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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-11-05
The President Has Spoken.
(From the Denver Starr

The first utterance by the Presi-
dent on the status of the Negro in
America comes at a time when 81
lence is no longer endured and upon a
subject wholly uncalled for. 'Twere
better that he remained in Washing
ton and kept silent than to advocate
any form Of un-Americanism. The
colored man has suffered enough from
the so-called friends Of the Republi-
can Party (?). Whey does the Presi-
dent of the United States advocate
social equality as cause to the black
man, when millions of the white
mans amalgamated sons and daugh-
tiers make up one-eighth the popula.
tion of this country? If the colorec
woman was good enough to give birth
to their children she ought to be gooc
enough to marry them.
Why did the Supreme Court uphold
jimcrow laws of the South? Was
that social equality? Why do depart,
nents at Washington discriminate
and segregate the colored employees
Is that social equality? Why dodge
the issue? Why do the lily-white Re
publicans bar colored men and wome1
from voting? Is that social equality
Why doesn't President Harding en-
ploy colored men to positions they
have held since 1867 Is that socia
equality? ..
Thousands of our sons lay aslee1
upon the torn bosom of France VIII
died for this country of justice tina
you portray as barrier to the so
cial life Of our race.
We will stand ready to defend GU:
race in the sunshine of whose societ!
~we are ever happy. We want equal
ity that is given every other either
under the Constitution. We will &C
cept nothing less.
The President has spoken. Let tn
historians write: "Failed."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-11-05

lousy avoid is the development Of
group and class organizations in this
country" He argued against the very
thing which he has previously argued
for. There are just as many differ
ences between the individuals of any
one race as their are between the peo-
pie of any number of races. The
idea of race differentiation in any
form in the law, in the functions of
the government, and in public asso-
citation is contrary to just concept
Of a democracy in which all men are
presumed to be equal, and is repug-
nant to the highest ideals of the
Christians God, who is declared to
have made of one blood all nations
of men. If Mr.. Harding is right,
! Christianity is wrong.
If Mr.. Harding had had the time
to study the question and he had
studied it with an open mind he would
have found that in France, Spain and
Portugal, there have never been any
racial hatreds founded on the color Of
the skin and the same is true of South
and Central America. In these coun-
tries, unhampered by class and color
distinctions colored men have risen to
the highest places in every branch of
human endeavor. There are more
full blooded Negroes in Brazil than
in the. United States; and, counting
the mixed-blood population of black,
Indian and white, and the pure whites,
the population. totals over 30,000,000
who live together in perfect harmony,
without any public differentiation of
race. There are no social barriers
whatever in Brazil and it is a COM
plete refutation of the idea that there
must be social bars between thezmen
and women who are citizens of a
country. .H
Color differentiation means the as
tendency of one caste and the degra-
dation of the other. Social equality
does not necessarily mean amalgama-
tion..- That should be matter for
individuals to determine. During the
coming disarmament parley, the Japa-
nese will be treated with the greatest
social consideration. They will be
wined and dined and received at every
social function, meeting people who in
their hearts hold hatred toward them,
and in spite Of all the social mingling
it is safe to say that not a single
marriage will result.
In a democracy like ours, all men,
whether they are black or white, red,
; yellow or brown, should meet in all
human relationships without racial
differentiations-simply as AMERI-
CANS.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-11-05
WOULD sEGREGATE AMERICANS

President Harding made speech
Wednesday at Birmingham, Ala, on
the race problem, which displayed re-
markable nlisinformation on the sub
ject due to the fact that he has evil
IDENTIFY studied from one side only.
Of course Mr.. Harding is right,
when he says that the colored man
should have political, educational and
economic rights, but he is wrong
when he says that he is not entitled
to every right to which every other
group of Americans is entitled. The
president has no right to say that
one-eighth of the population of the
United States must be differentiated
in any way from the other seven
eighths.
In his special message to the Con-
gress which met March 4, Mr.. Hard
ing said that he looked with favor on
the idea of the appointment of an in
ter-racial commission to study racial
conditions in the United States
There was no need for haste in an
nouncing his view on a question which
could not have been studied properly
in the short time since he, in June
1921, announced his intention to do
owing to his many and pressing off,
cial duties, and it seems that the
President has taken advantage Of ar
opportunity and thrust his views upor
the public ear, for the purpose of ere
ating sentiment in favor of his ideas
on the subject, which were evidently
obtained from individuals and book:
favorable to the South but inimical tt
the real interests of the colored PEG
pie.
The President enormously con
Pounds "social equality" with amalga
nation. He says that amalgamatiol
cannot be, but it exists, it has Away
existed and always will exist. TIL
combined efforts of the law and pub
lie opinion have failed to prevent tn
mixing of the races Throughout tn
ages there has been so much racia
mixing that today the scientists an
ethnologists agree that there is n
such thing as pure race. In n
other. country on the globe has ther
been more racial mixing than in tn
United States which is the meltin
pot Of the world. The majority Q
the people of the United States ar
mixtures of various races and tn
greater part Of this majority is com
posed of people with more or les
Negro blood. The racial mixing j
the South is almost wholly illegitinat
as the laws make marriage betWee
the races a crime.
Now as to social equality, that e.
lists in some part Of the Unite
States and it is only in those part
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-11-05
BILL APPROVED

