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1. E. AUSTIN, PUBLISHKR
K. PHILf!^ etXJS; MANAGINC EDITOR
WIU^AM A. TUCK. BUSINESS MANAQEB
Entered u Mcond>cI«M matter at th* p»st offit
at Durham, N. C., under flSe Act of Maiwfc
‘ «»d 1879."
Fmr laf«faMtioB to Nat’l A4vmrtMlns
WarMw *• T»*l and TmU. Aiv.
M3 W. llflU S«r«Ml. Bmm It
NEW YOBB CITY, HEW YOBK
iATURDAY, JULY 1.1, 1939
THE NECl(o GRADUATE SCHOOL
Tbe feverish attempt of North Carolina to meet the deniandH
ol the recent decision of the United States supreme court in the
Univertity of Missouri case, neeas to "Se camuny walcfled by those
, inter«ated in fair piay, justice, and equal educational opportuni-
"tiea fur all rmces in this state.
The publtshini; of the names of t£e menHbera of the' fitculty
of the propose^ graduate school at the North Carolina College i*
good, so far aa that goes. The mere naming of a facuKy however
ia by no means all that is needed to make up a graduate Kh«ol
equal to thejpne^now maintained by the state for H« jrbite citizens.
Compliance with the law of “S»paraite but Equal” eductstional
opiK>rtunities, demands that the library, cheimstry and puysics
laboratories and nu|ny other facilities be increased far above
what we believe N^rth Carolina is willing to spend to equalize the
edu£jttionai advantages of its white and Negro citizeoa.
In additi6n to the increased cost of ^ant and equipment there
is the increase in the salary budget to be reckoned with. Instruct
ton who are forced to work on 1m salaries than others cannot
hope to b« equally te eificient. There is the cost of travel, study
and periodicals tbat 'must be continuously paid for.
for three quarters e£ a century Negroes have compromised on
the matter of the expenditure of mil' puibllc funds. His leadership
has bowed to the will of white leiRle'ra until N«gro masses have
become auspicious of the leadership of both groups. Consequently
nothing but an uniiiased. Just and,f*ir attitude oq the part of Ne
gro and white leaders in this state, backed by definite action to*
wards the equalization of the educational opportunities, can pre
vent “Certain Negroes*’ from re.sorting to the courts for what the
race is entitled to. ,
FSrom wher» "we stand it is interesting to watch the “Old guard”
of Ifcgro and white leaders fighting side by >ide to preserve th»
supremacy of the white race. Each knows the- other is lying bboub
eqaalising the edueatio'oal opportunities, i>ut neither trill «d-‘
mtt it. Both hope to stave oS the legal fracas set for September.'
A* we now ses. it close oJ»s«rvanefl and aXftmiaaUon tba sctnR
should t»e made and if an earnest effort is tielng made a Uttltf
more patience is not ex^ly out pl*ce. Otherwise the federal
courts should be sought to settle once and 2or all the que»(ioii ol
equal adocational advantw^fi for Negroes in North Carolina.
GRIM DAMH YOU GRIM
May God have mercy up defenseless Negroes in the Ha>yti section
of Durham. May He continue to pr#serve them from th* beastly
actions of the ABC officers who use F»yetlevOlC' aojl PettjgreW'
streets for a race t^acK for their high powered jptomobiles.
How in the name of high heaven Durham .Coiiiity Commissioaera
can keep on any kind ofipoUce oiV*niu)tioii men who will dclibar-
ately drive an automobile fifty, s^jf and seventy miles an hoi^
through streets as much used aa Fayetteville and Pettigrew streets
is beyond our ability to underatand. •
W e know -the lives tof Negroes diO not count for much with the
AilJC board of Durham county. That , wad well demonstrated ai the
McNeil case, but in the name of common decency, if for no oth^r
reason, this recidess speeding down the above mentioned streeta
ought to be stopped. '
It is bad eno^h to use Fayetteville and Pettigrew streets fori
a rase-track^in pursuit of a fleeing ottender of the law, but wheOj
so called officers of the law jeopardize the live^ limOts and property,
of humlble, defenseless citizens merely 'because they don’t give a
damn atiout Negroes, then we think it ia time for drastic action to
t>e taken.
