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ADVOCATE THE. An V« )L. S5 - NO. ID In d ep en d en t P aper D e v o te d to Ih * In fo r c a ta of th e P e o p le 7 '»AT LAND, OREGON. SATURDAY, JUNE Î, m » IN TW O SE C T IO "» PRICE: 5 CENTS SECTION I. MAMMOTH JUBILEE RIVOLI THEATRE SUCCESS FACT-FINDING CONFERENCE CLOSES ON FRIDAY E YOUNG STARS WIN PLAUDITS; SINGING AND DANCING PLEASES LARGE AUDIENCE E LOCAL NEWS AFRICA SCENE OF FIFTH CONGRESS D in-ctor o f lii<lu»triul K»Tu- I ion h o f ill«' .National Crlian I a ugur to O ivr tin* (!loK¡nf¡ Aililrm» o f Kan* C o n fe r m e r i t llori*. New Yorker Arrive* T. Arnold lllll. Director of Indus tilal Itvlalloii* of th e Urban League ( >ii every hand i» heard praise for ■ ilived In the city Thuraday morning the brnrfit »how given on Saturday lo allen d the flrat annual Fact-Kind m :lit at II o at the R n o li Theatre Ing llaee Conference, held at the f’ub |. Mr» I 1» ( anuady for the huild He Library A SIGNIFICANT FRONT PAGE il.: and triuod th iig fund of the l*ir*l \ M I / . m u t hureli Although the Mr- I l). Cannady delivered an STORY hour was an uiisital one and m »pile .• b ln - mi Friday at 2 oo o'clock at III the tart that a light ram tell in the the Knight Memorial M K. Church early evening, with heavy, daik clouds i citru lli and 1-rrry Sts., Salem, b e On Die Iront imiti' of tin* Ori-Knn Litre on Ihtcatrm ug more rainfall, ap- im i the w omens’ committees of J5 Unity Jnurnul W e t a w l a i . May 29th. plosim ately too profile witnessed the p u t e s t a n t churches. H er subject was I* *n Interesting Rtory of ihren rot performance. Each number went over 1 >ur Oriental Neighbor.” She dealt or««! youlliH told In picture» They big They included Fox Movietone, specifically with the Japanese problem « m O m a r Del*rlrst‘a uppoInteeH to featuring tleorge llew ry W ashington on the fa i ll ie Coast. Ann«|»dl* and Went I'olnt «ltd their in a singing ait \v ia Hooker, reading, Imme» «re Im wreine A Whitfield, ami mistress id ceremonies, introduc After 12 year» of work with the 22. Chicago, nominated to Annapolis; ing Maudie Hooker and her chorus of N iar Last Relief, Rev. J. J H andsaker Claude llennon Hum*. IK. Chimico, 1 "ten little brownskiu chick* as fol l i a s been ajipomtcd associate secretary nominated to Anna|>o|l*. mid Alonzo lows Maudie Hooker, Avia Hooker, of the National Council lor the Fre- S o ulel|h I'arhaitt. IK. Chicago, nomiti ( tcil Garnett. Viwan Garnett. I.a vcntion ot W ar. Rev. H a m L a k rr it the tiled to Weal Point We hope every Yon lie Jamison, I realtor Gragg. Llva president of the O reg on Council for colorati hoy und girl In I'ortlnnd will I*..ole I Inrritir Cantrell. I lielma Mur the I’rcv u n io n of W ar ( e l th at lanuc uf the Journal and see tun. I illian llrllard. and Grace Hell the picture* and read the atory of the *rd They wore clever green costumes J L. Hicks, f’ullman porter, died progresa of the rare drsigu rd and made by Alfreda prank* at the < trrgon State Hospital, of tuber lin. Maudie wore an attractive creation culosis. Saturday. His remains were of white Her first number, "W hen taken to Dayton, Texas, by his widow Colored Student H onored Mis» Susie Come Stepping By," won for burial. much applause and »hr was conpcllrd T rd llaith. our of the tw o colored, 1 « respond to an encore Then she Mrs Vernon, m other of E. T. Z. •todrnla at N orth I'anfic College »..iig "The Desert Song This was so was iinatntiioiialy elected vice prcai , well liked by the audience that »he was Vernon was injured severely on Sun dent of tile S< Intel of Pharmacy of, compelled to sing it again. Little Avia day w hr it she was struck by a mov ing automobile as she alighted from the College one day thi» week. Thi» aiinomieeil ihc entire program. Next ! a street ear. She is confined ill a honor ram e aa a great surprise to came James McArthur in a ih aracter- i local hospital. Mr. llaith. who left on Thuraday : iration id "< 'Id black Joe " Mr handled morning for Seattle lo join In» lather hi number finely and responded to an —who ia there. Slay off July Fourth! Particulars encore with "Carry Mr Hack to Old Virginia " Charles Harris pleased all later. Adv gieail) with a combination of steps— R. L Hall, of Detroit, Mich., ac i log. Charleston and tap He resp on d ed to ail encore with some extra steps companied hy his 8-ycar-old son Ross the lames of which the writer i s visiting h i s mother, Mrs. A . M Hall. !