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The Washington times., 1935-10-01
Wants To See Children
Paid In Full

To the Editor of The Times:
AS a reader of The Washington
Times for several years I was
glad to read your editorial in re-
CARDS payment in full to the
children of this city of what they
lost in the recent bank crashes
in this city.
I resent, however, the implica-
ton that what you so often call
the Raw Deal caused the II
banks to fail in this city.
They failed and were closed
because they were not sound.
Further than that there have
been only 10 banks fail in the
whole U. S. since President
Roosevelt has been in the White
House. And eight of these banks
paid off 100 per cent. Due to the
F.. D. I. C. Further than that
under the twelve years of Repub-
lican rule Gust before this ad.
ministration) there were 10000
bank failures in the United
States. That was raw deal.
I lost one half of the fund
worked hard and long to save
when the Commercial National
Bank crashed in this city. And
it, failed before President Roose.
velt was elected. He did not have
to close this one.
l would like to see the kiddies
receive their savings 100 per
cent. I would be more than will
ing to have them paid off first
If they lost in the closed Com
mercial National where I lost
mine. If there are any more div
idendS coming from that bank
and suppose there will be a lit
tie some day I would like to see
the thrifty children paid off 100
per cent first.
For adults to practice years of
thrift and then have them lose
out is bad enough and has caused
no end of grief and worry in our
country, but to teach little chill.
dren thrift by saving their nick
els and dimes they would so
dearly loved to have spent on
candy and other things kids like
so well only to have them lose
The Washington times., 1935-10-01
Nation Needs More
Like Senator Long

To the Editor of The Times:
Our country needs more men
like the late Senator Huey p.
Long. OF course he made a great
many mistakes during his politi-
cal career, but so did Lincoln,
Washington, Roosevelt and all the
rest Of our American people who
have succeeded in running any
affair under Federal Government
auspices.
Senator Long was really right
at heart and sincerely thought he
was doing everything for the good
of the poor and unemployed citi-
zens of the United States. In his
belief he was truly sincere with
himself as well as the people Of
his State and our Nation.
We need a few Senators and
other political handlers" with
enough backbone" to express
their own belief. regardless of a
bunch Of public critics and down.
pushers." Senator Long was right
in many things, yet received no
credit for same.
Don't ask me-aSk any intelli-
gent man, or any of the young
men that Huey Long gave a free
education to. Just in all fairness
what kind of a man was and Is
Huey Long?
If there ever was one, Senator
Huey P. Long was a 100 per cent
regular fellow.
JACK D. SPARKS
The Washington times., 1935-10-01
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The Washington times., 1935-10-01
Gem Salesman Held
In $1,7OO PawninQ

NEW YORK-Edgar H. Allen,
48, a jewelry salesman, was held
in $500 bail on a charge of
grand larceny when arraigned
before Magistrate Louis Brodsky
in West Side Court.
Eugene Kaplan, a jewelry sales
man, of Allston, Mass, charged
that Allen took $1,700 worth of
jewelry from him on June IL to
be inspected" Allen pawned
the jewelry, according to Kap-
Ian, and refused to return it or
pay for it.
The Washington times., 1935-10-01
Channel Deepening
May Bring Liners

To the Editor of The Times:
Plans for deepening Washing
ton harbor, a section of the Po-
tomac and AnacoStia Rivers
even the War College Channel
have long been pet projects of
Washington, D. C. civic leaders.
How do Commissioner Allen and
Hazen and other District officials
regard its practicability today?
We see a neat, trim sea ledge; a
wall on the Anacostia side, for
visitors and picnic patrons to gaze
upon. But these large ocean
greyhounds. Surely, there must
be room to park a few without
going to war with Baltimore and
Philadelphia.
C. WASHINGTON BOOTH,
The Washington times., 1935-10-01
Letters to the Editor

petition right along than he had
that night.
Baer's plan Of battle was all
right. Remembering how trouble
with his own hands had cost him
the Braddock fight and the cham
pionship, he set out to beat Louis
hands to a pulp with his face. II
he had succeeded in that he
would have coasted to victory. He
couldn't have known that Louis
hands would be SO tough. 1t was
merely unfortunate.
w. II. BENTLEY,
The Washington times., 1935-10-01

