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What Becomes Of Lovers
Who Cross Color Line

Los ANGELES Specially Can
ihteracIal marriages be success
plg Do these attempts to
bridge The gap that separates
black from white. socially and
blolog 'cally. ever end happily
+ Cupid strong enough 10 W ID
together two souls OF opposite
races sufficiently for them to
sufmount the obstacles that PIE
iudice puts IN their pathway to
martial bliss? These questions
sre called 70 mind time and az
ain as intsrracial love affairs
and marriages blaze their way
to the front pages Of the press.
Intermingllng and intermarri-
age Of the races began In the I'm
tied States as early as 1850. and
became 50 common throughout
che wears that followed that 1t be-
came necessary for the colonial
authorities 70 legislate to curb
or regulate Il
tbs inlernlingllng WIS not
one-sided b. any means. There
We're as many childrsn born 10
black women by white men as
q white women and back men.
We read that IN 1864 some
Engl shwomen forget
gul q their stations had mar
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'PORTERS UNION
DEMANDS BOOST
.0E WAGE SCALE

NEW York; Caught between
the rapid and steady rise In the
cost OF living and the amazing
though natural drop In tips, the
Pullman Porters' Union has
started nation wide drive for
a wage increase to one hundred
and fifty dollars a month. A.
Philip Randolph, National Presi-
dent of the Brotherhood of Sleep
nc car Porteis announced Mon
day at the national headquarters
ii New York City.
Contrary to President Roose-
velt's National Industry Recovery
Act, which was enacted and de-
signed to increase the purchasing
power of the workers, who CON
stitute some so percent of the
consumers, the Pullman poiters.
purchasing power is constantly
going down lower, asserts Mr..
Randolph.
Randolph is confident that the
Pullman Company, under the
pressure of the Unions Injunc-.
tion fight, mass militant propa-
ganda and the Brotherhood plus
the force of public sentiment for
his or her wages, will be COM
PEELED to raise the porters' pay.
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STAR MOTHERS
RETURN HOME
FROM FRANCE

NEW YORK--Seventy-six Gold
STAR Mothers. accompanied by
one relative. two nurses and mil
liary escort. Col. Benjamin o.
Davis, returned Monday after
noon on the liner American
Farmer" from their fourth an
nual pilgrimage abroad where
they visited the graves Of their
sons. given to their country to
make the world safe for demo-
cracy," during the Great World
War The party left Paris. July
90.
Eight pilgrims and one rela-
tive, accompanied by Muse Ro-
salee Marshall of New York, vi
slted London where army sea
hurIals in outside water were
made. and where Brookwood ce-
metery, one OF the several burial
grounds abroad, is located. jean
nette Mosby of West Virginia,
was the second nurse.
The party was Accommodated at
South Kensington Hotel at Queen
Gate Terrace.
Colored theatrical entertainers,
'leaded by the well-known Brick
Top" ada SMITH made the
mothers stay in Paris very plea
SAINT. The group went sightsee-
ng through Paris. Versailles,
Fountainebleau and the war zone
finding the latter just as It was
AT the end of the war.
Speaking of the sailing accom-
Eodations, Col. Davis said he
considered that they were super
Tor to those given the white Gold
Star Mothers. In that the color
cd mothers had the entire ship
to themselves, some with private
room and bath. with lower berths
for all OF the most elderly moth
els; this at great expense to the
government The party went a.
broad on the liner. American
Banker"
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l. A. MOB STAGES.
XII AN PARADE TO.
NEGROES

