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NOR DUBH 'f'’, DURHAM. N. C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY MAY l, t»37 % Si; '^4^- MEET ON TO SPEAK HERE '^^PRQGRESSIVE BUSINESS MAN haitian Delegation Makes Report Of Visit 1,509 Jam Lindolii Tfieater To S tu.dy E^s Of Race; Say Negro Police Needed WILTON SALEM, Aprft, 27, I '—IfoM than 1»®W> Negro citl*ei» I of thtf eity met »t the Lincoln Theatjre located oo North Church !> atreet Sunday afternoon for the I pnrpoac of ntaMng a, study and finding « aalutien for the many ‘ elvi^ mnblem* whi^ confrtmt !he race in Winaton Salem. for the o;i;aBion was ,um^«d by. tke Smith Coval Jub under Section of Jas. SHts and the Southern Am- X jJ^orfc 1 - |Slpc‘akerB for «eetln|r were r-^antpt^ yeatdent of 1o- . I branch of the NAACP, Prof. . 8--Bfiynolds. principal « the It Fourteenth Straet school, in A. Flfttc):«K. Ik. S. X* itbaz^, paator 'gf St. jiiiti i»ri Th» principal for the occaiskga were Mrs. Henry and ' Dr. ^Weatherby. Both discutmd * '^We 9it^ dttlinquency among ^agfoas is. ^nrton Salem. Mrs. T ^nry atlte^ that If crime and de]^r»bU eonditions e'xist- ed in* the city Mnong Nkgrdes ic was due to the fact that they had no recitea^ottftl facilitteir, poor housing conditions, bad environ mental conditions, a* cooperation of church members and much un employment. She stated that if tbe city wished to stop would have to remedy tftSie cou* litiona before -its wish could be realisfd. Dr. .Weatlerby, inji^s address, praised tile NAACP, both l®cal Aiid national for the lontribution it is making to fte race. He stat ed that It wu Qgi^e Uiat ^e or ganisation only' fought for those things that w^ ~in% of fcarmmr with the laws ol the land, on the To Meet -•that higlier type mm 1m enq>loyed on poliee forces a^d that he felt Nafro policemen could do much, to burb crime in. qw>st of the state. Citisens «mt cooperate Wit3i ofhcera in upholding tte law said Dr. Weatheiby. tepin ecover ing From Wreck 5W YORK —(C) it, film comedian, was re- d recoveringHarlem hos Wednesday from injuries iiiftd {q an a^’tomoblle crsitli ^y morning, in which he red a fractured skull. Tha ktian, whoae real name is >ln Perry, caused constder- >how of interest as he laj^ in; pm ward in the' hospital, a screen around his bed. ''laziest’^man- in Ameriiui,*' ia paid to, hav« had three bills in hia pockctwheh he l^pitaC dassed the crash. Dr. Loui« T. It* noted authority on skull would not allow the it to be moved to Fifth or Lenox hospital Mon- wbaiVxthe «omedian’s own y physician arrived. A of fffm executives stood » Mi: Stepin f round Mveral minutes with the doctor, waHing to ask Dr. Wrtglt if the pktient might be. moved. ChilUrei^ of thS’ neighborhood, luring “Stepin Feliiiit” was in th|i hospi|al, sneaked upstairij, ^^ftg to get a pe^ at him. Hos pital employes from oyer the buUding, including doctor^ and nurses, came for |i .look-in. All day, however. Perry rtiowed no interest, keeping I'ja^se of laxy man. He told his doctor he was getting excellent care at Rarlem. Ha had twe private nu^es, one day '^and one night, costing him a total of |16 daily for tiiat ^r- viae alone. Reminiscent of Iris character Mt, a nurse brought Perry a cup of water.. He looked at it langui I dly, then drawled, *‘tn that the I biggest oup yoa'allvgot?” k#ssi., April 2S— *re being perfett- ed here igr the l«th Annual Na- 4ioaal ConTmti^o-w# the National AssociatiDn df Npgro .TallorsI’ De- aipiers; 'Drsainiakers and Dry CU*tM^ to.l^e held on August' ittefld»Hctf*Ta eyapimcM. A ntci^erE^ increae^ I* to W BOiig^. A spcejsl ^ejnber-'’ ship drive committee ia to be ap- pointad. One of the main 4eaturit»..