teJcLll Mass
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VOLUMHJlg JN4 4
• . DUIIHAM. C. SATURDAY JAN. 22, 1938
nucs psirx cxwi*
N. C. tl. A.
BftttEY’S SFEECN
Chairmait Negro Affairs
Committee Protests
Attack On Race
FORMER OXFCmo CITIZEN
MAKING GOC^ AS DENTIST
IN OKLAHOMA
I
»o—
Norto Carolina CommH-
ic* on Negro. Affairs, through ita
chairman, Hoaea V. Pfice, of
Winston Salem, last week ad
dressed a strong proteest to Sen
ator Josiah W. Bailey regafdlng
uttei'ances the senator made
while opposing the Wiamet^Van
Nuys antflynching bill.
Senator Bailey, while filibust
ering Wednesday, iMiii|tcd ,a vivid
picture of tha party eon8eque.«i-
Tho Ne^o represents a very
small part of popolatioB of
,. , . ^ the South. The machinery of
w* admteto&*Hoi^
of the, iill into law and in doing
so used language which pv’ce
charaQteri^ed a». “fanning the
flamea of intr-rkcial hatred.”
Pi’ice, a , Win- ton Salem law
yer, active jn Iratemal work,
discussing" the protest iast week
said the North Carolina Commit
tee on Negyb Affairs had no in
tention of crJfiiinjf 'tH'e merits or
djwnerits of the anti-lyncliing
bill. ; ■
Prota*ta Lancua^e, Tatics
Ita action, he* safd, wa» ,r»fe%r/
a protisst against the language
and tactics the senior Nortti Ca
rolina senator, used.
*‘We don’t iniettd oor letter to
Senator Bailey to be a bitter at
tack,” he. said. “Hb\*ev«r,' we do
feel that ii ia^lSad thing to have
anyoiM .with the prestige of Se
nator Bailey, to say some qt the
things he «ai# ini^is recent ad
dress.* *
"There are m»ny Negro citi-
zena working earnestly in
Carolina to effect a permanent
wholesome relationshig^^betw^n
the two races and ‘likewise ai
great many sincer wehite citiEens
who are using their influence to
attain that end. None |of either
group wants to see the frusta of
''TEtir effort* destroyed by rash
. ■'* j
Price’i Lettar
Price’s letter, last week was a.«
follows;
The Honorable Josiah Bailey;
United States Senate,
Washinlrton, D, C.
Hie fall text o fyoor speech
before Congreaa m January Vi
with regard to the anti4ynching
bill has been earefally atodied
and an effort naada to ana.yxe
the same. Your expreeeed concern
in keeping the solid SouUk white,
is uncalled for.
of law and Jaatice are exeluaively
in the hands of the whtte.people.
Ftirthennora, in spite of the
mafty hmdieapi «ader w^h the
Negro has labored, there ia pro-
ably no other grou^ of people
lender similar eoaditioBS that
^ve given to their government
and to the section of the country
in which iibey have lived such un
stinted loyalty and davotion as
tlM group wUch you aaak to 1»ar
from full eitkianaliip- r^^ and
proteeti«k^
You pride youraelf upon the
fact that yQU believe in constitii-
tional government and Christian
ethicC It is difficult for ua to re
concile your profeaaed belief in
democrat iitititations and  r-
derly iprocessM of government
with your atatement in the Se
nate last 'Wednesday.
Our 'conception of the function
of a United States aenator is
that he wiB at all timee represent
the beat interest of *1} of his con
stituency rr|ardles8 of naee, co
lor or creed. When we find a
member of the United States
Gongreas who makes hia appeal
to.eiaas hatred and race pr«>ju-
dice, we are facing a condition
which bids fdbr to undermine and
oltbnfttcly (o dMtroy democralic
government In Uia nation.
North Caroilaa Committee on
Negro Affairs.
~ Ely H»ea V. Price, Chm.
