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“Between the Lines”
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(By Dean G.ordon B. Hancock
for ANP)
The Great ^cramhte
The Greece -cf the days of Per
cies was called by some “the Glory
land,” for seers and sages swan
ed her plains and country sides
while philosophers walked he
streets in regiment*. It remain
for the historians cf the future t
give fitting de gnatrai to this our
day, when graduat s by thousanis
are faring forth to try their for
tunes in a restless and uncertain
world. Opportunity was never
!<’if,r.*er and < ban < 8 fo>- dismal
fai u,e never mo e ov.u..Heonin.
t. r f „i lane is i.erailv swarm ntr
with graduates whose hopes are
sot>n to take a terrible tumble.
Jurt a few years ago, I too was
facing the world will.) a sheepskin
in hand and reserved to reform
and rearrange things in this world.
After 30 years of arduous toil and
ceasely trying, I cannot see one
den. I have made upon the world;
but the world has made many
dents on me. This w.ll be the sad
story of the majority of those so
gleefully facing the world from
the eminence of the graduation
platform of 1939. In a very short
time the work of denting will be
gin and it is safe to say, that the
dents the world makes will far
outnumber and outweigh the
dents the current bumper croj
of graduates makes. Of one th nf
the current graduate may be cev*
tain, and that is, be faces a tor
rible scramble-scramble for bread
With Negroes, as perhaps no'
with whites, our graduates hav
against them not only the handi
cap of a complicated social an
economic order, but the furthe,
handicap of color. The most mus
be made of tihis and “James ( rowe
A B.” will lend an immedia e
helping hand. Believe it or not,
James Crowe holds out the ntos.
immediate hope for the Negro
graduate. If he serves at all, i.
will be in some segregated eapa
city dominated by Mr. t row. The
scramble is no, and it rages with
greatest severity around the school
room of the Jim Crowe s 'hool. The
better prepared Negroes are crow
ing down the Negroes on the low
er levels. One of the major tra
gedies of the generation of this
forcing of men and women into
the classroom who have neither
the temperament nor ap.itude for
teaching. The Negro child is the
loser!
I Great is the scramble and while
we are loath to admit it segra
gation relieves the scramble in
stead of accentuating it, Frank
ly speaking, do Negroes wan.
less segration or more of it By
segregation we live and move and
have omr economic being, and when
we decry it, are we sincere or are
we just “putting on” to he popu
lar To blot out segregation with
out blotting out prejudice would
prove the Negro’s ruin. The root
of our trouble is prejudice and
not segregation. Segregation is
a matter of law, but prejudice
Is a matter erf culture, and >»
more deeply imbedded in the life
of the nation. Supreme court de
cisions may affect segregaion,
but it does not readh the seat of
trouble— prejudice— which is a
thing of the heart and not of the
head.
What Marian Anderson is doing
is reaching t^e heart of America;
what the supreme court does
from time to time reaches the
head only. Herein lies the limi
tations of thing's legal his they
pertain to race relations. It is
good to address our efforts to
allaying symptoms, but it is well
to keep in mind that the trouble
lies deeper. Nobody would advise
letting the head of the typhoid
victim ache without remedy, but
nobody would advise giving all
attention to the aching head and
none to sanitation. Our major
attack is on the Jim Crow system
but to abolish this system without
abolishing prejudice would over
whelm the Negro. The overthrow
the of the segregaton system
without the overthrow of preju
dice would increase the scramble
instead of relieving it.
The previous question, then be
1 fore the graduate of 1939 is not
how to abolish jim-crowism, but
how to abolish race prejudice. By
all means, let’s have jim-crowism
until and when prejudice is ban
ished from the (hearts of men. The
danger is that all our efforts will
be centered on banishing jim
crowism system and none on ban
ishing prejudice. The mere banish
ment, of the jim-crow •system weuld
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not mean the Negro’s salvation
| unless prejudice, too, was banish
' ed. There is only one deadly threat
to prejudice, and that is fire
dharacter. Against a fine charac
ter prejudice withers like frost
before the rising sun. Only some
bodies can relieve the scramble
and unfortunately a college degree
does not change one from a No
body to a Somebody. Only Som
bodies can reduce prejudice and
thus relieve the scramble—the
great scramble!
