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IN TWO SECTIONS Tfje ftevPS BY CLIFFO RD C' M ITC M RLL 1 o M o th e r With tha Indulgence ■>( the edllur thla particular digest will >••• personal It In a mrn>KK<* t*> Molhar lOBtf* whom 111 Ihiwit United HUI<*> an eld erly lady will be silting by the flra- ■Ida. with har thoughts, perhaps In tha danp paat. thinking of tha »on. of years ago And to thla lady tha unly on» I hava ever known aa "Moth ar" may aba raad thla maaaaga and consular It a trlhuta from that son, of yaara ago a a • A quarter of a century ago thla Mother had many lofty Ideal» which she hoped and planned, that tha son would successfully meat No doubt, at time», aha felt proud of the pro- greaa of the aou. but ahame to the son her prIda had to be stifled • • • The son rose so high, than like many another son. ha took a supposed short cut to aucreaa While the dla tance seemed shorter, the son did not count on the many tempting direr alone that thla short cut afforded The Mother knew, howerer, and triad to adrlae the son though the son felt he could he an eireptlon and trarel the short cut path without stumbling Time changes all. and thla ann Ilka many another ann. haa found that Mother was right and the short rut la dangerous While the straight mad appears tha longest, hecatiae It la straight. It la the only road that will carry you safely to Journey s and. where lie peace, happiness and the comfort of a Ufa well spent • • • I>urln* «11 r »* r t. no doubt, thla Mother, like many another Moth •r haa Iwm praying that tha »on would turn hark from o ff tha abort cut path and atart hla Journey over on the atratrht mad And perhapa her prayer haa been anawered and heard and the ann haa turned bark an l haa atarted hla OVW * gain, thla time on the straight read And. while the Mother w i i praying the aon. too proud, to rontart and con feaa hla weakneaa to the Mother who cared. went groping hla way through the hrlara and weeds of the abort rut. and for fifteen year« let the Mother worry and Buffer, the while ahe knew not where the aon was drifting • • • Hut like many another aon. the aon became ao entangled In the meshes of the short rut until he had no way to turn It was then, perhaps.that the prayera of the Mother rearhed him and showed him how simple It was to untangle himself, simply hy rising above that which held him down • • • Thla aon. then, like many another •on. la happy that while the Mother yet Uvea, he ran atlll bring happlneaa to that Mother by finishing hla Jour* ney on t he stalght road that the Mother originally placed him on Thla. la my personal message To M other' HIIÎ0N PROMISES ECONOMY EFFORT "I beg to announce my candidacy for nomination as one of the IS slate representatives from Multnomah county on the Republican ticket," says Frank A Itllfon " I f nominated and elected, I shall henil every effort to enart measures necessary to arrompí I ah strict econo my In government with definite re duction In taxes. In bringing about inch ta i reduction 1 ahall oppose rut ting the wages of those least able to hear wage ruta, believing that nny reduci Ion In wagea should rotne from the top ralher than from the bottom. "Oregon and Its resources must Ito developed and In no doing the great eat amount of employment should ho given lo our own citiseli» There la no reason why Oregon rannyt be mndn the most attractive state In the union, both In which to live and In which lo work "I believe the Independent mer chant la entitled to a situare deal and will do whnt I can to help him get It Tha time for gag rule la paat Free speech and Justice la the Inalien able right of every cltlgen." All SEE'. Portland, Oregon May 9. 1932 Mrs Beatrice Cannady- Franklin. Fort Ian. Oregon. !