THE ADVOCATE Tne Advocate Th« Th« IrU g « S fl»»n Negro and Wh ite N a ««« In Oregon An —O— VOLUM I M — N U M B IH In d *p «n d «n l P ip a r D av o tad to th a In t o r b a t a mf th a The Advocate ln I very W hH « Hom« In O n gon m 1113 P w o p l* PO NTLANO . O R IO O N IA T U N D A V , MANCH 2S. 1933 IS OUR GOAL PR IC t P I V I C I N T I EQUALITY STRIKES iMiiwi*n«»wii ACCUSE METROPOLITAN NEGRO AV IA TO R S^ Father Serves As Butler To Son M E T R O P O L IT A N LIP E C O M P A N Y IN V E S T IG A T I! S EPARATE O FFI­ Digesting . . . . . Tße (\evJs DT CLIFFO RD C A d ic t a t o r M ITC H E LL n e c o io Wn ran well Imaalnr that If human Ilf« on« sum« other plan«! roulil look down upon ua through a powerful teleacope. observing In detail our eve­ ry action that auch observer« would reach about the aame ronrlualona aa thla columnist. whuu ohaerratlona are made purely by reading our many weekly "exchange«", releaaee. etc , orraalonally supplemented by perti­ nent correspondence e • e Many government# have, aud are. beetowlng dictatorial power* an and In (he ban I* of thler ruler* b«rau** experience hae taught them, al leant that without a unification of purpoae nature* human Individual greed will wreck the very beat of plana, a a a And. thinking along the aame line. In light of current facta, we must con­ clude that the race of American Ne- groea are aadly In need of an unsel­ fish. conscientious and all wise dicta­ torial board lo regulate all racial a f­ fairs. If we are not to perish through waated energy In fighting each oth­ er • • CES FOR C O LO R E D PATR O N S • Let ua digest the news for week—or rather Ihe news aa ed me durlnr the past week It* prominence by the amout the past It reach­ Judging of news- P »per Space consumed we are prlmarl- ly attracted by the battle for supre­ macy waged between two national or­ ganisations. both whom seek and ac­ cept public contribution« for the same avowed purpoae a s * In Just one week's time what do we fin d ' In South Carolina, n human Ilfs Is snuffed out hy electrocution while the two organisations lutile. In Oregon, pteclsely the same thing Is shout lo occur In Tennessee. Geo­ rgia. Alabama. Oklahoma and Michi­ gan. n hot and wordy battle la be­ ing engaged not aa to the correct procedure lo assist worthy caaes but merely as to which organisation shall be allowed to handle the case Yet. they both, avowedly, aerh to accom­ plish the same end . . . fn the field of business the situa­ tion la even more ridiculous In many communities we read of. and record, many duplication» of efforts hy high- sounding. pompously titled organisa­ tions—all seeking the same end but not realising that In Individualising their efforts they are wasting the as­ sets and energies of the race, or If they do realise It the make no efforts to harmoniously unite their Interests so ihsl something reslly constructive nnd worthwhile ran be accomplished, a s s Even In our field of Journalism we could use » dictator. How foolish It Is to prste In editorials sbolli the poor rondlllon of the down-trodden rare when In the advertising column» o f the very »am « puhllratlnn we find doiena of nald ailverllse-nenla, which If responded to will, forever, make "suckers" nut of the readers and the race. Indeed. A dictator Is Needed! STORY OF IORDAN MO AT POLITICAL CLUB MEET Tacoma. Washington. Mar, 2E The Colored W omen'« Political Club of this city held their annual election of officers tills week and elected Ihe fol­ lowing: Mrs. Anna l-aura Buck, re­ elected president; Mra. Fannie Brad »haw, vice-president; Mrs. (telile B Matthews, secretary; Mr« Ella DuPre treasurer; Mrs. Hattie Chavla, Chap Man; Mrs. Pearl Lowla, Hgt. at Arms; Mrs. Minnie Millar. Parliamentarian Mr. W. R. Caylon of Seattle was thr principal speaker and gave a very In terestlng talk nn the Jordan Case ol Portland. Oregon and In particular In the Interest of the Jordan Defense Club. london. Marrh IS— (Hy A N I’ I —The condemnation of Colored people be- lag received In society here on the pert of James Htuart. formerly aaalstaut secretary for Native Affairs In Mouth Africa, arouaed the Ire and drew a severe rebuke from Obu. a native of the Oold Coeat In West Africa, here last week. Mr Htuart In an address at the Royal United Services Instllu- lion, decried Ihe practice of Europeans receiving native Africans and people of color of all parts of the world In society and entertaining them while visiting this country A fler describing the life of the natives at home and the Impression made upon them by the treatment aa equal» aa accorded them by Hrltona. Mr Riowart declared: "It la nothing to hosts aud hoateaaea and their daughters, that a few months later, the guest will he back In hla polygamlatlc surroundings, and aelwhtlh European garments cast