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P i l<» iO K.i . 3
IIKXOSKAM
FOURTEEN NEGRO WOMEN
AWARDED WORLDS
FAIR MEDALS
New York, July 19—(CNA) Et
hel Watters, outstanding s'age no
table, Gwendolyn Bennett, nation
’lly known poet and art:st sup
rvisor of the WPA Harlem Com
muity Art Center, and Dorothy
Height, residence director of the
Emma Rasom House, 137th St.
Branch of the YWCA, and leader
nl the progressive youth move
ment, were among 14 distinguished
| Negro women of this city who this
week were awarded Special World’s
Fair medals for outstanding per
formances in their respective
fields. Ceremonies were held in the
National Advisory Comm ttee
Building at the Warld’s Fair.
Other recipients of the honors
were Regina Andrews, noted li
brary supervisor; Gertrude Ayers,
nationally known educator; Ann ‘
Wiggint* Brown, singer; Thelma
Eerlack-Boozer, reporter and fea
ture writer o nthe New York Am
sterdam News; Temple Burge, so
cial service worker; Eunice Hunt
on Carter, lawyer on the ci.y’s le
gal staff; May E. Ch nn, physic an;
Jessie Fausott Harris, novelist;
Sarah Spencer Washington, manu
facturer of cosmetics; Augu.ta
Savage, wjdely known sculp'ess; .
Phillippa Schuyler, ch id musical ’
prodigy. ^
The awards, made for the first
time this year, were distributed
by Judge Jeanette Brill, member
of the National Advisory Commit
tee for the World's Fair.
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SOUTHERN WORKMAN
SUSPENDS PUBLIC VTION
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Hampton, Va. (C)—Duo to ro
[ trenchment. The Southern Work- •
man, 67 year old monthly mHga
I zine published by Hampton Insti
tute, suspended publication with
the July issue, it is announced by
President Ar;hur Howe of Hamp
ton. Fh-of. Isaac Fisher, first
colorful editor of the publication,
wrote his farewell editorial in the
July number.
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PETE WEBSTER, MATCHLESS
IN HIS BRILLIANCE OF
ARTISTRY & EXECUTION
By Robert A. Flynn
Pete Webster as Mr. Mason,
president of the “La-Tex-Okla.
Oil Company” in ‘‘Midnight Sha
dow,” a product of Morris-Brown
College, Atlanta, Georgia, is today
the greatest scoop among Negro
actors. He stands easily in the
same bracket with such prominent
movie celebrities as Taylor, Mont
gomery, Flynn and Crosby, in
poise, brilliance of execution and
interpretation. When he steps on
to the set, ihe does not act but
rather embodies the warmth and
natural of human sentiment. He is
a sitraight-line character, no quirks
but Just what it takes. He does
not simply play parts, he feels
them. He is the talk of Hollywood
and from the moment he is seen
in “Midnight Shadow” he s cer
tain to be acclaimed the outstand
ing Negro actor of the screen.
Pete Webster is a thriller for
looks—all the fair damsels will
go wild about him. A good mixer,
amiable, romantic, sunny of na
ture, adventurous, he stands on
.top of the movie world, matchless
in his brilliance of artistry.
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Both Just Built For Rhythmic Speed
BILL ROIIINSON, who Just can’t
quit dancing, visited the Ford
Exposition at the New York World's
Fair, danced right up to this Ford
V-8 engine, and tapped out the
rhythm of the pistons. "Two of a
kind,” remarked the famed stepper,
meaning himself and the engine
built for power and speed. It was
Bill Robinson’s time out from "The
Hot Mikado,” in the Fair’s amuse
ment tone. The man who started
.Shuffling as a barefoot boy in Rich
mond, Virginia, fifty-four years ago,
is the current rage of the World’s
Fair Midway. He’d no sooner ap
peared in the Ford Exposition’s
main hall than fans surrounded
him. He liked this Ford V-8 engine
with its exhaust passages, crank
case and flywheel housing made all
in one piece to reduce the number
of joints where engine-trouble might
develop, and he was keeping time
with it before you could pronounce
his name.
