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Gathering Barriers Of Prejudice
Stirring Chapters From the 25-Year History
OF the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People

tie Rock branch of the Association
Immediately organized an oppose
ton campaign, mobolizing the IL
groes of the vicinity and stopped
this vicious form Of exploitation
before it got well started
The National office investigated
and exposed the whole Work or
Fight" system as it was worked
in the South and its expose was
one Of the factors in stopping the
scheme.
Perhaps the most notable fight
waged by the Association in behalf
Of the embattled Southern Negro
farmers was the now famous FL
aine sharecroppers Case, which
gained worldwide attention and
ended in one Of the Associations
most outstanding victories.
Negro Tenants Organize
sixty-eight explointed Negro te-
nant farmers of Phillips County,
Arkansas, unable to get any set
Elements from the plantation own
ers on whose places they shaved,
organized the Progressive Farmers
and Labor Household Union of A.
merica, incorporated under the law
Of Arkansas. The unions literature
stated its purpose as that of lad
vcncing the intellectual. material,
moral, spiritual, and financial in
terests of the Negro race
The firm of Bratton and Brat
ton, white lawyers Of Little Rock,
Arkansas, was employed by the
union either to secure a voluntary
settlement from the plantation
owners or to bring suits in the
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JAPANESE ARE NO.
FRIEND TO NEGRO.
SAY THE CHINESE.


NEW YORK-"Is Japan a friend
of the darker races ?" DIlnje
Omura, a Japanese graduate stu
dent said yes" but H. Wong, a
Chinese member of the Anti-Im-
perialist League, and W. A. DOM
lingo. president of the Inter-racial
Forum, maintained mo" at the
Vanguard Symposium held in the
Little Theatre of West 135th Street
YMCA, Sunday evening.
Omura claimed that Japan in
its endeavor to gain power and
respect at the hands of the rest
of the world, was also laying the
foundation for the rest of the dark
er races to get similar respect. He
said that anthropo-logically the
colored people and Japanese are
related and he called the many
military conflicts between Japan
and China family affairs" like "a
quarrel between husband and
wife"
Domingo denied that Japan has
shown herself officially the friend
of the colored man." He pointed
out that colored people are OPP
pressed by dominant capitalist
class, but that he has read no
where of Japanese taking any
stand against the persecution of
the Scottsboro boys, while in Eng
land, France and Germany there
have been numerous demonstra-
tions.
Japanese Want Markets
Wong rehearsed Japan's imper-
ialistic excursions in the Far East,
and said that Japan was not in
terested in the human welfare of
it's subordinate territories, but on
ly in markets to sell cheap goods
and sources of raw material
He made known that intellectu-
ais in Korea must either starve or
work for the government against
their own people, and that Japan
has gone so far as to prevent the
schools teaching Korean children
their own language.
He ended with the question: "If
Japan cannot deal souarely with
the people in Korea and Manchuria
which are near to her, who are
their blood brothers, how can we
expect them to be any better
friends to colored people ?"
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EDITORIAL
Join The N. 4. A. c. P.

THE LOCAL BRANCH Of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People is
now engaged in a drive for new
members-Join. It is the only or
ganization Of its kind, national in
scope. which is fighting Tor the ci-
vii. political, social, and economic
rights Of the Negroes in this coun-
try
Aside from the power which lies
IA organization. the national offic-
ers are deeply interested in their
work, active and alert Through
this association the righteous cause
Of the Negro IS brought before the
bar Of public opinion.
THE LOCAL BRANCH ought to
ssave a membership Of, at least, one
thousand members. There is not a
day but that there is need. yes. ur-
gent need. Of an organization to
fight determinations which are not
only in the courts and at the barss
Of police officials, but in many 9TH
er forms which affect US in our
daily pursuits. Many Of these evils
could be corrected if we were only
sufficiently organized.
we know Of no organization so
wen prepared by its setup and pur-
possis through which we can help
to bring about a change in these
conditions as is the National Assoc
citation for the Advancement Of
Colored People.
JOIN THE LOCAL BRANCH
today. and thereby show your in
terest in yourself. Self help is the
best help. Just ONE DOLLAR.
that's ali. no dues. no assess
ments. just one dollar
Because Of The service which this
organization is rendering this ma
ton not only should the colored
people join, but all people who are
patriotic and who are lovers of
right and justice. All who believe
in all men up and none down should
join and help to make this country
what we say it is, Sweet land Of
liberty"
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Many Colored Actors Getting
Broadway Breaks This Year

