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Other Editors Say

NEGRO WORKERS AND UNIONS

that of labor unions have awakened to
taking their Negro workers. much the praise
of John of the Industrial Organization The
greatest unions during
half century be attributed the a
ude of of unions wherein they refused take Negro
The suggestion white conist recently that praise for
John Lewis should exceed that Louis coming from the ranks Of
the Negro racial group timely and The former Lewis
gaining recognition labor the steel and other
industries taking the Negro right along with other workers.
The should exhibit hestancy joining
these wherever the opportunity presented Heretofore
motives,
recognition during strike their appeal the Negroes
then based desire keep Negroes from serving strike
breakers Under the Lewis pn the contracts with heads of large
industrial works include discriminatory clauses with reference to
this is the Negro worker afforded
uniy not his share of to have the protection
that accorded other rules
only Negro advantage opportunity join
his efficiency and dependaty The individual who falls short in
giving satisfactory service his employer will be weeded out under
the strict rules of the ion the fellow who drops his tools
attend his moheaws funeral regardless how hot the metal
is for pourg) the who fails show expected
eighth August picnic ride will find that
demand the protection that unions provide and he will be kicked
out of their ranks The situation offers fine opportunity for the
that should seriously considered przedTh
News. ri VI" WT'
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all intelligent colored people to
have him represent them any
where! Dear readers, don't y think
it about time we stopped living in
the PAST Con the Stage, Screen,
and Radio)?
IF big white band leaders like
Guy Lumbardo, Wayne King, Fred
Waring, Paul Whiteman, and Ben
Bernie GALL of them very wealthy
saw fit to organize for their own
"protection," it seems more logical
that colored band leaders would do
likewise las most of them are just
jump or two ahead of the old
wolf). Here is another reason
why colored band leaders need a
protective organization among
themselves: Too often colored
band leaders have been "manhan-
died" by white bookers and dis
carded like so much rubbish! To
you that may sound impossible,
when I tell you that colored people
support colored bands NINETY
per cent! Right here the question
arises: If colored people support
colored bands ninety per cent, why
do our best band leaders allow
themselves to be robbed by unfair
white .bookers? Yeah, that may
be one for the book, but it is made
possible by the lack of organiza-
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Standing
Room Only?
By DAVID M. HALL

GAIL the people on earth can be
put into a box measuring a half
mile in each direction the box
pushed off the edge of the Grand
Canyon, there would be a crash, a
splash, and only a few bubbles to
mark humanity's grave" Thus
does Hendrix Van Loon illustrate
in his vivid Geography" how
small is the population of our
world.
But-at the present rate of
growth, how long will it be before
there are too many people on
earth? How long will it be before
there will be far too many people
to go into a box several miles in
each direction? How long will it
be before there is standing room
only? We may be assured of only
one thing: it will not be during our
lifetime, nor our children's life
time, nor their children's lifetime.
Is it inevitable, however, that
sometime in the not-so-distant fu-
ture we shall be faced with the
problem of too many people?
In the minds of some scientists
there is little doubt but what the
worlds demand for food for its in
creasing population will exceed the
crop yield. We cannot question
the fact that the world population
is increasing. Japan seeks an out
let for her overlooking population
in Western Asia-even in South
America; Italy seeks new sources
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The Gloom Chasers Social, Art
and Literary Club met at the home
of Mrs. Essie Arnold, 21O4 E. 10Th
St., Thursday, March 18. After the
business of the evening was con-
cluded an unusually interesting
program was presented. Refresh
ments were served by the hostess.
The next meeting will be held with
Mrs. Beulah Carmichael, 3119 18th
Avenue S., Wednesday, March 81.
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DULUTH NEWS
JOSEPHS ENTERTAIN
DAUGHTER AT BIRTH
DAY PARTY

Miss Audrey Joseph, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. N. Joseph, 1926
98th Ave. W., Duluth, was enter
tanned on her 18th birthday, March
16, by her parents.
The decorations and food were
in st. Patrick's Day colors. Green
and white candles were burning.
The center piece was pot of rose
buds. Nuts, candies and special
st. Patrick's Day ice cream were
served, besides various other dain-
ties. Guests present were Mrs.
George Cox, Flora Sailing, Wan
derlee Henry, Cecil Henry, Steve
Cox, Lucille Daniel, Dorothy
Thomas, Gladys Minis, Roam Wiley,
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Praise and Criticism
By Porter Roberts

