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From One Mayor To Another
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Edward J. Jeffries, Mayor of Detroit, shown here listening at
tentively to Reuben J Patton, president ct the Michigan Colored
Mayors Association, explain why he thinks the convention of un
official Mayers elected throughout the United States, meeting in
Detroit August 29-31, will be a huge success, while Dr. McLeon Mor
rison, mayor of Detroit’s Harlem looks on,
Ohio Governor Given
Findings Os Negroes
COLUMBUS, Ohio—(SNS)— The
report of the findings committee oi
the Ohio Conference on Employ
ment Problems of the Negro was
presented to Governor John W
Bricker on July 26 by S. Burn:
Weston, Ohio NYA Administrator
committee chairman.
Members of the committee met
with the Governor and Weston to
review the report and make their
recommendations for meeting prob
lem of mass Negro unemployment in
Chio. The question of Negro youth
unemployment was given emphasis
in the original meetings of the con
ference last February, and was
dealt with as a special problem in
the report presented. N.Y.A. in
Ohio employs 850 young men and
650 young Women of the Negro
race on work projects.
Special consideration was given
the entrance of the Negro into
professions. It wag cited that al
though Negroes comprise only five
per cent of Ohio’s population, the
Negro relief load is estimated at
ten per cent of the population of
some Ohio communitiee, and sixty
per cent in others..
.Factors listed as contributing to
the Negro unemployment problem
were: lack of general knowledge of
the problem, denial of apprentice
ship opportunities: discrimination
in Civil Service eligibility selections;
skepticism of employers about har
monious association of white and
Negro workers; unwillingness of
Negroes to join unions; lack of ap
preciation by Negro workers that
increasing efficiency is demanded
of them and the displacing of Ne'-
groes by white workers in tradition
al Negro occupations.
• Lieutenant Lawrence Oxlev of the
Bureau of Employment Security
Social Security Beard, met with
the.committee. The Social Security
Boa"rd has been active in stimulat
ing such conferences in each state
Committee members are: Wade
Hammond, Ohio State Employment
Service, Columbus; Dr. J. L. Otis.
Cleveland College, Cleveland; Dr.
E. L. Bowman, Personnel Training
Chief, Unemployment Compensa
tion Bureau, Columbus, Dr. D. O,
Walker, President, Wilberforce Uni
versity, Xenia; Sam Shephard,
Akron. Martin C. Kelley, Cleveland
Child Welfare Board; Dewitt Huff
As Atlanta's Apex Beauty College Graduates Received Diplomas
After completing scientific train
ing in Anatomy, Hygiene, Sanita
tion, and the Theory and Practice
of Beauty Culture, the above stu
dents of the Apex College were
man, Ohio Federation of Labor,
Cplumbus; Jesse Heslip, Attorney,
Toledo; Dr, Alma Herbst, Economics
Department, Ohio State University;
Mrs. Ella P. Stewart, Toledo; Rev.
Grant Reynolds, National Ass’n
for Advancement of Colored People;
Dr. H. W. Nisonger, Education Col
lege. Ohio State University; Leo B.
Marsh, Executive Secretary, YMCA,
Columbus; John Getreu, president,
Columbus Federation of Labor; Wil
liam Papier, Research Division, Un
employment Compensation Bureau,
Columbus, Robert Black, Akron, O.;
L. Sharpe, Manager, Atlanta Life
Insurance Company, Cleveland; and
Thomas Starks, United Mine Work
ers of America, Bellaire.
Urge Removal Os Race
Bars In Army, Navy
NEW YORK—(S N S)—Sec
retary of War Henry L. Stinson
and Secretary of Navy Frank
Knox, recently appointed by
President Roosevelt, were urged
by the NAACP to remove all dis
criminaucn against , iNegiwes in
the armed forces.
