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BLACKS ARE BEING ORGANIZED BY RADICALS; BAIT
THE SOUTH. NEGRO PUBLICATIONS NULLIFY THIS
SECTION.
' By L. T. Leech in Dallas Dispatch.
' Washington, May 16. Many south
- ern Democrats are beginning to voice
displeasure here at administration in
termeddling with the negro question.
' These offenders are mainly under
strappers of the Labor Department or
the recently disbanded Creel bureau,
and all these persons are of the lun
atic fringe which the Democratic par
ty has attached to itself throughout
the North or placed in office in the
effort to coddle and conciliate the
"radical" element.
The number of limousine liberals
and parlor Bolshevik! now holding of
fice at Washington is very large and
very irritating tethe southern wing
of the party, which has to bear all
the odium of its supposed domination
and at the same time stand for the
radical stunts of its northern faction
to the disgust of its southern Con
stituency. Kirby Was Right.
The recent attack of J. H. Kirby
. on the Labor Department's interven
tion into the negro labor situation was
'generally discounted because of Kir
by's known opposition to the Wilson
administration, but recent events
have tended to confirm Kirby 's
charges.
The South ha always held that the
negro question must be left to the
states. Justice to the negro is the
' aim of the section, but from the les
sons of the Freedmen's Bureau and
reconstruction the South has always
' contended that it could best handle
the situation itself from its own stand
, point and to the greater ultimate good
. .Jot the negro ,t(" i r '"
The section will naturally oppose
any interference by federal bureaus.
But the work of so-called Bureau of
Negro Economics is an entering wedge
toward federal interference. So far
the work of this bureau has outward-
ly been harmless. There has been
great talk of co-operation, harmony,
etc In fact, the bureau has borrowed
FLORIDA SENATE
Orders Clerk Not To Read Peti
tion Of Negro Uplift Ass'n.
(By the Associated Negro Press.)
Tallahassee, Fla., Map 22. The
State Senate not only refused to have
spread on its journal a memorial from
the "Negro Uplift Association of
Florida," but stopped the clerk in the
midst of reading it.
The "Negro Uplift Association's"
petit'on asks for a longer school year
for Colored children, for a Colored su
perintendent t be in charge of Col
ored, boys at the state's industrial
.school, expresses appreciation of ef
forts of governor and legislature in
trying to improve labor conditions at
Mariana, demands more sanitary and
better lighted waiting rooms in rail
road depots, pleads for better laws'
for the protection of prisoners and the
prevention of lynching, asks for a
discontinuation for a "disregard of
lews,'' and calls attention to the part
. Negroes played in winning the war by
serving their country both. at home
and abroad.
The memorial states that every true
American will agree that democracy
should prevail, and adds that the
adoption by the legislature of the rec
ommendations of the petition would
help to stem "the continuous, though
quiet, exodus of the Negro from the
South." i . .
, The petition was submitted by rep
resentative people of the race, in busi
ness and professions, and returned
army officials. The effrontery of the
legislature in Florida is regarded as
one of the grossest insults ever per
petrated upon any people, even in the
darkest days of Russia and the "Hun
nlest" days of Germany. ' : " ;.
But there is yet a determined group
of whites, including several news
papers, all professing to be "without
prejudice;", and the "best friends cf
the Negro," who cling to the false
theory and the musty, ancient belief
that "this is a white man's country."
The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, white
- daily, and the Macon (Ga.), Telegram,
same, in recent editorials, have sought
to say that none but fools will say
anything else, except this is a "white
Man's country" regardless of wliat w
have clone, in whole or in part, in
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many of the garments of Booker
Washington for its display efforts. .
The director is George Edmund
Haines, a Southern negro who is now
on a tour of Mississippi and the cot
ton states. The bureau has 24 on its
payroll.
