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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-06-18
YWCA NATIONAL.
BRANCH CON
FERENCE, !

Among the most outstanding
events in the life of the YWCA in
Summer Conferences, will be the
National Branch Conference to be
held at Wilberforce University from
June % to June 30, 1887. Among
those attending from Dayton will be
Miss Ethel Stewart, Chairman of the
Committee Of Manag ment, Mrs.
Mabel Evens, first vice Chairman
of the Committee Of Management,
Mrs. BERTHE Ellis, leader Of adult ac.
tivities at the Fifth st, Branch, Miss
Viola Z. Lewis, Executive Secretary
Miss Sidney Lucas, Chairman Of the
Younger Girls Committee, Mrs.
Lena Pugh OF the Membership Com
mittee, and others.
Excellent leadership for the con
ference has been provided and many
members of the National Board staff
viii be present including Miss Mar
ian Cuthbert, Mrs. Cordella Winn
Miss Frances Williams and others
Representatives from YWCA's al
! oyer The United States will be pres
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-06-18

1t means that most Negro women
are not receiving the education that
is now being offered for the preven
ton Of poor health. Women of col
or who are i'll are not receiving all
the medical and clinical attention
that is available Why should any
mother bear child after child when
her body is run down, weak anu
undernourished? Why are women
numbering unborn babies and ruin
ing their few chances for better
health7 Why is syphilis on the in
crease among Negro women? Why
are Negro men and husbands turn
ing more and more to prostitution.
What are the few informed Negro
women who are now holding leader
ship positions doing to help enligh-
ten the mass of Negro women? The
majority Of Negro women are almost
entirely unaware Of what is happen
ing to the women of the Negro race
from the standpoint of health.
1t is hard for the layman to know
and to believe that 20th Century
women of color are receiving for
the most part the mere by products
of American progress. This condition
is contributing largely to the gen
cral waste of Negro womanhood
What does this mean? 1t means that
Il hen the health of women is tam
pered with, the very health OF gen
erations to come is endangered.
What are Negro women doing to
day to fortify their chances for
long fruitful living? 1t is that con
slant hammering away day in and
| day out that helps US to know, be
lieve. and achieve. There must be
something definite done, something
| within the grasp of the mass Negro
| women to inform them constantly
| concerning the vital health problems.
/ Meet the colored women. They are
! not feeling so well today.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-06-18
MEET TIE
COIOR.E..T)
WOMEN
By LOIS LAMBERT
West Virgin State College

Do you know the colored women
of YOU community Do you know
the mothers, sisters, and relatives Of
over twelve million colored people
of Amefiea9 When facing the facts
The Negro women Of
America We are able to find but
very little material relating to the
progress Of colafed women and chill
dren The everyday eolored women
are on their way to hospitals; on
their way from toilsomc domestic
service to slow, death nagging home
remedies, and above ali they arg
still travelling dark stony way
when il comes TO knowing the actual
facts involved III the vital question
Of the day concerning health.
The Americas progress which we
idolize is reproducing many byplo.
ducts which are detrimental to the
advancement Of womanhood Col.
ored women are getting a full share
of all disadvantages.
Some Of the subjects Of the hour
concerning the health Of women are:
birth control, sterilization, abortions,
venereal diseases, and the increase
Of prostitution. Are the masses Of
colored women attending lectures
and programs relating to these sub
jects? Are colored women consulting
doctors, nurses, and medical author
tiles for preventative information
pertaining to the fortification OF
their personal health, and also the
health Of their husbands and chill
dren?
| / il timely for us to know and
realize that Negroes III America, II
comparison with whites, have tn,
highest mortality rate. The Metro
politan Life Insurance Company
gives . factual report concerning
mortality among Negroes, which
states that two and one-half million
j Industrial policyholders show tha
the death rate among Negroes i
higher than among whites for bot
sexes and in all age groups.
4 y = e
This company reports that if on
hundred ID taken as the white deaf
rate, the Negro rate is almost 18o
The high mortality rate Of Ncgr
Nomen as compared with whit
women is far greater than that 0
Nero men. What does this mean
colored women? It means that Negr,
women are sick and dying. oroan;
diseases of the heart are raging
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-06-18
Joe Louis