aside, rushing e ff in scantiest garb to every available beer drinking, wllch doctor « smelling o u f performance*, or JOIN JAPAN'S New York, Marrh 22 - In r n p o n i» to ■ lattar of compiami (rum thè NA- ACP. tba Metropolitan U fe Inaurane« Company has promised to Investigate the alleged eslatence of separate of- flees for Negro policy-holders In va- rloua cltlee of ihe country. Although "*® company could have answered at once whether separate offices were maintained, as tha N AAC P has been ,old- K c R,D*®®- superintendent of ■lenclea. has written Roy Wilkins, ««»laten t secretary of the N A A C P Promtalng to Inveatlgaie the »pacific complaint f r o « St l-ouls. cited In the ,h® !SAA< p I®“ ®® Th* N A A C P complaint reUted the refusal of the North Orand Boulevard office of the company In St l-ools to receive a premium payment from Mrs Robert P. Watts, wife of Ihe secretary of the Ht Loul« branch of the asaocla- tlon Mrs Watts waa told to go to a- nother office as "w e don't handle col­ ored business here". The N AAC P ask­ ed the Metropolitan whether It was a rule of the company to have segregat­ ed offices for Negro policy-holder« «nd also whether it was true that the company employed no Negroes In any capacity whatsoever, as has been charged Q U IE T A S IT'S KEPT Local News Events Morton Brown. 22. colored, who hail l The small «on of Mr. and Mr«. Roy the earmarks of a gentleman and »¡G r a g g had hla tonsils removed In a scholar, faced vagrancy charges on recent operation. Monday In muny court, He had a II-1 —— lirary hook from Tacoma library, and Leo Canada of Corvallla, Ore., was a savings hank. Issued In Tacoma. The a guest In Portland over the past week hank had been pried open. I ■ " ¡end. Fifteen new members Joined the < Mrs. J. D. Patton la still numbered Young Colored Democratic Club of among the elck Oregon at Its meeting held laet Wed­ The Bahai's met on Iasi Tuesday nesday night at the Williams Avenue Y. W. C. A. Three delegatee were e- night al the home of Mr. and Mr«. Je- lected to attend Ihe State convention rome Franklin In Irvington, lo he held on Jefferson'« birthday In Mrs. C. H. Pinford celebrated her Portland Charles Adams Is president and Je­ 7Stli birthday annlveraar* »'»••eh 20th. She has lived In Portland tor a.i year« rome Franklin, secretary. with her husband who Is nearly S3, Mr. loas, of San Francisco, Califor­ and she has never suffered a sick day nia was In Ihe city Thursday and ad­ drnlng all that time Mrs. Dlnford was dressed the Bahai meeting at nlghf. overjoyed at the courtesies extended He left on Friday for Seattle and will to her on h *r natal day and wishes to return on Saturday Saturday night he thank her church, the Mount Olivet will talk to a group of Bahai friends Baptist for Its donation of money and it the residence of Mrs. Myrtle W. the following Indies for their personal 'nmpbell, gifts: Mrs. L. Scott. Mra. R. D. Lusher, Mr F, D. Rawlins who underwent an Mrs. G. Davidson and Mr«. Dolly Part- operation for the amputation of his os leg. 1« reported to be doing fairly wall Mr. and Mrs Rlnford reside at 1432 at Maint Vincent hospital. Winona street. 1 o F a m e R e a d s L i k e F ic lio n WILL MAKE PUBLIC APPEARANCE IN PORTLAND ORE. NEXT MONTH Portland was honored this week by the presence of Oeorge Garner, velace. have the Negroea. on (he |eTeea "one of the outstanding member of the Jordan Defense Com- But we are concerned here with the mlttee and local writer, gave a talk ... scandal« of the present tim e." Claren- o »the Jordan case She related the * C* d®™'C 0nlbblt* « ®f th® *C* " tU U - c9 o. Senior, executive secretary of would-be. peeudo and otherwise, ex- the party, has snt a copy of the reao- conditions surrounding Jordan's con- and cept “ ther ®efl®ct upon ,h® contemp- lutlon to the N AAC P and to Senators vlctlon and sentence to death tlble. cowardly methods of the white Townsend. Wagner and Vice President showed the significance of ihe case ruling classes in suppressing the vie- with all caaea and class and race op­ Garner tlms of their mercenary slave-traffic. pression “ , __- ... ___ ___ . It la Just one of the methods used to Jordan has placed his life squarely . .__ , keep the fire« of race hatred smolder- ADDRESSES W IL L A M E T T E In the hands of the white and Negro U N I V E R S I T Y S T U D E N T B O D Y masses. He did so after following the Ing. ready to burst Into a flame of sad- istlc lynching whenever white rulers Scottaboro case, and realising that It Rev Daniel G HHI. Jr., pastor of the united voices of b"?!: white feel that the Negroes need to be im- Bethel church addressed the student and Black people« that have saved pressd by "whit superiority". Lynching . . . . the word, with body of Willamette university at chap­ the Soottsboro boys from the electric faction fight, within reach All t hat Impresses Is ihe monetary appearance ¡jsiid the novelty of welcoming an A fri­ can brother This listless attitude I complain of and seeming lack of poli­ cy or active friendly concern In this regard. If not remedied one day will reert on Greet Brillan." Obu. after reading the report In a current Isaue of the Morning Poet, In lata Angele». Calif , March I I - A ■ '»'I®® “ > ‘ he publication described two-year campaign which took Corn»- Mr. Stuart aa a prejudiced and un- llus Johnson. 