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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-09-03
CALVIN SWINGS BACK THROUGH
THE SOUTH FROM CHICAGO

building, is the last word in mod
ernistic front.
Memphis, Tenn.
Sunday morning at six o'clock,
August %, We left st. Louis headed
for Memphis. It was interesting to
see the Ozark Hills folk going TO
church in their vehicles of ancient
make. We arrived al Beale Street
at 5 pm, and as we dined, Prof
Nat %. Williams, noted news cores
pondent, told us Of the towns goings
on.
We did not tarry long in Memphis,
but recrossed the Mississippi and
went on to Little Rock, arriving at
s pm. DR.. M. Lafayette Harris,
president Of Philander Smith Col
lege, invited us TO his house for the
night, and after looking over Ninth
Street and chatting with J.. Harvey
Kerns, in charge of the newly Or
ganized branch of tic Urban League,
we retired for the night.
Old Home Town
Monday morning, very early, we
left Little Rock and drove liz miles
to Hope, Ark, scene Of my high
school days. BrealSfasted with a
former teacher, Mrs. j. u Moore,
then went on up the country
where the family spent The next
two days with relatives and friends.
There is one notable improvement
III certain of the rural sections OF
the South Power lines are being
| run 50 the country folk can get
i electric light and electric refrigera--
| tion, and enjoy the solace of the
radio. Life on the farm is not as
insufferably dull as it used to be.
| East Texas
On Wednesday we took the aback
route through Ashdown to Texark-
ana, where we learned the Federal
Housing Administration has cracked
| down on both white and colored,
confiscating literally hundreds Of
hohsas because Of delinquency IN
| payments on loans. 1t was told to us
that many Of the borrowers thought
the Government was really going to
/ give them the money
From Texarkana we went on to
/ Marshall where, in the absence Of
/ President M. w Dogan. Prof Fl. J,
| Mason showed us any improvements
being made at Wiley College. Thence
4 across town to Bishop College, where
| Mrs. Joseph ]. Rhoades, in the alb
sence Of President Rhoads. told Us
If what is going on there.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-09-03
The Way to OJsair,
CiUii Rights

Since the amended civil
rights bill has gone INTO effect,
there have been many ullsuc-
cessful efforts made BY colofed
persons TO crash INTO tfle here
tore forbidden places. some
have been served reluctantly,
others have been bhlntly re-
fused, and a few have been
thrown out.
lii our judgment the wrong
approach has been made to
oDtain the benefits Of the old
mot neW) law. II must be
remembered hat custom
(which Is unWfltten iaW) IS
stronger than statutes. for
more than twenty llke years
Negroes III Southern Ohio have
submitted to segfegatlon with
out protest. thus public senti-
ment to Jim crow and deny MIN
his civil rights has been crys-
tallized. The public will not
reverse itself over night.
We agree since The Old law
has been amended, il Is timely
to contend for its full benefits.
But, first, some effort should be
made to create public senti-
ment. We believe q level
headed committee of eolored
persons should meet the cham
ber Of Commerce, the Recall
Merchants Association, the
Better Business Bureau, the
Ministers Alliance and the
editors Of the daily press. Pre-
sent the Negroes plight to
these organizations and en-
deavor to win them. II they
will help to mold public senti-
ment to give the Negro his full
civil rights, he will obtain
them gradually.
The Negro must appeal to
the better judgment Of his
white brothers. TO attempt to
obtain his rights by brute force
is silly; to pit law against
public sentiment il folly. A
ringing and persistent appeal
for fair play will bring results.
A minority group must use
strategy to accomplish its OBJ
jectiye.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-09-03
r Z A I U K E S
United States Leads
Electrically

