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The Ely miner., 1937-11-11
Modern Miss

"Well, Mary said the mistress
to her new maid, 81 hope that you
will prove to be an efficient serv-
ant"
'If you please, madam" came
the reply, 81 should prefer to be
called a paid guest"
The Ely miner., 1937-11-11
Knew the Plea

hneW the PIea
A little boy at the local school
speech day came forward on the
platform and began to recite.
Friends, Romans, country
men-lend me your ears, :" he
began.
THAT must be the Snythe boy"
said one of the listening mothers,
with feeling. They're always try
ing to borrow something"
The Ely miner., 1937-11-11
Diet of Desert Arabs

The daily meal of a desert Arab
often consists of a handful of dried
dates and drink of camePs or
goats milk. For dessert he some
times eats a small cake of dry
cheese.
The Ely miner., 1937-11-11
Hit and Run

Pat-What is the idea of 54 B. c.
on the mummy?
Mike-Oh, that's the number of
the car that knocked him down.
The Ely miner., 1937-11-11
Youth CrOUing I'm.
william Holmes NIcGuffey

William Holmes McGuffey, the
author of the famous readers, was
born at West Alexander, Pa, Sep
tember %, 1900, and died at Char
,ottesville. Va, May 4, 1873, where
he was buried.
The Ely miner., 1937-11-11

Magistrate Ito talkative prison
er)-Will you stop talking and al
low me to get in a short sentence?
Evening star., 1937-12-05

HosE above a-Pymouths got what people
l. want. VALUE PRICE!
It's safer than Double action hydraulic body
new Safety Interior. VALUE EVERY ONE WANTS!
There's world Of comfort in Pnouths cushoned ride-wit
aipane absorbers live rubber body mountng Aol
steel springs AND FEATURES COST NOTHING EXTRA!
There's richness detail of the big 1888 Plymouth
You'd automobile with such amazing luxury
big comfort could priced low And Plymouth
costs less to run than any other full powered car!
You don't know this Plymouth until you've actually rder
driven it. Then with other low priced No
the best Of the Dont it, PLYMOUTH DIVISION
OF CHRYsLER CORPORATION Detroit, Michigan
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-09-03

as improving the provisions already
made This should be one of the ma
jor objectives of state federations of
labor during the coming year.
Labor is vitality concerned also with
the old age benefit provisions of the
Social Security Act and Railway Re-
tirement Act. As experience points
the way it is hoped that the classifi-
cations of workers included in these
provisions will be definitely broad
ened. There are altogether too many
categories of workers excluded from
the provisions of the old age benefit
plan under the Social Security Act.
This has been due in part to difficult
ties of administering the provisions
for some groups of workers and it
may be that some separate scheme will
have to be devised before the major
ity of these excluded workers may
be brought under the provisions of the
Act. Acceptance of the principle of
contributory old age benefits is heart
ening, however, and we feel encour
aged to aim for further developments.
The decision of the Supreme Court
concerning the constitutionality of
minimum wage legislation is re-
versal of its former stand on this
subject and opens the way for pro-
tective legislation for women.
With each step forward labor be-
comes increasingly conscious of the
fact that our first concern is the
Strengthening and advancement of our
organized labor movement, that the
workers and all Society may be safe
guarded and bettered. Strong organ
izations are essential not only to gain
new advantages but to protect the
gains already made.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-09-03

On Labor Day our thoughts are not
centered entirely upon material
aehievem ents, important though they
may be. Instead, we turn to a seri-
Gus consideration of the social and
economic aspects of life, with special
emphasis upon the enduring and real.
All the plans and aims of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor focus upon
a desire to secure for the masses of
the people advance in the cultural,
spiritual and educational phases of
human life. We are deeply conscious
of the fact, however, that the attain
ment of these higher ideals rests
upon the standards of living which
we are able to establish through the
exercise of our economic influence.
When we have established the practice
of collective bargaining and no longer
have to waste our energies in main
tanning this right there will be more
time for the development of those
forces within us that release our Gre
ative and cultural abilities.
Let us turn first to the field OF
work. There has been steady de-
cline in the number of unemployed
during the past year and we have
every reason to hope for an even
greater improvement in the months
just ahead.
A review of the events of the year
marked by Labor Day 1887 discloses
a record of achievement and progress
which is heartening to the workers
of our Nation. The American Fed
Grafton Of Labor has increased ITS
membership by nearly three-quarters
of million members since last Labor
Day. This does not take into consldl-
Grafton the membership of those or
qanizations which left the American
Federation of Labor and formed the
G. /. o. Extension Of union agree
ments parallels increase IN the scope
and strength of union organization.
Workers who never before dared or
ganize and ask for a voice in deter
mining the conditions and pay under
which they work, are now negotiat-
ing wage agreements through their
elected representatives.
We have also made progress in the
legislative field. AS no law is really
effective until the Supreme Court ap-
proves it, we find satisfaction in the
favorable ruling of the United States
Supreme Court on the constitution
ality of three most important laws
concerning the workers-the National
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-09-03
WILLIAM GREEN
BY WILLIAM GREEN
President Americ Federation o Labor