A visit to its offices, however, dis
closes features which do not harmon
ize with its professions. The negroes
employed are of the light-skinned,
over-educated type, found in Wash
ington in such great abundance. None
of them show any signs of ever hav
ing done any real work. '
The tables are littered with the in
flammatory type of negro periodicals
printed and circulated in the northern
cities. One, which seems to be sup
ported by the rich idlers of New York
who are at present toying with Bol
shevism, calls itself the only "radical"
negro publication and shows its Bol
shevistic tendencies quite plainly.
"The negro and the new social or
der" is the self-explanatory title of
its leading article. -
Post Is Head.
' The bureau at present is under the
control of Louis Post, assistant secre
tary of labor. .
Readers of the old "Public" do not
have to be reminded of Post's unsound
ideas on the race question.
While these things are noted in
Washington, reports come from Ohio
and New York to the effect that active
proselyting among the negroes to
turn them from the Republican to the
Socialist party are under way. It ap
pears that the leaders in this work are
Socialists and other radicals who have
received favors from the administra
tion, including soma of those at one
time on the payroll of the Creel bu
reau. While this may be temporarily good
party .politics, southerners cannot
look on propaganda of such subver-
(Continued on page 4).
peace or in war. It is very evident
that much missionary work is yet to
be done.
Migration.
In three years more than one-half
million black people; men, women and
children, have gone out of the South
to various parts of the East and
North, encouraged by economic con
ditions and rich promises. Now the
tables have turned, and many South
ern communities are in great need of
labor, and some Northern communi
ties, particularly Coatesville, Pa., and
latest, Chicago, 11., in another fashion,
are seeking to re-populate the South.
Comes a large portion of the South
saying, "We need help", but we' don't
want the "Niggeroes' back with their
hew fangled Northern ideas." Outside
of a natural flow of people returning
to visit relatives, and a few "honie
sickers," take it for ' unquestioned
truth, the black folk are not return
ing South. ' If thore i industrial
quietude in some localities and there
in further movement, it is further
North and West, rather than South.
DuBois, Moton and Scott.
"Contending Forces" best describe
the present state of affairs between
W. E. B. Dubois, R. R. Moton and
Emmett J. Scott. Dr. Dubois, with a
wonderful vision of the ideal, has def
inite ideas of the proper pathway to
travel in getting to the Goal of Suc
cess, Justice and Happiness. Dr. Mo
ton and Dr. Scott, with equal vision,
are "pressing on", in all seriousness
with the hope of reaching the same
goal. It will be many days and
months, no doubt, before there will be
"unity of action" with definite ends
In view, and, hence, the two groups
will, continue to defy, or ignore criti
cism from each other, and go on their
individual wt ys. '
"Negro Too Reckless With
. Hra Life-' Says
. Southern Judge.
(By the Associated Negro Press.)
Augusta, Ga., May 22. Before pro
nouncing sentence on William Morgan,
charged with manslaughter, Judge
Hammond said: "Human life is too
precious to be held in light regard. If
there is any criticism I have to make
of the ' colored race it is that they
are too reckless with human life. If
they have a pistol, they think they
must use it. and they do use it.
"The white people, judges and court
officials, I think," continued the
judge, "take too narrow a view of
the Colored citizen. They say he is
respectful and a good Negro simply
because he tips his hat to the white
man. He is called a 'white man's ne
gro.' and they let it go at that"
This attitude, in the opinion of
Judge Hammond, makes tno Negro
overbearing to his own people, realis
ing that he La the backing of "white
men if be commit crime.
"TAe Republican JParty
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Fcneral Services Held For :
; Lieut. Jaines R. Europe.
(By the Associated Negro Press.) '
New York, May 22.-The funeral ot
James Reese Europe, leader of the fa
mous "Hell Fihters" band, who was
stabbed "by 1 one of ' the drum
mers of the- band, " Herbert Wright,
was hem in this city Tuesday. .Thous
ands of. people of both races viewed
the solemn 'procession afc it- made its
way from the undertaking establish
ment 131st street, to St. Mark Meth
odist Episcopal Church, 63rd street,
where- the sermon was preached by
Dr. W. H. Brooks, pastor of the
church, and chaplain of the 15th New
York Infantry. After the services the
body was taken to Arlington Cemetery
in Washington, p. C, where it was
buried in the last" resting place of
thousands of the patriotic dead.' '
The funeral was attended by some
of the most prominent people in .the
country, the members of his band
being in the procession but maching
in silence. J
.: The members of the band, under di
rection of Felix Weir, expect to make
a national tour, the proceeds to go
lor the erection cf a monument to
the memory of the great musical di
rector. - -
Telegrams Ot Protest Not ,
The Only Ones Sent :
By N. A.A.C. P.
