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Lack of Money Has Affected Fight For Anti-Lynching Bill New York, May 16.—Lack of sufficient financial support from those who wrul 1 profit most from the passage cf th" Costigan-Wag ner anti-’ynching bill was chiefly responsible for .he temporary shelving c(f the - controversial measure, according to a statement issued today from the office of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. According to this statement, many Northern senators would have spoken in favor of ;he Costi gan-AYagner bill had they been supplied with adequate detailed information and arguments, legal and otherwise, on lynching. Speaking for ihe Association, which is actively backing the bill, Mal er M’hite, its Secretary, de clared: “Memoranda was pre pared exposing the fallacy of the arguments about rape; on the states which have in their Jaws provisions for financial damages against counties which permit lynchings: de ailed analyses of the lynchmgs in thirteen southern states showing the trivialitv of; the causes of many lynchings: memoranda on how lynching is used as a means of terrorism"ion through which economic, political, educational f’nd other discrimi nation is perpetuated and increas ed.” No Monev for Research Work | “But not enough of these' analyses were done,’’ he eon- i tinued “not sufficiently distribut-! ed in the Senate and among news paper men. because the prepara tion of such memoranda requires much research work bv experts in the gathering, correlation, di gesting and presenting of this material. Stenographic services, printing, postage, mimeograph ing, multigraphing, traveling ex penses and personal interviews with senators to supply them with facts to answer the wild sta'ements of the Ellison Smiths and other filibusterers, all these cost money. The Association had no money for this work. “After each day’s vote steno graphic service should have been available immediately to send telegrams to key persons in states from which came senators who had been absent from the floor or who had voted for adjournment. It is only in this fashion that the political threat of revolt by Negro voters against senators who did not persis ently and faithfully fight the filibuster to the limit could be properly exerted. Just as lobbies for selfish purposes are used effectively in Washington so must lobbie be sited for humani tarian purposes, as in the fight against lynching. Praises Support of Newspapers. “Of great importance,’’ he con tiued, “and indicative of the growth of consciousness, has been ihe unparalleled support of the bill by the Negro press without exception. Our newspapers have devoted many columns of space and have uniformly taken an in telligent, broad gauge view of the significance of the fight.’’ Mr. White deplored' the fact that most of the volunteer lobby ing for the anti-lynching bill was Love demands a light clear skin Whiten skin with double-acting bleach Have you been disappointed in ordinary bleaching creams? Then a big surprise awaits you—for famous Nadinola Bleach ing Cream has double-action—yet is won derfully gentle to sensitive skin. In an amazingly short time you will see your skin grow shades lighter—free from freck les, pimples, blackheads, blotches, en larged pores and blemishes. Just spread a little Nadinola on your face, neck and arms at bedtime—no massaging, no rub bing. 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But there shou'd imv^ been scores of volunteers.’’ “The Associa ion,” he said,” desired to establish an adequately staffed office in Washington with sufficient budget to carry on an efective fight for the passage of | the bill, but could only do so when colored people themselves supplied sufficient funds.” I Harlem Urban League Official “Eats Words” at Hearing New York—CNA—James H. Hubert, executive secretary of the Harlem branch of the Urban League was forced to “eat his words” at a public hearing of Mayor LaGuardia’s committee for investigating the causes of the March 19 out-break in Harlem. Thea hearing was held April 13 at 147 151st Street in Harlem. Mr. Hubert was asked by A. W. Berry, acting national secre tary of .he League of Struggle for Negro Rights, “Do you en dorse the Workers’ Bill; HR 2827 for Unemployment and Social In surance?” Mr. Hubert replied, “I do not endorse the bill because of certain objectionable provi sions in it.” Cannot Answer Mr. Hubert was then asked by Fannie Horowitz, labor attorney, what provision in the bill he ob jected to. There was a long silence during which the entire audience of 700 Negro and white persons waited for Mr. Hubert’s reply. Finally Mr. Hubert de clared that if he had a copy of the Workers’ Bill he would point out the “objectionable” provisions. Immediately several persons leap ed to the floor with copies of the bill. Mr. Hubert read the bill, and there was another long silence. Shouts from the audience sounded, “What’s the matter with bili?” Mr. Hubert then stated that he bill was “very fine,” that he endorsed it and