Dear readers don't you think quite amusing of
New York City shouting himself hoarse about Hitler has done
the Jews Germany his treated just
bad economically speaking. have for Hitler and
Mussoln than have for FOURgged dogs! But think the House
called America stand much needed cleaning before like the
of New York City successfully lick the dirt off Hitler
and Mussons back porch Here is why the New York
ignore the Harlem Negro he Harlem
satisfied Bill Robinson
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(which doesn't mean a thing).
Most Harlem Negroes are satisfied
that Jews, Italians, and other
nationalities own everything in
Harlem from news stands to
theaters! Most Harlem Negroes
are pleased to act the clown, while
they are pushed further down the
ladder of human society! Just
give 'em a few f1ashy clothes, and
plenty room to "Truck" and they
are completely satisfied! Uh huh,
it IS pity. (Only a hand full of
colored people amount to hill of
beans in Harlem.)
Week after week, Major Bowes
parades too many dumb, or dumb
acting Negroes before his Radio
audience. 1t is beginning to look
as though the Major PLANS to
have a group of colored clowns on
hand each week, for the main pur-
pose of making his followers laugh
and feel proud of being of some
other race. I am now wondering
if intelligent colored people are
purposely eliminated by those who
addition amateur talent for the
Major, Sure, I know it fiatters the
average white persons vanity to
parade the old "darky" type of
Negro before him, but it insults
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Lee Wiley, Albert Minis, Leon
Minis, Glading Sailing, and Fred
Bell.
The party began at 7:30 p. m.
The evening was spent playing
games but the grand climax was
opening the presents, which were
beautiful and useful.
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ton among our top-fight band
leaders! wait, I'll tell you what's
wrong with the guys; they are
drunk with their FAME! And
their white managers are loaded
with their money. Haw! it IS
really funny.)
Here is a CONTRAST for you:
White girls are selected for the
choruses of the big white shows,
when most of them are in their
''teens," and must give away to
younger girls after they are around
twenty-five. On the other hand,
colored girls become chorus girls
also in their "tee.Is," but are al
lowed to remain chorus "girls"
until they are grandmothers!
How are we going to glorify our
women, if we are going to parade
grandmothers, as examples of
budding beauty! I think grand
mothers are the grandest persons
in the world, but the chorus of
revues is no place for them! At
tention colored show producers:
There are so many beautiful
YOUNG ladies waiting for a
chance on the stage!
PASSING THOUGHTS: "Stuff"
Smith, the colored lad who wrote
the novelty song titled else a
Muggin," is still a sensation here
in the Onyx Club after being there
over a year (they are charging the
Onyx now. By the way, that's
the same Club where the song
"The Music Goes Round and
Round" got started. =. Did you
hear Duke Ellington on the swing
session? Don't you wish Ivie
Anderson would sing some new
hot tunes? Yeah, I too kinda
grow tired of the same old stuff.
Hey Duke! >. Just drop a line to
Duke in care of the Cotton Club,
and tell him what you want to
hear, you'll get it! If the "Hit
Parade" isn't. a racket, how can
those Hollywood columnists tell
you that a new motion picture
song will be on the "Hit Parade"
long before the picture is released?
Just what, if anything, must
colored artists do to get CONNER
cial Radio programs Sure, we
know that they are plenty good
$50 what?), so we should write a
million letters a week to the Radio
stations, then the sky would be the
limit for colored artists via Radio!
Here is my address again, it
will be in this space each week
from now on, here tits: 2 West 120
St., New York City. I shall be
glad to answer your letters ZEN
close stamps for repIies) Cow
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colonies and at Russia. What
tentative date, then, can be set as
the time when Mother Earth can
support no more?
In the "New Outlook" for March,
1888, Louis I. Dublin asserts that
in only a few more decades we
shall reach our maximum numbers
in the United States, likely never
to exceed $50 millions. The 1880
census indicated a population of
1913 million, an increase in ten
years of over II millions but
the rate of growth during the last
ten years was about as low as for
the preceding decade, when because
of the World War and the influenza
epidemic, it was the lowest for any
ten year period in the history Of
the country. Then too, we have an
ever diminishing excess of births
over deaths. In the last ten years
our birthrate has declined nearly
20 per cent while the mortality rate
has remained fairly stationary. The
best guess is that in 1910 our pop
ulation will not exceed 131 mil
lions.
>, Dublin further prognosticates
that the population will probably
reach it's maximum of somewhat
less than $50 million about 1870,
and will then go into a rapid de-
cline, falling to 140 million by the
year 1000 and to rs million by
2100. In other words, our pOpula-
ton will fall so per cent in only
100 years!
Harold Calender, in the Febru-
airy, 1885, issue of the New York
Times Magazine, states that the
population of this country will
reach its peak in 1860 of about 148
million and decline in 1000 to lao
million. It is pointed out that the
British population will undoubtedly
reach it's maximum at the same
time along with that of Germany.
The French population has been
for several years approximately
stationary.
But if this is true for the West
ern world, it is not likely to hap
pen in Asia, India, and the rest
of the East where large families
still prevail and where education
and sanitation are gradually re-
ducing epidemics and their re-
sultant death-rate. This would in
dictate that the world will be pre-
dominantly yellow or brown with
in the next three centuries if it
were not for the assumption that
by that time, changes such as are
now occurring in the Western
world will have begun in the East.
Moreover, in spite of the facts,
figures, and predictions given by
the foregoing experts, the World
Almanac gives the earth's popula-
ton as two billion and the rate of
growth as 80 million a year. At
that rate the population of the
planet will double itself in &c
years! In 1910 the number of in
habitants per square mile in the
United States was 4.3, in 1870,
1870. Thus, during that period it
would seem our population more
than doubled itself. immigration,
however, makes population Stats
tics, at the least, uncertain and not
entirely indicative.
In view of the above information
we might then conclude that there
may never come a time when the
world will be overcrowded. Per-
haps an even rate of births to
deaths may prevail and the popu-
lation be distributed evenly over
the surface of the globe. At any
rate, following the unfailing law
of averages it seems that we are
destined never to have to face the
problem Of finding more room.
EDITORS NOTE.-David M.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-05-21
AT THE MOVIES
Shall We Dance Is
High Speed Romance

