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fBy William pickens Euroute to
Haiti, for ANpl
II Is now Sunday, december
800 and We have just finished the
|enurch services IA 1hs lounge.
We have also passed the last light
house on the AcIrlin Islands. still
flying the British flag. These is
lands were given to Spain BY Col
umbns but later taken by the Bril-
fish. Tomorrow early we enter
the harbor Of Port-au- Prince, and
some Of US embark while the 9th
ers are going on to Kingston and
to Columbia, South America. and
to the Canal Zone. and back to
Kingston and Haiti. I win there
fore take this same ship back to
New York when it again reaches
Port-au-Prince.
First Class
It is our business to break bar
riers: we are riding first class and
in the best accommodations on the
Colombian Line ship. the lire that
was refusing to carry colored pas
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seen to leave the floor Of Congress
Immediately following his oath.
ana the fact that notice was TAX
en- of the absence Of his wife at
the time be was sworn into office,
that tended to vex Mr.. Mitchell
and cause him to issue an ultima
rum that III reporters expect to
place their feet across my office
door they must Be careful what
they say about me-"
arm For Business"
IT am here for business" the
Congressman continued, .and /
have no time to give to reporters
who are looking for news to salts
ny the whinns and wishes of a hun
CRY public"
Nothing concerning his plans Or
hopes was forthcoming What
committees he wanted to serve on
the Congressman would not div
ulge. The one committee ne will
not serve on. he said, is the Dis
trict Committee. Asked his rea-
Sons for that attitude, thu Cen
gresham rebuffed:
CONTINUED on Page Three)
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EXCLUSION OF COL0RED
FROM ALABAMA JURIES
BASIS FOR COURT ACTION
.A.A.U. POLL RATES
METCALFE THIRD

NEW YORK Ralph Flying
Feet Metcalfe. Marquette Univar-
aity law student. received 413 yot-
es in the AAU poll Of SPORTS lead
ers, wednesday, to place third II
the list Of seven submitted for the
James e. Sullivan Memorial Tro-
ply, awarded since 1890 TO the
years most outstanding amateur
athlete.
BIZ Bonthron, white, Princeton
miller, won the award. receiving
1912 Of the 1924 votes cast. Ben
Eastman, White, former Stanford
track star, was second, with 020-
The rules covering the award
provide that a candidate be judg-
ed as much upon his character,
sportsmanship and leadership as
on his Individual athletic achieve
ments.
Metcalfe was named last week
as the worlds greatest sprint ata1
by the International Athletic Fed
GRAFTON.
lie also headed the list Of rec
ord brealdng track performers for
1884.
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Travelling In Dixie
In GoIdsboro, N c., Few People Work Yet They
Eat Laugh, Have Picnics and Society"

possibilities.
There are a few teachers, doc
tors, and the like who earn COM
petence and disappear from the
whole scene. The preachers are
busily engaged in keeping their
churches open and preparing for
death and possibly heaven. There
is large element Of the more ma
ture folks who seem to be hung
ering and thirsting' for words Of
advice and encouragement to help
them face the future and prepare
their children for a better order Of
living.
Most Of the white speakers who
address these people at rare inter-
walls, advise them to be good citi-
ze:is and "obey the laws" because
these white people rerlember they
had "a black nanny somewhere
and they love the colored people
so very much
I entered Goldsboro little after
dark and inquired Of a white pol
iceman where pastor could be
found. The dialogue was Of this
order:
Question: Do you know where
the Rev, Mr.. .-....-. lives?
Cop: I used to know all the MS
In this here town but that, particu-
lar n don't know # you win
go to the barber shop, the barber
knows all these here NJ, or even
the pool room can tell you.
O.: DO these colored people give
you folks much trouble
A.: No. Once in a while some Of
fContinued on Page Two)
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What Do You Think

