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Friday- March 1, 1946 PORTLAND INQUIRER Pag* Four PORTLAND INQUIRER Published Each Friday By Pay-offs Coming In November W A SHINGTON — (A N P) — w ill be th e political color of th e n e x t congress follow ing the 1453 N. Williams Ave., Tel. EAst 4460 gen eral elections w hich for th e I m ost p a rt com e in N ovem ber of Send mail to P. O. Box 3877, Zone 8 j this year? v e ry rep rese n ta tiv e in Chesley E. Corbett, Editor B. D. Robinson, Mgr. , the house faces his elec to rate this y ear and tw o -th ird s of th e sena- J. W. Brooks_________________Advertising Manager trs w ill come up for reelection. T he R epublicans see a g reat Member of the Associated Negro Press, Calvin's Newspaper Service, Ted chance to re -c a p tu re control of Yates Publications, Inc., Independent Press Service. Thie newspaper th e house an d th e y longingly eye reserve* the right to print lor publication all press dispatches, featurea and photo* forwarded by these agencies or otherwise credited to them. th e u p p e r house w here th e y have ! been in th e m in o rity too long. I The lo w er ch am b er, too, has its N A T IO N A L A D V E R T IS IN G R E P R E S E N T A T IV E in terests an d th e re a re m any I n tr a ta t- e U n itv .il N e w s p a p e r s , I n c ., 545 F i f t h A v e n u e , N e w f o r k D em ocrats now holding seats who C it y a n d C h ic a g o , 111. T e l e p h o n e : M u r r a y H i l l 2*5452 are uneasy. W ithout paying m uch attention R ates by Mail: 6 m onth—$2.50 O ne Y ear—$5.00 in advance | to th e ru ra l a reas w h ere politics seldom if ev er change, both par- WE ALMOST DID IT, BUT FLORIDA MARS A j ties a re cen te rin g th e ir efforts for CLEAN SLATE election in th e u rb a n in dustrial | areas w h ere D em ocrats under By Chesley E. Corbett R oosevelt surged in to pow er. At the end of the year, December 31, 1945, only one On those areas, w h ere unem lynching occurred in the United States, yet this was one ploym ent w as ripe, th e R oosevelt too many. The State of Florida was responsible for this one program filled a g reat need— m ade em ploym ent, food, shelter blot on Civilization. and m oney w hich tu rn e d th e trick It’s a crying shame that this one traversity upon just and b ro u g h t D em ocratic re p re ice had to occur after we have witnessed crime, attrocities, sen tativ es to congress from sec brutailties, and undemocratic and hellish acts of barbarism tions w hich had h ith e rto been rockribbed R epublican areas. by various nations of the world. How can we blame Japan, Germany, Italy and other Up in M assachusetts th e re is an in terestin g situ atio n developing. nations for what we claim is unhumane, unjust, illegal and Young H en ry C. Lodge, form er contrary to law and order when in this continent mobs sen ato r w ho resigned to accept a com m ission in th e arm y, is back ta. In New E ngland, tne R epubli lynch, burn and torture human beings? and itching to re tu rn to politics. canus control all seats outside Of course some will say that we have improved; ei Gov. L o v erett Salsonstall those of a few u rb an districts, that there were times when the record showed over a Form has done a good jo b w h ile he has norm ally D em ocratic. In New hundred of lynchings during the year and now it is re served, and th e o th er se n ato r is a Jersey , the only tw o D em ocratic duced to one. That’s good. But why that one? There is D em ocrat of long standing, David rep resen tativ es are from “H ague- no justification for lynching and this barbarious and un I. W alsh, chairm an of th e senate to w n ”—.Jersey City. The states in w hich th e R epub civilized practice must be stamped out. I will review the naval affairs com m ittee, and a licans believe th ey have good strong m an in his ow n right. record and let you see just why I say “One, is too many.” W alsh is u p for reelection this prospects of w inning m ore th an THE LYNCHING RECORD one seat n ex t fall are C onnecti year. Florida’s one lynching in 1945 prevented a perfect score Then, in C onnecticut, th e p res c u t and Illinois, w ith four each; in the reduction of this form of lawlessness as reported in en t R epublican encum bent, a for M issouri, N ew Y ork, C alifornia and Ohio, th ree each; P en n sy lv a the annual lynching record compiled by the Tuskegee In m er n av y adm iral, T hom as C. nia, M innesota and W est V irginia, H art, nam ed to th e sen ate as a stitute’s Department of Records and Research. R epublican, avers he w ill n o t seek tw o each. The p a rty w ill b attle largely for single seats in Indiana, The nation’s reaction as revealed in editorial comments reelection. R epublican senators facing re- K entucky, M aryland, D elaw are, in daily newspapers was one of elation that mob violence election this y e a r are W illiam B. | M ichigan, W ashington and Wis- is “on the way out”. K now land of C alifornia; R aym ond! cqnsin. Some southern dailies, however, smarting under the E. W illis, In d ian a; W illiam A. A nd the N egro vote in m ost of discussions incident to agitation for an Anti-Lynching Bill, Stanfill, K entucky; O w en B rew th ese unsettled areas w ill play a hailed the 1945 record as proof that, as The Rome (Georgia) ster, M aine; A rth u r V andenberg, m ost im portant p art. O f chief con Tribune (istelf perhaps mindful of the Roland Hayes inci M ichigan; H enrik Shipstead, Min cern to N egroes now are th e nesota; H ugh Butle.