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PRICE: PIVE CENTI
RACE REDOUBLES EFFORTS AGAINST PARKER
M.E. MINISTERS WONT JOIN POLITICAL COMBINE
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TELEGRAMS VOICING OPPOSITION SHOULD BE
SENT IMMEDIATELY TO 0. S. SENATORS
'I'll#* furl litui lite S rn iilr Jtiilifin ry Collimiti«-«- v«»t«*«l lu»t
Fritlay ugnili»! J iii I r «' I’ urki-r fo r tli«* I mi«-«! S li i l n Su|>rrm<‘
L o iirl, «lo«-« not n un it lim i th e fight ugnili»! him is «-n«l«‘«l —
unii u victory won!
l'rt-»i«l<-nl H o m e r rcfu»«-» to w ithdraw Burkt-r’a nomi*
nut im i. unti I'iirker r«-fu»«-» to w ithdraw .
T h e i»»ur in
Slul«-» S en u le.
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lik ely lo go to th e flo o r o f th e U nited
T lioue w ho oppoHe Jutlge P ark er iim»t redould«- th eir
effort«, imtleud o f le llin g up.
I lie N aliom il \»«oeiu lion fo r th e A d van cem en t o f
f o l l i m i P e o p le urge# it» hrnneh«*ii in every part o f theae
( ’■iite«l Slate«, N egro rliu rrh e«, lodge», w om en«' elidi«, riv ie
orgu ni n il ion«, in n lilu lion « and in ilivid u al«, to d e lu g e th eir
( I . S. Sennlor« with telcgrum « and letter« o f p rotrai, u n til
Mr. Purk«-r'« num e 1« w ithdraw n.
If th e Kure doe« n o i p rotc«t, certain «eualora may grt
the iiiipre««i<m they are n o lo n g e r ¡ntrrr«trd.
T h e A dvocate urge« ull N egroes in O regon to v o ice th eir
prole«!« lignin«! Ju d ge l ’urk«*r, in d iv id u a lly or c o lle c tiv e ly
— Ill T VOICE YOUR PR O T E ST I
Ju d ge Purker w ould n u llify th e right« o f N egroes guar­
ii ill m l th em u n iler th e C om d itu tion o f o u r land. H e 1«.
th e r e fo r e , u nfit to «it n« a ju d g e in th e highe«t tribunal
u n iler th e U nited Stute* ( im e n im r n l!
$50,000 BUILDING
Militant Orator
DEDICATED AT
Dies Very Suddenly
ST. AUGUSTINE’S
In Washington, D.C.
Raleigh. N. C. April *«—A red-let­
NKVAL THOMAS, N.A.A.C.P.
ter day in the history of St. Augustine s
DIRECTOR. BURIED WITH
HONORS. TUESDAY College, this city, was celebrated on
Washington, I> C. April—<CNS)—
l-'iinrrat service* lor Neval It Thom»»
president oi I Li* District ui Columbia
branch o( th* N.A.A.C.P, a director of
th* national bt>dy and lorni any year»
a teacher oi hi»tory in th* public
ichool*. who dird Sunday at th* horn*
of hi# #i#t*r, Mr* D. A. Wil1i»ton,
were hrld at 4 o'clock Tueiday in th*
k.uikm Memorial Chapel of Moward
University
Mr. Thoma* wra# widely known aa
an orator and (or hi* vigorous protest*
against the wrong* lufTered by the
Negro race He wai ill in health for
a long time prior to his death. ,
March 27 in the dedication ol the hand­
some new $50.000 dining hall and do­
mestic science building erected and
named in honor ol Bishop J. B. Che­
shire The dedication was set to co­
incide with the eightieth birthday of
the venerable Bishop, who most fit­
tingly delivered the dedicatory address.
The story ol the Invaluable service
rendered the institution by Bishop Che­
shire. for more than thirty year* one
of its most faithful (riendt, was told by
Dr. A. R. Hunter.
SUASHKI) IN BRAWL
A p ril 25, 1930.
-Mrs. E. 1). Cannady, care The Advocate
My Dear Mr«. Cannady: In answer to your tele­
phone communication to me today, in all fairuesH to
you, I deal re to make the following statement and
explanation, if an explanation ¡ h necessary.
I authorized my ad to be inserted in a newspaper,
which a Mr. Minor represented to lie reached a great
majority of the Colored voters o f Portland. I further
authorized this ad to be inserted in said paper, upon
the representation made to me by Mr. Minor, that
The Advocate, ui»nu actual count, had dwindled to
the |>oiut where it no longer was much of a factor in
the Colored ]>opulation of the city.