18 year-old I -os Angeles Informed Individual Mr Obu champí- boy, to fourth place In tha high Jump «n®d the rights of the entire group, of the 10th Olympiad will now serve declaring aa background for ihe tall lad aa be “ Mr Stuart Is a Victorian termed as campaigns for the 1916 games In Bar an »apart on South African Native At- tfn fairs He did not, however, confine fn 13.11. Johnson opened hla Jumping himself to South Africa bul made a career by ripurlng In a three-way tla sweeping statement afalnat all colored for Ihe rlty championship at 6 feet peoples of the Empire a dangerous pro- Before the year was nut he had clear- redure which will. I am sure creat* ed 6 feet 1H Inches A season later he the friction he desires, won the title at * feet I H Inches "W hat strikes me forcibly Is that From there Johnson went right on Mr Htuart retain« and advances his ( „ the Olympic game*, winning the ancient Ideas of Victorian Day* end Southern California and California «»e m a to have overlooked th# fact that championships en route The Pacific out o f »even members of onr great Em Coast regional trial» saw him tie with plre. five are darkskinned people car- Walter Marty. Fresno college and na­ rylng their full share of the Empire's tional A A IT. champion, at « feet 5e Inches Ile lieti with George S p ill and "It seem* that Mr. Stuart 1« looking Boh Van Osdel In the final tríala at upon the color of a man's akin to l’ aio Aim. rlearlng * feet 6 7-» Inches make his deductions, forgetting that genius, talent and virtue will be hon- F O R M E R P O R T L A N D E R S E S C A P E ored whether clad In rsgs or broad- I N J U R Y IN Q U A K E A R E A cloth and Ihe nobility of a manly n v _____ ture will not always be estimated ar- Mr and Mrs J X Tronjenu and cording to the color of his skin Mr lheir four children escaped Injury In Stuart1» Idea that a man'» skin, black Watts, California when their house or brown, though he be a British aub- was wrecked by the recent earthquake Ject. ash he himself, la not to be ad- In that section Mrs Tronjeau was milled to English society or homes. formerly Miss Ruth Hooker of Port- however high his social status and qualifications may be. sounds ridicu­ el on the 16th for twenty five minutes. chair so far through more than two land lous advice In these days to broad­ He talked on “ The New N egro" and rears of struggle In our courts. Jord was enthusiastically received by the sn ha. appealed to all of » . to unite Mrs Estella Moseley who conducts minded individuals " student body At the close of his talk ln aaTin|t h|m from « » gallows." a rooming house at 1340 Williams ave., he was the guest at lunch of the Al- The hall In which the conference had a fight Iasi Thursday with Ervin held was full to overflowing, with Miss Clifford Freeman. Mra. Georgia pha Phi Alpha sorority where all stu- L. Johnson, one of her roomers. It 1» dent, who cared to were Invited to „ organisation. Including said The row was caused hy Bn argu­ Keiles and a Mr Francia, of le>s An apeak with him. .labor union locals and fraternal groups Johnson. It seems grlea. figured In an auto aeeldent on ment about polltloo ------------------------------------------------ I represented by delegates. got Ihe worse of Ihe scrape as he was the Pacific highway near ttedford on arrested charged with disorderly con­ laal Sunday It la said their car waa car la said lo have escaped with m inor. Delegates were eleetd to the nation- Injuries Friends ot the victims i n '. ) FREE MOONEY congress to be duce after being bitten on Ihe left hit hy one driven hy Dr Sars of Port­ Portland are hoping for a speedy re -! held In Chicago. Illinois April SO to arm and slabbed on his right side He land and completely demolished. Mrs. May 2nd. was treated at the emergency and at Kelles and Mr. Francis are »«Id to covary for all of them, Saint Vincent hospital. Mrs. Moseley have sustained serious Injuries while M l»« Freeman who was operating Ihe was charged with assault. YOUTHFUL JUMPER EYES 1936 OLYMPIC GAMES of G e o rg e G a m e r ’ s R is e M O CMOLCH i n »O w i l « FHKT1 UNTH Ht% *0fftAT* OT 1 Q NATIONAL FEATURE SERVICE *TMV*fl9BH9W1 A NCCftO. »«d y in g , seeking better things until he won the contact of the Society