LOS ANGMjES, Jaii^ 19^( A
NP—-Local caizena were surpris
ed and elated a week ago wheti
a fleet of seven taxica,bs
Negro drivers put in ser
vice by the Yellow Cab comipan'/t
The cah3 ftre of the same kind
as those now in service with the
concern but /ill ibe painted black
- and wlujie^ Driver* :l>a
tion^d in this cOmniunity but '^ill
not ibe restricted in passenger
carrying. TWa important mo#
was broi^ht. about principally
through the Intercession of Leon
Washintgon, militant * editor of
the L.^ Sentinel. « f®
Following w(jre-1 w
ments f6J^ drivci'S \pc
tfce "O'eqiyiir^-
lo passed eX'
amlnation
1. Must be married or have a
family to support.
2. Ha.ve former recommends-
tiofls.5- ‘ \ ‘ .,. . * ^ -
3. Ex-chauffer preferred.
seven.'
pleiw -were -ffaftfcr
ad^tlktough the cooperation of the
aasktant general manager of the
Yellow Cab Co.v^ Joiin P. COle.
TMb tnarlA-time’ll!
12 years that taxi*s of ahy deS^
erlp.tbh have b«iin drh^ ljy l|je-
gro dti^s although -|»r«v4Mi«W
ll!^ had^^. '
HOWARD LAW SCHOOL DEAN
TO ADDRESS ANTI-NAZI
MEETING
HEW YOB^ Jan. —(ANP)—
William B^ia^rif de^ of the
Howard Ijiw School, ' ia among
the )]>ota^}ea.vfrho will address a
preteat meeting ■-
gie halV New York, ‘on ^nday
svenbi, Jan. SO, Vo be held, under
puspicea^^>o2 the Noa-^Sectarian
Anti-NMi league of which l^m-
uel Untenayer ia prfteident, in
eoAdemnatioa of the fifth anni
versary of the Nasi regime in
Gemany.
Featured in the demonstration
will l^e a prosentation by qjem-
bera of the Labor Stage of tome
sketohM from their current hit,
'•Pins, and Needlea.” *
■ Other notables who have al-
ready consented to addrVss the
conclave are Haaiiltpn Fish, Jr.;
1. Pourt.™ w.r. t e^M.in>UUrdi
ior-Fwn*“^l»j
t2epmaTO^^^«n(i : Emeat* Ifeyosv
newspaper oolumnlst.
MAN DIB4flN SUICIDE ^
WAmimtOM, Jan. i«—tAN
P)-•-Carrying out a threat he is
■aid to have akde MV«r»l tiMea.
NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCI
ATION. ASKS LA GUARDIA TO
ADJUST DR GO«J>WATER
MATTTER
LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Jan.
19—(ANP)— Mayor Fiorella La
Guardi* of New York has been
asl:ed to take action on the pro
tects'made agr.inst Dr. Sigismund
Goldwate'. commiwiioner of hos-
pftals, in a letter sent the Goth
am exwufive last week by ti>e
Natio&ol M"(fral Assoeiatjon,
Inc., tiirough t)r. William McKla-
l«sy Thomas, of this city, cl^air-
man of the association’s execu
tive board. , '
Dr. Col,dwater aroused the Ire
of Harlem nurses and physicians
recently when he tesflfied that
nine tenths of Negro doctors were
inferior and said it required
twice as many colored nurses to
perfor mth« work done by whits
nurses.
After ^poiiifiing out the NM.\
representskJ^^lVD physician^ den
tists and phEmtocists thwngapfft
fee nation, Ihe lettersaid.
‘"Bhe natioa'lm -dsaalise^ your
administration of the affairs of
the city of New York as being
characterized by your failure to
tolerate discrimination of' the
citizens of the great city of New
York by any official cither direct
ly or indirectly ^eeponsible to
you.
“Your action in the ‘Goldwat-
er" Affair’ presents an opportunity
to give to t^ie Negro .physician of
New York reasons to belieife tiiat
you will not permit either active
or anticipated discrirainittoB by
your '•ommissioner of hoi^itals,
i)r; Qoldwater. ]
“The Nationil Iiledieal associ
ation hopes you will adjust this
matter to the full satisfaction af
members of the Central Harlem
Medical society and the Manhat
tan Medical society of the city cf
New York.