The NAACP pointed out that
Negroes are prevented from en
listing in any branch of the Navy
save the mess corps, and from
most branches of the Army with
the exception of a few segregated
urut;’. “a he new defense program
the NAACP letter stated, “de
pends entirely upon the establish,
ment of unity among the Ameri
can citizens of this country. The
refusal to fully integrate Negroes
who constitute the largest mi
nority group in this country tends
to distroy that unity which is
necessary to the success of the.
new defense program.”
The NAACP urged defense sec
retaries “to take the necessary
steps to prevent any discrimina
ii i agaii si Nearoe in cue nt-w
defense program and to remove
the old types of discrimi auo*>
now existing in the present armed
forces to end that Negroes will be
graduated during impressive exer- i
cises recently held at the Greater |
Wheat Street Baptist Church, At
lanta, Ga.
These graduates represent an
Hundreds Os Negro Farm Youth Expected
To Attend New Farmers Meeting Aug. 4—7
To Nominate Seven
Superior Farmers
Greensboro, N. C. — (SNS) —The largest organized group
of Negro larm boys in the world. New Fanners of America, will
assemble at Arkansas State College, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, for the
sixth national convention, August 4-7. Approximately 500 dele
gates from ;5> states will'he in attendance.
All details incidental. to tne
convention program have been
completed here in the office of
S. B. Simmons, national executive
secretary.
The New Farmers of America is
the national organization of Ne
gro students studying vocational
agriculture in the public second
ary schools, under the provisions
of the national vocational educa
tion acts of the United States
Congress First organized in sec
tional meetings in 1927, with 400
boys, the organization has steadily
grown until it has reached a total
of 53,000 active members in 18
states. It is designed to build up
agriculture, improve country life
for Negroes and emphasize citizen
ship, patriotism, agricultural lead
ership, and efficient farming.
TO GIVE AWARDS
The convention is centered
around the theme “Establishing N.
F! A. Members in Farming.” Pro
gram features include special au
dresses by many of the nations
leaders in diverse fields, band con
certs, discussions, the national
quartette singing, public speak
ing, and agricultural judging con
tests, awarding of Superior Farm
er degrees and selection of tne
ranking Superior Farmer for
1940 and the granting of the H-
O. Sargent award.
Giving addresses are J. M. Har
ris, president of Philander Smith
College, Little Rock. Arkansas; J
B. Watson, president of the host
college; W. H. Bell, president ol
Miss. A. and M. college, Alcorn
Miss.; and Frank L. Williams
pijncipal of Va&hon vocational
high school, St. Louis, Mo.
As an additional feature the
various state N. F. A. associa
tions will have illuminating ex
hibits at the meeting. Anothei
entertaining feature will be a
integrated into the armed forces
without discrimination because of
race or color.”
PRAISES PICKEN’S EDITORIAL
NEW ' YORK—(A N P)-The
First Lady of the Land praised
William Pickens’ editorial on the
Youth Congress meeting recently
Minimum Pay Set
For Hotel Workers
NEW YORK,--<ANP)-- Mini
mum cash wages of 26 cents an
hour for waitresses, 35 cents for
chambermaids and bath maids and
36 cents for other women and.
minor employees in all-year ho
tels, who do not receive meals
or lodging were recommended
unanimiously by the Hotel Mini
mum Wage Board under (he
Minimum Wage Law’, it was an
nounced last week.
The following changes are ap
plicable, according to number ol
meals received by workers, 3 cents
less per hour if employee received
intellectual status that is superb, .
and many of them not. only have j
high school and college training, j
but are school teachers and reg i
islercd nurses. These ibeaulieians )
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son park.
SEVEN TO GET DEGREE
There are seven candidates for
t|he “Superior Farmer” degree
highest honor awarded by or
ganization. From this list of seven,
one will be chosen the ranking
Superior Farmer of 1940 forth?
entire country The candidates are
F. J. Holmes of Whitehaven, Ten
nessee; Avery Phifer, of Clarkton.