Catching a Negro bootlegger may be a great thing so far as
the ABC board is concerned, but the safety of the lives pro
perty of decent citizens is worth more in our eyesight. It is far
better to permit a criminal to escape than to snuff out the life of
some worthy citizen with a speeding automobile.
Negroes in Durham have no part in enacting and enforcing
laws. It appears they are kept'on the outside for the very reason
that those responsible fw the execution of the law, destre more
freedom in police brutality towards Nbgroes. So there ia no remedy
other than to' install fcells or whistles all a 1 « n g Fayette
ville and .^ettigrew streets, to warn our wi'^s, baibies and ®ld peo
ple of the Hayti section to run for cover when the ABC officers
On a^Hieiog pampag in the Haiyti section.
Ke^ on grinning Negroes of the Hayti section. White people
like io see a grinning Negro. Grin at the ABC officers who Jeo
pardize your lives and property. Grin whW these same offers halt'
your family, out foi* a ride' on Sunday afternoon and make them
suiMnit to a search for hquor. OBIN DAMN YOU GRIN, G«IN.
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Comments
The Digest
BY FLOYD J. CALVIN
BRITON'S “SENSES”
The Japanese have announced
that they intend to bring the
feiritish “to their senses” on the
question of fbreign concessions
in China. This'policy has preci
pitated dramatic movei in the
Far EiBst.
We t.iink it unly that
the JapaneiM "cl«aii up*' t ii v
Chinese question in tln>ir own
interests if they have a mind to
do so. It aeems nvore. fair, even
by Western standards of mora
lity, for the Japanese to control
Aila than for the white man
to travel around the world and
make the yeflow races pav tvi-
bute to him as he has don • Ihe
brown people of India and th«.>
black people of Africa. Franr.-
ly, our^sym^athy. is with Japan>
for w¥ resent the white man‘s
pojicy of putting the economic
yoke on all non white peoples,
as he has done our own people
—even those who are citizcns
of the United States.
We think it would be a good
thing for the prestige of J. h e
subjugated, race if the Japan
ese can win their point. ^ For
the past 500 years, as history
shows, the white roan has collec
ted' tribute from the weaker
peoples and built up what h'«
pleases to call “civilization,”
but that civilizatio.n, while it
tolerates the presence of non
white groups within its borders
does not give to them the so-
ealled "Democratic Justice"
that we hear so much about
these days in discussing theor
ies of government.
While we are loyal to our
own country^ we would frive to
the people or the Far East the
same privilege we ehJoy in main
taining the Monroe Doctime.
Lei the people of Asia have
Asia, and let the foreign con
cessions in china be abolished.
There Is' iroo^ why a
white man in China should ,go
foe looked upOn as superiro to
tSe natives; Juft a» there in no
godd reason why Negroes in
the United States should -iiot be
given equal protection under the
law.
“FAMILY AND HOME”
It is refreshing read in •
dispatch from iliu National
Catholic Social Action Congreas
at Cleveland, U., on June 12
that Father John LaFarge, S.
J., uf the C^ttwlic Intjrracial
Council, New York speakiiig e
fore the Co'ngress on “Christian
Democracy and the Negro
Middle Class,” said:
“The pr^lem of the Negro
in a Cliristian Democracy cen
ters around the family and the
home. Society will never have
that form and character spoken
of by ^ope Leo XIU. unless it
can meet the threat which
faces the Negro home today in
our American ciVilizition, the
threat of insecurity. This
threat has not been met by the
various enterprises and^ legisla
tive measures set on foot dur
ing recent years *to sepure
homes and livelihood) to Ameri
can citizens.”