The National Association for the
Advancement of;.- Colored People,
through its secretary, John R. Shil
lady, of New York, makes public a
telegram sent' to the International
Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen
Oilers in session in Washington, D. C,
May 15. The Association's telegram
is based on information received from
its District of Columbia Branch,
through the chairman of its Executive
Committee, L. M. Hershaw, that this
Brotherhood admits colored men to
its membership on terms ot, perfect
equality and that 6b its convention in
Washington there were present thirty
odd delegates of the colored race. The
Association's telegram follows: '" ""
"May 16, 1919.
"International Brotherhood of Sta
tionary Firemen and Oilers,
"Timothy Healy, President,
"National Hotel, -"Washington,
D. C.
"The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, with
200 branches in as many cities in 89
states, and some 53,000 dues-paying
members, sends you its cordial greet
ings and expresses its deep satisfac
tion that colored workmen in the
crafts represented by your Brother
hood are admitted without discrimina
tion and that, as we are informed,
some thirty-odd delegates of the col
ored race are sitting in your Conven
tion. "JOHN R. SHILLADY, Sec'y
."National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People."
10,000 Citizens Sign Petition
To Remove Supt. Bruce.
(By the Associated Negro Press.)
Washington, D. C, May 22 The
The fight for the removal of Roscoe
C. Bruce as' assistant superintendent
continues here with unabated fury. A
petition of 10,000 people, mony of them
prominent in public life, has been pre
sented to the school board asking for
the removal. "
Mass meetings have beet held in
several of the churches, all being at
tended by great crowds, and addressed
by prominent men and women. Th
president of the school board has stat
ed that he will recognize the petition,
prov ided specific charges are pre
ferred against Supeiuntendeut Bruce.
Black Portugese And Hot
The Negro To Blame.
(By the Associated Negro Press.)
Boston! May 22. J. 1. YoungLIood,
white,-has called attention hi several
ways, that the recent occurence here
during a recent parade, was not caused
by "Negroes" but by "black Portu
guese." In a statement he says: "The
Portuguese in America have nothing
in common with the Negro, except his
complexion, just as the Hindu, Turk,
Filipino and other Asiatic peoples.
They are far removed from the trend
of events and of ideas of the Colored
people as they are from the whites.
They live in their particular sections.
Their customs of living are different.
They do not claim themselves- to be
Negroes; neither do white people
claim them to be Negroes, only when
they commit a crinve."
Ohio Urban Leape
- Closes First Year.
. (By the Associated Negro Press.)
Columbus, O., May 22. The first
year of the Urban League, of Colum
bus, has 'just closed, with the expendi
ture of little less than $7,000. An
amount of $7,000 will be asked for to
provide for the work during the next
fiscal yar. The organisation has done
effective work in providing for the
needs of the people who recently cm
from the South.
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(By the Associated Negro Press.) .
Columbia, jj. C, May 22. The fol
lowing editorial is clearly indicative of
the condition' of .feeling in many sec
tions of the , South with reference to
the return of our- people who in the
last two years migrated North:
MISSIONARIES FROM CHICAGO.
(Columbia, S; C. State, White Daily.)
A thousand Negro laborers who
have had six months or a year of edu
cation in the politics of Chicago, who
have been trained ' in the ideas and
methods of Chicago's Second Ward
are they wanted as missionaries of
labor among Uhe Negroes of South
Carolina? f '
If Chicago would be rid of this "sur
plus Negro labor," Chicago's motive
is identical with that that actuated
East ' St . Louis, Springfield and
Coatesville, ia. .