I further authorized my ad to 1>e carried in the
said pajier upon the representation made to me by
Mr. Minor, that he was a member of a committee of
Colored ]>eople, which committee had the picking of
legislative candidates for the Htute ¡legislature to
lie supported by the Colored population of the city,
and thut_ his influence on that committee was so
marked that the committee usually adopted his rec­
ommendations, and of course, upon this statement I
was left to assume that if my ad was not inserted in
this |>aper I could not hoi>e for this endorsement.
I also advised Mr. Minor that I was very friendly
toward you, and that all things being equal, I would
probuldy put my ad in The Advocate, eapferially now’,
as I understand that the paper which Mr. Minor rep­
resents is not a local |mj»er, but one printed in the
city of Seattle, of that I was not aware at the time I
to o k the ad, although I do not remember that Mr.
Minor made any representation about that.
I don't care to get into a controversy between
your paper and the paper represented by Mr. Minor;
I do want the Colore«! people’s vote, and what is
more, I think then* is no man of the legislative can
didates who is more entitled to it than I. and you cau
rest assured and can say for me that if elected to
the Legislature, there is no man, who trill tfire any
ft renter consideration to matters concerning the
Colore«! jxtpulation than I will.
There are a number of statutes on our lx>oks now,
which it would seem to me should l>e reniodele«i per-
taining to the Colored population, and I have often
wondered why the Colored |>eople, as a whole, did
not demand that these laws lie remedied.
I numiter among my closest friends and acquaint-
ances, some of the finest Colored people of the city,
and their troubles are my troubles.
Respectfully yours,
C l a r e n c e E. Y e a g e r .
CEY-E
REV. LOVELL RESIGNS FELLOWSHIPS
FROM GOMITILE AWARDED FIVE
PHILANTHROPIST
April IS. 1930.
To the Chairman and Members,
AIDS DENTISTS The
Committee on Political Affairs.
Rochester. N. Y. April 21 —Interest
WOMAN KILLED
of George Eastman, philanthropist, in
lentil education, was further evidenced
IN THEATRE CRASH today
with the announcement that he
New York, April 23-(CNS)—A mid­
dle aged woman, Mrs. Etta Middle-
ton, was killed and 23 others wrre iu-
jurrd at the Renaissance Theatre Mon­
day afternoon when a five-ton booth
weakly supported by iron brackets
crashed to the floor.
OFFICE OF
C larence E . Y eagbb
Porter Buildiug :: Portland, Oregon
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED
PEOPLE URGES EVERY NEGRO ORGANIZATION 10 AC! QUICKLY
Header» o f T h e A dvocate, T a k e N o tice !
had agreed to build and equip the den­
tal wing of the new $2,000,000 plant of
the Mrharey Medical college at Nash­
ville, Tenn. The college is dedicated
to the training of Negro youths in
medicine, dentistry and pharmacy.
This is the fourth large dental en-
terprire Mr Eastman has underwrit­
ten. He founded the Rochester Den­
tal dispensary and subsequently gave
$ 1 . 000,000 each (or establishment of
similar institutions in London and
Rome.
Weston, Oregon, A prill tl—Ray
Rogers, colored, was badly slashed
Thursday night in ail alleged drunken
brawl in a section house at WVston,
west of Pendleton. Fred Collins is
bring hrld as his assailant Rogers was
permitted to leave the Pendleton hos­
pital Saturday. Several other Negroes
a Ncgrp woman and a Japanese sec­ The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser
tion formed were held in the case.
of Monday, April 7, devoted a whole
page to the program heald at Tuske-
gee. April 5, commemorating the life
RE-ELECT
and works of the late Booker T. Wash-
ington founder of Ttiskegee Instituie.
d o r o t h y M c C u l l o u g h l e e
The speech of Dr. John J. Tigert,
FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE president of the Union of Florida, was
—Adv. published in full.
WASHINGTON
IS HONORED
BAPTIST EXPERT
FOUND LYNCHED
SPECIAL NOTICE TO ADVOCATE READERS!
• •
The Portland Branch of the N A.A.C.P
City.
Dear Friends:
When asked to serve as a member
of this committee and especially fol­
lowing the first meeting. I was under
the impression that TH E COMMIT­
TEE WAS TO INTERVIEW THE
VARIOUS CANDIDATES. ASCER­
TAIN THEIR VIEWS. REPORT
TO THE BRANCH, AND ALLOW
THE BRANCH to MAKE W HAT­
EVER RECOMMENDATIONS OR
ENDORSEMENTS IT SAW FIT.