NEW YORK Especial for Coop
erative Negro Press by M. B. Full
cher) This past season on Broad
way has been one of the best sea-
sons for the colored actor for some
time.
Ethel Waters, screen and radio
star, has made history by her work
in "As Thousands Cheer" which
is the leading musical on Broad
way. She has also appeared at the
Palais Royal and also on the Am
oco Gas program on the air. II
has been anything but STORMY
Weather" for her.
Eta Moten, who flashed across
the screen of Radio City's Music
Hall in Flying Down to Rio" has
appeared at the RKO Palace in
New York and on many personal
appearances throughout the coun-
try. What she has done for Vim
cent Youman's "Carioca" is the
same that Ethel Waters did for
Harold Arlen's stormy Weather.
Bands Busy
Billy Roses Casino de Paree has
featured our stars many times in
their revues. Don Redman has
played there so long he looks like
a fixture. Buck and Bubbles, Bill
Robinson, all of these and others
have made appearances.
OF the two plays, based on the
famous Scottsboro case, that have
come to Broadway, only one re-
manned. The first, Legal Muir.
der" was too weak a play to re-
main, but "They Shall Not Die,
produced by the Theatre Guild, is
still running.
So much has already been writ
ten about -Four Saints in Three
Acts" that little need be said now
1t first opened at the 44th Street
Theatre, closed, only to reopen a.
gain at the Empire Theatre or
10th Street. 1t seems that ever
the blase New York audiences were
unable to make out what this play
is all about. The words in it did
MT quite fit the music or make
sense, but it still played to packed
houses and until the night it clos
ed for the second time, it was still
playing to packed houses. Attic
it was billed -Four Saints in Three
Acts" it had 80 saints, and there
were four acts.
brain Sweat"
On the 4th of April there came
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VICTIM
REFUSED TO PAY.
GAS DEBT TWICE

CROCKETT, Texas-A jury was
being selected in District Court
Monday to try Frank Brisby, Neg
70 tenant farmer accused of slay-
ing J. M. Ellis, white owner Of a
filling station when Ben Ellis, "a,
nephew of the deceased shot the
prisoner killing him instantly in
the crowded court room. Ellis,
who was sitting only five feet from
the prisoner, rose in his seat, drew
pistol, leaned forward, and shot
Brisby through the head. AS the
colored man slumped to the floor
Ellis yelled II got the damn mig
ger" Then he calmly lit Gig
arctic, handed his pistol to the
sheriff and waited for the COM
motion to case.
District Judge Ben. F. Dent or
dered the courtroom cleared and
ordered the arrest of Ellis. His
bond was fixed at $4,000 wls.eh
sum was quickly posted by his
friends and he was released.
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Fighting For The Negro Farmers
NEW YORK Especial to Enter
priso) In the last article we dealt
specifically with the Associations
war on lynching during the quarter
century Of its existence. In this
article we shall sketch briefly the
long fight waged by the Associa-
ton for Justice and fair play for
Negro farmers with emphasis on
the famous Elaine. Arkansas. case
of HOBBIES.
Fights agricultural Contracts"
Before the Association was a
year old it took up with Governor
Martin F. Ansel of South Carolina
the question Of pardon for Pink
Franklin, Negro plantation hand,
who had violated a so-called "agri-
cultural contract" and two months
later had shot the white constable
sent to arrest him, when the latter
broke into his cabin at three o.
clock in the morning without an
nouncing that he was an officer.
Due to the Associations effort
Franklin won Communication OF
sentence. 1t also waged a hard
fight the same year for the life Of
Steve Green, Arkansas sharecrop-
per, who shot his boss in self-de-
Tense when the latter sought to
make him renew his lease at an
advance Of almost 100 per cent in
rent.
During the Work or Fight
drive in 1918. an effort was made
by white authorities at Pine Bluff.
Ark. to force cosesed women to
work In the cotton fields at wages
below the standard rate. The Lit
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He changes his sorceress, his
Toby combination OF figures the
winners had better Ucncoction
and tries to discover what 1t is.
Charms Are Sold
Gone forever are the wild orgies
in which naked and near-naked adj
herents of the Voodoo faith writh-
ed before zombi, the snake god.
However, the illegal trade in girls
girls" strange charms which are
said to bring illness or health,
good or bad fortune, love or death.
still continues.
The philter traffic in New Or
leans of today is not limited by
race color, or position in society.
Under the surface the trade in
black magic continues to draw
dupes from all classes and races. It.
is not difficult to ferret out from
almost any section of the city
persons who make their living by
selling black death candles" love
powders and charms of all varie-
ties.
AIoiers is Market
While most of the mystics are
thickly settled in Algiers across
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Brotherhood Day"