Having uned this labor, having
changed the Opinions and manner of
the Negroes, (having inoculated them
with enmity 'twards everything to
which Southern Negroes are . accus
tomed, no longer needing them and
finding them Inconvenient and disturb
ing competitors with white labor,
would dump them on the South.
, Vv should the South take Negroes
out o 0!irairs to compete with white
labor of the out O T . "
There may jbe in the South employ
ers who would accept and use any kind
of labor wh wjuld welcome a re
newal of imnu-tion from the "Gold
Coast" bpt '-''and of sa'fishness
CHICAGO AND OTHER NORTH
ERN COMMUNITIES OUGHT TO
GIVE PREFERENCE TO THEIR
NEGRO LABOR OR CEASE COM.
PLAINING ABOUT SOUTHERN
TREATMENT OF THE NEGROES.
SouUort On Colored
Female Help.
Rock Hill, S. C, May 22. There
has been some discussion here rela
tive to a report that the Colored wom
en of the community have grown so
prosperious with material goods and
money that they have formed an or
ganization known as "Fold-the-Arms
Club."
One daily states: "Whether they
have formed any club or not, house
holders tell us more difficulty is
being experienced by Colored labor
now than ever before in the history
of this city, and no one seems to be
able to learn just what the trouble is."
Another states: "Let the white
people learn to serve themselves. It
will not harm them. To the house
keeper who has learned to serve i.-er-self
there is no terror in the situati n.
We require too much 'service' any
way." This comment from a white
newspaper in the South reads like fic
tion. There is no servant problem for
those who serve themselves."
Grand Army Ot Americans Ber
ing Organized At Capitol.
For the moral, social, economic, edu
cational and political welfare of its
members, a socitty is being formed at
the National Cap'ta) under the name
nf "The Grand Army of Americans."
its membership to comprise the of
ficers, soldiers, and, sailors of the
orld War, together with their sons
and daughters.
No lines of distinction of race or
color are to be 1rawn and the ramifi
cations are to reach tae entire United
States. ' -
The opinion of Colonel Charles
Young having been asked in regard
to the project, the following is his
statement:
"I deem the venture an Important
and commendable one, but would sug
gest, first, that the provision that in
cludes 'the sons and daughters' of of
ficers and soldiers and sailors would
weaken the prestige of the organiza
tion. Let them form a separate or
ganization if they wish. Second, the
word 'political' should be understood
to shut out party politics of all kinds
and to include only the higher politi
cal aspects of Americanization, safe
and sound policy in our external and
internal relations, and reverence for
law and order in a common country
only. It is a dangerous word in any
(constitution. Third, I submit that
overtures should first be made toward
merging such an organization with
the American Legion now being or
ganized by Lt Col. Roosevelt, if pos
sible. By so doing, we all working to
a common end, presenting a more
solid front to the difficulties fftd prob
lems of this new day, may be better
able to reach the goal of our ideals. In
this regard I believe the opinion of a
majority of American soldiery is now
saying: 'It was not simply for white
humanity and for white freedom that
the United Slie threw, her sword
into the balanc with tha Allies, but
for all ittspctive o? racs, color or
Sea." Fred JJouglus,
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condition. Let America be friendly
and free.' .
"I counsel, for one, that a reap
proachment with the larger organiza
tion be made if possible.
"In the 70,000 dead in the fields of
France, black blood freely and gen
erously mingled itself with" white.
"It is therefore unbelievable that
the surviving comrades should not
honor these heroes by standing shoul
der to shoulder for the principles for
which they perished and for which the
Almighty God has spared the living
both black and white."
RESPECTED PHYSICIAN DIES
Augusta, Ga.-, May 22. Dr. George
S. Burruss, one of the oldest and
most respected physicians in the
South, died here. His death was the
result of blood poisoning, contracted
from performing an operation. - He
leaves considerable property, and is
survived by a wife and relatives.
