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The Washington times., 1937-01-04

agO-FREE LOVE. Mike believes
in it! And before we go word
further, this column goes on rec
ord AGAINST IT!
During the depression" says
Mike, Free Love has become
one of the leading problems for
youth - and an established
habit. The depression, with its
small wages and frequent lay
offs, made Old-fashioned mar
riage impossible. Young people
Waited-watching their youth
go by. Then, in desperation,
they turned to Free Love, re-
solved to get what happiness
they could out of a ruined
world.
"WelI, why not? If. we can't
The Washington times., 1937-01-04
By Elsie Robinson
R WOMEN BE CONTENT TO LOOK AND ACT THEIR AGE.'

have regular homes. If we
can't afford families land we
can't . Why shouldn't we take
what we can get? An affair of
this kind is much better than a
hasty marriage. Insecurity
breeds discomfort. A baby
COmes-mOre worry and debts
-Quarrels-eventually divorce.
Another human born to suffer
and pay for the blunders Of two
people who were too blind to
look at things straight.
"UNTIL THE DAY COMES
WHEN A FELLOW CAN HAVE
AN ASSURED JOB WITH A
LIVING WAGE, I'm FOR FREE
LOVE"
mike PELMONT"
Long Beach, Cal.
It's true, as Mike says, that
Depression has been used as an
alibi for many a free love expert
ment. But your reasoning il
cock-eyed, Mike. There's no such
thing, actually, as free" love
All real love bring with it obliga
tions and risks which every de
cent man would want to bear. Il
you can afford to live together
without license, you can afford
to live together with one.
You're not solving marriage by
free love"-you're just ducking
responsibility and letting the
woman take the beating. And
in the end, you're two-timing the
decency in yourself.
NO SOLUTION
Marriage isn't just an indoor
sport. It's the most solemn GOV
enant. the tallest challenge ir
human life-a challenge for those
who demand something better
and more beautiful than irreSpon
sible monkey-mating. Decent
self-respecting people like to fee
that they are brave and strong
enough to take the challenge o1
marriage. It's only the weakline
those without pride or backbone
who chooses free love-"
Are YOU willing to be ratec
with such tramps, Mike? Most
of your generation aren't. NC
MATTER HOW HARD ,THF
/ GOING, THEY STILL BELIEVE
THEY CAN TAKE IT!
The Washington times., 1937-01-04
Votes for Washington

National representation IN Congress and the rght 70
note for President can be secured for Washington only
rouq the action of the people of the various States and
their congressional representatives. Following are tep
of the editorials printed by newspapers thro"gho" the
counru pedoino support to the Increment for adoption
of constitutional amendment granting the District Of
Columbia representation in Congress and in the Electoral
College, They aOere printed in response to letter from
Th Washinqton Times outlining the Districts voteess
status.
The Washington times., 1937-01-04

has come with the last 70 years, a
Blessing or a Blight?
This writer with all the other
Gibson GALS took to black alpaca
and white afternoon aprons when
she married at nineteen-had no
makeup except an occasional dab
of cornstarch on a shiny nose.
Even that wasn't supposed to be
Quite Nice. NOW-Grandma's S
still hoping to make the Ziegfeld
Follies at 70!
Wells or isn't that an i'm
provement? YOU tell us, Nom
and Aunt Maggie.
ON RECORD
Then here comes MIKE PEI
MONT with a subject which
wasn't even whispered Is years
The Washington times., 1937-01-04

Y O u n g Amer
ica's S t u m p
T a k ing. and
raiser of record
ructions or we
don't know our
female sex.
"Why," says
V irginia
speaking for
h er S elf and
all the girl
ends, do
older women
consider it so
er ribly i'm
or t a n t to
keen VI mn n q
The Washington times., 1937-01-04

ing conditions
for government
employees, can't
understand why
so many people
S p e n d t h e
amount of time
they do trying
to get into the
gov e rn m e n t
service.
He says for
one thing that
there are about
100000 jobs of
clerical charac-
ter that come
The Washington times., 1937-01-04
THEY WANT IN

Senator M. M. Logan of Ken
lucky, who will be in the fore this
session in the fight to better work.
The Washington times., 1937-01-04
Listen. World!
YOUNG AMERICA SAY

