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Youth Congress Hits Bias; Asks Passage of Anti Lynching Bill NEW YORK, July 13—(CNA) —Over fifty Negro delegates hail ing from all sections of the coun try participated in the Fifth A merican Youth Congress, which closed its sessions here this week after adopting a progressive pro gram of action for the defense and expansion of democracy. Tho Congress adopted a Creed of American in which it reafirmed the principle of unity of all youth, regardless of race, color or creed. Tho Negro delegates participat ed fully in all sessions of the Con gress, in the Senate sessions, and on the floor of the Congress, and joined with the huge majority of the delegates in rejecting the man. euvers of a reactionary bloc, un der the guise of an attack on all dictatorships. In the panel on “Inter-faith and Inter-Racial Cooperation,” Dr. William Pickens, field secretary of the NAACP, assailed the dis tortion of Negro history in stand ard American text-books and ur ged the youth to learn the truth of Negro contributions to Ameri can civilization. The congress went on record for the holding of a Race tolerance Week annually be tween the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. Among the Negro delegates pre sent were: Harriet Pickens, de legate from the National Profes sional and Business Womens Club ef the YWCA; Dorothy Height, William P. Robinson of the Non Partisan Lobby, Washington, D. C. Pearl Walker, Detroit branch the NAACP Youth Section; Jeanette Welch, National Negro Congress of Detroit; Alice Senhouse, Inter national Workers Order; Wendell Green, Young Democrats of Cali fornia; Claudia Jones, Tommy Jones, National Negro Congress of Brooklyn and the Citizens Civic Affairs Committee; Thelma Dale, Southern Negro Congress Bar rington Dunbar, Catholic Social Action Group; Moran Weston, Committee to establish You.:h Cen ters in Harlem. Miss Pickens was elected nat ional treasurer of the American Youth Congress, and the following Negro delegates elected to the Cabinet, the highest governing bo dy of the Congress: Edward E. Strong, Southern Negro Youth Congress; Thelma Dale, one of the two southern Regional Represen tatives of the Congress, and Har old limes, of the Washington, D. S. Youth Council. As national trea surer, Miss Pickens is also a mem ber of the cabinet. Among the resolutions adopted by the Congress were several ad vocating passage of the Anti-Lyn ching Bill, and inclusion of Negro history in the textbooks in the schools of the nations, as well as condemning jimcrowism and dis crimination in the major baseball leagues. -0O0— OMAHA GUIDE Largest Accredited Negro News paper West of Chicago and North of Kansas City A QUICK, EASY WAY TO COLOR YOUR HAIR... A few simple touches of Gode froy’s Larieuse Hair Coloring — and presto! Drab, lifeless, gray streaked hair takes on new color and a vibrant, alluring sparkle. Desired color comes quiokly, even ly. Color will not rub off or wash out. Permits curling, marcel or permanent wave. Just follow the easy directions. Ask for and see that you get Larieuse, the hair col oring in the RED BOX! il your dealer can't supply you, send $1.25 {we pay postage) direct to 3510 Olive St. • St. Louis, Mo. 9 7 Read '2£0thers HOUSING PROJECT < Omaha, Neb. June 17, 1939 To the Mayor and City Council: City Hall, Omaha, Neb. Gentlemen: In discussing t)he Logan Fon tenelle Homes Project last Tues day, I mentioned Mr. Ben Handler as having moved from a $10,000.00 home in Bemis Park to the Homes. I was mistaken as to the location of the home from which he moved. His home was located at 115 Turner blvd. As I remembered it at the time, I had in mind Lin coln Blvd. which runs through Bemis Park. The City directories from 1929 to 1937 show' Mr. Handler’s resi dence at 115 Turner Blvd. 1 he 1938 and 1939 directories show Mr. Handler’s address at 2020 Charles St. Plaza, which is the Logan Fontenelle Homes. The re cord also shows him to be the : owner of other property, I mentioned Mr, Handler, for [whom I have the highest respect, only to illustrate the type of tenants in Logan Fontenelle ' Homes. State Senator John Adams resides there as does Dr. Milton j Johnson, who operates two drug | stores in the Colored section. My only point is that such houses should be for persons in the low income and pcorly housed families. Respectfully, H. J. Pinkett, 2118 N. 25th St. No. 2337 Communication from H. J, Pin kett relative to his statement made