COLORED FIREMEN, BRAKE
MEN FIGHT FOR SOUTH’S JOBS
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Jackson, Tenn., July 19 (ANPi
Colored railway workers especial
ly firemen and brakemen, through
their organizations—the Interna
tional Association of Railway Em
ployes and the International As
soc&tion of Colored Trainmen and
Locomotive Firemen— this week
pressed their fight to retain sen
iority rights and to stop the re
placement of colored workers by
white*.',
Activity among the colored
trainmen was given added impetu
following a coniVrence of leaders
with officials of NAACP during
rke recent NAACP annual confer
ence in Richmond, Va. Present a
that meeting were L. R. Moloy,
represent IARE; J. A. Reynoh.
and Richard Birkes of the colere.
trainmen’s asocia.ticn; Thurgood
Marshall, Leon A. Ransom and
James M. Nabrit, Jr., of NAA( I
legal staff and Charles Houston
and Joseph Waddy, counsel for the
colored trainmen’s association.
The conferees discussed the pre
sent. status of colored workers on
tho railroads of the South, pant c
ular attention being given to the
case oi mi. league,
man of t'.ic G. M. & N_ Railroad
who was displaced in the switch
ing service.
Moloy, employes’ representative
and fARE general organizer told
the group that the Interstate Com
merce Commission has before it an
order that all coal burning engines
over a certain tonnage over the
minimum. He said the only en
gines which will be hand-fired iH
1943 will be yard engines and
switch engines. He also said that
under a secret contract between
the railroads and the Brotherhood
(white), regarding mechanically
stoked engines, the white firemen
get preferance yn regular runs.
Attorney Houston expressed the
opinion that when seniority rights
prevail, a senior fireman has a
property right in his job as a
gainst a junior fireman and that
anyone who violated that right
was liable. Further in the Tea
gue case, the Railroad and the
Brotherhood were in conspiracy to
destroy Teague’s rights under the
seniority rule.
Attorney Nabrit said that the
Brotherhood, as bargaining agent,
could not use its position to des
troy the minority that such action
was not representation but misrep
resentation, fraudlent and an ac
tion in bad faith.
All present at the Richmond con
ference were agreed that this se
cret contract (between the rail
y
roads and th Brotherhood) could
ultimately be broken. Work has
already been . tarted on the case.
Organizer Moloy said the case
should interest colored rail work
ers all over the country especially
firemen and brakemen, because if
the secret contract or agreement
is not broken, in a few years Ne
gro firemen and brakemen will
be a thing of the past. He based
his prediction on the fact that no
new colored employes are geing
hired in these jobs and those al
ready working are being rapidly
displaced.
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Faculty Honors Dr
McCrcrey of John
son Smith U.
Charlotte, N, C. (By E. L. Her
cules, Calvin Service) A highlight
of the recent commencement ex
ercises at Johnson C. Smith Uni
versity was the pre enta ion of a
silver loving cup to Pres'dent H.
I. McCrorey bv meuibers of the
facultv, through their representa
tive, Dr. Robert L. Douglass dur
ing the early days of the insti
tution’s existence.
In glowing teres, Dr. Douglass,
professor of Mathematics, paid
tribute to the work the exemplary
head of one of the country’s fore
most centers of higher learning
for Negroes, and called attention
to the recognition accorded the
veteran administrator by the 151st
general assembly «f the Presbyter
ian Church in tihe U. 9. for his 44
years of distinguished service in
the field of Christian education.
Dr. Douglass made the pres.enat
tion in behalf of his fellow work
ers of Johnson C. Smith U. as a
symbol of their “heartfelt appre
ciation of his devoted and faithful
service as Teacher, Dean, Presi- I
(ient Friend. After accepting the
magnificent gift, President Mc
Crorey made announcement of thi
Trustees’ decision to commence
work on the new girls dormitory,
to be named in honor erf Mr. James
B. Duke, well knwn benefactor
of the institution. Led by officials
of the Trustee Board, members of
the faculty, graduates a«d alumni
the huge gathering proceeded at
the close of the program to the
site of the new dormitory, and
with appropriate ceremony,
ground was broken by Dr. Geo. C.
Fisher, President of tire Trustee
Board.