“If the National Awociation
can be of any service in adjust
ing this matter, ^ease feel free
to call upon us.'’
^
STATE BOARD OF CHARITWS
AND PUBLIC RE-
CEIVES 40,000 POUNDS
OF RICE
RA1«IG«, Jan, 175»„T|ie “N.
C« State Board of Public Welfare
announced for distriibution to
persons on relief rolls.
According to A» M- Langston,
Director of Commodity Distribu
tion, North Carolina State B^ard
of Charities and Publfr Welfare, ^
is rice was donated to his br-
i*ation by'the^ Eedeittl Sur-
plus Commodities Corpbrition,
and results from^ .their «j: .
removal operations. Thef Ccrj
jration is now engaged in buyihg
surplus itotcks of riqe in ’ LoaM-
ana, Texas and Arkansas. T(o date
^4u(H'040 pounds have bjen
purchased, at*a cost of approxt*
'ia&l'ely $eS4,0«0. " ’ .
Thia purchase is being conduct
ed through open*" offers 40 buy
fiom*aU aealers in the rice-pro
ducing area. Offers are still be
ing received by' the Corpoi*tian« ‘
FLOYD G. SNELSON GIVES STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE
THEATRICAL MATERIAI.
.N. Y. UBRARY
Leonard Mahan, whose age was
given as Jumped from iTaft
tfei^on msie; TltcT Tiircahto^^l^ Tw^Tiiotoasfi-lHseover^
*8-^ they- -gaasai though Ko«k
Creek park, and police from the
Eighth Precinct were summoned.
Maiiten died of a fractured akuUi
His body was Identified by hi*
two brothers . ITie coroaer 5ras
informed that the young man
had iotimajted when ha l^t work
that he was ffoing to kfll hltnsdf.
DR. H. W, WILUAMSTON,
who i* MiakiBg ma uaucual record
at Idabel, ^da,, where h* h«*
Imflt «p ■ larca iatarracial d?»>
tal ;^racUea amoag whites, Indi*
aaa Negr»a», who come from
all a»ar hb «wb alata, and froia
Waateni Arkansas and Nrtheast
TaaaiV Tfca aaajority of tha p«-
tiaMta aaa wkit*, mnI the doctor’s
has thr«« full tioaa employ-
**, X-ray, and otlior modant-
Dr. Williamston it a
Mrthra mi Oxford, N. C., and was
'oJaaal^ at Mary Pottav^hool
tha««, b»t toiA Ua professional
NEW YORK—(C)— Announ
cement is made by Miss Catiier-
ine A. Latimer, reference libra
rian, Division of Negro Litnrf.-
ture and History, of the New
York Public Library, Harl
Branch, 103 West 135th street
that Fl^d G. Snelaon, 400 Man
hattan avenue, has given the li-
orary hia entire collection of the
atrical and journalistic material.
In tJfe collection are rare the
atrical pliotographs, programs of
Bioadway shows since 1930, and
copi«s of theatrical publications
lon«r out of print. Mr. Snelaon,
now a member of the Federal
Writers Project, was formoriy
active in national Negro journal
ism. «-
BILL ROBINSON GETS
MEDAL
BROADWAY
■ - O-
NEW YORK—(O—ffiill R(rf)-
infon,^ star dancer at the Cotton
Oub, Broadway and 48th street,
was given the Dailey Mirror-Ted
Friend Gold Medal for '37.
sady nighf, by a committee of
ei&Tri ent' 'aBow-worli personalities
at a meeting in the Hotel St. Mo-
Titz. Eoibinsoia,:.»aw waa cited
for “distinguisher artistry”, and
wasrated on ability, peraoiuifity
and pdblic appeal. On the coj^,
Thurs. night, by a committee of
at tha Univarsity of W. mittee of 8 was one colored. W.
Tannaasaa, Maaiplus. .H.is wife Is judj-e. The committee voted in
tk« foraiar Misa Birdi* V. Alston secret on KJZ artists, and on the
•f his hM&e toww Now 44 yasrt fifth ballot the list coma down to
oU laat Janaary 2, Dr, WUiam- eight, and amon|r them ware
stM b Ragioaal Director of tUa Rudy Vallee, Cab Calloway and
Tommy Dorsey.