AMERICAN-MADE MOTION PIC
TURES MADE A HIT WITH THE
DUSKY SWAHELIS OF EAST AF
RICA, WHERE THE MOYIES KISS
WOK NEW ADMIRERS WITHE
SOUND OF THE LAUGHING HY
ENA, ACCORDING TO THE RE
PORT OF A NEGRO "Y" WORKER
The movie kiss has won new admir
ers on the edge of the Jungle, within
sound of the hyena's laughter. -
Nowhere is the love story of the
screen more popular than among the
Swahelis of German East Afrlca
those dusky German soldiers who be
came British troops after the con
quest of the territory by General
Smuts In December, 1917.
So says W. P. Stanley, a Negro
worker sent to serve the native and
British soldiers In German East Af
rica, the National War Work Coun
cil of the Y. M. C, A, In co-operation
with the "Y" International Committee.
Mr. Stanley, whose horn is at 33
West 14t)th Stret.Wew-TforlrCit.y, hM
Just returned . frOnv more than one
year's service In the tropics. -
"The Y. M. C. A. cinema theater,
"Mr. Stanley said, in telling how the
movies were brought to the Swahella
soldiers, "was the old German market
place in Dares Salaam. We set up
scren in the middle of the hall. The
Swahelis would crowd Into the place,
sitting one almost in another's lap,
so that, watching the pictures from
both sides of the screen, fully 6.0Q0
could be accommodated.
"They delighted In the sentimental
pictures, the love stories, if the plot
was not too complicated. The would
chorus exclamations ofpleasure when
the hero kissed tire heroine. Their
other favorite among the sreeen was
the fairy story film, which, because
of their simplicity, they could follow
.easily.
"If at one of these Swahelll picture
shows, you kept your eyes on the
screen, you would believe yourself
back in America. Every picture was
an American film. Probably one had
been shown on Broadway. But a
glance at the gleaming eyes in the
dark faces of the Swaheli men, and
the sound of a hyena laughing off
in the Jungle, would call you back
to a realization that you were in the
"Y" cinema theater In Dares Salaam."
Often, Mr. Stanley said, the laugh
of the hyena would cut Into the ( 1am-
or of heater debate. For tha Y. M.
C. A. organized a debating society
among the British troops from the
West Indies, and the Tommies would
plunge into a mele of talk over some
such theme as: -
"Resolved: That money Is more
essential to success than education."
"One day," Mr. Stanley said, "an
old man, all skin and bones, wander
ed into the camp. A deputation of
Gold Coast naHves visited their com-
mander, soon- afterwards. They had
a requebi. 10 mun, . wouia me com
manding officer permit them to eat
this old manr
Three Y. M. C. A. canteens for the
Swahelis alone, and Mr, Stanley
learned the langjages In order . to
be able to minorvtnA tha natlm In
'charge of them. The tastes of these
Africans, he said, were quite un-ex-otic
They relish sardines and sal
mon, cakes, cheese and candy, quite
as much ad the average Tomm cuJ.
Five Ivogro "Y" workers served in
German East Africa, and two of them
gave their lives in the land where
few white men can live a year.
NEGRO SHOE REPAIR CORPORA
TION FORMED.
Cleveland, Ohio The Quick Shoe
Repair Co., 8418 Hough Ave., a cor
poration in this city, which is to run
a chain of shoe repair shops equipped
with modern machinery, has decided
to give preference to colored shoemak
ers and repairers, over foreigners,
whenever they can secure competent
Colored shoe repairers.
MEMORIAL DAY PROPOSED FOR
JAMES REESE EUROPE.
It has been proposed that a Na
tional Musical Memorial day be held
to honor the memory of James Reese
Eorope, the same to be the first Sun
day in June. At that time a patriotic
memorial address would bo delivered
and music for the occasion wodd be
entirely th product of our compos
ers.' . i .-
MAKES
REB HOT REPLY
TO EDITOR OF
CHALLENGES OU BOIS TO PRINT "BILL OF PARTICULARS."