of American Musicians and the tha rltk right t to „ „ orch eetr» Hall with the Chlca- g „ Symphony Orchestra. Frederick Stack conducting, the ftrat Negro to fc; gjrcn that honor.'" * '* |n th* meantime, the father, who had r a l«fu lly served as a butler for OTer forty years with one of (he fa- moua old families of Chicago, that of Mra Timothy B. Blackstone. quietly continued ols duties, saying nothing ot the ».p im tion s of his son to hla kindly Mistress She. however, found out that this young singer who was creating such a furore, was the son of her butler. She reserced a box at the concert and then in-i>ed her butler to • “ * »»> her as sn honor guest. It was too much for the old father. He did not know what to do or to aay. but fl- „a lly accepted the Invitation, and when the crowd applauded and Mr«, Blackstone herself stood up to applaud be cried Mrs Blackstone did not stop with (hla gesture: she Invited young George Qpmer to come to luncheon. Then fol- lowed a serious debate o f behavorism *t the Garner home. Should young Oeorge appear at the front door or * n ,h® ' ,rnlf,c* nc® •« rerriea with IL should cause every _ civilised human . . . b* ,nl' to *h»dder. But. because of the a t t i c i n n e * r\ t a b i t o n v - n n o o a n / i o i t ri rv a m efficiency of white propaganda, it doe« not. Lynching ep'sodes from the south are reported by the newspapers as should he knock modestly at the aer- Tlce entrance, as he had always done ®Ten ,he »b®®«!^minded white people * ,ew month» ago in a Southern state, a Negro, accused of an attack on a white girl, was taken by an or- ganlxed mob of "superior" whites, and burned to death on the roof of a school house From 1385 to 1327 there were S. 226 “ illegal lynching« of Negro victims in the United States Did any murder charges, or even mlsdemean- or charges grow out of these lynch- Ings? l e t the perpertrators have been known. Between 1889 and 1925 there Is a record of 90 women lynched In th 1» country. James W. Ford, who was mentioned In last week's article of this series, had white supremacy burn- ed on hie young mind when he witnes­ sed his grandfather burned alive In a pile of railroad ties —a victim of white man's power Although protec­ tion of white womanhood —a stock phrase used by the mongerers of race hatred Is commonly accepted as the reason for most lynching, such Is not the case. Out of 2.522 lynching«, 900 were accused ot murder, 477 with rape 237 with attacks upon women. 253 with crimes against property' and 303 with "miscellaneous" offenses. The slogan of white supremacy seems to be. W H A T T H E COURTS W O N 'T DO. T H E LYNC H IN G MOB W IL L ! I do not exaggerate — as proof I submit the fact that the nine Scotte- boro boys have been threatened with lynching If they are released hy the court! Legal lynching, of course. Is better than anarchistic mob violence. But the two coordinate In the work of terrorlxlnr the black race.. Theodore Jordan Is and has been a *<, many yga„ had the experience of announcing his own son as an invited guest, and of serving him at luncheon, o U( Qf (hat day and the concert came Mrs Jacob Rambo Custer « and Mrs. Blackstone'« aid. which made It poasl- ble for the young Negro to go to Eu- r0pe to further his studies, T hen followed a series of triumphs aarh aa , eidom follows any Individual, He was feted and honored every- where; he appeared before the Royal Family of Great Britian; he toured as soloist with the London Symphony Or­ chestra; he sang at the Westminster Abbey. St. Paul a Cathedral, at many aocta| affa|rs of the titled — Lady As- before when visiting hi. father? This j i i . . ... ____ t ______ a . m delicate question was _ referred to . the housekeeper and quickly answreed. The front »ntrance. of course. And so. the old butler, who had op­ r“ u‘ " ’r “ » 0* UI T * « ® ~ t hor robie outrages can be perpetrated a- ? n e d the doors of the famous old man- gainst members of the Negro race with glon lo millionaires and great ladle«, scarcely a murmur of protest from to u ,|ed travelers, to the famous for tor. The Dowager Lady Swaythling, Lord Beaverbrook. Sir Harry and The la d y McQowan, Sir Thomas and OTe la d y Reerham and many others. A few months ago. he sang at a hen- e(u ooncert at the Chicago Civic Op- era House lor the benefit of the unem- ployed of ;,la rac* T he house waa pa,.ked and many hundred disappoint­ ed people were, turned away — rather an nnuetial occurrence In these day«. candidate for legal lynching. And aa he so well realises, as evinced by hla statement and appeal to the white and Negro masses. It will h the combined protests of those masses that will save him! (Continued next week) Please come In and pay your sub- smrlptlon to The Advocate. 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