Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1931)
URGES NEGRO IN AVIATION AD VO CATE THE. An Independent IN I WO .SECTIONS VOL. 28— NO. 8 Paper Devoted to PORTLAND, OREGON, S A T U R D A Y , the Interest* of the People D E C E M B E R 5. 1931 SECTION ONE PRICE FIVE CENTS INJUSTICE REIGNS AMONG SHARE CROPPERS PORTERS’ ORGANIZATION GROWS VicJCStilKJ . . . . . Tf)e file w\s (BY C L IFF O R D C. M IT C H E L L ) (lit * *rrh it Says future In Air U««*I u « n Tariff« I M il lll|f YOU IN K WE RE GOING TO HAVE FREE NIGGERS? MANY JOIN HUNGER MARCH GET NO CASH VERY PICKENS TELLS Farmer Tuskegian LITTLE FOOD, CLOTHINC E" GREAI MISERY REVEALED I WHI r «'U «l 1IIK A ll t<\hauM(|v« illa«c*rt«ltnti. In n lath l««u«* of a t ethnic« I inannfarHirer « tiuigu R E C E IV E S H O N O R A RY D E G R E E tint*, on the u»e|cMii«*a« of tariff« In FROM B E N ED ICT C O L L E G E genet«) In my «chool tlaya I wit« taught. ami I have «liter* hr 11 tor ml. that I hr tnaniifat-turwr« went th* ours who Mr«. Jrnnlr í>ee I I oton. Director of Haiti that tariff« were r««rntlal to thr Womm’« ImliiNtrlra at Tuakege* In j»ro«|H»rity of thrlr l»u«lno«« Ntltutr ami wIfr of Dr It It Moton, MRS. MOTON wu« awarded un honorary degree of Mauler of Art« by I le tied let College, in recognition of her outNlandlng aervlce In tin* devolpnient of tlie department which «h«* head« at Tuakegee and In promoting and advancing «tandard« of home life In Alabama ami the South io NEW BRIDGE TO BE D ED IC A TE D IN S E A T T L E A highway bridge. *|«nnlng the western arm of laike Union, nnd form ing un Important link In the highway system of the Northwest, will be dedi cated in Seattle us the George Wash lligton Memorial Bridge on Washing- The«e are but n few of the únele«« Ion's Birthday next year President Hoover has been invited tariff« that our colored men and wo men. In varimi« part« of America, are to attend the dedicatory services which will be Jointly conducted by the laboring under, and If It 1« true that even the noculled tariff« for protec State of Washington ami the City of tion nr«* únele«« nnd WAHtcful, how Seattle. Patriotic and civic organizations much more «o. when the tariff« are enforced, through Icglnlntlon and cu«- will participate in the program, and toni. not for protection or revenue, the Sons of the American Revolution hut through Ignorance and prejudice will lie hosts In the evening, to the public at a banquet In Iho Civic nmli When tho quentlon of tariff« come torlum This will be the first great memor tip we «tumid In* morn vitally Intorcnt* coast to . be . .. iledira «*«! than any other rln«« of American . ial . . on . . the . . . Pacific . . ... Citizens for wo pay a higher tariff. W ,‘ " ',ll" ' ton » « iM,r* «*» ' b” centennial observation of tils birth within, tlmn ilo I ll us e en Hie outside of America's confines T E A C H E R S ' HISTORICAL O U TLO O K LISTS R A CE R ELA T IO N S ANO O T H E R GROUPS I rain Por Service CHICAGO. Nov. 30 <A N P —Oppor tunlUea for young colored m*-n in uvia- tloti exlat am! are going to increase, according to John C. Itoblnaon, 6040 ('alumet A ve, a former student of au* jtomoblle mechanic« at Tuskegee ln»tl* (lute an«! n«*w connected with the Cur- |ti«« Wright Aeronautical university in |thin city. Itoblnaon ha« Ju«t comi»leted a 12- month cour«e In aviation mechanic« Prior to entering the Curtl«« achool. With thr (hanging thought of thr day. thr manufartnrrr« now believe, or it* thr artlrlr Inferred. that tariff« an* n«rl«‘«H 'I’hat thry arrv« to create w itate* That wanti1 create« rrfu«r, ami r <• f it « r rrratr« «tabulation nil of which rratilt« in a hrrakdown of econ omic rondltlon«. leaving poverty ami nilti In It« jmth If thr white rconoinlita «re hecom lug «o alarmed over a «Itnatlon of thrlr own creation, thr thought aro«#*, v hat would they do ami how would thry ft*id, If they were for« t <1 to buck a tariff, »o high and «o uaele««. that ronfrtmt« thr average rolorrd man or a oman In America* l l r r r nrr n frw «.f thr u«e!c*« tariff« In qtHMtfon: A how** m»rut***ly r atina f *r »• hooated t• * ffO whan tenant« of