Indictments Quashed Against Patterson and Clarence Norris (Continued from Page 1) ty jail, :n Birmingham, where the other seven boys are now held. Jackson county officials, voicing their determination to continue their efforts to bum the Scottsboro boys at all costs and regardless of evidence, have announced that they would fol low the mandate of the U- S. Su preme Court at least technically, by placing a Negro on the panel from which the grand jury is drawn to re indict the Scottsboro boys—though showing quite clearly that they have no intention of permitting any Ne groes to actually serve. New York—Pointing out that with the determination of the Alabama lynchers to prosecute the Scottsboro boys to their death, they are now in greater danger than ever before. Anna Damon, acting national secre tary of the International Labor De fense called yesterday for a greater campaign than ever before, directed to Governor Bibb Graves, Attorney General Albert A. Carmichael, and Lieutenant - Governor Thomas E. Knight, special prosecutor of the Scottsboro boys, demanding that there shall be no re-indictments of the boys, and that they be set free without con dition. All three officials are in Montgomery, Ala. Funds to push the campaign and legai steps for the freedom of all nine boys, and especially for the hearing in juvenile court for the two youngest defendants, are desperately needed, she said, to safeguard the fight for their release. They should be sent to the International Labor Defense, Room 610, 80 East 11th Street, New York City. Pullman Board of Directors to Hold National Election (Continued from Page 1) America, and has come to the point where it has caused a national elec tion to be called to determine the or ganization the porters really want. Now the election will be secret and off Pullman property. On the ballot will be the names of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and the Pull man Porters and Maids Protective As sociation or the Company Union. The Pullman Company caused the Pullman Porters and Maids Protective Asso ciation to be formed when the amend .j Missouri Pacific j Stages Fast, Dependable, Safe, j i Motor Coach Service to I! Kansas City, St. Louis and \ all points east, southeast, j southwest and south. I For Rates and Service ] || Call i Omaha Bus Depot \ Finest In Omaha ] 401 South 15th Street | !! Southeast Corner Harney j Atlantic 7600 j ment to the Railway Labor Act by the 73rd Congress killed the old company union known as the Plan of Employee Representation. The law does not al low railroad companies to finance em ployees’ organizat cns and so this new company union was planned to oome within the law from the point of view of appearance. The Company, however, is financing the Pullman Porters and Maids Protective Associa tion secretly. E-cause cf the great significance of this election to Pullman porters in particular and the race in general, I am herewith requesting that you write an editorial on it in your splen did paper- The porters who have suffered, sacrificed and struggled to conquer the Pullman monopoly will be grateful for your cooperation- When the Brotherhood wins this fight, it will probably be the most significant economic victory and stride of sub stantial and constructive progress the Negro has made in history. The story is yet to be written of the great sacrifices that were made to bring this fighting organization to this point where we are quite certain of winning the fight. If the porters, who are the vanguard of the black workers of America, feel that their press, church and educa tors are backing them, it will mean much to their morale when they face the organized millions of the Pullman Company. The election will last from the 27th of May to the 22nd of June and will be held in 66 districts and agencies from coast to coast, throughout the country. Sincerely yours, A. Philip Randolph, National President Dining Car Waiters’ Representative to Confer With Officials Mr. Clarence Johnson, of Los Angeles, California, is in the city in the interest of he Protective Order of the Dining Car Waiters. This is Air. Johnson’s second trip to Omaha, and the direct purpose of his visit this time is to mediate with the Union Pacific Board on the effective hours of work, , wages and other conditions. Mr. Johnson’s stay here is in definite, depending on the pro gress made wi.h the carrier and agent of the mediation board. Mr. Johnson is residing with his sister, Mrs. Ella Matthews, 2829 Ohio Street. She is the wife of Detective U. S. Matthews. Mr. Johnson stated that he is glad to be back again and is deeply impressed with both Oma ha and its citizens. He hopes that his return trip will be a suc cess and of interest to the group of board members and Dining Car Workers. Mr. Bell, president, Mr. John son and Mr. Long, general secre tary, constitute the conference committee. Communist Create Police Court Dispute (Continued from Page One) merit’s drive on workers’ rights, Jerome Watson, Daily Worker igent, was arrested Saturday night on his regular route, on a a charge of vagrancy. His bail .vas set at $1000 by Judge Holmes, only afew minutes after the iudge had made his attack upon he police chief for the chief’s high-handed and arbitrary treat ment of prisoners. Since these arrests represent an !WrtV.YiY1V.ViViViVi\ViViV,V.ViVV.