North Carolina; Emmett George,
of Whitevilie, North Carolina,
Lester C. Albert, of Delray Beacii,
Florida; Norman Dodson, ox
Charlottesville, Virginia; Willard
Mason, of Dover, Oklahoma; ana
W. E. Martin of Jonesvihe, La.
Another important award to be
granted by the organization is the
H, O. Sargent award. This piaque
is presented each yeafin the honor
of the late Dr. Sargent who was
for a number years, federal agent
for vocational agriculture. The
award is given to a former voca
tional Agriculture student now
engaged in farming on an inde
pendent basis.
Candidates for this honor ar?
O. F. Youngblood, of Delray Beach.
Fla.; Napoleon Gallien Jr., of Ope
lousas, Louisiana; John T. Holmes
of Whitehaven, Tennessee; and
Robert Howard of Richvilie, Ala
bama.
In addition to the trophies to be
awarded tne ranking superior
farmer end the winner of the H
O. Sargent award, cash prizes will
be given by tne Southern aivision
of Sears Roebuck a*.id Company
presentation will be made by J. C.
Haynes, personal director of tne
Atlanta office of this concern.
JERSEY MAYOR RAPPED
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.—(ANP)
—The action taken by Mayor
Thomas D. Taggart Jr., last week
restraining an act involving a
white entertainer at a Negro owned
night club drew fire from a score
of Northside citizens.
ONE KILLED, FIVE INJURED
MEMPHIS — <A N P)—An aged
man was killed and five other
elderly persons seriously injur
ed near here last week when a
car crashed into the rear of a
truck load of cotton choppers.
in a message to him from the
Roosevelt estate in Hyde Park,
New York. Mrs. Roosevelt’s mes
sage read: “Thank you for your
stand on the Youth Congress
meeting. You are right.” -
one meal a day and 6 cents less
an hour if the employee receives
two or more meals a day.
Residential employees in all
year hotels in New York City are
to receive $lO a week if room and
board is given and sl3 if room
only is included.
Public hearing to discuss the
findings of the Hotel Wage Board
will be held in Buffalo or. Aug
‘2O; svi’aeuse, Aug. 21; . Albany;
Aug. 26, and New York, Aug. 27,
before '.<he order establishing tile
new minimum is officially pro
mulgated under the law.
are now well prepared with the
knowledge of their profession to
pass the rigid State Board Exami
nations. The commencement ad
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Urge Dies To Probe Merger
Os Ku Klux Klan, Nazi Bund
Report Two To
Have Joint Meeting
, On August 18
NEW YORK—(SNS)—Congress
man Martin L. Dies, Chairman oi
the House Committee on Un-Ameri
can Activities, was again urged by
the NAACP to investigate the acti
vities of the Ku Klux Klan. The
request was based upon the pro
posed joint meeting of the Ku Klux
Klan and the German-American
Bund at Andover, New Jersey on
August 18.
The NAACP letter quoted the
statement of Dr. Edward D. Young,
grand Kailiff of the Klan in New
Jersey that the Klan “hopes to en
roll many new members. Bunds
men who can qualify will be wel
come.”
In view of the statements of Con
gressman Dies that he was investi
gating the German-American Bund
vhe NAACP charged that the pro
posed merger of the Klan and
Bund in New Jersey demonstrated
the similarity of the programs of
the two groups.
For this reason Congressman
Dies was requested to investigate
the Ku Klux Klan unless he con
dress was made by Dr. Charlotte
Hawkins Brown, president Palmer
Memorial Institute, Sedalia, N. C.
sidered their activities American
rather than “Un-American.”
Congressman Dies has been re
quested several times by the NAACP
to investigate the activities of the
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R. W. C.—This girl that I have
been going with says she will harm
me if I don’t do to suit her? is
there any danger?
Ans: None whatsoever. She’s do
ing everything she can to fool you
into giving her a nice slice out of
your pay envelope each week. Don’t
speak to her and insist that she
let you alone. She’s dangerous . .
let her go her way and you do the
same.
..G. H. Will I get married soonV
What should I do?
