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    The Negro In The
Methodist Church
According to press reports the
Commission appointed to draft a
scheme of unity for the three white
branches of the Methodist Episcopal
Church has outlined its report to be
submitted to te next quadrinnial ses
sions of the several General Confer
ences. It is noticable that only three
of the six branches of the Methodist
Episcopal Church were included in
the overtures of the union. The three
colored branches, the A. M. E. Z.
Church, the A. M. E. Church and the
C. M. E. Church were not included.
The evident purpose is to unite white
Methodism while leaving the colored
brother outside of the ennobling
bond of the union. The Negro mem
bership in the Methodist Episcopal
Church North has always occupied
an equivocal poston. They form a
group whch s ecclesiastically ess imi
tated hut socially segregated. They
are the only Negro group which gave
the consolidators any concern. How
decently to dispose of this colored
contingent has been bothering the
mind of Methodist statesmanship for
forty years. I remember reading a
book some forty years ago by Bishop
Foster, -who, at that early day, for
saw that the setting aside of the
colored membership would be inevi
table. The committee has consolidat
ed the three white Methodist church
e* by dividing them into five region
al conferences based roughly upon
the geographical divisions of the
United States according to the cen
sus. But they have set up a Con
ference composed of Negro mentner
ship that covers the area of the
United States. This Conference, for
some reasons neither ecclesiastical
nor gecgranbic-1, the call the Cen
tral Conference. It seems that they
use this term to get around a racial
designation. It is somewhat curious
that the colored membership of the
M. E. church tries to dodge rac.al
designation when the three indepen
dent Negro Methodist churches in
clude the terms African or colored in
their organization. Thus we have the
African Methodist Episcopal church,
the African Methodist Episcopal Z.on
church and the Colored Methodist
Episcopal church. You cannot dodge
segregation by a name or get rid of
jimerowism by circumloeutionflry
phrases. The off-colored hrother is
still in the woodpile, albbcit. he may
be covered with a thin layer o^ chips.
It is the uneasy conscience which
causes men to deviate from plain,
straightforward speech:
“Nor florid prose nor honeyed lies
of rhymne
Can blazon evil deeds or coiisecrate
p. crime”.
The colored members of the M. E.
church for more than a generation
have been restive under two conflict
ing feelings. On the one hand, they
hope for complete unity with the
whites on the basis of Christian
brotherhood, on the other, they yearn
for ecclesiastical self-expression.
They were often taunted by the Inde
pendent Negro Denominations for
permitting themselves to become ec
clesastical slaves in the “house of
bondage" of their Episcopal over
lords. I’o soothe their chafing spirit
ar d appease their reasonable aspira
tions the Consolidating- Committee
P’*“' that tin- Central Conference
should have proportionate Episcopal
and clerical presentation in the Sup
er-General Conference which was to
have final authority over the six re
gional Conferences. But the Negro
membership which now constitutes
one-fifteenth of the M. E. Church of
the North would only then constitute
one-thirtieth of Consolidated Method
ism. Thier represents on at the Gen
eral Conference would therefore, be
rather titular and technical, without
any particular influence or effect up
on the general management of the
Church.
v\ e live in a practical age. Priest
craft throughout the ages has been
characterized with the same sort of
guile which has stigmatized politic
al statesmanship. The absolute is the
goal of the odealist; the attainable
is the goal of the practical exegenci
es. The Consolidating Committee was
doubtless charged with the task of
formulating the most feasible plan of
union. They doubtless felt that they
had hit upon the best scheme which
stood any chance of adoption. The
very nature of their appointment re
quired them to compromise with race
prejudice rather than to offer it bat
tle to death. We all know' that race
prejudice is as persistant and stub
born a factor which colors and com
pp!,cates all of our political, econom
ic, social and religious procedure. The
Ten Commandments, the Golden
Rule, The Sermon on the Mount, the
Declaration of Independence and the
Constitution of the United States
either balk or break down at the col
or line. It w'ould be perhaps expect
ing too much of human nature to
suppose that the Methodist Church
could or would meet the challenge of
race prejudice. Christianity at its
best, has engaged to overcome race
Pre" Mce. it must either Lve up to
this, ..gagement or stultify its high
pretentions. A Christian is required
by his creed to do right though the
heavens fall. The practical statesman
keeps the heavens from falling by
doing right.