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. /.
The State of Hawaii!
Ten members of Congress, in
company with Samuel Wilder
King, delegate to Congress from
Hawaii, departed here today
aboard the liner Malolo to visit
the island and determine If it
should be admitted as the forty
ninth State of the Union.
Should the delegation find con-
ditions in the Territory of Hawaii
favorable and recommend its ad-
mittance to statehood, the island
may become the first territory to
come into the Union since Arizona
and New Mexico were admitted
in 1912.
The Washington times., 1935-10-01
Max Bder's "Strategy"
Failed Him

To the Editor of The Times:
The only thing in connection
with the Baer-Louis fight that
makes me glad is that I am not
one of those misguided creatures
who spent a kings ransom and
lost a nights sleep to see it.
I bet that Louis punching bag
has been giving him tougher com.
The Washington times., 1935-10-01

Letters to the Editor should
not erceed 200 tDordS. They
must be signed by the Drtter
NTH his name and address.
These tDiH be held confidential
and initials used In publication
II the tDriteT so deStgnGteS.
Readers are iuuited to discuss
any subject of interest.
The Washington times., 1935-10-01

out through others greed and
poor business methods is just
plain downright rotten.
Surely The washington Times
is doing a fine act by trying to
get these kiddies paid off 100 per
cent. They would also get back
their faith in those they thought
they could trust.
PAID so PER CENT ODE
POSITOR).
The Washington times., 1935-10-01
Meet Tonight

First open meeting of the
Young Peoples League of the
B'Nai Israel Synagogue will be
held at the synagogue, Fourteenth
and Emerson SITS. N. W., at $3.50
p. m. today.
The tribune independent of Michigan., 1935-04-13
A MINISTERINC ANGEL
(By Mrs. Lucy Forster CuIliford

An angel to earth, mercy bent;
Pure chaste and noble naught of sin,
From the portals of the heavenly gate.
The angel sought soul who long had been
A sinner, with heart dyed in guilt,
That those who knew him best said, ''He is lost
wretch that sank low in sim
He does not to above debauchery'
Yet. the angel entered in a dive
Where many Christians never think to TO- A.
And stood beside the wretch, whose heart
Beat with oathing for himself, and 10!
Around the sinners form: his arm entwined.
He could not see the gentle form of feel the touch
But somehow, tears welled in his eyes,
Then tossed his head. as if it didn't matter much
The angel whispered in his ear so low
1t seemed to be the echo from another sphere:
Your mother prayed for you her dying bed:
Oh, what pity to find you lying here!
He shuddered, wondered why such thoughts came;
Who cared for him-?His mother dead.
No home no frend-he came into the dive
To find place to rest his weary head.
| The porter at last to bid him go;
Then to mission wended he, at break Of day,
Where food was given to the poor and low
And someone bade him linger there to pray
| 1t was the voice of one who had sinned,
Whom God had lifted from the depths below;
He told them of the Shepherd who long had been
Out on the desert, where bleak winds blow
| Come home, poor lost one! Oh hear the cry;
| Go not away to the desert so bare
He died to you--Why will you die?
suffering Savior's redemption share.
The sinner listened, tears dimmed his eyes,
"A Saviour would me--how can it be?
Come home to your Father; He calleth-arise"
Cried the voice of the preacher He careh for thee
The years have been long, since he came to God
Out of the depths his cry was heard
sinner, wretch who in search of food,
Was saved to proclaim to others the World.
Out from the portals of the heavenly gate,
An angel came and soul saved.
Pure, chaste was the angel; the sinner a wretch
! on the Book of Life his name is engraved.
The tribune independent of Michigan., 1935-04-13
Editorial
TUSKECEE'S NEW PRESIDENT