color takr | h t «a#«« Ion A iiro|M’»ty 1« aold to n colored citi arti, vi It h an Inflnti'tl valut* alrcinly |>lart*d upon It timi thru (lit* colored property owner 1« forrrd t « * «pend ml dltionul fumi« In eHtahil«hlog A main tatnliiK hi« right t«» livt* peacefully therein In «orne «ectlon«. flrat-cla«« frati«- portation charge« f<»r third claaa con vrillent***’*, with humiliation uml Insult thrown In Theoretfrui fum ilo* on n fifty p«*r «f l i t baala hut In reality payln* an d * h t y t»r ninety per cent proportion for the privilo*** t»f llvin* ami work* In* thr year nround for the other fe l lo« I *a a a I n k an eijtiiil educational te«t (In the Month» hut receiving one-third thr pay Riven to «chool teacher« of other race« raying an annual poll tax hut denied thr right to vote Mr Ine UMM*r«rtt»d a maximum In tax »*« hut ttnuhle to enjoy the privilege« ami comfort« that the tux money main tain« Spending year« In achool to acquire n higher **diicatlon and then given work that require« only the «tretigth of lira w n In time of war. gladly lined a« hu man target« hut In tune« of peace a« target« for ahuae. Urges Race Men I o (By I. L. P i NEW YORK. N. Y.. No» 2«.—The CAMP HILL, Ala. Dec. 3— fn spite NEW YORK. N Y., (CNA|— Large National Association for the Advance- of terrific terror and persecution, the ment of Colored People Christmas numbers of Negro delegates are ex- Negro share-croppers of Camp Hill, fit-ul for 1931. a striking, original de- I pccted to take part In the national Ala are going on with their work of sign by K. Slmm* Campbell, famous hunger march of the unemployed on organizing into the Croppers Union, young colored Illustrator Is ready for ! December 7. ---- which last July won from the land distribution. The seal Is a sharp | Public hearings held all over the I lords a continuation of the food alow- black Silhouette on a bright Christmas country last week by local Unemploy- ! Declaring that the H alsve ____ ______ _ which the landlords had tried trade __ of _____ ance green background depicting a virile h * Councils revealed an Immense mis- America created the psychosis with to cut off figure of a man . . A _ , r>r among the Negro workers out regard to color." that the advance- The croppers Union was not smash- wbo bus broken N ’ A ' A ' L ’ P of lobs To the a"“ * 1 suffering of un- ment of the Negro In the two genera- ed by the raid or the croppers' meet- the chains that ~l employment are added the facts of tlons he has been freed from bondage ing in July, at which Ralph Gray, a hare held him high rents and high prices In Jim snd given at least some of the oppor- Negro cropper was killed and several in raptivity. The Crow districts, discrimination in the tunities of his white brothers is noth- others wounded Today the terrible seals bear the In distribution of Jobs. Jim Crow job ing short of phenomenal and that all conditions are being imposed on the scription, “ Kur lines, discrimination In the giving of Persons, regardless of color, national- share-croppers by the landlords are Jut Ice.” relief, lodgings, hospital treatment, fty. sex or creed are alike In more re- making the croppers more active than K Sims Camp etc spects than they are unlike. Dr. WU- ever in organizing to fight back. bell the designer The national hunger march, In lima Pickens A. M . Litt. D . L. L. D., Planters now threaten to cut off Is well known for _____ _ which Negro delegates froi ecretary of the National Assort- the croppers iftar November h 1 a illustratl Ion p n p II 1C T i e r loart of the country w ill participate, ation for the Advancement of Colored 1st as the cotton picking season will * 1 ll-1- »111 break down all Jim-Crow lines, as People, held the 1.700 students of the then be over At present the crop- w hich huve a lip p- peered In such note« magazines as I the local hunger marches have already Magra Kalis. Ontario. Senior high pers are getting only one 24 pound Judge Life, Ballyhoo, College Humor. done A number of Negro delegates school in thrall while he told of the sack of flour Croppers have to pick The Chicagoan