The sum total of effect of the con
solidating movement as now propos
ed is not to unite the six branches of
the Methodist Episcopal Church into
one solid phlanx of spiritual unity
but to divide it into two compart
ments along the cleavage of the col
or line. The honest and straightfor
ward designation of the resultant or
ganizations, after the six branches
1 2ve been reduced to two. would be:
th- Mothodist Ep^.opal Church
White and the M-ihcxLst Episcopal
Church Colored. Apology must be
made to the great Head of the
Church that this is the best that race
prejudice will permit it to do. If
American Methodism has not the re
quisite spiritual courage to subdue
race prejudice, it should at least nave
the moral candor to say so.
Navy Threatens Fed
erel Troops To Break
Shipyard Strik
A threat by Navy Department
officials to call out the Marines
was recently made to force. the
striking workers of the New York
Shipbuilding Corporation, Cam
den, X. J., to accept arbitration.
The possible use of the federal
armed forces to break the fifteen
week-old strik was indicated im
mediately following the sending
of a letter by J. F. Metten, presi
dent of the corporation to Henry
L. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary
of the Navy, in which Metten sug
gested that the navy issue a twen
ty-four hour ultimatum to the
union to agree to an arbitration
proposal -satisfactory to the com
The principal barrier to ar
pany.
bitration is the question “who
represents the majority of the
men.” The union takes the posi
tion that “this is not a proper
quetsion for the arbitration board
to decide, it being alread yappar
ent that the union represents the
majority-’ Metten denies that the
union represents most of the men.
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Pullman Porters
Stage Victory
Parade in Harlem
Banners Call For Freedom of Angelo
Herndon—Scottsboro Boys
NEW YORK—(CNA)—In a pic
turesque parade up 7th Avenue in
which the left wing Unemployment
Council participated, the Brotherhood
of Sleeping Car Porters celebrated
its tenth anniversary and magnifi
cent victory in its long fight to force
the powerful Pullman Company to
recognize the rights of porters and
Maids or organize in unions of their
own choice.
Placards carried by the marchers
called for the defense of Ethiopia
against the attack of Italian Fascism
for the Freedom of the Scottsboro
boys, Tom Mooney and Angelo
Herndon, for prevailing wages on
WPA projects and for the abolition
of child labor. The line of march was
headed by A. Phillip Randolph, presi
dent of the Brotherhood; Ashley L.
Totten, its national secretary-treas
urer, Milton P. Welsh of Chicago,
and other leaders of the Brotherhood.
An elaborate mass meeting was
held ;n the evening at Salem M. E.
church, at which Mr. Totten presided.
Among the speakers -were Mayor La
Guardia, Hubert T. Delaney, Tax
Commssoner of New York Cty, Nor
man Thomas and Frank Crosswaithe
of the Socialist Party and A. Phillip
Randolph.
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Guide Office, 2418-20 Grant Street.
Two Men Tarred
And Feathered
Santa Rosa. California, was the
scene of a return to frontier days
when on August 22 Jack Green
and Solomon Mitzburg, w'cre tak
e nfroiri a home, tarred and feath
ered and driven out of town.
Meanwhile, the sheriff of Sonora
County, in which Santa Rosa is
located, claims that he will take
no action since the event was not
offieiall vreported to him. The
two victims had been organizing
fruit pickers.
M ires have been sent by mem
bers of the National Committee
for the Defense of Political Pris
oners in California, as well as by
the New \ ork offic e, urging Gov
ernor Frank F. Merriam to inves
tigate and stating that “other
wise continued lawlessness will
be encouraged.”
NORTH 24 TH STREET
AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING
By Buddy
It was crying Jim before you
jumped into the ocean, be careful or
in the future it will be singing Jim.
That retired gent that is now
squirting suds and jerking caps, still
gets a thrill when he hears or sees
the little red wagon go by. Go on
you scamps!
The housemaids in 'a leading hotel
in town think they are as solid as the
rock of Gibraltar. Everything that
goes up, must come down, and you
still have to pass the kitchen.
The two men that were on their
10-day vacation at the same time, a
week or so ago with pay, could not
drink anything without the govern
ment seal, so they said. But the
iast four days of the ten, they were
seen in the moonshine,—so happily.