Los ANGELEs-In an at
tempt 70 brighten Negro residents
away and to discourage others
from moving into the East 5sth
Place district. mob OF 800
whites disguised In Kun regaIia
peraded through the nelghboI-
hood Monday night. One detach-
ment wore yellow coats and
masks but the larger division
wore might shirts and white
/ Gods with only the eyes show
ing ike the insignia OF the Klu
klux Khan. Behind them a group
followed carrying 4 big flaming
rcd light. Although they did not
attempt any violence they halted
in front OF each eolofed home
In the neighborhood keeping this
up from 10 until IL pm. The
mob carried several banners with
inscriptions This Is a white dis
"trlct;" I'VE mean business, col
ored folks move OUT" "Colored
folks move and avoid tronble:"
etc. Some of the colored resi-
dents were frightened by the
mob and remained out OF sight
but other boldly stood on their
purclies watching the parade of
the demonstrators. When the
mob stopped In front Of the home
OF Giles Armstrong. he ordered
them 10 move on. Several IN the
crowd yelled at Armstrong and
he went into his house and res
appeared with a shotgun. AS
soon as they saw the firealm the
n0b stafted moving some Of
them running. Recently several
Negro families have purchased
homes In the East 5sth Place
district due 10 the low terms for
which they are offered for sale
BY a Mortgage Loan Company
that foreclosed on the property
when the whites were unable to
pay their loans because OF the
depression. Altogether there ale
s2 Negro families In the district
which two years ago was all
white. The coIored residents are
determined to stay In the district
ind have appealed to Mayor
Frank l.. Shaw for police pIotec-
ton.
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s:ed Negro slav aud suits had
arisen in the courts touching
their fleedoln
A statute vas enacled that pro-
vded That such offenders and
their children by slaves should
become the slaves Of their re-
spective masters OF their nus.
bands.
The design was to prevent the
marriage OF white women 10 Me-
gro slaves. but this rule worked
both ways. some masters gree
dy to own more slaves without
buying them. encouraged white
women to marry slaves so that
their Offsprings would increase
their number OF slaves.
Romances between the races
have not only caused concern IN
America. the hot bed Of racial
prejudice. but Europe has had a
taste Of the same trouble and
the names OF many American
have been associated
with Europe's elite.
While both Paul Robson ard
Roland Hayes have had Their
names mentioned in the same
breath with leaders Of Engllgh
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CANCEL MY PAROLE.
BECS Elk CONVICT.

AUSTIN, Texas-Will Moore, a
Negro, wearing tattered cloth. 3.
Monday asked Gov Miriam A.
Ferguson to revoke his genersi
parole from the state penitenti-
airy where he was doing a term
OF 80 years, SO that he could a.
pease his hunger.
Governor. haven't had any
thing to eat in three or four
days" he told MIS-. Ferguson
Moore was paroled in January.
1892. from the penitentiary by
former Governor r. s. Sterling.
He had been there 81 years.
Governor Ferguson told Mso E
she was powerless 10 revoke the
parole unless he had committed
some act to Justify that
Il could go out and steal some
thing and get back that way but
do not want 10 do that" Moore
pleaded.
I'D rather die in the peniten-
tiary than starve to death on the
outside"
Governor Ferguson gave Moore
some money for food and told
him to stay around until she
tried to find some relief for his
case
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strnet other private projects.
Who will do this work. The
contracts Will be lei BY the gov
arnment for ~ own work to pre-
vate contractors The cities or
corporations to whom the gov-
alnment loans money will let the
contracts pnt to private contrac-
tors In their communities.
Remember. the money VIII eli
s providing all this work Is pub
lie money. tax money, and Z
comes out OF the pockets OF alt
the people, black and white, whe
Their they pay income tax or not
If you live you pay taxes in On.
sorm or another. so don't 1t
anyoae fool you about this mon
~ Part of 1t is yours. paid In
with your sweat or your brain
TheI efore il follows that Ne
groes as well as whites should
gel fair share OF the employ
ment made possible by THIS mo
ney. Negroes will get It only II
they demand It and IL they bring
sufficient pressure on the pow
ers- that-be to secure 1t. There
are the usual obstacles In the
way, the principal one being
buck passing. The contractors
will try to say they are not dis
eliminating when they hire one
Negro to about every $50 whites.
The government will try to say
Ii cannot force the contractors
to hire any particular people.
The unions will try to hog the
Jobs and give their colored mem
bers few days work here and
there and many lay-offs. The
inspectors and former will try
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EDITORIAL
$3.50
Action Needed