>ciir Mndnm 1 am In receipt of one of your cards that announces your candidacy for state representative and ns I ant grate ful for I lie many furors you have done mo, I ant wondering If I couldn’t be of service to you. One thing yon can real assured of vou can count on nte and jt ll my relntlnns to vote for you nnd 'Judging from all I have come In con tact with, they are going to do the same. Wishing you the best of lurk and hoping that you remember me na It was your Influence that got me work last year. I am, Yours truly. NOTH: The above letter „written by a Portland citizen la typical of many which have been received by Mrs Franklin In support of her candl- acy for atata rapreaentatlva. P a p tr D a v o tB d to th o I n f o r * a to m£ t h * P * o p l* SECTION ONE PO R TLAND . OREGON, BATURO AY, May 7, 1*12 P R IC E “THE LA WD” NI PORTLAND Digesting . . . . . ln d o p a n d a n l AD VO CATE rm OMITS VERBAL SNAPSHOTS BY W. J. WHE A T ON CHURCH CONVENTION IN SESSION While they are passing laws to par don acknowledged killers, what about those eight Negro boys In Alabama who were convicted under pressure of the shot gun? If ever there was a mis carriage of Justice here ts a case. So flagrant has been the failure to bal ance the scale that the event haa be come a matter for world-wide agita tion. It has given a certain class of men and women the opportunity to spread a propaganda which la threat* ening the stability of government and threatens to revolutionise society. So great baa the agitation become that consala abroad for the United State« have petitioned for instructions aa how boot to combat the spreading of the Communistic propaganda. If ever there has been in the annals of Jurist prudence a more palpable Injustice It is not on record. THE L A W EO POLITICS HEADS BE ON EARTH A.M.E. CHURCH IN PORTLAND CONVENTION B B S 111 m s « m STAGE t "V C LEVE LAND . Ohio. May » — The Clifford Mitchell, nationally known 39th quadrennial conference of the columnist, has just released a splend African Methodist Episcopal church id tribute to the worth and civic work opened nt Woodland Center. Cleve of Mrs. Beatrice Cannaday Franklin, a land. Ohio, Sunday, May 1. The Center candidate for the Domination as legis threatens to be Inadequate to accom lator to that law making body of Ore modate the Methodist hosts. More gon. He cites among other things her than 780 delegates are present, about unselfish work in all helpful things. Many remember when the new inter 75 of them worn it Several meetings have preceded the nationally-known Roland Hayea was general session, among them the Lay struggling tor a place in the sun. He mn’a caucus, the Episcopal committee came through this region and the Pa cific Northwest. His own did not re and the financial board. As usual, the most important ques ceive him with open arms. It was tion on the lips cf delegates revolvea in Portland where Mrs. Beatrice Can- around the election of bishops. It la naday-FYanklin financed a recital for a moot question whether this confer him that was the start of his great ence will elect any new men to this ness. Through that start he was able bis ambition to stndy abroad. high and exalted office. There a r e . to realize . __ n o . IS episcopal districts within tha church, but only 14 living b.xhope. J ° ™ R b OF E>ORTI^ND M IL L NO T Bishops A J. Carey. J Albert Johnson FORGET HER CIVIC ACTI\ ITIES. The Bishops' Connell during Its re- _ _ , ___ , _ , . cent meeting at Tampa. Florida, wentl T » * p°.le^ d g^ T a y lor Choral club, on record ns opposing additional blah-' Ethel R. Clark directing, sang In op. at thla time and urged the re- * e music aUdium. Golden Gate park, daction of the d l.trlcU from 17 to 14 S“ Pronclaco. Sunday May L They W hether or not bishops will be elected W*L® * r*l* t* ** tb* c,0of/*rt w ill not be settled finally untU the en by the municipal band. In the num- elegate. vote apon the question. I * ” aDd to t ^ a o a om p qn fen t ot The various candidate*, however. " ^ ‘ GMrk * 'rt' ho,l> band have not heeded the warning given in and sln« er* ,an * pprecU^ the bishops’ action and are campaign tlTe audien« °* elgh* th.ou‘ a,ld ing aa hard as if a dozen blahop. were pf r* ° “ ’ who th* ‘ r p l e l i “ ? to be elected. Many candidate, got through repeated applause The chor- their literature out after the council al clob ia rgpldly forfta g to he front meeting The leading candidates for “ one of ,h* » “ ‘ »tanding musical or- ganizatlons of the community. the bishopric, listing them by districts, are First district. Rev. R. R. Wright. Lady Nancy Cunard. who has es tranged her mother and angered her (Continued on Page 4) aristocratic associates by her champ- : ionship of the dark peoples, has taken ' up her abode in Harlem. N. Y Lady ! Nancy is the author of soome articles I that appeared in a Paris journal de riding the snobbish tendencies of Brit ish and American aristocracy. She put Margot Asquith, who reviewed British aristocracy in none too favor able a light, in thq hack-ground. The famous 1930 Pulltaer Prize Play. "The Green Pastures", other wise termed "the Divine Comedy In N O A H ’S ARK. one of the big scenes Blackface." which has held vast aud iences In New York and Chicago en In "Green Features.