and others Many cf ,arp expected from the south. The lo- progress of the Negro His simplicity cotton for some one else in order to llls (Irsi attempts at thè Curtius did two covers for Judge The Idea of selling a Chris'mas Seal si I i i m i I « r i - r e unsuccessful. The offi ciala nf thè achool had aevor had any for the N-A.A.0iP> migin.vud with of Gary. W. Negro sliidenls and assehted asseht that they Mrs , M '* T ’ Garrison J ' i u " Va. v‘ - Id not want , ny When he was turn ,“ " 1 ".he_.ha" J ad char" p. of ‘ b; *«'•_ each year. Thousands ^of people and ed down, Robinson sought the nld of powerful friends to break down the business firms each year piecj these school color line, but without success attractive seals with their silent plea lie then approached the school heads for Justice on their gifts, packages, again, not once, but seven times. Kin letters. Invitations and greeting cards ally, more In the hope of ridding him The seals sell for one cent each and self of a nuisance, the president of the come bound In hooks of 290, selling for school told Robinson that he could not |2. They may tie bought la any quan permit him to the - school, but tity from the local branches of the N ... enter ------ — .............. that be might l work around the school * A 1 ■ ,rotn Mrs (,arr si'ii. Box 304. with the w lilt e students if he chose tO|<,i4rj' , . a • or »foni th ■ National office. 69 Fifth Avenue, New York. N do so. Robinson set In anil worked in this *• manner for five months. At the end of (lint time, he had so impressed him- self upon the white students and the DISTINGUISHED CO LO R ED teachers that the president then In PHYSICIAN PA SSES AW AY formed him that the school was pre pared to udmit him to the course of The Advocate received word of the study As a result of the record made bv d,>n,h of I>r J 1. Wilson, eminent phy sician of Chicago. 111. after a life of Robinson while a student, the color ws» i lin n ivx v I* i destroyed n o n 114 i il n u n u ir i 11 1 . usefulness to his ■ pepole * bur has been and the Cur tlss W'rlght school.one of the outstand* | ^>r' " ilson during his life establish ing schools of the world of lls kind. pd hospitals and infirmaries in Mem- hus opened its doors to qualified Ne- I'bls and Nashville. Tenn.. and In Chl- gro students icago. He was a graduate of Meharry I Medical College In Nashville and sorv- — — ---------— ied on the faculty of that Instiution for •a number of years. He was laid to rest in his home city of Nashville and Is mourned by legions of pepole whom I he had served during a life of useful- ! ness. PASS IDE BUCK' O FFICIALS PASS BUCK AS MOB T E R R O R IZ E M A R Y L A N D NEGRO ES New York. Nov. 29 The Historical Outlook, for November 1931. a Journal for reader« and teacher« of history and th** «orlai «ttidlc«, ipiihlishe« a compilation of «ource« of Information Atinóla, 'leorgla. Dee 1 Morehouse on world pence, race relation, child welfare and other «ortological yuh- College debates Oxford University December 9 Resolved That the Press Jed«. The compilation, made by Professor Is Democracy's greatest danger. Morehouse College In an Internation o Myking Mohn«, of Northwentern MlHNour! S.t a ( e Teachers College al debate Is to meet Oxford University I England) on December 9th In Sale Maryville, Mo., point« out that direct lie information on preHcnt day problem« Hull Chapel on the qneetton: will tie useful to teacher« In fitting solved, That the Press Is Democray's t hoir Htudent« to face the «tre «« of the greatest danger. Oxford Is to uphold the affirmative. modern world. The visiting team brings John Ar The organization« Hated a« having John BODY AW AITING R E L A T IV E S u«efiil literature hearing on race re chibald Bnyd-Car|H*nler and lation« are the National AHHodution Knot, both of Rallini College. Oxford. for the Advancement of Polornd Peo The speakers for the Morehouse are The body of Theodore Mitchell 46. ple, the National Urban League, the Milton King Curry of Amarillo, Tex Is still at the funeral home of Miller Commision on Interracial (Cooperation, as, and Alfred