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100.000 NEGRO RAILROAD
WORKERS CALLED TO
CONFERENCE
April 28. 1939. New York—The
railroad workers, black and white
aro at the cross P tads. But the
plight of the black worker is the
most perplexing and distressing.
What are the causes? They are
many, such a« consolidations,
mergers, reorganizations, labor
saving devices, bankers' manipu
lations of railroad properties and,
chief of all, long h'lrs and dis
crimination on account of race
and color.
The determination, however, of
the caus<s and search for remedies
as nearly as possible will be the
task of the National Conference
Negro Railroad Workers, which
the Brotherhood invites all Negro
railroad workers, organized and
unorganized, to attend. May 19th
and 20th, Friday and Saturtlay, at
Washington, D. C._
The main purpose and value of
tho conference is ho bring the Ne
gro railroad %e,rkers of varying
crafts and on different railroads,
together to discuss their common
problems and ways and mean" of
meeting them, and especially to
observe and understand the signifi
cance of pooling the moral and
intellectual forces of Negro rail
road workers to achieve some
measure of job security and the
protection of their interests, with
out violating sound and fundamen
tal principles of trade union or
ganization.
The tentative agenda win em
brace:
1. legislative pr» |posals to
solve some of (he problems
of the railroad workers.
2. Shorter hours.
3. Organization.
4. Relation of Railroad unions
to Negro workers
5. Displacement o f Negro
6. How the Negro workers
may exercise and secure
their rights under the exist
ing federal railroad legis
lation.
Suggested topic8 for the agenda
and other suggestions that may
bo important to a ©instructive con
ference are requested.
No rigid rules will regulate de
legates. except that they must be
either Negro officials or members
of railroad unions or Negro rail
road workers.
All delegates will be required to
defray expenses of t ransportatii m
to and from conference, and their
maintenance while there.
The Washington Local Division
of the Brotherhood will serve as
host to the conference and will
supply info© mation concerning
housing and places where food may
be secured.
On tho first night Friday, there
will bo a mass meeting. Speakers
will bo announced Saturday night
the conference will close with a
labor dinner.
Kindly inform me if we may ex
pect your organization to send a
delegate to the conference, or
whether yviu, as a railroad worker
expect to attend.
Tho need for such a conference
for consultation among Negro
workers who have never before met
in a general parley to explore
the resources of their power fur
mutual protection, seems to bo
clear and definite.
. a at_
Information naa wine w
Brotherhood that the great major
ity of Negro railiWad workers arc
not oven eoquainted with the na
ture, scope and significance of the
body of railroad legislation that
vitally affects them. A conference
such as this will serve the im
portant purpose of making rail
road workers conscious of their
rights under federal laws and es
pecially the Railroad Labor Act.
Railway Unemployment Insurance
Act and the Railroad Retirement
Act, etc.
White railroad workers have
their association of Railway Labor
Executives and the Railway De
partment of the AF of L to serve
as a clearing and coordinating cen
ter and agency for matters of
every description that stock of the
state of the railroads and the
workers and adopt programs to
Nervous/Weak,
Ankles Swollen!
Much nervousness is caused by an ex
cess of acids and poisons due to func
tional Kidney and Bladder disorders
whioh may also cause Getting Up
Nights, Burning Passages, Swollen
Joints, Backache, Circles Under Byes,
Excess ■ Acidity, Leg fains and Dizzi
ness. Help your kidneys purify ycrnr
bloodtWlth Crates. Usually the very
ar*t dase starts helping your kidneys
clean out excess acids and this soon may
make you feel like .new. Crates must
satisfy you completely or money back It
Karantoed. Get Crates (slss-tex) to
y. It costs only Sc a dose at druggist*
and the guarantee protects you;
.afeguard the interests of wtrkers
•hiefly the members of the S.an
dard Railroad unions who are
white. But the black railroad work
rs have only a few railroad unions
separate and distinct and unrelated
with no machinery for periodic
discussion and collaborati'm on
vital matters that concern them.
I, is to meet this important need
that the Broth'rhood of Sleeping
Car Porters is inviting all Negro
railroad workers, organized and
unorganized, tt' come together in
a national confab.
