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SCOTTOMI CASE HEARD w m m m m TH E An VOLUM E M — NUM BER 49 ADVOCATE, In d é p e n d a n t Paper D e v o te d PO RTLAND . OREGON to th e In t e r e s t * mf tike P e o p le SATU RD AY. OCTOBER 15. 1932 PRICE FIV E CENTS H. LEHMAN WOULD BECOME CHIEF XECUTIVE N.A.A.C.P. DENOUNCES OHIO GOVERNOR — i Auto Drivers Examina tion Beneficial * CHANGE OF VENUE GRANEED TESO » BATHE FOB R E M IT I FOR STACK LEGAL BATTLE OF BROTH' RHOOD BEGAN OCTOBER T HI RD V içjestin y . . T fie (VeviKsl NEW YORK, Oct. 9— Lieutenant Association Demands Communist* To Governor Herbert H. Lehman, mem Produce Mr». Hollín* To Testify ber of the Board of Directors of the U\ CLIFFO RD C. M IT C H E LL t'blcago II). Ooctobwr 13 Th* flrat —— National Association for the Advance- stage of t lie ftght helug wuk *’«I t»y (lie New York Oct. 7— Roscoe Dunjee, ™ent of Colored People and one of Ita llrotherltiMMl of Hlrepltig Car l'orter* editor o f the Oklahoma BLACK DIS- “ zdent supporters, has been nomina- agalnat the l'ullmun Cotupany l'Un PATCH and president of the Oklaho- te<1 bF ,he Democrats to run for Gov- l»* K*»n lu the ederai Olatrict Court lu ma State Conference of Branches o f e™ r ot New York State, The Advocate wlahea Ha reader» to ( ‘hlcagt» O a t ô l i e r Srd before Judge U. the N A A C. P has telegraphed Walter White, N. A. A. C P. Secre- K G Johnaott The llrotherhttod waa know that the opinion expreitaed by | the National Office that a change of tarF- has sent telegrams of congratu- the writer of thla column la not uec- rupruititei Inihlfl - b} H venue to Okmulgee has been obtained 1®**°“ “ 1» Mr. Lehman and to Seña Il uni of New York aa Cliief Counael eaaarily The Adv«a*ate‘a opinion. - Kd lo the caae of Jess Hollins, whose ,or Robert E. Wagner, again nominal- ——1 — — — -■■*■— 1 ■ — and Walter F Lynch ami C Francis death sentence had been reversed, toT ü. S. Senator from New York, Stradford of Chicago aa anaoclate and that hit retrial will be bad with- The telegram to Mr. I.chinan says in NEGRO N EW SPAPE R S Counael George Kelly itmde the nrgu* in 30 days. part: 4meut for the Pullman ( otntuuiy New York. October 14— Answering Meanwhile the N. A. A. C. P has "Your numerous services to the | U v y r r « and o fficial» are roafld tn l • communication from T Arnold Hill written to William Z. Foster, head of caa®e of justice to the Negro In your of ultlmate vlctory ami A l ’Inllp Han* of the National Urban League. Sec the Communist Party in the U. S. and f,ubUt »»<1 private career and espec- ■Some time ago. I received a detailed üolidi. National Crealdent of the Mro* letlor from the Progress Newa Ser retary of the Treasury. Ogden L. Mill* Communiat candidate for Pr^-ldent. ta,,F a* » Director of the National As- denied knowledge of Instance* of dis demanding that Mrs. Hollins, chief sociation tor the Advancement of Col- ('Inchinali, Oct 9 ('nnrirninutUiti of iherhotMl. ami la confident tlint the vice. Newark, N J dlsr losing tha ex crimination on account o f color by wltnesa for the defense, whom the ored People put all Intelligent Ne- Governor (k io r ii White, of Ohio, /'for ItrotherhAxara content loua agalnat the tent o f their activities In behalf of contractors erecting Government buil Communiau had made use of in their *roes in your d e b t" hm rcfuiol to r*«|uoat the Attorney Company l'U n wlll prevall Negro newspaper* In their particular dings. However, to make aure that fund raising campaign, be returned ........... .. ....... Genera] to »end a rapreaentatlve to community Their working alogan I*: The telegram to Senator Wagner discrimination is not practiced, he In order to testify, inasmuch as seh Is reads: pro*«u ut«* vigorously the acruaed fit "A Negro Newapaper In Kvcry dispatched Ihe following letter to all the chief witness for the defense. tha fronton lynching, after having Home In America." "M ay I express my personal happi- construction engineer* In charge of been urgent IV requeated to do ao. —O — Mrs Hollins, according to Mr. Dun- ne*s at your renomination as U. S. the construction of ederai iluildings Jee had been taken out o f the state o f Senator. This gratification Is shared 1« contained in the reaotution paaaed I am not atatlailcally Informed on under the control of the Treasury De by the Ohio Htate Conference of the Oklahoma In the Commnnist cam- DOt onl>' by Negroes of New York but the progreaa they have made In New partment: N I \ « f In OhU limali paign. and "when last heard from. ot Senator. This gratification is shar- Jersey, but even without *urh Inform (hivernor White hua revealed him ation the Idea merits the serlou* "October 4. 