~ 'N~'''N0 Dill mr. VEL.
The Dyer Anti-lynching Bill re-
ported favorably in the House of Rep
resentatives at Washington Thurs
day provides that the county in
which. the outrage takes place shall
pay $4,000 to the family of the VIC
tim. ="
Representative Dyer of st. Louis,
author of the bill, gave notice he will
press for early enactment.
The bill defines a lynching mob or
rlotous assembly as constituting Give
or more persons acting in concert to
deprive prisoner Of life without au-
thority Of law"
States or governmental subdivi-
sions failing to protect a person
against such act shall be held to have
denied the person of his guaranteed
protection under the federal Consti-
tuition.
State, county or municipal officers
failing to make all reasonable efforts
to protect against lynch mob or in
failing to arrest and prosecute men,
bers of such a mob shall be tried
in federal district courts on felony
charges, and on conviction be subject
to imprisonment not exceeding five
years or fine Of $4,000, or both.
Persons participating in the lynch
ing mob are liable to Imprisonment
for five years.
That the strenuous activities of
the N. A. A. G.. P. had much to do
with this favorable consideration
there is no doubt.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-11-05
President Harding and the C6Iored
American.
(From the Boston Guardian.)

(From the Boston Guardian.)
In regard to President Harding's
speech at Birmingham, Ala, on
Wednesday of this week, October 26,
1921, we would say Is this Republi-
can President that. persons of color
born in the United States of America,
most Of whose parents and grandpar-
ents and great-grandparents were
born in the u. S. A. see no reason
why they should be expected to be
willing to be simply black people and
not fully and wholly Americans, any
more than Jews born here are expect
ed to be willing to be simply Jews,
Irish simply Irish, Italians simply
Italians, and so on with the many
race varieties here.
We demand that there be no dis
tinction put upon us for race or color
in public matters that is not put on
every other race in this, our common
country. We know as the white
Americans know that there is no es.
sential difference between human be.
ings, and just as much superficial diff.
ference except in color or feature be.
tween white races here as, between
Americans Of color and those called
white. Nature has amply proven this
before the eyes of all Americans witt
the aid of the white mans imposi
tions upon colored women. We OBJ
ject to being made the only everlast
| ing aliens in our own land by. any en-
forced separation in the public life O.
the country. It must come over ou
everlasting protest. g..
The crux of the matter is this
Why does not President Harding as]
us to be good and true and eficien
American? Why did he not ask whit
and black to be alike one uniform ele
ment of patriotic Americans, non
trying to be good as white folks, non
to be good as black folks, but all on
common American citizenry?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-11-05

to prevent the full attainment of citi-
zenship as that speech of Booker
Washington delivered in Atlanta, Ga,
in 1895.
Since then the descent to hell has
been swift and sure and the depths
were sounded when the other day
Warren G.. Harding, President of the
United States, stood by the side OF
the Grady monument in Atlanta, pro
nounced eulogy on Henry w
Grady, the most bitter, dangerous and
insidious enemy Of the colored people
that the country has produced, de.
sclared that the race question must be
settled by the segregation of Ameri-
can citizens.
Lured on by the enthusiastic recep.
ton by the South Of the B. Washing.
ton speech and the white mans
good negro" pat on the shoulder, the
jimcrow leaders tribe has increased
so enormously that it is now a men
ace to be reckoned with in every com
munity in which there are hundred
|colored men.
Before he died Booker Washingto,
repented in bitterness what he hat
done and longed for life to wash GU
his unwise course but it was too late
Although it may be news to many, i
is a fact that after his death an ar
ticle, written by him, was printed il
leading magazine, in which he re
pudiated segregation which he had S,
long championed. r.. =
No greater calamity could befal
the colored people than the harvest
ing of new crop Of "jimcrow negr,
leaders, >e.-, .
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-11-05
coLoRED AMERICANS MUST ACT.

coLoRED AMERICANS MUST ACT.
The Dyer. Anti-Lynching Bill has
been reported favorably by the COM
mittee of the judiciary.
1t is known as the IL, .a y
!. DYER ANTI-LYNCHING BILL
H. R. Is.
Now is the time to flood Congress
with kilograms, letters, even personal
visits to Washington. a..
We must let this Congress know
that failure to bring the Dyer Bill
to vote will be regarded as a be-
trayal. ..@.- ~ .
We must let each representative
know that vote against the Dyer
Bill will be known as vote for
lynching. 49, ~
GET BUSY, COLORED AMERI-
CANS! =,
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-11-05
"The Georgia Peach"