Virginia Armstrong asking.
High school Junior in Elmcreek,
Neb.. prize winner in this weeks
The Washington times., 1937-01-04
Unjust Taxation

THE determination of Washington motorists to fight
L against the many proposals which have been made
further to increase the tax load automobiles is vgor
ousy voiced by the American Automobile Association
Fair-minded citizens, whether they and operate
automobiles or not will likewise be found in the ranks
opposing suggestions for pilng additional njustces on
the unjust tax load already carried by motorists.
After poll of motorists on the movement to increase
automobile and gasoline taxes the Association said:
From whatever source such movement may come
the American Automobile Association will fight it
with every resource at its command and will give full
expression the views of the vast majority Of Wash
ingtonians who determined in this city at least
measure of sanity and justice shall be maintained in
the motor tax structure
Proposals to soak the notorst here take two principal
forms an increase in the gasoline tax of hundred
more per cent, and tax based the weight of auto
mobiles.
THOSE WHO HAVE WATCHED THE PUTTING
FORTH OF EFFORTS TO FASTEN THESE TAXES
ON WASHINGTON MOTORISTS ARE MOST I'M
PRESSED WITH THE FACT THAT LITTLE OR
NO ATTEMPT IS MADE TO JUSTIFY THEM ON
GROUNDS OF NEED OF REVENUE OR JUSTICE
OF THE TAXES.
The Washington times., 1937-01-04
MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1887

published
in
Warfeld,
j. Mangng
The Washington times., 1937-01-04
CONTEST RULES

1.-The writer Of letter in Compe-
titiOn for the one weekly prize
of S?5 must be under 80 years
of age.
2-The letter must be upon some
subject of Importance to Ameri.
can youth.
3-The letter must not exceed 500
words in length.
4-The letter must give full name
and address, and the name OF
each writer awarded a prize will
be published.
5-TO be eligible for the prize
awarded each Monday, a letter
must bear pOstmark not later
than noon of the preceding
Saturday.
6-Miss Elsie Robinson Is to be sole
judge of the merits of letters
submitted in the contest.
The Washington times., 1937-01-04

Copyright. 1887. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-21
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COTTON OUTPUT
IN '36 REPORTED

WASHINGTON, May 81. U.P)-
The Department Of Agriculture, in
a revised estimate, today reported
1896 cotton production at 12,399, 900
bales.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-21

The new Briggs Lemon associa-
ton plant at Santa Paula, Ventura
county. began operations on Apri
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WANTED-Used Time Clock. Com
municate with Mr.. Shaw at Post
Press. Phone 300. (M-19-tD
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-06-18
is IT DISHONEST?

Newspapers of the country last week quoted j. P. Nor
gan outstanding world nancer as saying that the evasion
of taxes legal and not moral issue.
Mr. Morgan's utterances upon financial matters are
usually considered sacrosanc But the implications
of his assertion wide spread that his worldwide
reputation economist could not save him from some
thing closely allied to criticism by the press
Tn later interview Mr. Morgan expressed surprise that
his ohand remark should have occasoned such reverbera
TONS He Declares he only intended to say that no
should asked not properly assessed against
him. Now that is horse of entirely different complex
ion and to which reasonable mind could take excep
ton.
The nation tery upon the subject of taxation To
have man of Mr. Morgan's position and influence publicly
admit by implication at least that is perfectly proper to
evade the payment of taxes may escape legal comp
cations in DOING is to teach dangerous and suOVerslVe
doctrine.
Tax evasion u.s. of course, matter for legal consdera
ton The government depends absolutely upon taxes 1t
can raise continue meet the costs OF
ment If any group of the people permitted to avoid
paying it's just share of the tax is reprehensb especially
for the that such evaons place larger burden
others honest less able to payment 1t is
particularly reprehensbe when tax lodging is INDUCED in
by those whose large incomes make such payment much
easier than for many others.
In such cases it becomes imperative for the government
to set in motion any machinery it may have and call
Congress for the necessary Investigations to discover and
~ cose anv ioonhoes fonnd that permit this inoutous
practice In far is legal question and the President IS
to be commended for calling Congress for
measures.
But more than that it moral question of deepest
import To accept the protection afforded through
mental agency and deliberately refuse to share in its upkeep
is plain dishonesty.
1t is wrong to the country that it may neglect
clear duty because the law has not exercised It's power
of compuson It contra to the teachings of the church
undermnes the fine principles our schools seek to IN
cucate in it's programs of education.
If America is to successfully continue its ideals, it's
coming generations must be taught that moral CONVICTION
is nextricaby interviewer with the keeping of the law OF
the land
other thought suggests ITSELF and this should give
pause rich who speak careessy OF moral response
blity in connection with tax evasion. ,
IT, finally, it penetrates the thinking OF America, that
mionaires and will shunt their obligations upon the
Masses the day will be fastened when no person will
be permitted to accumulate million.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-06-18
Other Editors Say
LABOR UNREST