THERE IS MUCH undercurrent
discussion concerning Jewish influ-
snce Ia Washington. In an effort
to show that there is no such thing
as a Jewish Hierarchy IN the
Roosevelt Administration, the Ann
erican Hebrew Jewish magazine,
called the roll Of top job Jews.
ONE Jew in the Cabinet.
NONE In the Senate.
TEN ia the House.
TWO on the Supreme Court.
NONE as head Of any Of the 20
Emergency Relief Administrations
THREE as Diplomatic Enjoys.
ONLY 80 in the 1000 top jobs
Of the Federal Government, or 8
per cent.
The Jews make up slightly more
than 3 per cent Of the total popu-
lation Of America.
CoIored Americans are ten per
cent Of Americas population, They
occupy no top jobs There are 4
few IN the Relief Administrations
but If they are doing anything It
Is a dark secret
There ls plenty Of meat for good
hard thinking.
What DO you think
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Boxing Magazine Rates Seven
COlOred Among World Best

NEW YORK Panama Al Brown
bantamweight boxer. was set in a
class by himself in his division,
and John Henry Lewis, light hea-
vyweight, was rated second best
by Ring Boxing magazine in its
tenth annual rating of prize-d'ight
performers.
Brown stands at the head of
his class for the fourth time" re-
marks Nat F1eischer. the editor,
land MIA. or New York State
rulings notwithstanding, he not
only is the world champion, but
stands head and heels over the
rest Of the field
IN the heavyweight division, Joe
Louis, Of Detroit, is placed No. 4
in the third group. Baer is rated
in class by himself. In the Sec
ond group are placed Primo Car
nera Of Italy. Steve Hamas Of Pa
sale, MI Art Lasly Of Minneap-
oils, and Max schmeling.
Obic walker Of Georgia and I'm
known Winston If Hartford, Con-
nectioult, are rated in the fourth
group.
sn1sha v.;aa ~ r.o,,,a ~ q ,.c,,,
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Own Medicine

THE ACTION Of n. a, A. q. 2.
members n San Francisco picket
eng the fifty-fourth am nal conven-
ton Of the A. F. Of Z. recently
gave the delegates 2 taste Of their
own medicine.
Accustomed to the picket and the
strike, these delegates find q col
ored group making use Of the same
methods in order to call attention
to the color line set up by union
labor.
There is no question Of its injus-
tice and uufafrueks. but the answer
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COLORED own
$4,000 CARS
IN Is STATES

BALTIMCaE. Md.-In eighteen
states ID which be Is special rep
resentative from an oil company,
James A. Jackson has found 1877
600 automobiles owned BY colored
people.
Getting this information has
been hard work, Mr.. jackson told
the AMP Tuesday. but It is within
ten per cent Of bsa1g accurate Ell
Their way, he believes.
according to Mr.. jackson, the
Southern states list colored auto
owners separately, and IN these
states, survey Of colored owners Is
easier than IN the North.
About $1,000 and location Is
enough to put a man in business
as filling station operator. Mr..
jackson says. and selling average
gas and oil products, he can earn
three cents a gallon on gas and Sc
ven cents : quart on oil.
Not only is money to be made IN
gas and oil, but also In accessories
like windshield wipers. hub caps,
tires and even razor blades. One
company has thirty-six different
accessories, Mr.. jackson declared,
and q good merchant who knows
how. 20 push his business Is able
to earn an excellent living. Prof
its on accessories, he said, run
from thirty to forty per cent.
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'S665,OOO IS ASKED
FROM CONGRESS TO
HOWARD UNIV.

WASHINGTON-In the budget
of $s,52O,413,609 to carry on the
affairs Of the Government in the
fiscal year 1886, beginning July
l, next, President Roosevelt last
Monday asked Congress- for a to-
tai of $685.. 900 for Howard Univer-
sity.
That sum is 100000 more than
was appropriated for the current
fiscal year.
$4,000 Salaries
The estimates call for $3.50, 900
for salaries of officers, professors,
teachers and ether employees of
the university, as compared with
an appropriation Of $4O5,OoO for
the current year.
The sum of $215,o0O is requested
Cor general expenses. as compared
with an appropriation Of 100000
for the same purpose for the cur
rent year.
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what may develop.
Although the race problem is
strong, especially in some sections,
a real, live promoter especially in
Chicago. would not hesitate to
match 8 eolored and a white man
for the world title, and with Louis
popularity in the Middle West, a
match Of this kind is likely to de-
velop.
'.Of course, much would depend
on the champions attitude and, in
the case of Baer, he has openly
declared that SO long as he is the
champion, he win not engage in a
contest with q cclored man.
However there is plenty Of
time for fG-ther discussion, as
Louis hasn't yet reached the rank
ing five stage. Yet he is the lat
est Black Menace, and we might
as well face the music now as lat
er.
I'VE had the Brown Panther In
Harry wills. who never got his
chance to meet Dempsey though
he deserved it, and later George
Godfrey, the Black Shadow Of Lei
perville, who is now a wrestler.
Now comes the Detroit Tiger to
contend with"
In the light heavyweight divi-
sion, John Hurry Lewis, Of Fhoe-
nix, Arizona, IS rated next to Bob
DIN, the champion. His rating in
second place was based on his re-
cord.
Kid Chocolate of Cuba is placed
In the third group Of the light
weight division. Eleven fighters
are rated above him In the second
group and three in the third.
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BY DAVIS Lee