The United States not only
leads the entire world in pro-
duction and use of power, but |
the electric generating capac--
ity in this country is nearly |
one-third greater than that OF
Great Britain and Canada,
Germany, France, Russia, italy |
and Japan combined, accord
ing to the report Of the Science
Committee Of the National Re-
sources Committee.
Mechanical power, in the
short interval Of little more
than century," the report
says, ''by transferring reliance
from animate to inanimate
energy, has revolutionized the
whole environment of human
life by enabling man to utilize
the energy and materials OF
his environment more effec-
lively. Past civilizations rest
ed upon human slavery; our
times are dependent uon me-
chanical power and energy re-
sources.
'.In order that humanity at
large may gain the greatest
benefit from the age of me-
chanical power, sustained and
clear thinking of many minds
will be needed. The future
power policy Of this country
must be considered upon a
fact finding basis, without pre-
judice or passion, and action
must be taken slowly and de-
liberately SO as not to hinder
progress
During the last few years,
discussions of power policy
have been largely dominated
by prejudice and passion which
the Committee deplores. There
has been d determined socialis-
tic campaign, largely Of politi-
cal origin, to persuade the
public that the private utility
industry constitutes a menace,
/ rather than a blessing, to the
| people. Yet the amazing pro-
i -
gress in expanding the use OF
! power in this country has been
almost entirely the work OF
private industry. Government
! power producing agencies
4 have, ii the past, been ex-
| tremely minor factors.
Today about 40 mechanical
horsepower is available in this
country for each family-the
| equivalent Of 400 human
slaves. The bulk Of this pow
er il electrical. That is a rec
ord Of achievement unparallel-
! ed anywhere else in the world
and Is to a great extent res
ponsible for the fact that
| American wages and the
/ American standard Of living
are the highest on earth The
only reasonable deduction that
can be made IS that our past
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o 1897 INTERNATIONAL EEeRo pRas3

had to leave my uncle in the hotel
lobby while ! went hunting rooms.
Other holels also said there was no
room, and perhaps they actually were
full, since the city was crowded.
Finally, however, we were accepted
in very comfortable private West
End hotel. It took me from Q to
6 o'clock to find accommodations :
q was looking forward 50 much
to seeing Edinburgh and Scotland,
but all the trouble quite spoiled the
conference for me, the bishop, who
has been seven times across the At
lantic and back and has been preach
ing for 67 years stated.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-09-03
Children In Court
BY JUDGE MALCOLM HATFIELD

by JULIE MALNoLM TIA EtEI-D
# II
Five boys stood in court yesterday
afternoon and confessed that they
had stolen several hundred dollars
worth Of brass from the city and
various manufacturing plants. Two
electric traffic signal lights valued
at eighty dollars were destroyed so
that d few pounds Of brass could be
secured.
During the course Of the trial it
was learned that the brass had been
sold to several junk dealers. When
the boys were confronted by the
junk dealers they readily admitted
that they would not have stolen the
traffic lights if it had not been pos
sible to dispose of the brass they
contained.
The parents Of the boys, together
with the city officials and represen-
tatives Of the manufacturing firms
Immediately Joined forces IN asking
the prosecuting attorney to bring
suit against the junk dealers.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-09-03
Joe Louis Remains
Champion

Neither Joe Louis nor the
boxing experts seem to fare so
we'll with his foreign rs with
native opponents. There was
the case of Max Schmeling,
who halted temporarily the
march Of the sensational De-
troit heavyweight toward the
world championship. And now
Tommy Farr, although not
good enough to snatch his re-
Gently won crown, succeeded
in carrying the fight to the
limit.
All of which probably Wor-
ries Joe Louis less than those
who figured he would win BY
a quick knockout. That APP
parently included most of the
fewer than $4,000 spectators,
who unexpectedly sat through
lis rounds Of what Is rated q
pretty good boxing match and
toward the end reserved most
of their cheers for the Welsh
challenger. But the decision
was what counted, and with
that Joe has reason Ito be CON
tent, since he remains cham
pion.
E Dayton Daily Journal)
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-09-03
By FLOYD j. CALVIN


