Twin-City herald., 1933-11-11
This World
PROHIBITION GOES
EMPLOYMENT GAINS
NEW YORK'S NEW MAYOR
LUCY CRAFT LANEY
SEGREGATION
By Cecil E. Newman

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pie are tired of Prohibition. The
state of Utah clinched repeal Tues
day when it ratified the Repeal
Amendment. 1t is up to the states
to make their own liquor control re-
strictiOns now. If the states set up
sensible liquor laws, the day of the
bo0tlegger and his allied rackets is
gone. On the other hand, if the
control commissions erect laws that
make the purchase of bottle of
spirits a hardship on the person who
wants it, the bootleggers will remain
with us in large numbers.
Many expected the return of liquor
to bring lack large numbers of jobs
held by Aframericans before Vol
stead The number of Negro bar
tenders, walters and porters employed
before the enactment of the 18th
Amendment, was very large. The
large inroad made by women in jobs
formerly held by men will also be
felt in the liquor dispensing business.
Barmaids are being trained in spe
cial schools in the east, and the wait
resses who have grown used to serv-
ing "set-ups" of ice and ginger ale
in cafes will probably still be on the
job serving patrons their wines and
whiskeys in the hotels and cafes.
New York City has ousted it's dull,
ambiguous mayor, John O'Brien, and
again will have colorful mayor in
the person of the fiery Fiorella La
Guardia. The new chief executive of
the country's metropolis has consis-
tently been the friend of the under
dog in American life. One of the
most picturesque figures in Ameri-
can politics ran for mayor once be-
fore against another colorful figure,
Jimmy Walker. In Congress, where
he served several terms, he was tied
to no bloc or party strings, perma-
nently. He always voted right on
any legislation affecting the Negro.
Harlem, the worlds largest Negro
community, usually overwhelmingly
prof. -Tammany, gave La Guardia a
large majority at the Tuesday cleo
tions.
Lucy Laney is dead and buried
To many who reside in the North
these words have no significance, but
to others her name is hallOwed. Lucy
Craft Laney was one of the greatest
of American women of African an
cestry. She was born in slavery times.
The great woman received her educa-
tion at Atlanta University QS6973)
where numerous other prominent
Negroes have matriculated. She con-
tinued her training in succeeding
years at Chicago University. Follow
ing graduation from Atlanta she
taught school in rural Georgia. In
January, 1886, without means, she
opened a school for six children in the
lecture room of Christ Presbyterian
Church, Augusta, Ga. The school soon
Outgrew its quarters and larger ac-
cOmmOdatiOns were secured by the in.
terest of Whites and Blacks who noted
Miss Laney's devotion to education of
Negro youth. This small beginning is
now the Haines Normal and Industrial
Institute with a total enrolment of
over 1900. A great woman was Lucy
Craft Laney, who sent out from the
halls of her school young men and
women equipped for service to them.
selves arl fellOwmen.
henever Hennepin County
grand jury has nothing else to do
it picks on the poor Aframerican. The
latest grand jury which cost the
county over 100000, made the usua
asinine recommendations. Among the
things recommended was that in the
women's workhouse the races be
segregated. That such discrimina
tion and segregation is unlawful ir
Minnesota did not deter the granC
jurors. Instead Of suggesting thai
the first offenders of all races be
segregated from the repeaters,. the
honorable ladies and gentlemen of the
grand jury allowed their petty racial
prejudices to overwhelm their better
natures. We need not go into the
danger of racial segregation. Where
ever it rears its ugly head ir the en-
lightened communities of the North
it should be fought. If segregation
is permitted in public institutions
housing law breakers, soon someone
will suggest it in the schools and
other public institutions.