\Yi1riV.V.Y.V7.VV.V. I NO DOWN PAYMENT j! i As 4 f-n A D.y Little As I Buys A KELVINATOR j| Electric Refrigerator on Our Exclusive J: :j METER-ATOR PLAN f. Sebmoller & Moeller i I: 1516 Dodge St. AT-1856 $ ! attack upon the rights of all workers to demonstrate, picket, ■ distribute leaflets and sell work ing class literature, the I. L. D. j is appealing to all workers or ganizations and their sympathiz ers to par icipate in a broad j united front defense campaign. I Expose Shocking Conditions in The Harlem Schools New York—(CNA)—Shocking evi dence of the wide-spread discrimina tion existing in Harlem city schools j was brought out at the hearing be-1 fore a sub-committee of the Mayor’s commission last Wednesday A rumble wrent through the audience when W’illiana Burroughs, a former city school teacher and a leader of the League of Struggle for Negro Rights, charged that discrimination was the “practice and policy” of the Board of Education and the La Guardia admin istration Negroes Barred From Offices Miss Burroughs testified that there is no Negro member of the Board of Education, no Negro principal and no Negro teacher in any city college. Because of her courageous fight against discrimination in the school system, Miss Burroughs was dis charged after serving as a city teach er for more than ten years. She is one of the most brilliant students ever graduated from Hunter College. wnite rnncipal "Un spot” Miss Louise Tucker, white, princi pal of P. S. 90 in Harlem, after de nying the terrible conditions under which Negro children are forced to attend school, was compelled to ad mit that not enough free lunches are provided by the Board of Education for the Negro children at her school. Under sharp questioning by Isa dore Begun, of the Unemployed Teachers Association, she stated that the fire-trap school building where she is principal was over thirty years old. It was pointed out by other witness es that although Miss Tucker knew of the insufficient free lunches and the unsanitary conditions in her school, she had never made a complaint to the Board of Education- On the ques tion of overcrowding Miss Tucker ad mitted that the number of children at tending P. S. 90 was “twice as large as it should be.” Other facts brought out at the hear ing disclosed discrimination against advancement of Negro teachers, lack of equipment and playgrounds, high teacher turnover, lack of new build ings, and tyranny in dealing with par ent. associations. The session was held in the District Street, in Harlem. It was presided j over by Oswald Garrison Villard, | Munioipal Court, 447 West 151st chairman of the sub-comimittee on Educational Conditions of Mayor La i Guardia’s commission. Philadelphia N. A. A. C. P. Launches Drive For New Members Newspapers, Radio, Car Cards, Movies, Mass Meeting’s Used Philadelphia, May 23— The -la est pnb'icity and selling meth ods are being used by the local branch of the National Associa tion for the Advancement of Col ored People in its city wide drive to obtain 2000 members and raise $2,500, which closes May 23. Every possible means of publi city has been uti'ized to bring the campaign before the public. News stories have appeared in the daily and weekly newspapers, pla cards have been, placed in a num ber of street cars on the most heavily travelled lines, fi'ms an nouncing the drive have been shown in four big theatres and broadcasts have been made over three radio stations, and speeches were made in the principal churches. For the campaign, the metro polis was divided into four dis trict each in charge of campaign chairmen. 