CHICAGO - Negro business is
booming in Chicago. One editor es-
timated that new businesses are be-
ing opened at the rate Of about three
a week.
An indication Of what is going on
may be seen in this. Morris's Perfect
Eat Shop, 400 East 18th Street, re-
Gently opened It's main dining room,
the whole place costing 100000. It
is one Of the finest restaurants this
writer has seen anywhere. There it
grand piano for sunday afternoon
concerts, and the decorations and
lighting effects are stunning.
The Ben Franklin Store, also re-
Gently opened by the Jones Brothers,
is all and more than has been said
Of it. The store is air conditioned,
the second colored place We heve
seen so equipped, the first being the
law offices Of Raymond Pace Alex
ander Of Philadelphia. A place of
the size Of the Franklin Store is neN'
among colored people, but an air
of confidence pervades the place.
There are sixteen departments, or
counters, at which different kinds of
l.a. - ..-I.
Newspapers Progressive
The newspapers are making pro-
gress. The Chicago Defender il
pushing its color printing, although
it is an expensive process. The
paper also makes its own cuts. The
Chicago Bee has !; q; i;i,;e ii;;e ssttfvak
Model Ia linotype machine, the
latest type made. The Chicago World
and the Metropolitan News each have
good mechanical equipment on which
all of their work is done except the
press work.
We recall the dolefnl prophecy
current when the South Center De
partment store opened a few years
ago and installed Dick Jones al
manager with an interracial staff
The store has. prospered, and Mr.
Jones is still on the job.
Our threa- day stay IN Chicaigs
was pleasant, indeed, with calls OF
the Defender staff, the Bee staff
Editor N. X. McGill of the Metro
politan News and Editor Jacob TIP
per Of the Chicago World
ST. Louis, Mo.
Easing out of the Windy City q
Saturday morning, we wei1ded oul
way southwark through Joliet, witt
q stop for breakfast at Bloomington
Ill.,, Whence to lprfngfsld, where
we paused to see the office Of th'
Illinois Informer, 120 S. 11th St.
and the home of Abraham Lincol,
and the State Capitol, then On soutf
until we finally stopped at 41s0 NJ
Belle Place, ST. Louis, the home q
friends. Immediately the writer
drove to the Office of the st. Louii
Argus, 1912 Market Street, and IN
spected =. the plant, editor J Il
Mitchell having left for the day)
which Is filled with good equinment
then to the Peoples Finance Build
ing across the street for a half hour
chat with e. NJ. Davis, new MANAGING
editor Of the st. Louis American
The DeI4nx Restaurant just across
4hs street in front of the Peoples
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-09-03
BOY VISITS NEW YORK

NEW YORK roy Howard Minor
Mason, JIG, son Of Prof. and Mrs.
II. II Mason OF Wiley College, Mar
shall, Tex, spent several days here,
the guest of Editor Elmer Al. Carter
Of Opportunity magazine. The young
Texan visited Radio City, the Joe
Louis camp. saw the Tri-Borough
bridge, and even went to Atlantic
City. He will stop in Washington
and Cincinnati on his way home.
Young Mason is II sophomore at
Wiley College, where his father is
director of publicity.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-09-03
{ O NJ NE n I 5
Calvin 5 Digest

dislike Judge Callahan and we hated
Thomas e. knight, Jr.., but we
should not necessarily see these men
when we are evaluating another.
Colored people complain bitterly
when this same principle is applied
to them. They do not like tor white
people to evaluate their intelligentsia
as they do their ignorant and un-
informed.
Our suggestion is that we let Mr..
Justice Black make his record with
as much peace and calm as possible.
Let US not nag him unduly. He
achieved high honor, and as an
American citizen, he is entitled to
the honor. Even il he proved diff
erent to what we hope, that would
be no reason for saying the President
or the New Deal has turned OUT
the Negro. 1t is possible for the
/ President to make an honest error
like anybody else. As a group, we
must quit being so sensitive and
narrow, if we expect others to be
broad and tolerant in their dealings
with us.
Vacation
This is written $500 miles from
the usual point where we send forth
our cogitations. We are on a trip
] which, in a way, might be termed
vacation. We don't go in for vaca--
/ tions as such, because we don't have
| the time. However, if in the
/ course Of our varied activity we can
snatch few moments of relaxation,
we welcome them.
Everyone likes to return to the
scenes Of his arly life. This is writ
ten amidst those scenes. From this
point, out here in Southwest Arkar-
sas, we can see school windows from
which we once gazed out on the
great world before we had any ink
ling ow what it was all about. In
such surroundings one is prone to
check up to see how the early
! dreams have turned out. In our
case, we have not gone the way we
had expected, for in looking over
some old school books we find we
had written IN it the name Of law
firm of which we intended to be a
| member. However, we are happy
in the work we have more happy
than we might have been in the
| field of tho law.
There is something fascinating
about journalism. and especially
Negro journalism. By nature we like
the speculative, and there is no more
speculative proposition under the sur
than colored newspaper. You never
know exactly where you are. Your
premise is subject to change ait any
minute, and Of course when the pre-
mise changes, everything else
changes.
But on the whole, there are Ger
tain rules and principles which con-
troll even this speculative PROPOSE
ton. These rules and principles car
be learned, and if practiced, success
in some degree, will come. One mus
be honest with his fellows, must de-
. light in serving a good cause, mus
resolve not to quit when the goinf
gets rough, and must be careful ane
competent in business dealings. Their,
is nothing easy about this. 1t is ;
hard field, but it has it's compensa-
tions.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-09-03
Bishop on Committee