A lucky strike is a nice blow in
all sorts of games, but don’t let
papa pinch hit, as he might knock a
home run, and clean the bases.
The two waitresses that speak
Chinese should make their menu out
in the American language, so we can
make out what it reads a little
easier.
The gent that was layed off last
week for a few days has started to
work at the same place. He has
started crowing again now. While
he was off he was so quiet that you
could hear cats walking on cotton. I
don’t think he was getting them
often, getting one, maybe, and jump
ing two surely.
That co-pro pretor of a cafe says
that he is going out to Calhoun if he
strikes it lucky, for his health. If
he stays where he is now, he will get
tho diabetes.
Quite a few of those that hang
around 24th and Lake, that make
frequent trips down town and else
where for 10 cents per, finds the go
ing rather tough in rainy weather,
flat tires, wet wires, leaky tops, etc.
It makes the kitchen mechanics
restless at times.
That private club bar porter,
down town, will be on his vacation
next week. Perhaps he will see how
many different mixtures he can
blend together by memory.
That little ex-cab driver that is
working in a tavern at present,
should have taken up prize fighting,
ar. he certainly can swing a nasty
left* On the opposite sex anyway.
Rubber Back that lives on Decatur
street, has a job that he goes on at
7 p. m., goes to supper, at eight, to
the show at nine, reads the paper at
eleven, goes home at twelve and still
wants shorter hours. When is that
man going to work.
Pretty Boy Floyd has to comb and
brush his hair before he can intake a
10 or 15 cent trip, is gettng bald
headed already from that practice.
If you want service from him, call
WE. 3199.
METROPOLITAN SPIRITUAL
CHURCH
1816 N. 24th St.
In spite of the rainy weather, the
Metropolitan church held their
services, and carried the program
out wonderfully. We all enjoyed
tht services’ text, Sunday morning,
‘A Better Home’ Sunday night, ‘The
Greater Judgement Morning.’
Rev. R. W. Johnson, Pastor.
Georgia Peoples, Reporter.
She Just Can’t
Stay Away
Miss Lois 'Williams, a cousin of
Mrs. Walter Craig, who lives in
Seattle, Washington, was the
house guest of her cousin in the
early spring, returned to Omaha
to make her home. Miss Wililams
is a very lovely girl, with an ex
ceptionally nice personality. Her
many friends are pleased to hear
of her return.
SPECIAL REVIVAL
Evangelist M. B. Bilbrew, D. D.
of Dallas, Texas, and one of the
outstanding ministers of the Na
tional Baptist convention will ar
rive in Omaha, Sept. 7th to con
duct a series of meetings with
the SALEM Baptist church, 22ud
and Seward. All churches and
friends are cordially invitied and
urged to attend.
N. Williams, Clerk.
Tubby Returns
I From School
Coach “Tubby" Johnson of the
Fisk Bulldogs returned to the
campus this week fresh from sum
mer school at Columbia University
with a bag full of tricks to be
used on Southern gridirons this
fall. However, some of “Tubbv’s”
football mainstays have been on
the campus all summer working
on the new athletic field. At the
same time they have been enjoy
ing good work-outs at the noon
hour running and practicing aerial
plays to be used against the teams
which kept Fisk from scoring
last year. “Tubby” knows that
probably one of his hardest bat
tles to win wil lbe the first on
the schedule, Xavier University,
and the Bulldogs are sparing no
pains to make their first appear
ance in New Orleans an impres
sive one on the well-coached
Xavier eleven. Tuskegee is back
on the Fisk schedule, after an ab
sence of a season. The prospects
of not only good material but
plenty of reserve men increase
the chances of a Fisk victory over
Tuskegee in Nashville consider
ably. Fisk’s Homecoming game
will be played against its ancient
rival, Morehouse College, on
Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28th, in
Nashville. The season’s schedule
follows:
Oct. 12—Xavier-New Orleans
Oct. 19—LeMoyne_Nashville
Oct- 26—Knoxville College_
•- Knoxville
Nov. 9—Open
Nov. 16—Talladega_Tallade’a
Nov. 28—Morehouse-N ashviile
WEEKLY SHORT
SERMON
By Dr. A. G. Bearer
(Far the Literary Service Bureau)
CAPERNAUM (PENITENCE)
Text: And thou Capernaum, which
art exalted unto heaven, shalt be
brought do"wn to hell.—Matt. 11:23.