president DR.. Frederick Douglass Patterson
has been elected by the Trustee Board of Tuskegee
Institute to succeed Dr. Robert r. Motion head of that
word-famous institution.
Dr. Patterson, who is a native of Washington, d. c., is
only thirty years old and has been member of the
Tuskegee faculty for the past years being in
charge of the Agricultural Department He received his
primary college education in Texas Later. he COM
pelted four-year in agriculture at Iowa State
College received his Ph d. degree from Eastern
University. -.
DR.. Paersons election to this honored post at Tuske
gee a complete surprise to those prominent in
educational circles, his not published in
connection with the of outstanding leaders in
various parts of the country, mentioned eegble
poets, following Dr. Motions resignation few months
ago 1t is stated however that after the Trustee Board
unanimously considered the various candidates they
unanimously decided upon DR. Patterson the man
whom they deemed best suited to carry the program
of Tskegee Institute because of his youth technical
of the policy and program of the institution.
Named the illustrious leader Frederick Douglass
and following other distinguished leaders the presi
dency of the worlds great institutions learning
President Patterson the duties Of his exalted
post under the most auspcous circumstances with the
stars of destiny in his His indeed great oppor
tunity, we'll tremendous responsibility but judg
ing from the record of his accomplishments,
is to believe Patterson will
ure up to requirements of his position pre-
worthy to the former heads Tuskegee
Institute.
The tribune independent of Michigan., 1935-04-13
E DIT O r IA L S.. -.
WHAT OTHER EDITORS SAY

mates that every effort will be
made to arrive al satisfactory un-
lderstapdins with the African ruler.
simultaneously an Illuminating
comment comes from Paris. This is
in The form ef a reporl that only a
small percentage of the Italian
troops embarked for Eritroa and
Somaliland ever actually passed
through the Suez Canal. The rumor
is that they quietly were dive ed
to Lihya and Rhodes. the infer
ence being that Mussolini did not
dare send forces where they would
be unavailable I'm the event Of %
sudden flareup on the Continent.
OF course there is the possibility,
too. that Mussolini never intended
To push matters in Abyssinia and
was making gestures against that
country in order to provide an ex-
cuse for mobilization. But either
way she development is extreme
~ interesting Detroit Free Press
The tribune independent of Michigan., 1935-04-13

BARS FELL IN ALABAMA

The recent decision of the L. S. Supreme Court re-
versing the death sentences handed down by the Ala
oama courts in the of Clarence Norris and Hay
wood Patterson two of the prosecuted Scosboro boys
has brought about corresponding reversal of policy of
barring Negroes from jury service in that State.
Following the decision by the National Tribunal of
justice, Governor Bbb Graves. of Alabama edatey
expressed his determination abide by the ruling the
supreme Court Judges who declared sentences
sega because Negroes in Alabama had been systemat
cay excluded from the opportunity iuries
accordingly Governor Graves has ordered all Jury
mssloners and magistrates throughout Alabama
discard the present jury lists in their communities
draw lists, all which the names of Negro
citizens must be included
This means that in the trials of the Scottsboro
Doys and all other Negro defendants in the criminal
courts of Alabama, Negroes will be included on the list
from which the jurors selected that action of
the courts will not be in violation of the IT, Consttu-
ton.
On the surface of the matter this would seem to imply
that Negro defendants Alabama courts future will
receive fuller of justice through legal trials
but this is not necessarily Although Negro Jurors
may sit in judgement at the future trials the Scottsboro
boys for example is quite possible that only such Me-
groes will be called to jury service can be easily in
timdated and brow-beaten into thinking and voting the
the white public in Alabama will expect them to
think and voehat s to sentence the Scosboro bows
DEATH in order to satisfy Southern traditions in all cases
in which Negroes defendants white citizens the
plaintiffs
At any rate Governor Graves has taken step in tn,
right direction by ordering the bars fall in Alabama
which formerly kept Negro citizens from serving OF
jures. The world will await with keen anticipation th
next in the tragic Scotsboro drama in which South
prejudice is clamorng for innocent human
blood.
The tribune independent of Michigan., 1935-04-13
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The tribune independent of Michigan., 1935-04-13

