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CINCINNATI
COLUMBUS
DAYTON
SPRINGFIELD
WORLD BAPTIST HAIL
NEW LEADER AS FOE CiF
JIM CROWISM AND BIGOTRY !H
ATLANTA (ANP) Undoubted
ly the highlight of last week's Baptist
World alliance convention here was
the prompt action
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After vainly appealing to other
Ulliance officials to 'have the s:{j:v
removed, Dean Smith tore down two
Dr. Rushbrooke of England Elected 1
President of Baptist World Alliance,
Lauded for Stand on Racial Issue at Xllanta
Conclave Told of Jim Crow Placards in
Convention Hall, He Orders: "Take Down
Those Signs—Now!" Dr. H. M. Smith,
Chicago Delegates, Leads Protest
Against Offensive Markers
Dr. J. H. Rush-
ibrooke, London, Eng., in ordering
the removal of all "For Negroes
Only" signs and similar placards
.stigmatizing the Negro race, from
the convention hall and corridors.
It was explained that labels such
a* "The National Baptist Conven
$on," "The Southern Baptist Con
tention" and others had been placed
|or convenience of messengers and
delegates, but Dr. Rushbrooke also
Oruered these removed when he was
.informed that both white and col
ored ushers were herding all the Ne
gro delegate* together,
Among those who led in the pro
test against the offensive signs was
Drt H- Smith, Chicago delegate and i
dean of the Chicago Baptist Insti-1
tute, who had noticed the placards at
Washroom entrances and in other
jplacos. Dean Smith immediately
tetvt the following telegram to alli
ance officials and to the white press:
"Togth.er with -hundreds of Ameri
can and overseas delegates of vari
ous racial groups- in attendance at
the Baptist World alliance in At
lanta, we strongly protest the nu
merous racial signs prominently dis
played throughout the alliance meet-]
ing place. These signs raise the
racial issue in a world religious)
Con iess. They are the racial pre-1
juiLces and ghetto laws o£ Hitler's
Germany. They brand Baptist world
fellowship as a brutal and empty
joke. They make the Christians
who past them the laughing-stock
of the world."
FItvST NEGRO WOMAN
JUSTICE BEGINS DUTIES
NEW YORK, (CNA—Miss Jane
•M. Bolin, who was appointed and
sworn in by Mayor La Guai'dia last
week as the fir-st Negro woman jus
tice of the Domestic Relations Court,
began her duties this week, first in
Brooklyn and then in the Manhattan
family court.
Mayor La Guardia smashed a pre
cedent for the entire United States
when he appointed Miss Bolin. She
la the first Negro woman judge to
be appointed in this country.
Miss Bolin, who is 31 and resides
at 35 West 110th St., Harlem was
gworn in as Justice of the Domestic
Relations Court for a ten-year term
by the liberal New York Mayor.
"It really makes me feel happy to
be able to appoint sach a fine young
ladv to a post in the courts of our
city," the Mayor said following the
ceremonies.
Miss Boljn was born in Pough
keepsie, N.Y., and graduated from
Wellesley College in 1928 a$ an
honor student. She graduated from
Yale Law School in 1931 and was
admitted to the New York Bar in
1932.
She was appointed to the New
York City taw Office in 1937 where
she served as an Assistant Corpora
tion counsel in the Domestic Rela
tions Coui't,
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himself, then, through a grievance
committee took the matter direct 10
Alliance Secretary Rushbrooke.
Fr0 the rostrum after hearing the
committee's protest, Dr. Rushbrooke
shouted to the ushers: "Take down
those signs—NOW! There is no
color segregation in this alliance."
Later, after Dr. Rushbrooke's de
mand had been complied with, Dr.
G. L. Prince, president, National
Baptist convention of America, said:
"Everything is all right now. Dr.
Rushbrooke has said and done
everything necessary." Attesting
Dr. Rushbrooe's popularity with the
10,000 delegates for his stand
against Jim Crowism and bigotry
vfunt the wild acclaim which greeted
his confirmation as president of the
Baptist World alliance.
Of equal significance to the col
ored Baptist was the reelection of
Dr. L. K. Williams of Chicago as one
of the vice presidents of the alliance
Dr. Williams's name, through reso
lution, had been offered as presi
dent of the alliance by Rev. R_ C.
Barbour, editor of the National Bap
tist convention official organ pub
lished in Nashville.
The Resolution stated: "We must
strike radicalism, the child of pagan
ism, a deadly blow. The election of
a consecrated, learned, experienced
black Baptist minister to the presi
dency of the World Baptist alliance
is the answer to that challenge
It is the spirit we offer the name of
Dr. L. K. Williams pastor of the
largest protestant church in the
world and titular leader of 3,000,
000 Negro Baptists, for the presi
dency of the alliance."
Dr. Rushbrooke however, was elec
ted piesident df the big 'Basis'
body.
On her first day in her new of
fice, Justice Bolin' was led through
a crowd of spectators by Justice
Jacob Panken of the same court,
who commended* her for her quali
fications of "decency, righteousness,
capability and unfailing efforts to
obtain good results in her work."