1932 »*v Mrs Hollins was marooned in Bruns- "d not only by Negroes of New York wick. Mo., without funds.” hut of entire country remembering as aelf aa Indifferent to the Negro.“ aaya thought and action of all our readers the reeotutlou, "and we urge hla re The N. A A. C. P. gave the Com- they do that yon alone of all U. 8. - -O“ "T o District Engineers; Inspec The A«1 v . k # t * » H i " ' « I I * ri-udera to tirement to private Ilf«.“ munists a clear Hand in this case." Senator* spoke on Senate floor a- The uniqueness of their slogan I* tion and Construction Engin says the N. A A. C. P. letter "W hen gainst the nomination of John J. Par- The conference alno laaued a aolemn know that III* opinion expressed by that they Inrlude "every home” and meat in letters from the Department eers: lb * writer of thin column I* not nec we flrat heard of the case, we commn- her to Supreme Court on basis o f his warning that If adequate relief w er« not nereasar|ly every Negro home — of Commerce, reports Secretary Hal "The Department has from time Kd nWated with our Oklahoma branches anti-Negro attitude They also are ap not provided thla winter for the un essarily Th* Advocate's opinion and why not? What belter way la E. Hoes. to time announced Ita policy In After studying th* report of the to Instruct them to provide legal de- - preciative of yonr promise to intro- employed facing “ mlaery hunger and there for the white race to become the construction of public build (By William Pickens) I first year’s activity of the depart- deapalr <>ur Government will lie In fenae for Hollins and were informed doce resolution for Senate tovestlga- expertly acquainted with Negro*-« ings and public works under The "depression" may prove a nod that Mrs. Hollins had chosen lo have Uoo of barbaroea » sai n o» nf Negro danger ** than to regularly read of our activi | m«nt. the federal Commerce depart Its control that la the employ ment. which sponsor* biennial con- her husband defendsd by the I L D. workers on federal financed Mlsslaeip- Tha eoafe»eee#* erhtoh e t l n*tanA •end |o Nsgnre* - In many way* Not ties through our own publication*- ment of mechanics and labor fcrcticc* <ui s t r e e t and highway safe- The N AAC P thereupon refrained from pi Flood Control project. In event of ed by Kohert W Hagriall. »* reprca- In *11 ways; In • o n . way* It hurl* preference to be given to local awfully Lot u* observe some of tha entering the case so that there might your reelection all colored people will eniatlve of the N A. A C I* National Personally. 1 have gained many de ty. has sent word to atate officials labor to such extent as it is a- In Oregon that be no conflict o f forces defending realise they have a stalmart champion O ffne, ana addreaaod l»y Mayor Itila- helpful way* voted friends among the white race and safety workers callable and competent, and It 1* forcing the Negro lo learn in the Senate." Hollins »•♦Il Wllaon of Cincinnati, ami by Chief simply by sending pertinent individ the success of the act of Oregon will that there be no discrimination "business",- *mall trade* Ye God*! Juatlce ('arrlngton T Mnrahnll of the 'On August 15. 1932, three days be uals complimentary subscriptions, at he used as one o f the principal sell exercised against any person be Negro men are now pushing hananu ing arguments for the adoption of Ohio Htate Supreme Court fore Hollins was to be electrocuted 19 U. S. SENATORS PROMISE AID my own expense, to a number of our cause of color or religious af N EW YORK. Oct. 9— Already 19 C. the National Office of the N A A C P re Other reiolutlona pnnaed by the con cart* In llarlem That waa previously race publication* Many of these cor similar legislation in those states not filiation left lo Greek* and Italian* and other yet progressed to the point of exam- • ceived a letter stating that the Com S. Senators are definitely pledged to ference Include demanda that the respondent friends had never read a "You are directed to bring the munist lawyers had done