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Werner Biography Os Julius Rosenwald Is Praised
Philanthropist
V/as Rare Human
Tells Os Africa
Taniniola Ayorinde, a student at
Virginia Union University, Rich
mond, trom Nigeria, West Africa,
as president of the school’s African
Clui., is acquainting students with
many of the customs of his native
country. Special emphasis this
semester is being placed on the
economic and social life of the
African people. Mr. Ayorinde will
be remembered by many Atlantans
as a delegate to the World Baptist
Alliance hi the Gate City last sum
mer when this photo was made.
(SNS staff photo).
Child, 3,
Is Burned
To Death
Fifth Child
Overlooked By
Heroic Parents
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—(S N S>—
Little Do is Jean Lamberth, three
year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Lamberth, young
New Chicago Subdivision couple,
vas b rned to death Sunday
morning shortly after midnight
when their humble cottage at 1349
Noith Bellevue was reduced to
ashes by fire of an unknown ori
gin.
The child’s horrible death was
due to an oversight cn the part
of the parents’ heroic rescue of
four o her child, en, witnesses
stated.
It was not until the house was
almost burned to the ground that
'.he parents became aware that
one child was missing little
Ihree-year-old Doris Jean. Fire
men b ttled even more furiously
at the fTme in order to prevent
incineration of the body, but in
vain. A few minutes later the
charred body of the girl was taken
fiom her bed'.
The fire was discovered by Bob
bie Louise, who awoke in the
night to find that the window
curtains near their bed were
ablaze. Other sections of the
heuse were also burning and all
that th; parents could do was get
the child: en out to safety.
Funeral services for the child
were held privately at the Belle
vue Funeral Home, located on
North Bellevue, Monday after
noon. Mr. Lamberth, father, is a
WPA woiker. \
Chicago Pastor
Lauds Business
CHICAGO— CANP)—Last Sunday
was a red letter day in the history
of two of Chicago’s outstanding
organizations— Berean Baptist
church and the Chicago Negro
Chamber of Commerce.
At the end of the morning wor
ship the huge audience, led by their
soldierly pastor, flowed into the
downstairs auditorium where they
viewed the beautiful exnibits of
Negro businesses.
During the afternoon numerous
persons from various parts of th<-
Southside, passed through the ex
pun s.repuapjo ‘saicltu'es sno.w
hibits, each one taking home num-
__ _
(Reviewed for ANP by Dr. F. D.
Patterson, President of Tuskegce j
Institue.)
One must acknowledge the
b jgraphy of Julius Rosemvald by ;
Dr M. R. Werner and just pub
ioed by Harper and Brothers as
a distinct contribution to the lite
rature of our time. It. is a splen
did statement of the life of a man
whose generosity was a source of j
untold benefit to literally thousands
o. human beings. It is likewise an !
excellent historical review of an
nportant period in the growth o: j
- Am ricsn nation.
ui us Rosenwald was one of tue J
rest examples, ol capitalism. Th< j
st of his life practically mark
ing the end of the period cf Amer
i an history when large individua
fortunes were being amassed. The
k.rge corporation which was ape- |
tent form ol business organization j
during his day almost completely I
it minates large scale business en i
"erprise at the present time.
FLAVOR OF REALITY ADMIRED
We admire this book for its |
flavor of reality. It reveals Rosen- j
wald as an astute business man. ;
honest to the core and offering to ;
his employes profit sharing oppor
tunities, but refusing to pay more
in wages than the prevailing scale
business enterprise at the present
time.
We admire him both as a man
vho refused to have his name as
sociated prominently with hu &
charities for the sake of self-ag
grandizement and as a man who
refused to ascribe his good for
tune and money making proclivi
ties to unusual intellectual abili •
ties. He was typical of the group
of philanthropists who regarded
their wealth as a sacred trust aud
the needs of mankind as an oppor
tunity to deliver themselves of the
same.
Rosenwald possessed the rare
quality of impulsive generosity
along with an intuitive sense ol
worth of the projects to which he
administered. It was to his credit
and to the benefit of the projects
which he aided that he always
sought to have his gifts—regardless
of their size—serve as a means of
stimulating generosity on the part
of others. He seemed to choose
with peculiar frequency the neg
lected areas of human need. It was
also characteristic of his giving
that once the worth of projects in
which he was interested became
established his aid was withdrawn.