With strikes and six in the middle causes one to
when, where and how it will all end
the outside looking is between the devil and
jobs conceded belong strictly the Negro he
filled by aliens and white Americans who have thrown
around them fortified with color bar too high for
The few places left the Negro IN
being closed all branches of labor battle not only
collectively but also to dictate who shall be
where the Negro to tit
organized labor which has always been
to him, unable to figure out.
The flung the door wide to the Negro in
control of the labor world from William
of the powerful American Federation of Labor
Negro Lewis crowd when the smoke of battle
consideration and be accorded
with white workers? Another point is will ne
the job whatever his ability and skill calls for
mechanics who in time of depression
accepted side with him but refused to shovel dirt in the
walk when he takes his place union woker
There many angles this complicated matter andwe should
weigh matter before taking
thing that always proven hostile to us in the past!
Just when will end is question too deep for us
to advice to black workers
watch your step We be observation-disclosures Eagle.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-06-18

Editor:
Your last issue carried an arti-
Gle by Judge Malcolm Hatfield that
deserved very careful reading by
many parents of this city.
Unruly boys, who wind up in
Jail, their careers of selfshness,
thoughtlessness and viciousness
condoned by too easy parental in
diligence, find many parallels
here. Any number of prominent
business corners in this city, both
north and south, show an alto
gether too numerous a number of
young men bent on their own
pleasure, to the detriment of the
businesses concerned, the public
safety and the status of our race.
AS the judge points out these
things are brought about almost
entirely by the mamby-pamby at
titudes of parents who expect
other people to accept the respon-
sibilities of directing the hayward
boys who should be taught and dis
ciplined at home.
Such neglect not only spoils the
future of young men who could
amount to something. 1t piyes the
entire group a black eye. The
writer agrees with the judge in the
thought that such careless parents
should be punished in some more
definite way than comes to them
as the guardians of the hoodlums
who defile our public streets.
]. F. F.,
Minneapolis, MINI.
June ~, 1887.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-06-18
CHILDREN IN
COURT

The sixteen year old boy who
was arrested last week for auto
mobile banditry today confessed
his guilt in court.
At the conclusion of the trial the
Judge drew the father and mother
aside and said: 'In the past you
have been too lenient with your
son. You have pleaded where you
should have commanded. You
coaxed and humored this child
when your own experiences in life
should have directed the course fol
him to follow. AS a result, he
frankly admits that he lost respect
for your judgment and followed
out his own wishes. Now the state
is forced to step in and take ovel
the responsibilities which you, a!
parents neglected to enforce"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-06-18
Public Service
Bureau
MINNEAPOLIS SPOKESMAN
AND ST. PAUL RECORDER


Institutions visited - General
Hospital Rest Home, Glen Lake
Sanitorium and Glen Lake Farm
for Boys.
Home visits-Two.
Services for patients-Wrote
letters, phone calls, gave reading
material to patients, assisted pa
tient in obtaining his personal be-
longings from his former resi-
dence.
Cab Calloway's eli de Ho" was
being practised by a group of the
boys as we drove into the yard at
the Glen Lake Farm last week. We
arrived few minutes ahead of the
evening meal and watched the boys
come in from their various activi-
ties about the farm.
Our boy seemed pleased to greet
US. He has made an effort to i'm
prove his rating since our last visit
He joined the Boy Scouts out there,
When we asked what he had done
that day for his good deed, he
promptly answered, "helped Mrs
Howley (wife of the superinten-
dent), weed her flower garden.
This was volunteer service for him,
Smart boy. His interest in gardens
has developed little since his stay
on the farm. We talked of having
a garden in his back yard when he
returns to his home. His stay is
almost up out there. 1t will be a
happy sight to watch this boy in a
garden, wedding out the useless
ugly things and developing the
useful beautiful ones.
Our family at Glen Lake has 6
new member. We found her OF
the sun porch of the children'S
building. She seemed to be en-
joying her play with couple other
little girls. Understanding how al
important the play of a six veal
old is to her, we did not interrupt
her for long. We want to know
more about this youngster though
so we wrote to the address giver
to us. There are few little per
sonal articles not ordinarily sup
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-06-18
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
THE CHILD-THE PARENT

