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COSTIGAN WAGNER i BILL HEARINGS FEBRUARY 20, 21 Measure Widely Endorsed; Many Notables to Testify. Washington, Feb. 9—Hearings on t.h< Costigan-Wagner anti-lynching , bil? will be held before the sub-com mirtee of the Senate Judiciary Com- ' E-Jftee at 10:30 a- m- on February 20 and 21. Senator Van Nuys, the chair r.an, announced today. .Among those who wil testify at the hearings are Rev. Russell J. Clinchy of Washington, for the Congregation al Commissin on Missions; Arthur Garfield Hays, noted attorney, who n ill discuss the legal side of the bill; Prof. Karl N- Llewellyn. Columbia University law school, who will de U nd the bill from the angle of policy ar,d l< gal engineering; Miss Juanita E- Jackson, president of the City Wide young People’s Forum of Balti mre; Mrs- Augustus Carl, repre K mating the Women’s Peace Society; Rev. Asbury Smith and Rabbi Edward L. Israel, for the Maryland Anti L; nching Federation; Mrs- Irving C. pi ley and Mrs. Marriott C- Morris f r the Committee on Race Relations of the Society of Friends; Mrs. Eliza 1 :h Harrington, native Mississippian, v ho will speak for the Student Coun c' of the national Y. W. C- A-; Charles H- Houston, Dean Howard University law school and Charles K Tuttle, famous New York attorney. The Department of Race Relations of the Federal Council of Churches has p: mistd to have a representative at i» hearing and it is expected that r renee Pickett of the Society of r ’ ids will also be present- Sever al ;• 3:iv, ;ui d white southerners are (.•> e.ud ti testify. u hr '•:* number of other witnesses hr e indicated theeir willingness to • .u. bv.i several are unable to pay ■ ■ n expenses. The National uti an for the Advancement of f ; ;• d People is trying to raise a ' ; . i $5000 to pay for transporta t printing, publicity and other ex incident to the hearing and to • die bill through Congress, and n dng contributions from those sted in the enactment of an ; . ,ynching law. . NY ORGANIZATIONS BACK COSTIGAN-WAGNER BILL New York, Feb. 9—Endorsements cf the Costigan-W’agner anti-lynch ing bill on which hearings will be held February 20 in Washington, are pouring into the national office of the N. A. A- C- P The Inter-Racial Com mittee, the Federation of Church Wo men and the Young Women’s Chris tian Association of Indianapolis have adopted resolutions favoring the bill. Approval of the measure also comes from The Pastors Association of Nashville, Tenn- and the Woman’s American Baptist Home Mission So- 1 ciety. Common Ground, a volunteer j social service and educational asso ciation of Chicago, has voted support j of the bill and contributed $2 to help j in the fight for its passage On February 8 the Public Affairs Committee of the National Young Women’s Christian Association went officially on record as approving the Costigan-Wagner bill. The Church Women’s Committee of the Depart ment of Race Relations of the Fed eral Council of Churchse has also in dicated its approval of the measure. THREE GOVERNORS SCORE LYNCHING New York, Feb. 9—In letters to Walter White, secretary of the Na tional Association for the Advance ment of Colored People, the governors of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and j Oklahoma have scored lynching and approved methods to rid the country | of the evil of mob murder. Governor A. Harry Moore of New Jersey writes: “I can assure you that 1 am wholeheartedly with you in your endeavor to rid our country of this terrible thing, and wish to cooperate with you in every way possible Governor Gifford Pinchot of Penn sylvania writes: “I approve most heartily the passage of a Federal anti-lynching bill- I cannot too strongly condemn lynching and the failure of any state to punish it promptly.” . Claude Weaver. Seceretary to Wil liam H- Murray, Governor of Okla homa, has written that while “Gov ernor Murray does not give expres sion of his opinion upon this bill or any other measure pending before the Federal Congress” owing to the pres sure of his duties ‘‘there has never been a lynching in Oklahoma since Wm- H- Murray has been Governor. In several instances where mobs were being assembled, the Governor pro tooted prisoners with the Nat.ona J»ard. Hi. motto i. to prove™ lynching instead of i.suing P™"™ mentoes denouncing mob. AFTER THE LYNCHING”. Anti-Lynching Statements in Congressional Record. Washington. Feb- y-—Senator Ed ward Costigan of Colorado, co-author of the Costigan-Wagner anti-lynch ing b:!l rea l into the Congressional Record of Feberuary 2 more than two pages of ajiti lynching s'/tements. These included a lengthy resolution adopted by the City Council of Cleve land. 0-, urging jtassage of the Costi gan-Wagner bill; H. L- Mencken’s column favoring the measure which appeared in the Baltimore Livening Sun of January 15; a n.ws account fi urn the Rocky mountain News of Denver, Col- reporting the conference of Southern