The wisdom of this procedure is
amply supported in the fact that
many of the projects which he
aided have been continued at pub
ic expense.
HAD FAITH IN FUTURE
His pronouncement on the per -
petuity of endowments is regarded
as a contribution of greater value
than all of his charities. It was his
expressed opinion that the estab
lishment of restricted endowments
in perpetuity was fin unwise pro
cedure. He based his argument on
the fact that a rapidly changing
social order frequently rendered
hard and fast stipulations obsolete :
and therefore wasteful. He also nad |
unfailing confidence in the abili
ty and desire of succeeding gene
rations to look after their peev- i
liar needs. The author of tnis
biography wisely points out that
present world choas amply proves
the wisdom of a portion of this
•hilosophy, There is reason to b-r- j
live that a growing social consci
ousness will justify tlm remainder
A more generous understanding I
of Rosenwald’s great humanitarian
philosophy can be gleaned from
the description of his attitude on
Jewish charities in the face of
heartbreaking tragedies involving
his people. His refusal to support
Zionism as a movement for the
establishment of a Jewish home
land as compared with integrating
Jews within their respective coun
tries should find a responsive note
with Negroes who have resisted the
Garvey movement and other de
portation schemes as unwise. In a
similar way Rosenwald refused to
help Jews alone within a nation
when many non-Jews within the
same nation were likewise in dis
tress. The obvious result, of such
an attitude was to stamp him as
a great humanitarian above the
emits of race.
GENEROSITY OF MAN
REVEALED
The discussion on the Negro is
a distinct contribution to the his
tory of the group. It charters with
unusual clearness the early edu
cational efforts of the Negro in
the South. The fact that Julius
Rosenwald’s aid to this group in
the building of rural schools
t mounted to a figure equal to that
which had been expended through
cut the entire South in the 20 yeai -
revious to his effort reveals both
he generosity of the man and the
scarcity of existing facilities. It is
ery evident that his contributions
constituted one of the most potent
stimuli for the development of
educational facilities for Negroes.
In so doing he contributed to eco
romic betterment of the South a*
large; was indirectly responsible
lor better ft-oilh/as for white chil
dren; and measurably improved
interracial understanding and
goodwill.
Julius Rosenwald’s wise action in
establishing a fund for the continu
ation of his charities has a fine
result in the effort which is now
TJi. PiWn Os A,
Fills historic scene of a humani
tarian president greeting a scientist
who' has contributed so much to the
Jeltcr living of human beings was
The Globe Trotter . Bv Cliff Mackay
What About It,
THE APPOINTMENT of Fr a nk
Murphy to the attorney-generalship
of the United States shortly after
:: defeat for re-election as Mich
gan’s governor was .greeted with
much acclaim by the colored citi
zenry of the wolverine state, who
had crown to know him as a fair
minded and jus-
Led this faith in
the liberality of maCKAY
this red-l>aired,
piously Catholic official.
iis ardent moral and financial
upport of the National Association
v the Advancement of Ccloiec.
i. i iple of which he wa s a board
v. : mber, also dispelled any doubts
i at might linger in the minds oi
hose still suspicious cf his sincere
and genuine interest in your welfare
c a group
SAW A GUARDI W
You saw in him not only a strong
arm of assistance in your fight foi
the rights avid privileges so long
J lied you, but a staunch guar
dian of all those broad basic hu
ll: *n liberties sec out clearly 148
Ma jor Lovett Says Ninth,
Tenth To Be Reorganized
WASHINGTON— (ANP) —Brand
ig as pure .umor any story that
Uj famous 369th infantry' of New
York City or any other national
uard unit for that matter would
■ ugment the defense units in the
Canal Zone at Panama, Major
Ralph A. Lovett of the U. S. army
declared that only such organiza
tions as were in the regular army
would be called upon to perform
such duties.
Discussing the reorganization oi
cavalry regiments according to the
new program adopted by the U. S
i my, Major Lovett said the 9th
id lUth would be reorganized into
being expended in improving the
quality of education which goes on
in the 5,343 Rosenwald schools and
in the rural South generally.