Calhoun Tyler of Hhef t i Tracey, 178 Ella street awaiting tin* Pedernl Council of ( ’burche«, the I field, Alabama. Mr. Curry Is presi word ns to Ils disposition from rela Women’« MI«iotinry Council-and Tu« dent of the senior class and an honor tives who reside In Oakland, Califor student. Mr. Tvler, an experienced nia. Mr. Mitchell is said to have been a debater, Is a senior also. brother !n law of Mrs Myrtle llall Morehouse has stressed debating as Mitchell of Oakland, formerly of Port A D V O C A T E R EC EIV ES an extra-curricular activity for a num land. JO U R N A L FROM F R A N C E ber of years and for the past two He died of nettle Indigestion on the years has won honors in iho Pentago 19th of November en rente to a local Homonno In Paris recently sent the nal Debating League. Tills firs! In hospital. The body Iny uncinimeli nnd editor of The Advócalo a copy of LA ternational debate Is sponsored by the unidentified nt the public morgue un HHVUH DU MONDE NOIR, (The Ito ('III Delta Hlgni.i Debating Society and til November 26th when Mrs. Bessie view of the Black World) published In the Student Activities Committee. Johnson who had given employment Paris. The publication Is devoted (o The English leant Is louring the sonili to Mr. Mitchell ns n repair man nnd the advancement of colored people east nnd mid-west under the auspices |carpenter gave the coroner informn- nnd contains many worth while artic of the luternnlional Student Kedera , tlon nhont Ills relatives nnd how to lo- les on race progress. • b,n. cate them. but three and four cents a pound for the cotton after a paying for ginning, Most, of the croppers were not even permitted to raise their own garden, Some of the landlords tell their crop- Pers they will let them "have some corn »h en it dies”. If they will take (Continued on page four) CHICAGO, Nov. 30.—The eyes of 20,000 Pullman porters throughout the United States, Canada A- Mexico nave been turned toward this city upon the Pullman Porters Benefit Association of America which closed Its 11th an- New York. Dec. 1—Albert E. Barret, ntial convention at the Wabash Ave., Y.M.C.A., November 17 to 20. Dc!“ - native of Alabama. Professor of Lit- gates from every state in the Union era*ure and History of the Bible at were in attendance. At the opening Scarritt College. Nahrille. Tenn., has NEW YORK. Dec. 3—A resolution ession many distinguished visitors 8ent check for 12:50 covering were present. membership In the National Associa- which in effect deprives colored rail Among those present were Richard ,,on f°r the Advancement of Colored way trainmen on many railroads of It. Harrison and Charles Winter Wood People and subscription to t he Crisis, seniority rights was put thru at the of "The Green Pastures" companv and lb 8 letter enclosing his sheck he ‘ *ou9tOIi Convention of the Jim Crow J E Kelly, grand secretary of the 1 writes to Walter White, N. A. A. C. Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. The resolution states: "All men in B. P. O. of Elks J M. Duncan of Cbi-|P Secretary: cago welcomed the delegates and G. R. I thank you f :er and the H».« ^ .f* Price of Boston responded. folder giving the full information re- “ gurHing ( U ce.iftaKnro Th., of Trainmen or lose all sen- The grand chairman. Perry Parker, garding the Scottsboro Case The iority rights." Since the Brotherhood in relating the history of the associa- position yon take in the matter is tlon since Its inception in 1921, point- legitimate and I most heartily com is a white organization, M___, which refuses . ed that it stood today as the greatest mend i t At a later date it will be mv » m m e n k ' » h i nE r organization of its kind and that $1.