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Quotations From
Negro Authors.
‘ We shall not always plant while
others reap.
The golden increment of bursting
fruit,
Not always countenance. abject
and mute;
That lesser men should hold their
brothers cheap;
Not everlastingly while others
sleep
Shall we beguile their limbs with
mellow flute,
Not always bend to some more sub
tle brute.
We were not made eternally to
weep.”
—Gountee Cullen.
What Others Say About Us.
“The adjustment of relations be
tween the races is at bottom of the
problem of bringing into existence a
world society permeated by the spirit
of justice, sympathy and goodwill.”
—J- H. Oldhan in Christianity and
the race Problem-”
WTiat Ne^ro Editors Are
Saying
The earless pedestrian is a menace
just as the careless driver—but he
egainpt sagnfals—.playing hide and
along rural roads with his back to
oncoming traffic—these are some of!
the surest means of courting death, i
Thank over .yotrr walking habits— I
Guide, Mav 9, 1934..
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Theodore W. Metcalfe and mem
bers of his campaign are engaged
this week in maping out a state
wide itinerary which will take the
Republican candidate for the nojm
ination for governor into all the
ninety-three counties of Nebraska
before ihe primaries
The former lieutenant governor
plans to begin his tour about Junel
Metcalfe said he has planed the
tour for two particular reasons: First,
he wants as many voters as is possi
le to hear from him peronally what he
stands for in state government and,
second, he believes the state Should
be given an opportunity to know the
man for whom they may vote for gov
ernor
His campaign associates have been
greatly enthused by favorabl reports
which have come from all sections of
the state following Metcalfe’s clear
-cutstand on all important state is
sues as forcefully et in his platform- j
“I will continue the campaign as I
have begun it,” he said. “I do not
claim to be a politician and I may
not be doing the smart thing politi
cally by telling the people in plain
language exactly what I stand for
“I might ’straddle the fence’ on
some issues just for the sake of mak
ing vote, but if that is necessary to
be elected I would rather not be gov
ernor of Nebraska-”
“It is my opinion the people of the
state have a right to know how I stand
on important questions of goverment
which vitally concern them and I am
going to tell them-”
Without hedging, Metcalfe sets out
in his platform, among other things,
that he stands for:
Reduction in the cost of state gov
ernment- Employment of men and wo
men who are qualified to do the work
for which they are paid- Abolition of
the pratice of creating jobs for “de
serving politians-”
Kepeal oi tne state promomon law
If Nebraska should remain dry, the
taxpayers would be loaded wth addi
tional taxes to support a state army of
prohibition agents. Opposes return
of the old time aloon. Favors sen
sible regulation of liquor traffic and
education of the younger generation
on the benefits of temprance
Single tax to replace property taxes
thus giving definite relief to home and
farm owners, and assuring th/p col
lection of taxes—something that is
not being done under the present
system.
Preservation and advancement of
Nebraska’s education system by this
new method of taxation.
Complete reorganization of the state
banking department so that local re
ceivers, assisted by local committees
of depositors would liquidate failed
banks- After all, it is the depostiors’
money, and they are entitled to know
what happens to it
Active cooperation with governors
of other agricultural states and the
national government program for the
benefits of all farmers.
Purging the state highway commis
sion to serve over a period of years
to work out a coanpresensive and
permanent program for our state high
ways.
BATTERING DOWN THE!
BARRIERS OF PRE
JUDICE
Stirring Chapters from the 25-Year
History of the National Associ
ation for the Advancement
of Colored People
THE FIGHT FOR PUBLIC
ACCOM MODATION
During its 25-years of existence,
the National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People, has
consistently fought for epual accom
modation in public places and against
discrimination based on color or raee.
During this quarter century many
notable battles have been won for
Negro advancement and the Asso
ciation has been successful in stem
ming the rising tide of jim crowism
in many parts of the counrty.
A prolong battle has been waged to
end restuarant and hotel discrimin
ation. Shortly after the founding of
the Association, the New York
branch formed a Vigilantes Com
mittees for the active prosecution of
all infringements of the Negro’s le
gal rights. A vigorous attack was
launched on color discrimin^ion in
in public places such as restaurants
hotels theaters, etc.