nothing ex- support Eenator Robert F. Wagner in glowing durrlminatlon In Ohio educa queer while folk The Negro scorned Negro publication Others had read Intng their automobile drivers. above stated policy to the atten rept secure stay* of execution, that demanding the senatorial probe ot tional lliatltutlotin he Inveatlgnted and Ihe very Idea Now he I* a common one or two nationally known rare pa | "In Oregon the act was recommend-1 tion of all contractor* and sub ■ ‘•treet peddler" In III* »cclloii*. hand i'il by Governor Julius L. Meier in hla per* fought. eiidoraernent of the N A A. they had tiled no appeal, and that un peonage and slavery conditions on contractors and their represen message to the legislature and the <* r expon«* of and campaign ugalnat ling fruit*, vegetable*. Ire cream, tie*, less someone came to Hollins' rescue Mississippi Llood Control work re —O— tatives whose work comes und •hoe siring*, ch-wlng gum nnd many p«M»nage condii Iona on the Mlaataalppt he would be electrocuted on the morn vealed by the investigation made for All of such readers, however, have Governor has endorsed the law and er your superintendence, coup Hood Control projet»!; demanda for other useful thing* and some do dad* Indicated an am-nement at the prog the manner In which It Is being ad ing of August 1*. 1932 The N A A C P the National Association for the Ad led with the request that they and knlck knack* What doc* this thereupon telegraphed Its Oklahoma vancement of Colored People. equal employment Opportunities f*»r ress and the obstacles that Negroes ministered by my department", said cooperate with the Department mean? II mean* learning Ihe funda Hal E Hoss. who as secretary of Southern as well as northern sena- branches to secure a stay of execu- Negn»ea on all alate and federal pug are making and overcoming And my in carrying such policy into e f tion and to employ the best attorneys tors are among those who have ack- ile work* project*; and a «leniand lhat mental* of hu*lnes*. how In huy mid mall, quite frequently, brings requests state Is charged with administration ! fect. and you will notify the De of the state to defend Hollins. This nowledge N. A. A. C. P. letters ask the all atnt«* and federal public work« how to *ell and how lo handle a mar from these readers to give them de o f the drivers' license law. "Charles partment promptly of any de project*; and a demand timi the Ohlq ket T ill* waa and I* the greale»l luck tailed Information has been done and Hollins goes on ing for their su-pport of the Wagner concerning some I* Cray, head of the state police. Cap parture from or disregard of Negro Amerlcan race, that Individual or organisation that they tain Frank Ervin, of the Portland resolution calling for investigation trial in October. and the American Federation of I j i - In Ihe such policy by any such con In response to a letter to Joseph of these conditions. Among the south hor "ahollah thoa«» provlalona In trade lack of bualnea* technique read of In our patters and which, be traffic h/reau. and practically every tractor. subcontractor or repre Learning How To Barn Brodsky, attorney for the ILD. the N. ern senators who have pledged their fore. they had not known of their ex officer. Jurist, safety worker and well I union hy-lnwa which deny member* sentative thereof. After Ihe depreaalon lift* we do istence Informed citizen of the state, has glr- i ahlp to Negro workera " AAC P has been Informed that Mrs. support to the W agner resolution are Respectfully. not expert the Negro•• to throw a en the taw and Its method of admin- i C K iMckeranu of Colnmhiia, waa —O — OGDEN L M IL L 8 Hollins wlll be returned to testify at Joe T. Robinson o f Arkansas, mtnori- way whal II ha* forced them lo learn. Istratlon the very highest commend r«»e|ect»*d Crea Id eut of the Ohio State ty leader In the Senate; Bronson Cut If I. In my peculiar circumstances. I Secretary of the Treasury. her husband's trial. They wlll profit by It Also. Negro can materlaly benefit by such a sim ation and enthusiastic encourage N A. A C I’ f'onferetice. ting of New Mexico. W alter F. Qeorge men and boy* are "*hlnlng ahoea" on ple expedient of having Influential ment." declared Secretary Hoas. o f Georgia, and among those promis DENVER NAACP WI NS FIGHT the Nldewalk* now W e have been ac members of the