THK IIJ.im TR A TK D F E A T U R E HR*TtON
5
October 10, 1931
Commissioner Ferdinand Morton Tells
why He is a Bachelor
rla lv r voice h e tr p lir d , " I t la a h e a lth y le ft sch ool w ithou t receiv in g a d i­
co m p letin g
th e
fo u r-y e a »
alien to arc th e colored m an d e m a n d - plom a,
111 « m ore a d e q u a te re p re se n ta tio n In courne In th re e years
I um rnany Hull
| 1 th o u g h t oi a cu riou s th in g a b o u t
h as
fe lt by a m a jo rity of I h im . H e was livin g up to h is rep u ­
rig h t-th in k in g people th a t th e righ t» ta tio n of n ig h t owl
I t Is well
o f th e colored m an h ave been a d e - th a t Mr M orton Is a m a n who alm oa*
i uirately nerved th ro u g h th e U nited never goes to bed b efo re fou r or flv®
I C olored D em o cracy
w h e n th e H a l l ’ |ln th e m o rn in g . He rises la te , g e t-
i In aw are th a t thin In not th e cane, the ipg to h is office n e a r th e n oon h o u r.
p roced u re th a t hua alw ays been fo l­
D eclin ed Ju d g e sh ip
lowed will be pu t Into p ra ctice, n a m e ­
" Y e s I suppose th e r e was a tim e
ly, giv in g th e people w h at th ey w ant w hen 1 could h ave ea rn e d m u ch fro m
w h en th ey d em an d It
I t seem » to th e p riv ate p ra c tic e o f law
W h en th e
m e th e n a tu r a l cou rse of th in g s, e le c t­ o p p o rtu n ity did p re sen t Itse lf to m e,
ing colored lea d ers to th e 19th and I I did n o t a c c e p t It. an d o p p o rtu n ity »
21st assem b ly d istric t» sin ce th ese I h ave a way of n o t re p e a lin g th e m ­
d istric t» a re p re d o m in an tly colored selv es."
■ How a b o u t th e M a g istra c y th a t wa»
I looked a U h ls m an M orton , who offered you In 1924?"
h ad m ad e su ch a record a» a d eb ater I "1 d eclin ed th a t o ffe r becau se I f e lt
At H arvard
I t wa sh e who refused it would c u r ta il m y usefu ln ess In p o ll-
to a r c pt a com prom len b ecau se of a 1 tics, and I was n o t ready to re lin q u ish
d iscre p an cy In h is E n g lish u n its and 'm y p o litica l se rv ic e s.’•
"It
polilli'n l liuti riv i] rlid its alici h r did
III» p a rt lu M r tiia t th ry got th em .
T w e n ty -fiv e yearn In tlir ira ln ln ii
of a ina< hint- th a t ha» c ra c k e d th e
I x > 11 ( 11 a I wlilp In New Vork for m ore
th a n on e h u n d rrd am i tw en ty -fiv e
vi-urn. t r a d ir à a m an m an y tnliinn
T a m m a n y H all tr o c h e s h r r m en n o t
to b u lk b u t to b llr , n ot to
Iveed leiuilv
aw Ift ly » h m i h r proper turn- com es.
I ii'k e .l turn how n r vlrw rd t l i r po-
lltlr a l scen e
C olored p rop le II k I i U iik
ln Ih r iiln r tr r n t h an d tw rn ty -flr» t
aaM-mbly d istric t» fo r o filtla l p o litical
r r p rr n r iila tlo n a t tlir co u n cil ta b lr of
T a m m a n y H all
In ills crl»p an d tn -
T A M M A N Y BOSS'
HUMAN DESPITE
COLD EXTERIOR
Wear* Hal to Hide A b­
sence of His Hair,
Even Iiuhiors.
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■ w. «t a n d b u o y a n t a m i f u ll <* aun a h tiw .
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tm w e U a n d a m r r n m o v e m m l tli-ran l f r t a t
t h r m i i i i Th«* resao n In f y o u r d o w n a nd -n o t
fpeluig ia y o u r l l * r f . I t ahseubl l* » ir «»ut tw o
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dotam i rfig aat. I t )uat d r r a y a tn th a bow aia.
