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SPRINGTIME IS CLEAN-UP TIME
You ean see signs of spring fever almost everywhere.
Farmers are plowing find sowing their fields. Suburbanites arP
planting their gardens. Housewives are < leaning and revaimp
ing homes, t’ommuni iex o,re starting improvement projects.
Winter is apt to be a time of general neglect—partly be
cause of severe weather and partly because of the press of other
toot ers in that busy season Vacant lots, yards and even streets
become unsightly. Now is the time for a thorough spring clean
ing, extending through the community, in the interest of health,
safety and civic progress.
Such a clean-up campaign is a splendid activity for clubs,
chambers of commerce. Boy Scouts, and similar groups to spon
sor Every town should emulate those communities which by
a spirit of fine cooperation, have succeeded in gaining the name
of “Spot least own.**
When a movement to paint up, clean up and beaMtiify
sweeps a community, it leaves in its wake a healthier, happier
town.
WHAT IS TRAFFIC CONTROL? .
A noted traffic authority recently discussed the traffic
accident problem in icrms of .three kinds of safety. The first is
personal safety, the necessity for protecting the limbs and the
lives of us all. The second is moral safety, the necessity for
building an appreciation of the values of proper regulation. Mo
tor vehicle traffic inevitably involves the law and law observ
ance. Disregard of the laws of the road, even the minor ones,
breeds contempt and disregard for more serious rules of society,
especially among the young, for in the early stages disrespect
for la.w masquerades as adventure. The third is the need for
protecting the economic benefits which accrue from thewide
spread use of the automobile. Traffic accidents not only cost
millions of dollars directly through lost earning power, lost time,
hospital expense and repair hills—they push down property
and rental values, slow up business turnover, reduce the value
of investment portfolios, large and small.
Our understanding of the traffic problem might he bet
ter served if in thinking about it we substitute for the relative
ly narrow term “traffic safety” the more accurate one of
“traffic control” This means the application of eertani logical
principles to motor vehicular movement which will at once ease
congestion and reduce the hazard.
An important step in .the direction of effective traffic
control is the publication of the handbook, “Creating Safer
Communities". Published by sta(te motor vehicle and safety au
thorities in twenty-four states, the handbook tells how to set up
a community traffic safety organization and presents a series
of procedures for reducing accidents by removing the cause. It
describes how essential accident information is secured. It gives
instrue,8i|ons for developing enforcement, engineering and ed
ucational programs in line with advanced, tested methods of
making traffic safer and less congested.
THE TOWN RAMBLER
Tn every town and neighborhood yon meet the goosiipy
and “nosey” people. They are always tailking about the short
comings. disappointments, misdoings, failures of other folks.
They tell stories of other people's troubles joyfully.But they
never tell about themselves. They want everybody to fail and
deep in their hearts carry the hope thaJ; nobody will succeed in
anything they attempt. Now you just listen at this type when
you run across one of them. When t,he tale of “Damn the other
fellow” has ended, ask the wind-jammer, “What have you ao
cumulated for yourself " “Where is the property you own
“Where is the business you have established!” “Are there any
spots on your character!” “What is your reputation among
people who don't tell you but thlk about you in conversation
with others!" If the BLAB MOUTH answers these questions,
you'll know enough about the person who has been talking
about others to you.—Pittsburgh Crusader.
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KELLY MILLER
_SAYS_
| CHARGE OF PILFERING AT
TU8KEGEE HOSPITAL
We learn from press dispat
ches that the exsurgeon in chief
and ten members of his staff
have pleaded griil.y to a charge
°f conspiracy to defraud the
government, and have been pun
ished by fine and dismissal.
The management of the Tus
kegee Veterans’ Hospital invol
ves doctors of race wide and
race deep significance.
We all recall how a few years
ago the question of Negro per
souell a this institution raised
an issue which reverberated
throughout the nation. The lo
cal bitterness and rancor en
gendered were never exceeded
even when political issues were
involved.
The Negro race was united m
its demand for n Negro person
ell for,the Veterans hospital as
it had been on no other ques
tion, Dr. R. R. Moton, recently
promoted to the presidency of
Tuskegee Institute, took his life
in his hands in demanding a
Negro personell in face of local
opposition. Chief credit for the
victory is due to President Hard
ing. Dr. Moton and the late
Senator Underwood. President
Harding stood by the principle
on behalf oC the government,
Dr. Moton on behalf of .the Ne
gro race, and Senator l nder
wood on behalf of the South.