Jcstice fiolin replied from a bench
covered with, flowers and congratu
latory messages, saying there would
be little, if any, change in her po
licy of following humane principles
and attempting to adjust family dif
ficulties wherever possible.
McCaw Names Meyer
Office Manage*'
Tom McCaw, chief of the Division
of Aid for the Aged, has announced
the provisional appointment of Ed
ward H. Meyer, of Cincinnati, as
subdivision manager of the Hamil
ton County Aid for the Aged office.
He will receive a salary of $2,500 a
year.
Meyer will succeed Dr. A. C.
Busch who was dismissed February
8. Since that time, Mrs. Marian
Cleveland has been acting manager
of the office* She now will return
to her former status as assistant
manager.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—(ANP)
The School of Dental & Oral Surg
ery, (indicated by arrow) of Colum
bia university, at 168th & Broadway
will be the scene of part of the den
tal clinics of the National Dental
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VOL. XXVII., No. 7. FRIDAY, 'AUGUST 4,1939. PRICE FIVE CENTS
NEW ALLIANCE PRESIDENT IS FOE OF
ALL FORMS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
10 Point WPA Working Program
Recommended And Presented
Personally To Col. F. C. Harrington
By Edgar G. Brown, President United
Government Employees and Spokesman
Of National Committee of Negroes- vs
1. The tlnited Government Em
ployees, Inc., stands today and al
ways, as it did July 7, 11)39 in its
pociamation to Negroes on WPA
jobs throughout the country, "not to
strike against the government, the
laws of Congress and the President."
Reports from all sections prove
conclusively the rank and file of
Negro WPA workers refused to join
the walk-outB ^generally or for a
single day to leave their posts of
duty for dubious demonstrations,
e s i e s o i i a i o n s i k s a n
threats and other subterfuges of
subversive forces. The Negro has
agiwn demonstrated his traditional
and inherent patriotism and loyalty
to American and democratic institu
tions. In this stand, "the U.G.E. had
the support of the representative
Negro weekly newspapers in their
news and editorial columns.
The Congressional record® will
show that the U.G.E. has stood 100
per cent with its voice and organi
zation in support of Work Relief, as
opposed to the dole, before the
House and Senate appropriations
time and again, for the past three
years. We are still absolutely com
mitted to WPA jobs for the unem
ployed and able-bodied men and
women, our neighbors and fellow
citizens, as a continuing obligation
of the federal, state and municipal
governments until sufficient jobs in
private industry are again available
to all those who must and do desire
to work. The U.G.E. wants ulti
mately, fewer relief jobs at security
wages and more honest-to-goodness
employment for every American
man and woman who needs a job, at
prevailing union wages and a 35
hour week,
2. The U.G.E. wilff support legis
lation before Congress to repeal the
30-day furlough for WPA workers,
ho fail to secure private employ
ment despite a conscientious effort
on their pa$t. The U.G.E. on June
20, 1939, before the Senate appro
priations committee pointed out the
hardship this provision of the law
would entail
3. U.G'.E. urg'esr WPA administra
tion, in order to minimize suffering
and distress in large families on the
relief r^-ls, to exert all influence
possible toward securing an Execu
tive Order from the President, giv
ing preferenie to the young men and
women, all dependents of WPA
workers recently separated from the
rolls due to cut in appropriations,
immediate consideration for places
in the 50,000 expansion program of
the National Youth Administration.
4. Opportunity for young men otF
relief rolls, desirous of erMstment in
the Army and Navy, as well as the
45,000 increase i^ the U.S. Air
Corps authorized under the Emer
gency National Defense Act passed
by the 76th Congress,
5. Provision in the October en
rollment of the CCC accept as many
young men as possible from the
families of the 600,000 persons re
cently let out from WPA jobs.
6. The U-G.E. urger the WPA in
Washington and its fie|ld offices to
emphasize the imperative duty of
Govenors, Mayors, and other local
officials setting up additional ma
chinery for facilitating the immed
iate investigation and speedy re-cer
tification of all those dropped from
WPA rolls in order to minimize
their suffering and distress and sub
sequent restoration to their former
jobs if no opportunities are provid
ed them in private industry.
7. The WPA is urged to take ad
vantage of the present Reljef law to
set up Self H^p Cooperative Colon
ies in the immediate proximity of
towns and cities for those dropped
from the Relief rolls. Sfome families
Association during thejr,.annual £gn- with luncheon s^jved in the univp-
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vention ^August 14-18 in New York
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City.
