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Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-07-29
by Ivan Sharp

The world is alright. but 1t is
the people who inhabit it who are
little bit cock-eyed, or shall
say. that they are possessed with
Dementia Pracox? An eminent
doctor has stated that every person
is insane at least one minute per
day. I'm not doctor, and dare not
presume to contradict his state
ment. Still | often wonder II he
didn't mean, that most people are
SANE but one minute of the day?
After spending a few days in At
lantic City have come back. full
ly convinced that he must have
meant the latter. Funny thing,
People, their Inconsistencies are
too numerous to mention | spent,
as most everyone does, several
hours on the beach. getting some
ultra violet rays. which are said
to he so beneficial TO ones health
Because It happened TO be Sunday.
the beach was crowded with peo-
Pile all doing the same thing. be-
sides swimming a little, and jump
ing the breakers, a popular spot
at the shore every where YOU look
all that you can see are hun
dreds of people. stretched out on
the sand. In their bathing suits.
fargo biistcrs on red. almost raw
flesh going through all the torture
OF terrific stage of sun burn, and
for what? Just 10 acquire a brown
skin. men and women. who had
been at the shore for the most
part of the season. parading the
beach. i'm their bathing suits, with
skin as brown as any of our peo-
pie. proudly displaying their sepia
charms. but let you or me pass
too close TO any of these people
and they will move over, for fear
that we will touch them in pass
ing and perhaps contaminate them
by our touch. Let us go into a res
taurant where they are dining and
they will either leave the place
or probably the waitress will re-
fuse TO serve us. and this wait
ress may be one OF the ones who
spent their vacation at the shore |
trying to get a brown skin and II
may be that she is darker than |
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-07-29
THE NEW DEAL,- EMPLOY
MENT AND ECONOMIC
RECOVERY
THEODORE r.. BARNES

of their good name and the record
that they would like to leave be-
hind, might be tempted to remain
honest could they make a decent
living; but with doctor bills, hotel
bills, and other bills which must
be paid. little help from the pub
lie utility magnates and industri-
alists is usually winked at. Human
nature is inherently the same and
self-preservation is still the first
law of nature. III public utilities
and industrialists were afraid of
the legislature, and the legislators
were Independent of those afore-
mentioned groups, then in order to
protect the interests of the big
business magnates, reciprocity
measure might be produced where
by in exchange for protection of
the public utilities and Industrial
lists, men workingmen, common
laborers-m might share in the pro-
fits from these concerns, by being
given Jobs. Until such a system as
that is worked out. the Negro
stands chance OF being showed
aside. and ostracized from the pub
lie pay roll as has been his lot for
these many years.
At the present time, many of our
men are getting back to work but
the number has hardly denied our
great unemployed mass and food
stuff, clothing, rent, and the nee
essary commodities of life have
taken an alarming increase IN
price far i'm excess of the increase
In wages of black American work
ingmen. u n ! G s employment
among our people takes a tremen-
dous upward trend, there is no
chance for economic recovery
within the group. Our president
and other officials connected with
the federal recovery pogram have
signifled that the Negro will be in
cluded in their program; therein
lies ray of hope. and IL the Negro
begins his economic recovery un-
der Democratic administration,
an action which he had long since
dispared OF. II will mark the dawn
of a new day In American civic
and POLITICAL life.
1t will be the turning point in
American politics. Il will place at
the back OF men pledged to Roose-
veltian principles of public con-
duct, a block of some 100000 to
20000000 votes coming from an
enlightened public which is and
has been a staunch supporter of
American principles since the days
OF It's first break for independence. |
We must keep faith in our leader
ship; ever alert. ferreting out that
which is bad in each and every
new measure brought forward,
supporting intellectually those |
principles and practices which |
tend to eliminate prejudice and |
discrimination and that will be n
real New Deal.
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-07-29
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al Recovery Act urging that each
industrial code passed upon be
carefully scrutinized and clauses
included In each code prohibiting
discrimination on account of race.
creed or color in fulhllment of the
code. kilograms are also to be sent
to President Roosevelt and to Sec
rotary of the Interior Harold L..
Ickes, who is the administrator of
public works for which Congress
recently appropriated $4,000, 000.-
900, asking that all possible steps
be taken to see that the Negro re-
ceives his full and proportionate
share of Jobs under the public
works act. A third request to be
made of Present Roosevelt is that
intelligent and qualified Negroes
be appointed to various admins
trative boards to insure that there
shall be no. discrimination against
Negro workers.
InNthe Associations pronounce
ment II was urged also that pres
sure be brought to bear on sena-
tors and congressman to ask them
TO work TO the same end. Negroes
I'm various communities are urged
to- follow closely in the public
press and elsewhere announce
ments of public works programs of
their respective cities, counties,
and states, and TO put forth an in
sistent demand of governors. may
ors. city councilmen. state commits
soners of labor. federal, state and
municipal employment agents to
see that Negroes get their full
share of jobs.
To Fight Dissemination
Secretary of the Interior Ickes
has assured the n. A. A. c. p:
that he will do everything in his
power to prevent discrimination
against the Negro" stated Walter
White, Secretary OF the ". A. A. G..
r., in making public the Associa-
tons action. 1--WE must. however.
let him and especially President
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-07-29