In 1917 when Negroes were ex
cluded from the U- S- Senate public
restaurant the Association received
a prompt disclaimer from the late
Senator Overman, chairmn of the com
mittee in charge. In Ohio during the
same year, the branches in Cleveland
Toledo and Lorain, forced removal
of signs proclaiming that colored
people would not be admitted to cer
tain restaurants. The following year
through the combined efforts of the
national office and its District of
Columbia branch, exclusion of Negroes
from the restaurant of the new Dis
trict of Columbia court house was
stopped. Later, when a seperate rest
aurant lf>r colored people was opened
in the same court house, the branch
had it abolished and all discrimina
tion in the restaurant of the Library
of Congress, however, was not im
mediately successful- On the other
hand such cases were won by N A- A
C- P- branches at Lansing, Mich-, Den- j
ver, Colo- and Cleveland, 0- Fights |
against posting of objectional signs I
were won at Pueblo, Colo-, Ottumwa, j
la-, Cleveland. O-, Portland. Ore-, Den- j
ver, Colo- and Providence, R- I
In 1920 the Milwaukee branch won \
a restaurant case under the civil
rights act. The Toledo branch won a
suit against the Metropolitan Stores
because of refusal to serve Negroes
in their cafeterias- The Ann Arbor
branch forced abolition of segregation
in the University of Michigan hos
pital dining room
Several suits have been won against
hotels discriminating against colored
people. Recently the Association has
taken an active part in the fight a
gainst discrimination in the House of
Representtives and the Senate pub
lic restaurants in Washington
Theatre Jim Crowism
The Association has also waged a
prolonged fight against jim Crowism
in theaters. In 1912 the activities of
the Detroit branch forced several
theaters to cease discriminating
against Negroes- During the same
year the New York branch brought
several suits against theaters.
Twenty years ago Negroes were bar
red fr^m the main flooj- of all New
York theaters- This was broken down
largely by the N- A- A- C- P- Vilig
arates- The Phildelphia branch was
likewise successful in 1917 in fight
ing segregation in theaters- In 1918
in San Francisco th?local branch wo
n an important deciscon in a suite ag
ainst a thetre- In 1925 the Chicago
against a theater- In 1925 the Chicago
e where young Negro student hd be
en beaten for refusing to six m a seg
regated scctioon He was awarded $2,
000- In Gmd Rapids, Mich- in 1928 a
verdict of $200 was recovered from
a theatre under the Michigan civil ri
ghts act- For over twenty years the
Assoociation has een fighting the sh
owing of the vicious film “ The birth
of a Nation” Branches everwhere ha
ve appealed to authorities to stop such
exhibitions and in a surprising num
ber of cases have been successful. Few
attempts are made now to exhibit
the picture, At one time it ws freely
shown in all parts of the country.
Other fights have been waged ag
ainst discrimdnatioon in bath houses,
beaches, steamships bus lines rilroads
churche hospitals bootblack stands
etc- In 1928, the Asociation won a
decisive victory against lessees of be
ach fronts property owned by the city
of Asbary Park N- J. who were seek
eking to exclude Negro bathers- Si
mitar cases have been wone here and
there often against determined oppos
ition. Also in 1928 the Charleston, W
Va- branch won for Negroes the right
to use the public library in that city
In 1929 the Association gained wide
spread publicity for its fight against
race prejudice and discrimination in
a Epicopal church in Brooklyn, N- Y
The fight gainst segregation and
discrimination on the railroads began
as early as 1912, when the Associat
ion proteted the appointment to the
supreme court bench of judge who
rendered a decision permitting the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail
rod company to refuse servise to Neg
roes in dinig and sleeping cars- The
appointment was not made. In 1913se
veral suits were brought against
the Baltimore, Chespeak and Atlant
ic railway company foj- discriminati
on on- Through the efforts of the Ch
icago branch a bill for jim crow car
service was defeated in the Illinois
legislature. In 1918 the Baltimore
branch aided a colored- women to win
judgement damages andcosts from
the Washington, Baltimore and Ann
apolis railway company The following
yer spirted protest of the Association
forced the abandonment of a policy
inaugurated by the U- S- railway tic
ket office in Cleveland. 0- to halt the
flight of Negroes from the South by
refusing to sell tickets from southern
pints t that city- During th sam period
dicrimination in travel was investig-1
a ted by the Charleston W- Va- Danv
ille Va- San Aantone Texas Bowling
Green Ky- and New York branches- an
the Detroit branch was successful in
haltingattempts to jim crow colored
passengers on the Michigan Central
railway between Detroit and Cincin
nati
In 1926 the Association aided in a |
suite brougt by Miss Blanch Brookins !
against the Atlantic Coast railroad
line for permitting her to be removed
from pullman car jailed over night
and fined $500 and costs at Palatka
Florid. The NAACP secured Arthur
Grfield Hays as attorney and in 1928
the railroad settled out of court for
$2,750
The Fight Against Medical Jim Crow
The Assocition has waged a con
tinual fight against discrimination and
}suib3b puB ‘spe^idsoq ui uoi^B3ai3as
efforts of philanthropists to uild jim
crow hospitals in the North. It has!