Fraternally yours.
International President
217 West 125th Street
New York City
WHAT EDUCATORS ARE
DOING
What Business is Doing
According to Mr. Dwig|ht L.
Holmes, manager of the Be.ter
Business Bureau of Omaha, more
than 100 national, civic, consumer
and trade organizations in the
United Sf.tea aind Canada are
coop-rating in shaping the pro
gram for the 'first Busine*s-Gcfi
sumer Conference on Advertising
and Selling Practices sponsored by
lie National Association of Bet
ter .Business Bureaug to be held
in Buffalo, N. Y., June 5 & 6.
The four sessions to be held in
the two day meeting will be de
vtrUJil 1f> rifec unions .on “What
Consumers Want,” "What Educa
tors are Doing," What Government
is Doing." and “What Business Is
Doing.”
Organizations representing the
interest of business, consumers,
and education, as well a« various
government bureaus and depart
ments will send delegates to the
Conference to take part in the
. program they have a-sistod in
building and to promote a bet
ter understanding of each other’s
problems and consequent improve
ment in relations and cooperations
between the groups.
Mr. John N. Garver, Chairman
vf the Board of the National As
sociation of Better Business Bu
reaus and Vice-President of the
Manufacturers anl.l Traders Trust
Company of Ruftalo, N. Y., has
recently announced the following
preliminary list of over 100 co
operating organizations:
Advertising Federation of Amer
ica; American Association of Per
sonal Finance Companies; The
American Association of Univer
sity Women, Buffalo Branch Inc.,
American Home Economics Asso
ciation; American Institute of
laundering; American Library
Association; American Manage
ment Association; American Mar
keting Association; American Na
tional Retail Jewelers Associat
ion; American Retail Coal Asso
ciation; American Retail Federa
tion, American Sociol frical So
ciety; American Standards Asso
ciation; The Associated Business
Papers, Inc.; Associated Grocery
Manufacturers of America; Buf
falo Business Federation; Buffalo
Chamber of Commerce; Buffalo
City Federation of Women’s
Club*; Buffalo Council of Parents
and Teachers; Buffalo Junior
Chamber of Commerce; Buffalo
Teachers Federation; Bureau of
Agricultural Economics, u. a. de
partment of Agriculture; Bureau
of Business Research, Boston U.;
Bureau of Business Research, Uni
versity of Texas; Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce,
Department of Commerce; Busi
ness and Professional Women’s
Club of Buffalo; Canadian Cham
ber of Commerce; Canisius Col
lege; College of Business Admin
istration, University of Nebraska;
College of Commerce and Admin
istration, Ohio State University;
Consumer Credit Institute of
America, Inc.'; Consumer Educa
tion Association; Direct Mail Ad
vertising Association, Inc.; Erie
County League of Women Voters;
Financial Advertisers Association;
Graduate School of Business, Stan
ford University; Graduate school
of Business Administration, Har
vard University; Graduate school
of Education, Harvard University;
Greater Buffalo Advertising Club;
Institute of Carpet Manufactur
ers of America, Inc.; Institute
of Distribution, Inc.; International
Association of Ice Cream Manu
facturers; International Silk
Guild; Kiwanis Club of Buffalo;
Life Insurance Sales Research
Bureau; Limited Price Variety
Stores Association; Mahogany As
moiation, Inc.; Massachusetts S.
(Cmlege; Morris Plan Bankers As
sociation; National Association of
Accredited Commercial Schools;
BOTH STUDENT AND BUSINESS MAN
Mr. Francis Beckett (at right) who not only is successful
as a student at Wilberforce University in Xenia, Ohio,
but also holds the position of Sales Representative at
N*i£j•***
the University for the makers of Beech-Nut Chewing
Gum. (At left) Wilberforce University where Mr. Beckett 1
both studies and works.
National Association of Bedding
Manufacturers; National Associa
tion of Bedding and Upholstery
Ijhw Enforcement Officials.