“The Catholics of this coun
try must see to it that the
American Negro is not proletar
ianized, that is to say, driven
further and further int© t h «
wageless, non property owning
class.” *
The new Catholic Archbishop
of New York, *Tbe> Very Hev.
Francis J. ^ellman, spealdng
in Harlem Sunday afternoon at
his first confirmations in his
new 'position, asked Negro C*^
thoHcs “to see thaf even If
other Negrroes were net convert
ed that at least they would
have respect an} »dmir#tio|l fof
fhe Catholic Church,*'
It would seem that th# Ke-
gro would heve *'req)ect and
admiration” for any group or
In«titotion that ,sought to give
greater securiy -to give greater
security {o his ‘"family and
home.” - "
WiMorce
Doivmily
. Continued from page three
shattered, to the extent that it
would have undoubtedly lost
its “A” rating. Thm, fiithop
Sims wae alee being prai^d for
saving the rating of the arhool.
When quftstloned as to t b e
fitnees of Dr. Walker who form
erly pastored St. James Episco
pal church, Cleveland, and
about the recent diamiwal of
■ix professors at WiUberforce,
warmly defending tbe Wilber-
the bishops were united in
force head.
They said: (1) Dr. Walker
is a most capable administrator
and his efficiency has been not
ed by the North Central essocia
tion which rated Wilberforce.
No evidence that Wilberforce
suffers for having a clergyman
as president.
Kelly Miller
JiV
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THE LOCAL NAACP
Hie-meeting of the local Branch; of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored .People held last 'Sunday afternoon
ought to mean, the rebirth of an organization here that i\ badly
needed. Durh^ has never had a branch of the IvAACP that was up
and doiag aiid^^ trust the new Leadership into whose hands the
future of the loc^l branch has been ^lac^~Wni go to work and give
Durham a live and healthy oiganizMon.
Among the many problenu concerning the Negroes that need
Mtention in Durham are ,i>£tter. public . school facilities, slum
clearance, Negroes on Ja'riA,' Kegro policemen for the Hayti sec
tion, better streets and better lighting in Negro sections uid many
other problems too numerona to mention here.
Officers of the association will have the aupport of the masses
in u much as they are able to convmise %em Imt they a^e willing
t« make the personar aa«ifleea tbat g9 wi£^^^«faruggiing for new
opportontties and advantages for Ifegroes ia the south.
All ia all the new^ofticers have a better chance to have aa active
braach of the NAACP t)uw their predecessors. T|ie recent mem-
btfihip drive giygL tfaaat. af toast, a nucleos tn nissnlber* and mon^
«tBft wi^, a|id ;4ber be aMe to move ferward.
Regular aMatkiga and a well mapped out program are taro things
wi^ont Bo organization can survive. It IT oar hope tbat titS
n&tr hmaiik' the MUkACP will ^ovide its^ wSh boCK, and that
JIha Bist tmSff BOBtba will see jaany aceouymfllRII VI the or-'
^vaabatioiL
MEALS AND IDEALS
At this session of the year
the Commencement Orator is
abroad in the land fui'nishing-
information and imparting in-
^iration for the future guid
ance of the young graduate.
Some three thousand colored
youth, male and female will be
inducted into the coiiegiate’
fraternity, a gloomy prospect
faces them from’ an economic
point of view.
The . world is divided into two
classes, first those whi? »‘^ief
concern is to make a living for
themselves, and sei:ond those
who place the chief stress of
emphasis in ii>ettering of condi
tions of their day and genena-
tion. The college bred man, if
he be well bred, must “drfnk
of the nectared anodyne of
aeifiahness.” When 1 shall eat,
what I shall drink, ,„ ;gr where
with all shall I :be cloithed, is
but a matter of secondary con
cern. The true h’om college man
according to the ancient con
ceit, lived alboye the level of
such material things. He be
came the master, and not the
sefv«nit of mere creature . con-
veniences. The possessor of
things possessead. Meals were
but an incideiJt of iSeals. The
high minded members of t h e
human race iWiJk down witli all
but disdain upon such creature
neceasities w1!!th are allowed
in no sens? tJTTiamper the ^irit.
