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JAMES W. JOHNSON’S LATEST BOOK GETS CATHOLIC O. K New York. Dec. 21.—James Weldon Johnson’s la'tegt book “Negro Amer icans. What Now?” L one of the 118 books on the 1st r commended by the literature comjmi tee appointed by Cardinal Hayes for Chri^,m;*s buying. Mr, Johnson is a vice president and form -r secretary of the National As sociation for the Advancement; of Colored Peoplj and a well known author. REPORTS DISCRIMINATION BY FERA IN MARIANNA New York. Dec- 21.—How N.gro workers are discriminated against in and around Marianna, Flprida. where Claude Neal was tortured and burned recently, is revealed in a let) er re ceived from a colored Floridian by the National Association for the Advance ment of Colored People. “J popped in Marianna,^Florida. re. j cently”, th i writer report , “consid ering the condition^ and tip difference between thj white and Negro FERA employees. About'ten percent of the N >rroes get from $150 to $2 40 per week. About 75 per ceil; of the whites Ket $7.20 every we ik- About) 360 or 400 whites work at the canning plait. *n Marianna and get $720 ev. ' ery w. <ek and no Negroes all. And jua. as many Negroes here need work a it ff whites. About 90 per c r|t more whites i.han Negroes work on the FERA (and) about 75 per cent cr more get $7-20 per w*k . . . . The N .gro would be glad to walk to travel 10 to 20 miles if he could get work.” _ REPRISALS THREATENED AFTER TWO MEMBERS OF LYNCH GANG KILLED Shelbyville, Term. (CNA)—Threats to burn down the Negro quart.r of town were heard here Thursday after ?. lynch-g*ng had faileed fo ge t E- K. Harris, framed on a rape charge- The would-be lynchers burned down the ccun houa i in retaliation for the kill ing of three of their &anK, and also burned four trucks left behind by guardsmen. These actions were also designed to terrorize the Negro population. Only a few hours after Circuit Judge T. L. Coleman had handed down a decision <that Ithere was no reason for a change of venuo and that Hairio could obtain a fair trial in his court. Ns» ional Guardsmen found it necessary to shoot into the lynch-mob, killing three and cntjcally wounded sev.ral others. Cavalry troops arriveed from Nash ville to reinforce the Guardi imen, who had to retreat into thj courthouse aJter the m.ct> had routed them from the fronu of the building. In the face of machina-gan fire, th« lynch-gang tried to break down the door of the cour.house. Tear-gas. ! bayonets, buckshot-load.d riot guns and machine guns were needed to pre vent a lynching. VenU> Change Denied Harris was breugh. here on Wedne* - I day for trial. In spite of the fac/t that he had to be accompanied by two j riroop compani is and th3/t three sol- ; aiers with fixed bayonets had to stand bebj-nd hirp in the cou|iroom, the ; pie3- of defens rytomeVa for a change of venue were denied. «Tn ’.his atmosphere- b jaring striking resem- j blance to the trials of the nine Scot, s- j boro boys at Scot /boro and Decatur,! Alabama, it was possible to hhve a ! fair trial, the judg i ruled- So. in | fee of .the 4 eadily.growing lynch gang outside the court-room- a jury j was selected. So t rrific wa the wave of pro- j test after the Marianna, Florida ! lynching on October 26 that the Tenn- \ essee authoriti s were not willing to I risk bringing down on their heads a j similar Gftorm of anger. DIGEST OF THE COSTIGAN-WAG NER FEDERAL ANTI-LYNCH ING BILL December 1, 1934 For the purpo es of this Act. the phrase “mob or riotous ass.mblage” . . shall mean an assemblage com posed of _hree or more persons acting in concert, without authority of law, to kill or injure any p rson, with the purpo e or consequence of depriving such person of due process of law or the equal protection of the law,. Section 2. Failure, neglect or re fusal to protect an individual against a mob is deem id denial of due process of .law and the equal protect ion cf the laws of