His sagacity is nowhere more
evident than his attack upon the
problem in health in general and
s philis* in particular. He pioneered
ti:is field when it was lens
p pular wiih the medical profes
n than it is today and when the
spirochete disease was not a sub
ject of polite conversation. In brief
he W'as a benevolent influence on
mankind and his services to hu
manity are destined to grow move
:., illiant with the passing of time.
TEXANS ANSWER CALL
TYLER, Texas— (ANP)— Pu>
s. ant to the call of Bishop Randali
A. Carter, Chicago, four general
officers, 14 presiding elders, many
pastors, missionary ladies and lay
men gathered here Tuesday at
IV. les chapel CME church, to study,
counsel, plan and devise the pro
gram and methods to be used in
the financial campaign to raise
0,000 for. a new dormitory at
college.
The phoenix index, phoenix, Arizona
selected by SNS editors this week
as the “picture of the year.” It was
made ivhen President Roost)/el t
visited Tuskegee Institute in the
Mr. Murphy?
years ago by the framers of the
Bill of Rights.
Your belief in his desire to see
that some action was taken toward
wiping out! the fasterin* sores of
disfranchisement, of m<|| violence
and lynchings, of peca%p that
have marred the face of American
democracy v/as further confirmed
cine several months ago when he
announced the formation of a Civil
ibe ties department of the De
partment of Justice.
This announcement held all sorts
of premise for you. Many saw in it
the long awaited chance for se
wing redress. It portended under
(he dynamic and fearless -leadership
of Mr. Murphy a series of sweeping
lvestigations into the hateful sys
tem of discriminations and segrega
tions that have deprived many of
you of most of those guarantees of
he Bill of Rights.
HOPES IN VAIN
And since the department was to
re operated as a part of the De
partment of Justice, your grievanc
es, you thought, would not just end
with an “investigation” but would
e carried further into actual pros
ecution of those individuals and of
ieirls wlro have so brazenly flaunt
ed the Bill of Rights.
The passing of time has proven
hat your hopes wore in vain.
Tenths have slipped by and the
Department of . Civil Liberties has
mysteriously failed to function
the new formations as scon a.s they
can be reached and equipment is
available for outfitting the two
famous regiments. However, there
will be no increase in the personnel
;f these two units.
O NEGRO DOCTORS i'N
ARMY
'
When questioned as to the pres
i ence of Negro doctors in the regu
lar army, Major Lovett said there
were none as far as he knew. How
ever, he promised to look into the
situation and give a statement
; ,»ith regard to this particular phase
!of military affairs at an early
date.
“1 have been in the army for 23
years,” said Major Lovett “and 1
j nave served with only one Negro
I c-giment and that is the 241 h. 1
cave first hand information on
hem ‘and I know they are real
oldiers. If there is any doubt
about their ability, just get them
out on the rifle range and you'll
find out just what they stand
for.”
.UM ITS CJN TAMILI ARTY
Having no information on the
-iner units of Negro troops in the
regular army, Major Lovett said
- e w r as not familiar enough with
them to discuss their various
chases. However, he was loud in
praise of his old regiment, the
iUth, and said he was almost will
in-T to measure them against any
other outfit in the service.
In discussing the Thomas act of
a few years back, Major Lovett
aid this act precluded any Negro
or any other officers in the medical
detachment of the army because
the exams were open for competi
tion for the rank of second lieu
tenant. .Some 1,000 of these were
appointed with the majority of
them, going to the combat units
t
Spring and shows him affection
ately greeting Dr. George Wash
ington Carver, Ttiskegce’s great
scientist. (Acme photo).
This silence is doubly ominous
when it is pointed out that several
vases have been placed in the
hands of the newly-formed depart
ment.
Many of these instances of civil
rights violations have been most
flagrant. Occurring • chiefly in the
Southern libei ties and a riown
ight contempt for the too casually
enforced 14tii and 15th amend
ment sections of the Constitution
The department has been repeat
edly advised of outrageous peonage
cases in two Georgia counties. It
has also been tcld ox these practic
es going on in Florida and lately
North Carolina.