'To spur the solicited, three big prizes of all expense trips to New York have been of fered to the three workers bring ing in the largest amounts in memberships over $100. In ad dition every worker bringing in over $25 will receive a eopy of James Weldon Johnson’s new - just as nature brings new beauty'and brightness in Springtime, so Black and White Bleaching Cream brings new fairness and beauty to your skin, making it light and appealingly dear! And it gives you such a skin in one-half the time of ordinary bleaches. That’s because Black and White Bleaching Cream is double strength. It’s made sdentifically to clear your skin of bumps and blemishes ... to fade out darkness and discolorations , , , to make it fair and light. For best results always use Black and White Skin Soap (25c) before you apply this wonderful Black and White Bleach ing Creanu 1 i book “Negro Americans, What 'Now?’’ or a year’s subscription | to the Crisis. Dr. C. W. Dorsey is president of the Philadelphia Branch and I. Maximilian Martin is secretary. The drive opened May 8, at a meeting attended by fif.y volun teer workers held at the South west Y. W. C. A. when William Pickens, na ional field secretary of the Assoicatoin was the main speaker. The following evening Mr. Pickens publicly launched the j campaign with an eloquent radio ( address over Station WFLL, in j j which he .owl of the aims and : achievements of the X. A. A. C. P. which he ca led “te greatest inter-racial organization in j America. United Sabbath Day Adventist Hold Confab New York, N. Y.—With Elder M. M. Boodle of the Omaha Sab ath-Dav Church officiating as vice president, the United Sab bath-Day Adventists continued their fif.h annual conference here vith their Moderator outlining the importance of their denomina tion in Negro life, last Saturday. Begun Friday last week, the conference shall continue for ten days, ending May 26th. Delegates from four other large cities, besides Omaha attended. They came from Newburyport and Bos on. Mass: Brooklyn, N. Y., and Philadelphia. According to their p’ans the annual message of the Moderator, Elder James K. Humphrey, leader of the church, will be delivered Sunday followed by a concert in the evening. The week days will be taken up with routine maiters and the following Sunday will be marked by a presentation of ‘‘The Final Judgement,” a play taken out of the Book of Revela tion in the Bible. It shall be presented by Mrs. E. L Bruce of this city. Fredicts Lynch BUI Shelving May Cost Democrats Black Vote Nc‘ed Wpshing on Correspondent Says G. 0. P. "Will Make it Campaign Issue Washington, May 23.—-In hi? Mr v 10 dis rtoh. Rodney Duteher. noted Washington correspondent for XEA service, predicts that the shelving of the Cos igan-Wagne: anti-lynching bid will be used ef feetively by the Republican part? to woo the Negro over back int pivoal states in he 1936 Presiden tial elece'ion. “A northern senator high in th< Demorcatic councils,’’ he writes, 'remarked privately after die burial of the Costigan-Wagner 1 anti-lynching bill by a southern filibuster that if the 1936 election were close, the episode might cost his party eight or ten impor a.it states. “He referred to the fact well known among polidcians that the Negro vote can exert a balance of power in certain states—Mis souri,, Kansas, Illinois, Indiana. Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey ! and Maryland are usually named; in close contests. “The debts qualified guessers • estimate that the Negro vote went 85 per cent for RooseveT in 1932, whereas perhaps 80 per cent in previous election years had been cast for the Republican ticket. “Negroes are more concerned as a group with lynching than with any other issue. Democratic politicians now anticipate a Re publican drive to convince them that their ‘worst enemies’ control the Democratic pariy. “The southern filibustered, however, were more worried about their own jobs than abouc national complications.” Lynched in Mississippi “Slaughter Pen” Hattiesburg, Miss—(CNA) —The Chinese Wall of silence which sur rounded the mysterious “suicide” of R- J. Tyrone of a month ago was broken here. It was revealed that Tyrone had been lynched by a gang of wealthy white landowners. Tyrone, a local farmer, had been the target of intimidation and persecu tion for many months. A group of rich white plantation owners headed by William Evans had been attempt ing to seize his prosperous farm lands. On the night of March 22, Evans provoked Tyrone into a fight. In self defense, Tyrone shot Evans, slightly wounding him. Evans then organized a lynch mob and seized the farmer. Three days later, Tyrone's body was found riddled with bullets. A coro ner’s jury returned a verdict of “sui cide” . Tyrone’s family has been driven in HELP WANTED MEN-WOMEN—S50-S180 A MONTH For Institutions, Hospitals, etc. j Everywhere No Previous Experience Necessary. | All kinds of help constantly needed. j Write work you can do enclosing, stamp to Scharf Bureau, Dept. 5-25-1 A46, 145 W. 45th St-, N. Y. to hiding by the threats of the lynch ers. Friends have been forbidden to provide them with food or shelter. Lawrence county, where the lynch ing took place, is known as the “Slaughter Pen”, because of the num erous murders of Negroes. The death of Tyrone is the sixth reported lynching of the year. Defens Parade Held In Harlem, N. Y. New York—CNA—'Demonstrat ing a lively and militant