LAST WEEK We urged thai
Negroes Be registered IN orda
q share pfopoll oaately in thu
distribution Of So 600 GOO. 900 10
be expended under the new Fed
elaf Public WORKS law That is
NOT enough. Harold Z. Ickea,
Secretary Of the Interior and pa.
bic works administrator. Is IN.
cllned to be fair to Negroes. as
we pointed out last week. on
the other hand. thousands Of
whites VIII BE- rIamoring for Jobs
and scores Of contractors viii be-
Inclined 10 favor them over theii
dark-skInned brothers. The same
situation can be expected. the N
AACP points out IN the re.
employment of labor under the
rev codes being drafted for var
ions industries Unless the Ne.
gro has force behind him he VIII
get the crumbs and few crunbs
al thai.
The K.A.Asg.p mas written t.
The weekly press and to q long
isl OF Negro national leaders
asking them 10 take steps to In.
sure the Negro q basis Of equal
ity in securing jobs under the
national ree8yefe admin sfratl0n
The action urged BY The ass0cIa
to should be followed BY indivl
duaIs as well as organizations
The NA.A.C.P urges unremiti
ting action on the part Of an or
CARNATIONS and individuals and
warns that only by such concert
ed action will the Negroes posi-
ton be kept constantly befol
The officials responsible for the
administration Of the epdrs and
public works
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ROLAND HAYES. gifted tenor
and one OF the most popular con-
cert atnaetlons OF the generations.
Will sing In Hollywood Bowl. Los,
Angeles, Thursday night August
Q. as feature soloIst with the
symphonies under the staIsta
orchestra.
This program viii be oonductsl
ed by Sir Hamilton Harry Hayes
VIII offer three groups 81 songs
including some OF the spiritualsl
which have won him critical ac7
clam In Europe and America
Last season. the tenor appeared
GA special postseason r0gramI
IL the Bowl and his popularity
a. that time is one of the fea.
sons for his engagement Thurs.
day night IN the amphitheatre
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Clarence Lees Racing Dope

ed when Ethel failed 10 win.
Well, kids. she'll do better next
time. The little mare had sore
foot and could not do her best.
The race officials are loud in
their praise of the conduct of
the little Elks. Every one Of
them was on his best behavior
and the officials voted them 100
percent. knew / could trust
my little Elk friends and was
certain they would not throw
their big brother Elks down,
am proud of every one of them.
Daughter Leona Dyer deserves
the thanks OF the Elks for the
wonderful work she is doing with
the Junior Elks. I am sure she
got lot OF pleasure ont of their
cutting. MY hat is off to you.
Daughter Dyer.
Well, here's good luck to the
race meeting in Seattle at Long
acres. I'll try to pick out few
winners from time to time and
If you follow my tip, you can be
sure to get the olG benny out OF
the moth balls. Here are some
of the horses that are coming
down to Seattle and every one of
them is first class. Be sure to
get down on them with a deuce
spot when they start. Here they
are: Architect, Eagles Home,
Alcayar, Dare Devil, Fair Allen,
Lord Algy. Shasta Dream. Lol.
During the week watch these
horses in Vancouver All Of
these are good bets Flying Som
mers, Short Way, Nerrisa, Cas-
sinette and IIlston.
For the benefit OF our friends
that like horses. the very best
time to see them is the daytime.
They don't like being disturbed
in the wee small hours as no de-
cent hard working horse stays up
to receive visitors at $3.50 in the
morning Get me? So long
gang, try your luck at Long
acres and Landsdown Park. Your
old friend and cIocker, handicap
per. and kibitzer, Clarence Lee.
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JAPANESE SAY
No PREJUDICE
WAS INVOLVED

TOKYO. Japan SDecfal) j..
Langston Hughes. famous Negro
author and poet was ordered BY
Tokyo police to leave the conn-
try, because Of alleged Commun-
istic activities while on a visit
here. He sailed for San Fran.
cisco Tuesday on the steamship
Taiyo Maru.
Following Hughes departure.
the Japanese government issued
a statement. No race prejudice
Is involved in the expulsion of
Mr.. Hughes; his presence was
obnoxious because Of political &c
tivity."
Hughes had come to Tokyo
from upper Siberia last week
where he was completing a two
year study which began al Mos
ccw, of Soviet government. Po-
lice OF Japan Immediately wait
ed upon him and found him la
company with eleven japanese.
me company was rtgldly guess
tipped about what police seraaa
'communistic communication
The Japanese visitors who we're
mostly students, with one or two
business and professional men,
according to police are suspected
OF being Communists. At the
conclusion OF the Investigations
by the Japanese constabulary.
Hughes was informed that it
would please the Japanese Gov
eminent il he left Japan imme-
diately." The demands were
eouched In such terms that the
American had no choice but to
comply with some degree OF
haste, thus cutting short a visit
to the Island, where he had in
tended to do research work into
mi.
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% Year-OId President
For Talladega College