women which urged dras tic action against lynchers; a favor able editorial from the N. Y- World Telegram, and the text of the Costi gan-Wagner bill itself BIRMINGHAM MAN BECOMES N. A. A. C. P. LIFE MEMBER Birmingham, Ala-, Feb- 2. — T. C. Windham, outstanding Negro busi ness man of this city has become a life member of the National Associa tion for the Advancement of Colored People. Such memberships cost $500 1 he present membership drive here is directed by Mrs. Daisy E. Lampkin, Regional field secretary of the asso ciation. assisted by Dr. E. W- Tag gart, president of the Birmingham branch and Dr- Charles A. J- McPher s. n. secretary. Two hundred and fifty workers, under the direction of Mrs. R- M. Neely, Jr., heading the Women’s division and S. M. Jones, Manager of the Atlanta Life Insur ance Company, leading the Men’s di .•:«ion. are aiding in the drive for members, and for contributions to hi' Association’s Penny-a-Negro 25th Anniversary campaign Birmingham, Ala., (CNA), Jan- 27 —The Rev. Grover C- Tucker, minis ter of Tuscaloosa, Ala., is the pub lisher, distributor, and presumably the author, of a lynch ballad praising the murder of Dan Pippon and A. T Hardon, Negro boys lynched by dep uties from that town last August, and calling for bigger and better lynch ings. H v> you heard of the Scottsboro boro cases? “Have yu heard of the I- L- D.? “Do you want your little girls mur dered ? “And the guilty brutes go free?” is one of the final stanzas of the doggerel, which calls for “love for the Ku Klux Klan” and “one hun dred percent law and order” plus a donation of ten cents to the reverend WHITE SOUTHERN FIRM SENDS N. A. A. C- P. $15 NEW YORK, February 6—The Lefebre-Armstead Company of Rich mond. Va-, manufacturers of Rum ford Baking Powder, has just con tributed $15 to the work of the Nat ional Association for the Advance ment of Colored People- The contri bution was solicited by Mrs- Mattie L. Handy, colored traveling repre sentative of the company, during the recent N- A. A. C. P. membership drive in Richmond, headed by Mrs Daisy E- Lampkin, Regional field secretary of the Association. X. A. A. C. P. FELICITATES ROOSEVELT LAUDS ANTI LYNCH STAND NEW YORK, February 6—In a telegram felicitating President Roos evelt on his 52nd birthday, Walter White, secretary of the National As sociation for the Advancement of Colored People, praised him for his “outspoken and uncompromising” stand against lynching, and declared that “We are grateful to you for all that you have done and will do in the future towards arousing America a gainst this evil from which Negroes have been the chief sufferers and from all other manifestations of race | prejudice.” The telegram closed with | praise for “the steps which are being taken to include Negro sufferers j among the beneficiaries of the WTarm Springs Foundation.” ‘BALANCE THE DIET—THEN BALANCE THE BUDGET’ WASHINGTON, February 6—(C NS) — Carlton Inniss and Abraham Weisbrod, the one colored and the other white, were the only two dele gates from Chicago representing the substitute carriers of that city at the demonstration held in Washington, January 24th. They are both mem bers of the National Association of Post Office Employees, which organ izatin is seeking to establish substi tute postal employees in their work under more satisfactory conditions as to hours and personnel. Mr. Inniss and Mr- Stovall, of New York, were the only two colored delegates who were a part of the special delegation of fifteen that interviewed President Roosevelt's secretary, Mr- McIntyre Of the 600 postal employees in the city approximately 100 were colored coming from all parts of the country. They made a very satisfactory show ing in the parade down Pennsylvania Avenue. Their most striking slogan borne on a huge banner was “Balance the diet—then balance the Budget.” THE NEW ORLEANS N. A. A.C.P. BRANCH PRESIDENT IS GIVEN BANQUET New Orleans, Feb. 9.—James E Gayle, newly elected president of the New Orleans branch of the National Association for thee Advancement of Colored People, was tendered a ban quet here on January 29. in honor of his election- Leading citizens were in attendance. . PROTEST BARRING OF N. H. “U” BOXER BECAUSE OF COLOR Boston, Feb- 9- — Because of a “gentlemen’s agreement” between the University of New Hampshire and the Coast Guard Academy at New' London, Conn-, Fred Moody, a mem ber of the University’s boxing team was barred from the recent match between the two schools. To avoid embarrassment, Moody withdrew from the team. In letters to the Coast Guard Acad emy, the University of New Hamp shire and the Connecticut State Col lege, Joseph P. Loud of Boston, a member of the board of directors of the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People has vig orously protested against this dis crimination and expressed hope that “all barriers will be further removed to the complete satisfaction of our Negro citizens.” The /iasociation’s national office has also registered a strong protest Kentucky To Welcome An nual Conference Recrea tion Workers Among: Col ored Group. Usually Kentucky hospitality is spontaneous but ever ready. In the case of the Annual Conference of Colored Workers in recreation activ ities representing cities all over the ! country to be held March 4th, 5th and 6th next, the hospitality to be ex pressed is already being prepared this far in advance; in fact, according to reports from Theodore E. Brown, Di rector of Recreation, from his Com munity headquarters at 5th and Up per Streets, Lexington, it is all ready for those recreation workers planning to attend. The incidental social and rhythmic activities are ready for the signal; the informal banquet is just awaiting the arrival of its delegates, and one of the features is to provide in the menu some delicious Ken tucky hams which took years to cure as well as other table enjoyables Headquarters of the National Re creation Association will be repre sented by observers and participants including Charles E- Reed, the well known manager of national field work. Demonstrations led by delegates, and exhibitions and photographs of various events of interest have al ready been assured- City officials have accepted participation on the program and will visit the conferr cnce. Everything has been planned by citizens and the colored Recrea tion Commission to make sure that each delegate and attendant at the conference feels at home. A tour of the city and park areas, a social dance, the banquet, unusual housing provision will make this conference the high water mark in hospitality if the Kentucky spirit and enthusiasm is any barometer The recent provision for a new center from P- W. A- loan funds, and cooperation of local and Federal Gov ernment agencies to promote the work of the colored recreation pro gram are indicative of the warm and cordial public interest which will stim ulate the conference preparations and the welcome to be accorded those who attend. It is hoped that all workers will immediately consult their boards and superintendents so that the way will be clear for full attendance. The Mayor of the city will in per son welcome the delegates; the very cordial City Manager will cooperate to make the going and coming of all attending a really happy experience. These annual enferences of com munity center and public recreation workers have been a feature for sev eral years in the national program of play activities promoted by E- T. Att well, field director, of the National Recreation Association- In previous years the conference has been held in various sections of the country, in cluding Chicago, Washington, Day ton, Ohio, Cincinnati, and other cities. Delegates desiring reservations may write the local recreation direcjpjr T. E- Brown, Recreation Commission Office, Lexington, Ky. The promot ers believe that with the increase in leisure or free time of children and adults, an exchange of experience in leadership should prove valuable to those attending and the communities which they represent. ; E- T. ATTWELL. THE CONSTRUCTION PROBLEM GAINS GREATER ATTENTION ..The Federal government has start j ed a nation-wide farm housing sur vey to ascertain the potential demand for improved home facilities, the cost of providing them, the develop ment of standard specifications adapt ed to the needs of various areas, and practical plans for financing improve ! ments and new building. It is generally known that there is a tremendous unfulfilled demand for new housing, in city as well as rural areas, due to the lack of build ing for five or six years, and to the high *rate of depreciation of existing structures. One of the great stumbling blocks to building now is that banks are un able to loan funds because of inelas tic law’s, and the interest rates charged by other agencies are often so high as to discourage the pros pective builder. Both private and public agencies are now’ working on the financing problem to develop some plan w'hereby money can be made ! available for construction at reason i able interest rates, and still earn a j fair profit. There is also hope that l there will be sufficient change in the banking situation to permit a little j more leew’ay in making building loans on the basis of an applicant’s general character and reputation, instead of on his lisuid assets only. If a major buiding wave can be started, on the farms and. in cities one of the biggest steps toward re covery and stability will have been taken In the meantime, those who can build or repair now will be benefiting themselves and the nation by starting construction dollars rolling, for let us hope that never again can we buy or build as cheaply as today. THE WORLD IN A LIGHT GLOBE When you switch on an electric lamp, y*oy’re using materials that came originally from almost every country in the world. In that little globe that cost you 20 or 30 