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VOLUM E 2B — NUMBER 2
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JAMES A. JACKSON
There la much conjecturing In lb «
colored publications Ibaau day« aa lo
thn possible change« that « I I I ba
mail« In iha official working peraon-
in'I In (ba various departments at tha
Nations capital. Washington,
Many change« will be roada. for
many poalllona are purely political,
but there la on« office-bolder whoae
work, accompllabmenta and peraonal
lly la above pollllca —and tbat 1 «
Jamea A Jackaou, llualneaa Special
lal In the Untied State« Department
of Commerce
PO R TLA N D , OREGON, SA TU AD AV , DECEMBER 3, 1932
IN T W O SECT ION B
PRICE FIVE CENTS A COPY
GOODMAN URGES WORKERS TO UNITE
HHHMNNM
PEONAGE INVESTIGATION URGED
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GLOSS EDGED ODE BY
GRESS DEC. 5
DICKSON GIVEN HIGHEST
T Freedom May Come VOTE FOR SENATE
If Other Side Known
F IN A L CHECK GIVES NORTH
7S-VOTE LEAD OVER GLOSS
jJwiKiSk.
The official count of the vote caat
November 8 In the cloae conteeat for
Multnomah county cunatable, announ-
PRISONS ANO PRISONERS
Hy C. C. Mitchell In Prlaon Paper
34 SENATORS PLEDGED
49 VOLES NEEDED
Theoretically he hold« hla poattlon
through a civil aervlce rating but In
polltlca many atrange thing« ran hap
pen to the civil aervlce machinery.
Hometlmea whole deparlmenla are a-
boltahed and the employee« turned
looae only to lie superseded by a new
department with a «lightly changed ■NO FUNDS" FOR HOOVER COM
name, the «a m « working routine but
M I T T e E PROBE. N. A. A. C. P
a now aet of civil aervlce employee«.
PUSHES W AGNER RESOLUTION
Mr
Jackson, r'lllllblard
aa he
la known to the Negro ITeaal haa ao
many connection« that lie could eaa- Urges All Colored Organisation« and
lly ahlft for hlmarlf but the race
Intaraatad Individuala To W irt
need« bltn at Washington Ilia work
may not be ao readily appreciated by
T b tlr Senator« Immediately
the inaaaea but he la alowly but aurely
building up rontaela for the race. In
the bualnega field«, that It would be
New York. Dec. I — (S p ecial!— Dla
Impoeailile to achieve without hla cloaurea that no fund« have yet been
as rvleea. barked by the U. 8 (lovern- made nvatluble for the committee up
ment.
pointed by 1‘realdetit Hoover to Invea-
There la an old latln
which, Iranalated, read«:
proverb
“
* *
He who decide« a caae
without bearing the other aide, tbo'
he decide Justly, cannot be considered
j'l.t
• •
"
that will cause the tacts In his case
to be heard ahead of an automatical
ly set date sometime In the remote
future.
(And this writer wishes to make
It plain that he is not thinking of him
self. He has had opportunities and It
Is his own misfortune If be did not
make the best of them.)
I am thinking of the doxens and
scores of other cases that I hare come
In contact with during many yaars of
prison serrltude. I am thinking of the
many who go silently about their pris
on routine, unheard of. and without
a blemish against them, yet. who po
ssess an "other side" to their case
which. If society knew of, would pre-
Kent many cases with such mitigating
circumstances to warrant an immedi
ate and favorable action In their be
half.
It Is only a prisoner who. through
daily asocial Ion with other prisoners
and in Intimate contact with them
during their unguarded mental moti-
enta. can really know when his fellow-
prisoner has reached the “ turning-
tn his life Those of ua who
spent years studying these
Épi
L ry f
FLAYS AMERICAN
SYSTEM Of INJUSTICE
Over three hundred people enthu
siastically cheered Irvin Goodman.
Portland International Labor Defense
lawyer, when he bitterly assailed the
frame-up of Mooney, Billings and the
ScotUboro boys at Workers Center
last Wednesday evening. He had just
returned from San Francisco where
he drove with Paul M. CalUcotte and
personally Interviewed
Mooney nt
Han Quentin prison and Billings at
Folaom prison.