A NATIONWIDE OBSERV-
ANcE Of Brotherhood Day" is set
for next Sunday, April 30. Cities
and towns in every part of the
land are preparing to observe this
special day Of inter-group good
win and united effort. Initiated on
the suggestion Of Father Hugh L.
McMenamin Of the Catholic Cath
edral at Denver, and since then
approved by many leaders of the
three religious groups in all sec
tions Of the country, Brotherhood
Day is now being intensively pro-
NOTED by the National Conference
with the cooperation Of local lead
ers everywhere.
THE ANNOUNCED PURPOSE
Of Brotherhood Day is carefully
defined. The day is not to deal
with doctrinal differences. It viii
promote common worship. It viii
not suggest weakening Of any
ones religious convictions. It win
deal with our relationships as citi-
zens- The plans will suggest that
the energies of Americans should
be turned away from prejudice and
toward joint constructive efforts.
Protestants, Catholics. and Jews,
can rise above old suspicious and
prejudices, look for ways Of effect
lively working together in this cri-
sis as citizens Of American demo-
cracy and maintain and safeguard
the American ideal Of religious
freedom and brotherhood" Broth
erhood Day win make use of edu-
cational approaches to the prob
lens Of human relationships.
WE NEED an understanding Of
the simple fact that there is vast
field Of common ground for Jews,
Catholics, and Protestants, which
does not touch the field Of doctrin-
al differences. The declaration Of
brotherhood is stated in the fol-
lowing words
God being my Father and all
men being my brothers, I make
this declaration:
j. / intend to do unto others of
whatever race or creed, as would
have them do to me.
3 It is my purpose to respect
the rights Of human beings, and to
judge each fellow-man on his in
diyidual merits alone.
8 I viii oppose every organized
effort to evoke fear or hatred Of
any religious or racial group.
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HOUSE APPROVES
DEPRIEST BILL
WITHOUT DEBATE

WASHINGTON, D. c.
Without single objection the
House Wednesday voted APP
provaI Of the DePrIest resoIu-
ton authorizing a special
committee to determine by
VIII a I authority Chairman
Warren Of the accounts COM
mittee had barred Negroes
from eating in the House
Cafe. In support Of his res
olution congre m an De-
Priest cited the manifest dis
elimination against a group
Of people because of color
who are outstanding In loyal
ty to the United States. ait is
not right and you know IT to
humlllate and insult Negro
cltIzens VINO seek no special
favors but ask only privileges
accorded other citizens" De-
Priest said.
After the DePriest resoIu-
ton was adopted Representa-
tive Green Of Florida offered
a measure to close the House
Cafe. In support Of his reso-
luton, Green said: "since the
House has adopted the De
Priest resolution, It looks as
though we may have to eat
with Negroes, and where I
come from we don't do that"
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Randolph Advocates
ALL. Membership

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A.
Philip Randolph urged colored
workers to join the A. F. of L.,
despite its p. sjudices, when speak
ing here on Sunday. He said.
IF we follow out the logic of
getting out of everything race pre-
JUDGE is in, we will get out of the
public school system, the church.
we win not fight to be elected to
Congress.
I'm fact, we will get out Of A.
merica, and finally, get off the
earth, since race prejudice is ev-
erywhers and in everything"
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Negro Voodoo Queen, Dead,
Still Charms New OrIeanians

NEW ORLEANS, La.-(By R.
Matthew'S Although her bones
have been moldering in quaint old
ST. Louis Cemetery No. 2 for more
than thirty years, superstitious
New Orleanians, who believe in
voodooism, still make pilgrimages
to the tomb of Marie Leveau,
noted Creole voodoo queen of the
gay nineties, whose influence is
still felt in the Crescent city.
Belief in the power Of charms
and spells in deep-seated through
out all Louisiana and even the
younger generation cannot tear
themselves away from it's demon
alizing effects.
Gamblers Carry Tobies
No native-born gambler would
dare enter one of the many gam
bling joints which dot old Rampant
Street in the colored district with
out his Toby, which is supposed to
bring him good luck.
This Is packet Of black cat
bones snake skins and other mys-
FERROUS ingredients.
The gambler never attributes his
losses to lack of skill or the fact
that most Of the gambling rack
cts are fixed.
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Best Advertising Medium
OF It's Kind IN The
Pacific Northwest
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AIoIers IS Market
While most of the mystics are
settled in Algiers across
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This Section)