WiCiam H. Gooumm, Senior at
Livingstona Colle^a, who wa«
stadant ra'prasentativa at th« Na-
tiaaal AssamUy of Student Chris-
tiaa Associations, wbick' mat at
Miaiai University, Oxford, (Miio,
Dacamber 27, to Janvary 1, ’38.
KEMPER HARRELD AT MORE
HOUSE 26 YEARS
A'FLANTA— (C) — Kemper
Harreld*is now in his 26th year
as director of music at Morehouse
cottage, it was announced in th^
McHrehousa Alumnua |BtfUetin en
Janmary 16. Mr. Harreld was e-
leetwlj praaident of the National
AasOofttion of Kegro Musicians
last summer. >-
DR. Mi£ROR£Y’a WJFif
IMPROVING
CHARLOTTE, N. C.— (G)-*-
Mrai H. L. McCrorey, 'IrifS' of
tiw .president of Johnson C.
Senator Objects
To Negro Partfcipation
In Farm Program
WjAlSHlNGTON Jmi. US—(A
NP)—There Las .been a good deal
frothing at the mouth upon
capital hill aver since "news of
the recent conference held by
Negro aditora with offii^ls of the
agricultural department beca.ne
generally known. ^ Some thirty
editora of prominent colored pa-,
pers throughout the country
were invited to Washington aftar
their names had ^een nittbmitted^
by state agricultural and exten-
rioB agents as being-fe^esitieA
to aid 4n dtaseminating informa
tion to Negxo farmers. Their
fares to Wiffhington were paid
by the government. T^ere is; no
thing unuBual- in this; plenty of
dmilar conference* have j^een,|
held by other goverm^ntal i \le>
partmenta, it is said.
1
IBtat these were Negroes. The
ItepidiHam newspapefs s^yly
made capital^ of the expenditure
Aodh Sena^r Cartier -Glass, the
i«o4 soloh from'Virginia, notedlJj,.e southeast .part of the country
for his bad temper ahd ugly a^ti-Inhere so much of the farming
by iNegroes is done.
tude to^rd Nt^oes, fairly ex
ploded. It only cMt llj^OOO
the faries of the group of editdr&
who attended’ t^e conference.
AU of them a^ee'd it was one of
th- most beneficial gatherings
tl)ey had ever attended. Carter^
Glass, however, Vhpse state gets
miUions from the goyemment in
agrieultaral Imeilts, Aknaat had
an epileptic jfit when he learnod
that the advice of Negroes. .'vas
being sought and foHoweji. In
interviews,~lie hofiy
Hacked the^liutSorlty of the
IprTeutlurst iJepartraent
•vwh expenditures.
Other senators have also been
intar^ed. Senator Buckley of
Ohio made an inquiry, and. tlw
dapartmenfi reply, which h# had
inserted tn ^ Coaifeasional
Bword, aald in put: >
*Th» taeettBf da»ek^ o«t -of
the experience gained in previous
respeet among Negro farmers,
regarding A^Ai Tarm programH
and other farm "programa. These
.programs depend for their effect
iveness on the degree to which
farmers understand tl^m; and
there is a special problem in this
respect^ among Negr ofarmers,
since their sources of informatioBr
are often_ very limited.
^‘How important it is to the'
tire Nationj M
groes themselves^ t«kj have the
unproductive land has '‘'bankrup
ted many farmers. Impoverish
ment of the people has gone hand
in hand with imi>overish^en; of
the aoU. In three Southea^ra
States alone during the decade
frmo 1920 to 1930, 50,000 fanioa
retired from cultivation.
“The editora were invited to
dlseuas, and dif discuss with- De
partment officials, virtually eyry
^ihai^^pf the agricultural pr^t^
lailg^jrifef^iTig tifeai-Segro fari
^ . . Hiere was no restriction w
slopes, ^nd texfure pf the solT upon their inquiries or the
discusssion .^vhich ensued. The
pen.d^ng farm legislation was not
on the agenda for the conference
and was not discussed on the ini
tiative of adminiptrative officials.