we ourselves. Does this prove
anything to you? Doesn't Il show
you that the white people, as a
whole are dissatisfied with the
color OF their skin? If they are
trying to acquire brown skin,
and a day spent at the beach will
prove this to you, then it must
mean that race prejudice does
not come about because of color.
Pit is not because an individual
W brown skin that he is Stunned
by white people. II must be then
a question of dollars and cents.
IL our people were for instance,
as influential. and possessed as
much money and power as the
Jewish people we would be ac-
cepted terms equal TO any other
people in the world. 1t must be
then because we, as race, are in
ferior, only from financial
standpoint, that there is prejudice.
l grant there are many persos OF
our race who have risen high, f.
nancially. and otherwise, but that
isn't exactly the thing.
Individual success, in various
avenues of life cannot get us far
One colored millionaire, one color
e d Congressman. one colored
Judge, and colored Colonel I'm the
U. S. Army will not wipe out race
prejudice, but II twelve million
Negroes in the United States, will
concentrate their efforts along in
dustrial channels. own factories,
farms, property, bus lines, street
car companies. and did you ever
stop to think that colored people
can even own railroads? Well, be-
lieve IL or not. twelve million peo-
pie can do and own anything. And
the secret OF our success, lies in
working together for one common
causc-that OF making ourselves
felt. In this great American civil
ization, whenever we make up our
minds to make of ourselves a
powe', we will do Il. And when
not only the southern white man.
but the world. recognizes the fact
that we are a power, the thing
that we now call race prejudice,
will vanish with the night.
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-07-29

Since l have vowed to turn this
column over to digest of condi-
tions that will help the Negro in
Business the responses and sug-
gestions arriving in the mail give
me greater courage and inspira-
ton TO try TO accomplish some
thing most needy and to use my
protest in a manner to best help
ourselves not particularly caring
whether II meets the approval OF
disapprovel of those who think OF
protests in the form of nationwide
campaigns to collect money to be
used in making bigger and greater
protests.
One OF the most encouraging
missives-and quite lengthy-ar-
rives from a white man in Atlanta,
Georgia, and while II is encourage
ing to me because it justifies my
position in the use of this column,
yet, II is very great blot on the
race and in a community where we
boast of many of the leading
schools and churches of the coun-
try. l am unable to quote his en-
tire letter. but / will offer many
quotations from ii which, without
any comment from me. tells the
whole story.
II have Just read your HELP
ING THE NEGRO IN BUSINESS"
and l have gone over il very care
fully and am taking this oppor-
tunity TO make plain a few facts"
II am a Southern born and bred
white man. but have a sincere de-
sire to help the colored man"
AT various times have at
tempted to help the colored man to
help himself. not by giving him
charity, but by trying to make him
self-supporting. Never yet have
such a task as il seems
to be to get this started | have
contacted the leaders OF the race
here and without exception they
are enthusiastic and heartily en-
iorse and approve what l suggest
doing but they hesitate to get busy |
Oh the job. They want to get in on !
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-07-29
DO l KNOW?
BY MIIaon wills