the State. Section 3. (a) Failure on the part of any local or :tat, officer charged wi .h the duty to protect an individual in his custody from injury or death, or to apprehend, keep in custody or prtfaecute an.j mob member is h Id to be a felony, punishable by a fine not exceeding $5 000 or by imprisonm.nt not exceeding five years, ..or by both such fine and imprisonment. (b) Any local or state offic r who ccn ,pires with a member of a mob to injure or put a prisoner to death without authority of law. or who uffers such prisoner to be taken from , his custody to b i injured or put to | death shall be guii y of a felony, and those who so conspire with : uch of ficer shall likewise be guilty of a felony. On conviction the parti si participating therein shall be punish, cd by imprisonment of not le»j than five years or more than tw.oity-five years. Section 4. Gives jurisdiction to the District Court of the United States judicial district wher in the person L injured or killed by a mob to try and punish in accordance with the laws of the State all persons who participate therein; Provid d. state officers have failed to apprehend, prosecute, or punish such offenders; or (2) that jurors are so opposed to such punishment ,-hat there is proba bility that those guilty will not be punished in such S/ate court. Failure to act within thirty days after the offense, to apprehend, indict or pro secute shall institute prima facie evidence of the failure negl.ct or re fusal described. Section 5. County liability. In jured ver ion or legal representatives may, recov ,r from $2,000 to $10 000 from the co'unty involved in civil action against such county in the U. S. Din rict court in whose jurisdiction the person is injured or killed. Pro secution by the U. S. District Attor n y. Where the county fails to pay the judgment, the court has juri.dic tion to enforce payment by levy of MUTT AND JEFF-—No Carnival Is Complete These Days Without One By BUD FISHER .. . ;v ~ * ■ ! * I HI Z-<0.yrn«* 1M*. ky * 8 FMmt j a>MilnutiK«f4bi«T«i TttuKartM 1 IN OffkM _r 00 YOU KNOW WHY--The Most of Us Always fall for the fads? *-**-*. cm*.,*..* 327 *«■ * » w fa* toot__ -—"7" -- -- AMO EVEN Mel 1*>°N‘T1 well-- fHEV^ fcer^ A«kF^THEel S ocO miENO Know You A'N'T GOtN'TX .M me to Fatty' _J HAyE nothin; 5wm IaaiE O.C: i CDEE* ™5 IS jON VERUNCLE ' ED -\ —> Too NuCH ' I EO!^ -^TYl“ .. r-^ fJ __ 1-—r T i>5i . _ Raising the Family- f»« tall is a miio pH on ms English* . _ ■■■ ' W' ' "** V* See Tutee we She h^ke.5 m£ . S / xrH"<:OT 1 _ <bo«s VjCw «h«hc,S •a.S"! A>IV)T \ Cooose i OS^HSOK UKE SIMPS HEVSR- SEEK* U50«.*rl ( I HE. ^>vES VOU ^ ^<X.r-1 CECKOW l VdViO^* I « SHO.PE UKE. Ho*j ro Vxh 'T P>6wr! •. 6wtle Smy* { rJ v*tu. V _. __ 'jsirv r^? DO YOU KNOW WHY— They May Carry Tliis Eugenic Marriage Business toofar? Unamtfemut By fisher_ CtEXENT NEWS NOTE- oh.wvthe«7 - ANOrHEU. EUGENIC B | i uOvC HIM |MM P’HOC'H H^RRiCkC.E WA S SOlEHNitEO THIV* ■ BE«*wuVK- itft. SHP£* fHfc or-MEfx - BOvSj 0 rt^c^ -- ^ «r- B ^ <"«£OT -» LOVELY OPE^Mr 1 ter ne <,ive voo “T\ ■ wm EAfiFUL op CvA’ioS 9 cSkfrEQ- >°° «■ \| MV StitMTiFiC SOUL . m<lte MWJB.V pe./l -\PPAUW<, 9 ^ I I U ! JVTrlRNAT*0*» AL CARTOON CO N. V. ^ ?? -—, ■ ■" * n execution upon property of the coun ty or may otherwise compel payment by mandamus cr other appropria1 m process. Failur < of any officer to com. ply with any lawful order 0f the court in the premises shall be liable to punishment for contempt and >lo rny other p nalty provided by law therefor. The amount recovered is exempt fr, m claims of creditors and hall be paid a th i injured person or his heirs. Section 6. Where the victim has been transported from one county to another county, both counties shall be jointly and severally liable to pa the forfeiture. Any district judKe of the U. S. D| net Court concern d may direct that the prosecution be tried in whatever place he designates in such district. Section 7. If any provision s n tence or clause of this Act or the ap plication thereof ito any person or circuit-tances, is held invalid, th re mainder of this Adt and the applica tion of such provision to other per sons or circum < ances, shall not be! accepted thereby. EFFORT TO SEND WHITE WOMAN TO ASYLUM FOR MARRYING NEGRO FAILS Chicago. 