National Association of Broad
casters; National Association of
Credit Men; National Association
of Direct Selling Companies; Na
tional Association of Dyers and
Cleaners; National Association of
Food Chains; National Associat
ion of Furniture Manufacturers;
National Association of Insurance
Agents; National Association of
Insurance Commissioners; Na
tonal Association of Life Under
writers; National Association of
,Retail Clothiers and Furnishers;
The National Association of Retail
Druggists; National Association of !
Retail Secretaries; National As
sociation of Sales Finance Com
panies; Nati.Jxal Association of
Securities Commissioners; Nation
al Automo’^e Dealer^ Associa
tion; National Conference of State
Small Loan Supervisors; National
Consumer-Retailer Council; Nat
ional Council of Business Educa
tion; National Council <f Shoe
Retailers, Inc.; National Council
for tho Social Studies; The Na
tional Council of Women of the
United States; Na.ional Heme
Study Council; The National Pub
lisher# Association; National Re
tail Dry Goods Association; Na
tional Retail Furniture Associa
tion; National Stationers Asso
ciation; Prince Sk'hool of Store
Service, Simmons College; Quota
Club of Buffalo; Research for
Retail Training. University of
Pittsburgh; .Rotary Club of Buffa
lo; School of Business, Columbia
University; School of Business Ad
ministration, University of Michi
gan; School of Businesg Adminis
tration, University of Oregon;
School of Commerce, University
of Wisconsin; School of Com
merce, Accounts and Finance, Uni
versity of Denver; School of Re
tailing, New York, University;
Shopping News Managers’ Club
Inc.; Specialty Stores Association;
Stato Teachers College at Buffalo;
Toilet Goois Association; Amos
Tuck School of Administration and
Finance, Dartmouth College; Unit
ed States Building and Loan Lea
gue. University Buffalo; Whar
ton School of Finance and Com
merce, University of Pennsylva
nia; The Wholesales Dry Goods
Institute, Inc.
Better Business Bureau of Omaha
Inc 512 Omaha National
Bank Building, Omaha
Nebraska
European War Scare
Changes Hodges Tour
Plan Back to America
Brooklyn ,N. Y. May 11 (C)—
Adolph Ifudge tour conductor, 139
E 88th street, announced Satur
day the European war scare had
caused him to cancel his tour
plans to French North Africa this
July, and instead he will take his
party on a tour of America, going
through Yellowstone Park, Yo
seanite Park, Big Trees Park, and
through Grand Cany\<n, Bryce
Canon National Park, Cedar
Brakes National Park, Zion Na
tional Park, Colorado Estes and
Garden of the Gods National Park.
COMMENDED
HON. S. W. GREEN
President of the Liberty Indus
trial Life Insurance Company, 105
Pythian temple. New Orleans, La.
who was highly commended at .'he
annual mee'.dng of the c» mpany re
cently, for gains made during ’37.
Tho Liberty issued its first policy
on October 11, 1920, and up to De
cember 31, last, had paid death
and relief claims, and salaries to
150 employes, in the sum of
$3,031,606.58. Branch offices are
maintained at Shreveport. Alex
andria, Lake Charles, Baton Rouge
Franklin and Tallulah, La.
These cities will be included in
tho tiour: New York, Buffalo,
Clev land, Chicago, St. Paul,
Minn.. Billings, Mint., Spokane,
Wash., Portland, Ore., San Fran
cisco, Oakland, Los Angelo«, Salt
Lake Ctiy, Denver, Colorado
Springs, which includes stops in
each of these cities.