Labor Relations Act, the Social Sc
curity Act and minimum wage legis-
lation.
With the definite establishment of
the constitutionality of the National
Labor Relations Act has come a re-
alization to the workers that they are
free to organize and establish ma
chinery for collective bargaining with
out fear of retaliation or discrimina-
tion on the part of their employers
and those controlling their jobs. The
oretically the workers have been free
for many years, yet in actual prac-
tice they have found it difficult to
exercise this right in many instances
prior to the time the National Gov
ernment assumed responsibility for
maintaining this right.
We are proud of the progress made
in providing against those emergen-
cies that befall most wage earners-
old age and unemployment. Every
state now has an approved unemploy-
ment compensation plan under the
Social Security Act. Forty-two states
have old age assistance laws to which
the Federal Government also contrib
utes. This is amazing progress in SC
short a time and is Of real interesi
to those workers in covered occupa-
tions. We are now free to plan fol
the enlargement of the scope of cover
age of the several state laws as vel
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-09-03

For plans and estimates for
your own home.
Now is the time to build,
while costs are still low.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-09-03
of a Dream Come True

The realization Of childhood
predictions -. funny, when
you stop to think what a short
time has passed since they
were nothing but white, feecy
clouds. And now they stand
before you, a reality.
It's quite true that more
dreams are becoming reali-
ties every day /. more because
you're striving harder to full
fill these dreams, and more
because there are fewer OBJ
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-09-03

stacles to overcome. Our job
is to help overcome these OBJ
stacles lower costs, better
materials, more efficient serv-
ice and real protection are our
contributions to your dreams.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-04-09

CINCINNATI, 0.--The boys di-
vision Of the Ninth Street YMCA,
Cincinnati, announces its second an
nual indoor circus, "Barnheim and
Bailhay" in Four Big Three Rings,
April 28, 80, 80 and May i, 1887.
This performance last year used
more than 200 folk and attracted
more than 5000 spectators during
the three days; this year with four
days because of the clamoring de-
mand, the committee estimates that
more than 10000 will attend this
spring event.
One of the most attractive features
of the circus is the "Spring Festival
and Carnival where some ten church
schools entered contestants for the
Queen of Spring Miss LaZelle
Phillips, of Allen Temple AME
hurch was crowned miss Spring
timen at one of the most colorful
affairs of its kind known to Cincin-
natl; this year Miss Phillips viii be
the center of the parade and will
hold the spotlight as central figure
until Friday, April 80, when the new
court will assemble for the grane
coronation of the 1887 Queen o.
the Springtime" who will be know
then for the year as Miss Spring
time" Tickets are already out witt
the day schools and among th'
church school committees because Q.
the advantage Of advance sale prices
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-04-09
Chicago KY. State
College Alumni