CHARGES HIM WITH EEIXG NEITHER UNSELFISH W
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Washington, D. C In the May is
sue of The Crisis magaine, Dr. W. E.
B. DuBois, editor, attempts to "quiz"
Dr. Emmett J. Scott, Special Assist
ant to the Secretary of War, regard
ing certain conditions said to exist
in the course of public addresses, re
cently delivered by Dr. DuBois in
Washington, D. C, and Richmond, Va.,
among Negro troops in France and,
made veiled insinuations concerning
the way and manner in which he
claims Dr. Scott has been looking after
the welfare of Negro soldiers over
seas. When the matter was mentioned to
Dr. Scott, he said: -
"Yes, I have read Dr. DuBois' ques
tions as propounded and sent around
to the colored newspapers through his
advance sheets. Apparently he seeks
to discredit one who, according to his
own testimony, has been laboring in
the War Department 'under very dif
ficult circumstances' and who has
never failed during the war to take
a firm stand for the rights of Negro
soldiers at home and overseas. In the
first place, I do not recognize the
usurped right of Dr. DuBois to 'call
me to account,' or as the man to whom
I must give an account of my steward
ship. I am willing to leave to that
loyal, unbiased, and sane jury of
twelve million ' colored ;, Americans,
whose interests I have endeavored to
represent in the War Department, the
verdict as to whether or not I have
done my full duty. I am now prepar
ing an account of my stewardship
whi.Jrwill be preaenteti to that jury
at JL'ie fright time and; in the proper
way. . ' . "
"In- th "representative capacity I
have been serving during the war I
necessarily welcomed the 'loyal and
unselfish co-operation' of all colored
Americans, whether of the radical or
conservative type, but again quoting
the words of Dr. DuBois, my asso
ciation with him during the war has
been 'AT THE COST OF SUSPICION
AND CRITICISM,' for I have been re
peatedly warned that he is neither
unselfish, nor sincere.
"It is rather amusing, however, to
read on pages 7 and 8 of the same Is
sue of The Crisis, whorein Dr. Dubois
assumes the self-appointed task of in
sinuating my alleged neglect or fail
ure to do certain things or 'every
thing in the article headed 'MY MIS
SION' he says: 'I went to Paris . .
What did I do. when I got there?
First, TKKRE WERE CERTAIN
THINGS THAT I DID NOT DO. . .
But it did not follow that because I
COULD NOT DO EVERYTHING I
COULD DO NOTHING.
How Complaints Were Handled,
"Now, it was precisely the same
when came to Washington and began
to labor "under very difficult circum
stances' (as Dr. Dubois states it) in
the War Department. 'There were cer
tain things that I did not do' and I
."Had no Idea I'd live this Long,"
Says 118 YearTOd Ftgro,
(By the Associated Negro Frs.)
(h!C:i-o, May 22. Squire James,
who claims to be 118 years old, was
taken to the Oak Forest Infirmary.
"I was born in Salem, N. C," lp stat
ed. "I was born in slavery, .is mar
ried in slavery and had my wife and
children taken from me. I thought I
had enough money to last me. but
never figured that I was goitj to
live this long."
109,000 To Fight Wron
Of Nep Adopt Civil .
War. Slogan.
John R. Shillady, secretary of the
National Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, announced to
day that a campaign for 100,000 mem
bers, white and black, to fight injustice
to the Negrc , was under way through
out the country. The slogan adopt
ed for the campaign is the Civil War
cry, "We're Coming, Father Abra
ham, 100,000 Strong." The campaign
will terminate with a conference of
the Association in Cleveland on June
21st. ,
"Especial efforts are to be made
here in the coming weeks," said Mr.
Shillady, "as the colored district in
New York is the largest Negro city
in the world. Our present member
ship is ovtr 60,0C0 aud we expect to
double it easily. The entire country
has been reacting to lynchings and
other forms of violence and injustice
to which the Negroet of the United
States are being subjected.
"In many place; where there, hav
been lynchings, branches uf the Asso
ciation hare sprung up at once.