Goodman insisted that It la impos
sible lo understand these cases with
out understanding the economic and
social conditions underlying them. A f
ter analysing the circumstances sur
rounding the Mooney-Billings “frame-
up", he launched Into a bitter attack
upon the persecution o f the twelve
miUlon Negroes In America, asserting
“ the Negro people are a suppressed
national minority race whose condi
tion la that o f veritable slavery.” He
pointed o *t thn» white the Constitu
tion of the TTnited Stales theoretical
ly guarantees equal suffrage, the Ne
gro is actually disfranchised. He show
ed the discrimination In education,
asserting, as a typical case, that
$27.88 ia annually spent for the edu
cation of every white child o f school
age in South Carolina and $2.74 ia
annually spent for the education of
every Negro child in South Carolina.
He asserted that there is no Justice
for the Negro in the courts and that
even a NegTo lawyer Is dented admis
sion to the American Bar Association.
He denounced the wholesale lynching
of both Negro men and women, add
ing that between 1889 and 1925 ninety
Negro women
were lynched In the
United States.
A fter relating startling facts con
cerning the Negro people. Mr. Oood-
man stated that it la impossible to
understand the Scottsboro case with
out knowing these facts. This case la
one means whereby the white ruling
class seeks to perpetuate the slavery
of the twelve million Negroes in A-
merica.
Goodman concluded by stating that
the white worker cannot be emanci
pated without emancipation o f the
t Negro worker and pleaded for a uni
fication of all workers, white. Negro
and foreign-born, as the only means
of preventing such frame-ups as that
of Mooney. Billings and the Scotts
boro boys.
Mr. Goodman w ill speak at the
Sunday forum. Public Library, next
Sunday night on the Mooney-Billings
and Scottsboro cases.
No one who haa not actually lived
in prlaon amongst prisoner« can un
derstand just how applicable the a-
hove maxim Is. Prisoner« ran heat ap
preciate the thought, perhaps, because
they feel. In a great many case«, that
Ihey have been denied thn opportuni
ty to present thn "other aide".
| Almost without exception there is
nn “ other side" to the caae of every
Attorney Aabby C. Dickson, demo
prisoner In almost every prison. And.
crat. who was elected state senator
perhaps. It's because tho "other aide“
with the highest .number of votes
caat for any one for that office. Mr.
la not known that causes crime to
Dickson who formerly served as a
lucreuae and our prlaona fill to over
Cbarlaa G. North
¿'«»•'¡e« judge In Multnom,h county
flowing?
l i g a t e ( h r p e o n a g e r i i n d l l l o n s oil the ■ ■
raceivad 70,100 votes.
Not only la he making beneficial Mississippi flood control project, haa (red today by James W Gleason, reg- Surely, there la a way of presenting
contact» for Negroes In bualne«« hut brought uhoul Intensified activity by ,,<r« r In the rounty clerk's office,
through hla vast Parana» l nr., ¡aim tha National Association for Ihe Ad "hows that Charles G. North, Demo
ance, knowledge and experience a- vancemenl of Colored People to pro 'ra tio nominee, defeated Kd Gloae. 0,,®n*®’ *1 •» • subject that society things know of many such inmates
mnng all classes of Negroes. Mr. I cure a sweeping Senate Invesligallou r<*Puhllc«n Incumbent, by 7* voles.
( should tie deeply Interested tn. And, who hare arrived at the exact stage
Jackson, haa collerled and dlaaemlaa- under the resolution to be Introduced
Th® CHUnl » « « announced as offl- ,n m,r 0 P*nlon- on® ot the most lm- In their lives that for the balance of
led pertinent »ltd valuable Informs-| hy Senator Hubert F Wagner of New rlal »H er Gleason had made a re- Pr®*■*,,® ways lo present this "other their days they would make excellent
lion that any business person ran York.
rheok. The count before re-chock gave a'de
I *1 the wide distribution of citlxens anywhere — if they only had
secure merely by contacting Mr I liranchea of the N. A. A. C. |>. I North a lead of 79 votes.
( mediums.
auch as School News, some way of presenting their other
Dr. Thomas Canard Unthank. $ 6 .
Jackson's offlca,
throughout Hie country are holding
North received 66,739 votes and »h e re ln ls c o n ta ln e d th e th o u g h ts .d e - side to society.
mm
with tli
.... , Glooa M , *61. a « .. mimic t i
• .«criptlon by words and drawings, and
Not only la th e above statement died at his home in Kansas City. Mo.,
Personally, I have made excellent Juf |w a | churches on Sunday. Decern Ho w ll< succeed Gloss as constable
presentation o f facts which true but there are many of us w h o<0n Tuesday. Novemeber 29. according
use o f mv correspondence ronlacl |M,r 4 and al these mass meetings. January 1. Gloss la flnlalilng hla 12th constitute the "other aide".
would be willing to wager a part of
news received In Portland,
with Mr Jarkaon, for through him 1 resolutions will be adopted calling for Tear nc constable.
