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MERRY XM AS TO All ADVOCATE THE An In d ep en d en t Paper IN TWO SECTIONS VOL. 2*— NO. 11 D evoted to th e ln te re a ta o/ the P e o p le PORTLAND. O R E G O N . SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1931 SECTION ONE PRICE FIVE CENTS RESULTS OF DE PRIEST NON-PARTIZAN CONFAB 1 - J RACE HEIRS WIN ESTATE '1 ‘Digesting . . . | . . Tlye (V c n v \ s (BY C LIFFO R D C MITCHELL) ! 10 Million Represented In March PRESENTS THE DECLARATION AND PURPOSE $50.000 ESTATE SERVICE ENOS nations o r i SENATOR DUNNE PRAISES HISS*».* A wt'll known novelist riMt-ntly IroKsd ut I«* iiic tIt t>u racial affairs uml S P E A K E R S S C O R E U N E Q U A L DIS rottrlildtul. according iti pros« reports, TR IB U T IO N OF F E D E R A L F U N D , Iliut NtJirut'» would Ini l>t<iior off tin ASHINOTON. Dec. 17— The «l«»r sluv«*ry condition«. \Vh«*n oil© F OR E D U C A T I O N Partizan Conference, composed of li'itrnn fhiti flu* novidtst in «iimstlnti » n • renri representative delegates from both from Mississippi, his statement I m not Washington. D C Dec. IT— (CN8) political parties from all sections of so surprising. The whole community was sadden Mr Garnet 1\ Wllklusou. flrxt n»»Ul • • • the country as well as religious, civ ed last Wednesday, December lfith nut superintendent of III« Public ic, fraternal and benevolent organiza when news of the death of Thomas M. i Vi tit Inly, no person of «*n)lKtitt'tic*d School* nf thn District nf Columbia, tions, assembled In the city of Wash I iiiirlliurt wax broadcast. thought would *«*rlously ad vocate the ami Ur Gilbert II Jonea, prcalilimt B A R R I E R S A* Mr. Hurlburt had been Sheriff 0f ¡SMASH J I M - C R O W December IB, 1931 Portland, Oregon ington. December 2.3. 4. 1931 present rr tu rn of cond itions that would treat of Wllhcrfurce University, presented the following declaration of princi one class of human lutings an chattels, n ill*mnl picture nf the uneven dlstrl ] l-os Angeles. Cal.. Dec. 17—One of LONG R O U TE OF MARCH Dear Mrs. Franklin: ples and purpose to the Negro race alo ng with the cow. mule and other but Inn of Perlerai educational funda. | the moat Hi-nnatiunal case* In the his- and to the American people: personal p os s es sio n «? As chairman of the HI Jinks, given cupciially In the Southern State», a t * tory of California's courts came to a • • • Sporn All Offers Of Segregated Our Americanism by three Portland Lodges: the Elks. tha second il f I ■ - r in ii hi xi-xxlun of I In* [close h e r e Monday. when Mabel Ma We wish to reaffirm our undevtat- Lodgings And Eating Placet To live under conditions, however De Priait : K. of C.. and the W. O. W., I want to Non-Purtlxnn Cnnvcnllon *on. 10. and Hulaud Mason. 12. were jtlSt the opposite of slavery, one rnun! meet In IT here lust week. ------ - aay a word of praise for one of your Ing devotion to the principle of Amer iadjudged the rlahtful heirs to the ican institutions, as seg forth in the he free a ltd Independent and thinking Superintendent Wilkinson snld tliut j l&o.ooo estate of the late J E. Mason, WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec 17— rate- along these lines the question arises a recent study compiled by Ur T II j white, wealthy Lai* Angeles business (C N A ) —Four hundred of the 1B50 A charmingly pretty girl, with a Declaration of Independence and the tut to Just how many, white rnt well ns Join s of ('olumhiu University showed man. delegates to the National Hunger Bne stage presence, and a wonderful Constitution of the United tSates, be Mark, are actually divorced from *1« that in practically ©very instance* Fed As a result of the award, Attorn«*y March which stormed the Capitol on voice’ sang for us. Her name is Bar- lieving that no other foundation can be laid than that which has been laid. very conditions? December 7th were Negroes. The bara Hubbard. era! funds appropriated by Congress Lewis Hecks and Edward Mahaon, 9 9 9 Communism delegates, coming from all parts of " hy one so talented as she has not were being unevenly