everybody should endorse it. Called “Uncle Tom.” Mr. Hubert was also asked why he made a statement in the New York Journal, Hearst owned; that the March 19 outbreak was caus ed by “red street corner-agitat ors.” Bui he denied that he had ever made such statements. Negroes m the audience called Mr. Hubert “Uncle Tom,” charg ing that neither he nor the Urban League were doing anything to get jobs, or relieve the misery and starvation suffered by Negroes in Harlem. Others who testified were: Frank Crosswaith, Socialist party leader, Norman Thomas, white, prominent Socialist; Paul Blan shard, white, representative of Mayor La Guardia’s administra tion; Bertram Taylor member of Union Mechanics Association. All of the evidence brought out before the committee revealed rank job discrimination against Negro workers, both women and men. Topeka Publisher Sued for Ten Thousand Dollars Elisha Sco't, NegTO Attorney, Represents Plaintiff. Topeka, Ivans., May 2—Charles II. Trapp, editor of Pink Rag, a small periodical published here, was made the defendant in a ten thousand dollar libel ease this week in District court. The case promises to be sensational due to the prominence of the principals, the basis upon which the plain tiff went into court, and the galaxy of legal talent engaged for the anticiated court fight. The plaintiff is Clara Juanita Arren do. Both the plaintiff and defend ands are white. The defendant, Trapp, has secured some of the ablest white barristers of this section to represent him in the case, while the plaintiff has se cured the services of a Negro, at torney Elish Scott, one of the most widely known and acknow ledged one among the ablest law yers of the middlewest. The plaintiffs action was brought on a circular passed out an an alleg ed speech which Trapp made at a meeting of the Good Government Club. KANSAS CITY MONARCHS vs CHINESE ALL STARS The Team That Played Babe Ruth in the Orient. LEAGUE PARK SAT. NITE 8:30 P. M. GET YOUR TICKETS AT THE OMAHA GUIDE OFFICE Denied All Rights in . Rape Frame-up New Orleans, La., —CNA—The right to legal counsel, the right io a hearing, the elementary rights of an arrested citizen, has been denied to Edward Sanford by the police officials here. Sanford, al leged to have attacked a white woman on the morning of April 2, has been held incommunicado ever since. When, an International Labor Defense attorney retained by San-: ford’s family attempted to visit him, the attorney was told to “get the hell away” by the prison of ficials. Mrs. Sanford also was de nied permission to see her hus band. “Raped” Woman Unknown Authorities claim they have se cured a “confession.” It has been reported that the “confession” was obtained through the most brutal torture of Sanford. The “ raped ”whLe woman has not been named. Although in jail over three weeks, Sanford is still denied ar-' raignment on a preliminary hear ing, indicating the officials have j no evidence. The local Interna tional Labor Defense has issued leaflets calling for mass protest against the illegal detention and brutal treatment of Sanford. “Colored People, Criminals” Classified As Undesirables New York, N. Y. May 16.—A better homes exhibit in West chester county under the general sponsorship of the Federal Hous ing Administrtaion has classified a “undesirable” in a neighborh “colored persons and persons with a criminal record,” accord ing to a news story appearing in the Daily News May 7. It all came out when the West chester Better Homes Exposition opened a model $12,000 house to the public. Ticke.s were sold giv ing each purchaser a chance to win the home as a prize. In small print on the ticket, however, the committee reserved he right to pay the winner $5,000 cash in stead of the house if he ■were deemed to be undesirable. A re porter for the Daily News was unable to get the men in highest authority to define “undesirab les,” but finally a spokesman said colored people and criminals would be so considered. The N. A. A. C. P. has protest ed to the New York office of ihe FHA and has asked Attorney General John J. Bennett to act to halt the lottery. Edna St. Vincent Millay Scores Filibuster New York, May 10.—Miss Ed na St. \ incent Millay, noted poet and Pulitzer prize winner, ele graphed President Roosevelt last week expressing her desire to see the Costigan-Wagner anti-lvnch i ing bill become law and scoring the Senate filibuster against it as an “Aliee-in-Wonderland proced j ure. ’ The telegram addressed to i the White House read: ‘‘Is filibus ering a necessary evil ? Has this country, which has amended is constitution, and re pealed its amendements, and is consistently in a fluid state con forming to the changing times, no power whatever to rebuke and to silence these frivolous men? Must forever the time of high ex ecutives and money of tax payers be wasted, in order that a person with nothing to say should be permitted to say it indefinitely, wi h the sole and admitted pur pose of preventing from speaking a serious representative of the people with a problem to