Such question^ as were asked
about it ^re answered in a fact
ual way. Swretary Wallace was
invited, to address the group in
formally, Which he did. | .
rate effectively among Negro
farmers can be instantly ajipre*
ciated from two essential fact^:
First, a substantial pari of the
agricultural land of t^e United
Statel, particularly in the ^uth,
ia farmed.by Negroes; anS, se
cond', the heavy raipfall, steep
^opS, arid textijr of the' soil
have] combined to cause tl'iC
p^eafest destruction of sf>U in
'Tfafere are ia the United States
more than 8&5,000 Negro farm
families, of whom about 211,000
are landowners and 644,000 ren-
and sharecropper!^. These fami
lies cultivate, approximately 18-
acres of land.
'“^il destruction fad jMTolwl^
more acute in the South than in
any other area. The absence of
snow, t^he lack of perennial grass
iFver. afiiTtHe pe^tftjlrt
tivation' of «otton, cora, and to*
raie-
fall, have led to'- terrific losses
from' erosion. Much of the land
{H the Southeast ia riddled by
gidlies and dieted with atendon-
ed'farms. In Ihe Piedmont Pla
teau several -ttilUos ■*«we# ^-ha'»tt
been stripp^ of their t^rodacSva
topaoil. The h^ co$t of tUIing
“It is our opinion that this con
ference will result in substantial
improvement of administration
of the national -soil-conserv»tion
program and that the? expendi
ture required was a sound and
economical use of p^lic funds. . ,
The ratu:e work that i have 3isdll^id^ in builaeaa, the
describing has beeta gainmir—in
publie ^afeem in the South.”
-1b the taeantime, the editors
who attended the conference
are said to be approaching their
own senators, explaining' the
«l|v« was to them and the aiA
nay zMult to-t^-tovem.
meat fann program. What Sena
tor Glass and his cohorta reaily
resent ia that a democratic, nd-
ministratioa would invite eolorad
people ^ Washincton for tha
people Ip
por|»se of
pnrpiose of aaUw their knmA
a conference where all conferees
wtn eqaalr llfcfcee Wg Oafaa
1. Gordon Beaten
And Robbed By
Unknown Attacker
•Oe
Israel Gordon, well known Jew-;'j nate eceurrenee.
ish merchant of the Hayti section
of Durham was slug^d over the
head and robbed earlj^; Thursday
morning by an unknow assailant
just as he was attanpting to un
lock the front door of his strse
to begin the day’s work.
The slugging and robbery wns
witnessed by a jMuwerby who
on his’way to work. According to
the deacription given, Mr, Gor
don’s stacker is believed to be
the aarae.man who has committed
several rohberies of taxi drivers
here for the past three or four
weeks. One taxi driver who was
shot through the lung by the cul
prit *^is still in a critical condition ,
and an''ther who was ^ot
through the hand have bot^ des
cribed the man as weighing about
160 pounds and being of dark
complexion.
Mr. Gerdon has operated a
store on Pettigrew Street in ^he
Hayti section, for a long numbev
of years and ki highly rvspectei
and miacfe Ifted by citiaana of
timt Miaaiy have exprc»--
sed their regreta of the unforto-
Smith University, ia reporiM im-
provtagT»=ilir^iHnr-aBBiiottnr
hospitaT, where she ir
by illneaa.
confined
Immediately after the lubbais
' Mr. Gordon w» takni to Watts
hospital where an exaamiaticm ai
his mjuries was made. Althovfk
anconscious when first sdaritteJ
the injuries are not thought to"
be of a very aeriooa n^ire, mm4
according to hospital aathoitiea,
Mr. Gordon will recoiwr pravM.
ing no further complicatiiHM^jMt
in. He hfs gamed eoaaciouiiieaa
according to the latest reporta
from the hospital.
According to th* kne wifeaa
to the slugging and robery tha
man slipped up behind Mr. G'5K
don and struck him across t!M
head. Hm blow daxzed the muv
chant and he fell to the grauad.
The robber then rifled hia p^>
ets and flfd. According to Ur.