distributed, with prominent California lawyers, are be We warn members of the race a- the United States, represented the received greater recognition was Picking up the current palters we Negro schools getting fur less than ing congratulated for the brilliant fight against the persistent counter- interests of 12 million Jobless work- somewhat a surprise to me. and 1 galnst the specious pleas of Commun reud of shocking labor conditions on their proportionate share ers and in their name demanded un- hope you were at the HI Jinks to hear ism. whose basic principles are vital In a thorough outline of the entire suit of Mason's numerous white rel the levees In Mississippi Economic atives. employment Insurance. her al’d 1° give her just praise. Other- ly at variance with our ideals of free mining difficulties in Kentucky and uses of federal funds for educational Judge Dunne derided last mouth West Virginia Revolting itocial con- purposes. Mr Wilkinson an Id, that al The delegates also raised demands w‘se- may I ask you to take my word institutions While no underpriviledg- against the wave of lynch terror, a- f ° r **’ This beautiful girl is a coming ed minority may be expected to be in dition*t In Maryland Penurious work though Congress had appropriated In th«» Superior Court in San Fran* ing conditions of laborers In u)l parts large sums to ho usod for educational cisco that the bulk of the estate of gainst discrimination in relief and 8tar antl WM bring renown to your curious to the experiments of aggriev of America, and so on. purposes by the State Department, th«* deceased should go to his two jobs on the basis of color, for the race Help her get the recognition she ed groups in other parts of the world, • • • struggling to throw off the shackles freedom of the nine imprisoned 80 Justly deserves. the Navy I)o;nirtmont and the Wur children, his legally-established heirs. of oppression, yet the American Ne Scottsboroboys and other victims of Sincerely yours, Junt how far removed from slavery D etrim ent, none of thiN money was This decision was vigorously contest gro must rely for relief upon the A- Hi.' hnss ■ "Urts. JOE E DUNNE condition« an* we. after all? At least, used to educate Negro students, ex ed by a corps of fiery white lawyers The delegates, In military forma- From the flrgt tlIne we heard Mijg merican ideal. In the modified lan so we rend, slave» In this country, cept in the case of War Department for the white litigants, led by Mrs. tlon. marched to the Capitol grounds Hubbard sing. The Advocate has been guage of Frederick Douglas. The Con wort* assured of a roof over their where small sums were used In the Husan Cooney, a nu mber of an influ to demonstrate their demands for un- |„ud m praise of her work. Some stitution is the ship, all else Is the head,' clothes to wear and food for it (). T. C. work in colored colleges. ential California family, tried every conceivable means to prevent the es There wore eight white land grant existence And in getting these things employed Insurance and Immediate months ago. Miss Hubbard was pre- sea. Mr. Hurlburt colleges, said Mr Wilkinson, seven tablishment of the legitimacy of the they gave nil of their labor wi"*er relief. sented in recital at her cbnrch, the Patriotism and Loyalty Made Difficult The patriotism and loyalty of the • 99 of which, wlthan enrollment less than children A The city or Washington was an ar- Mount olivet Baptist; the church was . . large corps uf private , de- Multnomah County for tha past six- Negro to American ideals and tradi Slaves were held In such bondage the. combined enrollments of the 17 , ! « " » >■<■•'•» and in imbllc life In th l. med fortress. Police and marines with fined, iarRe|y wlth her own people tions are deep-seated and passionate, sub-machine guns, riot guns and tear- and a complete review of the recital purely as nh economic measure to en Negro land grant colleges, which re to supply the duffer for the context »late for half a century. (UK lawyer*’ fight. bombs and hordes of uniformed together with a large photograiph