-, N ebraska; j PEPC bill, th e anti-poll tax bill, dent) says, “the South itself is handling the lynching A lex an d er Sm ith, N ew Jersey ; h ealth legislation, m inim um w age, questions in an eminently satisfactory manner and interven W illiam L anger, N orth D akota; and several others w hich have been before th e house and the tion by the Federal Government is not warranted in the W arren A ustin, V erm ont. The te im s of D em ocratic sen a senate and have been blocked in slightest degree.” som e form or fashion by some of The Roanoke (Virginia) World-News, Greenville, (South tors expire in six states outside th e persons now sittin g in the the solid south, b u t th ey are all Carolina) News, Chattanooga (Tennessee) News-Free Press, norm ally D em ocratic strongholds. legislative halls. Birmingham (Alabama) Age-Herald, and even the Butte They are N ew Mexico. Rhode Is (Montana) Post express somewhat the same view with land, U tah, M aryland, M ontana and Nevada. respect to Federal anti-lynching legislation. The 11 D em ocrats up for elec However, the Atlanta (Georgia) Constitution said that tion th is y ear are Jam es M. Tun- since the Florida Negro was in prison “there was no reason nell of D elaw are; C harles C. Gos for the mob to take the law out of the hands of the sett, Idaho; D avid I. W alsh, M as NEW YORK CITY.-(W DL)-The sachusetts; F ran k P. B riggs, M is W orkers D efense League does not court.” Florida’s Governor Caldwell, finding himself on the souri; Jam es M. Mead, N ew Y ork; w an t “a gestapo along the n atio n ’s Jam es W. H uffm an, Ohio; Joseph defensive from public censure for his state’s “one blot upon P. G uffey, P en n sy lv an ia; H ugh B. p icket lines.” T his is w hat Rev. A ron S. G ilm artin, n ational c h air the record,” attempted first to condone the sheriff’s action M itchell, W est V irginia; H arley m an of the L eague, told Secretary at Madison in leaving the jail unguarded, despite rumors of M. K ilgore, V irginia; Jo sep h C. of th e N avy Jam es Fori estai in a le tte r protesting a policy sta te a threatened lynching, by saying that “stupidity and inepti O ’M ahoney, W yoming. In fo u r of those states, M assa m ent of the T hird N aval D istrict. tude” on the part of a sheriff was “no cause for removal chusetts, Ohio, M issouri, and W is The statem en t calls upon the from offigg.” consin, R epublicans w ere elected shore p atro l to question all p ick Even before the Tuskegee record was published public to th e U nited S tates sen ate in ets w earing n avy uniform s, and criticism of his state was so pronounced that the Governor 1944. In th ree others, Wyoming^ to re tu rn them to th e ir d u ty sta attemtpted to challenge the interpretation of the incident W est V irginia and D elaw are, R e tions. If th e pickets are w earing publicans won in 1942. u niform s illegally, th e shore p a in his state as a “lynching”. Of th e 340 seats in th e house, tro l is to tu rn them over to the This puny defense which brought prompt rebuttals from R epublicans now hold 191, b u t to FBI. Dr. Guy Johnson of the Southern Regional Council in At obtain a m ajority, th e y m u st hold Issuance of the statem en t cam e lanta and Dr. R. B. Eleazer of the General Education Board 218 seats. N inety-five of these a fte r shore patrolm en rem oved of the Methodist Church, Nashville, together with caustic seats are in th e solid south and C harles Rosio, N egro discharged arc elim inated from consideration. sailor, from the picket line a t the editorials from daily newspapers in his own state added Most of th e rem aining seats held N ew ark, N. J., p lant of the W est further discomfort to the Governor. by D em ocrats a re in th e u rb a n inghouse E lectrical & Mfg. Co. The Tampa (Florida) Tribune expressed amazement centers discussed prevously. T he L eague's p ro test urged T here are solid R epublican d el F o rrestal to “in stru ct th e T hird that “Governor Caldwell contented himself with giving the egations in th e house from six sheriff a mere slap on the wrist” and demanded to know states, Colorado, K ansas, Iowa, N aval D istrict to rescind its order and to m ake it clear th a t p ick et why the lynch mob “had a key to the jail enclosure and N ebraska, N orth and South Dako- ing is legal.” Portland Inquirer Publishing Co. j W hat » ° L A N FO R T H E F U T U R E - R E D U C E T H A T MORTGAGE NOW! 0 No Navy Gestapo On Picket Lines removed their victim without interference although Sheriff Lonnie Davis lived nearby.” To which The Daytona Beach (Flordia) Evening News added: “The Governor’s rationalization of his position in the lynching matter seems to us not merely curious, but pre posterous” Reasons for the decline in lynching over a period of two decades are cited as better education, improved eco- OREGON FRATERNAL ASSOCIATION 1412 N. 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Vanporl Community Church 9:30 11:30 6:30 7:30 7:30 Sunlay School Church Service Young Peoples Hour Evening Service Tuesday Evening, Teachers Meeting The Church of Benevolence Where Everybody Is W elcome REV. B. T. CAREY, Pastor nomic position of the South and an increasing demand that law enforcement officers discharge their full duties while in office. The last reason was aptly expressed by The Spartanburg (South Carolina) Herald which said: “Officers of the law who in this day and time allow such things to happen within the province of their authority are on the defensive.” Meanwhile, President Patterson and Mrs. Guzman, acting director of the Department of Records and Research, safely supported by established definitions of “lynchings”, justifably reserve comment and accept the statement of The Roanoke (Virginia) World News that “Tuskegee’s records are regarded as authorative.” Hughes Memorial METHODIST CHURCH 2413 N. 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