• Third St . for ten days. Mr. Hall di rs not know T h en George Cannady arrived Monday and had not seen his ».mg "M y Mother's Lyes," bringing liar» In the eyes of many. Much ap m other for more than 16 years. Mr. plause greeted him and for an encore Hall is a mail clerk in the main post- (i N White, 6 i 1C. T en th St., w as. hr sang "Y ou're Mean to Me." Miss ofFice al Detroit, and is a graduate of injured in an automobile wreck on Gwendolyn Hooker krpt the audience L angston University, Langston, Okla Saturday night, en route to Winlock, • m an uproar wilh a reading from Jas. W a ih lie atiatained a fractured rih Frederick J. Libby, president of the Weldon Johnson's pen. "T h e Rivals.” and other injuriea. The accident o c National Council for the Prevention of Little Bernice Williams captured the curred when Mr. W hite, in an effort audience hi a singing number, "Sing War. addressed a large group on Fri to avoid striking a pedestrian, hit Me a llaby Song.” This she was c o m day, May 24. at the First Presbyterian another car that was parked on the pelled to follow with three encore l hurch, on the peace movement. wrong «idr of the highway, lie m a n numbers, “Swannc River Moon," "The Among colored people present at the aged to go on to Winlock, where Man In the Moon." and "Caroline meeting, which was a dinner, were he was given first-aid Mr. Nelson Moon." This last one she sang as she Virgil E. Keene and Mrs. Beatrice A rm stro n g of Winlock brought Mr. sat perched upon the lug pipe organ, Cannady and sons, George and Ivan. and Mrs. White hack to Portland at which Cecil Teague, the master on Sunday. T hey have a 40 acre Mm. Kvi’lyln Bishop of Honolulu is organist, presided. \i tl m r Harris and ranch in Winlock. Guy Jamison, lived up to their name visiting her *on and daughter-inlaw, sakes "The T w o Black Crows" (of Mr. and Mrs. fi la r l e s Bishop. 1062 Card of Thank* Cortland). These young comedians Tillamook Street, for nn indefinite kept the audience in uproarous laugh time. I wish to thank all who helped to ter throughout their act, which was make onr Midnight Matinee such a punctuated with a song by Arthur, FOR RENT fine success. I wish especially to con entitled "She's Funny T hat W ay.” ic y appreciation to Misses Alfreda and The H-act all colored stage revue Kate I ranktin for all their assistance, was followed hy that much-talkcd-of » ROOM MODERN HOUSE, CLOSE to Mrs Cora Jamison, Mrs. Florence Fox Movietone film "H earts in Divie” IN, REASONABLE; NICE YARD; Campbell (while), Mrs. A. L. Greene —with an all-colored cast of approxi VARIETY OF FRUIT. CALL (white), Mrs II W . Metzger (white), mately 200 people. SU. 7698.—Adv. the Misses l.aVada and Maxine M ax T he show, which lasted a little more well, (or assistance in the ticket sale than two hours, was greatly appreci .il Meier ft Frank's, l.ipinan ft Wolfe ated by all and many expressed a de Co. and Sherman ft Clay. Special sire for its repetition at an early date. Syracuse Lodge. No thanks also to all the mothers who Misses Alfreda and Kate Franklin 1, K. of P., meet* the “loaned” their children and co-opcr- trained the chorus girls in their fast- ■econd and fourth Fri alcd with me; to Rev. I.oveil, Mrs. sttpping aet, starring Maudie Booker. day nights each month McGill. Mlrs. Bcria Kirk. Mrs. Lulu Show cards announcing the attrac ■t the Stag Auditorium I re, Mrs Mattie Smith, W. I>. Allen, tion were