of and have stood every test to which Martin T. I’ratt, chief deputy for a sure u profit and life of ease for their c e l vim ! Individually from the Federal After much effort, however, Messrs. funds more than the total amount de singer, appeared in these columns, they have been subjected We appeal Rood many years, hax been appointed thugs on motorcycles stood in milita- owners N© thought was given toward the children's by the hoard of enmmlssiouers to fill ry formation on the grounds ready to Mr Dunne is a constant reader and to the fair and candid Judgment of an equitable sharing of such wealth or voted to the uses of all 17 of the Ne Becks and Malison, counsel, were able to establish their ,he Yacancy mltlI thp tu.x, reKular receive the word to slaughter the un- supporter of The Advocate. We be- the American people, not to make the conditions with the slaves. Naturally. gro schools In every Southern State, with one legitimacy, proving that the deceased election employed delegates. The police also ijeVe. however, he was out of the city continuance of this loyalty, patriotism In time, human Jealousies uml right exception, the Negro schools receive lived with the children's mother a* , Mr Hurlhur, was 71 years of atte attempted to keep the hunger march- at tbe tjme and no doubt missed read and devotion hard and difficult by broke up such a condition harsh and unjust treatment. far less than their proportionate share their father treated them as his own th„ Ume of paaglnK He ,.anu, to • • • ing this issue. * l- i I in , . , l 9 tv.ft s s i ii.. n e o s .i.i/ in v f Continued on page two) and . claimed them iv in v t the presence . of 0reK„ a w(Ih hlg * hen hp wag of the sums given for education by <*•%.! Conference Non-Partizan Miss Hubbard is a pupil of_PauI K IV hat do we find today? Thi* mark th«» government The one exception witnesses, to he his cb Idren ‘ only ten yearg The Hurlburt fam This is a non-partizan conference. Hutchinson and the beauty and merit ,.(lug of human labor on a machine was WestVlrgmln. where the Negro J udite Dunne, ini making the decís-,,, home wag for a number of years We are meeting at the Capital of the of her voice are generally known. We. tuislx When the machlnea nn* worn schools receive ft 9 per cent of the lon. expressed a belief that all Cali . ,, ..... ,, i near Corbett where a school district too, think it would be a fine thing for Nation at a time when the responsi out or become obsolete they are Federal educational funds, although forma courts would uphold his ruling wa| iV(,n ,ht> Hllriburt nan„, Miss Hubbard to go east for further bility of the government is being di thrown out and dtafarded The huntati having only 5 7 per cent of the total Seventy five witnesses were called in Colored cltixens were especially study and if there is anything that vided between the two major political Junk heap, ever growing. lx bringing population. the ruse. fond of Mr. Hurlburt for his just and The Advocate or its editors can do to parties. about a condition and a Imrden that Following Superintendent Wilkin It is not our purpose to endorse or fair manner toward (hem. A colored further her work, we stand ready to lx worse than xlavery. for even under son. Ur Jones stressed the needs of condemn either, but to utilize both do it. — Editor. alavery the aged worker* were per Negro education and urged th«» dele* N A M E D O N H O O V E R C O M M I T T E E man, George . Hardin has been served for the good of the race. The political as a deputy under the Hurlburt ad mitted to live on the plantatlona until gates to support the recent minority history of the race, up to now. Is a they died a normal death. Mrs II I,. McCrorey. wife of the ministration for a number of years. report of th*» Negro Committee of the L I B E R I A T O T A K E P A R T IN T H E well known story. We have been chief Mrs Lillian Biwick, a surviving 9 9 9 National Advisory Committee on ¡ed president nf Johnson C. Smith Uni sister, resides at Springdale. Other G E O R G E W A S H I N G T O N Bl - C E N ly the beneficiaries of one party