Gordon he had aomething emmt
$1S on his person when attadkcL
DR. DOGAN VISITS SOUTH
TEXAS FMl WILEY
HOUSTON, Tex. —C>
M. W..D(«an, president ef
e^«ge, accompanied hy PriC W.
J. Mason of the-.^Mked^
here‘last week, conferring
the « «waMtbw^
qiecial drive
college.
f«r 9S.0M f« tlM
DUNBAR BANK PASSES
MARK
oOo*
NEW YORK—(O—There are
new indication s that the finan
cial status of Harlem today is im
proved over what it was a few
years back. The change has come
through a| new "exi^riment that
worked”—|a new financial insti
tution set^ut fruikly on the pri
nciple of ^ate jplay* with the
community in whi^ Jt operatcni,
and the motto of being ’friendly’,
and out of the progiraii^ have
come cooperation on - economic
problems, stability, pride in com-
merciid relationshii>s, and increa
sing (prosperity in depression
years.
In all ^of the social ferment
th^ has SM^^ in. Hariem |™^'
ing the past ten yearis, Dna-
bar National Buiki whk& has
just passed the |4,000,i(M>0 mark
in assets, as of December 31,
kept the goodwill of the commu
nity. The growth and expanidan
of the bank, from'^ its heginnii^
on September 19, 1928, at 2S'24
Eighth avenue and 1SH& street,
^ the Dunbar Apartments, ta its
pr^Bt main lSB8~7fK
baak’k
avenue and 1.3iStfa street, with the
Eighth avenue branch, is the
best indication tluit the institu
tion sl^ck the right chord in the
heart of ^e conunimity.
EstabliiAied by Mr. John IX
■Rockefeller, Jr., as an evidence
of his belief i^ fine "faHarmd^
has keptlon its board of 4&eetoj
B* 4(oton» .pif«jMcait e;
ritua. Qf-y*rMtkejBaw li^tiate,
on its staff, F. Braddiel
who was promoted, after
and a half as *aew boainc
to sMistant vit^
!iree MBagtt'
9f . the only branch of teak.
mmm &m fiafc froBo^n
for Mr. Ifemd^di^ and ia l«SS
"ame the aaeoadb A ymr aif^. 6.
W. WaBer, vh» hM kaaa with tiw
Sank sine* ita was iwi
niotad ^ Mritoun maaagw of
' An indication of the
growth may be *noted
statements issued as of Jane S9,
1>935, aad Decemb^ SI, kug. ln .»
’35 the assets wera $3,2t43K#.'fi;
and now the are $4,000,230.98.
The Disbar Bank haa aeovad
forward under two pr^ldMl^
bo^ of whom haw adhwwd
closely to Mr. Rockefeller’s eii-
ginal conception of *‘iot^Tatiag'*
colored peotple into tiie strnetpM.
The first president w^ tha laM
Mr. Joseph D. Biffins, who aet
the original pace; and t^ ■srani
is Mr. Charles C. Haitt, whi^
modesty, since Jty, eameat9«ai«
and courtesy have imjsesaed d
who lave entered the^ortah atf~
the banlu The other e^Baeat '^
fleet the president’s policy -A. S.
Thien, vice president, Afibert W.
Eichenberger, vice pr
cashier; and franklin C.
assistant cashier.
Many people from onti^a M.
Y. eome into the bank to sac liM
interraeial princi^e ia baaiMaa
niwm ollif'wNr ~
highly efficient clerla who aro
i|ow given additiMial oppoctuiAli*..
for study by attandiag tita^lig'
classes in the ftnapci^ diateict
under 'the 89perviaiQB of tt* Ar
meriean' taatituta of kl>S
At Um Kghth Avenue Bmch.
where the complete eeiaoand ia
eols»etr.-4aii*war*;aiw^
agar, od fiv* ottMtr aiatlayy—■
the rmelioia of tiha
quite nozottl; gtftaara,
boa dHver%''fidie«aMB,
train mo^orm— aad-atlMr*
iita varioaa wall* of
tranaact thair
r^wxta ^al
perfenced-an^
ia btuuaeas, dna-«»
deni pit>Jeeti M
t
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