designed and made hy Miss 181H £. Morrison Ut William Gilmer, lloycc Strain, Mr*. i „ n I» I i 11. Clara llrll, Charles Harris, Miss LF.F C ANDERSON, CC Im iisc Randolph. Mrs. I.. R. Johnson, 84« East 8th St., N. for selling tickets; also to all the b u s iness places and others that permitted D r . A u d e r n o u U r tim i» our advertising cards to hang on their From Trip to South walls. T o Sherman ft Clay Co., Meier H. B. TRUITT A Frank Co. and Lipman ft Wolfe Co., to the Rivoli Theatre management, and K. of R. and C. Rev. J. W. Anderson, regional sec all others who helped in any way. retary of the National Baptist Con —MRS. E. I). CANNADY. vention, U. S. A., returned Tuesday night from an ufliciul visit to Utah, Colorado, Missouri, Kansas, Texas and California. He traveled 12.062 E-A-T Office Phone BRoadway 0635 miles since May I. Rev. Anderson at speaks in glowing terms of the peo Residence: SEIIwood 6260 195 NORTH FIFTEENTH ple he visited, especially in Texas. He leaves on the 5th of June for WYATT W. WILLIAMS STREET the Dakotas and Montana. Attorney-at-ljfnc MEAI.S: WEEK DAYS, 50e SUNDAYS, 75c lionne for Salo! MRS. HATTIE SMITH Proprietor PHONE DKuadway 0570 03x100 lot, 8-room house, garage, will sell cheap on easy terms. 992 Mallory avenue. Call Wallace, AT. 3322.—Adv. Willi Julius Silvetone, Attorney and Counselor 523 524 LUMBERMENS BLDG. Portland, Ore. PROGRAM o f th e First Annual Fact-Finding Race Conference MAY 3 0 AND 31 The Klflh I’an-Afrlian Congress has been railed a t Tunis. Africa, I)e'em tier 20 28. 1929 It la the first con The Advocate does not necessarily vre*» to be held actually In Afro a ihare in Kits Reid's views, but wheth- The I'res dent 1» M Gratlen Can ir we do or not, her opinions are dance. Krenrh Deputy from Guaiie tane. and logical and well worth loupe, aud the Executive Secretary reading. It is your privilege as well as ours to disagree with Kits and she invites your opinion upon subiects she discusses from time to time in her column. \V B. B urghardt DuBols. the founder of ibe congresses It will convene af the invitation and under the auspices of the French government and the French P ro tecto rate of Tunisia There will be special reception com mittees In Paris. Marseilles. Algiers and Casablanca. The C omm ittee for calling the Fifth Pan-African Congress and appointed by the Fourth Pan African Congress, consists of: Dr. W. E B. DuBois, U. S. A . chairm an; Mrs. A. W. Hun ton. U. S. A.; Mrs. E. D. Cannady, U. S. A.; Bishop R. C. Ransom. U. S. A ; Mr Raymond Logan. U. S. A.; Mli. Dantes Bellegarde, H aiti; Mr. H. 11. Pihhllps. Jam aica; Chief Am- oah 111, West Africa; Mr. Eugene Corbie. Trinidad. B. W. I ; Mr. Huís wold. Dutch Guiana; Mr. M Gratien Candance, France. The American party will sail November 30th. Many sightseeing tours will be made urlng the tw months trip. Mrs. E. D. Cannady was selected by the Congress committee to act as Northwest hostess to the Fourth Pan- African Congress in New York City. She attended the conference and upon returing to Portland staged a two-days' replica of the Congress and In te rra c ia l conclave at the Public Library. So im pressed were leaders and members at the New York Con gress with h e r work and activity that she was named as the third member of the International commit tee for calling the Fifth Pan-African Congress. Mrs. Cannady says the trip to Tunis costs Just 3965. more th an she is able to pay. and therefore, un less the god of gold is very good to her, she may not attend the Congress at Tunis. Wall. I see that the trial of the F.nke boy Is o n —in the newspapers. and the d lstilct attorney's office is belching the fire of revenge through * n - i Is According to reports of i n ' « c.i -ely identified with the boy* ! ■ -r. ne is one of those misfit chil dreii- ue is a problem child, and »ii >uld not be treated as an adui: •Tro.ual As we said in last week's -su . we congratulate this county .bat it