GOLDSBORO, N.C.-In this old
fashioned Dixie town there are
hundreds Of people sitting on front
porches and walking the dusty
streets. But few of them work,
yet they eat, sleep, laugh. have
picnics and their social sets. even
pretend to have a Society among
themselves.
Domestics are getting on an av-
erage of $3.50 per week while the
nurse maids" walk around all
day with some white paby for $3.50
each week. Out of these sums the
women feed and clothe themselves,
help take care of some man, pay
the rent when it is paid, keep UP
church and benefit dues, and seem
contented and happy. Ones wants
are in proportion to his knowledge.
Capable young men and women
In numbers congregate on each
Sunday on street corners and on
front porches and about some cafe
and talk. Upon inquiry you win
find none of them work. They say
they are willing to work If they
can get what they want to do.
Some of them say they win not
work unless they can get the price
they want. How do they live ?
Only the late hours Of the dark
nights can answer that question.
Now and then q family or an in
dividual seems to have cone out
OF this slough Of despair and ap-
pear to be going Somewhere. These
special cases are Of little use to
the others except as examples Of
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Of
RAGE QUITS
OUR CHURCHES

Boston, Mass. Friday evening at
st. Marks Church, Townsend
street, Roxbury. on the occasion of
the dedicatory exercises, DR.. Nor
decal Johnson. president OF How
ard university. declared:
1.-THE educated Negro is leaving
the Negro church. He is leaving
the Negro church because as he
becomes cultured, as he has learn
ed to think, he fino within the
Negro church q maximum of
noise. He is leaving the Negro
church because to him it is too
gruff. Yet the Negro church has
organized and is keeping together
more Negroes than all other Negro
organizations put together"
Keeps Negroes Together
DR.. Johnson said further that
the Negro church, as gruff as it
appears to cultured Negroes with
its forty-five thousand platforms
throughout the country, is keep
ing five million Negroes together.
It is the lungs through which
breathes Negro existence, he sid.
It gathers five million Negroes
Continued on Page Three)
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brother
SOUGHT IN DEATH
OLGA. PUBLISHER