- pleasure to make a small contribution .V? 1 k the loss of their 8enlor' 697.827.57 had been paid in sick and to the expense fund for the case. The railroad affected by this reso- death benefits The report of the "Attached Is my check for 2:50 ,lltinn among the leading lines, comptroller. P. A. Sample, showed the which, your pamphlet states, will en- . such are as the Atchison. T o eka and resources of the association to be roll me as a mmber of the National 2 ^ .L^im n vE '1 nearly »500.000. A decided decrease Association for the Advancement of San,a Fe- ,he Iulno1* Central, the MIs- sour! Paciric, the Chesapeake and ~ “ ; ; " Colored People and entitle me to a Ohio, the Atlanta Coast Line and -------(Continued on page four) subscription to the Crisis other*. TO S T A G E M O D EL L E A G U E M E E T "You may be interested to know The Trade Union Unity League -------- that I am an Alabamian and a mim- calls upon the rank and file workers A high light in the December pro- later in the Southern Methodist in the Brotherhood of Railway Train gram of the Oregon I-eague of W o Church. I have never shared the at men to fight this Jim-Crow policy. men Voters Is the luncheon December titudes toward the Negro that are re It urges railroad workers to build 9th at the Congress hotel. A model garded «s typically ‘Southern’ and I strong groups of the National Rail Council session of the League of Na like to feel that there is increasingly road Industrial League to fight for the tions will be presented by students a thoroughgoing repudiation of that organization of all railroad worker* DR. H ANCOCK A M E M B E R from Lincoln High School through ar attitude among the discerning leader regardless of color and against wage- HOO VER NATIONAL HOUSING rangements made by Mrs. Harry ship of our section". cuts. C O M M IT T E E I Johnson, chairman of the committee. Members of the League are urged to Also Invited To Attend Conference be present Phone reservations to On The Unemployment Progrsm AT. 0181 or BE. 0384. Several colored For Congress women are members of the League and it Is hoped will attend the lun Richmond. Va . Ileo 2 Dr. Gordon B. Hancock. Chairman of the Depart cheon. GEES MEMBERSHIP RAILROADS CONTINUE 10 NEGRO REPRESENTED ON PRESENTAI COMMITTEE Know-hill. Mil Dec. 4— (By 1 L. D ) While lynch mobs with ropes in their hands continue trumping up and down searching Jails for Negro fnrm work ers. Governor Albert (’ . Ritchie and President Hoover have Ignored de mands of the International Labor Defense for protection of workers and L 1) representatives fighting their eases. Washington officials roport in the Baltimore press that Hoover will take no action. Governor Ritchie states ment of Sociology in Virginia Union hat he Is "eontlmilly bothered by this University, who Is a member of Presi organization, and 1 don't know wliat dent Hoover's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership, has they expect me to do.' This IS offlclnladom's reply to 1 L b,‘*'n "otlfled of 1 .« the \ t committee meet- i.«s r » .1 n .-1« 4 .« i . » . , *« I\ ing to ft.,« be ■«.,1 hold In Washington. D. C C D. demands Hint action lie taken to December 2 • 5. The President's con disperse mobs seeking to lynch Or phan Jones. 60 year-old Negro fnrm ference was organized under the Joint hand, faced with a trumped up charge chairmanship of Secretary tnimont. of and of murder, and George Ibivls. 28 year- the Department of Commerce. old Negro, accused of attempted crimi Secretary Wilbur, of the Department nal assult on Mrs. Elizabeth l.usby of the Interior. rich farmer's wife near kcnnodyvlllé! I T,u> CoTn.m'Ulf® ° n £V k T‘? Ihivls Inis not been Indicted by a WR* ‘ pp!,' n,e,d '.’y ,he «>’ aK, grand Jury Names of the leaders of " pn,ble tbo f v" ry PhaBe, of the mob which armed itself to lynch the housing sltuntton In this country. him arc generally known. Yet local The committee members are authori ties in their fields and have given their services voluntarily to the con (Continued on Page Two) ference work. M0REH00SE SCHEDULED ; DEBATE IN ENGLAND CLOSES MEET 'Why, the first thing the white man does when he gets home after a long, hard day is to slump into an easy chair and groan: 'My God. but I've worked like a nigger today’ !" he chuckled. The audience rocked with mirth, but many of the students mur- mured: "That’s true.” ______________ Every State, City and Town to Participate In Nine Months Bicentennial Celebration GEES 25 YEARS, SHOE ALABAMA W H ITE MAN G ETS