The Columbia RivfT trip will
be taken by auto, also the Yel
lowstone trip. Zion. Bryce, Grand
Canyon by auto;- Catalina Island
by hK«i; Big Trees by auto. The
trips through all of the parks will
be by rail from home to home
town an<i all of the rest of the
tour. Prices includes Pullman
sleepers, good hotels, meals, tips
Write Adolph Hodge, 139 E. 38th
street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
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J. C. Smith Observes
Founder’s Day
Charlotte, N. C. May 11 (By
E. L. Hercules, Calvin Service)—
In a manner fitting for the re
markable occasion, members of
the faculty of Johnson C bmi'h
University led a procession which
consisted of students all attired
in academic costume from the ad
ministration building to the beauti
ful chuiph ideally situated on the
campus, during the ce'aaration of
the 72nd anniversary of the found
ing of the well known North Car
olina institution last Tuesday af
ternoon Numerous graduates and
friends of this mecca for the high
er learning ><f Negroes were on
Hand to hear the principal aldress
delivered by Dr. Guy E. Enavely,
Executive Director of, the Asso
ciation of American Colleges, of
New York City. Dr. Snavely, who
reminded the large gathering of
the fact that the institution was
‘Founded for the purpose of train
ing leadership fox the emancipa
tion of the group economically and
otherwise,” lauded the aggressive
Five Years With Seagram
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Alonzo McQueen Is rounding out
his fifth year as a member of the
Seagram distilling organization. Mr.
McQueen, who lives at 402 West
148th Street, New York City, is a
general office supervisor in charge
of the mailing department In the
Chrysler Building executive offices
of the Seagram company.
Shortly after Repeal Mr. Mc
Queen applied for a Job as a bar
tender, but he admitted to the com
pany vice-president, who interview
ad him, that he bad never tended
« bar. The vice-president was so
taken abaek but pleased by Mr.
McQueen's frankness that he offer
ed him a Job as a clerk in the
office. Since that time Mr. McQueen
has made steady progress until now
he has fifteen men working under
him. He Is In charge of all mailing
and delivery services. Seagram’s
vast sales promotion literature is
fed out through his office. He has
designed special equipment for the
handling of hundreds of bags of
incoming and outgoing mail. An ac
complished executive, he also keeps
the books and ledgers of his de
partment.
Before coming with the Seagram
organization Mr. McQueen worked
for the Canadian Pacific Railroad
and the North Carolina Mutual In
surance Company. He was born in
Brooklyn 37 years ago and Is a
graduate of the Avery Normal In
stitute of Charleston, South Caro
lina. He is a bachelor.
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President McCrorey for the effi
cient manner in which he ia con
ducting the affairs of Johnson C.
Smith. The well known member
of America’s foremost accrediting
agencies Mr colleges also praised
tho work of the late Rev. Samuel
Alexander, founder in whose foot
steps Dr. McCrorey has followed
in his effort to maintain the high
ideals for which the institution is
known.
Following the inv\ cation by Dr.
L B. West, Director of the pro
gram of Evangelism in the
churches of th« four Negro Synods
of the Presbyterian Church, USA
musical selections were rendered
by the University Choir and male
chorus. Dr. Thomas A. Long, vr
ganist and Mr. D. E. Carroll,
pianist, contributed to the musical
portion of the program to the de
light of those in attendance.
Greeting on behalf vif the Char
lotte Chamber of Commerce were
extended by Dr, Luther Httle.
pastor of the first Baptist Church.
Among others who made remarks
were Mr Norman A, Cocke, Trus
tee, of the Duke Endowment, Dr.
John M. Gaston, Member of the
Bnard of Trustees and Secretary
Treasurer of Johnson S. Smith,
and Dr. Charles E. Bomar of
Orange, N. J., Class of ’16.
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TESTED RECIPE
—By Franco Lee Bertem.
((PHE’S a tantalizing trifle ret I
J lore her just the same” can
applr to a delicious dessert as well
kb iu a t.1 u 7 iur*
ment of the fe
male sex. Merely
. substitute "It’s"
i for ‘•She's" and
“ apply the quo
tation to the fol
lowing dessert
— a dessert that
_fits April as
snuggiy an a
shower or a twig of trailing
arbutus:
Pineapple Trifle
1 package orange-flavored gelatin
1 cup hot water
I 1 cup fruit juices and water
j 1 cup canned1 crushed pineapple
1 orange, sections free from mem
brane and diced sA
^4 cup cream, whipped^^
% cup sugar
Dissolve gelatin in hot water.