ATLANTA George Maddox
Jr., scion Of prominent Georgia
family, and brother-in-law Of the
late W. A. Scott, newspaper pub.
Usher. was indicted by q Fulton
County grand jury late Monday
afternoon, charged with the lat
ter's death.
The jury returned q true bin
formally charging the 2s-year-old
man with the murder OF the pub.
Usher and founder Of the Atlenta
Daily World and the Scott News
paper syndicate, representing q
chain OF 90 or more newspapers.
Maddox was arrested few
days after the fatal shooting last
January. and was questioned by
Detectives T1iIderbrand and Wood.
ruff. but released after a coroner'i
jury hearing, said to be the long
est in Fulton County. At thai
time 3 verdict Of death at the
hands Of parties unknown" was
returned.
Scott was shot In the back e.
he emerged from the garage IN the
rear Of his home after putting VI
his car, shortly before 1880. on
the night Of January 80, 1894
The assaliant Is said to have fired
three shots.
Death occurred on February Z
at the spelman College Hospital
and was attributed to peritonitii
which set In three days after the
shooting. Fifteen intestinal per
foratiens had been shtured up II
q futile operation
Believed In Chicago
Police said Monday night that
Maddox, q resident Of Chicago. il
being sought there ON q bench
warrant issued by Judge G. H
Howard of the Fulton County Su.
perior Court, and that his arrest
was expected momentarily.
The indictment is said to have
been made on circumstantial evil
dence and direct testimony gather
ed by Reuben A. Garfield, white,
attorney. who has represented the
Scott family since the first inquest
and who after a year of weighing
evidence in the Staying Of Scott
has obtained the indictment.
Garland is said to have a strong
case against the former dappel
Morehouse student, who is alleged
to have been visiting here at the
time of the staying.
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WASHINGTON The spectre
Of death which has lowered I6r
more than three years over ne
heads Of HaywooS Patterson sna
Clarence Norris. two Of tie nf|n.
cipals IN the now intefzaI| aHallq
known scottsboro case. Has Ie1a-
porarily removed here Monday as
the .. S. Supreme conrE granted
q review Of their cases
The action Of the high tribunal
marks the second time the two
youths. accused Of attacking two
white women almost four yeazs 8.
go, VIII have the findings o The
Alabama courts reviewed twice
convicted. they were sentenced 70
die 90 February 8.
Norris and Patterson base their
appeals upon the contention thatl
coIored persons were systematichI.
" excluded from the iuriea which
tried them because Of race Oral
arguments on the cases win be-
heard in February Or March e
the meantime, the death sentences
are automatically suspended
Nine Youths Arrested
Paterson and Norris are fHD d.
nine youths who were originally
charged with the attack. One was
acquitted and OILS excused because
Of his youth. but the remaining Sc
ven were convicted and sentenced
to death.
The cases were taken to the SUI
preme Court and the convictions
set aside on the grounds that the
defendants had been denied proper
counsel. A change Of venue and
sparate trials followed for Pafter-
son and Norris. Five other boys
await trial.
Convicted again, Norris and Pat
terson commended that they were
indicted by, and tried before, jur-
les which systematically excluded
colored persons. Although the Ala
bama Supreme Court insisted that
the evidence did not prove this,
the us. Supreme Court overruled
the objection and ordered the Sc
cond review.
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DIR. LOUIS WRIGHT
is NENCHA|RMAN
|0E NAACP BOARD


NEW YORK The National AS
sociation for the Advancement Of
colored People elected as chair
man Of its board Of directors DR..
Louis T. Wright, Monday. al the
annual meeting.
DR.. Wright succeeds Joel r.
spingarn, white. mr.. spingarn
felt unable to continue as chair
man." he told he American Negro
Press, but he remains the presi-
dent Of the association. Eleven
other persons throughout the conn-
try were elected to the board.
wilkins Acting Editor
Roy wilkins, assistant secretary
Of the NAACP, was named acting
editor-in-chief of the Crisis. Mr..
wilkins has been serving as man
asine editor Of the publication
since Or. W. z. B. Dubois severed
ms c9nneceaSs van ~ Ane ul
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EDITORIALS


g WOULD HAVE BHHN q
great success were It not for my
wife
= would have been 3 successful
doctor. lawyer o. business man.
but vas unfortunate
= never had chance or else !
would show people how to run the
world.
colorad Americans are held
back 81 their preachers Who do
nothing except build churches
onr teachers are rotten and
those who stand Il the head Of cur
business institutions are stupid
asses VINO do not know what Il is
an about
Fhe present plight Of the col
oreH people II America is due TO
their snl4eiess and crooked lead
ersg
These complaints come particn-
Ierly and most often from those
who have never done anything
themselves except talk.
IT IS A MIGHTY WEAK man
who blames bis failure on his wife.
FOR one 70 weep instead Of strug-
gle: to mourn instead Of fight,
brands him = wealEllng instead
Of real man.
e our opinion the preachers and
teachers and business men, even
admitting they haya tremendous
faults ere worth infinitely more
70 their Cod. country ard race than
those who Do nothing but vail a.
bout what they would do II they
had 3 chance
It seems to US that those who
complain about the present leader
ship would be worth more y they
did a little leading themselves,
'A1fere d plenty Of room at the
top Let those who know how to
DO the Job better go ahead and do
it. The world viii welcc1s snem
With wide open arms. However,
they must prove BY their work and
moi BY their fall< that they can do
the Job.
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Women Anxious About
South's Education Funds

NEW YORK (ANP)-An inves-
tigation into the distribution Of
educational funds in the South was
decided upon by members Of the
National Council Of Women, meet
ing here at the Vanderbilt Hotel,
last week; also consideration Of
the Costigan-Wagner anti-lynching
bin.
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What Time VIII It Be?

