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CONGRESS GETS CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
STAY OF EXECUTION
WON BY HERNDON

WASHINGTON, D. CA stay
of execution of the sentence a.
gainst Angelo Herndon, young
communist sentenced to 10 to 20
years on the Georgia chain-gang
under an insurrection law of 1866,
until the United States Supreme
Court passes on the application
for rehearing of his appeal there,
has been granted by Justice Owen
J. Roberts.
The stay was granted on appli-
cation of Whitney North Seymour,
retained by the International La
Dor Defense 10 conducted the APP
peals in the Herndon case. Mr..
Seymour Tuesday filed application
for a rehearing of the appeal by
the United States Supreme Court.
The court on May 20 had refused
to consider the case on jurisdic-
tional grounds, by a six to three
decision Justices Benjamin N.
Cardozo, Louis Brandeis, and E1ar-
Ian Stone dissenting.
Herndon was convicted in 1888,
following his arrest a year before
in Atlanta, Ca, for organizing a
demonstration in which both white
and Negro took part, to demand
relief for the unemployed of the
city. He was charged with in
citing to insurrection" on the ba-
sis of his possession of literature
advocating social, economic, and
political equality for Negroes.
The present stay is effective I'M
til ten days after disposition by
the court of application for re-
hearing. The court reconvenes on
October l.
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A c0LoRED BOY

Souls of Black Folk" It begins:
Between me and the other world
there is ever an unasked question;
unasked by some through feelings
of delicacy; by others through the
difficulty of rightly framing it."
The question is: HOW DOES IT
feel to be a problem? ?"
DR.. Dubois tells of his early
school days in New England; how
the youngsters once bought them
selves fancy visiting cards, ten for
dime, and began exchanging
with each other. He passed one
of his cards to a tall girl, a new
conner in the school. With haugh-
ty glance she spurned it. "Then
it dawned upon me with a certain
suddenness that 1 was different
from the others; or like, mayhap,
in heart and life and longing, but
shut out from their world by a
vast veil"
q, The colored boy who was adopt
ny that preachers family so
Years ago worked his way
tn. Y ellege and medical school
and 10 = practicing physi-
clan anSN% n own people for a
long time ~ younger white boy
now is a n1iddle-aged man who
writes pieces for newspapers. All
these years the two have kept in
touch through correspondence. One
of the colored boys sons is nor.ed
for the white boy.
Spiritually it was a great thing
for the white boy to have had a
colored colder brother" Whatever
amount of race prejudice may have
been born in him was washed out
in those years when he learned so
poignantly what it means to go
through life different"
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PHOENIX CITY. Ala. Especially
with brutal beatings Of Negroes
by members of the Ku Klux Khan
and night riding gangs occurring
throughout Russell county nightly
without molestation from constitu-
ted authorities, long suffering citi-
zens have come to the conclusion
loaded revolver is their best me-
thod of protection and, as such, are
rapidly taking steps to safeguard
their homes and families.
A current report deals with the
burning of a cross in front of the
home of Negro giIi in the 'Sug-
artown' section Of Phoenix City.
Several nights later there was a
rap on her door. Responding, the
girl came to the door, was seized,
dragged down the steps and put
into a waiting automobile by sew
eral hooded men who drove away.
When the girl did not return the
next day, neighbors became alarm
ed and notified palice.
Next morning about daybreak a
mysterious car drove up to a curb
in white residential section, threw
the girl unceremoniously upon the
sidewalk and cruised leisurely a.
way. She was barely breathing and
an examination revealed her con-
dition as serious from a terrific
beating administered with thick
belt.
TWO Dead Women
A day or SO later. another report
goes, some fishermen discovered
the lifeless bodies of two more col
ored women on the banks of Uchee
Creek, their bodies bearing evil
dences of savage beatings. Phoenix
City authorities have no written
report of such discovery They
DID make known the finding of the
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Colored Guard Does
Good Job for Carlo

NEW YORK (ANP)-It was mo
dice" for newspaper photographers
who sought to take pictures of
Greta Carlo, celebrated film star,
as she crossed the country last
week, prior to embarIzing for her
home in Sweden. Among those
who placed themselves between the
actress and the photographers was
a powerful colored man whose
looks meant business to the am
bilious picture men. Once or twice,
the screen star relented and allow
ed the camera men to come on, but
for most of her trip, her colored
guard completely protected her.
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EDITORIAL