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - REV.
Oscar E. Maurer, chairman of
the board of trustees of ITALIA
dega College, Ala, announced
Monday, the election of ReveI-
end Buell. G. Gallagher of Pas
sale. N. j., to the presidency of
the college.
Rev. Gallagher. who is 20 yrs.
old, will probably be the young
est president of a standard col
lege in the United States. He
succeeds DR.. Frederick A. Sum
ner who reached retirement age
III June after serving for 18
ears as head of Talladega
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Negroes Should Get Busy
For Share OF Public Work

Now Is the time for egely Ne
gro and every Negro Organization
Interested n The welfare Of the
faee u make ihamss.lx Heard
Oh the subIecl Of Jobs. Loud
shouts should arise all over the
from individuals. lodges.
churches. educational institutions.
welfare organizations. labor Or
ganlzations. students and parti-
cularly political organic itiOns
They al should be d ma ading
that the Negro be given fair
share Of the employment m ade
available by the huge public
works program OF the cavern
ment and should be ven a fai
deal In the codes now beilq
framed by various industries for
tile approval of the President
II the Negro goes to sleep or
this chance he may find himself
permanently an the outside Sc
fars as industry is concerned.
This fight is just a. necessary
as The Parker fight, in which
Negroes showed they knew how
to apply political pressure and
later showed they meant bust
ness BY chopping off a few sena-
tors heads. There is nothing
like housekeeping to prove your
point One head in the basket
Is worth more than ten years of
mumbllng and grumbling.
What is the government do
ing? It is about to spend over
three billions OF dollars on pub
lie works; roads, rivers, harbors,
buildings, ships. tunnels, dams,
bridges and the like. 1t is about
to loan money to cities and cor
porations to build model housing
units, tear out slums and con-
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INTERRACIAL
REPORT LAUDS
NEGRO CULTURE

CHICAGO Especially = Colored
citizens will be interested in the
report issued Monday by the in
ter-racial committee of Cham
paign, ILL.,. lauding in the high
est terms the cultural value Of
the Race.
I'm Its folk songs the Race
has contributed the only distinct
ly American music" the report
stated. 1.-THE spirit of devotion.
of aspiration, of simple trust,
which breathes through the spir-
ituals is the spirit of a race nat
u1ally religious. Swing Low,
Sweet Chariot" and "steal A
way to Jesus" were born out of
the passion of a music loving
race.
Among those who have given
the world productions of high
order are Harry Burleigh. ] Ro-
samond Johnson. w. C. Handy
Nathaniel Dett and Samuel Col
eridge- Taylor. The English gov
eminent bestowed upon Taylor a
pension in appreciation of his
work.
I'm painting and sculpture the
Race has found recognition in
the works of e. N. Bannister.
William f. Scott. Edmonia Lew
is and OF Meta Vaux Warriek.
Probably the most conspicuous
success has been won by Henry
@. Tanner, several of whose pic
lures have been bought by the
French government and placed
IN the Luxembourg gallery.
I'm the field of invention
names are numerous Recently
man from Newark, NJ j., in
vented new type of oil burner
which is said to produce a large
.tContinued on Page TWOJ
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Negro Poet-Author
Ordered I o Leave
For RED" Activity
MILLIONS WILLED
TO ALL CHILDREN

DETROIT Thirty million dol
lars, earnings from a borrowed
$4,000 invested IN the Ford Mo-
TOT Company, has been made a.
valuable In a trust fund willed
primarily to benefit children re
gardless of race, color, religion
OF station"
The millions were left by the
late Horace H. Rackhan, white,
73, and attorneys said that be-
tween thirteen and fifteen mill
lion are already available and
that the full amount will be a.
valuable in twenty-five years. The
fund will be placed In the hands
of a board OF which his widow
will be MEMBER and is to be
expended by that board
Among the other gifts men
toned in the will was $4,000 to
the Tuskegee Normal and Indus
trial Institute at Tuskegee, Ala
bama.
When he was As years old.
Mr. Rackham borrowed $1,000
t invest In stock of the Ford
Company. and sold out sixteen
years later to the Fords for $12.-
100000. He never put more
than the initial $1,000 into the
company and had drawn more
.llian s4s0e0,600 III dividends
The fund will be used primar-
fly In Michigan and elsewhere
In the world"
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THREE BOYS SENT
FROM C.C.C. CAMP