present? ‘‘I am and have always been a stout believer in states’ rights. It is with dismay always that I see the rights of states, as the rights of individual,s infringed upon. Circumstances will arise, never theless, in which the individual, and most properly, is restrained by his neighbors from acts of violence. And similarly, circum stances may arise in which the state, and most properly, is re strained by the concerted pres sure of its neighboring states, from acts of violence. “I am in favor of the Costigan Wagner Anti-lynching Bill. I am emotionally and intellectually in favor of it. I wish to see it go through. “If however, it is defeated, I should like it to be defeated by sound argument and in dignified assembly, and not by this out moded, shameful, ludicrous, Alice in Wonderland procedure. “I am, Mr. President, with deep respect. Yours Truly.” “Edna St. Vincent Millay.” Negroes Denied the Use Of Swimming Pools South Bend, Indiana—(CNA)—Ne gro girls are not allowed to swim in the High School pool here and no Ne groes are permitted the use of the public natatorium. The South Bend officials also dis criminate against the Negro popula tion by refusing them the use of the public gymnasium and denying them the right to work in all but two fac tories. A local Scottsboro Committee is broadening its work to include the fight against all race discrimination and segregation in South Bend. KELLY MILLER VIEWS Supreme Court Rulings in the Lone Star State Compares Rule In ScottsT>oro Case With Texas B • Kelly Miller The Supreme Court of the United States has handed down two vital de cisions concerning the fulfillment of the purpose and intent of the 15th amendment (first, the nullification of the Granrfather Clause, and second, the recent decision on the Texas Democratic Primaries) the first of, these decisions was affirmative and i the second negative in tenor. The purpose of the 14th and 15th amend ments was clearly to place the Negro on a gooting of pclitcal equality with the white race. This purpose has been fully accomplished in States which are disposed to have it so, and has been frustrated in those States of contrary mind. If the 15th amend ment is observed in Massachusetts and Kentucky and circumvented in Miss- j issippi and Texas, it is because local i sentiment favors it in the one case and frowns upon it in the other- Federal authority, whether political or judicial has not been fully effective in enforc ing the Civil War amendments against local sentiment. Both of these decisions, by the Su preme Court, however, have had theoretical rather than practical ef-1 feet- The nullification of the Grand father Clauses, by unanimous decision of the Supreme Court and through the mouthpiece of Chief Justice White, previously the Democratic Senator from Louisiana, was justly claimed by iNegro opinion throughout the country, as r political deliverance of the race. And yet this decision has had no prac tical effect- The Grandfather Clauses, when in full force and effect, did not affect a sufficient number of white voters in a single State to materially change its political complexion. By declaring this law unconstitutional, not a single Negro gained the right to vote. The only beneficial effect to the Negro was that it keeps open the door of hope against political discrimina tion h’ Federal sanction. Political conditions remained the same in the South after th.s decision as they cverc j before. The recent Texas Primary decision, the lawyers tell me, was strictly in accordance with the letter of the law, although it undoubtedly contravenes its spirit. A political party is de clared to be a private organization with the right to define and restrict its own membership to race, sex or creed, it has the perfect Constitutional right to do so. If this policy were widely followed in the different States it would lead to such confusion as would make orderly government im possible- So much for the letter ver sus the spirit of the Constitution. But, as a matter of fact, no Negro in Texas is deprived of his right to vote nor to participate in the nomina tion of any candidate of his choice, on ly he cannot do so under style, title and designation of the Democratic party. He may join any part/ which will admit h.m to membership or he may form a paity of his own and set its own conditions of membership. Practically the Negroes in Texas, ana tor that matter in the South gen erally , are treated in the same way by the Democratic and Republican parties. The Democrats exclude them from the primaries, through which the candidates for office are nominated, and the Republicans, by hook or crook, exclude them from the nominating conventions. There is no difference of advantage between the attitude of the Democrats and white Republicans in the State of Texas, in so far as the Negro is concerned. The effect of this decision will be to bring the Negro to his political senses. As a sharply marked and easily differ entiated minority, he is at the mercy of majority opinion in the State and community