-consistently fought o square deal for
physicians, internes, nurses and pa
tients- In the case of Harlem hos
pital. a municipally-owned institu
tion in New York City, whihch dis
crimination against Negroes, the As
sociation took the lead in organizing a
committee of prominent persons in
1921 to go before the Mayor and de
mand fair treatment. The Commis
sioners of Hospitals agreed finally
tht colored people should have re
presentation on the hospital’s med
icau board
Following much publicity in the
white and Negro press on the Amer
ican Hospital Association offered to
to secure a $2,000,000 Negro hospit
al if the Association’s activity were
halted- The committee replied that
they were interested in procuring
the rights of colored patients, nurses,
doctors and surgeons in a municipal
hospital, and not is securing a seg
regation. The committee secured the
services of an investigator and two
well-known attorneys. As a result j
of this action the color bar was lower
ed. NegTO physcians and nurses were
appointed to the Harlem staff and
colored patients were given better
treatment. In 1926 more Negro
physcians wereput on the staff and
ten colored internes were accepted,
marking the first time Negro , phy
cians were ever appointed to the re
gular staff of o metropolitan municip
al hospital.
Following drastic reorganization of
the Harldm hospital staff in 1930, an
even larger number of colored phy
sicins were added to the staff and a
Negro surgeon.Dr. Louis Wright, be
came member and secretary of the
medical bord of the hospital.
In 1931 the board ofdireotors of
the N. A- A. C- P. went on record
as opposed to the plan announced by
the Rosenwald Fund for seperate hos
pitalization for Negroes in various
parts of the country, holding that
“segregation in education and med
ical care tends to provide neither
the best opportunity for doctors and
nurses nor to create standard hos
pitals on whioch the general health of
the community depends.” It held that
“Negroes in the North should be ad
mitted without discrimination in the
gTeat medical schools and hospitals
according standards tht are appiled to
members at any other racial group.” i
Following unspecified charges by
©certain Harlem groups in 1932
against Harlem hospital and its ad
ministration. the Association again
arranged to invstigate the charges.
It selected a conjmittee composed of
eminent merical men and laymen of
impartiality and standing to make
the inquiry. Funds were made avail
able by the Camagie Foundation and
Mrs- I>wig,ht W. Morrow of Engle
wood, N- J- The investigation got
underway on Feruary 27, 1933- The
following Decemver a report of 80,
000 words was turned over to the
Asociation- The report the most
thorough and pains-taking over made
on a hospital, failed to substantiate
the vague charges of color discrimin
ation, fovortism. and segregation al
though pointing out that the institu
tion was “dangerously handicapped by
overcrowding and lack of equipment
and facilities.” It held that the hos
pital was on a par with other muni
cipal institutions of the kind in New
York City. After a general survey
of opportunities for Negro interne
and nurse training in the United
States, the investigators called upon
American universities and hospitals
authorities to widen opportunities for
antitious and well qualified Negro
students. The report will shortly be
published, and will greatly influence
the future of Negroes in medicine in
this country.