Here the problem yields surprising printed
las one Of the Enterprise
er has bought He admired especially
which was the longest haAa on the clock which mounted
the axis the other hands,
clock Now the had noticed
the clock home all three Of the together pointed
r. And he Immediately
come back to the
gether again.
The problem
The solution will be printed Enterprise.
This weeks Brain Teaser is answered page
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James Ford and DePriest
to Meet in N. Y. Debate

NEW YcRK-James w. Ford,
candidate for vice president on the
Communist ticket In the last cleo
ton: former Congressman Oscar
DePriest. and Frank r. Cross
waithe, Socialist, win meet in pub
lie debate at the Roclxland Palace,
155th Street and Eighth Avenue,
January IS.
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Appointed NY. Marshall

NEW YORK (ANP) - Eugene
Faulkner, well-known in Harlem
as a World War veteran and a
stalwart worker in the recent cam
paign for Mayor LaGuardia, Fri
day, was sworn in as city marsh
all.
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Calls Texas Choir Best

Aus-TN, Tex.-'"The best col
ored choir in America" is the way
Richard B. Harrison described the
Samuel Huston a cappella choir,
which is regular weekly feature
over the Southwest radio network
Thursday, Q p. M fC.s.T).
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BurIeigh Is HOnOred

NEW YORK = Harry T. Bur-
leigh, distinguished soioist and
composer, was the guest of honor
at luncheon last week, given by
the Bs'1leighette Glee Club at the
residence Of Misses Marie and Ella
Davis in New Rochelle.
Evening star., 1935-02-19
CITIZENS FAVOR
NEWLUNACY LAWS
Small Loans Bill Also Is In
dorsed by Lincoln Park
Association.

Citing that the proposed lunacy
laws are more adequate for incom-
petent people than the present ones,
the Lincoln Park Citizens Associa-
tion last night went on record as
favoring the bill now in Congress.
Guilford S. Jameson, chairman of
the Constitution and Bylaws Com
mittee, and former president of the
association. introduced the resolution.
He said the proposed bill will be
much better inasmuch as the people
concerned will deal with simple pro-
cedures instead of jury trial.
Copies Of the resolution were to be
sent to the House and District Com
mittees and to the corporation coun-
sci.
Small Loans Bill Endorsed.
The group also indorsed the pro-
posed bill on the small loan laws now
in Congress, declaring that the rate
Of interest on the present loans are
much lower in the adjoining States.
The group unanimously favored the
proposed financially responsible laws
for automobile owners. They de-
clared that by imposing an obligation
on the automobile drivers it would
help promote safety on the streets in
the District.
Joseph L. Gammell, chairman of
the Laws and Legislation Committee,
said the responsibility laws now exist
ing in New Jersey have been pat
termed by a number of States, and
since the time that they have been
in effect there has been a consider
able decrease in traffic accidents.
The secretary read a letter from
the Citizens Association of Takoma,
D. c.. asking Endorsement of a res
olution recently adopted by the group
requesting the Public Utilities Com
mission to reduce the gas rates in the
District to correspond with wholesale
rates paid by Virginia distributing
companies. Action on this resolution
was referred to the Public Utilities
Committee for further investigation
Clinic Is Favored.
Declaring that there should be
more ample and suitable means for
medical aid and hospital care for the
people in the northeast section who
have limited resources, the group
unanimously indorsed a resolution
introduced by Mrs. H. Moose, favor
ing the establishment of a clinic for
the poor children and the people OF
the middle class.
The group went on record as in
dorsing the Mullens bill which would
permit the people Of the District to
regulate the election of delegates rep
resenting the District to the national
political conventions.
The body also favored reintroduc-
ing bill for the building of stadium
at the foot of East Capitol street
The bill. which was not passed in the
last Congress, directs the proposed
stadium to be built by the Secretary
Of Interior.
Opposition to legalized gambling in
the District was expressed by the
group following resolution by Joseph
L. Gammell. The measure acted
upon the request of the Washington
Federation of Churches, also would
hold the owner of property liable if
that property is used for illegal pur-
poses.
Action on character education in
the public schools, and the proposed
bill for reorganization of the District
government were referred to commit
tees to be acted upon at the next
meeting.