The CHlLD-IHE PARENI
Editor:
In June there will be hundreds of
High School and College graduates
scattered throughout the United
States. Many of these will be Ne
groes. They, both white and black,
will be sending out applications
and travelling everywhere looking
for jobs. A very small percentage
will secure work. A large majority
will fall on relief. Some will fall
back on their parents for support.
Others will return to school to seek
higher degrees because there are
no jobs in sight. Parents who
make almost impossible sacrifices
to send their children to school
four years must support them after
finishing school. There are no jobs
for college graduates or anyone
else. Who's fault is this? The
writer feels that this is the fault
of the parents who have not built
any businesses for their children.
Then why should you expect
someone else, say like Donald
son, or Kresge to invite your
child in to take a place? The writer,
has suggested ways in which jobs
for poor people could be had. You
may build a cooperative store of
your own, you may form a buying
club, or you may throw your buy
ing power to one or two stores.
Let's get our hands and hearts to-
gether and ego to town."
Herbert Howell.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-06-18

Lutheran Church at Grant st. and
Clinton Ave.
Miss Clayburn sang in the class
glee club choir.
The young graduate is a popular
member of the younger social set
She will enter the Provident hos
pital in Chicago to take the three
year nursing course in that insti-
tuition, in the fall.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-06-18

piled by the hospital that this child
should have. If any reader is inter
ested, please contact the Director
of the Spokesman-Recorder Public
Service Bureau. Our other child
was just being brought in from her
sun bath. She looks and feels fine.
She has passed in all her studies
for the school year. We wonder
just what it is that makes all at
Glen Lake so "dee-ightful and
dee-lovely." Patients have no COM
plants to make and the personnel
has the most flattering praise for
their family. Two of the members
were away for a brief leave of abb
sence. This is always such an en-
couraging privilege. We hope, we
hope that those now enjoying this
privilege will not abuse it by fail
ing to return when their thirty-six
hours are up. That happened last
winter and we know it is a selfish
thing to do, to say the least.
The men out there do wear the
most stunning pajamas. No little
ole knee length, fasten in the back
shirts for them. One of the ladies
was on her way to the dining room
and we just had time to find out if
she felt as good as she looked. Sew
eral of the others were going to
see the movies later on. They have
the latest pictures and a grand au-
ditorium for entertainments. Had
our first talk with a patient who
has lived there for six years.
Stormy weather rather downed
him for a week so we had a lively
bedside chat. He has always been
up and about on our previous
visits. Our friend, Mr.. Mitchell, is
on his vacation. Here's hoping he
will have something new in the line
of fish stories or bring 'em back
alive.
Found four of the eight we saw
at our last visit to the Rest Home.
One is in the restricted ward at
General. Another one returned
improved, to his home. A friend
opened her home to another and
still another one is somewhere out
on the north side of town. We felt
so depressed to learn of this last
ones leaving. We spent consider
able time and called on others to
help US give assistance to this per-
son. Clothes were donated by the
South Side Missionary Club of Zion
Baptist Church. This person is
wearing them over on the north
side to get in a close up with ole
John Barley Corn. Gosh-just
when we were feeling so certain
the Public Service Bureau was do
ing it's daily dozen of good deeds.
Well, at least we found the patients
in General Hospital behaving last
Tuesday. Missed visiting them
Friday. Rushed out to Parkview
to check on a rumor about a pa
tient being on the seriously i'll list.
The rumor was incorrect and we
were too late to visit the patients
so will see them this week.
Dorothy w. Wilson, Director.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-06-18
GRADUATES

Miss Ryllar ]. Clayburn, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. j. Clayburn,
3845 Smelling avenue, Minneapolis,
was one of the four hundred young
people who graduated in the larg-
est class ever to come from the
Roosevelt high school.
The commencement exercises
were held last week in the Central
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-06-18
Friendly Merchants
Consumers Club