in protesting the Housing Project. June 20, 1939 over to July 5, 1939. June 20, 1939 To The City Commissioners: I hereby certify that the follow ing is a true and correct copy of a motion unanimously adopted by the ten members of the Board of Education present at the regular meeting of said Board helj o-n Monday, June 19, 1939: “I move that this Board should go on record as unal terably opposed to any ad ditional housing projects un til we have received pro portionate tax revenues from those housing units which al ready exist and those which are in process of construction due to the fact that the Oma ha schools are currently fac ed with a serious shortage of funds and further projects of this kind will simply add to C/ur problems. Mary E. Bird, Secretary Board of Education. No. 2336 Report of Board of Education to protest the additional Housing Project without proportionate tax revenue. Presented to Council June 20, 1939, held over to July 5, 1939, SHANKLIN WRITES THE WORLD IS SET IN COL ORS: -WITH EVERY CREA TURE, OBJECT AND ARTICLE, IN AN ORIGINAL PATTERN: AND COLOR, BY OUR CREATOR OF THE UN’iVERSE, AND MAN KIND THE 5 PLAIN NATURAL PIG MENT COLORS ARE: BLACK; WHITE; BUUE; RED AND YEL LOW: FROM THESE ALL COL ORS ARE DERIVED. YEOETA IBLES IN COLORS; FRUITS IN j COLORS; FLOWERS IN COL lORS. BIRDS; FISH; ANIMALS AND INSECTS, ARE ALL IN COLOR PATTERNS: AND COL ORS. PEOPLE AND THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN DESIGNATED:— OCTOROON NEGRO) - OFF SPRING OF MULATTO AND CAUCASIAN (WHITE) QUADROON NEGRO OR FAIR MULATTO) — OFFSPRING OF' OCTOROON AND LIGHTEST I SKIN MULATTO NEGRO MULLATTO NEGRO)— OFF SPRING OF NEGRO AND CAU CASIAN (WHITE) MAROON NEGRO) — OFF SPRING OF BROWN AND MU LATTO. FAIR BROWN NEGRO) — A LIGHT SHADE OF BROWN MEDIUM BROWN NEGRO) — IS THE EQUALIBRUM OF ALL COLORS. ; BROWN NEGRO) — OFF SPRING OF DARK NEGRO AND MAROON. ALBINO NEGRO) — FREAK OF NATURE, ALL COLORS BLEACHED. LIGHT - SKIN, (WHITE) OR LIGHT HAIR, LIGHT EYE BROWS. EXTREME LIGHT SKIN IS THE ALBINO. UMBER COLOR NEGRO) — A BROWN, AND FROM ANOT HER DARK SKIN PERSON. VARIOUS OTHER NEGROES IN DIFFERENT COLORS) _ There are 1, 2, 3 shades darker than Umber color of skin. And there are the Reddish skin Ne groes. Tho darkest skin Negro, is as much a mystery as the so called vvhite or Caucasian; their color, is a mystery also. There are many various colors between these colors discussed; they are crossed and mixed, and again mixed and crossed. Caucas ians are not white, but,- the light est flesh color. The darkest shade of human color is dark, which is not black. It is strange to see and know from one mother and father, there are 5 or more dfferent shades in color in the posterity; science says, this is, 1, 2, 3 to 5 generations back; and color blending from grand and great grand parents. Two persons of similar color; their posterity will be near their colors. This i3 as science proves, that, all the world is kin. In three steps in 05 years make a Caucasian a Negro and a Negro a Caucasian. For instance; in 21 years a Mulat to is born via Caucasian and Ne gro. In 42 years a Octoroon is born via Mulatto and Caucasian. A Octoroon and a Caucasian obliter ates the Negro. And vice ver a. in 21 years a Caucasian is a Mulat to and in 42 years, he is Brown skin. And a Brown skin and Dar kest -kin Negro obliterates the Caucasian. Ttiis is some history. A gift from E. Shanklin . THE THEME THE WHITE WOMAN??? THE WHITE MAN???? QUITE OFTEN WE SEE IN THE LARGEST UNITED STATES DA ILY PAPERS “NEGRESS”, MAR IAN ANDERSON ENTERTAIN ING BY SINGING TO THE KING AND QUEEN OF ENGLAND and other distinguished GUESTS AT THE U. S. EXEC UTIVE MANSION, THE GUEST OF OUR U S. PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY. THE WORD NE GRESS WAS USED IN THE DA ILY PAPERS, MENTIONING MARIAN ANDERSON AS NE GRESS. NO PUBLIC COLORED NEWSPAPERS USE THIS WORD WHY THE COLORED PUBLI CATION THAT WOULD USE THIS WORD WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTED BY THE RACE LOVING CITIZENS. SINCE WE KNOW THE WHITE MAN AND THE WHITE WOMAN ARE NOT WHITE, WHY NOT APPLY TO THEM AS CAUCASIANS. BUT SO LONG AS WE CALL OUT A BOUT THE WHITE MAN, THE WHITE WOMAN AND THE WHITE RACE: THE COLORED FEMALES ARE GOING TO BE NEGRESSES. WHAT WOULD BE WKOiNG : WHEN SPEAKING OF A CAU CASIAN LADY, IN COLORED PUBLICATION: SAYING; A CAUCASIAN ESS, MRS. ANNA DOE, WILL ADDRESS THE YOUNG PEOPLE’S MEETING AT A. M. E. BETHEL CHURCH SUNDAY:- OR JUDGE DOE, A CAUCASIAN, WILL