“ coming to the thralled for two year«, la to he pre Auditorium May 10-14. with three mat sented at the Portland Auditorium inees. for five days, commencing on Tuesday evening. May 10. with matinee per RICH ARD B H ARRISO N as "De formances on Wednesday. Friday and The engage U w d " la the famous F u lllier prize Saturday afternoons. play "Green Features. Auditorium ment. the outstanding feature of our times in stage offerings in the North May 10-14. Matinee Wednesday, Fri west. la Incidental to the tour of the day and Saturday. unique organisation to San Francisco to enter an Indefinite engagement im The celebrated 1*30 Pulitxer prise mediately following the Portland pre play, by Marc Conaelly. will be seen sentation No other city will be play at the auditorium for a period of five ed on the Pacific Coast with the ex days, commencing Tuesday night. May ception of I » e Angeles, from wnteh the company will daah serosa the con 10, with three m atinee»- on Wednes tinent to Boston to open an engage day. Friday and Saturday afternoons ment that Is expected to continue Thousands of visitors from Oregon. throughout the entire year. "The Green Pastures" haa broken Washington and Idaho are expected to j all records of the American stage accept the urgent Invitation of the lo : from coast to roaat. and haa establish cal clergy and the Fortland Chamber ed for Itself a status that is unique. of Commerce to take advantage of the - This may largely be due to the fact employing unusual occasion. Both have given ' that It is Itself unique. strong endorsement, and with the rail more than a hundred Negro actors and singers in Its Interpretation The roads. are lending active co-operation playwright. Marc Connelly, fashioned to make the occasion a big event. his classic from Roark Bradford's book "Ol Man Adam An' Hla Chiliun." The unique power of the attraction Despite the tremendous differences in to draw crowds from long distances theme, period, locale and personnel, lies In the fact that It la a dramatiza the Connelly play Is constantly lixen- tion of a large part of the Old Tes ed to t he favourite of other days. "Ben Hur". The only physical resem tament. as seen through the eyes of blance is found in the generous em the unlettered Negroea of the far ployment of mechanical treadmills in there Is the south, combining the droll humor, the both. Psychologically, naive earnestness and simplicity and generic similarity of religious back ground, and a similarity of appeal a ppeai a- the overpowering reverence and hu like to confirmed playgoer and mility of the race. numerous element that looks upon the theater and seldom within Its precincts The latter PO PE HONORS DAYMAN, swarmed to “ The Green Pastures" In New York In such numbers as to al DR Andrew NKGROES- BENEFACTOR most crowd out Broadway’s "regulara" C. Smith Is a creating a run of eighteen months, in candidate for volvlng 540 consecutive performance. S t a t e Sena FO RT SMITH. Ark.. May 7 — Chas. In the same theater— the Mansfield. I-ittle Murdls Dixon, a Negro school tor on the Re J. Jewett, promlmnt Catholic business This experience was repeated in Chi- girl, small for her age and weighing publican plat man and benefactor of religion« and rago. where 150 consecutive pertor-jlass than 75 pounds, was decoyed by form. With hite an --------- unpopulated charitable work, particularly among mances were played at the Illinois a —kl' - man into — '* * - * a record of I wooded section of Birmingham near the negroes, has Just been named a theater. good constru Knlghl of St. Gregory the Great hy "The Green Pastures" Is a daring village creek about four o'clock In the ctive legisla the Holy leather and bizarre dramatization of the Old afternoon of April 26. The white man tion during a Mr. Jewett Is a member of the Testament as visualized by the ele- j was well dressed and called at the period of four original Jewett family ofEngland and mental, deep South plantation Negro, girl's home upon the -pretext that he sessions o t a lineal descendant of Sir Godfrey de and combines naive humor, poignant wanted to employ a girl to stay at his hard service Jouett He Is the only Catholic mem drama, spectacle and