cents, there’s antimony from Mexico, thoria from Brazil, niter and silica from Chile, cobalt and nickel from New Caledonia, bismuth from Australia, tin from the Malay Peninsula, man ganese from India, potash from Rus sia, sodium carbonate from East Africa, arsenic from Greenland—and so it goes down a long similar list of items As has been said, the electric lamp is literally the light of the world SPECIAL TO THE OMAHA GUIDE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WASH. Summary Of Report Of The Negro Advisory Committee Of The Ad visory And Planning Council for The Department Of Commerce. Responding to the invitation of Secretary Roper, of the Department of Commerce, a group of Negro lead ers, later organized as a permanent advisory committee to the Depart ment of Commerce, spent two days (Sept- 7 and 8) in session, discussing vital needs of the American Negro At the close of the session, a compre hensive report was submitted to the Secretary, covering the folowing top ics: Business, Agriculture, Education, the N. R- A- Program, Labor Unions, and the Federal Government, as each affects the Negro. Under the caption of Business, the report advises that the field of busi ness, in which the Negro has achieved the largest measure of success, is that of life insurance. From small be ginnings of numerous beneficial so cieties of a score of years ago, there have developed within the past decade fully thirty insurance organizations, which claim more than a local sphere 01 usefulness. At the beginning of 1929, these companies, limited to the patronage of their own people, had grown to the size which commanded the admiration of their communities and were a justifiable source of piide to the entire Negro race When the blight of depression fell upon the country, these institutions were not spared- They had justified their existence by making loans on Negro-owned property. Naturally these companies were among the first to feel the result of unemployment, because it was the Negro worker who was the first to be dropped from the industrial payrolls, when retrench ment set in. Mortgagors defaulted in interest and principal payments ; as well as in taxes; and these com panies, which had endeavored to be of help to their own people, were left. Premium payments ceased and pol icies were drained of their cash and loan values to the detriment of cash reserves of these companies, plung ing some of the most widely known of these companies into the hands of receivers. These unfortunate occur rences affected the Negro insurance enterprises and helped to impair the confidence in Negro business integ rity, which had been built up care fully through the years. Despite these facts, failures among Negro insurance companies have been few compared with failures in the in surance business generally- It is a noteworthy fact that twelve small, struggling, Negro-owned companies, that had received less than Nineteen Million Dollars in premiums, gave employment to more than Six Thous and Negro agents, clerke, stenogra phers, and other workers An urgent request is made in the report that a member of the advisory group be appointed to serve on the Department of Commerce Committee which has been created to study the j business of insurance, in order that such intimate knowledge as may be available of the embarrassments of Negro-owned insurance companies may be given to such a committee, thus pointing one way in which the Department of Commerce might aid ! struggling Negro business In the discussion of Agriculture,! the report points to the fact that two millions of Negroes are engaged in the occupation of farming. In cer tain sections of the far South, Ne groes form the major part of the farming population. From this con sideration, the report continues, it j seems obvious that this large group I of the population should have sub stantial representation in all plan ning for the improvement of the busi ness of farming'and should share ful ly in representation on all boards, bureaus, and committees that affqct directly the communities in which Ne gro farmers live and work. .(To be continued on the Editorial. . Page next week) . __ WILLIE PETERSON ' EXECUTION DATE PUT OFF TO MAR. 30 Birmingham. Ala-, Feb- 9.