has a juvenile judge who has 'he i jr a g e of his convictions and r.e w h o knows the difference be ween a criminal mind and one born *itb "crossed wires.” Just think of bat boy being sent to Salem to live tie ng ihe seven hundred grown up nen now incarcerated there. Judge (Lib rl, have you the courage to han dle this hoy as your training tells you be should be bandied? It is a case for child welfare experts, among whom you are considered a leader. As a m atter of justice and as an example of the way the blind goddess functions in this land of the free and the home of the brave— white men gaze upon this: A Negro named Edward Hudson, a common laborer in Houston, Texas, was just plain hungry one day—as hungry as common la borers have a habit of getting. He w ent by a bar becue and smelled the appetizing and tem pting odors of frying beef—ag on izing odors for a hungry man to sniff To use his own w ords: “Ah was hungry and Ah broke into th a t stand when Ah jes couldn't resist the smell of th a t beef frizzlin' ovah the fire." So the kind-hearted s e rv a n t of the goddess of justice gave him only four years in the pen itentiary instead of the ten years which he might have given him. From which we infer th at the Judge knows som ething of a p p e tizing odors of frizzling beef but knows little of plain every-day ju s t ice. However, to point the moral of the tale—just com pare the four years' sentence of the colored hungry bro th er against the three m o n th s’ sentence of H arry Sinclair, a white man hun gry for oil profits. How many mil lions were Involved in the oil scan dal? But to be poor and black is a sin. to be hungry and to steal makes it an unpardonable sin. In view of the Race Congress held Thursday and F riday of this week, it FACT-FINDING would seem to be fitting to review an article which I read in a recent m aga CONFERENCE zine. It was w ritten by Alain Locke, IS IN SESSION and is entitled, “Negro Contributions to America.” It is—as Alain Locke's As wc go to press, the First An writings always a r e —not only inspir nual Fact-Finding Conference is in ing but- optimistic from the point of session and on account of Thursday view of those of us who are stru g being a holiday, and all businesses gling upwards. Out ot all our days being closed, it is impossible for us is there one of us who does not r e to have a report of same in this call the unhappy ones, discouraging, week’s issue, but will carry a report hopeless ones—days when the heavy of same in next week's issue load on our backs seemed too heavy | to lift? Days when fu rther effort to adapt ourselves to a white civilization seemed useless? On this point Locke tells us to take courage, that "the political and eco nomic institutions of America are not of his making, and the formal culture and tradition ot the land are his (ours) to adoption only.” But he tells us the "one great ground of hope for future influence and construction rests upon the r a th e r startling extent to which the Negro has already con tributed to American life.” He tells us of the contribution of Por Hand’s Own Store THE STORE FOR EVERYBODY TH* Q uality stows our race to the music of America. We know that our Negro spirituals are the only real American music we have. Ha notes the "artistic sway” and our potentialities in the realm of art. In the field of inven tion the list ot our genius is long, in every avenue, our race has demon strated its power. But here I am at the end of my space. Next week, 1 hope to give our analysis of the speeches at the congress—some of those that will strike the fundamental difficulties in our progress. 1-9-2-9 LINCOLN ON OBEDIENCE OF LAW Let every American lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution never to violate in the least particular the laws of his country, and never to tolerate their violation by others. As the patriots of ’76 did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and the laws, let every American pledge his life, his property and his sacred honor. Let every man remember that to violate the law is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the charter of his own and his children's liberty. Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the babe that prattles on her lap; let it be taught in schools, in seminaries and in colleges; let it be written in primers, spelling hooks and almanacs; let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice. In short, let it become the political religion of the .Nation, and let the old and the young, the rich and the poor, the grave and gay, of all sexes and tongues and colors, and conditions—sacrifice unceasingly upon its altars! A dorlss by A brahvm L incoln a t LIBRARY HALL Tenth and Yamhill Streets Portland, Oregon PROGRAM □ FIRST DAY—MORNING SESSION—MAY 30, 1929 9:30 A.M.—Registration of Delegates 10:30 A.M.—Conference Called to Order by Temporary Chairman, C. E. Ivey (aI Music: “Lift Every Voice and Sing” lb) Remarks by Temporary Chairman (c) Vocal Solo: Dr. E. L. Booker (d) Introduction of Visitors and Vice-Chairmen 11:00 A.M.—Election of Permanent Chairman 11:15 A.M.—Keynote Address by Permanent Chairman, Rev. J. L. Cast on 12:00—Noon adjournment. Lunch FIRST DAY — AFTERNOON SESSION 2 :00 P.M.—Reassembly General Theme: “A United Religious Program for Portland” lal “Lift Every Voice and Sing” lb) Organization of Discussion Groups Group 1—“Comity of Relations.” Group Leader, Miss Helena Harper, executive secretarv, Williams Avenue Branch Y. W. C. A. Group 2—“ United Religious Education.” Group Leader, Rev. W. R. Lovell, pastor First A. M. E. Zion Church Group 3—“ United Evangelism.” Group Leader, Rev. J. L. Caston. pastor. Mt. Olivet Baptist Church 4:30 P.M.—Reassembly. Inspirational Address: Rev. E. C. Farn- ham, executive secretary, Portland Council of Churches 5:00 P.M.—Announcements. Adjournment FIRST DAY — EVENING SESSION 8:00 P.M.— (a) “Lift Every Voice and Sing” (b) Invocation (c) Report from Discussion Groups of Afternoon Session (d) Vocal solo: Miss Barbara Hubbard (el Address: “ What a Combination of Negro Resources Will Mean to Portland.” Rev. W. R. Lovell PROGRAM □ SECOND DAY— MORNING SESSION 9:30 A.M.— (a) “Life Every Voice and Sing” (bl Invocation (c) Organization of Discussion Groups General Theme: “A United Civil Rights Program” (This program outlined and presented by Portland Branch of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.) Group 1—“ Educational Rights and Privileges.” Group Leader, Mrs. Dora Culliford, vice-president, Portland Branch N. A. A. C. P. Group 2—“ Inequalities Due to Color.” Group Leader, Mr. C. E. Ivey, member executive board, N. A. A. C. P. Group 3-—“ Discriminations.” Group Leader, Rev. J. L. Caston. 11:30 A.M.—Reassembly. Announcements. Adjournment. SECOND DAY — AFTERNOON SESSION 1:30 P.M.— (a) “Lift Every Voice and Sing” (bl Invocation (c) Report of Discussion Groups of Morning Session (d) Organization of Discussion Groups General Theme: “A United Economic Program for Portland” Group 1—“Negro Business and Other Opportunities.” Group Leader. Rev. J. L. Caston Group 2—“Employment and How to Handle It.” Group Leader, Miss Helena Harper Group 3—“Causes of Unemployment and Remedies.” Group leader. Rev. W. R. Lovell 4:30 P.M.—Reassembly. Inspirational address: Mr. T. Arnold Hill. Announcements. Adjournment. SECOND DAY — EVENING SESSION 8:00 P.M.— (a) “Lift Every Voice and Sing” (b) Invocation (c) Selections, Mount Olivet Male Quartette (d) Address: “Mr. T. Arnold Hill, secretary, Industrial Re lations, National Urban League, N. Y. City let Vocal Solo: Miss Alberta Mayo ( f ) Adoption of Resolutions (g) Final Adjournment LI IT EVERY VOICE AND SING □ if ords by James If eldon Johnson Music by Rosamond Johnson , ...... □ - Lift ev’rv voice and sing. Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty; Let our rejoicing rise (Continued on page four)