This Sectton)
have to keep ours more or less
in the house, it is we'll to
chill the wine slightly before
serving by placing it for about
half an hour in the refrigerator.
They should be served in
colorless, tulip shaped glasses,
with very tall stems, usually
tinted green from the base of
the bowl through the foot.
Sometimes Rhine wine is served
in tall glasses, whose stems are
plain, but whose bowls are col
ored, in varied hueS. However,
I still think the effect of the
golden wine in the clear crystal,
atop the delicate green stem,
is the prettiest of all.
Splendid With Fowl
Claret is a Red Bordeaux,
and is delicious with fowl or
white meat. Many people in
sist that a white wine should
accompany them, and both are
equally acceptable, but there is
something about the flavor of
chicken or veal when eaten
with a good claret that is a
joy all its own.
Claret should be served cham
bree, or at room temperature,
and great care must be taken
in handling and pouring not
to disturb the sediment in the
bottle. The best clarets are:
Medoc Superior, st. Julien,
Chateau Margaux, Chateau La
fite and Chateau Haul Brion.
Red Bergundy
With game or a roast, bring
on your red Burgundy! To me,
a Burgundy is the greatest of
all wines, and should serve as
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Betsy Caswe|I Gives Advice on the Fine AIT Of DINING

the highest moment in the din
ner. Therefore, if you have an
entree that includes white meat,
which you plan to follow by a
roast or game with Burgundy,
by all means serve a white wine
with your entree, so that the
perfect crescendo of your din
ner will remain unmarried, and
the Burgundy need share hon.
ors with no other red wine.
Excellent Burgundies (reO in
clude: Hospice de Beaune,
Momanee-Con Clos de YOU
geot, Nuts st. George, Cham
berlin and Pommard.
Like claret, Burgundy should
be served at room temperature.
It is we'll to allow these wines
to stand for several hours in
the dining room before using,
as any method to warm them
quickly destroys the bouquet
and body of the wine. If your
claret or Burgundy has been
lying on it's side in the bin,
then you should invest in a
wicker cradle" from which to
pour the wine, so that the sedi-
ment is not shaken up.
Both claret and Burgundy
should be served in either
clear crystal glasse tulip
shaped, and somewhat larger
than the average cocktail glass,
or in some of the lovely ruby
and white crystal ones to be
found in the shops-or, if you
are lucky enough, brought down
from that old barrel in the
attic!
Champagne Last Wine
Then comes the champagne,
which may be poured into it's
flaring, shallow hollow-stemmed
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glasses just before the roast is
removed. The idea of the hol-
low stems, is I believe, to allow
the bubbles more chance to es-
cape before they reach you,
but if you wish to use a solid
stemmed glass, stirring the
bubbles with swizzle stick
will produce the same effect.
Never Use Ice
Never put ice in champagne.
It should be thoroughly chilled
by being placed, with the neck
free, in a bucket of closely
packed ice for about an hour
before serving. The excellence
of champagne depends a great
deal on it's vintage year, which
we shall have to learn more
about, but usually one may de-
pend upon the goodness of any
of the following: Lanson, Pere
ct Fills, '21, Moet ct Chandon
10, Heidsieck Dry Monopole '25,
and Bollinger '26.
For the Ladies
After dinner the ladies may
leave the gentlemen to their
port or brandy and retire to
the drawing room. where, with
their coffee, they are served
their choice of several liqueurs.
such as Benedictine. Char
treuse, Hirsch. Curacao, etc.
One of the best of these is not
often Seen-it is a combination
of orange triple sec. and fin
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Suggested Order of Wines