This item was submitted by one
who has faced the firing lines OF
the public.
The battle of life RACES continu-
ally-unlike an armed fight on the
battlefield. II never ends No one
knows the worries, struggles, and
hardships OF this battle more than
one who deals or has dealt with
the public. whether il be high Of
fetal. minister, or the smallest
politician. All have the same OBJ
stacles to surmount-the contin-
ual difference OF opinions and the
general viewpoints that II am
right" and everyone else is
wrong. After hearing persons and
groups holding up for this and
condemning that. these questions
came to my mind:
DO l know myself?
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-07-29
N. A. A. c. p. To Try For More Work

Roosevelt and General Johnson
know that Negroes are aroused
and insistent that their demands
for full equality in the matter OF
these industrial codes and jobs UNI
der the public works act will and
must be heard. Every Negro In the
country should lombard these Of
ficials so that they cannot possibly
forget the Negroes interest during
this very important period OF for
mutation of codes and practices
which will very profoundly affect
the Negroes economic status for
the next decade or longer"
The N. A. A. c P's letter urging
united action was sent to church
organizations, such as the Nation
al Baptist Convention, Inc, the
National Baptist Convention Uninc
all Bishops of the A. NJ e., A.
NJ f. Zion and NJ. f. Churches, to
the heads of fraternal organiza-
tions including the Elks. Masons,
knights OF Pythias. Alpha Phi AL
pha, Kappa Alpha Psi. Omega Psi
Phi. Phi Beta Sigma; Alpha Kappa
Alpha. Delta Sigma Theta and
Zeta Phi Beta Sororities; to the
Pres of the National Association
of Colored Women, National Bar
Association, National Negro Bust
ness League. National Medical AS
sociation TO the National Urban
League, Negro Industrial League,
Y. NJ. G. A.. Y: W: G.: AZ, editors
of the Negro press and to all
banches of the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement OF Color
ed People.
The Association asks that civic
bodies and other organizations. as
well as individuals. both white
and colored. join in this exceeding
ly important movement.
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-07-29

The old story OF mending the
fence after the cows have broken
out is being repeated at the pre-
sent time in grand pre-campaigl
gesture of the City officials in the
registration of the unemployed
What laugh-provoking farce
With all of the plants running OF
practically full schedule. the brew
cries turning out beer at capacity
production, and then comes a re-
gistration of unemployed to save
the jobs in the City OF Detroit for
citizens of Detroit. There was
much talk by the sponsors of this
measure in the last campaign as to
its effectiveness i'm eliminating
those persons who are not Ameri-
can citizens from consideration for
Jobs and saving the jobs for the
citizenry. In order that you may be
able to give the facts to these per-
sons who will come out in the next
campaign and belabor you for
YOUR votes on the plea OF their
common interests with the Ameri
can workingman, this warning is
issued and IL Is up TO you to give
those candidates who may be so
foolish as to seek your support on
this flimsy pretext, the horse"
laugh.
The American workingman (and
the Negro belongs to this class al
most 10000 has been fooled al
most into imbecility by these
smart and brilliant-minded public
Demigods. Now is the time to re
turn them their compliments by q
total elimination of those so-called
workingman's friends.
Political patronage. as a means
OF securing employment, takes
care of so few individuals until as
an effective medium OF eliminating
our economics ills. IL Is practically
nil; although indirectly our poll
ticians, were they sincere, could do
much to eliminate this condition Of
unemployment. AS long as public
utilities and manufacturing con-
Germs are in control OF our legisla-
tive system. the workingman must
continue to he the goat and suffer
fhc conaanuancoe
Our legislators cannot be faultcd
too drastically in this matter be-
cause they have families TO sup
port. notes to meet. and extra liY-
ing expenses that come with living
In hotels durig the legislative SEES
sions and since any man who Is an
American citizen of sound mind
and a certain age can run for Of
flee and there is no process of eli
miration other than the vote OF the
people and many OF them voting
unintelligently. VIC are at a loss TO
remedy this condition except prob
ably by increasing the salaries Of
our legislators to a decent and liv-
able wage-probably around $1,000
per year Many men, for the sake
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-07-29
EDITORS NAIL

cratic Ticket last Fall, and will be
most glad to cooperate and reci-
procate whenever IL can con-
sistently be done. With this end in
view. we will appreciate your sub
hitting a list of needy and COM
petent prospective jurors from
among your people
Will you kindly publish this let
ter in your next issue?
Thanking you, and with best
wishes, we are
Cordially and sincerely yours,
Mary Tyron. NJ. ID.
Presiding Coroner
+. j. Knobloch. NJ. ID.
Coroner
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-07-29
Editors M a ! Expresses
Appreciation