| There are many facts In the lives our "tim e” . If by so doing we could
Dr. Unthank was born of slave par
have secured many volumes of sta Senate action, and telegrams will be
"> have not decided whether I »III of many prisoners, and for many dlf- help the other fcUow get a “ break" e„ts In Greensboro. N. C.. March 15,
llstlcal reference Information and dispatched lo eenalora from Ihe va demand a recount". Gloss said. "There ferent causes and reasons, that are when we know and are ao satisfied iggg His father was a carpenter and
scores of supplemental pamphleta r |uua n(n 1 a.H
are aeveral things which must be la no* disclosed In their full and true that ho Is deserving of one — aud was employed by the Freedman's Bu-
<»ntalnlng current Information on (he
an aj,im on al step In Ihe cam krn ,n,° eonsldrratlon aside from Ihe H rtt until »H er the prisoner has would make good.
reau, active at that time In freeing
Negro Much of thla Information that
prtK.urt, p,,ua| opportunity » , P®n«e It Is possible that Ihe result served many years. Even then some | I do not know how far the editor and educating the slaves.
I have secured lias been Ihe result of for colored workers and to ultllxe the
*he election may be changed by limes these facts cannot be properly will permit me to go on this subject.
At the age of five and one half
compilations from many deparlmenla ,|ramatle expose of Mlaalsalppl levee *°m o o\her less expensive method. If brought to the attention of the prop- but. If permitted. I would bring much years. Dr. Unthank was sent to a
at Washington hut It has always pro- conditions toward this end the N A ,h'’
*" not changed. 1 will be er officials because the prisoner lacks happiness to myself even If I thought school established by the Quakers;
lack of I could be useful in presenting the the first school for Negroes in the
red a very simple matter to send \ q j * |a having prepared drafts of the first one to congratulate my suc ability to express himself;
funds to engage others to present the "other side" for many others less for- state of North Carolina. H ere he re-
word to Mr. Jackson as to the nature tdlls for Introduction In hte coming cessor."
tunate than myself.
roained until he was eighteen years
of the work I needed ond through his -.««»»liin nf Congress, relating to hours
North. 52, Is a native Portlander. He focts for him. or lack of influence
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— old. During that time the school be-
ronnecllons he would secure ntul dls- ,,g work, rate o f pay. and dlscriminn- resides nt 2707 N. E. Mason street. _________________________________
BARITO NE TO JOURNEY TO
came known as Bennett college. From
putrh Immediately.
i tlon against Negroes on flood control Ills family consists of hla wife, two
••THE LAN D OF E ASE "
1885 to 1887. he taught school In Mon
My argument In behalf of Mr Jack- iini| other federal work. Nathan R daughters and a son For many years
roe. N. C. He later decided to study
son Is not that another man couldn t Margold, attorney retained by the N. he was tho Portland representative of
William Good lee. colored, was con
law Angeles. California Dec. 1 Mr -m edicine and went to work at hotels
perform the same work, under the \ a . 4 ; p. jor # general campaign the Miller Tire Company. latter he
victed on a charge o f asault and rob late Grigsby who Just returned to ¡„ New Jersey to raise funds to eon-
the
Porlland-Bolse
auto
some clrcumstaneea, but there la not throughout the country against the started
Los Angeles from Portland. Oregon. tlnue his education. He entered How
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freight
I.Ine,
nnd when~lt~m erged h®r>' whlU> * rn,ed and wlU
nnothnr Negro who could assume the j color bar. Is now at work on Ihe ..
ls planning to leave for Honolulu In ¡,rd University in Washington. D. C..
with Ihe Consolidated Freight Lines. \
Mo,,day at 9 “ • m by Clrcu
work and do ns murh good ns Mr. jdrnftlng of these bills.
Judge Hewitt.
about two weeks to Join Irene West nnd worked in the Government print-
Jurksim ran do by continuing his pro-
Some 30 leading branches of Ihe he went with the latter company.
Goodloe was found guilty by a Jury Company, for a two yeara' engage- mg shop to earn enough money to de
sent ■ T V Ices which are (he result of ' Association have been asked lo hold
In Judge Hewitt's court after 25 hours ment.
fray his expenses at Howard.
many years o f labor and ronlact.
. the mnss meetings on Dee
4. and
deliberation. His cose was based on
Mrs. Grigsby (who was Miss T h e
In 1898. he began practicing medl
I Mrn. Daisy E. Immpkln, N. A. A. C.