HORS DOEUVRES AND OYSTERS-Dry White Wines, Capri,
Cortese Soave.
sOUP-Dry Wines, Corvo, Etna, Faerno Lachryma Christi
S. Stefano, Vernacca
FIsH-Dry White Wines Cortee Castillo di Caneln,
Corvo Gavi, Soave, Terlano Tore Giulia.
ENTREEs-Table Wines Red: Chianti Bardolino Cadaro
Fresa Gignolno, Gustina Sangovese Vapocea White:
ALBANIA, Castel Braccano -Est-Es Frascati Oieto
DISHES-Red Wines Baralo, Barbera, Barbaresco
Falerno Rosato, Lambrusco Neboo Maddaena,
Stefano, Valtelina.
DESSERT-Sparking Wines; Ast Spumante Spumant
Dry, Extra Dry, Brut.
Wines Malvasia Marsha Rosa
d Saento d Sracusa
Vernaccia. Vim Sano
COFFEE-Iiquers Cordials.
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OSCAR OF THE WALDORF IS OUTSTANDING EN7ERTAINE

Thomas Upton declared that
never in his travels all over
the world had he ever been
better cared for than in the
hands of Oscar; Mrs. Mark
Hanna, John L. Sullivan and
others equally prominent asked
only to have Oscar care for
their culinary wants.
He is unique among the
hotel hosts Of the world; he
has been decorated by three
governments. When Prince
Carol of Rumania, now King,
visited the United States in
1920, he pinned the Order of
the Crown Of Rumania upon
Oscars breast. France sent
him a medal, bestowing upon
him the title Of Chevalier of
the Ordre Merite Agricole. His
third award came from the
King of the Belgians, during
his visit in 1919, who awarded
him the medal of the Order
of the Crown.
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the Waldorf, and distinguished
indeed have been many of these
guests. He has greeted every
President of the United States
since Cleveland, and recently
had the distinction of greeting
President Hoover, the first Presi-
dent of the United States to
visit the new Waldorf Astoria,
on several occasions, and also
the present First Lady Of the
Land, Mrs. Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, in whose honor an
elaborate banquet was given by
the members of over a hundred
women's clubs.
The elder j. Pierpont Nor
gan would have no one but
Oscar supervise his meal; Sir
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His Gift for Hospitality Is Famed
In MANY Countries

Perhaps one Of the most out
standing personalities in the
hotel field, and most particu-
larry in the personnel Of the
Waldorf-Astoria, is he who is
known simply as oscar Of the
waldorf"
known as oscar"
For years the phrase oscar
of the Waldorf" has been
synonymous with hotel hos
pitality and cuisine-yet it is
doubtful if there are a hand
full of people who even know
oscars last name. In fact,
oscar himself admits that he
would be a little confused if
he were addressed by his full
name-Oscar Tschirky. He,
too, has fallen into the habit
Of thinking of himself simply
as oscar.
OF Swiss Origin
Oscar was born in Locle,
Canton de Neuchatel, Switzer-
land. He attended school at
Chau de Fonds and Fribourg,
the home of the first Suspen-
sion bridge, and it is a CO.
incidence that he came to this
country in May of 1888, the
day before the opening Of the
Brooklyn Bridge. So intent
was he upon becoming an
American citizen that barely
an hour after his arrival on
these shores he applied for
naturalization, receiving his pa
pers in August, 1888.
Gets Hotel Job
The very day he landed in
America he also applied for
his first position at the Bruins
wick, in New York, where
there was nothing available, so
he tried the old Hoffman
House at Twenty-sixth Street
and Broadway. There he re-
ceived his first position, in
the hotel business, at o'clock
on the day of his arrival in
the United States. Since that
very day he has been in the
hotel business. In spite of his
youth he had determined ideas
about hotels and restaurants.
Many Famous Names
It was not long before he
created a name for himself, and
that name oscar" began to be
a byword among the towns cpl
cures. The Waldorf manage
ment was anxious to have him on
it's staff, but George C. Boldt,
at that time owner of the Wal
dorf, was a great Stickler for
business proprieties and re-
queSted formal letters of refer
ence. Oscar replied with a let
ter that was nearly ten pages Of
foolscap. But, on those pages
appeared the signatures Of some
OF the most famous New York
ers of the day, who had gladly
put their names to be a testi-
monial Oscar had drawn up.
John w. Mackay, ST., was one
Of them. Chief Justice Andrews,
Hamilton NICK. Twombly. DR..
Seward Webb and George Gould
were others.
Host Extraordinary
From that time, in 1898, when
he Joined the Waldorf, oscars
fame continued to increase. It
was not only as a well known
hotel man; he became a "host
extraordinary" and soon num-
bered among his friends and
acquaintance some of the out
standing figures in International
society, politics, diplomatic cir
Giles and even royalty.
For over forty years Oscar has
acted as host to the guests of