II Joe Louis defeat Brad
dock next Tuesday night, the
Forum urges colored people
to show a minimum Of exul
tat'ion, particularly in Negro
neighborhoods. No demonstra-
ton should be made which
may lead to racial clashes.
The bout between Louis and
Braddock il BY no means q
racial contest. Therefore,
neither white people q Ne
groes should rail one another
on the outcome. OF course
Negroes are Justly proud Of
Joe's achievements, but they
must remember millions OF
white people, also, are pulling
for him. Moreover. the white
press. through its sport writ
ers, has given Joe 4 square
deal. In short be a good sport
may the best man win
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-06-18
BY FLOYD J. CALVIN
Judge Davis Turn

The strange turn of Judge Lee
Parsons Davis in White Plains, II.
X, Supreme Court, by which he
would force Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua
Cockburn to give up their $40, 900
English Manor House which was
built in what is supposed to be an
"exclusiveo section of the city,
should be thoroughly considered.
This judge says in effect that the
requirement of money, and Of SOC
ial position as result Of money ana
right living, makes no difference
whens one is colored-t nothing
short of turning white will make it
possible for one to live iii certain
sections of the State Of New York.
If Judge Davis has the law on his
side, it is certainly an amazing sit.
, uation. Negroes Of New Yotk Sta e,
where there are no laws against
inter marriage, have re ted in the
false security that only lack Of mon
ey could keep them out OF certain
privileged places. They can even live
at the Hotel Pennsylvania, the Hotel
Commodore, and other swank hotels
in midtown Manhattan, but they
cannot buy land and erect beauti
ful home if group Of snobbish
whites get together and agree 10
keep out all colored persons except
servants.
Judge Davis, who was Alice
Rhinelander's lawyer, knows a lot
about the color question. Perhaps it
was because he knows so much about
the color question about the init
mate details, since he had Alice strip
before a jury to show that her body
was dusky and that she did not de
ceive Kip-that he felt obliged to
discuss the color question in such
detail and to be SO dogmatic in his
decision. The judge averred: "There
can be no doubt that the defendant
is partly 'colored'. She consider,
herself an octoroon; that is, a per
son having one-eighth Negro blood.
Judge Davis little suspects hon
many Negroes" he is driving int,
his own exclusive" !" group BY thi
declaration, who have more thar
one-eighth Of Negro blood, but who
to all appearances, have less. Nor cal
anyone blame them. If Judge Davi
wants to take the responsibility o
drawing the line of demarcation oi
octoroons and whites, he is welcome
but our view is that he is taking o.
more than he can manage, and tina
Public Policy, which he claim
he is upholding, will suffer NOR
from his construction of its mcanin
than he wants that policy to suffer
+ For those Negroes who look whitS
it is simply matter of hiding thei
real identity. and they can pas
! Judge Davis.
Or. Woodson Exrlodes
Since his memorable volume, eth
Miseducation Of the Negro, Dl
Carter G. Woodson, editor Of th
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-06-18