The bishop was selected mem
Der Of a committee to report on the
future relationship between the
World Faith and Order movement
and the Life and Work Movement
The bishop also enjoyed the worship
of other members Of the conference,
all of them younger men, who called
him 1the father Of the conference.
s.It was a perfectly lovely after
noon,' Miss Caldwell said Of her
shopping trip with Lady Simon, "and
] enjoyed every minute Of It. After
the shopping, sightseeing and tea,
Lady Simon took me to bookshop
and ordered her husbands book, "A
Portrait of My Mother this she pre-
sented to me, and | shall treasure it. !
Scotland Not Tennessee"
Indicative of the editorial position
of the Scottish papers is an editorial
in the Edinburgh Sunday Post, with
the title, Edinburgh is q Long Way
From Tennessee!'
american tourists .. should re-
member that Scotland is a long way
from Tennessee. If it hurts an
American to have Negro living in
the same hotelequally it hurts a
Negro if he's turned away because
of his color .
1t would be most unhappy
circumstance if the name Of Edin-
burgh through this isolated incident,
should become associated with intol
erance among the colored people Of
the en-. .oire--and that despite the fact
that Edinburgh University is the alma
mater Of hundreds Of colored profes-
Asional men.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-09-03
Slave CELEBRATES
l(,ltIa Birthday

MARVEL, Ark (ANP) Uncle"
Tim Hendrix, born a slave in Craw-
ford county, Georgia, in 1893, cele-
brated his 101th Birthday and his
list wedding anniversary Sunday.
His wife, now blind, is os.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-09-03
BY FLOYD j. CALVIN
Business League Changes