«£ tha aoaventira wilt be tl;e dia- cMMon e# a ^lion dollar K^tl Negro Clothhig Corporation, A special committee for this put- po«e ia to be appointed also. The ^ atfipeiation ^as ^d tl^e'following Pn^dents; R^Bosa; Surl, the |Mii||ident, New Yocrk, ^ty. B. Htarison Qwk, NiM^ork. City. George E. ^Reynolds^hiladelphia, Pai P. A. lleDouga^- New Y^k, City. B. A. Jones, Chicago and Birmingham, „ Carey Wheaton, ^Richmond, Va. Ed. J. RoMneon, Qraeosboroi.N, C., W.*^ S. /Spar row, Boston, Mass. ^ j present officer^ of^ jhe association follows: W. S. Sparrow, president Bos- tlton, Mass.; L. J. Grimes, Fk^t Vice-President, Muskogee, OkJa.j W. ). Oatea, Jr.,^ Second vice« President; Natches, Missi; Mme. M. J. Green, Tl ird Visitors To Negro Repubiie Praise ^ " ‘ V ■ - . President Vincent J. Fialey WtfMi, tha Cmarf E>ait«Ml RmIoi •f Ellu wk« wiH Mivar tk« nmIm a^' ‘^r«*a for llW Edmmm t!«ui .CaaitfwJca • 4 Ml I City L*dg > Craa4 EsfftMl R«i« WtU«« win «p*ak •* May 4«h at lb« Carofiaa' C«li«c«. Aw- diterivn. NEW YORK-^(Calvin Special) —The report of the American delegation to Hbiti, led by Ma jor R. R. Wrigft, of Phhiladel- phia, and composed of C. C. Spaulding of Durham, Elder L. S. Michaux of Washington, Attor ney W. H. J. Brown of Newport News, Attorney 8> D. Mc^Il nn|U mation on the insuranoe busir^js A f. r * d... 1 ! _ _ William A. Amey, maii«c«r of Carolina Fuaci'ai Home and one mf the progi^tiiva bustn««« men -of Dttrbani. Mr. Amey receatly took over the' Shell Filliag Sta- ties located ea Corner of Pine aad Plantar Stnnrtk. Siat^ doing «o tike serviee of t1|ftt '^l»a#(ieaIaiF b«iipe«« iacrjQI^^ qaality.. - REDMOND W^r^RaW'CTR' A. I*. Lewi!i>,.of Jacksonvill*! Fla., continues from last week, when the party kad b«en received by Stenio Vincent. During the remainder of the week, the week, the members of the party began to seek points of Bpecial intei^st, as well aa to ob serve genet^lly tke, habits, 4us- toms, and everyday life of the pieojple. Stubse^iuently, all Govern ment b(i’^sc insti- i?uttona,‘i^^ha^, HEMPHIS, Tenn. _(0_Wm. B. Redmond, II, who was denied entrance to tha School of Pktr- Aiacy of fte University of Te iiK. essee last week bj^ Chancellor L. D. Bejacb, because the remedy does n^ot lie in the courts, but in the Board of Education or the Legiitlaiare,” will fight on, it ■Was «nnoun«!ied bjFhis attorneys, who are also representing the NAACP. son, Executive Secretary, Burliti- gton, N. C.; J, A. Summon?, National: Oi^nizer, A^ami, Fla. Mme. Cfi Frances Jonaa, Fashioo Director, Washington, D. d.:? R. S. Poole, Assistant Executive Se-. cretary, Greensboro, N. C. ;^C* C- Thorpe, Supervising General Of ficer, Cincinnati, Ohio; H., G. Days, Assista^ Supervisinjr Gen eral Officer^ f^Vttka, Fla;- Yancey, Nationd Exhibit Direc-; Vice-fVes»- ftor, Danville, Va..; James A^Cot- dent, Hartford, Conn.; J. R. [ton, Petersburig, Va*; Chairman Jones, Tuskegee, Ala.; M. K. Ty- National Executive