After so significant a vic
tory, the Negro was naturally
concerned in .the outcome of
the new experiment which in
several respects has more than
justified our expectations. The
management of the A t*ferans
Hospital at Tuskegee carries
with it the largest governmen
tal function entrusted to the in
timate handling of Negro hands
From all reports we learn that
from the standpoint of profes
sional efficiency the results are
most satisfactory.
The Tuskegee hospital ranks
high in the scale of efficiency
of management as compared to
that of othre Veterans' hospi
tals. hasr succeeded in the
most difficult tc.sk ot keeping
racial peace in the community
and promoting racial coopera
tion and good will, for ail of
which* the race is most deepty
gratified, still it cannot but
help feel a deep tinge of humil
iation ami regret at the out
come of the charges and .trials
for pilfering from the govern
ment commissariat.. The judg
nent of the court was no doubt
empered by leniency on ac
count of .the alleged tradition
al weakness of the race in fail
ing to observe sharp distinction
between meuni and tunm.
I remember when a student at
Howard University, the presi
dent took as his text the advice
with which Apostle Paul ex
hofted his congregation: “Let
him that stole, steal no more.“
He also stated that every Ne
gro bishop and eceleaiast should
repeat .this exhortation through
out thg Negro race. The stu
dent body became incensed at
l ie reflection implied.
The tradition that the Negro
> ill steal, was haned down
from slavery days. The slave
naturally felt an raseonscioos
nrc^rfetorship %l the twealtli
which his labor had helped to
aeeumuhftl*. In ate aline from
his master, he was merely re
appropriating that which in a
' part belonged to himself.
Calvin s Digest
By Floyd J. Calvin
An Editor Laments
Editro J. Clarence Oolclough
of tho Christian Index, official
organ of the CME. Church, pub
lished at Jackson, Tenn., writ
ing of a personal experience in
his own town, nays: “Walking
east on Main street we stopped
to slake our thirst from a pub
lic water fount on the side of a
Streep f° he told by a white by
stander ‘White people drink
here.'. We said ‘ Why see here
where birds and dogs may
drink.’ ‘Well,* said he, ‘white
people drink here/ implying of
course, that by all odds, race
people of your group are
not. allowed to stop and take n
drink of water on the side of
I he main street in Jackson.
The CME. Church ‘harries
iupward of one hundred h
sand dollars in hanks of Jack
son, we do more than two hun
dred thousand dollars in busi
ness; take our business away
from Jackson, .the postoffice
would have to discharge some
of its employees, banker’s would
lose their jobs, and possibly ot
her features of business would
have to reorganize, hut the edi
tor of the official organ of the
church that, d oes over a. two
hundred thousand dollar busi
ness, giving white hoys and girls
employment in lieu of race peo
pie, was not allowed to s op by
a public street comer to slake
Ihui thirst.
“If the editor can he treated
like that, why the financial sec
j ret ary who banks our money in
the banks of the city would he
asked to move on too. Why not!
Educated colored people in the
South, generally have no more
preference than ex-eonvicts.
Fact seems, there is a deep si
lent movement exercised hi the
breast of the white south to
emasculate the freedom of man
hood which education presages
; u the heart of prominent and
educate,! race people. These K.
K.K.s are enveloping the North,
and East and West too, with
[their virus.”
The depth of the editor's feel
ings is clear; he is angry, and
justly so. What to do- That is
; he question.
Je33e Owens Learns
Our national and racial hero,
Jtis.se Owens, has learned tnat
all that glitters is not gold, and
that gold does not necessarily
1 ring happiness. Mr. Owens, in
speakig to students at Knox
Many people have the same
sort of feeling in dealing wi. h
the government. There is also
involved th idea that since the
master had plenty to spare, fil
ching a li; tie here and .there
would make little or no differ
ence.
But education and religion
ire supposed to have effected a
uew moral birth. “Thou shalt
not steal" is a categorical and
mperative commandment that
admits of no variations which
would justify the conduct or
ease the conscience.