GIVE A SPECIAL TALK TO THE COL ORED BUSINESS MEN’S CLUB FRIDAY. THE NEGRO RA<’E AS A WHOLE THE CAUCAS IAN AS A WHOLE? IT SEEMS TO ME, IT WOULD GIVE BET TER BALANCE TO EVERYBO DY IN OUR KINGS ENGLISH. WHEN WE SAY THE TRUTH ABOUT THINGS, THEN ENG LISH WILL BE PRESENTED IN A BETTER LIGHT THEN COL ORED CITIZENS, WILL GET BETTER CONSIDERATION, IN OUR KINGS ENGLISH. NEGRESS . CAUCASIANESS WHY DO THE AMERICAN DIC TIONARIES AND DAILY PA ERS USE THE UGLY WORD “NEGRESS”? ASK EVERY IN TELLIGENT COLORED PERSON IN THE U. S. IF THIS WORD OFFENDS THEM? THE ANS WER WILL BE YES. THEN WHY ATTEMPT TO TRY TO HUMILIATE MILLIONS OF WO MEN AND MEN? IT IS WRONG TO SAY SUCH A WORD AS NE GRESS. BY E. SHANKLiN Costly f iasco “In sharp contrast with the stringent roguln ions lnid down for private utilities,” observes the New York Times, ‘the recently is sued report of the Loup River Publie Power District in Nebras ka, known as a unit in the ‘Lit ! tie TVA’, is of particular interest.” For the last four months of 1938, the report shows, this public pow er project, which' up to the end of 1938 had cost $9,732,003, had oper ating revenues of $20,013, opera ting expenses of $01,384 and inter est on bonded indebtedness of $110. 053. Total expenses wore thus $171,437, which means that during that brief period the project suf fered a net, cash loss of more than $150,000. And this isn’t all of the story by a long shot, his public project pays nothing in taxes. The report lists no provision for depreciation of equipment or for amortization of its bond obligations—provis ions which the law insists be made by any private, regulated utility. So, the loss to the taxpayers is actually far greater than shown. To quote the Times once more, i “From the figures, it is obvious | that Nebraska's incursion into t'he | public power field is proving to be ' a costly experiment to taxpayers | and the showing would be poorer if more complete accounting was used,” What is true of this "Little TVA is true to a greater or lesser ex tent of all of the other tax-sub sidized government projects, large and small. None of them pay more than nominal taxes. None of them use tho standard, clear acountlng methods required by law of pri vate utilities. All of them can run to a public treasury for mone,r when they incur loss. ?. They are not subject ito state regulation. All of them are given valuable special privileges end services "'free" by government. There, in all its naked inade quacy, is that much vaunted “pow er yardstick.” These govern ment projects are costing the tax payers billions, directly. They are ! costing many millions more in loss | of taxes—and many millions more i in the operating deficits we all ! must help pay. What a costly fi ! asco this policy of state socialism has proven to be. --0O0-— Hold Rally on Anti Springfield, 111., July 10 (CNA) _Springfield, home city of Abra ham Lincoln, was host this week to representatives of the race which Lincoln freed and which is now asking legislation to enforce tfr.o rights guaranteed to all Amer ican citizens by the Constitution. More than 100 prominent Chica goans, headed by Nathan Braseher executive director of the delega tion arrived here to press for the passage of several anti-bias bills and to oppose the so-called Public Housing Service Corporation Bill which would allow real estate in terests to condemn private pro perty for the construction of fur ther Negro barring residential districts. The delegation was of ficially welcomed 'oy oprmgiieia s mayor. They were met at the State House by Chicago’s five Negro legislators, Senator William A. Wallace; State Representatives Ernest A. Greene, A. Andrew Ter rence, William J. Warfield, and Charles J. Jenkins. The delegation urged the pas sage of Senator Wallace’s bill to outlaw restrictive housing cove nants which force Negro tenants into unsafe and vermin-infested areas. They also backed a bill es tablishment a commission to in vestigate the social and economic conditions of Illinois Urban Ne groes. On their arrival, the degelates paid a visit to Lincolns tomb. Re presentative Jenkins laid a wreath on the monument of the Great , Emancipator. -0O0 WILL PROBE PREJUDICE IN ARIZONA INDIAN OFFICE New York, July 1—The United States Department of the Interior is conducting an investigation in the anti-Negro activities of James M. Pyle, deputy special officer at tached to the U. S. Indian Service, located at Tucson, Arizona offi cials