Mos^s,' Isaiah, Jesus ' and his
disciples, Martin Luther, Will
iam Uyod Giarrlson, afnd John
Brown thought little of nrcals.
Armstrong, of Hampto^, Ware,
of Atlanta, Gnivath of Fisk,
Reynolds of Lipcoln, Tupper of
Shaw, and HC^^d of Howard,
who founded our Negro Coll
eges and Universities posited
thf higher ideal of sacrifice and
service. .B»ut the so called high
er education of the NegtH» has
fallen upon evil days. The
ec^fige graduate is^^ carried away
wiith the .Job objective. He is
tdj often prone to Jinfer the
mad rush for weilth and mater
ial f*in ia wbick he i« fore
doomed to defeat and disastei*.
Tlfe ordinary white mechanic
and every day humdrum work
man wilT'doldigtanee him in the
race for meals. As President
Lowell of Harvard once said,
in comparing salaries of college
professors and train conductors
“The man who minds the train
receives higher salaries than
those wXq train the mind. ’ The
history of the human race pro
ves that those who reach the
pinacle of fame and honor are
the ones who devote themselvea
to a life of sacrifice and service
and not to the vain—glorious
pursuits of mammoR.
.The three thousand Negro
College graduates of the year
of our Lord Kave before
them the coveted opportunity
of our civilization. Not, to be
sure, in the acquisition of pelf
of power, tout in the higher
domain of devotion and sacrifi
cial service. TJiey are more
closely related in blood and na
tural sympathy to the neads of
multitudes. The highest and
Hiolieat human opportunity Is
aKn to the Christ like impulse
to heal the sick, feed the
hungry, cloth the nakedj-» en
lighten the igsorant, solace the
sorrying and suffer misery and
(Kstress. But none can qualify
for this opportunity unless he
looses himself in the service of
humanity, I know it is very
difficult to have such ideas peni
tiwte thfe minds of the present,
day college padaate who” Js
carried away with the gieed,
gaud and glory of the material
world whdch allures' him on to
him own disixnction, like the
will of the wMsp. But his cir
cumstances make it easy for
the Negro graduate to embrance
the higher opportunity. T h e
laiborfer in the vineyard 'requires
material reward oitly to enhance
(2) Dr. Walker isi putting all
his talents into Wilberforce and
is not going the presidency as a
stepping stone to the bishopric.
Indeed, Dr. Walker has declar
ed in public that he is not a
candidate, and doea not in
tend being a candidate for the
episcopacy.
(S) Of the faculty dropped,
only one man—^Dean F. H. Mc
Ginnis—wa^ dismissed. T h ^
otihrr five were given leayef
with pay aa bigh aa |1,000 to
study in the fields in which they
ware teaching. 1%eae are eligi
ble for re-employment when
have brought' up to date.
(4) For tbe men given leaves
there was, and is, n$ idea of
penalising them. Rather, ‘ they
they are the men who where
pointed out in the Nort.h Cen-
tr§l report ^^phipf s^bj^pt#
fpr whjph they w?rp Pot prepar
*4, Pf the subjects ifi
which th(^ had' majored. The
bishopi agreed thii 'waa not the
men's fault, but Uie fault >f
past administrations, with for
,ln stance, a man who specialized
in sociology teaching nothing
--_Jbat philpsephy,
' • ^e^ite a ftriJc* »t > WUbw-'
fora during the past year, thi
th«at to its aw>ropri*tlon and
^e dismissal of six teaclvinu
the bishops* council dl4''*- «pt
take any official action on this
school, since only the board of
iirfctoj^ has authority over the
'nstitutleii,
BETWEEN
Thousands
THE LINES AM BYPU
BY DEAN G. B. HANCOCK
out the moat immediate
fer the N^jro graduate, if he
serves at ■ all, it will be in some
se^ega^d (sapaeity dominated
by Mr, Crewe, Th* tcramble is
U3” rages with greatest
iH^verity around the school room
of the Jim Crow sehaeic The
must not evaluate his higher
education in terms of his hire.