The exsnrgeon in chief and
members of his staff who were
fined and discharged after
pleading gniltv to the charge,
? ere a, select group of Negroes
exposed to the best, educational
and social opportrmi ies. Their
seeming failure to observe the
elemental moral law places a
reproach upon the whole race
which it will h(J difficult to roll
nwar.
»
ville college, is reported as say
ing: “Leading a band is all
right financially, and it’s a lot
of fun, but socially, i;‘s not so
good. As for me 1 am going to
try to go back to school nest
year, finish my education, and
try to do something worthwhile
for my race.” Mr. Owens also
added tha; while attending
Oliifi Stale, he put athletics
ahead of his classes: hut when
lie returns iu September, he is
going to get down to work and
put athletics in its proper place,
secondary.
Well said, Mr. Owens! You
were Me* ed by nature with re
markable speed and agility of
l ody; you have rendered dis
1 active service ,to your nation
and race by your track and field
f -ats: hut now you have noted
■(he real, pressing need of your
group—1 lie long, hard fight of
mvrial organization. "V on would
1 e welcome on this front, Mr.
Owens.
Ethiopia s ‘ Fine Flower
The wanton massacre of the
‘‘Flower of Ethiopia11 hy the
Italians in Addis Ababa lately
has evoked little more than a
pious regret throughout the
world. But not only was the
best brain and blood, but the
hopes of a nation were ruthless
] r destroyed. The sons of Eth
opia’s Elder Statesmen—the
Ma.rtin brothers, and young He
rouy—are no more.
We join with the New Times
nnd Ethiopian News of London
in bidding a sad forewell to |
these young heroes. who not;
only fought, buj made the su
preme sacrifice for their coun
try.
Mississippi Answers
The South has a way of ans
wering when consideration is
being given to measures de
signed to curb the lynching
spirit. As she House debated the
Gavagan bill, news of a double
lynching Winona, Miss., was
i flashed over the wires. The As
[ soeiated Press brings the
| South’s answer as follows:
| “Townes and McDaniels
were taken from Sheriff E. E.
Wright and two deputies early
this afternoon as they were be
i iug led from the courthouse ,to
be returned to jail. Motoring to
a wooded spot about one mile
from the small store whereGeo.
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An Echo
From My Den i
! Iiy S. E. Gilbert |
1 As I sit here in my den with
pen in hand, meditating as it
I were, there comes to my mind
this fact; “For as ,tjic body is
lone, so is the human family”,
laud upon this subject Hie old
Den Dweller writes:
In order that you dear read
ers may better understand the
subject, I shall peruse the pages
of anatomy and there T find the
human body is composed of
skin, flesh, bones, circulatory
system, respiratory system, a
Ivrnpha ic system, elimination
and nervous systems, and al
though each system has its spe
Windham had been slain, the
mob stopped. The Negroes were
f ripped to the waist and chain
ed to trees. A member of the
mob brought forth a blow lorch
Townes, it was said, died un
der torture of the torch. Mc
Daniels was shot .through the
head.”
This is the South's answer. It
has been the South's answer for
lo these many years. What will
he the answer of the United
States Congress? Will it con
tinue to vacillate, play petty
politics, and otherwise dishon
or Itself by delay, when our na
tion stands shamed before the
world?
Do We Want Equality
In the April Crisis Magazine
Mr. George S. Schuyler, well
known writer, asks: ‘ Is there
really any great ferment among
Negroes for the full manhood
righ's guaranteed them by the
Constitution? Is the dark bro
ther overly disturbed by the
circumstances of living in what
is virtually a vast jail where at
best he is seldom more than a
(rusty? Is there any external
evidence that he is disposed to
do anything much about it?
Mr. Schuyler cone-1 udes that,
“In the main, we do not really
want ,t.o be free." We wish to
eite, however, efforts being
made by colored members of
various s'ate legislatures, and
ofCongessman Mitchell at Wash
ington. to do something for
the freedom of the group. We
are not in position to do much
for ourselves without ,the aid
of the whites; but we can pro
test injustice, and the Negro
press proves w e are doing that.