Tuesday, August 15 will be taken
up from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. with
table demonstrations by members of
the faculty of the Dentajl School
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could use their talents to raise hogs,
chickens and vegetables in exchange
for others who suply barbering laun
arying, hairuressing, cooking, sew
ing and other personal services. At
the same time these persons would
remain in q.ose contact with any pri
vate job opportunities in the city*
8. Allocation of $10,000,000 for
the extension of the present 100
WPA Household Training Demon
stration Centers to 1,000 under th.
new Work Relief law, which specifi
cally authorizes, "training for do
jnestie service" as urged before
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He is a member of the Frontiers
Cfub, the YMCA, American Wood
men, The United Sons and Daugh
ters of America, Second Baptist
Church and Sunday School and for
the past thirteen years has served
as Municipal Atorney for the Vil
lage of Hanford, Ohio, which is the
only colored village in the State of
Ohio,
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COLUMBUS
ATTORNEY IN
RACE FOR Cin
€OLtrM»tfS mvrtiey W% &
Lyman, an outstanding attorney in
tiie city of Columbus, only race can
didate to file for the position of City
Council has become a strong con
tender for that position. Attorney
Lyman has received the endorsement
of
nearly every
Civic, Social and
Fraternal organization in the city oi
Columbus. He has been very active
in social and civic affairs in the city
having served four years as com
mander °f the Chas, Bloc© Post of
the American Legion, four years as
Exaited Ruler of Franklin Lodge of
Elks, No. 203 I.B.P.O.E. of W.
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J. E. Spingarn, NAACP
President Dies At 64
NEW YORK J. E, Spingarn,
^president of the National Associa
tion for the Advancement of Col
ored People, died at his home here,
110 E. 78th Street, July 26 after
a long illness.
Mr. Spingarn had been president
of the NAACP since 1930. Prior to
that time he was chairman of the
board 1913-1919 and treasurer of
the NAACP, 1919-1930,
In 1913 he established the Spin
garn Medal which has been awarded
annually since that time to "the man
or woman of African descent and
American citizenship who has made
the highest achievement during the'
preceding year or years in any hon
orable field."
The 24th recipient of the Spin
garn medal was Marian Anderson,
famous contralto, who received the
medal from the hands of Mrs. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt at the 30th annual
conference of the NAACP in Rich
mond, Va., on July 2, 1939.
Throughout his long career with
the NAACP, over a quarter of a
century, Mr. Spingarn was an un
compromising fighter, for absolute
equal justice for the Negro race.
He became interested in the
NAACP years ago through the ex
tradition case of Steve Green, a
colored sharecropper who escaped
from Askansas after an argument
with the landlord over pay and his
crop. Arkansas authorities attempt
ed t0 extradite Green from Chica
go and warned him that a mob
would be waiting for him at the Ar
kansas line.
Mr. Spingarn was outraged when
he read of the Steve Green incident
and plunged into the work of the
association with his whole heart and
soul. The Steve Gtreen case was
won and the sharecropper did not
have to go back to Arkansas. From
that day throughout a quarter of a
century, Mr. Spingarn saw the as
ociation win victory after victory
and extend the rights of Nogro citi
zens over greater and greater areas.
He made four transcontinental
speaking tours for the association
in which he always insisted on pay
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sity building as the dental subjects
covered will include a comprehen
sive coursc in dentistry in all its
various branches. Faculty professors
listed to serve as clinicians are: Doc
tors L. R. Cahn, C. F. Bodecker, E.
bury, E. D. Ziskin, Leroy Hartmon,
H. P. Fritz G. B. Finch, E. H. Koch
Buehbinder, G. F. Lindig, C. R.
Oman, Henry S. Dunning, Adolph
Berger, B. D. Parker, F. S. McCaf
frey,
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C. McBeth. M. Diamons. T. Rose- I. Hirshcchfeld, F. E, Deube, W. H.
M. Waugh, H. J. Leonard,
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NATIONAL
WEEKLY
Wayman Puckett
Named to Post In
Ohio Liquor Store
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ing every penny of his own expens*
es. He becapue intimately acquaint*
ed with the problems of Negroes itt
every section of the country and of»
ten delighted to tell how some of his
audiences in the southern and border
states melted away person by pep
son before he finished his uneompro*
mising speeches on equa rights.
In 1916 Colonel Spingarn invited
the leading Negro leaders of the day
to his country estate, "Troutbeck,*'
at Amenia, N.Y., to chart a course
of militant and liberal action for the
Negro. The second Amenia confer*
ence was held sixteen years later ill
August, 1932^, when Mr. S)ingafti
had as his guests forty outstanding
young people from ail sections of
the country together with officials
of the NAACP on a week-end con
ference whose purpose was t0 advise
on a program for the Negro in the
light of the needs of the Negro you^h
of the day
Colonel Spingarn, who served duf«
ing the World War, is credited with
having been the chief mover in forc
ing the United States government to
train Negro officers for service in
France. Over 1,000 were s0 train
ed.
One of Hie most Memorable
speeches of Colonel Spingarn
that delivered at the annual con
ference of the NAACP in Cleveland,
Ohio, in 1919 in which he flayed the
treatment of the Negro by white
America and called for a militant
assault on all fronts to secure full
citizenship rights for colored Amefi
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Wayman Puekett, 80? South
Broadway, Thursday was appointed
a state liquor store employee. Paiv
F. Barnes, Eaton, was also named
store employe and Arthur Borger,
Hamilton, was named store manager
4"\*
Crawford, H. S. Young, E. B. Hoyt,
and D. J. McLaughlin.
Friday, August 18, from "0 a. m.
to noon the members of the associ*
ation pictures above will be among
those giving clinics at the School of
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