concert. The home and take care of his mother and In legislative her of the family In the Cnlted States eyes of the artistic world have been four year-old daughter for the evening work, he fastened upon It from Its opening Murdls' mother was sick and she her- again submit night owing to the fact that reference self had just come home from school DR. ANDREW SMI TH h.mself to the in the Bible to the appearance of del-1 She went with the man to earn the ty walking the earth in the form of a much-needed pennies which he offered choice of the voters of Oregon natural man has been accepted literal- to pay. When they rearhed the woods During his term in office he «credit- ly and is visualized upon the stage for he attacked her. throwing her to the ed WR” being the Author of bill ereat- the first time In American history Be- ground. When she screamed, he Oregon State Board of Health: cause of the reverential spirit of the threatened to kill her with an open was co-author of an fought through, performance It haa the unqualified knife which he drew. G>e bill amending Port of Portland support of the clergy—Catholic. Pro-1 She returned some time later tn a laws and changing personnel of l om- testant and Jewish alike. In addition semi-conscience state. Her clothes mission; providing for Installation of CHESTER. lit., May ».— Sam White to church support, the Retail Mer- were bloody and torn. Her father the public dry-dock, thus increasing convict, who was known as the "beat chants. Portland Chamber of Com- took her to a doctor who found her the Port's payroll. This was the nurse In the .prison hospital," bit! merce, have given the enterprise un- condition to be so serious that she was most bitterly contested measure dur- goodbye to his cellmates today and quallfied endorsement, and with the rushed to a hospital for treatment. in* the Session ofl903. started home to Cairo. I l l . after serv railroads, are working to make the The police were notified, but nothing ' n public activities he is a I ioneer ing 20 years for a crime he did not has been done. Not even mention was 1° k^od roads promotion, and first engagement a gala event com m it president of Oregon Good Roads As- An interesting feature is its "H eav made In the local news "I'm klnda sorry I’m going.” Whit* enly Choir.” which sings twenty-seven 'i sociation, in the Interest of which, said. "1 got used to things around spirituals incident to eighteen stirring 1 with the late Sam Hill, he stumped here. the state and was also one of the icenes and replaces the usual theater "No. I’m not sore at th* state ot three heaviest rash subscribers to the irchestra. anybody for sending me here. It Just Association. Dr Smith has had twen took them a long time to believe wha- ty-five years experience In hanking Portland. Oregon. May 8. 1932 I’ve been telling them all along." and much experience In public activi An alibi that t<?ok 20 years to provt My Dear Mrs. Franklin: ties. He Is also founder and first D EM O NSTRATE AG AIN ST Let me add my bit in your behalf In prompted the state board of pardont president of Medical Arts Building As- and paroles to recommend freedom vour try for the state legislature. SCOTTSBORO LYNC H IN O S sociation for White and Governor Louis L The writer Is an American native Dr. Andrew C. Smith advocates: Emmerson sent the order today t< horn white, who with hts family was Drastic tax reduction; Better hank Warden James A. White o f the South rtrlctly up against It last winter—out A Communist demonstration partlc supervision; Bona fide development of of work, out of funds, out of food—no ipated In by more than 400 Commun neeed units of Columbia hydro-elec- ern Illinois prison. White's altbl was that he and his where to go. nnd no one to turn to— Ists and hangers-on who paraded down- trie resources: Conscientious care in brother were robbing a freight car was not eligible for public relief. Thru town streets with rrles of "F ree Tom voting for or opposing other leglsla- nt the time a woman waa attacked In the Intercession of a friend, also color M ootiey!” and "W e Want W a ges!" tlon. often requiring more experience, ed you gnre the writer what w ort you went o ff peacefully Sunday afternoon "W it. Wisdom and Wlskedness," than another part of the city. lie was convicted In Pulaski comity could and shared with him and hts as part of the world-wide May day ob introducing new measures. circuit court In 1911 on the attsrk your food, when in these troublesome servance. A number of World W a r ---------------------- charge. Protesting hla Innocence, he times you wasn't sure where the next veterans had proteste against alleged was taken to thep rlson menl wak coming from. The robbery charge haa long since These arc the things that make Ilf banners demanding solulers' bonuses been outlawed bv the slant« of limit fine and God bless yon I hope yo but no such banners appears. There ations, so White will not be prosecut are successful for 1 know that yon wll' were other banners, however, with ed on that count. .