white race read of | ing their favorable consideration are customed to think of Ihe Negro a* n our activities, how much more can the Senators M. M. Logan of Kentucky. Denver. Oct. 14— Reluctantly obey allot' shine Not ao* In the aonlli and race In general benefit by making the 1« ST AT E S RAT I F Y Harry B. Hawes of Missouri. P. E. “ LAME DUCK" CHANGE ing Ihe law of the state of Colorado. custom nation-wide? Goldsborough of Maryland. Tom Con- Judge Charles C. Sackman in District (Continued on page lhreel nally of Texas and Thomas P. Gore ~*0™— W ASH ING TO N. D. C - The State Court, has issued a writ of mandamus And from a commercial standpoint, department anounoed Sept. 29 that against public bathing segregation to of Oklahoma. G EVERT BAKER SUCCUMBS the slogan. “ A Negro Newspaper In Alabama had become Ihe sixteenth T. T. McKinney, president o f the every home In America", should be a- Christian Kndeavorers and others dopted by every race publication Our state to ratify the Norris “ lame duck" ; Denver branch of the National Asso In all parts o fthe state wlll be sad circulation managers should not rest amendment to ihe constitution Twen ciation for the Advancement of Color New York, o n IS W aller II dened upon learning of Ihe death of content by merely placing their parti ty more Htales must ratify the amend ed People and Frit* Cansler. branch Poliak, chief couiiHel in Ihe Scollslairu O. Kvert Raker, 59. attorney here for cular paper In each race home hut ment to make It effective. The amend ¡member and YMCA secretary, who TODAY' S GAME PREDI CTED TO BE ca*e. ha* invited Arthur II Spingimi many yeras and prominent In city and they should extend thetr circulation ment Is supported by organised labor. | jointly brought suit. BEST ONE THI S SEASON rhnlrmun of Ihe National Legai Com state endeavor and church circles. activities to cover "every home". Mr Baker bad bam hi hi health for mittee of Ihe National Association —O lodge sister and brother businese is for I lie Advancement of Colored peo a good many Immilla before he suc New York, Oct. — Daniel Haynes The appeal to white readers Is a one ot the most dangerous enemies of Coach William H. "B ill" Spaulding's who plays the parts of Adam and Hex- ple to all with him at Ihe counsel ta cumbed Thursday at the Sellwood "natural" one Kvery Informed person democracy. California at Los Angeles Bruins with drel In "The Green Pastures’*. Is being ble on October 1U, when the cane of hospital where he went seriously III wnnts to be. or should be. thoroughly — (k — hopes high to bring In their first ma sued for 10 per cent ot his salary by the 7 Negro hoys sentenced lo deulh about a wek ago. Informed on the thought and action of An encouraging note for the Paci Funeral services will he held for their community neighbors There Is jor championship against Pacific In Seottshoro, Alabama, conies before BY K IT S RIED fists comes from France In Its sup Coast Conference competition, oppose the deceased today at 2 P. M. from no better way to achieve this than by the United Slate* Supreme Court. port of Premier Herriot of the pro Prink Callison's undefeated Webfoots Plnley'a funeral parlors Mr Sptugurn has exproHaed his In reading the Negro publication* In posed new covenant in the Interests here Saturday In the fifth annual tention of accepting Ihe Invitation and I He leaves lo mourn their loss, a fact. It would not be surprising to find of world peace. The plan has been meeting betwen the two state univer wlll go down to Washington for (lie wife, Mrs. E ftuker and a son. G K. that the results, of such an appeal, a- The Advocate wishes Its readers to presented to the League Assembly sities. argument In hlH letter to Walter Maker anil n host of other relatives mong the white reader* would not ac know that the opinion expressed by and Is based on controlled arma Saturday's contest is the first ma White, N. A A. C. I* Secretary, In and friends. tually exceed that among our own the writer of this column Is not nec ments." France tells Germany that jor test of the season for the rapidly were race subscribers. Remember the slo forming the A**oelntlon of the Invita I or mnny year* the Rakers essarily The Advocate's opinion. — Ed she w ill not consent to the rearma growing Bruins, who entered foot tion to the N. A A C. P. National neighbors of