The velocity romance Of two
famous people lends melodious
theme to Shall We Dance" RKO
Radios new Fred Astaire-G Ginger Rog-
ers musical.
This picture will be shown 1T the
Paramount Saturday. Sunday and
Monday.
Unlike their earlier offerings In
which the two dancing aces were seen
as struggling aspirants for fame. the
new picture starts out with both por-
traying stars at the top Of their re-
spective fields, Astaire as . world-re-
nowned ballet dancer, Miss Rogers q
an equally well-known revue artistic.
Because they are 50 famous, their
every action becomes news. Conse.
when Astaires manager
carelessly gets rid Of an importunate
woman by telling her that Astaire Is
the rumor spreads like wild.
fire, and when Astaire and Miss Rog-
ers are seen together on = trans
liner, 1t Is assumed that Miss
Rogers IS the secret bride.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-05-21
Thunder in the City
Product of Sherwood

Thunder in the City" featuring
Edward q. Robinson, will be the at
traction at the Capitol theatre today
and Saturday.
Besides presenting Robinson In .
sefreshingly new type role, . far cry
from the machine gun-toting Little
Caesar" Of Americas heyhey era,
Thunder in the City" gains added
interest in the American debut Of Luli
Deste, the Baroness Hohenberg In pri-
vate life, who IS being hailed as the
most glamorous screen discovery Of
the year.
The story Of Thunder In the City"
was written by Robert Sherwood.
Pulitzer Prize playwright, and Aben
Handel, author Of "City for Conquest"
and other novels It depicts in .
comic, satirical fashion, the manner In
which an American super r-ballyhoo ar
tist takes Mother England for a
streamlined buggy-ride, with time
out for romance. ....
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-05-21
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. heart In search Of the best con-
tract II hts side was to become de-
clarer.
When the dummy went down, the
entry problem became apparent.
South undoubtedly held the heart
queen, and probably both king and
Jack Of spades, for his bid. The dia.
nond queen, which dropped on the
first trick, probably was . single
ton.
Ellis led the jack Of hearts to the
second trick and overlook with the
ace. He then played the ten Of hearts,
thereby creating another entry In
dummy.
South refused to cover, and the
ten-spot held. A spade was led and
the ten was finessed.
Declarer then laid down the ace Of
trump and conceded one trump and
two clubs to the opponents.
Copyright, 1887. "a Service. Inc)
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-05-21
By WIN. E. MCKINNEY