AfNtAOA'f +hiRhiRosA
July "a, 1888
Editor
Detroit Tribune.
Dear Sir:
In your poem, Heart Throbs~,
OF last week, 1t seems that you ex-
pressed, in two short verses. the
highest aspirations and yearnings
OF the souls OF our people. Brief
though the lines were, they were
phiIosophically and additionally
representative of the real genius
in poetic thought and expression.
Considering your unquestioncd
mastery in that particular field.
poetry, IL is hoped that ii will he
many. many years before THE
DAY Is DONE"
Sincerely yaurs
W. r. Patrick. Sr.
Attorney-at-law
1915 Beaubien Street
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-07-29
II E A r T + II X Q B S
By J. Edward Mccall
Repeated by Request

Because
Because my heart is full of song,
Because dwell in a shack,
Because l labor hard and long.
And my life is full of lack
Men think do not feel the wrong
l suffer because I'm black
A Prayer
/ do not seek place in the sun,
To sit aloft with eagle ken,
But give place in the hearts of men,
With love%for all and hate for none.
Give me the strength my course to run,
And the power to with subtle pen.
Grant me this, Oh God and then,
Peace and sweet sleep, when the day is done
Evening star., 1933-07-02
News Comes as
Surprise to
French.
CABINET VOTES
TO PUSH FIGHT
Approves Course of
Delegation-WM
Stay in Parley.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, July 1.-France and her
defense of the gold standard got a
cold chill tonight from the refusal
of President Roosevelt to accept
the London gold standard declara-
ton. The news came as shock,
since it had been hoped that the
declaration would help France
strengthen her position as the
chief country still on gold.
The French cabinet, meeting to-
day, approved the course Of their
delegation at the World Economic
Conference and made it clear that
France will remain at London and
fight for the gold standard.
Camille Chautemps, minister OF
interior, declared at the conclu-
sion Of the session adjournment
OF the World Conference is not
foreseen."
The cabinet indorsed the work at
the world parley Of Georges Bonnet
finance minister and chief of the
French delegation, who has been active
in the gold fight.
Bonnet, who had ardently hoped the
American President would accept the
declaration, already was planning a
campaign to help the countries still on
gold remain there.
He outlined the plan before the
Chamber of Deputies Finance Commit
tee. Two measures already are planned
forming part Of unified scheme to
work with countries still on gold in
order to strengthen their exchanges
and enable them to resist pressure to
abandon the gold standard.
These provide for reimbursement OF
half Of the loan doated in Holland In
February for French state railroads, and
the opening of credit of 800 900 900
francs approximately $14.700,000) in
Belgium.
These measures, as well as later ones
to be employed If necessary, were ex-
pected to help Holland and Belgium
strengthen their gold position.
Bonnet expected to return to London
shortly, although speculation was wide
spread If the gold countries would re-
main at the world conference, particu-
larly In view Of the American position
Evening star., 1933-07-02
Proposes "Definite Supervi-
sion" of Speculation and
Pool Operations.
ASKS STRINGENT LAWS
ON SALE OF SECURITIES
Floridian Cites Morgan and Kuhn,
Loeb Revelations in
Statement.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Strengthening Of the income and
other tax laws to Danish the income
tax reducing devices disclosed during
the investigation by the Senate Banking
Committee were advocated yesterday
by Chairman Fletcher.
The Florida Democrat also proposed
very definite supervision" of specula-
tive practices and pool operations on
the Stock Exchange and more strin-
gent laws" governing the issuance and
sale of securities.
From the information gathered to
date" Fletcher said in a formal state
ment, 'it seems certain that the In
come tax law must be revised"
Testimony bet >re the committee re-
Gently developed that Otto H. Kahn,
senior partner OF Kuhn, Loeb g. Co.,
sold over 5000 shsces of various stocks
to his daughter, Mia Maud E. Marriott,
on December 80. 1880, at a loss of
$4,000.
Kahn said he had sold stocks to other
members of the family in other years,
but could not recall the dates or details
Kahn said he paid no income tax
for 1890, 1881 or 1882, but did pay
tax Of more than $4,000 in England for
1880 on securities owned there.
j. P. Morgan and other partners in
the banking house that bears his name
also told the committee they paid no
income tax for the last two years and
only $4,000 for 1890
This came about principally through
the law, repealed at the last session of
Congress. that permitted members of
partnerships to deduct from income
CONTINUED on Page S, Column So
Evening star., 1933-07-02
FAIR BREAD PRICE
DEMANDED BY US.
Prosecution Threatened for
Undue Raises in Wire to
IoWanS.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
In a message calculated to warn all
retailers against price advances the
administration does not consider war
ranted, Secretary Wallace informed
Iowa bakers yesterday that any unrea-
sonable retail boosts would be prose-
cuted.
The Secretary told the Iowa bakers
the department was prepared to use
the powers that had been lodged in it
and the President to prevent unrea-
sonable increases to be borne by the
consumers.
THE recent advance of wheat prices
plus the processing tax when it is levied,
would increase cost approximately 1la
cents a pound loaf" he telegraphed
the bakers association.
Under these conditions what is the
justification for your proposed advance
of cents?"
The bakers association announced
Friday it would increase the price of
1-pound loaves of bread from to 8
cents on July S.
Processing Tax Blamed.
The 30-cent per bushel processing
tax On wheat goes into effect at mid
night, July 8. to provide revenue to
make payments to farmers agreeing to
reduce acreage and this tax was blamed
in part by the association for their
projected increase.
Meanwhile, it was said that numer-
GUS reports of price lifts and contem-
plated increases have come to the at
tention of farm administrators from
many sections Of the country.
His message to the association In
his own State was designed as a warn
ing to other retailers, not only of bread
but Of other food products manufac-
tured from basic farm commodities on
which processing taxes later are to be
ordered into effect.
Wallace was reported to be prepared
to follow up his warning with an early
prosecution under the antitrust laws
If considered necessary in order to
provide "an example" and thus sup
ply a legal test Of his newly created
powers.
The farm act specifically confers
on Wallace authority to invoke anti
trust laws in addition to power to
legalize trade agreements with fixed
Continued on Page 2, Column g.
Evening star., 1933-07-02
WOMAN IS VICTIM
OF MYSTERY ATTACK
Miss Helen Mahan Describes
CoIored Man, in Story
at Hospital.