Jesus condemned Capernaum. He
; pronounced woes against this wicked
city in which He had done so many
of His wonderful works. Capernaum
was punished because of its sins. In
this it shared the fate of wicked
j cities of all ages. For people of to
day this city has its lessons.
M anting.—There comes the warn
ing that as Capernaum was punish
ed so will the wicked cities of this
age be punished for their sins. The
punishment will not be so much the
I punitive assessments of God as the
fruits of sins. The woes of the an
cient Capernaum will be those of
modem cities.
Admonition.—The upbraiding of the
cities and the threatened punishment
set forth in this chapter carry ad
monitions as well as warnings. The
term Capernaum means penitence;
so Capernaum must have repented. I
Nineveh repented and escaped the
punishment which was threatened
because of its penitence. So, if the
modem cities wrould escape, they must
repent. Failing in this they will be
as was said of Capernaum: “Once ex
alted unto heaven,” and then
“brought down to hell”.
SPORT NEWS
By George E. Horsley
This week brings baseball to head
the sport column. The Bismarck All
Stars will clash with the Nebraska
Ford V 8’s, champions at Western
League Park, on Tuesday evening,
8:15. Sathcel Paige, one of our lead
ing pitchers will be on the mound for
the All Stars. Paige held the 1934
championship for colored pitchers.
There is considerable interest being
manifested in the game between the
two clubs. Among the prominent and
ardent baseball fans whose presence
is alwmys expected are: Frank B.
James, Booker McKenzie, Bud Law
son, Jim Bell, and the three muske
teers, Rich Martin, Frank Martin,
Cnas. Martin. A large delegation of
our people are expected to attend.
The Omaha Arena brings another
fight program to the fight-fans. Who
love to see fighters that fight. Tues
day night brings Jimmy Wooten and
George Kennard together in the main
event in the 155 lb. class, for 3
rounds. The semi-finals brings A1
Soukup and Don Phillips for 6 rounds
in the 135 lb. class, Smiling Spight
versus Jackie Kelly, 6 rounds in the
175 lb. class, Jack Doty versus Chris
ty Dean in the 145 lb. class. From
all indications it looks as if a nuetral
ring.
Next week’s edition will bring some
real facts about the up and coming
Joe Louis and Max Baer fight.
Tavid Kaaiar. Poultry Market is now under new man
agement. We are row in a ncsiticu to give you the best
selection of live and dressed poultry and strictly fresh
eggs.
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Misses Theresa E. Curry
And Vonceil E. An
derson Receive Schol
arship Awards.
Miss Theresa E. Curry and Miss
Vonceil Andereson have been inform
ed that they have been granted a
$250.00 scholarship award in the
School of Religion, at Bishop Col
lege. in Marshall, Texas. They are
planning to leave Omaha Thursday,
September 12.
Miss Curry is the daughter of Rev.
Curry, pastor of Zion Baptist church.
She was a student at Spellman Col
lege in Atlanta, Georgia, last year.
Miss Anderson was a June gradu
ate of Central High school where
she w'as a member of the A’Capella
choir and a A-l student. They will
be missed by their many friends and
associates.
Attends Convention
Mrs. Estella Watters of the Pleas
ant Green Baptist Church has return
ed from Davenport, Iowa, where the
•Towa South Ilakcrta-Nebraska Bap
tist Association held its 53rd annual
session. Mrs. Watters is treasurer
of the district convention, and also a
member of the education board of the
state convention. Mrs. Watters also
visited Rock Island, 111. She reports
a very pleasant stay.
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N. A. A. C. P. Holds
Board of Direct
ors Meeting
The hi. A. A. C. P. held an inter
esting board meeting at the Urban
League-Community Center, Tuesday
8 P. M., President jjones in the chair.
Interesting reports were read from
the league of redress committee, and
the entertainment committee.
Owing to the increased activities of
the organization, to assist in carry
ing- out the program, four new mem
bers were elected to the board of di
rectors to serve until the annual elec
tion, D. W. McCowan, Ralph Adams,
Milton Johnson, and Jess Hutten.
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