GLOSS LOSES TO NORTH
the holdup September 6 th of a beer resa W lgley of Denver. Colo.) w ill cine in Kansas City. Mo., and built a
There Is not a Negro editor, pub- p Hcginnul Field Secretary, reports
Ed Gloss, the aimable Multnomah I,arl,,r wlwr* Merb‘ 1Urr' ‘P®°Prtetor. accompany her husband. Mrs. Grigs- lucrative practice. In 1903 he was
Usher, correspondent, business man. |that the Istulsvllle branch, through
by made many friends here when she appointed City physician. He had
orgaulxallon or a professional man of it„ president, Dr. J. II Walls, has al County Constable, who, in a re-check was slain.
Goodloe was brought back from visited In Los Angeles two years ago. charge of the relief work during the
any standing that Mr Jackson Is not [reudy arranged for such a mass meet*
Chlrago to stand trial.
She married the famous singer and Missouri river flood and was respon-
personally acquainted with and nil " f , Ing In Quinn Chapel. A. M. E. church,
George Harwood, who fired the fa entertalner last June.
isible for establishing a city hospital
these should make It a point to watch |(ov. F. M Held, pastor of thn Chapel,
tal shot. Is under life sentence and
Mr. and Mrs. Grigsby have the very jfor the care of colored people In Kan-
ami see that no rhanges are mnnipu- has consented to bn Ihe principal
William Poach, also present at the best wishes of all Los Angeles, who sas City. Mo. During his active years
laled In the civil service stnndlng
speaker.
slaying, faces sentence on a man hope that their trip w-lll be adventu-;Pr. Unthank interested the Jackson
Mr. Jackson, or (he department he 34 senators Pledged 49 Votes Needed
ZE LL BROTHERS TO OPEN
slaughter plea.
rous as well as prosperous.
County court In establishing a home
hns built up If anything, his work
The N. A. A. C. I*, reports wrlllon
for aged and Inflrmed Negroes. He
ULTRA-M ODERN QUARTERS
should be extended with additional j pledges from 34 senators that they
CLARENCE CAMERON W H IT E RE NORDIC EAR MIXES “ NIGGER" IN used his Influence to have the Park
assistants hired.
will support Ihe Wngner resolution
CEIVES MEDAL FOR OPERA
bureau establish the first playground
In the Senate, and states thnt 4S voles |
HEBREW DIALECT. N. B. C.
in his city for colored children and
will bo needed to Insure passage of |
CHICAGO. III., Nov. 24— Clarence
The new modernistic home o f Zell
helped to organise the first Negro Brothers. Jewelers and opticians, at
RADIO S TATIO N E X PLA IN S
Cameron White's opera, “ Quanta" was
EDDIE T O L A N ON STAGE
Ihe resolution. Every effort w ill be
jdrug store and first hospital west of
given a concert performance ou Sun
Broadway and Morrison streets, will
HIS F A M ILY IN NEED
" ‘" y
T '" “ ' “1
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day afternoon at the Three Arts Club
the Mississippi — The Douglas — In
part« of fht* country, through tho ...
Now York. Dec. 1 — The National | Kan8a9 c )ty Kan Hp ,ater hei pe<1 es be formally opened on Monday.
under the auspices of tho American
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1 A. A. C. P. muHH nictlmcN nnd other
The opening brings to a climax Ihe
Opera society. "Quandga," based on Broadcasting Company haa done a ,ablll(h anothor larfr,,
hospital
lu
firm 's 20 years In Portland business,
the belief In vodoo still reported to be Utile explaining to the N. A. A. C. P. Kanaag c lty Mo
New York.
Dee. 1 -B d d le Tolan.
HO ,hat *®nntors who are now
prevalent among tho peusauts o f the
and is tis fourth store.
colored sprint Olympia j U r , hns gone <h>ubtfnl or who have not yet commit
about an alleged use of the word "n ig
Dr. Unthank was one of the organi
Island of Haiti. The story brings in
The store Is nltra-modern through
Into vaudeville to support h i. m oth er ,'* 4 ‘ ^ m w lv e . may be swung definite
a number of out stnndlng characters ger" in a radio broadcast from station sera along with Dr. J. E. Perry, of the
brothers nnd sisters In Detroit, and ly In favor of the Wagner resolution.
tmiuding Dessallnes, Haitian Patriot. WJZ. In the "M ystery Hour" broad- | Wheatley- Frovident Hospital In Kan out, from the walnut Interior to the
Senutor Wagner has Informed Ihe
bronze marquee over the entrance
Toussalnt D.Ouverture, the great Hal cast, the offensive word Is said to
to continue his studies In medicine.
sas City. Mo.
and the bronze fittings over Italian
tlan general, and other historical char have occurred.