interes. in international affairs affsc ing Negroes, the. Provisional. Com mittee for the Defense of Ethio pia staged a pro est parade and mass meeting on May 2nd against the invasion of Ethopia. Parade Four Blocks Long. The parade, led by cavalry corps and band, was four blocks long. Throngs cheered the pro cession as it swung up Seven,.h Avenue. Banners demanding, “Hands offEthiopia ’’and urging “Black Men Arise ’ were display ed throughout the body of parad ers. The march ended at Abyssinian Baptist, church where a large crowd had gathered to greet the paraders. The mass meeting in the church was spirited and demonstrative. Audience Stands and Cheers One of the highlights of the meeting was a dramatic reading rendered by Madame Marion St. Bishop. Attired in Ethiopian cos tume, and reading with militant dignity, a poem decrying the ant Negro institutions in Auierca, she brought the crowd of 2000 to ns feet, cheering and stamping. Speakers at the meeting in ciuued Arthur Reid, Rev. A. Clayton Powell Jr." A. W. Berry, J. Alleyene and James W. Ford. A. L. King ac.ed as chairman. Bach speaker was frequently interrupted by enthusiastic ap plause. . Warns Against U. S. Fascists . Typical ox .he speeches was that of A. W. Berry, in which he said, •“me Negro people must be vigilant against the direct and in uiieel representatives of the laiian fascists in America.” basa itaiiana on the campus of Columbia and Relief Director v.orsi were named as representa tives of Fascism. Berry declared the “rainy season’’ lull would not slow up the work of the commit tee. “Every day is a fair day for us until the last shackle uiops from the blacks ihe wor.d over enslaved by imperialism,’’ Berry declared. Resolutions were adopted to be sent to Mussolini, the New York Italian consulate and the ltainm ambassador. Plans for organization of a league to promote better relations between American Negroes and Negroes tnrougiiout me world have been announced by the com mittee. Negro Denied Visitors In N. Y. State Prison Auburn Prison, X. Y. —CXA— ‘1 am not going to let another ore of you see Allen, so what? I am Warden of this prison and no organization in New York City is going to tell me how to run i.,” was the reply of Warden Brophy to a request by two repre sentatives of the International Labor Defense, 10 see Clide Allen, imprisoned worker. Allen was sentenced to 35 years in the state penitentiary on irumped-up charges of “rape.” He was accused by the police of being the mythical Brooklyn “Hammer Man” who “attacks whke women.’’ The International Labor Defense is seeking a new trial. The refusal of the warden to permit the I. L. D. representa tives to visit Allen will be ans wered by an intensified mass cam-q paiign to free Clide Allen, the I. L. D. stated. Prinosers Maim Selves To Prevent Torture Austin, Texas —(CNA)—Admitting that it found evidence of brutality to Negro and white prisoners at the Re rive state prison farm in South Texas, a special legislative investigating com mittee white-washed the prison offic ials who are responsible for this bru tality ■ The investigation was brought about by the house of representatives. They appointed a committee of five after certain allegations were made that many prisoners maimed themselves in order to escape further punishment. The report made by the committee stated that prisoners declared them selves o have been beaten and kicked by guards, and that one man had been chaind to holes in the floor of a dor mitory for the violation of certain reg ulations . The committee further reported that it made recommendations to prison of ficials here, and that it had been in- j formed that the recommendations are j being carried out. Mussolini Increases Fascist Mobolization Rome, Italy — (CNA)—Mussolini, fascist Italian dictator, has ordered an increase of military preparations against Ethiopia, last independent Ne gro country in Africa. Another fascist army division has, been transported to Africa- There are already two divisions stationed near the border now. 150,000 Italian troops are in arms for immediate warfare a.gainst Ethiouia. The High Commissioner of Eritrea, Italian owned territory, is mobilizing native African troops to shoot down their brothers in Ethiopia. In Worst Crisis Meantime, Italy is in the throes of the greatest crisis in its history. Two pay cuts have been forced on the Ital ian workers by the Mussolini regime, while the cost of living has jumped 20 per cent since the pay cuts. The Italian working class is daily showing its resentment to Mussolini’s plans to seize Ethiopia. Mutinies among the Italian troops in Africa are growing, and the Italian masses at home, under the leadership of the Ital ian Communist Party, are increasing their response to the slogan of “hands off Abyssinia”. 5$