the editor of The Advo gan: ment of that country, but that she ball's hall of fame in 1931 by spring cate and were among the real and j "A Negro Newspaper In Every Legal Clinlrniuii Mr. Poliak write*: wlll agree to equality rights thro gen friendly residents of the neighborhood ing an upset of national proportions, "I should regard It na a pleasure Speaking of tnxes. have you noticed Home In America." and an boner lo be associated with who welcomed the editor In the coni- tho report of City Attorney submit eral efficacious control." I don't un handing St. Mary's College its only derstand just exactly what all that ■unity Na friand will n o m thi* rimi defeat in college circles In three sea Mr Spliiimrn In liny argument ami I ting ballot title repealing section of passing more much hope that he wlll he down In Christian gentleman's the City Charter authorising tax levy means hut this I do think is worth sons The following week, mius the than The Advocate's editor nnd ninn- W ashington" not exceeding 1 14 mills to croate a applauding. Herlot calls war a collec services of I-enny Bergdahl, around Mr Spingimi ha* agreed to lie prea- ' ager fund for fixing wage scales of fire tive crime and he wonders “ why hu whom Spaulding had built a flashy ent anil render whatever aid M> call men and policemen In excess of wage man morals and Justice, so severe on passing attack, the Bruins lost to Ore In the argument. scales of May 1926? Wonder what It murderers, neglects those other crim gon 13-6. but recovered in the final UNCOVER BRAZEN " R A P E " A copy of brief whleh Mr. I’ollak means? It certainly means that we inals — the P O L IT IC A L LEADERS game on the schedule to defeat Uni has supplied to the N. A. A. C. P. must watch those charter amend W H O DECIDE UPON T H E M ASSA versity of Florida 13-0. FRAME-UP IN CI NCI NNATI ments When do we vote on them? CRE OF N A T IO N S " To these I would This game established another rec aliowa l i m i emphasis III this case la being laid upon the precedent In the What gnmp of tax payers want the add OW NERS AND PU B LISH ER S of ord for the Bruins and Incidentally N E W S P A P E R S WHO ARE BOOST the west in that It was the first in Arkansas peonage eases, (M oore v. cm. lnnatl, Ohio, (C N A ) Oct I I v charter am eidm ent? ING T H E N A T IO N A L IS T GAME. which a coast aggregation took Ihe Dempsey, 281 U. S .Htl) won h.v the — O— hrnzcn frame up on the usual lying Isn’t there a commandment some N. A. A. C P. before the Supreme If we dont watch out. It will keep where In the Bible that says TH O U measure of a southern team. "rap e" charge Is being pressed against Coach Spaulding has prepared a Court, nnd oMtuhllahlng that a mole the taxpayers busy mortgaging those S H A L T NOT K IL L ? Is'UlH t’ laytor. 32-year-ohl Negro bak Medford, Oregon. October — Many a DANIEL HAXNES versatile offense to throw against dominated trial la not due process of little homes to raise pension funds — ery worker of this city. — O— colored fighter has gained prominence Oregon In addition to the power driv Kal Gynt, Swedish woman writer and Inw. ever notice the Council proceedings— Claytor was arrested nnd Indicted Isn't It a Joy to live in Oregon these es which he will be forced to fall agent In New York City. Also inrolv- The N. A. A. C I* had previously through the efforts of a white mana on charges of "criminal nttnek. cut scarcely a meeting goes by that does days? It makes one n socialist. W hy? back on It the contest Is played on a rd In the suit are Laurence Rivers. shown Its Intense Interest In Mr. Pol ger, hul Denny Barker, the Reno not rote a pension for some one. Won Because that Is the only political par ting to kill nnd robbery". Investiga heavy field. Forced to build up de Inc., the official title of the company iak's defense of Hie case by yuitrlhut- scrapper who met llerh White here tors for Ihe International lailior De der where these funds for all sorts ty which Is fighting private control fensive tactics In the past because of handling the road show and the Boyl- Ing f 1000 toward his fee. sending the recently In a return match after their and conditions of, pensions wlll come Klamath Falls fight In which Herb fense found Hint what nctunlly hap from when the present unlucky prop for profit ot our public utilities In the absence of capable