- , t • he an honest and efficient legislator 11 such inscriptions as "Hands O ff Soviet His 20-year olda lihl was borne out given the opportunity, and everyone China." “ Smash the Criminal Syndical when a former sheriff of Pulaski knows that honesty In government Is Ism la w ,” “ Vote for Communism." county and a former chief of police what ts so sorely needed at the pre “ Stop the Scottshoro Lynchlngs." and Tom Pitt*, convicted In Federal nt Cairo made Inquiries. They wrote sent time. R ains1 Judge McNary's court on six counts "Defen the Soviet Union." to the state hoard of pardons that the connected with violations of the nar caused a first postponement ot the prisoner's story was tfue. The war proceelngs. Police said the parade cotic law, was sentenced to four years MRS. P A T T ON I LL den said White had never broken a was held without permission, but no In federal prison by Judge McNary, Mrs. J. D. Patton Is suffering with action waa taken. prison rule. Tuesday. tonsilitis. ATTACKED STÂÏ OF EXECU DEFENDANTS HELD PENDINS SUPREME COURT ACTION CHURCHES JOIN IN CIÏÏ- IDE SONG-FEST Bethel and Mt Olivet church choirs folned In presenting a group of songs on Sunday afternoon at the City Au Itorlum In the city-wide Song-feat, winding up Music Week.- They were I enthusiastically receive They also sang with the amalgamated choirs of approximately 500 members. Music of all nations cnmpoced the fine pro- I gram. NKW YORK C IT Y — A stay of ex ecution to June 24 was granted last week for the seven Scottshoro defend ants whose death sentences were up held hy the Supreme Court of Ala ■ bmnu Petition for the stay was made ! Harvey W ells (Republican. No. 111). hy Irving Schwab, attorney for the In ( représentaiIve for Clackamas nnd tematlonnl la b o r Defense, now In Multnomah rounllea. has resided in Montgomery, Ala Oregon for forty-four years, educated First steps In the appeal of the Scottshoro rases to the (1. S Supreme Court were taken with the filing hy the lawyers for the I. I,. I), of a writ of certiorari. The writ enumerates the grounds on which a h earing be fore the highest bench Is demanded, and Includes the facts that the hoys hud no opportunity to prepare tltelr eases or to employ counsel; that the trial was conducted lit an atmosphere of lynch law. that Negroea were Ini properly excluded from the grand and petit Jury -panela, and that the Scotta boro rourt denied the defendants it change of venue, thus forcing them lo face trial In the presence of a hostile and threatening molt. WEILS RUNS ON HIS RECORD MAKES KAPPA PLEDGES E W ASH ING TO N, D C, May 4— "P led ges" to the Washington chapter of the Kappa Alpha I’sl had a harro* Ing experience laat Saturday night Tho eleren hoya to bo Initiated were taken to W h ite Plains. Md , forty miles away, blindfolded and left to find their way back to Washington without a penny. Hitch hiking and tramping the eleven footsore eandi dates limped hack to the capltnl. William T. Alexander of Howard la w School and North Carolinian la Pole march of the local chapter. HAR VE Y WE L L S in Portland achools and Philomath College; married; property owner; owns a dairy ranch; President Har vey Wells Insurance Agency; Vice ! Chairman of Portland Civil Service Board; Secretary of Shrlners’ Hospital for Crippled Children; Past State Commander Spanish War Veterans, member of Veterans of Foreign Wars and other fraternal organizations. W ASH ING TO N, May 1 - Tho an premo court today held that the Texas law giving the state Democratic ex ecutive committee power to bar Ne groea from party primary elections la Invalid. r t a NINE BOYS HELD VIC TIMS IN SAME STATE DR. ANDREW C. SMITH OUT FOR STATE SENATOR AFTER 20 YEARS COMMUNIST PARADE | NARCOTIC LAW VIOLATOR DRAWS F I R YEAR PRISON TERM