WHAT is YOUR ATTITUDE
toward life? Towards yourself ?
Have You faith IN yourself? Whe-
Their man knows and understands
ail is not as important as the reah-
zation IN his own consciousness
that 7 know have done the best
I know how with the tools God
gave me. Tbat Is pot conceitl t
is just a matteS Of ; slieving IN the
personality that 0ce placed you IN
and asked you to control for His
sake and for the sake Of mankind.
Do you believe IN the Negro
race. that it can do all the things
that other races do. other things
being equal2 suppose you do, at
least / hope you do. hope you
haven't the idea. wen we can't do
It. The Negro can't do it. He IS
Just made SO that he can't do it.
That is not true and you can prove
It yourself. Plenty Of students
have proved It from history and
from knowledge. covering q period
Of many years, and by observation,
and many white people win agree
with that statement
what is going to be your atti-
tude towards white people Are
you going to hate them? Are you
going to assume that ali white peo-
pie are bad, and that all white peo-
pie hate colored people and are
mean to Negroes, are opposed to
any progress among colored peo-
pie because Of the antagonisms of
small groups here and there Of
which you hear from time to time
Because some believe in lynehIngs,
mob violence towards Negroes, are
you going to hate the whole race?
I hope not
what IS your attitude on tnsse
things going to be this summer.
next winter and throughout life ?
/ hope, my dear friends, that it is
going to be an attitude Of faith
and belief in and respect for hui
mainly whether black or white.
whether rich or poor, wherever
4g,,,nd. that voiI are going to be
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BY BRUCE BARTON

In the mountains of Tennessee a
colored boy knocked at the door of
little white parsonage which
housed a young preacher and his
wife, home missionaries" from the
North. The boy, who had been
shamefully beaten, was in tears.
The preachers wife took him in
and fed him, and he became a mem
Der of the household. She gave
him a name, for he had no name.
She gave him an age, guessing
him to be about twelve.
She herself had baby boy, less
than year old. AS the little white
boy grew UP the colored boy acted
toward him like an older brother.
The family moved to Ohio and then
to Boston. The two boys attend
ed the same school; they ate at
the same table; they shared che
duties of the household. For =
ny years it never occurred t.
white boy that there was any Z,
sential difference between them.
One day the white boy and his
white companions went to base
ball game, and the colored boy was
with them. There was a crowd at
the gate. The white boys, full of
life and with normally bad man
ners, elbowed their way forward.
When they reached the gate they
looked back; the colored boy was
far behind. He had started to fol-
low them, but some one had sneer-
ed: you damn niger" There
was a look in his eyes that the
white boy never had seen before.
It was fear.
Years afterward the white boy
read book by the colored scholar
DR.. w. z. B. Dubois called THE
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VERY INTERESTING

PERHAPS 1T MAY be just as
well that the u. S. Supreme Court
knocked the siclxly MIRA Blue Ea-
gle IN the head and put it out Of
misery. 1t was doomed to die any
way under New Deal diet.
Since the first Of the year wnen
the income tax checkup showed
that the rich rgere getting richer
and the poor getting poorer and
the relief rolls began to bulge with
increasing tbc..=ards Of jobiess,
there was little hope for the poor
bird. ne administration. OF course,
looking to the 1886 general cleo
ton, had pumped a stimulant into
the New Deal to sae tune Of $4,-
100000 but no one with q high
school course in economics expect
ed this to cure the depression
And what is to happen now?
Already the wolves Of human
greed have started out on a ram
page. This too. might turn out t.
be a good thing, for it viii more
impressively expose the naked
truth to the masses. When this is
done they may take a more defin-
tie hand in helping to create a new
deal for themselves
For one thing the development
will make next years election 9
highly important event. For an
other it win dissipate the growing
tendency towards personal dema-
gogy which, IN the ascendency o.
such men as Huey Long, was
reaching dangerous proportions.
The fight shifts now to defin
ite struggle between toiIers and ex
ploiters. between those who viii
line up real new deal and those
who want the old order restored
It is going to be interesting.
With his back to the wall ever
the vacillating Roosevelt may b.
driven to harder blows and more
definite action
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X. K. K. Terrorization Of Negro
Residents Of Alabama Continues