(From the Chicago Whip
It is reported that Henry Lincoln
Johnson will soon be confirmed. He
may be confirmed by the Senate COM
mittee, but he will never be confirmed
by the celestial committee which
passes upon the fitness Of men to en-
ter into the land of eternal reward.
Lincoln Johnson, in his own heart,
knows that he is not fit represent
ative Of the colored people in Ameri-
ca, and any who know of his activi-
ties in Chicago preceding the election
of President Harding will agree. Yet
fate sometimes plays a peculiar card.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-11-05
Mr.. Harding Down South.

The colored man, according to Mr..
Harding in his Birmingham speech,
"should seek to be the best possible
black man, and not the best possible
imitation Of the white man." This is
the Harding standard for the race:
We admit that in many respects the
white man is a poor model for imi-
tation, as in lynching, discriminatory
practices against his friends and his
arrogant assertion of superiority by
birth and color, but why does not Mr..
Harding advise us to become the best
possible men, and forget distinctions
on both sides apart from merit? Of
course, we know how hard it is to be
logical and at the same time avoid
offending the South while a recipient
of it's hospitality, but it does seem
amusing, as well as pathetic, that in
the same speech he says: "The one
thing we must sedulously avoid is the
development Of group or class organ
izations in this country" Gee, but it
is hard to straddle! =
]. MILTON SAMPSON,
Dicertor Of Research and Records,
Chicago Urban League.
Chicago. .:-"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-11-05
THE SIN OF SILENCE

TO sin by silence when we should
protest makes towards out Of men.
The human race has climbed on pro-
test. Had no voice been raised against
Injustice, ignorance and lust, the in
QUESTION yet would serve the law, and
guiIiotines decide our least disputes.
The few who dare must speak and
speak again to right the wrongs Of
many.-EIia Wheeler Wilcox
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-11-05
President Harding Runs True to Form.
(From the Philadelphia American.)


(From the Philadelphia American,)
President Harding, in his address at
the semi-centennial in Birmingham,
Ala, on Wednesday last, nobly sus-
tanned his unenviable reputation as a
discreet follower of sectional senti-
ment. When he addressed an audi
ence in Ohio some time, ago, he in
sisted that the colored citizen should
be given the equal protection of the
law in the exercise of his rights as
such. In Alabama, he claimed that
there could and should be- no such
thing as social equality between the
races. Not one word is he reported
as uttering, in favor Of equal protec-
ton of the law, the enforcement of
the Federal Constitution, nor against
lynching or the roasting Of human be-
ings at the stake. He did not even
ask the moral support of his audi
tors for the passage Of the anti
lynching bill now before Congress
About all of these important things
he was absolutely silent-and why
The President knew that such matters
as enforcing the law against murder
mob violence, peonage and the righ1
Of suffrage were unpopular subjects
to discuss in the South; hence, h,
4 journeyed all the way to Birmingham
| Ala, to tell the folks down there tina
social equality between the races wer
impossible. Good news and glad It'd
| ings, we fancy, peace on earth an
good will to all white men in tn
South. The Presidents mental ba
rometer is unerring in pussyfootin.
on the race question. We do no
agree with the President that on
ideal should be the best possible blacl
man, nor the best possible white mar
+. nor an imitation of such; but rathe
: the best possible man stripped of bot
qualifications. If the President ha
. discussed the race question from tn
standpoint Of equality before the law
) the equal protection Of the law, equs
i civil and political rights and on
3, standard Of citizenship to be support
3 ed and maintained by the La
throughout the nation, he would hay
e delivered message to the people {
3 the country and those of Alabama j
. particular, that would have been we
f worth the effort.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-11-05
EGYPT TO BE FREE.

A special cable from London says
that England will soon give Egypt
independence. The question Of the
abolition Of the protectorate is said to
be the basis of a discussion now go
ing on in the British cabinet and also
"a permanent treaty alliance with the
British empire VIXEN independence is
granted.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-09
PROHIBITION ACT
AGAIN SOURCE OF
DIPLOMATIC FIGHT
Treasury Officials Prepare
Regulations Which May
Shock Foreigners.