CHICAGO - The Kentucky State
College Alumni Association Of Chi
cago began their twelfth year as an
organization, at the YWCA, Sunday
afternoon, March 81. Attorney Will
liam G.. Bennett is the new president
Mr.. Bennett, since graduating from
Kentucky State, has graduated from
Howard University and the John Mar.
shall Law School. Other officers are:
J. G. Robinson, first vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Lucille Humphrey, second
vice president; Mrs. Juanita Robin
son, treasurer; Mrs. Beatrice Willis,
recording secretary, and Mrs. Mariet-
ia P. Jordan, corresponding secre-
tary.
The chapter went on record as
favoring amendments to the Har-
rison- Black Fletcher Bill. This bill
would appropriate $100,000,00o and
an additional $5o,00o,0o0 would be
added each year until S300,000,000
has been set aside. This sum to be
paid the various state boards Of edu-
cation. IL Y
The alumni would that the funds
be disbursed by the federal govern
ment directly, because they are
afraid that in those sections OF the
country where separate schools are
maintained, the Negro would not re-
ceive an equal division from the state
boards of education. The other
amendment is suggested to read that
each school shall have 16o days for
a school year, this being a require
ment to qualify for these funds. All
friends are urged to write the en-
entire Illinois delegation in Congress
and request their support for these
amendments.
Attorney Orion Page was the guest
speaker for the meeting. Mr.. Page
has studied the labor movement over
period Of years and his talk was
very interesting. President Bennett
appointed the following committee
chairmen:
DeAyllon Cox, social committee;
Attorney r. A. Samples, program
committee; Attorney II. A, Eldridge,
welfare committee; Mrs. Alice VIII
liams, sick committee; ]. q. Robin
son, athletic committee; Leslie 81.
Smith, membership committee; A. w.
Montgo nery, public relations conn
ssuittee.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-04-09
NINTH STREET Y ANNOUNCES
SECOND ANNUAL CIRCUS

character Of program contents.
Twenty Of the twenty-one directors
and their wives were present and
Mrs. Elliott accompanied Mr. Elliott.
This group reported one of the finest
public forum programs that Clncin-
natl has had among Negroes; a fine
physical education program IN the
making and high-class cultural feat
urcs ia the field Of music, arts eta.
Samuel ii. Bullock Is the president
and Jesse NJ. Chiles is adviser to
the directors.
Il II
The very attractive aceommoda-
tions provided for men Of the travel
ing public are serving hundreds Of
men daily Those found at the Z
during the past week were:
Charles SaIter, Atwoods Wilson,
Alphonso Perry Of Louisville, KY,
i. Robertson, Detroit; Charles Pheo-
nix, Charles Williams, Findley, o.;
Randolph Garnes, Washington, DC.
J. Peterson, st. Louis; Joe Lillard,
Ted Radcliffe, James H. Collins,
Chicago.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-04-09

SPRINGFIELD - Mrs. Lydia C.
Harris Of 241 Buxton Avenue, dice
Tuesday night after few days i'll
ness with pneumonia. Funeral ser.
vices will be held Friday at Second
Baptist Church, the Rev. G. NJ Har-
ris, officiating.
Mrs. Harris, wife Of Oscar Harris,
was for several years executive sec
etary of the Clark Street YWCA
resigning in 1885. Before taking up
Y work, Mrs. Harris taught school
for many years in Ohio and IN other
parts of the middle west and south.
She was member Of the noted
Cooley family, being a daughter Of
Harrison Cooley of Jackson. Ohio.
She is survived by her husband,
sister, Mrs. Lena Lewis, and a num-
ber Of relatives.
Dayton relatives are. Mr.. N. A.
Anderson, Mrs. Mary Anderson Cou-
sin, Mrs Ruth Henderson and Mr..
Clarence Hall.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-04-09
BRAND PRESIDENTS NEW IDEA
FOR Ne GRO coll LEGE AS SANCTION
OF SEGREGATIONAL METHODS

CLEVELAND, Ohio by Leon
Lewis for AMP Composite criti-
cism obtained from survey Of
opinion Of several Negro leaders in
educational circles in The East and
West branded Dr.. d. Ormonde
Walkers, newly inaugurated Ptesi-
dent Of Wilberforce University, ad-
voeacy Of a special approach By Me-
gro educational Institutions in the
training Of Negro youth as a sane
tion of segregational methods. fol-
lowing publication Of Dir. Walkers
Inaugural address last week.
Perhaps no proposal in the field
of education has caused SO great a
stir among Negro leaders as has Dr..
Walkers since the days of Booker
{. Washington who called down upon
his head the anathama of the ihen
existing opponents Of higher edlca-
ion as a solution pf the Negro prob
lem in America. and who saw iii his
Tuskegee idea the relegation Of the
Negro to menial tasks Of domestic
service and industrial labor.
II bis inpurnfal address, DR..
Waller aflvonatea an education for
Nersoes.'' II pleading for this, he
declared that it Is not i particular
brand OF Negro education, but the
Negro needs to be provided with the
necessary weapons that he will be
called upon to use III the arena Of
life. A canvass of the opinion Of
several Negros educational leaders
bring the charge that advocacy OF
special or racial method iii education
adapted to economic on environment
for which an educational system is IN.
tabiished in general democratic S
al differences reverses the purpo
ciety such as ours. DR.. Walker, they
say, seems to feel that Negro inst 7
tut1onal methods must apreal to a
racial aspect and psychology and
suggests the very thing that we have
been trying to get away from
A widesTfead opinion expressed
BY Negro leaders in the edneatio, al
field is that Negro institutions Of
learning should not be set up TO
meet certain racial aspect bit
should be made adaptable to the
system and standards maintained in
the national system. 1t is further
related that any attempt to NegFo-
ize education is set back to Ameii-
canisna in education.
Definitely, it Is charged, DR..
Walkers idea as expressed in his
address brands him as a sanctioner
of segregational methods. His idea,
If followed, would checkmate our de-
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-04-09