body Of q Negro man IN shallow
ditch partially filled with water,
but were inclined to believe he had
been slain in card game and are
working along that theory.
There is q section in Phoenix CT
ty called "Stillwell's Quarters
Here a large portion of the local
Negro population is herded into
rotted down shacks on streets that
are not drained by sewerage, that
smell to the high heavens of gar
bage seldom collected and where
tall weeds grow with reckless a.
bandon.
Shortly before midnight, several
nights ago, a dozen cars of Ku
Klux Kansmen drove into Still
wells Quarters" ROBBED occupants
alighted. A large cross was pro-
duced and set afire. AS flames il
Illuminated the surroundings, n tall
figure stepped into the circle of
sheeted invaders and doomed out
a little speech.
Listen here. you NJ, all of
you,D the xxx. leader shouted,
there's a few things I want to
tell you right now You all know
what we are doing here tonight.
We're down here on business. We
have had too many complaints
from white folks about how you
damn NJ is been cuttin' the fool
and it's got to stop got to stop
right now, or elser
''This cross is being burned here
tonight" he continued, for a lit
tie warning to each and everyone
Of you. There's been too much
cussin' when white folks was walk
ing down the streets of this heah
quarter, too much liquor drinlzin',
fightin', and hell raising in general
CONTINUED on Page Three)
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Jack Thinks Camera
Will Beat Toe Louis

CHICAGO (ANP)- Jack john
son thinks Primo Camera will take
Joe Louis in their encounter at tLs
Yankee Stadium June 25. Cues
toned Sunday evening, johnson
said:
II am afraid Camera will beat
him. The Italian has too many
natural advantages over Louis. He
is bigger, stronger, has greater
reach and more experience. 1 don't
want him to beat him, but that's
the way it looks to me-
Johnson also let it be known he
thinks Clinton Bridges is a greater
fighter, pound for pound, than
Louis is.
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Joe Louis Is A Cinch To Score
KSyO Over Giant Primo Camera

the hearts of his sparring partners
none of whom have been able to
do him one whit of damage.
No PaIookas
Keep in mind now, that none
Of Joe's mates are palookas. With
about one exception, all of them
have been main-bout fighters and
some have had the added exper-
fence of working out with some of
the best American heavies of the
past ten years. And they're all
huskies. too. Don't forget that,
either.
There's Ciel Harris, the Chicago
giant; Roy (Ace) Clark, tipping
the beams at 26s; Leonard Dixon,
the fighting philosopher, six feet,
(Continued on page three)
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~ RILL GIBSON

POMPTON LAKES, N. LAS
a boxer, Joe Louis, the Detroit
Destroyer, is an economist.
While there are those critics
who would compare his dead pan
to that Of a Mongolian, this writer
sees Louis as more closely akin to
the Scotch. He doesn't waste his
punches, and he'll have Camera
hanging on the ropes before the
sixth round of their fight in the
Yankee Stadium, June rs.
Every motion, every blow which
he realeases is meant to count,
There is nothing flashy about him
in his workouts here. Cool, metho-
deal, almost uncanny with his pre-
cision, he has struck terror into
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MISS c. /. MOTION
WEDSFUSkEGEE
NENPRESIDENT

CAPPAHOSIC, Va DIR. Fred
erick Douglass Patterson, presi-
dent of Tuskegee Institute. and Ca
Uterine Elizabeth Motion, daughter
of DR.. R. r. Motion, President E.
meritus, were married Wednesday
on the lawn of DIR. Motions new
home here, by Rev J. w. Whitta-
ker, retired chaplain of Tuskegee
Institute, and Rev. John w. Lem
on, a local minister, who was a
classmate of DR.. Motion at Hamp-
ton Institute.
1t was g simple ceremony and
only members Of their families and
local friends we're present. The
bride was given away by her ia
Their. DR.. l. A. Derbigny of ITALIA
dega College stood with the groom.
Mrs. Derbigny was also present.
DR.. Pattersons sisters, Miss VIII
helmina Patterson and Mrs. J. H.
Dahl OF Washington, D. c., mot
ored down for the ceremony. Dr.
Dahl and their son and daughter
were also present.
Aside from the brides immedi-
ate family, an aunt and uncle were
present, Mrs. Emma Freeland of
Hampton Institute and Mr.. Jeff
Booth of Gloucester Co, Virginia,
with his wife and two of their chill
dren.
The bride and groom left early
in the afternoon for Chicago.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-06-20
BILL PROHIBITS
DISCRIMINATION
IN WASHINGTON