WASHINGTON. July s. - Diplo-
matte rows with the foreign govern
ments were in the offing today and
the Volstead law is again the root
Of the trouble. State department Of
fcials may be besieged with ENJOYS
Of protesting foreign powers, in
censed because the L. S. may seize
and search their ships for contra
band liquor.
Fully conscious OF the dangers in
volved, treasury officials today went
ahead preparing regulations which
may fall like a bombsheH upon for
eign ears. Foreign ships having
liquors aboard and entering Amer
lean territorial waters, run the risk
destinations. even for coaling pur-
ment agents.
Atty Gen. Daugherty said that no
course was left open TO him. but TO
interpret the Volstead law as It
stands and this statute clearly for
bids liquor laden ships entering Am
erican ports enroute TO other foreign
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-09
Confessions OF A Husband!
The Mans Side of Married Life

disturb them.
u was pathetic 10 see Bobble 90
pale and listIess in Dots arms. when
ne was well he was the very soul OF
life and vigor.
Presently Bobbie caught sight OF
me- He made a half-hearted effort
20 raise his head. but Dot induced
him 70 put his cheek again next TO
hers.
"Bobble sick" the little fellow
murmured
But you'H be well soon. darling.
and then you can run around and
play and have a fine time. Won't
YOU be g.ad?"
"Yesh.' Bobbie replied. but there
was not much conviction in his tone.
Not once during this time had Dot
reproached me, though It was my
fault that our child had gotten sick
and I felt sure she knew n.
It would have been easier for me
If she had blamed me. / longed 70
teal her about that Sunday afternoon.
but 1 could not do that until I was
ready 20 make a clean breast OF
everything that concerned Edith.
I wanted 10 do so at that moment.
How much better I would fee! when
7 again stood on a basis OF perfect
frankness and confidence with Dot Z.
But was il fair 10 her? had
kept the secret so long-why should
/ unload it upon her just when she
had so many other things 10 worry
her?
H hen I spoke I wanted TO be able
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-09
More TRUTH
Ethan pOotru
lcY James q MONta6tio !
REAL TROUBLE THIS TIME.

REAL TROUBLE THIS TIME.
In wanton Cleopatra's day.
When wild Egyptian blades
Trod measures somewhat over gay
With slim and sinuous maids.
Reformers viewed with cold disdain
The glides. and trots and clogs.
And cried, THE world, it's very plain
Is going to the dogs"
But when the Romans came, they
found
The world was calmly going round.
When Nero played a frantic jazz
While Rome was burning down,
Men cried. This sinful city has
Been one loose-moralled town.
If people aren't more circumspect
These dancing drinking folk
Are going 20 the duece direct
And that's no funny joke"
But when the Goths and Vandals
came
The world was going round the same.
Today we view with some alarm
The morals of our time
And fear they'll lead our youth to
harm
And turn their thoughts to crime.
Loose living has become a fad"
The world is going TO the bad
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-09

children examined. per cent. had
disease OF the heart There was found
gradual increase from 8 10 IA years of
&c. The percentage among high school
7upils was greater than among the chill
lrer In lower grades.
luard the Heart.
Acute rheumatism Is the most impor-
ant factor In developing heart trouble.
So-called growing pains" are not 10 be
ightly considered. They indicate rheu-
matte Infection. and the cause Of this In
fection must be sought for and removed.
Repeated attacks OF sore throat must
= regarded in the same way. These are
Dut the symptoms OF infection. and may
e followed by involvement OF the heart.
st. Vitus's dance, or chorea. is a con-
dition indicative Of infection. which,
alter. may present heart complication.
All the common infectious diseases OF
children, unless properly treated, are
possible causes OF heart disease. When
ever a child has fever. ne should be
sept In bed until all the acute symptoms
nave subsidized and until the tempera-
IRE Is normal.
The most trying periods CT the school
year are the examin alton times. These
occur at the end OF the term. when the
child is more or less worn out and less
prepared to resist disease
Watch the Scales.
Dental defects among children are all
700 common. Out OF one graduating
class OF seventy girls only one had per
feet teeth. The remaining sixty nine had
an average Of seventeen defects-caVi-
ties or lost teeth. Many a case OF heart
disease may be traced 10 bad teeth.
Tonsils. nasal Einus trouble. adenoids.
chronic intestinal trouble. all these are
TO tell the full truth without sparing
myself one bit-and I knew that
would have 10 say some things that
would hurt her. Was this the
time?
SO 1 missed my chance.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-09
FIRE DAMAGES
HOSPITAL WARD

UKIAH. Calf. July S.-More than
900 patients at the Mendocino hos
pital at Talmage. south of here, early
today were routed from their beds
when fire was discovered in a ward
building housing 240 patients.
The patients in the burning build
ing were quickly removed from the
structure and as a precautionary
measure patients in nearby buildings
were also removed.
Patients joined the hospital fire de-
partment in lighting the blaze and
il was confined to the roof of one
ward building. The damage will
amount TO several thousand dollars.
Hospital authorities praised the con-
duct of both attaches and patients
during the fire.