in which he resides- If the dominant will of the white people in Texas denies him full and equal par ticipation in political procedure, his fate will be determined by that judg ment. iff, on the other hand, local sentiment in Illinois grants him abso lute political equality, it will be so for the State of Ilinois. The enforcement of the 15th amendment and the cur tailment provision of the 14th amend ment by national authority, is not a part of the political mind of any serf- j ous statesman. I believe that even Congressman Tinkham of Massachu setts and ex-Congressman DePriest of Illinois have given up such hope. All of this leads to the thought that the Negro’s political salvation, such as he may reasonably hope for, must be secured by local propitiation and not by national compulsion. If the Negroes in Texas ever expect to gain I the privilege of voting in Democratic i primaries, it must be done through the voters of Texas and not through legis lation at Washington. 4t is interesting to note that this Texas decision was by unanimous con currence of the Justices of the Su preme Court, the majority of whom are Republicans. This decision was delivered through the mouthpiece of Justice Roberts, a staunch Pennsyl vania Republican, who was nominated to take the place of (Judge J. J Par ker, a lily-white of North Carolna. There was neither sectionalism nor partisanship in this decision. It merely brings the Negro to a realiz ing sense of the pol.tical si.uatlon which confronts him, North and South, East and West. The Negroes united and protested against the nomination of Judge Parker to the Supreme Bench with a salutary unanimity for fear that his confirmation might seriously blast their political future- But alas, and alas, the staunch Northern Repub lican who supplanted him became the mouthpiece of a decision which blights his political hope. The Republican partisans of the Perry Howard stripe, of whom there are a few left will seek to dramatize this action to frighten the Northern Negroes away from the Democratic party. But this is but a part of the same old bugaboo w.th which this brand of leadership has been frighten ing the Negro ever since Emancipa tion. The fact is, the two parties re main just as they did before as to their attitude toward the Negro Where the number of Negroes is rela tively small, they are accorded equal political rights and privileges by the i Democrats and Republicans alike. On the other hand, where the number of Negroes is large enough to threaten the white political dominance, they are limited and restricted in their politi cal rights and privileges. Unfortu nately, the one set of conditions pre vails in the South and the other in the North, but it runs deeper than political division between parties, which is not deep at all In this struggle for full political equality, North and South and East and West, the Negro must realize it is a condition and not a theory, which confronts him. Junior C of C to Sponsor “Omaha Play Day” At Krug Park Seeking to earn money both for charitable and c vie activities that it undertakes during the year and to build up a fund for sending delegates to the U. S. Junior Chamber conven tion. the Omaha Junior Chamber of Commerce has arranged to operate Krug Park on its opening day and to present an unusual entertainment bar gain. This event, “Omaha Play Day”, was inaugurated with great success last year, and is scheduled for Saturday, May 25th, 1935 Cb’ldren under 12 years of age will be admitted to the park and given the privilege cf all rides for only 25 cents. Adults will nay 50 cents each for ad m ssion, use of rides and dancing, ac cording to President John J. Gillin of the Junior Chamber. “Practically the en'ire receipts above bare operating expenses will go into the twm Jun.or Chamber funds. Good earrings will mean that we can coninue with such activities as the 4-H Bab;- Beef sale which was begun last ear, our traditional summer pic nic for orphans, the county manager tv-G :nn campaign, etc ”, President Gillin declared. The park will open at 1 p. m. on Saturday and will remain open until I midnight. Anyone wishing to do so can come in at the start and stay un til the end for the one price. Tickets an be obtained from any member of the Junior Chamber or at Krug Park on “Omaha Play Day”. Electric Industry Threatened By The Wheeler-Rayburn Bill _ The electric industry, in normal times one of the largest spenders in the industrial field, is being intimidat ed and held back from further expan- j sion by the administration’s threat of : unfair legislation, Roy Page, vice president and general manager of the Nebraska Power Co-, declared in a radio address Monday night. He spoke on the regular weekly program of the power company. Page, in his analysis of what he termed the “unfair legislation” as em bodied in the Wheeler-Rayburn bill, now pending in Congress, used his own company as an example of how the entire electric industry is threatened. “In Omaha and Council Bluffs alone,” he said, “before the depression, we