Comi^ittee. trips other citie^ ai||l into the rural .districts. Cap H«KaR was viaiteid, and the envirc^ of x the Qlftdel and the palac*. diC >« ^uci, erected by King Chri^tophe tin Cap Raitien, the delegation ^et and vms entertained by Aome foryt Cap Haitien cofffe esport- crs. EUu^g the stay on W iaTand mBch time^'was i^ent in sto^visg tl e schools, the markets, aad the methods W producing the pro ducts of the country, and too, whilein Ifort-au-ftince, much in^ teresty, matiifasted in their visit'to the ’ Natfoiud ^nk of Haiti and aho^ to-the 4lEaiadian Bank. In their rounds, the dele gation also consulted with ^ the American financial adviser, 4fr. De I* Rue, who informed tlew thiit the Haitians owe. a national debt of less than ten million dol lars and will pay off their entire public debl. The financial adviser said the bonds of the countiy are, selling at little ^1?M than par«^and that the country is sound finapcially. It is expected that the Haitian bonds wu) have baeft paid at maturity. «^ough Haiti may be regarded as a poor coun try, U is nevertheless,, holdiiig its own. Mr. Lewit, and Mri Spaulding* were waited on by delegationi^of lrosin«M wen wbo^sought infor Several white insuraaca com panies are already on t>« groBud. In fact, most of the big business of the republici ia done by whi*»s. !%• Sugar Refinery, a mammoth affair. Is an example. Here native* «]’e paid only i’rbm thirty cents to forty cents per day. The whites .are 9»lung milKona of cheap ju^ivt la6oi^ The liAbr eonditions are dreadful. Attoraajr. t»i AttomiS- 16 AST i^4Vriot» HSie of the* Uv^ of ti-e people, and found bright Supreme Court Votes 5 to 4 Goimnuiiist Aflcieflt SI3H6 Law ^ASfflN{JTON»-. D. 1'^ ilie fj’reeUf^ of spr !c, United Statefs Supreme Cc^|^ in UhW the krw;**, tiy 6 to 4 decision this ^eek declar-^the guarantees of ck tboidied »n the F«*uxkccnttt Amn>d- *es ed the Georgta alava law snder which young Angelo Hendon, young Communist leader was sentenced to 18 to 20 yeara on the clmin gan^ aaeoaatitijftioiiaL Haradon waa duurged with in citing to insurrection under a Ga law patted in 1861 fio put down ■lave upristapB. The decisio nof the court not only .affected Angelo Herndon, but freed ItS other persona who, were under indict^rat un«kff the same law. Misa Anna Dunon, ing national secretary the ttonftf "tBhfer D^cnse, the organisation whlel fo«|jit ^coic of BerttdiMi, C^ptatag^ Sfiarpe* a* ment.’* HevM^ Stateai^t The foHowing statement wav iasned today bj^Angeht Herndon i^the deeiaieB of tiK United States Supreme Coart ’ freeing** him from a sentence of IB to 2A years Oq the Georgia eha^-gang «> a cluuge of "inciting to inaui rection for th^^^fraedom i3f Jrotfcw ■ WIMr V&a religion of the *ountry ia Catholic.'fii ipNMsIied kt tha AME Churdi ther«,^r.> Spauld ing visited the Baptitts «ii.con- ferred with several BaptfsY >ean Clement Gets A. U. Post JTA, Ga.