Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1932-09-24
This World
AFFLICTED WITH JEWS.
HOOVER AND ROOSEVELT
STARVING LEADERS.
the WATERMELON FALLAcY.
Cecil E. Newman

A recent anonymous book, More
Merry-GolRound," based on the inside
happenings of governmental Wash
ington makes a startling allegation.
It claims that certain of the Supreme
Court Judges have exhibited racial
prejudice. When President Hoover
was considering the appointment OF
present Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo,
so goes the story, three sitting JUS
tices, McReynolds, Butler, and De-
vanter sent an appeal to the White
House not to "afflict the court with
another Jew" AS readers know Car
dozo was appointed raising the num-
Der of Jews on the highest tribunal
in the land to two. The other Jew,
Justice Louis Brandeis, appointed by
President Wilson, is perhaps, with
Oliver Wendell Holmes in retirement;
the most distinguished and uniyer-
sally respected remaining justice.
Last week the N. A. A. c. P. yigilant
but largely unappreciated organiza-'
ton figuratively put both major par.
ty candidates ION the spot" A Sc
ries of questions, propounded to OBJ
tain a definite statement from both
Roosevelt and Hoover on the ques-
ton of their attitude towards the So
cial, civil and political rights of the
American Negro were sent both can
didates. The entire set of questions
are carried in a news story in this
issue of this paper. Whether the
candidates will answer or evade the
very direct questions from the N. A.
A. C.~P. remain to be seen. Your cor
respondent has a sneaking idea that
some way will be found by both OF
them to evade direct answers.
Mahatma Gandhi, the little East In
dian, who has given the capable and
experienced English statesmen more
headaches than any other living in
dividual, plans hunger strike. Ina
CINE if you will, any Negro leader in
America starving himself to death for
his peoples rights. Imagine, if you
will Motion or Dubois or even Ran
dolph starving themselves to death
for the oppressed Negro. Even if
they were willing it would more than
likely prove futile insofar as arous-
ing the Negro is concerned. With all
of their inherent emotionalism the
sight of Kelly Miller or George Schuy-
Ter starving themselves in behalf of
the people would more than likely ap-
pear unusually humorous to Ameri-
can Negroes.
The Hope, Ark, Chamber of Com
MERGE shipped Democratic National
Chairman James A. Farley water
melon weighing 166 pounds! While
we are on the subject of watermelons
we are reminded by produce mer-
chants report, that Twin City con-
sumption of this delicacy outstrips
many cities of similar size. This is
indeed strange in view of the fact
the population of these cities is pre-
dominantly Nordic. According to the
popular American theory Aframeri-
cans are the most heavy consumers
of watermelon. Surely the huge me-
lon casualty list in Minneapolis and
st. Paul canont be charged to the
small Aframerican population.
And that "fried chicken complex
that my folks are supposed to have.
All of these chicken shacks" doing
such prosperous business around
the countryside have little or no col
ored clientele. Maybe the white folks
have borrowed our gastronomic pro-
clivities just as they have borrowed
our music and dancing.
Now II some of us could borrow
some of the Nordic tenacity, energy
and cooperation all might be well.
~N-A.o