(Secretary, American Bridge Leasue)
The question Of entries, or ability
to put the lead In q desired hand at
will. Is one Of the problems constantly
confronting the declarer at bridge.
Often the success of a contract rests
on ability to lead from one hand up
to tenace combinations in the other.
Sometimes entries are obvious, but
at other times they must be created.
It was the question Of creating an
additional entry In the dummy that
confronted Morrie Ellis Of New York,
member Of the team finishing Sec
ond In the recent National Masters
Team Of -Four event conducted by the
American Bridge League. He had
two sure losers In clubs, and had to
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-05-21

limit his losses in trumps and hearts
to one.
The bidding Is rather Interesting,
indicating the weak suits which ex-
pert players now bid, 30 long Is It
can be done at the range Of one.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-05-21
McMemmey ON Brid$e
SETS UP EXTRA ENTRY
Decarers Handling of Side Suit Gives Him Game by Per-
mttng Two illnesses to Own Hand

Norths immediate overcall over Eis'
double was an indication Of . weak
hand. When East passed, South bid
Evening star., 1937-01-01
HEALTH ACTIVITIES
DURING YEAR CITED
Medical. Dental Service Bureau
Established to Aid Low.
Income Groups.

Establishment of the Medical-Dental
Service Bureau, to enable persons of
low incomes to obtain proper medical
and dental care, and the cooperation
, of the District Medical Society with
the District Health Department in fer
reting out cases of tuberculosis, were
described today by the society as the
high lights of its activities during
1885,
There has been a definite dispo-
sition on the part of the people as a
whole to seek medical service when
needed, indicating very definitely their
improved economic status" the So
ciety added in a comment on the
practical business side of medical
practice. I'm addition, there has
been a very definite improvement in
their attention to bills for services rem
dered.
Prom the standpoint of the med
ical care of the INDECENT and the low
salaried group of individuals needing
medical care there has been very con-
structive action on the part of the
profession as a whole in the form OF
the Medical-Dental Service Bureau
Eighth and l streets) which has
made it possible for hundreds of indi-
viduals with low incomes. each month
to secure the desired medical care for
service charges commensurate with
their incomes"
Evening star., 1937-01-01
GOVERNMENT FORCE
IN DISTRICT GAINS
2S2 Added in November-Total
Now 1l4,792-National Figure
necreaSeS.
Decreases.

After slumping since June, Federal
employment advanced here in Novem-
ber, 282 persons being added to the
rolls to bring the total to ia, 1872. the
monthly report of the Civil Service
Commission showed yesterday.
Elsewhere there was a drop OF 2,246
10 724,261, due principally to the sea-
Eonal reduction in War and Interior
Department labor.
The net loss of 1854 bringing the
aggregate District-f1eld personnel to
s39,053, was accompanied by pay
FOIL reduction of approximately $500, 900
to s130,237,1 ,173. In addition. the Agri-
culture Department paid out slightly
more than s1,2l8,000 for temporary
field workers, customary disburse-
ment.
In the District the old line agencies
remained at approximately the Octo-
ber level in November; the so-called
New Dear' organizations picked up.
and the works groups dwindled. Social
security added about 700 employees to
raise its force to nearly 2,100.
Evening star., 1937-01-01
Girl Born at 1905
Is Washington's
First 1887 Baby

The first washington baby of
the new year. a girl, was born to
Mrs. Lenora Taylor, 1880 Georgia
avenue, in Freedmen's Hospital
at 1905 am. today. The baby
has not been named.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hampton Bohrer,
1907 Wisconsin avenue, are the
parents of the second 1887 baby,
also a girl, born at Georgetown
University Hospital.
Evening star., 1937-01-01
PAY RAISE URGED
BYVANDENBERG|N IN
Low US. BRACKET
General Increase Fails to
Win Approval of Michigan
Republican.
TO SEEK CAREER STATUS
FOR POSTAL SERVICE
Senator Favors Competitive Tests
in Extension of Civil Service
System.