If these three thousand gra-
dwates' ^ouhf coneecrate them-
I selves as Missienariea ser
vice in face of iha whkcnad
Wilberforce is the premier
educational center of the Afri
can Methodist Episcopal church,
but its major aupport eomea
from the state of Ohio, which
the school serves through cer
tain departments. For years this
division of sponsorship ' a n' d
support has been evident at the
school whei’e “the state side”
has come to mean the campust,
departments aad teachers wUdi
ar8 in {he conneSTOn are
the most well eqlnpped ’ and are
the best paid.
Whether the men dropped
from ^ Wilberforce will bring
suit or take any other legal rt-
is not yet kmown, but there
feeling here that the bishops—
and eapecially Bishop Sims—
will ba aiNa- to atear the aWp of
state out of all trouWed W*t*Ta.
harvest field, saying “here am
1, Lord send me," our coll
eges and Univeraitlaa would be
abundantly vindicated. But if
they Inaist mi^ly »pon batter
payroll fatiilities then the efforts
of philanthropy and atateaman-
ship to proviflb and maintain
colleges and universities will in
the end prove to be mainly
vanity and vexation of Mt.
—I am presuming upon wy
seventy five years ‘ of aga.^ani.
fifty years of service in the
field of h^r^r . education as
qualifying me' as Commencement
adivlwr extraordinary. Hii* B
my last word to the graduates of
l'9ia9—"Go ForUi Into thr vine
yard already white unto harvest
and cherish ideals rsAher than
meals.”
KfSAiY MHiUSR
DO NOT FEAB TO ACCEPT
DIVlNie POWBR: But ye shall
the
Holy Ghost Is come unto' you;
and ye shall‘be witnesses Unto
me both in Jerusalem, and ih
air TuBea, an3 in Samaria, and
■nto the uttermost part of the
•eartlH-Acta l:S.
THE GREAT SCRAMBLE
The Greece of the day* of
PAricles was called by some
“the Glory Land,” for seera
and sagos swarmed her plains
and conntff stfles, while ifciloi
sapbers walked her streets in
regimapnts. It remains for the
hiitorjapi. of the future to give
-fitting designation to this our
l^fy, when grifluates By thou
sands are faring forth to try
their fortunes in a restless and
uncertain world* Opportunity
#as. taever brighter and' chances
for dismsl failure never more
overwhelming. Our fair land is
literally swarming with gradu
ates whose high hopes are soon
to take a terrtbl&~4^^1e.
Just a few years air»>rl, tqo,
was facing tbe world with a
sheepskin in' hand and resolved
to reform .and rearrange things
in this world. After 30 years of
arduous toil and ceasely try in '.
I cannot see one~ dent I have
made ,upon.4b« world; but the
world has made many dents ''on
me. This will be the sad story
of the majority of those so glee
fully facing Tbe world from
the eminence of the graduation
platform of 1939. In a very
.jhort time the work of denting
will begin an^f jt,-la safe to* say
that the dants the world makes
will far outnumber and out-
weigh the dents the current
bumper crop of gwiduates mak-
ea. 'Of one thing the current
graduate may be certain^ -and
that is, he faces a terrible
aeramlble for br*""
With Jlegroes, as perhaos not
with whites, oiy:. ^^duates have*
against them net onjy the handi
^f a complioated social and
e onomic order, but the'*'further
handicap of color. Tlie most
must be made f this ‘J*mes
Cro^e B,” will lend an im^
mediate helping hand. Believe
it or not, James Crowe holds
better prepared Ne«roe* are
crowding the poorly pr^'pared,
while these hx turn are crowd
ing down the Negroes on the
lowe levels. One of the maJor
tragedies of the generation is
this forcing of men and women
into the ^asaroom as teachers
W^o have nerther the tempera
ment nor aptitude for teaching.