Add fruit juices and water. Chill
until cold and syrupy. Place in
bowl of cracked ice or ice water
and whip with rotary egg beater
until fluffy and thick like whipped
cream. Fold in fruit and whipped
cream, to which sugar has been
added. Turn into meld. Chill until
firm, .Unmold. Serves 14,
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CALVIN LOSES STEPMOTHER
Ozan, Ark., May 11 (C)—Mrs.
Cora Calvin, second wife of Joseph
E, Calvin, father of Floyd J. Cal
vin, New York journalist, died
suddenly Monday afternoon. April
17. The funeral was held at Clow
on Thursday. Mr. Calvin lost hi»
first wife, Mrs. Hattie M. Calvin;
mother of Floyd C. Calvin and W,
T Calvin of Chicago, in 1933.
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UNEQUAL EDUATIONAL
OPPORTUNITY FOR NEGROES
SHOWN BY WPA INDEX OF
RESEARCH PROJECTS
(continued from page 1)
s'..itutions of higher learning for
N groes increased from less than
100 to more than 2,000. The state
of North Carolina maintains two
standard four-year colleges for
Negro s.uden'.s in addition to three
normal schools for Negroes, the
Index points out.
South Carolina presented a less
favorable picture for Negroes in
the realm of educat'on Summariz
ing the findings of the South Car
olina State Department of Educa
tion completed in 1937, the Index
states:
“Overcrowding was found in
1,417 or 22.5 percent, of the white
classrooms, and in 2,209 or 71.8
percent of Negro classrooms. The
medium age for public school
buildings for wh’tes was 14 years;
that for Negroes was 16.5 years.
Sixty buidings for whites and 204
for Negroes were at least 40 years
old. The average number of class
rooms per building for whites was
five and that flor Negroes two. Fa
cilities for school lunches were
found in 518 white and 319 Negro
schools. Oip Lamps wre found in
-approximately one thousand class
noms. Thirty-seven white and 1,
327 Negro schools were using
homemade benches, 153 white and
372 Negro schools homemade
desks.”
| The Building Survey Report for
the South Carolina State Depart
ment of Education also indicates
| hat no luaf'ng facilities were
i >und in 99 Negro schools Steam
c .‘ hot water heat was reported in
9 percent of whi.e school and in
5 percent of Negro schools
Thj reports of these research
rojects contain many facts of
general interest on the whole
school situation. It is clear that
a l a g;ood many States the educa
tional facilities are inadequate for
both white and Negro children.
And it is where there is poor pro
visions for all children that Negro
children suffer wost from lack of
educational opportunity.
I An important feature of recent
educational history is the construc
t'on, repair and modernization of
'school building;* by the WPA. In
'i io last three years, WPA workers
i a nAA __ __
avtl consLrucicu 4<i*vv n'-"
1 hidings and have extensively im
j roved and repaired over 22,000
more throughout the country. The
3 icture given above of South Caro
lina conditions can be supple
mented by the report of the Unit
ed States Community Appraisal
Comma ttee in South Carolina,,
which sayis:
“Many who considered our edu
cational future hopeless from the.
stand-point of physical facilities
are now beginning devoutly to
hope that with Works Progress as
sistance every child in the State
may, at not too distant date, hava
the opportunity of attending
school in a publicity owned build
ing that is comfortable, safe and.
adequate. To this end much has
'been done in the past two and a
[half years, but much remains to
be done—particularly among Ne
gro schools.”
In addition to listing and sum
marizing the educational situation
of the Negro in various States,
'the Index i's a guide to informa
tion about the conditions of the
Negro contained in the Planning
Agency, population and migration,,
social problems and crime. In most
instances the WPA Index points
to the Negro as an integral part
of the important problem* await
ing social and legislative Bolu.ion
in the South.
■ I WV
3,500 Attend Chicago
Baptist Institute
Chicago, May 3 (C)-The Chi
cago Baptist Institute, 3458 S.
State street ,Dr. H W. Smith, di
rector, enrolled 3,500 ministers
and other religious leaders for
classes during the past year, ac
cording to the annual report. The
institute gave 39 courses, and as
high as 75 persons were register
ed in a course. Courses covered
Negro church history, business and
financial problems, preaching,
English, missions and training
church officers.
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