Winning Civil Rights Law
No survey of the Association’s 25
year struggle for unhampered public
accomodation would be complete with
out recounting its persistent fight for
efffective civil rights laws in the
various states outside the South- It
was largely intrumental in trengthen
ing the New York civil rights law in
1914, and pressed many suits under it
In 1918 it ucceeded in further strength
ening the law through the passage
of an amendment prepared by it s
legl staff- Branches in other states
used the New York law as a model
which they strove to have embodied in
the statues- In 1919 efforts were
made in Connecticut, Ohio, Pennsyl
vania and New Mexico to get the laws
passed
In 1919, Michigan N- A- A- C- P
branches succeeded in getting a civil
rights law passed modeled after that
of New York. Similar efforts were
made the same year in New Mexico,
Rhode Island, Colorado, Pennsylvania,
and Ohio- In 1920 Connecticut
branches continued their fight as did
the branches in Rhode Island- Cases
were won under the California and
Wisconsin civil rights acts- In 1933
Connecticut branches succeeder in hav
ing a drastic civil rights law pass
ed y the legislature of that stte In
April, 1934 the Massachusetts law
strengthened by raising the minimum
damages from $25 to $100
The unceasning vigil of the Associ
ation in this regard has prevented
the emasculation of existing civil
rights laws and halted the enactment
of numerous proposed jm crow laws
and ordinance
Sec’y Of Interior to address
NAACP Meeting
New York, May 18- Oear W. Chapm
an ssistnt secretry of the interior
will be one of the speaker at the 25th
annual conference of the Ntional Ass
ociation for the Advancement of col
ored people in Oklhoma City, on June
28th. Mr. Chpman will discuse the new
Deal and what it aims to do for min
ority groupes.__
__An intimte discussion of the new
deal program and its effects upon
Negroes will be given by John P- Dav
is secretary of theJoint Committee on
National Recovery, who has been in
constnt touch with therecovery pr
ogram and has made severl trips th
rough the south- Mr. Dvis is expect
ed to touch upon the codes nd there
effects on Negro workers, on agric
ulture and on other aspects of the
program
..Sentor Edward P- Costigan co- au
thor of the anti-lynching bill hs been
invited to address the conference. On
Friday night, June 29 the 20th Sping
gam medal will be awrded formlly
to Dean W-T-B- Willims of Tuskegee.
Miss Mary White Ovington will speak
that night on the quarter work of the
association_- ....
Scans Vote Denial in
Alabama, North Carolina
New York, May 18—The barring of
Negro voters from the primary elec
tion in Montgomery, Ala and from
the primary election in Montgomery
Ala- and from registration in South1
Mills and Statesville, N- C- was under
westigaition this week by the Natio-M
; nal Association for the Advancement
of Colored people The Birmingham
branch is takin up the case- CurtisT
odd of thelegal committee of theRale
igh branch is advising on theSouth
Mills case and A tty- W. A- Jones Pres
of theWinston Salem branch i investi
gating the Statesvillecase. The natio
nal office has written to Gov- Ehrin
ghaus about the North Carolina cases
asking theattomey generl to probe
them and also has written the U- S
district attorney at Wilmington N- C
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N. C. Mutai Gives Medal
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New York, May 18th - The North
Carolina Mutai Life Insurance comp
any of which C. C- Spaulding is pres,
has consented to donate a gold medal
to be presented to the person adjudg
ed to have given the greatest service to
the race in 1933 through the work of
the National Association for te Advan
cement of Colored people
The medal was given annually for
many years by the Madm C- J- Walker
company, but last year the company
discontinued the medal expressing its
regrets- It ha been alway been award
ed to the person doing the best NAAC
P work during the year. Nominations
for the 1933 medal should be sent at
I once to Dean William Pickens 69th
Fifth Avenue, New York- N- Y- and
should reach him not later than June
4th- The medal will be presented
formally at the anual conference in
Oklahoma City, Okla-, June 72-July 1
Oratory Winners will Get
Medals From N. J. Govenor
E- Rutherford, N. J—Winners in
the third annal state N. A- A. C- P
oratorical contest here Thursday:
night May 31, wll be awarded their |
medals by Governor A- Harry Moore- ;
The state’s Chief Executive who has;
been a member of the N- A- A- C- P
for many years, has consented to at
tend the contest /at the high school
here and present the medals.
The cities entering contestants this
year are Atlantic Highlands, Bayonne,
Camden, Jersey City, Elizabeth,
Montclair, Morristown, East Ruther
Orange, Trenton and Plainfield. The
ontest last year was won by Trenton
Speaking will begin at 8:30 sharp in
order to hear every contestant- Dr.
Clement de Freitas ih president of the
N- A- A- C- P- state conference and
director of the contet
LANGSTON HUGHES
WRITES ON RUSSIA IN
JUNE CRISIS
New York, May 18—One of the
features of the June Criss on sale
May 23 will be an article by Langston 1
Hughes called “Going South in Rus-1
sia-” It is the first chapter of a j
book by Mr. Hughes which will be pu-;
blished soon
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N. A. A. C. P INTO JIM !