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t h i r k , b a il taatn a m i f«*ur lir a s ! h la fo u l,
a k in o ftrn b r ra k a o ut in b lr m ia h r* Y o u r h»a«l
a rh rw a m i yo u f r * | «town a n d »'Ut. Y«>ur » h o la
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FAVORED BY AMERICA’S FAIREST WOMEN
HE’S A BACHELOR
Mont of Hi» Work Done
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NKW Y t» U K
In terv iew in g F e r d i­
n an d w M o rto n , New Y o r k ’a Civil
Met vice co m m issio n er, in only a c co m p ­
lished bv p e rsiste n c e
II m ay ta k e
m i m o n th s, b u t In th e en d It is w orth
w hile
Km one th in g th e t r a n t e r m on­
tici s why th e c o m m issio n er krr|ia Ills
lu. on a l Ida I » m a ia li» o l i l i e
Ile
dna mi t ank b eca u se In •» la lily c e r ­
ta in t h a t th e reaMin In th e M orton
h a ir Iran g o tte n to th e poin t w here
tl In "fia i la te fo r H e r p l d d r "
Ncnt in th e sp e cu la tio n as to whv
Ih i* a n stere m a n o f m iddle age la still
a b ach elo r
He d o e sn 't d are u»k th a t q uestion
e ith e r l a i nuu- H iele a re M orire i.|
th e rn g a g rtn tit o f th e co m m issio n er
to a b e a u tifu l M em p h is girl, th e n
studyin g a t I ‘o lu m b ia U n iv ersity a
dr. ad. a , :
Hum or h a s II th a t rn
re n te to th r Jew eler s In buy a »19
en g ag em en t rin g he m et a frie n d In
need
T h e ftlr m l w ent hla way with
th e »71 and Mr M urtón w ithout a
rin g
Tini.« en d ed a n ea r m a tr im o n ­
ial venture
l*alm iv 1« M any
P au l Ito Or*.>n H arry M ia«« S tru t
pay lie. th e 1st. Jim m y M el ndun.
T u rn e r an d L a y to n , th e lain d o n Sin g
r 1 1 and m any th u s h a v e klimvn th e
rnm nu.’Jd o n rr la frie n d an d b e n tf a c -
tol
1 >|M ak in g o f M o rto n Storie, th e re Is
a n o th e r th a t th e c u m in i' Inner keeps
fn g h tlu lly la te h o u rs w orking a t h is
i t t i . , in th e a fte rn o o n iw tirn h r »
lint at tile b a seb a ll g n m ri an d npend-
Ing Ids n ig h ts a t th e clu b w here lie
co n d u cts T a m m a n y 's a ffa irs
T h u s h r g e ts to b d m any a m o rn ­
ing a t 9 o 'clo ck
T h e story ru n s th a t
am on e of th ese occn sln n s Ids landlady
fou nd Ids key o n th e floor outside Ids
door and asked Idin If he had lost u
key
Ills r.-plv wan, " Y e s , In th e dust
u n d er my bed '•
T o M aynr W a lk rr th e com m issio n er
It« Fi ritte. to th e co m m issio n er th e
M ayor In Jim m ie .
M ayor W alker
lu vcr a ie e p ln
a n e n g u g e m ’lit
to
r|»-ak In H arlem utilena h e a sk s If Ills
tiren
FK H D IN A N D M O R T O N .
“I use th is Cream
ay"
ft lend in a lso to Pc th ere
HUM a n o th e r rto rv e n m e n ia hln re-
r usa I to head th e Al H m ltll lot P io ,-
Ident N a tio n a l t ’n iiiin llle e in 1979 b e ­
cau se It net. up Jlin -cro w h e a d q u a r­
te rs
At th e tim e o l tills Interv iew C o m ­
m issioner M o rto n sal in th e (.filer of
th e U n ited C olored D em o cracy , on e of
th e p o litica l co u n try co u sin s o f th e
gren l and glam orou s fam ily T a m m a n y
H all II wan n ea rly 2 o 'clo ck In th e
illu m in g he filtr o * naetly In to th e
type o n e exp el» to find In a genu in e
product o f tnln fam ily.
T h e r a n a ina
W ith a large P a n a m a h a t tu rn ed
S a y n M r .. R u n e M t C l e a -
don, o u t s t a n d i n g i c t r e u
o f ••Deep R i v e r ” a n d
-P o rry.-
N Y
Every d
H rr V i e r C 'ntniulKMoiirr
“ I n ev e r apply f a r e po w­
de r w ith ou t f i r a t s m o o t h -
I n f on a l i t t l e g e n u i n e
B l a c k and W h i t e P e r o x i d e
C r e a m . 1 do th ia ev e ry day
be ca us e th i a c r e a m pr o­
t e c t a my akin, k e e p s it
s m o o t h and f a i r and m ak es
my po wd er stay on hour«
longer”
d o w n III f r o n t a n d p la c e d o n Ills h e a d
a t a s o m e w h a t r a k is h a n g le u w h ite
-o ft-c o lla re d s h irt w ith blue lie. a
iln ik n ln p .ll SUH and c a re fu lly p o l­
ished sho . h r looked th e p a rt o f an
a ils lu c ra t and o n e m igh t add with
th e h au gh ty h ea rin g of a V irgin ia
plant« r
Cold, alm .m t steely eyes
tlnd h a si a way of o p rn ln g wide at
m tri v u l. look out a t und th ro u g h
you
And v . ! w ith It all F e rd in a n d
t ! M orton b o n i tn W a sh in g to n , D C .