YEARS FOR A SSULTIN G NEGRO W OMAN 25 New Aork. Dec. 3 An Alabama white man. Robert Hodges hns re ceived a 25-year jail sentence In Mont gomery Circuit Court, for nssult upon a colored woman, according to a re port received by the National Associa tion for the Advanc ement of Colored F R E E NEGRO ON C H A R G E The report states that the white man and a Negro held up and robbed OF CR IM IN A L A N A R C H Y n colored woman and her husband who were In nn automobile and after BIRMINGHAM. Ala. Nov. 30. (C N A) the robbery carried off the colored — Under pressure from the Internat woman, whom the white man then at ional Labor Defense, the authorities tacked. have been forced to drop the charges The Negro who Is alleged to have against Ben Irby, Negro worker, who accompanied the white man, was shot was nrrested In Dallas county nnd ami killed by police officers who said heKl In Selma since August on charges they found the white man, Hodges, of criminal anarchy for possessing in an automobile with the colored wo communist literature. man. A letter from the attorney provided The verdict in the case was re by the International Labor Defense to turned after 35 minutes deliberation (ho solicitor resulted In the dropping by Iho Jury. A robbery charge a- of the case which was cooked up In gainst Hodges is still pending, accord the hope of fighting back the growing ing to the report to the National As militancy of the Negro workers and sociation for the Advancement for croppers In the heart of the black belt. .Colored People. These points should be emphasized with respect to the Celebration of the Two Hundreth Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington next year: (— It is sponsored by the United States Government: Congress Creat ed the United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission and the President of the United States is its chairman. 2— It will not be a world's fair or exposition, and it will not be held in in any one place. 3— It will be nation-wide, even a world-wide series of celebrations in which every state, city and town— every organization and institution, every home and individual— in this country, together with Americans and others in many foreign countries, will participate. Every community is expected to plan and carry out its ownprogram of events, in cooperation with the United States Commission and the State Commissions. 4 — It will last from Washington's Birthday. February 22, 1932, Thanksgiving Day. November 24, 1932 with special local and national cele bration everywhere on all holidays, anniversaries, or other days which can be connected with the life of George Washington. 5— While the ceremonies on February 22 should be especially elaboratte and impresive, as marking the actual Two Hundredth Anniversary of George Washington's Birth, arrangements alto should be made for public gatherings pageants, plays, processions, musical festivals, tableaux and other events at various times during the entire period of more than nine months. Every program should relate to the great life and work of tne First President and Founder of the Republic. On Memorial Day, Indepen dence Day, Labor Day. Thanksgiving Day and other natioal and local holi days or anniversaries there should be special programs, but the celebration should not be confined to these days. 6— It will take time to prepare the local programs and arrange for the local celebration!. The United State* Commission urges mayors and other officials of every city and town in the country to appoint George Washing ton Bicentennial Commissions or Committees, in order to prepare for th* events of the Bicentennial Year. 7— All organization and InstitCitions of whatever charactei^-civic, busi ness. labor, educational, religious, fraternal, literary, aocial and others— ar* urged to plan for a "George Washington Year" In 1932. 8— The United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission, Washington Building, Washington, DC., will (end literature and sugges tion for local programs to any com mittee, organization or group that will write for them. to