DEPARTMENT SILENT
One plantation owner in North
Carolina brazen inserted an ad
vertisement in the county • news
paper advising his neighbors not
to- hire one of the men who had
scaped from his farm, a practice
harking back to the dark days of
la very.
All of this has been called to
ihe attention of Mr. Murphy’s new
department without any announced
action being taken.
Led by the vicious Ku Klux Kian
and backeef ’ey the ‘equally Un
imerican “Red Shirts’’ masked
night’ riders ' during the past few
months, since the foimation oi
Mr. Murphy’s widely publicized new
department, have conducted sn un
relentless assault on the civil lib
erties ol black South Carolinians.
The new department has been
nance and signal corps.
with a few being sent to the or-
Have Hard Time Placing These Kiddies
- . .
When the British Government
began evacuation of London’s chil
dren from the city to country dis
tricts, hardest to be placed were
the youngsters of colored English
Gov. Long Can’t Find White Man
To Replace Negro He Would Fire
Bv ROBERT MoKINNEY
BATON ROUGE, La.—(ANP)—A
Negro porter who is a wizard at
king and waxing furniture, Isa
iore Augustus, is believed to have
mzz.ed.. .. in in fact, stopped in his
.racks the governor of Louisiana,
Earl K. Long, who has decreed that
til Negroes working on state job
would be fired and their work given
o whites.
Thirty-five were discharged with
it a moment's notice, but not Au
'us The superintendent of thi
’fol annex, Ike Prescott, cannot
md a white man in Louisiana io
tcessfullv do his work, strange
s it seems, not evqn those whom
>; Gecrge Washington Carver-like
h eporter has been forced to teach
It' mystifying.” state official con
'nck\ explaining that Augustus is
i Christian man whose powers over
il and wax are more stringen'
ban those of the governor.
AKES ALL IN STRIDE
Isadore Augustus, a quiet, gent
manly person, takes all of this in
is stride. If he has a secret in
. axing furniture he will not divulge
it; if his ability is a gift from God.
loboriy knows.
A kind of peculiar sqeticsim in
Gov. Earl L. Long varies here like
he east wind. Some Negroes will
rot believe the governor discon
tinued firing Negroes off state jobs
ts abruptly as lie began because
he knows the whites cannot do the
work as well as Negroes. They
believe that the hundreds of tele
rams sent by preachers condemn
ng Gov. Long fur his action is the
sole cause of him carrying out his
threats, which would have direct
ly affected nearly a thousand Ne
groes working at L. b. U. and the
charity hospital.
lItJPE L9NG’S DEFEAT
It is no secret +hat Negroes i
all parts of Louisiana are hoping
that Gov. Earl K. Long will b
defeated in the forthcoming gubn
natorial ejections. Their only rea
son for this desire is baseed on his
open, remark* about discharging
them. Sam Jones, a rich lawyer, is
the only Candidate who hasn’t said
anything uncomplimentary about
Negroes.
While more Negroes registered this
year than in previous years, their
voting strength isn’t sufficien to
whites. However, in a few years, if
cause any worry on the parts of the
whites. However, in a few years,
if the present enthusiasm continues
Negroes in New Orleans will hold
lie balance of power, a thing the
white man has always feared.
repeatedly told how peaceful citi
zens have oeen rudely awakened in
the middle of the night by men
who smashed their way into hous
es, kidnapped brutally beaten, ail
in a terrorist campaign designed to
keep black men from voting.
ALI VICTIMS BLACK
Gs course all of these instances
cited involve the protection of the
civil liberties of black Americans.
■Tliis in itself might be significant.
There are some who argue that
there would be plenty of action
had the skin of the victims been
of paler hue.
It should be hardly necessary to
point out to Mr. Murphy that civil
liberties are civil liberties. When
their protecting arms are loosen
ed from about black men, the time
will be very brief before this pro
tection is also lost to all Americans
no matter what they may chance
„o be.
men living in Great Britain. Many
residents of the English coun
tryside, showing color prejudice
remiscent of the .Southern part ot
WiilHePrayTo Demos Again?
r ‘’Wmm
CS5•> JtoUS&hB
SmSBSr
Dll. MARSHALL SHEPARD
Wonder what Senator “Cotton
lid - ’ Smith, the very impolite so
lon from South Carolina will do
this summer if the Rev. Marshall
Sbepaqi, merger of the Penn
sylvania legislature, is called upon
Cheer 250 Families
Thru World’s Fund
ATLANTA, Ga.—(SNS)—
Nearly 250 needy families h a d
been given baskets of provisions
through the Atlanta Daily World
Christmas Cheer Fund Drive Sat
urday evening and more were to
be benefited. Chairman Lucius
Jones and workers in the campaign
at 192 Auburn avenue. N. E.. ap
peared plated over the fact that the
drive is the most successful ever
staged by tiie Nation’s only Color
ed Daily.