Last week we wrote concerning
the purchase of the building on the
northeast corner OF Beaubien and
Forest by DR.. All. Thomas This
week we call attention to another
building known as the Wargrecn
building on Warren near Beaubien.
This property was purchased by
Dr Robert Greenidge. man who
lives within our house, and who
like DR. Thomas is physician
who u investing his money in
property within our neighborhood.
helping 10 make sure our place in
Detroit
Ii cannot be claimed that these
men are seeking their own selfish
advantage in purchasing these
buildings and making extensive re-
pairs on them such as they have.
While both OF them have practical
business minds and no doubt will
make them paying investments. yet
we all know that 1t takes courage
and vision to do what they have
done at a time like this.
They could have very easily hid
den their wealth away on savings
deposits or made investments that
would have made them quick re-
turns-or placed it in tax exemp,
securities. but they did not. Rather
they saw the great need for just
such property as this To be used for
their people and responding TO that
need they have invested in these
buildings.
DR.. Greenidge has done his part
TO help make permanent the War
rem Avenno section for Negro busi-
ness. The Great Lakes Mutual Life
Insurance Company can feel more
sccur in its bauiiful new home.
and now il VII soon he safe for
other business 20 make purchases
ana leases in that ncighborhood.
The tribune independent of Michigan., 1935-04-13

This is the way To silence all the
noise We hear about Negroes inyad-
ing white neighborhoods and run
ming the property down. DR.. Greeni-
dge has improved this property. He
owns il. and he has complete con-
troll over its future He is not one
who rents: moves in today and
possibly out tomorrow mas
come To stay.
We have more professional men
in Detroit who have money and can
/ if they will follow the example OF
these two physicians. We all know
that il has been said that our pro-
fessional men do not care about
their people that all they want is
the money they can make off their
people; to own fine homes
move out OF Negro neighborhoods
and have a good time. We cannot
say this OF Drs. Thomas and Greeni
dage. They have shown that they
are deeply concerned about the
welfare OF us who live within our
house.
This is fine lesson for young
men of our race who are contem-
plating professional careers. They
can help make possible the business
life of their people. They must
see and know that there is no
security for their professions unless
their patients and clients are made
more secure in ther economic life,
and this is the way to do II.
May we suggest to our Negro
uen who have money that they can
do u very fine thing if they will
purchase some of these properties
whore Negro business men are now
trying to conduct stores and other
business establishments
Quite often these Negro business
men are being exploited by owners
who are constantly telling them
that they viii have TO move unless
they pay more rent They cannot
lease. and their business is cramp-
ed and threatened
Look around in our neighbor-
hood see the strategic corners
buy them improve them-anu
lease them to men who have al
ready shown that they can run a
paying legitimate business, and
things will brighten for US.
l Real estate Is bound to come
back: IN fact II has never gone
away. II cannot: II IL did we would
ihave been gone. Man cannot remain
and the soil go. From II we must
get our food. On II we must stand
If we remove the heavy hand OF
taxation from II tand stop being 30
foolish by strangling II. our re-
covery will be more rapid.
Men are seeing this more and
more every day and will act to pro-
tect their investments. Our banks
cannot carry all OF this property
load. They are sensible enough to
see II. They must turn loose, and
we must have sense enough to take
advantage OF our opportunity when
they do.
The tribune independent of Michigan., 1935-04-13
lnN s,lNIAN SlnEIIa;nr