I S q u ite h u m a n
He Ilk » a good gam e
ol b a seb a ll. Ilshen In seaso n , an d plays
an e x c e lle n t g am e o f bridge
111akr W ith Old (lu a rits
In 1)« m i s m u é p o litics in New Y ork
C ity , h e trp re s e n ts th e b re a k in g aw ay
fto iii th e old gu ard m ade up o l su ch
m en as "C h ie f
Rxiwarti L ee, J o h n
It. ii. t ia li b A S im m s. W illiam A
DU k e lso n , and R o b e rt Wood
T h eta’
nu ll sh ap ed th e te n e ts of tile o rg a n i­
sa tio n fro m th e tim e o l Its In cep tion
III 11197 up to I9I.V w hen, u lle i u b it-
l e t lie:tit. Mr M orton was e lecte d th e
lead er in th e U n ited C olored D em o c­
racy
It was b ark 111 IB97 D ial L m ucl Kit
tjm g g m ade th e a sse rtio n w h ich rolled
t h e eo lo ied c o n stitu e n c y and proved
to be th e stia w th a t b io k r th e r a m -
. I s b ark
He was th 71 c h a n m an ol
i h r K rp u b lli a n co u n ty c o m m itte e lie
•.ml,
1 kirn « colored people b e tte r
th a n
th ey kuow
th e m se lv e s;
vou
io n I d o l drive th in out of th r R e ­
p u blican p a r li w illi a sle d g e h a m m e r."
It was th e n th a t th e Rev M r K m rst
l.yon now o f Ila ltlm o r r , hut th e n
pa tin o f HI M a rk s M eth o d ist Kpl.s-
ii,p a l C h in c h am i eh u irm iin o l th r
It. p u blican
N a tio n a l
lfu rra u
in
c h a rg e ol im iU rrs a l i e n in g colored
j in op Te. and th e la te Ju m e s C a rr,
1 liro th ri ol l i t W illiam C a r r, o l Hal
t i n i e r , d ecid ed th a t th e R ep u b lica n
p a lly In N. w Y o rk had played w ith
I h e co lo red |ieople long en ou g h,
< arsed an d P raised
Dike m any m em b ers of T a m m a n y
H all whose n a m es ure w atchw ord s.
leid tn iiiM l W M o rto n h a s b een b u l­
lí i n i about by th e s h iftin g tid es o l
IsillU cul opin ion , b e n
a lte rn a te ly
rut *1 an d praised , b ie n bowed by d e ­
li at a n il co u rted by victory
W h en
he cunic to New Y o rk In 190«. I r i s h
¡fro m H arvard a n d a y e a r a t tn e law
chool of Ho to n U n iv ersity , h e w ent
in to th ■ law o ttlce of J Krunk W h e a ­
to n , o f th e law tlrm o f W h e a to n and
I C urtir
W h ea to n was a b o u t as p ic ­
tu resqu e a llgure us th e law co u rts ol
New Y o rk h ave ev er w e n . He was a
great sh o w m an , a n a stu te law yer and
a fa m o u s p lead er In m u rd er cuses.
R ead y fo r S o u th A m erica
M o rto n , disgusted w ith th e p ros-
’c ts o f a c a re e r, was a b o u t to go to
m ill A m erica w hen T a m m a n y -b o ss
C h a rley M urphy o ffered h im u fon t
in th e D is tric t A tto rn ey 's o th er
M u r­
phy was n o t used to th e typo o f c o l­
la red p o liticia n H int M orion re p re ­
sen ted
He dill gel used to th is new
typo, h ow ever, m ill w as la te r largely
resp onsib le for h is a p p o in tm e n t to th e
oITh e of C ivil S e rv ic e co m m issio n er.
F rie n d
His m ind h a rk in g b a rk to th o se
(lays, M r. M orton said. “I d o n 't like
I h e te rm frie n d ' w hen sp e ak in g of
th e w hite m ini a n d h is re la tio n to th e
colored m a n . but fo r th e lack of a
h e lle r te rm . I use It In c o n n e c tio n
will) C h a rle s F M urphy. He wns th e
g re a te st frien d th e co lo red m a n h as
had In tw en ty -fiv e y ears o f th e p o liti­
cal life of tills c ity . He believed th a t
I he colored m a n w as e n title d to all
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