of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People stated here today. The investigation i3 being un dertaken at the direction of Inter ior Secretary, Harold Ickes, fol lowing a complaint launched with the department by the NAACP. Happenings that affect the Dinner Pails, Dividend Checks and Tax Bills of Every Individual. National and International Problems Inseparable from Local Welfare. C/d Id, as anyone will agree is a pleasant commodity to have. But eco nomists have been wondering for some time if it isn’t possible to have too much of it—so much, indeed that there is a danger of it becoming economical ly valueless. The case in point is the U. S. gov ernment. Five years ago we had a little more than 195,000,0000 ounces of mon etary gold. Today we have over double that amount—431,200,000 ounces. And the yellow metal is still coming into this country from abroad at an accel erating rather than a diminishing rate. Hardly a week goes by without a gold shipment. If this gold were melted down into a single ingot, it wouldn’t be as im posing a spectacle as you might ima gine. It would make a bar measuring G2 by 20 by 20 feet. But that bar would have the incredible value—at our arti ficially established gold price of $35 per ounce—of over $lo,uuu,uuu,uuu. More important than the mere money value of our gold is that it represents pretty close to 60 per cent of all the monetary gold in the world. Almost equally important, as the U. S. News points olut, is the fact that the remaining forty odd per cent is ! extremely badly divided'. England and France have the bulk of it. A number of small powers have some. And three •of the great powers, Germany, Italy [and Japan have practically none—not more than 4 per cent of the total. Gold is flowing into this country for a variety of reasons. One is that under our law, the Treasury must ac cept every ounce offered and pay $35 for it in our currency, whether it can be used or not (and today, our gold reserve is almost infinitely greater than our requirements, f iguring on the most conservative basis). Another in creasingly potent reason is that Eu ropean capital is frightened over the possibility of war, and wants to get its money as far away from the scene of pending hostilities as possible. The outlook then, is for our gold imports to continue to soar. Even today, it is coming in at the rate of $100,000,000 a week—and if that, rate were to be continued, in three years we would have every ounce of monetary gold in the world. And that’s what has the econo mists puzzled. It is obviously possible, especially in the case of war, that we may find ourselves with practically a complete corner on gold. No other country would have enough to be worth mention(ing. And in that event they would have to tie their monetary sys tems to some other standard of value. Already that is being done in the fas cist countries with their infinitesimal gold reserves. Germany, for example, has virtually announced to the world that it can and will get along without gold. And by the use of the barter sys tem, “blocked marks,” etc., it has got ten along so far. Whether it can keep going in the future without further imperiling its more or less tottery eco nomic structure is a matter for con jecture. It is hardliy a matter for conjec ture, however, that if all the other powers, finding ithempelves without gold, got together and decided to re vise their monies and trade to fit some other standard, it could eventually be done. And then we would find our selves with about $25,000,000,000 worth of gold which was useful for ornament and for almost nothing else. But that, of course is not an imminent possibility —France and England, which still are the great financial powers of Europe, have shown no inclination to throw gold overboard. And the fact that gold has been the symbol of sound value and security to the human race for tens of centuries would likewise make its abolishment as the primary instru ment of international trade and the mainstay of currencies, extremely dif ficult. Some talk is going the rounds about tlie possibility that this govern ment might use its huge gold reserve to bring inflation. It certainly could be done, But, judging by the cautious, “non-experimental” attitude of the pre sent Congress, there’s small danger of any significant inflation occurring soon. __ Ui |Mi—iiMinwiw- II ■ , y “CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE SIXTH STREET IS, LITTLE BOY? . . . BUTDONT POINT! ... ”,