a- Today, the white worker as well as ucation. versity has been invited by President surviving relatives are the wife; sons TEN N IA L CELEBRATION gainst the overt or covert unfriendli th»» black worker. Is caught and under “ The executive d«'part?nent of the lloover to attend the meetinit of the Raymond K and Rodney A.: daugh ness of the other. In the past we have our highly publicised state of Indepen National government. has both the President's conference on home build- ter. Mrs Elizabeth Kdlutul; brothers, requited these parties substantially Washington. D. C. Dec. 17— Dr. Ot dence. Such conditions are termed duty and th«» ipower to s«*e to It that ins and home ownership, which was George H . John S.. and D. D.. and a tawa J Saunders, a graduate of How according to their relative attitude slavery, but regardlesa of Its name, no Negro schools g«*t th«*lr share of these recently held In Washington. sister. Mrs Waldemar Seaton. ard University, now practicing oral towards us. We would not have been condition can long continue that does educational funds” , said the speaker. Dr and Mrs Mrt’ rorey were pleasant Funeral services were held on Fri 'surgery at the Carry V. Dyer Memori- human, if we had acted differently. not Include an equitable and fair cd- visitors In Portland several summers day from Hnlmnn A Dutz. NEW YORK. N. Y.. Dec. 17—Feb- al Hospital. Monrovia. Liberia. West But today, creeds are crumbling and Justin*nt to all concerned. D O N A T E S B O O K S T O U N I V E R S I T Y ago as the guests of the editor of The ruary 14, 1932 will witness the tenth Coast of Africa, has been asked to party differences dwindling to the 9 9 * Washington l> C Dec«>mher 16 Ur Advocate. celebration of Race Relations Sunday- head the Libertan Commission of the point of Indistinction. The last two We must cease thinking black or Francis J Orlmke.member of th«* a day when hundreds of communities George Washington Bicentennial and party platforms adopted in 1928. dif thinking white. We must look at con Hoard of Trustees, of Howard Univer Geneva. Ala. Dec. 17 Indicted on ' throughout the country; men and wo- to arrange for the celebration in the fer only in phraseology. This ap- ditions as they are and those who are sity. has donated his private library bastardy charges. In connection with , the men. young people and children of all African Republic, of the Two Hundr- proachment serves to liberate now’ being oppressed are the weak to tin* University The library Is an the lilrth of a son to Miss Ollie Glass, ‘ races will meet together not as Nor- edth Anniversary of the Birth of Geor- hard and fast allegiance of the Negro and the color Is only an Incident. To ¡accumulation of rare volumes o ver n Illshop H A. Grant of the African M. and to dispose his mind to independ |dics or Negroes. Orientals or Hebrews ge Washington. Dr. Saunders, who be- hold our own we must develop streng long period of years, by both Dr E church, must stand trial tnthe cir but as children of one Heavenly Fa- , fore going to Liberia, practised den- ent political action. We must now th within our own ranks llelng Inde iGrltnkc. who for thirty-eight years was cuit court of Geneva County In the ther. tistrv in Washington. D. C.. his native catch the (political manners living as pendent, theoretically, we must prove pastor of the Fifteenth Street Preshy* spring of the year, at a date to ho set In preparation for this-xlay the Fed- home, and In Boston. Mass., has made they rise. Like ail other elements of It and provide means that will result terlan Church, and his brother, the later. eral Concil of Churches through its good since going to Africa being at people, we must no longer look to the In a fewer number of our ran* finding late Archibald Orlmke. former U. S After hearing the evidence here, Commission on Race Relations has is- the present time a member of the past, but face the present and the fu Consul lo Sanio Domingo their wny to the human Junk pile the presiding Judge announced that sued a packet of suggestive material Kool Tribe of African Natives