It now appears that the committee
has practically abandoned its original
intent and purpose, in that the inter-
views have been discontinued and a
definite committal to one particular
candidate has been voiced. In niy
opinion this course is not only unethi­
cal and unfair to the remaining candi­
dates and to the members of the lo­
cal branch, hut was wholly unexpected
to the particular candidate who was
first interviewed as well as the remain­
ing members of the branch.
Moreover, it appears that any at­
tempt to commit the branch to any
candidate or candidates without the
consent of the Branch in open session
will meet with vigorous protest from
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ZION
AND
BETHEL'
S
MINISTERS
ROPE DO NOT FAVOR raUTICAl POLICV
Chicago, April—Edward D. Pierson
of Chicago, auditor and efficiency ex
pert of the national Baptist convention
was found lynched today in the Mus-
catatuck River, near Scottabtirg, Ind.
His hands and feet were bound and a
rope around hit neck was tied to a tree
and to his two suitcases. His body
had been riddled with bullets.
Whether Pierson had stopped in
Scottsburg on business and his pres­
ence had been resented or had been
taken from the train by his lynchers
could not he ascertained. Hie son,
Edward Pierson Jr., said he could not
account for his being in Scottaburg
FROM M i n t ! WHEN VARY FROM
OSIENSHf OBJECTIVE; FAVOR HOME MEN
During the past week, activities of the “Political Com­
mittee'' of the Portland branch of the National Associa­
tion for the Advancement of Colore«! P«x>ple have been
somewhat slack, owing to disruption within the commit­
tee’s ranks.
It is said that when Hev. Mr. Walter Kaleigh Lovell,
pastor of the historical Zion Church, handed the commit­
tee his resignation, it created a mild sensation.
Following closely upon the heels of Rev. Lovell’s resig­
nation, came that of the Rev. Daniel G. Hill, Jr., pastor
of “fashionable’’ Bethel A. M. E. Church, in no uncertain
terms, letting the “political «committee” know that he did
not wish to be identified with the committee, thus settling
the position of Negro inethodism in the City of Portland,
as far as the ministers are concerne*!, regarding the
peddling of Negro votes through cheap white politicians.
It appears at present that the Rev. J. L. Caston, pastor
of
the ML Olivet Baptist Church, is the only minister left
E. L. Booker. D.D.M, will be the
soloist over radio station KXL Sun- on the committee.
Dr. Booker Sings;
Rev. Mr. Hill SpeakL
day afternoon at 2:45 when Bethel
chnrch gives its regular Sunday after­
noon program. Dr. Booker will sing
the spirituals, “My Lord What a mom-
‘Were You There?" Mrs. Maud L
Booker will accompany him. Rev HiM
will speak.
A full program of services have been
arranged for Bethel Charch this Sun­
day. Rev. Hill will preach and a
rare treat is in store for those who at­
tend the morning service. Everett H.
Craven, soloist with the Portland Sym­
phony Orchestra will sing.
At 8 p.m. Judge Clarence H. Gilbert
of the Court of Domestic Relations
will speak on “The Needs of the Ju­
venile C ourt’’ Representatives of the
Social Agencies of Portland have been
invited to attend. The Bethel chorus
will render spoal music «t both serv­
ices.
,
Arrow
(Tipa
B y K its Reid
The Advócala do#* not necessarily
share in Kits Reid's view«, bat whetb-
>r we do or not. bar opinion# ar#
e, aad logical and wail worth
reading. It U roar privilege as well ss
ourt to disagree with Kits and «he
invite« roar opinion apon «abteets
the discusses frota tima to túne la ber
column.
“God lends us the world to enjoy
in common on one condition only—
that we act uprightly."—Rolland.
• • e
I wonder just what brand of patri­
otism those war mothers represent
who insisted that a separate ship be
According to Arthur Brisbane, pop­ provided for the mothers of the col­
ular writer in the Portland Telegram. ored boys who are boned in France?
Uncle Sam's census show “the colored I wonder if they think that the shells
population of the United States dimin­ and bullets which killed their boys
ishing. The percentage of Negro pop­ were especially designed to detect the
ulation, in this census, will be the low- color of the soldier that they blew to
ett on record, and that percentage now bits. Personally,
is only half what it was in 1790.“ Mr. mothers are to b
Brisbane further comments; But this they were spared
•■•at need not discourage Americans of ing forced to ast
African descent. If, after we die. we whose souls coulo noi ttw »uw . —»
return to earth to continue working common grief of mothers’ hearts.
here, as many believe, that means a Which leads one to another com­
Urge percentage of colored people ment of patriotism If the real patri­
must come back in white bodies, with ots in the D. A. R keep on resigning.
a better chance in our prejudiced white (that organisation will soon dry up and
civilization."