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SECOND QUARTER DUE NOW
Lincoln, Neb., July 27—Employ
ers subject to t.he Nebraska Un
employment Compensation law
are remanded today that contrib
utions on payrolls for the seconl
quarter of 1939 are now due and
payable.
Contributions should b paid on
| or before Monday, July 31. Other
wise, delinquent penalties will be
assessed. Many employers have
already made their contributions,
his facili rTes the work of the
state job insurance division and
protects these employers from in
curring intere-t penalties provided
by the law for del'nquent contrib
utors.
Contribution from employers are
deposited with the State Treasu
rer and then forwarded to Nebras
ka’s acount in the Unemployment
Compensation Trust Fund. With
drawals from the fund may be
made under the law only for the
purpose of paying ouit of-work
benefits to qualified unemployed
workers. All administrative ex
pen es of the S ate Unemployment
Compensation division are met by
grants from the federal govern
ment.
At the close of June, 1939, the
r-verve fund of the Nebraska Un
employment Cbrpensafcion divis
ion amounted to $8,287,565. Ne
braska paid out 100,489 benefit
checks for unemployment compen
sation Mailing $862,729 in the
six-months’ period from January
1, 1939, when benefit payments
started, until June 30, 1939. A
•urvey indicated that the bulk of
the money paid out in benefits
re turned to tiade channels in the
state and was spent for food, clo
thing, rent and other necessities.
BUNNY WRIGHT IN LONDON,
ON WAY TO SOUTH AFRICA
London July 26 (C)—The sur
prise of the season is that R. R.
(Bunny) Wright III sailed on the
Queen Mary on July 5 with his fa
ther, Bishop R. R. Wright, for
South Africa. The Wrights, fa
ther and sen, acompanied by Miss
Grace Wares, nurse, arrived in
London on July 10.
PUSH [RIVE TO REMOVE
COLOR BAN IN UNIONS
Chicago July 19 (Howard Law
rence for CNA)—Renewed efoTts
to remove the color ban, which
excludes Negroes from member
ship in a number of American Fed
eration of Labor Un'ons will be
made shortly, Ishmael P. Flory
secretary-treasurer otf the Joint
Council of Dining Car Employes
AFL., said this week.
The new move grew out of e
conference of 22 AFL and CK)
Negro labor leaders to oppose a
bill now pending in the Illinois
Legislature, and known as the Jen
kins House Bill 373, as a harmful
method of fighting against Jim
Crowisrn in labor unions.
The Jenkins Bill would outlaw
unions discriminating against Ne
groes, but would open the way for
employer interference in the in
ternal affairs of (the unions, the
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cola drink.,
Absolutely 1
xire. Avoid I
substitutes J
conference declared
Declaring that “the problem of
j the Negro worker” is a “problem
that must be solved by the labor
I
1 movement—and soon,” the confer
ence instructed its chairman, Mil
ton P. Webzster, to appoint a com
mittee of five to meet with lead
J ers of the Illinois State Federa
tion of Labor. Webester is first
international vice-president of the
International Brotherhood of Sleep
ing Car Porters.
The conference characterized the
Jenkins Bill as a smokescreen to
attack trade unions. “The Jenkins
Bill is a product of the employer’s
interests. The racial question is on
ly a smokescreen.”
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Safe^ards Against
Discrimination In
Work Relief Pub
lished
Washington. July 26 (C)—The '
WPA has published Pubic Reso
lution No. 24 in Congress making
appropriations for work relief, on
pages 14 and 15 of which it is
clearly stated that diserim'nation
because of race, religion or poli
tical affiliation, and on account of
race, creed or color, carries a
penalty.
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2 TUSKEGFE MEN ATTEND „
WASHINGTON MEETING
Washington, July 26 (C)—T. M.
CampibeU Field supervisor, Negro
Extension Service, and A. L. Hol
sey, Field officer AAA., both
with headquarters at Tuskegee
Institute attended a conference of
tate officials of the AAA from
48 states on Wednesday, July 12.
New York, July 19 (C)—C. W.
Rice, editor and publisher of the
Negro Laibor News, Houston, Tex.
tonly Negro labor newspaper in
the U. S spent last week end in
New York, seeing the W*rld’»
Fair and looking over Harlem. Mr.
Rice stopped at the Harlem
YMCA.
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