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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 . . .
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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
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CES FOR C O LO R E D PATR O N S
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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
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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
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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.
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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, <St
Chicago who .was here on Thursday
looking after bualaeoa la connection
with hla recital which he will no doubt
lin g In Portland the middle of April.
Mr. OarneT arrived Wednesday r'.gai
and left In the afternoon on Thura 'ay
for Seattle.
IN S T A L L M E N T TW O
The following excerpt f r o « the Chi
(Continued from last week)
cago Dally News of February 11. 1M I
By D AW N LO VELACE
gives an Interesting account of
Portland. Oregon. March » — W h it« ^
struggle« for recognition and foi
„
science'' has been, for year», digging th« |ofty position he now holds la th «
up biological "facta" and “data" to sab- music world.
stantiate the deliberate device o f | "Oeorge Garner is another »tory of
whlte-r .an's rule to keep the oppres- rom a n ce- the »tory of a «on of a but-
»ed 12 million N eg ro»« in America In i#r who. by dint of hard work and
subjection The “ eclentiata" called to h,,,, year*
llfted himaetf out
the defense of white aupremacy a r« of the class of mediocrity Into th«
very clever In their blending of fact highest field of rnltare to the point
with lie«, producing a -oncoctlon o f , here he
p , u honor and homage by
logic that convinces the gullible. On« th, rtch and the floor, the titled and
of the popular methods of logic la the th « powerful.
statement that the Negro race 1 » not
He grew np on the south aide in
far progressed from the anthropoid C h ic a g o - selling papers,
carrying
ape aa the white race, as proved by
working aa a bellboy, studying,
N E W YORK. MARCH 23— (C N 8 )—
It Is reported from London. England,
that tha Reamer Stanleyville, left
Rlyth. Northumberland, Monday. Mar.
j for Japan, carrying a crew of Ne-
groea determined, they said, to Join tha
Japanese air force The ship was drop-
ping over the borlxon when a deleg«-
tlon of the British Anti-War Connell
arrived In taalenba bearing 200 pound»
with which they hoped to Indnce the
discontinuance of the voyage,
The Anti-War Council was In confer-
ence In I-ondon when • a member an-
noanred dramatically that the crew of
the Stanleyville, a Belgian ship sold
to the Japanese government was pro
pared to desari If the council would
guarantee sufficient funds to keep Its
members until they could find other
jobs
The meeting insisted on taking np
a collection at once. Members hold
trade onion flags by the corners while
persona in the gallery poured down
"P® <*
copper and silver coin.1 Other»* passed ,he ,lopin‘ for®h®*i '' “ d
SOO nounds was rale- th* N* « TOM < P®®®«“ » “ )' I newer saw
hat« «round and 200
an ape with other
Other than
« a n thin, very Nor-
r«or-
ed in a tew minute«
die Upa. bat « • "lo gic" Is employed
Delegates from the meeting left at
by scientists to prove white aoperlor-
once for Rlyth In taxicabs and rode
Ity. nevertheless.)
all night but arrived too late.
S O C IA LIS T P A R T Y URGES MORE
The late George Dorsey, a white
M O N E Y FOR L E V E E PROBE
compiler and popnlariser of anthropo-
logical and biological Information, de-
Indianapolis. Ind . March 22— The J O R D A N C A S E D I S C U 3 S E D B Y
voted considerable space in one o f
national executive committee of the
W E L L KNO W N WOMAN W R ITE R hla book«. Why W e Behave Like Hn-
Socialist party In a two-day confer
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n»»n Beings ', to a refutation of the
ence here passed a resolution Marrh |
propaganda spread by fanatical Nor-
12th urging an Increase In the appro-
At a conference called by the Moon-
dies. With a deft and amusing technl-
prlatlnn for Investigation of labor con- ey Moldera Defense Committee, thru
que. he proved that the white race
dltlona in the Mississippi levee camps a local provisional committee aet up
have Just as manv characteristics In
from 11.000 to »10.000 The resolution for that purpoae, at the Central Libra
common with the anthropoid apes as
ra„ a ,he exploitation of Negro labor ®y Sunday arternoon. Dawn Ix>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
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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
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Jordan has placed his life squarely
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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
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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.'"
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|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
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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
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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)
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