—Willie Peterson, convicted of murder, was granted a new lease on life here this week when Governor D. M- Miller granted a stay of execution from Feb ruary 16 to March 30. At the same time the governor announced that a clemency hearing would be held on March 6 J. W- Altman, chief council retained by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to defend Peterson, is in charge of the presentation of evidence and pleas at the clemency hearing. It is expected that new evidence establishing Pet erson’s innocence will be presented at that time. The famous case took another sen sational twist this week when former Chief of Police Fred McDuff "about faced” on his previous statement that he thought Petereson was innocent Mr- Altman immediateely challenged the change of face of McDuff and re vealed the latter had agreed to go to Montgomery and tell Governor Mil ler he thought the state was about to executee the wrong man. It was intimated here that McDuff changed suddenly due to influence of powerful friends of the dead girl’s family who , have been pressing for execution of Peterson in order to close up the case once and for all. McDuff is also said to have political ambitions. Sheriff James Hawkins, so far as is known, is standing by his declaration to Governor Miller that Peterson is the wrong man- It was on the strength of this plea from the sheriff that the governor granted the first stay from January 12 to February 10 POLICE SURGEON AND EDITOR GIVE $25 TO N. A. A. C. P. FUND. New York, Feb. 9.—Dr. Louis T Wright, surgeon of the police depart ment of the City of New York and secretary of the medical board of Harlem Hospital, and Carl Murphy, editor of the Baltimore Afro-Amer ican, have each contributed $25 re the anniversary fund of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People—$1 fr each year of the association's life- Both Mr. Mur phy and Dr. Wright are members of the N. A. A. C- P. board cf director" N. A. A. C. ?. BRANCHES ARE CELEBRATING i 25th BIRTHDAY New York, Feb. 9—The nearly 400 branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple are planning to celebrate the birthday of the Association on Febru ary 12 with either a mass meeting, a ball or a banquet held on that day or shortly afterward The Pine Bluff; Ark. branch will j hold its celebration on February 17, where Dr W. E- Watson, president of the State College, will be principal speaker. At the celebration held by the Asheville, N. C. branch on February '23. Attorneys Tyson and Lovett of Washington, D- C. who aided in the defense of George Crawford, will be the featured speakers- Other branches are making elaborate prep arations for N. A. A. C- P- birthday meetings- The Pittsburgh. Pa branch is holding a mass meeting and birthday dinner which will honor its president, Homer S. Brown N. A. A. C. P. REVEALED i AS POWER BEHIND ACQUITTAL Princess Anne, Md., Feb- 9.—The power behind the victory in the Sam Jones case here Tuesday, Feb- 6 has been revealed as the National Asso ciation for the Advancement of Col ored People Jones, 55, was acquitted by a jury of Princess Anne white men on the charge of slaying Mrs. Margaret Brumley, a white farm wo man, who was found stabbed to death New Year’s eve in her home it Marion Station near here When Jones was arrested, the case was called a “second Euel Lee case.” _j0€, aiDD au agw wv.w.vm rxecuted early in December after a ;wo year defense by the Intemation il Labor Defense for the murder of a farm family on the Eastern Shore of Maryland Feeling ran high against Jones es pecially when it was said circumstan tial evidence connected him with the murder- He was removed to Balti more for safekeeping, just as Lee was removed. At the request of the New York office of the N. A. A- C- P., Dean Charles H Houston, member of its na tional legal staff, conferred with Jones and his attorney, State Senator L Creston Beauchamp, who lives in Princess Anne. Senator Beauchamp declared he could vouch for the senti ment in Princess Anne and it was de cided to try Jones here, the scene of the Armwood lynching, rather than seek a change of venue At the trial, held before Judge Robert F- Duer, in front of whose home Armwood was burned, three witnesses established an alibi for Jones and the sheriff testified the bloody garments found in Jones’ home evidently had been planted there since they were not there when the first two searches of his home were made. When the jury brought in its ver dict of acquittal, there was no ei citemenc and no sign of a disturb^ ance- Jones was so dazed he eould not realize he was a free man. H.e had to ba told twice by his attorney that he was free to do as he pleased. The acquittal is being hailed by v.-hit _• and colored Maryland citizens, espi- ally since the case arose on the' Eas cm Shore and in the very town Vhe:e a lynching took place only 100 days age. The fact that it was done with a lawyer from the town itself with the backing of the N. A. A. C P. is also causing considerable com ment CLAUDE McKAY RETURNS TO HARLEM AFTER AN EXILE OF TEN YEARS NEW YORK CITY, February 13— (CNS)—Claude McKay is back in Harlem after spending ten years a brcad. Arriving here from Spain, the poet-novelist hurried up to Croton on-the-Hudson to visit* friends before settling down again in “Harlem Shadows.” 1R IMES ELECTED HEAD OR UNION THEOLOCICAL SEMI NARY ALUMNI CLUB NEW YORK CITY, February 13— (CNS)— The Rev. William Lloyd Tmes, pastor of St. Janies Presbyter ian Church, 141st and St- Nicholas Avenue has been elected president of the New York Alumni Club of Union Theological Seminary. 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