"Texas, the scene of eleven lynch
ings in 1918, which had four branches
and 872 members last year, now has
twenty branches and over 6,000 mem
ber. "Alabama, which la it yeav bad no
branches, sow has four witii a men-
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PRICB FITE CE5T3.
soon found that 'I COULD-NOT DO
EVERYTHING,' but there were a
number of important things I could do
and I did do for the benefit of Negro
soldiers in camps at home as well as
overseas. . Of course no sane person
would ask or expect a man holding a
confidential position in a greet de
partment of the Government to reveal
in public print official and confiden
tial information, but as proof of the
fact that complaints concerning Negro
soldiers overseas reported to me by
Negro of ficers, Negro chaplains and
Negro and other American civilians,
did receive prompt action at my hands,
I submit at this time just a few of
the many letters which I have received
from Negro officers . who actually
served overseas and from other men
who brought specific complains and
grievances of Negro soldiers overseas
to my office for attention. These let
ters express appreciation of the satis
factory and, in most cases, the effec
tive way in which I have taken up and
handled all such complaints.
"Be it remembered that American
white officers and soldiers had their
hardships, troubles and grievances, as
fell as the Negro troops belonging to '
the American Expeditionary Forces
some of which they had to endure and
all of which it was not possiWe for
even the War Department in Wash
ington altogether to remove or remedy
and yet I offer no apologies for
these conditions or hardships!
' ."In order that the exact facts might
be secured regarditig colored soldiers
overseas it will be recalled that it wea .
upon ther recommendation of the Ne
gro Editors'. Conference, held in Wash
ington, D. C, June,. 1918, which reo-..
ommendation was pressed by me, Mr.
Ralph W. Tyler was designated by the
Committee tn Public Information to
render this service. Mr. Tyler con
stantly called to the attention of tha
War Department, through me, cer
tain conditions; and in each and every
case these complaints were brought to
the attention of the proper officials of
the War DeDartment
My files evidence the fact that Dr.
DuBois wrote me repeatedly calling to
my attention complaint after com
plaint concerning wrongs, grievances,
discriminations, etc., alleged to exist
among Negro soldiers in various
camps here in America. He was in
formed time after time with reference
to the investigations which followed as
a result of those complaints, and ex
pressed in writing his satisfaction with
the action taken in following up such
complaints. Having gone on his 'Mis
sion' to France December 1, 1918, why
did he wait five months until the
May, 1919, issued of "The Crisis' to
mention to me any overseas com-'
plaints? I fear that the animating
impulse back of his present inquiries
has not as yet been altogether disclos
ed to the public. An old and familiar
(Continued on page 4).
(By the Associated Negro Press.)
Atlanta', Ga., May 22. Tht people
of this community are still comment
ing on the recent visit cf Enriro Ca
ruso, the- great Italian tenor, who
went to Morris Brown College to hr
the wonderfi.1 folk song singing. With
him was Mrs. Caruso. After he hid
listened to several selections a request
was made for him to sing, and he re
sponded with several numbers.
Europs Band Planned Concert
. For Buady Defense. '
(By the Associated Negro Press.)
Chicago, May 22. The suddnn death
of James Reese Europe, brought to
light a plan that had been worked out
between him. Attorney Hueston of
Kansas City, and Oscar De Priest of
this city, interested in the defense of
Dr. LeRoy N. Bundy, that the band
would give a big concert in Njw York
for the Bundy defense fund. It was
proposed to give similar concerts in
Cleveland, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, In
dianapolis, Kansas City, Chicago and
other points. ... '..
An effott is being made to have the
band carry out the wishes of Lieuten
ant Europe.
bership of 616. . . .
"Georgia, with the worst lynchtoK
record In the country, jumped from
five brsuches with 4J0 merr'-ers to
elsven braichts with 2,500 m
"Throughout the country th con
victicn is growing that lyncHr. and
In ciffil irsd legal disqnaltfieatwna tt
which the Negro ia subject riuat
tease." :
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