holding ture. Solid blocs are dangerous to • * • The collection Includes numerous he considered the Illshop guilty ns good government, whether they be I for many type of observance. There the rank of Chief. volumes concerning the Negro, and charged und required him to post a the solid south or the solid Negro. Unshackle your minds and prove are worship services for churches and j ------------------------ bv Negroes, which will constitute a Ji.ooo bond to appear In the circuit We would like to see Negroes build up that you are not slaves. ¡Sunday Schools; there are programs Y O U N G S T E R S S I NG H E R E valuable addition to the Moorland court. a basis of effectiveness and influence for women's and young people's socle I The Elko Singers from the Elko foundation of Negro Americana. In the record of the rase so far. the Inside of both parties, so that when ties; there are suggestions for a mass School in Alabama gave two concerts Springfield. O. Der IB (Hy ANIM Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 17— (A N P )— following high points stand nut: (1) meeting and for general community j In Portland recently, one at the First the wheels of political fortune brings At the present time ■public Improve the fifteen year old g.r. charged that ^ N.Uon.1 Baptist ‘ ‘- ¡» H H u le s not ust on .Uce Relatio,,, A. M E Zion clhureh and one at the the one or the other Into national ments are being pushed In Spring- T W O G O V E R N O R S A C T O N L Y N - the bishop made love o her ami that ncorporan-d ho.ly of the Baptist Um- 8und but over a period> to ghow Itothel A M K rhurch Both tlmeg control, the race may not be without field ns they are every place. In the CHINOS O N M E S S A G E S F R O M as a resnu she gave birth to a chi d; “ y took Mock of ItaeU here in a ape- how interrac,al KOodw,n mayhe vital- they were greeted by capacity houses. friends at the seat of power. The con recent project of building a municipal (21 Illshop Grant signed a confession c'talltwo day » » d like most the commu„|ty. These sugges- Features were a band, orchestra, trol of the government, under a demo sugges T H E N. A. A. C. P. lake In which Ihn services of two of guilt and promised lo pay the par- large business concerns found that tions are based on actual experiences male sextette, soprano, basso and cracy. must needs fluctuate between hundred and fifty men arc used, forty cuts of the girl $2.000 with a down due to the depression It needed funds of a host of cities where during the baritone soloists. The children ranged two major parties. The welfare of any one of Ibis group are colored. New York, Dec 17—The Governors payment of $300 and ten yearly pay- sorely and after discovering this fact past ten years the Sunday nearest in ages from three to 19 years. They class or group Is precarious indeed, The population proportion of the of two states In which there hnve ment* of $170 each; <3>, the bishop has set out to raise just about a mll- Lincoln's birthday has been marked are touring the Pacific Northwest in that pins its hope exclusively on one colored group to the white group Is been recent lynching*. Maryland and was tried liy a church court and ad- Ron dollars. by some expression of interracial i the interest of their school. A liberal political organization. one out of eighteen. The Urban Den Attitude towards the Negro no West Virginia, are giving nssnrance Judged Innocent of the crime; (4) the 1 The meeting got under way Wed- friendship. collection was given to the singers at gue has consistently carried on a longer grows out of party creed or of prompt and vigorous action to ap hlshop decided to repudiate his con- nesday morning at the New Prospect A significant feature of the material both places, fight, during this crisis and other e prehend and punish the lynchers. In fession and hold up ills payments to Baptist church on Beale and Fourth is the message of the churches. While ; Rev. W. R. Lovell is pastor of Zion party principle, but takes its tone morgendes, for représentation accor response to telegrams sent by the the girl's parents, alleging that he Streets, with members of the organ!