111.—(CNA)—The attempt, to send Mrs. Jane Newton (white), wife of Herb rt Newton- .p the in sane asylum the ground that “she ipust be insane to marry a Negro”, failed last Thursda;* when psyfchia trfsts. a I er naming Mrs. Nevtpn,* declared that she is “not only 4he‘ but exceptionally brilliant.” The re: port was made in Municipal Court be’-, ^orj Judge Thomas A. Green. : The ruling r.hat Mrs. Newton rijust undergo psychiatric examination was banded down by Judge Green in con.* neetion with the struggle cf Jh.‘ Newtons to remain in their apartmert: at 615 Oakwood Boulevard. The fight to prevent th ir eviction from, this otherwise lily-white apartment has rocked Chicago, and particularly the South Side, for the pa^t few w *ks. A New Name For It Mrs. Newton waf turned over to Dr. David Rctman, municipal psy ch fa rist of the Psychopathic Hospit al. Dr- Rotman at once expressed the : opinion that th , girl was suffering from “dementia simplex”—evidently a fancr* pseudoscientific name for the belief that, all m, in are created free and equal. Mrs. Newton had been brought into court December 15. 1 The iftruggh began when Dr. 0. P. Mitchell (white), owner of the apaittment house in quesl-ion. ordered Miss Harri t Williams (white), to put the Nektons out of her flat or sur render it altogether. Miss* Williams’ refusal (to comply led to court action by the landlord and a decision by Judge Green that the Newtons must move. Judge Green also acini Newton to jail Ito a-w«it trial, after neighbors had replaced the newtons’ furniture in th ir flat following their eviction. The same judge levied a fine of $200 against Mrs. Newton aH Mbs Fran ces Carroll (white), who was with Mrs- Newton at the timb the police raided the apartment. Sentence in the case against Mra. Newton and Miss Carroll was suspended. Ancestors Were Reevolutfonists Mrs- Newton, w’ho is 26, wa,; Miss Jana Emery 0f Grand Rapids, Michi gan. She Studied at the University of Michigan. Mrs. Newton can trace her ancestry back (to men who took part in the Boston Taa Party and fought in the Union Army during the Civil War- “I’m only carrying on the figlft”. she told the court. “My grandfather died in defensa of the principles that all men are created free and equal-” Jane Emery married Herbert New. iton in 1933, and they have a year-old :*on, Michael. Newton is a prominent Communist leader, and was twice candidate of that Party for Congress against O^car DePnesit, Mass meetings, demonstrations, and the picketing of the landlord’s home have marked the struggle of the Chi cago workers, Negro and white, to prevent the eviction of the Newtons. All tenants in the house at 615 Oak wood Boulvard are standing solid with the Newtons. The International La bor Defen e is defending all persons arrested in connection with the case. “KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES” _Eddie Kept Quiet K'M - A MISTAKE ‘M MT/ feu Qiuu • tmev've cvercmaRoED m\e , S 2 50 y' vUOTfA UF£y December 15. 19r,4 To C- C. Galloway, Acting Editor, The Omaha Guide Organizations with a total member ship of forty-two million repr .sell ing the church, labor and other groups of both races are actively supporting pa, sage of the Costigan-Wagner Anti* Lynching Bill in uhe coming s esion of the Congress. As a means of- in dicating to the- Congress the extent of th public demand for a, ti n to aphorize Federal aid in suppres ing lynching a petition has been drafted which the Governors of the s vera States. Majors of the larger cities, churchmen, editors, business m n and a hers are being asked to rfgn. , We enclose copy of th memorial to the President