Contributions came in through
Saturday, last reports showing that
$13.48 was contributed the last day
of the drive. A total of. 283.38 in
cash had been accounted mr and
indications were that other late
contributions will be realized. Dona
tions of materials for baskets con
tinue!. To date, the 1938 campaign
has been surpassed by $112.38. while
the goal of S2OO set for this year
has been surpassed by SB3 38.
A large number of canned goods
was realized through the Cheer
Fund Kiddies’ show at the Ashby
and Royal Theatres Saturday morn
ing. Tliis swelled Hi; 1 number oi j
provisions for the needy.
Deadline receipts Saturday were
is lollows:
K. Wilson Lavender, vi
dent of Hunter Hills 15.00
JUigliligiit social and Savings
Club, David Irwin, rep. .. . 2.(M!
Modern Cavaliers, Francis Smith
reporter l<*>
Miscellaneous 1.73
Rev. D. T. Babcock, pastor of
Big Bethel AME church 1.00
Needlecraft and Charity Club,
Miss Louise Renders, pres... I.OC
Ki(z Savings Club I.Oii
Miss Adella C. Harris, varied
merchandise for baskets
Total Saturday, Dee. 23 .. 13.48
Previous Total 26y.»0'
Deadline Date Total $283.33
the United States, after first
agreeing to accept youngsters, gave
an emphatic “no” when black chil
dren appeared.
SATURDAY. DECEMHER 80, 1939
i to pray again at the 1940 National
Democratic Contention? Cotton
Ld walked out in 1930 when Dr.
Shepard was offering the prayer at
the convention. He is shown here
a* that convention. (International
Photo.)
Heads Doctors
/f|| %-• .gMH
- :
Dr. C. Wayn.ond Reeves was sc*
Icoted president of the Atlanta
Medical Society at it* la c t meeting.
Other officers selected intludetl: Dr.
Mark A. Thomas, vice president;
Dr. 3fare L. Jackson, secretary; Dr.
Georgia Dwelle, treasurer; Dr. It. 1..
Chamberlain, chaplain and Dr.
James YV. Madison parlimentarian.
According t reports, the last
administration arranged more scieu*
.ifit- discussions than were arrange
ed during a H the years of the so
ciety’s previous historp. Other work
was outstanding. The society looks
forward to one of the greatest years
a its existence.
N. C. Mutual
Given Prizes
Fifty prizes consisting of a half
ton of coal, turkeys, bags of gro
ceries also sacks of sugar were
awarded policy holders holding
lucky tickets by the North Caro
lina Mutual Agency Force Atlanta,
at the YMCA Friday evening, De
cember 22 at 8:00.
These prizes are given annually
by the agents in appreciation of
the excellent cooperation given
them by their policy holders dur
ing the year and especially during
Agent’s Jubilee Week December 4.
There was not sufficient space to
seat those who attended.
Short addresses were made by W.
A. Quilliam, Supervisor in charge
of Thrift clubs and Sub-Agents Mr.
J. L. Wheeler, assistant agency di
rector and supervisor of the South
ern Section. Mis s Beulah Johnson
rendered a solo. Poems were read by . >
Messrs. Henry O’Neal and James
Hughey.
The principal address was de
livered by J. W. Dobbs, grand mas
ter ot .Masons State of Georgia.
( HAS. JOHNSON APPOINTED
NEW YORK— tO— Harold D.
Jacobs, acting administrator of the
Department of Labor Wage and
hour division, announced on Wed
nesday ti e appointment of Charles
S. Johnson, of Fisk University, as
a member of Industry Committee
No. 9 for the Railroad Carrier In
dustry