I
"
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FIGURES DIMINISH
IN CENSUS REPORT
NEGRO STUDENTS
Rottcnwald Grant
The “Political Committee” of
which Joe Keller, white, a detect-
ive for on auto insurance company,
and formerly a parole officer of the
Oregon State Prison, during Gov.
Withyeombe’s administration, is
composed of several Colored mem­
bers * including Virgil Keene —
whose daughter is Mr. Keeler's
secretary; W. D. Alien, proprietor
of the Golden West Hotel; Rev.
J. L. Caston, pastor of the Mount
Olivet Baptist Church;; Irvie
Flowers, president of the Portland
branch of the N. A. A. C. P .; Mrs.
Ruth Flowers, Mr. Flower's sister-
in-law, and Mrs. Flowers’ mother,
Mrs. Lenora Henderson—the latter
is said to be a confidential a«tvisor.
With the aid of Rev. W. R. Lovell,
pastor of Zion, and Rev. Daniel G.
Hill, pastor of Bethel, the commit­
tee planned to hand over in a neat
package to the candidate for office
of Governor, who made the biggest
pre-election promises to the com­
mittee, but in reality, who it is be­
lieved made Keller the biggest polit­
ical offer, the entire Negro vote—
through the N. A. A. C. P. and the
ered that the committee had strayed
from the “straight and narrow"
path, he resigned. The Rev. Mr.
Hill informed the committee from
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WINS IN TRACK MEET
Provides for Graduate
Study in Sciences
Atlanta, Ga., April 21—Announce­
ment of the award of twenty-six grad­
uate fellowships iu the social sciences,
five of them being to Negro students,
was made here today by Dr. W. W.
Alexander, director ol the Commis­
sion on Interracial Cooperation and
chairman of the Southern Fellowship
Committee. These awards were made
possible by a grant of $50,00Q from
Julius Rosenwald Fund for the en­
couragement among Southern students
of graduate studies in the social sci­
ences.
“The major purpose behind these
fellowships is to attract a higher quali­
ty of scientifically trained personnel
to work on important social problems
facing the southern section of the
country." .
ESCAPES FROM PRISON
The police bulletin of April 17,
told of the escape of Frank or
Williams age 30, colored, from
county jail at Pendleton where he
held for burgalary.
U
told
Bob
the
was
George Cannady won the 50 yard
dash contest held last Saturady at a
track meet held in Vancouver, Wash­
ington, in which 114 high schools from
Washington and Oregon participated.
George is a senior at Grant High.
SALEM MAN DIES IN PORTLAND
Mr. E. Brooks, 78, of Salem died
Thursday M a local hospital, the vic­
tim of cancer. He was the oldest em­
ployee ol the Spalding Company of
Salem, having entered its employ when
quite young, remaining until about
three months ago when illness pre-
vented him from continuing. The re­
mains were shipped to Salem for inter­
ment. Mr. Brooks was the step-father
of Mrs. Charles Maxwell.
ELKS TO HAVE BIG TIME
On Sunday afternoon May It, Rose
City Lodge of Elks will hold a gi­
gantic initiation service. A dozen or
more candidates will ride the goat.
Refreshments will be served and a reg­
ular good time Elks follification will
be had. Visiting Bills are invited.
Packed House Greets
Young Artists
Fifteen years ago I first saw Stanton Duke as he tripped down the hill
at «he head of Jefferson street to the Sylvan school. It wis his first day at
school, where 1 was at the time the principal, said Floyd D. Moore, local at­
torney as he voiced appreciation of the work Stanton Duke, dramatic reader,
did Thursday evening at Bethel A.M E. church when Mr. Duke was presented
in a program ol dramatic, humorous dialect and pianologues, by the Bethel
Friendship Club. "He was so obedient, kind, and splendid that he soon won
the hearts of all the other children,” the former school principal added, "and
I see him tonight for the first time in those 15 years climbing to the summit
of his lofty ideals.” The speaker paid a high compliment to Mr. and Mrs.
Duke and family, “the first colored family to come to our school," and stated
it was the most enjoyed evening he had experienced in a long time.
The entire program listened to with rapt attention by a capacity house,
was exceptionally good.
Rev. Hill, pastor of the church, reminded the audience that while Duke
was a member of his church, one so gifted belonged to the whole community.
This, the community evidently realized for the audience was comprised of
people from every church as well as representative of both races.
The ladies of the Friendship Club had the stage decorated with cut flowers
which lent color and dignity to the occasion.
Mr. Duke was in splendid form and gave hia entire program with ease and
poise. He showed remarkable talent (or memorizing aa well at for dramatic
interpretation. His enunciation was clear and each selection was chosen with
taste. Space will not permit individual comment upon those who assisted
him, suffice to say—they were all splendid.