I BRONZE Standoufcr I
/ohhwh x
J)can
THE OLD TIME
VAUDEVILUANS
WERE AMONG THE
FEW TO EVER TRIUMPH
ON RETURNING TO THE
‘THEATRE’ AFTER
38 YEARS ABSENCE.
CAME SACK. LAST,
SEASON AT CONNIES
INN TO BE THE....
SENSATION OF
THE GREAT WHITE WAV
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k* (Jck^
• f Tae JUVENILE DANCING SENSATION IN /
"NEW FACES "ONCE RAN AWAY FROM ROME.... //
after getting as far as cricago. re f
WROTE HIS SISTER, WINNIE, THAT RE WAS /
ROME-SICK.BUT BEFORE SMC" COULD (
URGE RER FATHER TO FORGIVJE HIM, *1
CAB CALLOWAY, WHO WAS PLAYING A \ ,
T ,EATR£ OATE IN CHICAGO, MAO BOUGHT \
BOBBY A TICKET AND STARTED HIM SACK ROME.!
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~Ac. s*
<^unlkine <Scvn/nu
BEGAN MIS MOTION PlCTOftE CAREER
WHEN WE WAS 1 YEAR OLD IN THE "OUR
GANG"COM£DIES, AND WAS A FEATURE*
PLAYER IN THEM FOR 11 YEARS.
Of v*tOnuc GcRoAMfliu rotK
■/'POR.GV AND B€3sr 3CGQED A
SENSATIONAL TRIUMPH fU'TWS
'OPUS... HER FIRST &RCABWAY
^ APPEARANCE.
J urtswiTKimi ir.T ^a.
dal duty to perform, it is im
perative that in order for the
human body to inaiikain a score
oP perfect health, they must, all
function as a unit.
As the human body acts so
must. the human family. In the
words as recorded in I Corin
thians, I fpiote; “For as the
body is one and has many mem
hers, and all the members of
the body being many, are one
body; so also is Christ, For in
one spirit were all baptized in
to one body; whether Jews, or
Creeks, who her bond or free;
and all were made to drink of
one spirit.'* That there should
be no schism in the body; hut
that the members should have
the same care one for another,
and whether on0 member stif
fen' It. all members pu/fereth
with it; or one member is hon
ored. all members rejoice with
it."
The fundamental changes tak
itig place in Omaha today make
it imperative that the great, and
(rood qualities 'of each racial
group should lv recognized and .
that the power of Christian love*
end fellowship should operate
to utilize these qualities of cadi
group to enrich all. Moral anil
spiritual reconstruction is as
greatly needed in relations be
tween races in Omaha as be
tween economic classes.
The majority white group,
all too often regards the mi
nority—Negroes, Mexicans asid
Orientals as inferior and ineli
gible to share fully in the
wealth, culture and freedom of
inr society.
On both sides of the ra/dlal
dividing limes there is habitual
failure to recognize the cultur
al, moral and spiritual values.
Especially is this true in the
relations of white and Negro
people, the two largest and the
most widely divergent elements
in our population.
The mutual failure to ree,ng
aize worth retards the ex
change of values and prevents
cooperation by which all would
■>e enriched. It leads the strong
er to deny a fair sharing of
work with the weaker group in
lays of unemployment. It fur
ther restricts the awards of
economic wealth in times of
prosperity. Tt places harriers in ^
the way of participation in the
political, educational and cul
tural advantages, which should
be available .to all. It excludes
the so-e.illed inferior groups
from full participation in the
democratic processes with their
assumed superiors. It prevents
both minority and the majority
races from making valuable con
trihutions to a common cul
ture.
The sacredness of human per
sonalities of whatever race or
color, and their equality before 4
God and the law are flouted I
when lynchers and mobs, asi
was perpetrate,! recently at WiB
nona. Miss., deny the majesti
!of law and outrage Christia^B
conscience and the spirit of th^J
Gospel.
Both industry and fovenflB
mental recovery acts by maiB
measures now promoted for th*
advancement of their respect
ive interests have either on«B
ly or tacitly set np ba,¥ri«r*
based on race or color.
The churches of America, jj
must face reality and recognise^
the friction, unfriendliness and^
race prejudice so evident 1
the relations between racial]
groups. Our profession of ideal*
of justice and goodwill must he
made effective by positive acts.
If we talk bro berbood. we must
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