—(Cl— The jor of tFe late Dr. ,Jo|^ Hbper, president of the A^nta Univtfsity system, haa been chosenl fie ia Dean Rufus £. Clement of Louisville Municipal Collegi^ 'aoii of the late Jiiahop George C. Clement of the AME Zion «hureh. Dean dlement, who Is 87i. ^ tha unanu^aa ^hoica of the boiled m ^IrusttM ^o^^ a position tiiat'haa caused mucbi speculation r«c«nt monthBt aco^ra of edi^ catora. vMoc for the Tl^: ^r«rident>«fad^ ifWl' ^ro WiAwy, N, Ci, aad l^ educed at Livingstone. College, Wp^ B.. D. degree, 'tJrois.’Gar- rt||’'Bibical Institute, aad tiio M. A:' %hd Ph. B. from Northwestern University. He became dean of LouisvUl eMunici|>al College in IMl. Dean Clement has alao been president of the National Associ ation for. Teachers in Colored Schools and of the Nationid Aasn- elatin of Collegiate Deans and Reglidtran. He la a member of ihe American Hist6.rical Association and the Association lor tha Study ht Negro Lif« and History, of .«4iieb tha late'‘43^. Jonn Ifope ■pwaldwit. AMERICAN GOOD-WILL OELIOATION TO HAITI Pictared above- are the- 'Coed- Wili Delegate* upon their MMwria to Amevica foll«wlRg a tw»- visit to thei Uli^ Rev«h- lie. Readliv frem |f|t to right are Majaa R- R. Wdgbt, Sri, PhUa. haii%ri*"A« tWu, tha •f AI«»>jkaMri«aa, Lift S. lanmuiyf CcfsiHtay, aad MeCill, attorney, both of Jack- •mville, Florida; W. H. C. Brown attorney, Waahfagton, D. C.j C. ^ Spaaldiag, baaker aad iaswr- aaee head mt Diukaoi, N. C,| a»d Elder 'Ughtfoott S. MHchaMx, aatioaally-haoWa radio avaage* All ^Iced eaeoaraglag opialeaa o{ proeiHii^ua future of Uiii Hat- tiaa Repahlie,. aad. axteasiveiy. praiaad Steaio Vineeal, tha l^^ad'a littl^ iitroog:,aMui. « ^ a toarki comaawahi^ eejter, tha Magatloa haart4| eador**d Pori««*Flriaea, clergymen. Much Infonrntion an the religious conditiMi of Ihe people 6f Haitt '«aa i^aaned. T^e d^agation coaehided that ^the Ameri^ Negro could do Jnuch to hqprove conditions in Baiti and the Amwrican Negro wonld help hintaalf. ^ The elttire party viaife the AgrkuHural College, hflMed i^by |in effidmt foreign educator, but offic^d byj^native B«|t|iknR, and doing effective work ia ^irain- faig Haitiana in thia voeatio«j, Thi dele^tion -diacovered thaft^t, A^^ltura) Haitian dairy herds contained regiatared Holateins, Jeraa]«, Jtmd Geroaaya.' iM" ffaie- loaldng aa may be found, any* where ia America. This achool daifg covrteaualy aiQiplled tha. 4elegatioB^with milk while thire. The delegation was greatly im pressed with the sincerity and fine work pf President Vincent. Hie President is truly woihing for tha best intereiic of the cnn^-* mon people. Through a, fouiula- tion started by himself, it waa noted that many of the peawnt class have been gi/e'i an opport^ hTty to' Hve in neat, modern homes, adding greatly to th^ roK ckd progresa of th** capital citjr. SELASSIE STAMP SALE CROWING NEW YOM-^(C)— Coopera tion of Harlem stores in the sale of ^ail« Sebwde aoovenir stampa continues, according to- “The Voi£e of . Ethiopia,’* 2S62 Seveq||\ avenue, whkh ia now publi^iog a longer list of stores coopera ting than heretofore. HARLEM Sergeant in ^ARGE DtETlCriVE SQUi Nirw YORK—(C>- the first time in. the hiatMy of the 'Police Department, Sergeant jUinanuel Kline was - promoted to officer in charge of the Zath Dt* teotive S^uad of the Beat 12Ath street Station, where tba popu lation ia largely «^ite, last Mon- day. "CUPIDilN'* (Hf WAAB a BOSTON. Mass.