Telan Is louring In ono of the units N. A. A. C. P. lltat ho will Introduce
The
deceased
was
an
active
repub
acters. Tho opera calls for seven sing
of Bill Robinson, the Negro dancer . | |b" h ’" » « « 1» " « " the opening day of
A. Plana, supervlaor of audience lican during his whole public career marble on the exterior.
ing principals, an cnscmblo of native
The three Zell brothers, Harry, Ju
Ho loctjtres on how to run nnd win the fi‘\v session of Congress.
drummers, soldiers, peasants, dancers, n-all of the N. B. C. now atatea: "W e ¡nnd through hla varied contacts and
lius
and Daniel, each specialise lit a
are
glad
to
inform
you
that
the
line
voodoo
worshipers,
venders
and
cour
foot rares. Tolan, running for tho
wide Influence did much for the bene
particular branch of tho business,
lers.
of acrlpt queatlona used the word 'N e fit of his race.
United Htnti/. won the 100 und 200
After the first rate performance, In gro' and not 'nigger'. The production
Harry, In charge o f the Jewelry de
Ed Glosa
meter races at Dos Angeles.
MAN SE N T TO PEN
He had been In falling health for a
which tho soprano. Cleo Wade, was
partment, Is an authority on precious
of ballots this week, lost to his oppo- particularly attractive, the composer man In charge o f these rehearsals long time. Last Summer Dr. and Mr«.
gems, particularly diamonds and Si
Roy Lewis, 20, was sentenced to nent, Charlie Q. North by the small was awarded the David Blshpan medal made a apeclal effort to avoid any DeNorval Unthank motored
WOMAN SAVED BECAUSE
from
two years In the state pnnltentlnry numbsr of 78. Qloaa haa asrved as for distinguished service to the cause misunderstanding In the pronouncla- Portland to Kansas City to visit htm. amese zircons. Hs Introduced the Si
OF GREAT 8IZE
amese zircon to America.
of American opera. Tho presentation tlon of the word, but the line was
Inst Saturday when ho pleaded guilty Constable for twelve years.
He leaves to mourn their Iosa, a
was made by Elenor Everest Freer, $ead by a man who had to use the
Julius Zell, head of the optical de-
Houston. Tnxns, Dec. 1 - When Dot to chargn of burglary not In a dwel
widow.
Mrs.
Gertrude
Clark
l
T
nthank;
A CARD OF T H A N K S
president of tho society that sponsored
ipartment, is a graduate optometrist.
tle While, 280<pound colored woman, ling; for the nlleged breaking Into
Jewish
accent,
and
the
actftr
himself
a daughter. Mrs. Louise C. Montgom
the concert,
!■
stepped Into nn open manhole, she the premises of a white man nt 149
Plana are being made to have the had been cautioned to try and avoid c ry ; a son-in-law, Dr. laton T. Mont Daniel Zell, who heads the watch de
For their ninny tokens of esteem,
partment, studied his craft In Europe
didn’t disappear from sight. 8 ho wed Griswold nvonue, October 31st.
friendship and love and for their ex opera produced during the Century ¡any difficulty.”
gomery. dentist; a grand son, Leon
and was for many years a maker ot
Prompt protests to radio stations G. Montgomery and
ged.
pressions of sympathy and condolence of Progress exhibition next year In
a nephew. Dr.
fine watches In European centers.
•'If I had reduced like I planned to
W illiam Johnson, -private waller nt ns the result of tho death of my be connection with the Negro exhibit. In 'gbotit the use of offensive words and DeNorval Unthank.
do Inst summer, I sure would have the Portland hotel, who Is recovering loved husband. W. J. Marshall, I sin which caae, Mrs. Wade and Mrs. expressions usually bring prompt a-
Funeral
rites
were
held
on
Thurs
cerely thank one and all.
Green will sing leading roles, with a
got hurt,” sho told nn ambulance dri from an operation, spent a week re
W. L. Reese has opened a lunch
ballet and chorus of 100 voices and the pologles and assurances that the er- day. Dee. 1. for the distinguished clt-
Signed:
ver nnd a policrman who roamed her. cently at Snlnt Martin Springs, Wash.
¡(•or will not be repeated.
|izcn In Kansas City. Mo.
MRS. H E N R IE T T A MARSHALL. Chicago Symphony orchestra.
room on Williams avenue.
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UNCLE DEAD
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GOODLOE FOUND GUILTY FRIDAY