The Negro «*ild is the ImmtI
^re*l\f.tlre icram'Me n d
while we are loath to admit it,
segregation reTleves the scramble
instead of accentuating I t.
Frankly speaking, do Negroes
want less segregation or more
of it? By segregation we live
and move and bave our economic
being, and when wa decry it
are we sincere or are Just
"putting on” to be popularT To
blot oat segregation without
blotting out prejudice would,
prove the Negro’s ruin. The
root of our trouble is prejudice
and not ,*egregation. 'oSfl’ega-
tion is a matter of law, but
preJii4icB Is a matter of ruUure;
and is more deeply imbedded
in the life of tbe nation. Su
preme court decisions may af
fect, 'sejgregaHon, but it does
not Veach the seat of the trouble
—prejudice—^whicb is a thing
of the heart and not of the
head.
What' Marian Anderson is do
in^ is reaching the heart of
America; wha^ the supreme
c«urt does from time to time
re&ches the head only Herein
lies tlfe limitations of things
legal as they pertain to "aee re
lations. It is good to address
‘6W efforts to slaying syinj^o^s
but it is well t keep in mind
that the trouble lies deeper.
Nobody would advise latting the
head of the tysphoid victim ache
without remedy, but nobody
would advise all attention to
the aching head and none to
sanitation. Oi/f maJo|r attaok ia
tope 'on the Jim Crow but to
CORPSS
BY VIOLA DffHEW
TULSA, Okla. (A N P)—To
the 24tb annual session of the
National SunAty ^ITool and
BYPU congress came thousands
of ielegates this week from all
seethfn of tbe country. They
arriving tha laitar part
of the week in order to get
situated and ready for the open
ing sessions and pre-congresa
activities which opened at Con
vention ball Monday'flight with
a mammoth musical program of
inSre Than 615& voices in t B a
'chorus directed by Mrs. Carri*
Persona-Neely.
With 'banneM of wdeome
waving across tfie main s'treets
of the Negro section, Tulsa
threw open its doora to tha
delegates and they predict one
of^ She m*^st successful session
in. history, TIte welcome prugrRS'
was held Tuesday night at Con
vention ball, where all general
assembly meeuBgs will be heltf
durflig the week, with the Rev.
J, H. Dotson acting as master
of ceremonies. I^esident Jer-
nagin of Waahington introduoed
Rev. Dotson, who in turn took
charge for fee evening. Mayor
T. A. Penny gave the welcome
on behalf of Tulsa'and rssured
delegatee they ^^eld the key t*
the ctty daring' thefr week’s
stay hii»r#.‘ Dr. J. W. S. Tor«r
pastor First Baptist chureh and
radio minister, delivered t h e
welcome on behalf of the white
Baptiiits o| fife city. .
sbqlish thil system without
abolishing prejudice would over
whelm the Negro. The overthrow
then of the segregation system
without overthrow of pre
judice would increase the scram
ble instead of relieving it.
3ook Review
TO»E, by Stella Gentry are the little twias, five years
Sharpe, UWVerwty of North ' old, the big twins, aged nine
Carolina Press,^ ^1.00. I Tobe’s big"'BroCKer Raeford 12
Reviewed fcy Hazel L. Griggs hi* mother and hi# two old«#
for tha Assoctjrted Negro Press ' sisters who “can bake cakes and
TOBE la one of the most de- sweet potato pies and have a
ligbtful of the new children’s ; beautiful flower garden." Eacb
books, for Negro children, now . member of the family is inter-
on the market. Written by S. ' eating, and the group ac/ivities
Gentry Sharpe, a school tfacher' are portrayed in simple senten
of North Carolina, the ibook is [ ces, easily understood by the
rich with vivT3 descriptions* dT young child. The book Will cap-
the real treasures of southern
rural life. The story, presented
in primer fcJfHi, is .^concerned
with the everyday, life of a ra“l
family, observed by the author
over a period of time. It is the
family o^ Tobe, a little six year
olu colored bpy who lives on a
farm In' North Carolina.