LIBBY. Mont Three incorri-
gible Negro boys from the Civil
ian Conservation Corps camp on
Pipe Creek 20 miles from Libby
were sent to their homes in the
east Tuesday by officers at the
camp. The three boys refused
to obey camp rules and persisted
IN overstaying leave from the
camp. The boys also refused to
work unless given better food.
With the exception OF these three
boys the officers report the sew
eral hundred Negro youths In the
camp are obedient and seem
pleased with their treatment.
The baseball team has won ev-
cry game played with the white
leans OF the vicinity and the or
chestra Is a popular drawing
card for dances. The boys also
staged a minstrel show Saturday
at the Libby theatre.
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NEGROES are at the cross
roads.
They must make choicel
They must decide which road
IL take.
They must choose whether
they will follow the beautiful.
wen travelled highway Of least
resistance or the stony pathway
Of aggressive self advancement
After the selection Is made II
must be rellgipusly followed.
VIII Negro leaders continue to
feather their own nests at the
cost Of their people2 Some Of
them wax fat while the great
throng OF Negroes groyel in the
slime of the seyerest type OF e
economic prescription.
It is not proper that few
should eat turkey while the 9TH
crs gnaw on the bones Of want
THE ARMIES OF hell are ar
rayed against the progress of the
Negro. The onward march OF
the army of struggling Negroes
Is made more difficult because
their captains dwell IN tents Of
the ene,ny nibbling at ice cream
and cake and slipping tea from
dainty little pink China cups. So
long as they may eat and sleep,
they are willing to see their peo-
pie doomed.
Bnt the horde of Negroes
grow tired. They seek new lead
ers to guide them to the Pro-
missed Land Their bodies are
tired and their feet are sore
from too much aimless wander
Ing In the Wilderness. Their soft
ened muttsrings ale quickening
into howl of protest against
spineless leaders, Up from the
black pit questions new and here
tofore unexpressed may be heard.
They are asking, Why are we
not permitted to get to the pie
counters Why should the big
hogs get all the corn and We the
empty hnsksg"
NEGROES are at the cross
roadsl They should make the
same choice which Moses made
1T is better to suffer with ones
people than to dwell in the house
Of The enemy for season.
The soft music Of the enemy
enchants and lures US from fn-
ture greatness. It is better to
die fighting, agitating and work
ing for justice than to eat the
soft meat OF the oppressoIs.
THE NEGRO RACE will never
obtain justice until Negro lead
ers decide that the right Of their
people are more important than
their personal comforts.
We will never reach the Pro
missed Land until Negroes walk
out IF the house Of Pharaoh
down among the people And II
the leaders are not able TO make
Up their minds. the straggltrT
masses should rend them to BITS
and select someone who will de-
liver them out Of the house Of
bondage.
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81 Negroes Lose Jobs to
White College Students

CHAPEL HILL, Nc eighty
one jobs in dining halls and
other depart ents of North Car
olina University here which have
up to this year been held by Me-
gro workmen win be lost to
them this fall. The university
announced last week that the
jobs were needed by students
who could not otherwise afford
to pay their tuition. Salaries
from the Jobs approximate over
$4,000 annually.
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Lester Walton On
Visit To Liberia

NEW YoRK-Lester A. Wal
ton. newspaperman and publicist,
sailed Saturday for Liberia where
he will gather material for ar
ticles dealing with Liberian con-
ditions. He will also visit Free
town. Sierra Leone. Mr.. Wal
ton will be away for about three
months.
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Catholic Convention Is
indefinitely Postponed

CLEVELAND. Ohio. Because
there was no host in Cleveland
willing to entertain II and be-
cause the organization has no
funds available for 1t. the ninth
annual convention of the Nation
al Catholic Federation for the
Promotion of Better Race Rela7
tons, scheduled to be held here
il September, has been indefin-
itely deferred.
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Doubles For Ginqer

LOS ANGELES-Mrs. w A.
Brown nee) Georgia Littlejohn,
young matron who is well known
in Los Angeles church and social
circles and a member of Fieida
Shaw's Etude Singers, was re-
Gently successful in doubling 70.
calIy for Ginger Rogers latest
Picture. Professional Sweet
hearts,"