- emphasizing Christian Ideal in race ¡and Rev. Daniel G. Hill. Jr., is pastor and tinge from geographical latitude. ding I" need and not according to National Association for the Advance was forced to sign the confession un- zatlon present from the four corners There is absolutely no difference In relations the message does not con of Bethel church. population. This victory ran he used der duress Imposed by threats against of the country as well ns the inner fine itself to general pronouncements attitude towards the Negroes by Re by other communities for employment ment of Colored People. publicans and Democrats in Massa Governor Albert C, Ritchie of his life, and (6) renewed activity on sections of this Republic. For fear hut outlines concrete steps which the STUDENTS' CAR WRECKED on "made work" for Negroes. the part of the family to see the blsh- that the Brethren might not know chusetts. any more than there is be- Springfield manufacturers iih n Maryland writes to the National As op punished, which has resulted In Just why this meeting was called. I)r. tween Democrats and lily white Re- Continued on page two) group have also agreed. Individually soelatlon for the Advancement of Col the present status of the ease I. K* Wiliams, president of the body ! Grants Pass. Dec. 19— (Special)— publicans in Mississippi. The white and In their organizations, to consid ored People In response to Its recent ---------------- devoted his entire address to the pur Three University of Oregon students. Democratic primaries in the South er the Negro In this city on the basis telegram: pose of the meeting, using the sub bound for Sacramento for the holi- are as distasteful to the Negro as the "The Slate authorities nre taking of one out of six for all future employ ject: "The Unfinished Task” . days, were obliged to leave their car illy white Republican caucuses and nil the mensures they can to appre ment. A special committee was appointed here and take the train. The car driv* conventions in that section, hend the perpetrators of the Williams to formulate the campaign program j en by Bobby Robinon, skidded on the Parties As A Tool 'lynching I enclose your editorial for a million dollars during the ensu slippery pavement south of Grants We re(?ard pollticaI 1)artleg ag aB D E L E G A T E S front this morning's Baltimore Sun. REPRESENTATIVE ing year. Every Baptist will he urged Pass and was wrecked. The students instrument to be used and not as a E X - S L A V E G E T S $10,197 summarizing the situation so far as to contribute toward this fund and T H E the steps I am taking In the matter OF FROM ALL PARTS were uninjur^f. fetish to be worshipped. Tools may will join hands, according to the de Talladega, Ala . Dec. 17— Sam Mar ------------------ wear out and grow blunt. They may nre concerned." Washington, Dec. 17— Three hills cision reached here, in the effort to A T THE COUNTRY GATHER tin. ex-slave and Union army veteran New York. Dec 17— Carl W Ack- be resharpened or cast aside for dlf- The editorial reveals that on Dec have been Ini reduced In this session ember fi, Governor Ritchie ordered £ 'c OI™ 7 .s by Repr.senl.llve Osc «^r Rhar d whose worldly good* have consisted erman, dean of the Putlitzer School ferent or better ones. The ballot wax MEETING the Attorney-General to proaecuU u „ „ , « u, of ............ ............ ^ .. I ... rule .... the DePrlest. n,y Republican, Illinois V t Ä . . . chiefly of what the "white folks” gave of Journalism. Rudolph Fisher, short given the Negro as a weapon of de* him, today found a bank book show story writer and novelist, and Edward (ease. The effctlveness of the ballot niemlxy* of Ihe Salisbury ninh which T , .. . . . ... . . |„,.0in-g 10 "* ,r*1 ,ot i he Washington, I). ('. Dec. 17— Dr. Ot had lynched the Negro Mntthnw WII f " hill to make Lincoln a mony tbat has held the Ilme-Itght ing a credit of $10.197 stuffed down J. O'Brien, editor of THE BEST is appreciated and recognized mainly " N K ' Mn,,hrw ' vn