W. SHINGTON- A civil rights
bill for the District of Columbia
was introduced in the House, on
Thursday of last week, by Repre-
sentative Herman P. Kopplemann,
white (Dem., Conn.,.
The bill provides penalty of
not less than 500 nor more than
$500, to be recovered in the Su-
preme Court of the District of Co
lumbia by the person aggrieved,
from any person who shall refuse
to any person equal accommoda-
lions or privileges in any public
place.
Fine, imprisonment Proposed
The refusal of equal accommo-
dations or privileges, by the terms
of the bill, is made misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of not less
than 500 nor more than $500, or
Imprisonment of not less than 80
days nor more than 80 days, or by
both fine and imprisonment.
Sent to Committee
The bill was referred to the
Committee on the District of Col
umbia.
Segregation and discrimination
on account of color are generally
practiced in the District of Column
bia. The Government itself sets
the example, which is followed by
owners and operators of hotels,
restaurants, and places of amuse-
ment.
Segregation General
In the public parks of the Dis
trict Of Columbia, citizens are re-
stricted to the use of certain golf
courses, tennis courts, and base
ball diamonds. In those public
buildings where there are cafeter-
las, Government employees are
segregated.
Separate schools and separate
swimming pools are maintained.
The Court of Appeals of the Dis
trict of Columbia has upheld COW
enants in deeds prohibiting the
sale, rental or leasing of property
in certain areas, or its occupancy
by, other than white people.
In the House Restaurant, service
is denied colored persons. Only in
a few department stores are any
but whites served in the lunch
rooms and at the soda fountains.
Only whites may go to any of the
downtown theatres or places of a.
Continued on Page Three)
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Kid Mccoy Predicts
Joe Louis Will Win

DETROIT, Mich. CAMP Nor
man Selby, the original Kid Mccoy
of the prize ring, former middle
weight champion and recognized
as one of the greatest fighters ev-
er to enter the ring, predicts that
Joe Louis will beat Primo Camera.
Shelby now works for the Ford
Motor Company by whom Joe Lou
is was formerly employed.
81 think young Louis will beat
Camera because Camera is a mus
cle-bound fighter" asserted Mccoy
"but 1 don't think Louis is quite
ready to meet Max Baer. He needs
more experience"
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U. S. Army Will Increase
Number Of Negro Soldiers

WASHINGTON. d. c. Especially
On July / the opportunity viii
be opened to AL colored young
men throughout the length and
breadth Of the United States to en-
list in the 25th United States In
fantry station at Fort Huachuca.
Ariz.
Under the approved plans Of the
War Department. present active
combat units win be brought up to
their fun peace time strength, and
due to the shortage Of commission
ed officers no new regiments viii
be formed. AS a consequence, the
25th Infantry win be brought up
to full peace-time strength of
1,172 and the gath Infantry to a
corresponding full peace-time quo
Ia Of 600. Due to the shortage Of
available shelter at Fort Riley, in
Kansas, it win be possible to bring
the 9th Cavalry up to strength of
only $40, while the units of the
10th Cavalry win be brought up to
a strength of 679. which is slightly
in excess of peace-time strength.
Tnis win mean total increase of
7sA, Negro soldiers or slightly over
80 per cent.
The 25th Infantry, commanded
by Col. f. Franklin, is one Of the
crack regiments of the United
States Army and offers as station
q splendid post situated on the
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Coast Band Scores

SAN FRANCISCO (ANP)-Lio-
mel Hampton and his sensational
orchestra, with the torch-singing
Villa Mae Lane and the phi anom-
email dance team of villa and Low
lit, scored a tremendous hit at the
exclusive Sweets Ballroom Sunday
night and expect to repeat this
week, when they open at the War
field Theatre in San Francisco for
a scheduled weeks engagement.
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Mitchell To Get
Honorary Degree

WILBERFORCE, Ohio = Con-
gresham Arthur H. Mitchell, sole
Negro representative in congress,
win be awarded an honorary de-
gree of doctor of law at WILDER
force university's commencement
exercises next Thursday, it was an
nounced today.
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Knoxville, Tenn, p. O.
Janitors Lose Jobs

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. amp
The five panitors at the local post
office have been ousted since the
assignment Of new postmaster
here, aud all OF the ten iaborers
appointed last week are white.
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northeast slope of the Huachuea
mountains ia Cochise County, Ar
iona. For the past two years no
new men could be enlisted for the
regiment and now the regiment is
expecting to expand by the add
ton If capable young men,
Fort Huachuca has an up-to-date
moving picture theatre with shows
every evening presenting the best
and latest pictures. The price is
fourteen cents and it can be paid
on the following pay day. Dances
are held frequently and the music
Is of the best. On Saturdays and
holidays there IS no duty other
than necessary guard and post IA
tigue. Saturday afternoons are
usually clear of duty.
There are usually a few vacan-
cies in the Army for qualified men
who possess musical talent This
includes both the skilled musician
and the man who, though music
ally inclined. has never pursued a
course which would qualify him to
play special instrument. Army
bands have always held their own
with the best civilian organiza-
tons. Music exerts powerful in
fluence on the morale and the War
Department, in recognition of this
fact, strives to perfect each milf
tary band by offering the best in
ducement possible to worthy appli-
cants.
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Binga Heir Asks Court
To Name Administrator