Miss Helen v. Mahan, 80. fought
for life in Georgetown Hospital last
night while police conducted q CITY,
wide hunt for a Hght-skinned colored
man who, she said. struck her on the
head with a slab of concrete as she sat
on the bank Of Rock Creek near the
@ Street Bridge yesterday afternoon.
With many Of the facts unearthed
during their investigation decidedly at
variance with Miss Mahan's account
Of the assault and the events preced-
ing it, the police admittedly were max
ing little progress in their efforts to
clear up the mystery surrounding the
case.
Miss Mahan, who lives at 2002 P
street, collapsed on @ street, near the
scene of the attack, after staggering
up the embankment on the west side of
the stream. Elkton Hawkins, 1910
Twenty-second street, a taxicab driver,
saw her fall to the street. He took
her to the hospital, where she was
found to have a fractured skull, dis
located shoulder and broken finger.
Physicians said she was likely to die.
Accosted While Alone.
Under questioning by detectives, Miss
Mahan, a part-time employe Of down.
town department store, told rambling,
incoherent story Of the assault.
She said she and Miss Alice Dugan,
81 M street, strolled along the bank
of the creek in quest of relief from the
heat. They seated themselves on the
east side Of the stream, she said, and
stayed there for while, talking.
After q while, she continued, Miss
Dugan left to make q telephone call,
promising to return in a few minutes.
Her friend had hardly disappeared over
the top Of the embankment, she said
when q colored man accosted her.
She ignored the man, she said, and
he attacked her. When she screamed,
she said, he picked up a piece Of cement
and struck her on the head. She re-
called nothing that happened after that,
she added.
Miss Dugan denied, however, that
she had been with Miss Mahan, and
some Of the assault victims statements
also were disputed by two witnesses
picked up by the police.
Alex Deacon and Casper Slagle, both
Of 81 New York avenue northeast, told
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