used to spend a million dollars a year for additions to our system to provide for the increased needs of our custo mers . “Last year we spent only a little over $200,000. If things were normal and business was not faced with doubts and uncertainties brought about by legislation of this type, there is no doubt in my mind but that we would again be back to spending what I1*1"*8™ -of GOLDEN BROWN BEAUTY AIDS sent upon receipt of 10c in coin or stamps to cover shipping costs. Also most attractive agents proposition on one of the best known end fastest selling race lines. Write GOLDEN BROWN CHEMICAL CO. Memphis I inn.. Dept. NP-53 wo d d ir. normal times “It has been claimed that the pas sage of these proposed laws would aid recover \ Nothing could be fartther from the truth- Instead, the feeling e.' uncertainty that this legislation creates is holding back an industry wh.ch in normal times is one of the largest spenders of money for con struction . ” Page pointed out that many state commissions charged with the respon sibility of regulating utility opera f or.s within their own borders had ->rotested the passage of the proposed legislation because it would be a fla grant invasion of states rights. In this connection, he said: “The Nebraska Power Co., and the Citizens Power & Light Co., serve Omaha and Council Bluffs and the nearby communities. Their problems are local. Their dealings are with their customers and they should be regulated by those who know local conditions and needs. “If regulation is transferred to Washington the only results can be a loss of efficiency and impairment of service•” Race Problem in Politics Still Acute Dallas, Tex., May 14.—The United States Supreme Court, in upholding the Texas Democratic primary bar against Negroes, “settled the question legally, but the problem of orienting the Negro into the political system cf the South still remains,” Dale Mil ler, associate editor of “The Texas 1 Weekly,” white Dallas magazine, de clared in an editorial published April 6th. “The Negro problem in Texas has "ot been escaped by the finality of the Supreme Court opinion which sus tained the action of the Democratic party in barring Negroes from partic ipation in its primaries,” the maga zine editorial said, “but by the ‘Negro problem’ is not meant the proverbial ‘race problem,’ with its legendary con notation of two races living estranged in a maladjusted society. Texas has no race problem, of course; whites and blacks move in their respective spheres as orderly as stars in their orbits, and irregularities which occur are neither more numerous nor fla grant than those which occur in so-1 defies otherwise constituted. But the problem which has not been es caped is the responsibility of Texas and the South to acclimate the Negro in their political system,” the editorial declared. Concluding, Mr. Miller writes: “Political discrimination against the Negro should be based purely on the grounds of illiteracy, rather than col-i or. Ill.teracy can be overcome in time, ■ color cannot, and a Negro population educated in the responsibilities of citi zenship would redound ultimately to the betterment of the State and the race.” Houston ‘Playboy’ In $15,000. Law Suit Del\ alt Sued By Girl In Breach Of Premise Suit Houston, Tex., May 14—0. P. De Walt Jr., Houston playboy and son of the late 0. P. DeWalt, Houston theater magnate, was named in a i $15,000 breach of promise suit filed here last week by Miss Leilia Guidry, of Iota, La-, who said he “backed down” on a marriage promise. The young woman, an attractive 19 year-old girl of French features filed the suit through her father, Edward Guidry. She declared in her petition that young DeWalt “is a man of wealth and has money and pro pert • worth about $30,000.” She claims that hei parents are poor people and his breach of promise “robbed her of all the comforts and conveniences that his wealth and position would have af forded her.” Miss Guidry asserts that she met De Walt in 1932 and that in 1933 he pro posed marriage and she consented. As late as May, 1934, no definite plans for the ceremony had been made, she stated, and she left for a brief so journ in Detroit, Mich. Miss Guidry claims that she secured gainful employment while in Detroit, but that DeWalt wrote her to come back to set the date of the marriage. She gave up her job and came back to Houston. They set Christmas for ■ ... ——'U..-1 . ) the date of the marriage- 1934. She sa d that afterwards DeWalt came to her home in Iota, La., where they mutually agreed upon January, 1935. Since Miss Guidry is a Catholic, it was necessary to see her priest and get a special dispensation. Miss Guidry maintains that DeWalt had promised to come to Iota and get the dispensation before. They failed to marry Christmas, January 30, 1935. This he failed to do, but did come a few days later and went with her to see the priest and arranged the mat ter. The date of the ceremony this time was set for February 13, 1935. 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