Latest members enrolled in the
Spokesman-Recorder Erie n d y
Merchants Consumers Club are
William Foster, DR.. w. D. Brown,
Mamie Uptegrove, Barbara NAL
lory, S. E. Herrod, Rev. w. E. Guy,
Ella Curry, John Nellie, Jr., julius
N. King, Thomas B. Stovall, Mar
tin Brown, VIM. Black, George R.
Tate, Geraldine Williams, W. M.
Smith, Pauline Martin, Jennie
Young, W. W. Humphrey, La Quin-
nell Gree, L. Day, Jr., Embroy Nc
Donald, Katherine L. Smith, w. M.
Smith and Amison Thompkins.
All are pledged to:
+ Cooperate with those mer-
chants, both local and national,
who advertise in our community
paper whenever prices, quail
ity and services are the same to
buy first from such firms: giving
first preference to advertisers who
show consideration by their gen.
eral attitude and employment pol
icy.
The first member to receive a
membership card was Theodore
Woodland of Minneapolis.
BULLETIN
Browns Clothing Co., 3O6 Nicol-
let Ave., Minneapolis, a longtime
advertiser in the Negro Press, re-
Gently employed a colored elevator
operator.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-06-18
AT CHILDREN'S CAMP

Little Leola Jackson, four, and
Leroy Jackson, Jr., three, children
of Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Jackson,
514 18th Ave. S., spent one week
at the Pillsbury Children's Camp
at Waconia, Minnesota.
They were the only Race chill
dren at the Camp.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-06-18
HERE and
THERE
D. W. N. Smith

was one of the many hundreds
who were present at the graduating
exercises of the Roosevelt high
school, Minneapolis, a few days
ago. 1t was a glorious occasion
with several hundred young people
of the class on the rOstrum and
overlooking onto the floor of the
church.
Proud parents, relatives and
friends were there in such great
numbers as to fill every seat and
crowd the aisles. Flowers We'd in
beauty with bright intelligent faces
of the young women of the gradu-
ating class whose greatest charm,
however, lay in the fact that they
had completed four rigorous years
of study.
There are some who deride the
benefits of education and scOrnfully
refer to educated FOOLS" But one
could scarcely fail to realize as he
witnessed this most interesting
ceremony that here was a group of
young people who by reason of
their preparation are going to help
preserve the ideals of America and
make a fine contribution to the
continuing growth and Importance
of their native land.
And I was proud too, not only
because of my appreciation of the
value of the contribution these
young people will be able to offer,
but more especially because among
the number was one of our own
young women who has stood the
test of these so vital years and who
now with clearer vision and trained
understanding adds one more to
the valiant ambitious group who
will fight with the most effective
of weapons for the advancement of
her people.
Many kind things were said of
the young people and many COM
given them by those
who had directed their course dur
ing the years and endorse every
one of them. But as 1 looked into
the sea of faces that gazed upon
them so lovingly and listened with
such rapt attention and approval
to all that was said I felt that a
mead of praise was due the fathers
and mothers whose sacrifices had
made this night possible for them.
Those of US who have grown old
enough to realize how tremendous
ly much the sacrifices of our par
ents have meant for US deeply re-
gret that the realization comes so
late so often. Parents many times
have passed before opportunity has
been ours to show to them the
great debt of gratitude we now so,
fully know we owe.
The only amends we can make
is give our most sincere efforts to
the aid of other young people and
teach them the joy and satisfaction
it brings to Honor thy father and
mother in the days of thy youth"
The colored sport interested con-
tingent, and that includes the most
of US Il have even heard the name
Joe Louis mentioned from the pull
pitt, are speaking softly these days
and making no boastful predictions
of the outcome of the champion
ship battle to be held in Chicago
next Tuesday.
The ways of the fight promoters
are hard to gauge. Joe Louis ad-
mirers are still filled with the dis
turbing doubts impregnating their
systems from the incOmprehensible
defeat of Louis at the hands of
Schmeling last year. Joe should
win Tuesday night, say these
friends, but there was something
funny" about that Schmeling
fight. So they have adopted che
laughs best who laughs last" atti-
tude.