A movement to raise the salaries of
Government employees in the lowest
brackets would meet with the approval
of Senator Vandenberg. Republican,
Of Michigan. he made known today.
Describing the pay level in those
brackets as UNANIMOUSLY low," he
added:
"A Government which tells private
business to pay a living wage ought
to practice what it preaches.'
The Michigan Senator said, how
ever. he would not favor general SAL
ary increase throughout the Govern
ment service Senator McCarran,
Democrat, of Nevada is studying the
salary problem with a view to deter
mining what would be fair plan to
recommend to Congress.
Has Postmaster Bill.
Senator Vandenberg also an
nounced he will reintroduce in the
new Congress his bill to place the Post
ONCE Department on the basis of
career service His measure would re-
quire appointment of postmasters to
the postal service who have the qualif1-
cations of age, education. residence
and experience. When eligibles are not
available for promotion within the de-
partment the Civil Service Commits
sion would be directed to hold an open
competitive examination.
The civil service law would be made
to apply to first, second and third
class postmasters or to any other class
that may be created in future.
Would Extend Service.
The positions of first, second. third
and fourth assistant postmaster gen.
erals. purchasing agent and controller
of the department also would be
brought within the civil service re-
quirements.
Commenting on the question of
whether the civil service system should
be applied to all Federal bureaus not
now covered by it, Senator Vanden-
berg said, he would be for its exten-
sion to permanent agencies, but not
to temporary establishments in which
it might be construed as giving vest
ed right for continuance. He also ad-
Vocated a competitive rather than
non-competitive examination for in
cumbents in cases where civil service
is extended. The first step. he said,
should be to decide which of the
agencies outside of civil service are
permanent or semi-permanent.
Evening star., 1937-01-01
.CENTRAL'S ALUMNI
TO HOLD REUNION
Certificates of Distinction
Will Be Awarded to Four
Graduates.

Presentation of certificates of dis
tinction to four of its members will
be the high light of the twenty eighth
annual reunion of the Alumni ASso-
citation of Central High School this
afternoon and evening In the school
building, Thirteenth and Clifton
streets.
The program will begin at 2 pm.
with basket ball game between the
alumni and the Central High varsity
team. The alumni meeting, election
of officers and award of certificates
are scheduled for $3.50 pm. and will
be followed by dancing until 2 pm.
The four alumni to be honored by
the association are Gideon Allen Lyon,
1885; DR.. Arthur Cults willard, 1897;
Col. William r. Dear. 1902. and DR..
Harold A. Wheeler, 1921.
To Receive Certificate.
Mr.. Lyon, associate editor of The
Star, will be awarded a certificate for
his work in the field of journalism.
He has been a District resident since
1877 and was graduated from the old
Washington High School, later to be-
come Central, in 1885. He established
the High School Review in 1886,
after graduating. and joined the staff
of The Star in 1887. He has been en-
gagged in editorial duties since 1896.
DR.. willard, now president of the
University of Illinois, was born In
Washington. He has served as con-
sultant on many important engineer
ing projects, among them the Hol-
land Tunnel. He received the Paul
Anderson gold medal of the Society
of Heating and Ventilating Engineers
this year and Is the author of many
technical books, bulletins and PAM
| phlets
Col. Dear has seen 20 years of serv-
ice in the Army Medical Corps. Dur
| ing the World War he was comman-
der of great base hospitals in France
ana served in Germany. He was sur
geon with the American Relief Expe-
dition in Russia. He was an outstand-
ing athlete while at Central and later
at the University of Pennsylvania.
His 220-yard-dash record at Central
has stood for "a years, and two other
records have since been tied but never
bettered. He was interscholastic
champion of America in 1902 for 100
yards and 22o yards.
Holds Radio Patents.
DR.. Wheeler grew up in the field OF
radio and today holds many famous
radio patents in the United States
and Great Britain. Among his in
ventions are automatic volume con-
troll, electric coupling circuits, oscil-
r-modulator circuits, peak detec-
tor and low-frequency amplifier. He
is the author of many publications.
While carrying. on postgraduate work
at Johns Hopkins University he in
vented heart amplifier," which has
since played an important part in
experimental biology. For 13 years
he has been head of a radio research
laboratory.
Albert E. Conradis, retiring presi-
dent of the Alumni Association, will
preside. Raymond E. Gable is chair
man of the general committee in
charge OF the reunion and Is assisted
by Robert A. Littleford, treasurer of
the association, and Richard Newly,
in charge of athletic events.
The athletic program, in addition
to the basket ball game. will include
swimming in the pool. Refreshments
will be served in the school lunch room
from to pm.