—(C)-:- “€« tha great Weafe Indian ^MaafUut who flew here from Jaauiica, ior «i United' S^es S^^me today, in I decisive victory liwt att ^BF^piugienlfc 'foreea «i %e' cc It strikM another hMvy blo^|ft J -m Crr 7 oppacisiMn ofJ|w N«gft people. TT e Cva I y**>? of crjacleae nnd ur>7i«idm.» “The f to 4 split on thii qucs-, r*i»du«fr By Int»r- tio4 empfcaeiae* the reactionary r "Stional Labor Defense^ its ^jadj-ajid g;a_;:y against the be.' ir^ v,j GeoagiJ anti-:’."T.' >naorr '»,i-m law,' Kal Tttt UHiveraal^ e«n- ..v-a thoosiMids iif lovers of f frcedon, |wrt!c Devanter, James C. McR«ynold'. George Sutharburl, and Hfrc* Butler, who wrote an opinion dis- ^ vain, aenting from the majority ot thoi :ifecr"Tfe wpfng ef Justice O. 'C. ■irion. Robe' ts, who 'vviivt ifcie .qwi ^rom the .reactkipary Moe 9 this case in tite Wagner Act de- is an indieation of ef public^oplHion directed fln the ■ United States 57uprerite Court as the political body which “d Jei'to-jracy, »’aj so t :>i .at tr.' 'aw'me Court i!ared not repeak. !,;>« same I::sd tr-^rca *;onary deeiaien as it did ttdcebefore inmy aute. The fact tJat 1 Was Ir.^.C.'y * Harrow liiargin rf one lono histwe, aho switched to\tt«'four ttberais, i* it has now ^nerally been reeog-1that ^e fight of my friends r^iaed to be.” 1. j^and defenders c:.usr'! the nins Hie majority opinion said thai wily justices minr bcadaches anJ don h%d violated no law*' slc3lc_ss nights, and that even' if the Insurrection'"ffeturally, I am happy to be Caw had been Violated,, ft* was un- ^frw constitutiOBaL. i.t cite d specifi- dtlly Hemdon’s Wmbeii«hfp ir the Communist I^^rty, his sol'ci- tation of mesAership, and hit possession of' literature, 'as 1e- acts. “The atatute aa conatmed and applied,'* the decision >aid.'* mounts merely to a drag-net which may enmesh anyone who agitates for a change of govern ment if .ji jury can ibe persuaded tiiat he ought to have foreseen words would have soma effect !k' the future conduct of ^them. “No reasonably ascertainable atandard of guilt ia prescribed. -So^-vague and indatarmfautta are the boundaries thus set to tha again. 1 to take this oppartunity to thank aQ of thoae j who have worked so untirtnifly for my freedom. But I cannot be r-ntented with the personal free dom to move a-oQi.dl without molestation from tkotie forces which would not fnly,Uki^ snatch- me frs^ tliA.nob^ figJIiEt,. for the ema»e;aoiioft of, gro people and ath«m . . BMmbers of the lowlyK.hi^ w|knt to eontkiutt in p^spetael^pyj^ their evil an3Te?iiS‘1i>Epire all workers. It ha» been a great fight. There > still graUar wairk to do and I am han>y ttot 1 ahall be able to contribute iphatever 1 eu^ to-^a eontkroa*io» 'Ight.'* i Qroup Highly Entertained In l^raaAt^ hy 9*^ E. Harrla' folloaring ia a report of a re- ^j|ei|l«l«n tendered Mr. €._ G. Spanl- and other ft»neiera aa a^- 9^u«d in- a French Bawnpaper. Laak natm ilsj af|in»nnn at hia privata reaWance at HrtiaB-V9£t, Georgea N. £ag«r, 4|i|a Saeta- tary of VotwlgB Belatie||k toader- ad a fcrtBtoet recaptiM ia of arell-lmoiRi NarA' Amuaimtm .Ommamn now at PweMM-FrtMa. MeQWi. A. A. Lewia, C. C. •0U. pamvsca ncffrtly, Mh WntioH over WAAB rfrfilag, whea he will be intfay^CiarfaiKt mt liaaia* aa tha HonnlBg Carnival fnfptmf to f :4$. Spanldiag, I3det^ Mkhanx aad W. H. 7. Brovm. M. Wrjgh^ tU begged to be excuafd. fovited fdso by tte St^ See^ , retary ware; Mr. Itadacnk Du- vigneaiwfc Sttte Saetetary a^tfea Interior; ll?'>^on Cterha, State SMratary ^ JwtiiBK. aad Cultaa; tary ef Ptaliiie merea; daati'M la ripKyiimt i
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