players, the ston Theatre Company, lessee of the sum directly to Mr Poliak. which we must Include sunshine and genial Bruin mentor ia over the hurd Colonial Theatre in Boston, where the was knockial out. thinks that Gus pened was Hie following: Claytor stepped Into the men's sec erty owners have been pension taxed fresh air. Of coutse private corpora le and has built up a diversified at show is now playing. William anil Mutilici (Irosa were re West, hi* colored malinger, Is the beat tion of the comfort station nt Rock out of everything they own? tio n s do control the radio and air tack. Miss Gynt asserts that she entered cently filled $25 each In the munlelpiil III the business Colored fight manag dale avenue nnd Victory boulevard. plane travel. But most of us poor dev Coach Calllson of Oregon hopes to Into an agreement with Haynes to get court after conviction on a charge of ers nre a rarity, especially where they There ho found a young white girl, Another thing I have been notlrlnr ils of taxpayers cannot afford radios have his entire first string against the him placed with “ The Green Pastur stealing wood fri#n a woodyard near handle other thnn their own race. Morgan's broken es" for which service he was to pay West »-as In llnrker’s corner at the completely undressed, nnd n white Is the |M>wer of the fraternal organi or travelling by air and perhaps the Bruins. Captain the edge o f the city. man, The girl, seeing that she had sations. Just watch the biographies of public control of these utilities will hand should be sufficiently mended her 10 per cent of his salary of $278 fight and was confident from the flrat that Ills white hoy would repeat with been caught In n compromising situa the candidates and Just think awhile have been accomplished .hro the to enable him to play the entire game a week That was In October. 1928. tion, screamed In order to save her about the political power of being a Norman Thomas party some day so— without a handicap. Mikulak will get She was successful in performing William B. Goodloe, eolored. was tir- a win over the hard hilling Butte Fall self by accusing the Negro of "at Mason, a W. O. W or a member of let ns all vote to put the Banker’s a much needed rest this week, and her part of the contract and. as long reated In Chicago ami tirought to Inil. tack". He was arrested, beaten, nnd any animal or bird fraternity or al Friend otherwise known as Herbert there is every possibility on In New that the as the production was W hile trained at the open nrlr gym l’orlland whure lini» hold on n murder forced to sign a prepared "confes phabetical congnnieration or floral Hoover and the smooth tongueil ad huge Stan Kostka. who was kept out York, she admits. Haynes (.Id her oliarne In connection wltli thè «lavina nasium every afternoon nnd rounded sion", which he could not road. bouquet. Or If you are a 'lady adjunct' vocate of Boose- otherwise known of the Washington game because of a her 10 per cent. As soon aa the show of Merle Ilari-, who was «hot to death into the beat <<r ooadttion Barker ud Tho Negro nnd white workers here, your Infloonce extends even Into the as Roosevelt, on the retired list. Vote dislocated shoulder, wlll be able to reached Chicago, however. Hajmea, In a hnldup In the Hnndy Court wpart- Ills manager, also Ihe hlg heavy Jack under Ihe leadership of the Interna women's clubs and away over Into the for R E A L FRIEND of the common play against the Bruins. As for the she charges, failed to remit and has menls, 425 K. Taylor slrent, Septsm- Larson, who fights Boh Christine In tional laihnr Defense, are demanding little parent teacher circle of tho people — which commodity neither Webfoot line, every man la In fine neglected to do so ever since. She the sem ifinals, arrived for Ills final ber Idih t’ lnytor'a release. school In your neighborhood. This Hoover or Roosevelt alnt. condition. states he owes her $1.347.60 training. O fficial recognition of the benefits of the Oregon automobile drivera ex ! amination law and Ita administration by the Operators' dlvialou was re ceived thla week by the Secretary of State from the United States Govern- I N IN GOVT DEMAND EQUAL EMPLOY IÏ IS HELP 10 RACE OREGON 10 PLAY UCLA HERE WOMAN SUES SPINGARN INVITED TO AT TEND SC0TTSB0R0 TRIAL DANIEL HAYNES M 'K 'R t w T ips ACCUSED IN FRAME-UP CHARGE