and the C ngress We respectfully ask <thH you be good enough to sign this memorial. Iff in rd, I ion, you care to make any state ment accompanying your signature, we will be doubly grat <ful. For your information we enclose jdi gest cf the bill'and a list of the;p>r. ganizations which have officially gpne on record in support of it. * , R ispectf ully, Walter White, Secretary N A A C P 0OMMENDS GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE ; FOR USING TROOPS Change of Venue Urged for .Trial of - w Harris. New York. Dec. 21—Governor £1 ill McAlister of Tennessee was ehm_ mended by the National Associ.'^ion for the Advanc tmpi of Colored People today for the prevention by sjtate troop', of the lynching of E. K. Harris at Shelbyville yesterday. A change of v nue was also suggested fon .he future trial of Harris to insure jFair trial on the charge of criminal assault. The telegram, signed by Waiter Wh! e, the association's secretary read in part: “May I on behalf of the National Association for the Advamcemeent of Colored People express our commen dation of the determined opposition by state troops yesterday to the mob which sought to l|nch E K. Harris a: Sh Ibyville. The wanton do truc tion of property in the drunken at tack of the >ynchers stresses again how essential Federal 1 gislation against lynching is to supplement state authorjty and public opinion . . “Wo respectfully urge that change of venue be secured for future trial of Harris and (that every precaution be taken not only to prevent lynch ing but to insure imperial trial." PROMINENT NEW YORKERS A SPONSOR GIANT ANTI LYNCHING MASS MEETING New York. Dec. 21—Scores of New Yorkers pronun ,w|t In the social, re. llgious and professional worlds have sponsored <the giant mass meeting against lynching and for the passage of a fedejral anti-lynching l»w to be held on the ajtjemoon of January ^», 1935, at ,the Broadway Tabernacle in this cirty. The list to date includes such not. abb citizens as Rabbis Jacob Weih ttein and B. Benedict Glazer; Revs. Fred L. Brownlee. Henry S. Lei per. C Rankin Barn ns, A. J. C. Bond and H. Paul Douglas; Drs, Samu:l McCrea Caveni, Herman H. Morse. George E. Haynes, Eric M. North, Charles E. Button, William R. King, John W. Langdale, Channing H. Tobias and Robert E- Sp:-er; Messrs. Harry S. Myers, Le.lie B. Moss, George K. Hunton and Franklin D. Cogswell; tho Misfes Caroline B- Chapin, Anne S:eesho-ltz and Kath|erine Clardner; and the Mrs. George T. Scott, Douglas P- Falconer, Orrin R. Judd, William Fellowes Morgan. Cleveland E. Dodge, William Jay Schieffclin, Francis M C- N. Bacon. Arthur Forrest Ander_ .‘•on, Warren A. Ransom. Francis F. Randolph. William Hugh Coverdale* Edward Perry Townsend, Walter E Hope. John C. Clark, Lucius Eastman W. T. Payne, Henry B. Plant, E. T. Hetzl.r, Douglas Mathewson, Andrew J. Pizzini, Carl S- P«|trasch, Seyaour Shedd. William Henry Hays, Ernest R. Alexander. These persons represent the Pro testant, Jewish and Roman Catholic churches of the Metropolitan are®* and are also connected with the fol lowing organizations: Greater New York Federation of Churches, Federal Council of Churches. National Asso ciation for tha Advancement of Col ored People, Metropolitan Board Y. W C.A., Natonal Council Y.M.C.A., World Alliance for Friendship through the Churches, Home Missions Coun cil, Catholic Council of Women for Home Missions. Roman Caftholic In terracial Council. Foreign Missions Conferences, National Conference of Jews and Christians and the Univer sal Christian Council. basic button code A hearing will be held on January 14 to consider a basic code to replace the nine codes which now are in ef fect in the bufton, buckle and novelty! manufacturing Industry. Ait present, there is a code for each type of but ton, such as bone, metal, celluloid- etc. All told- there are only 194 pants in the field with 15,000 workers. The oat-put sells for about $22,000,000 a year.