DAYTON, Apr. SIN few weeks
the sound Of riveting machines will
herald the apnroach Of the new and
larger Rike's Department Store here,
according to an announcement made
by the executives Or the Rike-Kum--
Ter Company yesterday. When this
new building is completed, the
one OF the largest and most modern
Miami Valley may boast Of having
department stores in the State.
Plans under construction call for
an eight story addition to the pres
ent building as we'll as adding one
story to the building as it now stands.
Work DC laying the foundation for
the new addition has already been
started, and erection Of steel will
begin within few weeks. The en-
Iargement will give Rikess approxir
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-04-09
HON. A. r. DAWSON
FORUM SPEAKER

The Hon. A. r. Dawson, Union
Gas and Electric Company, will be
the speaker, Sunday, April Is, be-
fore the Sunday Afternoon Open
Forum Of the Boosters Club, Ninth
Street YMCA of Cincinnati Jesse
o. Thomas, Southern Field Secretary
of the National Urban League will
address the Forum, Sunday, April
25. While in the city MIR. Thomas
will be the after dinner speaker at
luncheon in his honor sponsored by
the social workers of Cincinnati, Miss
Anne Smith, district secretary of the
Associate Charities is serving as
chairman Of the committee.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-04-09
DR.. Wal KER'S S SCHOOL IDEACHALLENGED
LONDON ETHIOPIAN MINISTER
AGAIN APPEALS TO WORLD

although the Ethiopians were very
poorly equipped as compared with
him, they were antagonists too brave
and tough to be defeated easily in
fair fight, he resorted to a prohibit
ed and diabolieal method of warfare,
viz, bombardment with poisonous
gas, ! do not know what the rules
Of fair play in Fascist italy may b.,
but they certainly do not appear %
be the same as those one learns 10
follow in British public schools,
cording to which, let alone using
unfair and diabolical methods IF
fighting, bigger and stronger boy
would neser attempt to assault q
younger and weaker schoolfellow.
oh! if we would only remember our
school day lessons on morality al d
conduct, and would live up to them,
how much better the world would be
for it.
"3. As if throwing poisonous gas
on ill-equipped soldiers were not
cruel enough another atrocity WAS
practised purposely by the aero-
planes going behind and around tie
fighting lines and bombarding de-
fenceless old men, women and chill
dreu, and even the unfortunate
animals with poisonous gas. Al the
same time leaflets We're thrown all
over the country, telling the civilians
that if they did net persuade their
soldiers 10 stop lighting, they tthe
civilansl would be exterminated. -
this MT 4 brutal act beyond all
Continued Oh Page FOURl
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-04-09
Cruelty after Cruelty"
Inflicted on His People
Dr. A. w. Martin Says
Describes Savage Assault
On Ethiopian Women and
Girls; Many Died

LONDON calvin Servicel DR..
A. w. G. Martin, Ethiopian Minister
to London, in another signed article
in New Times and Ethiopia News,
semi-official publication Of Ethiopian
affairs, says: As have been afflict-
ed almost beyond endurance, can
no longer forbear from appealing
once more to the coscience and hui
name feelings of the world in gem
eral, and of the whole civilized peo-
pies.
Since the beginning Of the Ital-
ian aggression in Ethiopia, cruelty
after cruelty has been inflicted on
the unfortunate victim. shall just
briefly recount these wrongs to re-
fresh the memory Of those who are
too much engrossed in their own
affairs to remember them.
First Cruelty.
Il. The first cruelty was commit.
ted when the premeditated and wan
ton aggression was perpetrated Of
defenceless, confding and innocent
fellow State member of the League
Of Nations.
~. The aggressor realising that
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-04-09