CHICAGO (ANP) = Attorneys
for Fenton Johnson, nephew of the
late Mrs. Jesse Binga, are seeking
appointment of an administrator
for the estate Of the now inpris-
oned former bankers deceased
wife.
The Washington times., 1935-10-07
CIubWOm @ m
Gather Here
FOrParIey

The following members Of the
National Federation Of Business
and Professional Women's Clubs,
Inc, are in washington to attend
the meeting Of the executive COM
mittee, which was called by the
president, Miss Charl Ormond
Williams:
Miss Emily r. Kneubuhl. Of
New York city: DR.. Eleanor M.
Arthur, Atlantic City; Mrs. Rose
E. Cunningham, DeS MoineS, Ia;
Mrs. Verna DeArmond, Tulsa,
Okla; Miss Marjorie Shuler, New
York city; Mrs. E. Pearl Warwick.
Champaign, ILL.,; Miss Pauline
Mandigo, New York city, and Miss
Amy Lewellen, Pullman, Wash.
The Washington times., 1935-10-07
ChiIIum Meeting

The Chillum District Study
Club will hold its monthly meet
ing Tuesday at 8 p. m. at the
home of Mrs. Meta Hunt, 3927
Thirty-fourth Street, Mt. Rainier.
Md. Mrs. Hunt will be assisted
by her daughter, Miss Bernadine
HUNT. The purpose Of the meet
ing is the appointment Of a dele
CATION and alternateS to the semi
annual meeting Of the Prince
Georges County Federation Of
Women'S Clubs, which will be held
at the University Of Maryland
Friday, october II, at 10 q. m.
Following the business meeting,
a program featuring American
citizenship will be presented by
Mrs. Charles j. Fuhrmann, chair
man, assisted by Miss Bernadine
Hunt and Mrs. Edward A. Jehli.
Games will be played and refresh
mentS served,
The Washington times., 1935-10-07
WEATHER HOT
FOR PRESIDENT

ABOARD U. s. s. HOUSTON,
Oct. 7 GN.SO.-In spite Of a
heavy ground swell, the cruiser
Houston, carrying President Roose-
welt, and it's convoy, the cruiser
Portland, were making consider
able speed today as they nearer
Cocos Island.
The weather was extremely hot
over the weekend and the PreSi.
dent abandoned his deep7Sea fish
ing. He wants to arrive at CocoS
Island on Wednesday.
Mr.. Roosevelt is studying do
meStic problems and is watching
all European developments with
great interest. Having declared
an arms embargo and warned
that American citizens embarking
on italian liners do so at their
own peril, Mr.. Roosevelt regards
the United States neutrality pol
icy as fixed.
The Washington times., 1935-10-07
College Fete

The Wilson Teachers College
entertained at tea yesterday from
4 to 6 p. m. in honor Of Mrs.
Henry Grattan Doyle and Mr..
Henry I. Gilligan, president and
vice president of the Board Of Ed
ucation, at the home Of Mrs.
Dorothy DeMuth Watson, faculty
adviser to the club.
Mrs. Edward Everett Gam,
Mrs. Stanwood Cabb, Mrs. Will
liam Wolff Smith, Mrs. Hermann
H. B. Meyer, Mrs. Edward Stat
ford, Mrs. Joshua W. Evans, jr.,
Mrs. Edgar c. Higbie and Mrs.
Edgar C. Snyder assisted at the
tea table.
Miss Elizabeth Jett was chair
man Of the tea, and her commit
tee consisted of Miss Rita Bud
deke, Miss Louise Robey and Miss
Margaret Barringer. The COM
mittee was assisted in receiving
by Mr.. Hertzel Goodman, presi-
dent of the Library Club, and by
Miss Ann SokolSky, Miss Helen
Williamson and Miss Anne Alden
Morrison.
The Washington times., 1935-10-07
PoCketbook With 5000
Lostor Stolen on Train

Mrs. Mildred Bove, Of New York
City, who, with her son Carroll, is
visiting at 518 Tenth st. N. W.,
reported to police yesterday she
had lost her pocketbook contain
ing 5000, or it had been stolen
while she was en- route here from
New York on a train.