CROW HOUSING CASE IN
THE BRONX
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New York. May 23—Colored tenants {
in an apartment house at 1636-40
University avenue in the Bronx, this
city, will have the legal aid of the N
A. A. C- P. in resisting attempts of
the landlord, Jacob Cohen, to oust
them. Atty. William, former special
legal assstant to the National office,
has been retained by the N- A- A- C
P. for the tenants. In the latter part
of March and early in April, Cohen
advertised his apartment house for
rent to colored tenants in the colored
papers of the city. Fourteen fami
lies moved in- The surrounding
neighborhood s “white ” After the
colored people were in, pressure was
put on Cohen and he went back on
his plan and attempted to coax the
colored people out almost before they
got their furniture arranged in their
new homes- He was successful in
coaxing only one family to leave- He
has served others with 30 day notice
to vacate. Four families have lease
agreements, but not leases, for one
year. It is on these agreements that
the legal battle will be fought
ANN HARDING JOINS
N. A. A. C. P.
New York, May 23—Through the
work of Clarence Muse, motion pic
ture star who assisted the Los Angeles
e branch of the N- A- 'A- C- P- in
it recent membership campaign, Ann i
Harding, famous film star has sent
her check for membership to the na
tional headquarters here
Editorial of the Week
[From the Miami* Fla- Daily News*
ly 6, 1954) (
MOVE REPORTED TO
EXPEL LIBERIA FROM
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Washington -—(CNS)—Reports still
drift into the United States that there
is a possibility that some nation-pos
sibly England—may demand Liberia's
expulsion from the League of Nations
at the forthcoming sessions of the
League Council
This, however, would be the la«f
resort in the controversy between the
I^eague and Liberian authorities over
the administration of the Negro Re
public.
The Liberian question is one of the
most important facing the Council,
which convened May 14.
It is deemed possible the League
may request the three more interest
ed powers—the United States, Great
Britain and France—to assume joint
responsibility foj. cleaning up the
situation in Liberia
The United States, according to the
version of its policy given here, will
continue to cooperate with the League.
It is recalled that Liberia has re
jected the League’s plan of assistance
and that the republic hs been charged
with mistreating tribes in the interior
and also with permitting slavery.
Hence, the expulsion move would be
under article 16 of the covenant re
quiring, however, a unanimous Coun
cil vote
WON’T SEND WARSHIPS
TO LIBERIA
Washington —(CNS)— Both the
British and the United States govern
ment deny that there is any truth in
the reports that they are considering
sending warships to Liberia to in
vestigate prosecution of Kroo tribes
men.
Commenting on reports that ships
were to be sent, a spokesman said
that Britain had received no invita
tion to participate in such actions and
that if the proposal is made it will
be rejected- Secretary Hull feels the
whole question of the Negro republics
affairs rests entirely between the Lea
gue of Nations and Liberia
Receiver Suing Binga And
Others To Recover
Bank Funds
Chicago —(CNS)— Reciever Ed
ward H- Morris of the Binga State!
Bank, is pushing suits against Jesse
Binga and others to recover upwards
of $150,000. The suit against Binga
is for $119,426, and executions have
been sent out against 80 or more other
among them a number of other pro
minent citizens
Binga at present is under sentence
for embezzlement in connection with
the failure of the bank in 1931
ILLINOIS N A. A. C. P.
LEADERS WANT DU
BOIS REMOVED
Blomfeld, 111—(CNS)—The Illin
ois State Conference of the N- A. A
C- P. passed resolutions last week
calling upon the national body to re
move Dt- Du Bois from the editorship
of the Crisis; and also to drop him
from the board of directors- Con
demning the attitude of Du Bois
favoring segregation, the Illinois
body claims such action is necessary
to ciear up the position of the associa
tion
GET GRANT FOR RE
SEARCH IN STUDY
OF NEGRO FAMILY
—
i New York Ctiy—(CNS)— Among
1 thse 46 who will receive financial aid
i for reasearch work in the social
| sciences, the Social Science Research
Council anounces a grant to Franklin
, Frazier, Professor of Sociology at
Howard University- Dr- Frazier
! with this financial backing wil con
! tinue his study of the Negro family
in the United States
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NEGRO FOUND DEAD
j WITH HEAD IN NOOSE
BY SMALL BOY
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New York City —(CNS)—The
i dead body of an unidentified Negro
found at Chapaqua, on the Now York
Central Railroad in West Chester
County about 33 miles from here last
week. State police found that the
man had been strangled by a rope,
which was still about his neck, and
that his skull hd been fractured The
body was thirty yards from the near
est tree and about 500 feet from a
road
HARRY T. BURLEIGH TO
BE COMPLIMENTED
New York City -(CNS)_ Annually
an afternoon service is arranged jn
compliment to Harry T Burleigh,
baritone at St George’s Church and
on Sunday May 20, 1934, service was
held- On the program were fourteen
musical numbers, elevan of which were
composed by Mr- Burleigh.
He has been a soloist at St George
Church since 1894.
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