mately SO per cent more floor space.
About 5000 Dayton men will be em-
ployed at different periods in the
construction of the addition, and it
is estimated that 100000 will be
paid as wages to these workmen.
A modern. air-condtioned dining
room is included in the plans, and
will have as one of its features a
complete wall built Of glass brick,
A larger and more modern kitchen
will serve the new dining room and
provide most Of the food preparation
for the Grill on the first floor ane
the Employees dining room.
A new and larger beauty salon vii
be located in the new addition of
the third floor, adjoining the fash
ion department. II will occupy about
Continued on Page F0uRl
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-04-09
STUDENTS RUN
SCHOOL.
Paul Harvey Sits
In Principals 5 Chair

DAYTON - Student Administers
ton day, in which Dunbar High
School students took charge of school
held Wednesday morning. The pro-
activities and management, was
ject---the first Of it's kind At the
school was sponsored by the Dun
bar student council
Pupils who took administrative Of
fees over for the morning were Paul
Harvey, principal; Paul Allen, assist
ant principal, and Emily Stewart
secretary. Members Of the commit
tee in charge are Franklin Brooks,
Ellen Whately, Gernese Young
Adell eYoung, Julian Peasant and
Miss Jessie Hathcock, faculty adviser.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-04-09
|ANTI-L. .YN(,HING
BILL DISCARDED

WASHINGTON, April I. The
house after witnessing its first dis
play of fiilibustering tactics Of the
session, declined to debate an an i
lynching measure offered BY Repre-
sentative Mitchell (Dem., ILL.,, only
Negro member Of Congress
Opponents of such legislation,
chiefly southern members, joined
with supporters Of q more drastic
measure offered by Representative
Gavagan (Dem., N.Y. to throw the
Mitchell bill into the discard, 257
to 1872.
Previously the critics Of the Mitch
ell bill had engaged in such filibuster-
ing maneuvers as forcing clerks to
read yesterdays lengthy journal Of
house proceedings.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-04-09
z. wv. ELLIOTT ADDRESSES
BOOSTERS DIRECTORS DINNER

The Board Of Directors Of the
Ninth Street YMCA Boosters Club
was addressed by E. w. Elliott, re-
turned YMCA Secretary to India. at
its annual directors dinner last week.
The occasion was one Of great sig
nifcance, the reports Of the five
local committees showed marked
improvement In program activities
| and j decidedly upward trend in the
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-04-09
NAACP FIGHTS
NIT (,EIE.I.I. BILL.

NEW YORK Ca telegram was
sent to Democratic House leaders
and TO Chairman Farley Of the Dem
ocratic National Committee on Sat
urday warning that an attempt to
rush the Mitchell anti-lynching bill
to vote on Wednesday would be
bitterly resented, The NAACP
charges that Mitchell's bill is 'semas-
culated, ineffective and virtually
worthless
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-04-09

sire to become un--hypenated Ameri-
can citizens. II is argued that in
q truly democratic society, we must
be trained to become a component
and definite part Of that whole So
8eiety.
In disagreeing with the Wilber-
force Presidents statements, these
educators say in effect that Negro
colleges must not be such ia activity
but must become comparable TO other
Continued on Page TWO)
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-04-09
WHITE EDITOR is TUskEGEE
FOUNDERS DAY SPEAKER

TUsKEGEE INSTITUTE, Ala
(C)-John Temple Graves II, editor
OF the Birmingham Age Herald, will
be the Founders Day speaker at
Tuskegee Institute on Sunday after
noon, April A.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-04-09

MISS MARION MARSHALL.
youthful Journalist, secretary Of
Calvinss Newspaper Service of 1a3
West 125h Street, New York City,
whose high school shorthand and
typing record at Passaie, Nj, and
her award in q radio speed contest
caused story Of her work to ap-
pear in the March number Of the
Gregg Writer, magazine for secre-
taries. (Canvin Service.)
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-04-09

director 81 the Hodge European
Tours, 1949 7Ath Street, Brooklyn,
NY, who will sail on July 8, abroad
the lie. de- France on . 47-day tour
Of France, Switzerland and Italy, all
by motor. This is Mr.. Hodges ninth
tour, and his party will consist main
Nv Of educators, professional and
business people. lCanyin ssryicea
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-08-31
c. & O. Acquisition of Two
Railroads Is Given Approval

Continued from rage One)