birthday, February 12 of each year, n 8lm.0 tho Atlanttc mpetlng. Among tawa J Saunders, a graduate of How „ J . his Christmas stocking SHORT STORIES (a yearly anthol- when the voter has the potentiality ard University, now practicing orni Concerning Onvernnr William G l,'Knl l,olU,ay' '* waa 1» the : those present who addressed the aa Uncle Sam. anticipating date a bit ogv) and other books, have consent- and evinces the disposition to change surgery at the Carry V. Dyer Memo Co^Goy^of W e.t Virginia T O Nutter fom m " “ 'e l.emhlnge were: Dr. T. 8. Harten, of had played the role of Santa and pre ed to act as judges of the manuscripts the result. The Northern migration rial Hospital. Monrovia, Liberia, West of ChTrleaton mamhn? of the N A A Th" ° " u‘ r two are P " ™ " ' bllls One . Brooklyn, N. Y.; Dr. J K East, sec- aented the grizzled ex-slave with his submitted in the $100.00 literary prize has given the Negro vote strategic Coat of Africa, has been naked to C P Natlonal ltoaid of Directors wo" ,d » « ‘ horlxe the Secretary of the ¡rotary of the Foreign Mission Board; back pension, accumulated since 1892 contest which OPPORTUNITY. Jour- significance in practically every State telegraphs Directors. Tr,,nH„ ry r,)ftlnd to th), so-called I Dr. T T. Lovelace, secretary of the head the Liberian Commission of the ------------------ nal of Negro Life, Is conducting tor north of the Potomac and the Ohio George Washington Bicentennial and "Governor thoroughly aroused over a88>'"a" ‘ director. In the public Home Mission Ronrd; Dr J. M. Na- Negro writers. Previous OPPORTU- rivers; and East of the Mississippi to arrange for the celebration In Ihe dastardly crime and Is making a H WORKERS FORCE ACQUITTAL |,.'’V,M?1" 1' lui . ’ ’ ,r rt °,f, ro,,,ln' b'?' 'h r '« , executive secretary; Dr. J N ITY prize winners have Included the Negro easily holds the balance of African Republic, of Ihe Two Hund thorough going Investigation. Three <UT1" on ,(V u - " " Portion or their Ooodgame, Birmingham; Dr. W. II. Countee Cullen. Langston Hughes, power. At this time a wavering bal- OF FOUR FRAMED NEGROES redth Anniversary of tho lilrth of brothers under arrest nnd have con- I".“ 1? ' " ’" . erroneously and illegally Rosier. Is*. Angeles ;F. I). Morris. Arna Bon temps and Sterling A ance between the two parties, the Ne- George Washington. Dr. Saunders, fess< led their participation In the crime •o'1 n"«1 withheld from them. It auditor, Chicago; Dr. D. V Jemlson, ------- . | Brown. The present contest, which gro vote can easily be utilized fof who before going to Liberia, practis New York. Dec. 17— (C N A )— Pres closes on December 31st. is limited what it is most worth— political and ipecl a î g ran d j u r y m n y he c a Z l 1° ,,ls' rl<'' ° f W„ T a» ' ? ' ed dentlstrjr In Washington, D. C . his and*dumber'indlctmo^nts'iire' exported sylvania: I>r. A. L. Boone. Ohio; Dr. sure of Negro and white workers to short stories or essays of not more civil equality and economic opportu- committee. native home, nnd In Boston, Massa t«i bo returned. Governor answered J. P. Barbar, Alabama; Rev. R. Bar- 1 third bill Is for th«» relief of forced the acquittal here last week ; than 5.000 words on some phase of nity. One ran always make a better chusetts, has made good since going your wire lodny. Letter follows T h e iMr8 N,'llle Francis, widow of William hour. editor of THE VOICE; Dr. D. of four Negro workers framed up for Negro Life. OPPO RTU NITY is the j instead of one. to Africa being al the j m n l lime committee waited on him today.” I’*'- Francis, who died in Monrovia in 8. Shadd, Arkansas, and Dr. Olive. their activity In the labor movement official organ of The National Urban a member nf the Kool Tribe of Afri tionciuutd next week) July, 1929. while serving ns United president of the Illinois State Conven- ¿n’d"ln"'the"struggle”fo'r" Negri>'righti>. League. l cnn Natives holding Ihe rank of Chief. States minister to Liberia. lion | HUBBARD'S VOICE RACIAL PROGRAM DESIGNED NATI BAPTISf WOULD OBSERVE LINCOLN’S BIRTHDAY AS LEGAL HOLIDAY A FABULOUS XMAS GIFT