Tobe’s is a lafge family. There
tivate children for it is
wfth reader interestT
filled
In addition to the faseinftting
|tpry o^-Tobe and his family,
the book is filled with charming
poto^aphs, the best I've seen
in a book of this type and they
alone are worth the price of
this little volume.
To Probe Judge
NEW YORK, Governor Arthur
H. James, of Pennsylvania has
been aaked to launch an inveati
gation Into the offVcial conduct
of Judga Ivan J. McKenrick,
sitting in Johnstown, Pa.' #lth a
Tiew to br^i^ng impeachment
Proceedings against the Jurist,
^ia action was takeq,
Itiatiolbal Aaaociation for t h e
Advaneammt of. Colored Peo
ple today in response to a story
from the Johnstown Tribune,
quoting the judge as admonish
ing a Negro’ about How lucky
the latter was not to^^be living
in a atate whare"^.::^^ld have
been lynched. , ...
In . passing sei^nee ttpoB
Evans JPayne, who appeared be
fore him June 13 *%e Judge is
reported as having said:
“Yo« are laclty that yel*
werea't 4owa ia yfarglnia.
where yo« wovid have beea
lyveked. The jary ^ dMa’t
believe yonr story and ael>
ther did L When yea get
oat of Jail here go Imek *•
Vlrglnle at enee," j
Characterising the .. judgt’a
reported statement as “cjearly
u|^(!oming a Judicial officer
in any state,” the NiAACP in a
letter sent to Governor _ James
today, called for investigatiion.
PAUL ROBESON CHEERED
9N RETURN TO STAGE IN
NEW YORK CITY
WHI'HE PLAINS, N.- Y.~
Patdi>.Robeson, great actor-
singer who lived In
for the past several year*i, was
given prolonged applause when
he made hit first appearance
on the ,ataga In ^i§ country fci
Delroit May
iave Wes(
PoiBler
DE’TROttT,—A belated ' u t
perhaps well intei|tjoned effort
to appoint aether member of
the race to West Point Military
academy came in the form of
a telegram a few days ago from
Congressman John Diitgle ■ f
the l6th congressional district
hera. The . telegram forw«||led
to Harold Smith, political
of the district, informed
Smith that the lateness
ing the appointment was
cause Mr. Dingle hadi only
which was for the Naval
demy at Annapolis and'that:
had to make a deal with a 4|l-
league who switched ap|*oiH
ments with Dingle so that
Negro youth could ~^o, to W|
Point instead of Anna|>QU4.
telegram did not explain, he
evar, why Congrewman Din|
di-* not seleot a Negro for
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’ME
was
NO RACE HELP; SOFT DRII
COMPANY BOYCOTTED
COLUMIBIA, S. C.—^Neg^t
Soft ffrink stands and 'cafes'
the colored district of Columbia,! i
are boycotting the Double Colal
company because" they refused
td^fihpfoy Negro hekp and show
signs of 4lscrimlnation, i t
is reported here this. iKfltek.
The Double ^to...^»npany is,
1 concern recently e»tablii^e,d
in Columbia by capitalists from
Louisville with Mayor Hayes of
Kentucky city o)le of the gener
al managers. The njew olant is
modern iiv evWy \^y* “•land Is
selling a f very popular drink
that is fast competing with
P.ipsioQ.la and Coca Cola c Q n-
cel’n manufacturing soft drinks
here. Jlfforts' ara being luada
W tha management to o^aat
the Negro boycott, and 'they
ara-rapi^y making places for
Negro help. ....
seven yesrs as he took the title
role in “The £mperor Jones,”
at the Rijgeway theatre Mon
day night, a role which he play
ed with credit years ago. Se
veral celebrities were in the
audience, including Jana Cowl
and Carl Van Vechten, After
week here, Robeson ^ will .re
turn to London to make a pic
ture, but will be back on Broad
way in a norw play in the fall,
and will remain in ' Ainerlea
par»»2Mnt^.