
ing the election, due to the acumen
and foresight of these Negroes who
went forward to battle for Demo
cracy, Negroes began to enjoy in the
fruits of victory more patronage than
had ever been given Negroes in the
state of Michigan
“The first major appointment came
to this disgruntled Republican who
went out to build a solid party organ
ization—Charles C Diggs, who was
made Deputy Parole Commissioner,
the first Negro parole commissioner
in the state of Michigan The next
position, and a precedent, was the
appointment of Miss Loretta Manning
in the County Drain Commissioner’s
office. The next precedent established
was the placing of Miss Byrd, of Cass
County, as stenographer in the Supt.
of Public Instruction’s office at Lan
sing. Miss Helen Bryant secured a
stenographer’s job in the Governor’s
office at the capitol, Joseph A
Craigen was made clerk in the court
of Judge Guy A Miller Eddie Tolan
in the Register of Deeds office Dr
McKinley A Cary in the County
Treasurer’s office Miss Jessie Wal
ler in the County Clerk’s office Sev
'en men in the Building and Mainten
ance department in the State Capitol
at Lansing Ed Swan as messenger to
the Governor And two of the eleven
Negroes serving as Deputy Sheriff’s
of Wayne County.
“And many assurances of addition
al employment have been made by
both the State and Federal depart
ments. When Mr Farley visited
Detroit some time ago, as also when
President elect Roosevelt visited
there, Negroes were taken into the
official caucases and received the
pledges and assurance of a “New
Deal” from both persons,
staff of social workers and the acc
“The League maintains an active
omplishments in this field are suf
ficient for a special artmle in them
selves. All efforts are housed in a
Central Headquarters at 632 Living
stone Street in the lower east side of
Detroit in the midst of the heaviest
populated Negro district, and their
building stands as a monument to the
principles of Jeffersonian Demo
cracy.”
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“THE GOOD DIE YOUNG?”
By R. A. Adams
(For the Literary Service Bureau)
*“The good die yorung,” they say,
But ‘tis not so;
That ‘tis gross fallacy,
Easy to show;
The wicked, so the Bible says,
Shall to live out ev’e half his days.
Rather, who dings to Right,
i And shuns the wrong,
Thus living surely will
His life prolong;
For true’s the ancient prophet’s cry:
“The soul that sinneth, it shall die ”
j False then, that, as a rule,
“The good die young,”
Despite such fallacies,
Rather it evident appears,
The good die “Old and full o'f years.”
LIBELING GOD
By R. A. Adams
(For The Literary Service Bureau)
God needs no one to plead His
cause or to vindicate His justice but,
listening to many libels against Him,
one is inclined to assume this role
and make contention against the
gross misrepresentations so often
i heard—when God is charged with
! such terrible things as people are
won’t to “check up” to Him. today.
A terrible accident occurred. Three
prominent people had been killed
One was the president of an educa
tional institution, and his sudden
death left the affairs of the institu
I tion in a precarious condition. Of
I this tragedy, a woman was heard to
say, “God saw what was before the
president, and He took him out of the
world to save him from the humilia
tion that he must have suffered ”
If God decided to take him, then
why must He use such violent means?
W!hy was it necessary to take the
other two, who perished at the same
time? Then, if it was God’ way, there
could be no blame attached to the
man whose carelessness caused the
accident w'hich proved so tragic and
so disastrous. Moreover, it is certain
that this man would have preferred
the “humiliation” rather than the
terrible death he died.
Strange and erroneous are the
God and His providnce, But, despite
these, God is loving tender, kind,
sympathetic, in His dealings with His
creatures, and is not arbitrarily domi
nant, unjust vindictive and revenge
ful, as often described
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