Ans: Yes, you should get married
right away. The young man is will
ing to keep your secret . . . don’t
inform your people as you now
have in mind.
T. Y. —Why did the girl down
the street who moved here from
out of the state stop speaking tc
me? She was so friendly for awhile.
Ans: The girl made your ac
quaintance first..then she heard
from various sources the little “un
necessary remarks” you made about
her and naturally she stopped
speaking. As long as you live young
fellow, she will never gain confi
dence in you again. Stop gossiping
so much.
L. P.—l would greatly appreciate
if you will tell me how I can get
the money that has been owing tc
me. I have talked to this person
for six months and she won’t pay.
Ans: Get you a lawyer and let
him write her a letter. I assure you
Klan in South Carolina, Florida,
and other Southern states. Despite
repeated efforts Congressman Dies
and his committee have refused to
investigate the activities of the
Klan.
that it won’t take but a couple of
letters from him, and she will pay
the whole bill. She’s frightfully
afraid of a lawyer..you must take
these steps if you expect to get
your money.
M. R.—l want to know if my
husband and I will ever live to
gether again? I love my husband
very very much and can’t get him
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1940
Six Mob
Victims,
Says ILD
NAACP Had
Reported Four,
Tuskegee None
NEW YORK-(SNS)— Three
Negroes and three whites were
brutally lynched in the first six
months of 1940, a survey by the
International Labor Defense dis
closed this week. The figure does
not include several others who met
death through lynch terror during
the first half of the year.
The survey, compiled as of June
30, reported a steady rise of mob
violence against Negroes, accom
panied by savage police brutality
resulting in death or serious in
j«ry to scores of victims.
Reported by the Labor Defense
organization as having been lynch
ed were:
1. February 3—Fort Gidson, Miss.
‘Texas Red” , (no other name
known) Negro Trailed by a lynch
posse for 34 days this fugitive, want
ed for the alleged slaying of a
deputy sheriff, was shot to death
by posse leader. Troops sent by the
governor to save him from lynch
ing never quite caught up with the
mob until he was dead.
2. 3. March 2—Atlanta, Ga.,
Sarajh Rawls and Benton Fora,
white, beaten to death by mob
dominated by or made up of mem
ers of the Ku Klux Klan. Taken
from a parked car in which they
were sitting, Klansmen charged
them with "immorality”.
4. March 7 —Atlanta, Ga. — lsaac
Gaston, white, flogged to death
with four-foot stud whips. KKK
charged him with “wife beating”
and “drinking too much.’’ Body
found in the woods.
5. June 23—Brownsville, Tenn.
Elbert Williams, Negro. One of the
leaders of the heroic Right-to-Vote
campaign conducted by Negro citi
zens. Body fished out of river
following a general reign of mob
violence marked by threats of
party from sherif ii
Negroes tried to register and vote
In the present elections. Arms and
feet tied with rope, head battered
in, two stab or bullet wounds in
body.
6. Reported June 29—New Roads,
La., Booster Williams, Negro, body
found on Highway 30. Attempts to
create impression of hit-and-run
driver death, contradicted by con
dition of body when found plus the
fact that this body, had been
threatened with lynching.
Among the examples of vicious
police brutality listed by the inter,
national Labor Defense was the
those of Ernest McDay, fifteen
year-old Negro boy who was beaten
to death by policeman at the State
Training school in Dallas Texas,
one day after entry on a four year
sentence.
The report bitterly assailed mob
violence and urged renewed efforts
to force passage of the anti-lynch
ing bill. It urged organizations,
groups and individuals to flood
Congress with letters insisting that
the measure long buried in com
mittee be favorably reported and
that it should become law before
the Congress adjourned.
off my mind at all. I’d rather be
dead than live this way.
Ans: Your present separation is
TEMPORARY. Your husband loves
you, but he has allowed his par
ents to influence him against his
marriage. Brace up and do not be.
come so bitter toward the world..
you will get your 1-iiskand bac* by
fall.