As sideight on the condition
OF European international relation
ships the status of the Italo- Ethi-
opian quarrel is eloquent.
a lef Wcfhs agO itaN MAS qefi-
nitely on lhe aggressis" Nussolini
was Systematically tanning tic wa
spirit he WAS uying his best 20
brow -beat the Abyssinian Emperor
And while Halle Selassie was put
ting up brave front. manifestly
he was nervous about the future.
and his appeal TO the League OF
Nations was in the nature OF a last
resort.
Now. for the moment. the whole
picture seems changed II Duce Is
talking in conciliatory tone and
In face of news from ETHIOPIA that
the Emperor has peremptorily
broken off negotiations and expects
the League to act. Rome denies that
negotiations have failed and inti-
The tribune independent of Michigan., 1935-04-13
BY UNCLE ABE

mosements headed for social ias.
II an. In 'iyidual liberty? Th.
hour is critical. Mankind must MOI
be- too hasiy IN n decision. All thn
glilters is not gold. Mankind should
assure themselves that the system
is not in opiate. not new patches
on old skins and not a compromise
in anyway. This is humanity's o.
portunity. II people will make the
right decision. This is not the first
time that social PHILOSOPHERS and
system have been offered 10 the
world as a panacea.
History records theocracy, auto
cracy, patriarchy, oligarchy. de-
spotism. monarchy. feudalism. So
cialism. communism fascism, nazi-
ism. and national RECOMMENDATION
These have been and some of them
now are great human experiments.
Most of them held to the idea that
men are the servants and pawns OF
the state, with, the denial OF GER
tain liberties.
OF the present 0ay systems, Rus
sia offers most OF the pressure for
a change. The danger lies in not
meeting this challenge with some
thing better. A half loaf is better
than none. but we all agree a
whole loaf is better than a half.
Who would choose communism in
preference to APPLIED OR TRIED
Christianity. But. is Christianity
being applied? Communism and
Christianity are racing in China.
and communism is leading.
An enduring nation is not built
out OF schools and factories alone.
The economic and educational prob
lens are deep. but there are other
problems deeper still. Schools and
factories do not make brotherhood
love and unselfishness.
! The Russian experiment must be
met with something better and it
must not he delayed
The SERMON ON TIE MOUNT
contains a program that will meet
every human and spiritual need. II
WE APPLY IT. Convenient texts
and narrow subjects on Sunday
mornings must completely give
way To a whole social Gospel, bold
lly preached even i'm the south.
I firmly believe in the ability OF
the church over and above all isms
to meet the worlds needs. To dc
this. the church must change It's
attitude to many questions. The
Idestiny OF our race hangs upon
1.-The effort OF the church to apply
lChristianity. Let the church change
and then change the world.
TIE expected church dare not fail
us now. Let II come forward and
do the most for man. Let the
church daringly re-echo those prin-
lciples and preachments that radfat-
ed from the heart and lips OF the
lGalilean Peasant who said, Love
your neighbor as yourself.
The tribune independent of Michigan., 1935-04-13
The
Poets
Corner
YOUNG PIONEERS
(By Alice Cox

(By Alice Cox
Now the young folk 60 out dancing
Go on parties, moonlight rides.
When the salvation of their
Hangs ifes sturbuent tide
If they would just sit home some night,
And mediate. they'd see,
With their aid and serious thinking,
Just what might be-
No race or nation, great or small
Has eyer reached its goal.
BY laughing, dancing, riding, Glowing,
And going to shows, new and old.
Races that succeed must think,
And fight and work and die,
And sacrifice and struggle hard,
That they might climb up high.
! If others do it, why cant
We children of the race?
Come on, let's smoke less cigarettes,
And less makeup face
Instead of going dancing.
And acting like a clown,
Let's and all be pioneers,
And try tn settle down.
Let's try(to work and study,
And educate our
So that in this world of worlds,
We might hold rghtful place.
And if pioneers don't live
To project done;
We be satisfied to know
Our young will carry on. .