will doubtless approve most heartily
Che ehanges made at the Atlanta
meet ng Of the National Negro Busi-
ness A stle. Or. g. u. apaalding
Of D1lrhams NC ssamed banking
and insurance executive, was named
presl -ent, and Dir. 4. e. Motion,
long president Of the organization,
was elevated to the post of president
emeritus.
For the first time In the Leagues
history the leadership goes to q busi-
ness man instead Of an educator. The
League, founded By Dr.. Booker j.
Washington, has been headed by 4
Tuskegee president throughout its
thirty odd years OF history. DR.. r.
ID. Patterson, present president Of
Tuskegee, is to be congratulated up
on the breadth Of his view in seeing
that the best interests Of the business
men can now be served by the busi-
ness men themselves promoting their
own organization.
Meantime President Spaulding has
undertaken huge task. Dr. Spauld-
ing has demonstrated, personally,
that he is a business leader Of first
rank, but taking an organization like
the Business League and reyiving it
and making it serve all Of our busi-
ness men is a task calling for new
strength and new powers
President spaulding is an advo-
cate of the principle of cooperation
in business. There are many Of our
business men who preach this, but
not practice it. It will be up to
President Spaulding to induce these
recalcitrants to practice what they
preach. If they can be induced to
make this change Of front. when
the Business League and Negro busi-
ness will experience new era Of
prosperity.
'Liquidating the Negro
We note that some Of the politi-
cal prophets now warn that because
Senator Hugo Black was elevated to
! the Supreme Court bench, the trend
| Of the New Deal7 seems to be to
| tIiauidatev the Negro We see nc
| reason for such an assumption, OF
/ even such speculation. President
| Roosevelt, because Of his peculiar
personality and bent of mind, and IN
spite of the fact that he Is a Demo-
crat, made the New Deal" Out o1
the New Deal, and under Democratic
rule, came benefits of which the col
/ ored citizen did not dream. w.
/ did not expect a Federal Judge, w
! have been amazed at the amount Q.
] money that has been poured int
| our educational institutions, and th
Roosevelt policy Of placing coloret
men III strategic official positions
such as in the Department Of the In
terror, the Resettlement Administra-
| ton, and the Works Progress Ad-
ministration has proved conclusivel
that the colored citizen was definite
II meant TO share in the New Deal
| Why, then, should the President
| choice for the Supreme Court, eve
| before an unfriendlg act is commit.
ted, evoke such comment as is noN
| going the rounds We hailed Judg
Horton of Alabama when he stoo
/ up like a man for justice for tn
Seottsboro boys How did we knoy
| that Judge Horton would be fal
| before he proved himself. VIII
would have endorsed Judge Hcltoi
for anything where Negroes are con
/ cerned before he proved himself i
i the Scottsboro case? OF course w
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BISHOP ITIF ARE.T)

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round when at noon they still could
not pnt us ilp, and al 2 o'clock ]
could see that we were not wanted. I
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Hotel Makes Alibis

Once the incident became broad
cast and such important people as
Sir John and Lady Simon, became
interested, the hotel made all kinds
of alibis.
ut said that it was overlooked, :
Miss Caldwell related, aand even told
one newspaper that clerk, about to
be fired, had oversold the house, but
nobody believes this.
sIn one newspaper statement, the
manager Of the hotel denied having
racial ban, but he added; We do.
not usually accept colored people If
we know beforehand He said
white American guests objected. !.
TO help her forget the inconven-.
fences she suffered, Miss Caldwell
has to remember the luncheon with
the Simons and a later shopping tour
and tea with the very liberal Lady
Simon, who is the author Of a book
slavery, stack Of friendly letters
and many new acquaintance, and
many invitations to visit BMtishers
in many parts Of the empire.
The Washington times., 1937-02-26
ENJOYS HONOR
GIRL SCOUTS

Ambassadors, ministers and at
taches of 33 nations paid their
annual visit to the Little House,
1850 New York Ave. N. W., Of the
National Girl Scouts here yester.
day in observance of the twenty
fifth anniversary of the local
group, and international recogni-
ton of their affiliated troops
abroad.
Clad in uniforms of every coun-
try in which scouts have been or
ganized, youthful hosteses received
the visitors in rooms decorated
with the flags of all nations
throughout the afternoon. Each
girl in the receiving line carried
doll she had dressed herself in
the costume of the country she
represented for the day.
The Washington times., 1937-02-26
ROCKVILLE FAIR
DEADL|NE SET

ROCKVILLE, Md, Feb. 26.-An
entries for the first annual Rock
vile Community Fair. to be held
in the gymnasium of the local high
school today and tomorrow, must
be in place before noon today, the
fair committee announced last
night.
Entries for the affair, which is
receiving the support of the civic
agricultural ard edr"" "+:"---
CARNATIONS Of this part Of Mont
gomery Coulluy, n
stock, handiwork, pets, farm prod
ucts and produce and one of the
largest game exhibits ever held in
this section of the State, accord
ing to members of the committee.
Two features of the fair will
consist of a cat show tonight at
8 o'clock, with Mrs. j. Darby Bow
man as judge, and a dog show
tomorrow at 10 q. m.
Judges of the exhibits will con-
sist of Miss Ruby Kirk, clothing:
Mrs. Lorna L. Sween. food; w. H.
Rice, poultry, and F. w. Olden-
burg, grain.