Heart diseases head the LIST as the
caasc II death among DO races, but
the Negro rate If dsath ii this dis
ease il 10 percent greater thin the
whites
Let Us take look at the mortal
ity rates from the various ase
groups. If one hundred represents
The rate Of white mortality in var
ioas age groups, the Negro rate for
tie group under five years OF aye
is 172. Here go our babies dying
from lack Of proper prenatal care,
dying from mothers ignorance Of
the great syphilitic plague which Is
now creating a neS disease problem
in America. Syphilis has been pro
nounced Tie ar,i, oi.s...y of the col
or d people. II is believed that il
this one disease could be eliminated,
the Negro mortality rate would
probably become as low as that
among whites within another lier-
alton Syphilis lessons the vitality,
lowers the resistance to disease, and
paves the way to early death.
III tie age group from 5 to Ia in
elusive, the death rate is 1o4. 9,
Between the ages Of 16 to %, the
mortality rate is 26o; 2o1.6 IN the
group from 25 to IS; and Sigh "
! above 142 among Negroes between
IS and 65 years of age. Among
those who are above 65, the rate is
about 114.7. In reviewing this we
can see that the most active years
OF life from Is to 45 show a high
death rate among Negroes. This il
womans period-the one in which
she passes through romance, domes.
/ ticity, and motherhood. The Negro
life expectation is approximately
fourteen years short of that for
/ whites.
! Gillette and Reinhardt in their
Current Social Problems state
that the Negro death rate is approx
imately so percent higher that the
whites for the United States on a
whole.
The practice Of abortion takes a
f,.pE ~ 4oII nf Maora x,,o,,,a,, ,,..I,
year. However, this is something that
rests almost entirely with the indiv-
idual. Abortions seldom get to the
statistical records, but it is known
to be the cause for many of our
weak, healthwrecked middle.aged
colored women. Death rates for Neg
70 women are twice as high in cities
| and about one half as high in rura
districts. This fact indicates that
city Negro women are more III neeG
ef physical attention than the rura
Negro women.
All of this can be tsaced to the
value Of social measures for health
protection Negro women have not
! shared this type of protection equal
II with white women. Extreme pov
) erty which characterizes the largest
! part Of the Negro race must be lis
ted among the causes for high deati
J rates. Poverty demands that botl
! parents work, which results in tht
!. ignorance Of the laws Of health, in
J ability to pay doctors, and to provide
! lscare and nutrition for children.
What does all this mean to tn
women Of colorg 1t means tha
, Mothers Day is one day Of prais
, and tribute to women who are TO
the most part physical weaklings
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-06-18

namely, attempts to socialize
industry, would be oyerWhelm.
ingly defeated. The only way
to assure that such legislation,
which would undermine the
right to private over ship on
property III the United States.
does mt become law, II eternal
vigilance on the part Of the
people.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-06-18
Socialism Is the
Objective

Now pending III congress are
a number of bills with i slni
lar objective. That objective
is the promotion Of publicly
owned electric systems, which
is a polite way Of saying so
cialization of the electric IN
dustry. If the objective is
reached, an industry with an
investment Of some Sl2 600,
900, 600, representing savings
Of millions Of citizens, will be
impaired or destroyed. Taxes
running into the hundreds Of
millions annually will be lost
to the Federal, state and local
governments. And the taxpay-
eTs Of the nation, in addition to
making up this serious loss,
will be directly responsible for
any and all deficits that public
plants may create.
Two Of the pending bills are
indicative Of the trend. One
would establish half Il dozen or
SO power districts in strategic
parts Of the country, modelled
after the IVA. The fact that
all of these sections are at pres
ent served with electricity at
low cost, and that in most of
them there il considerable ex-
cess of supply over demand,
is not considered.
Another Of the bills, recently
introduced IN the House, says
The purpose of this act is to
provide for the public opera
ton of the coal, electrical
energy, oil and natural gas III
dustrics in the Continental
United States, and of thcir
products. 1t is declared to be
in the public interest that these
industries be operated as 4
national unified system Tho
act then provides that Il corpor
alton be formed to secure thesS
ends either BY negotiation ol
BY exercising the right Of en-
inent domain. What it woule
cost to do all this is staggering
it would run into scores O
billions, and would establish
socialism IN America on !
major scale. But cost to tht
taxpayers doesn't seem to mat
ter to those who vision the trc
. rnendous possibilities for politi
cal power and patronage ii
government seizure Of ouI
basic industries.
Certainly the American per
pie have never voiced q desire
for socialism. On many cceas
ions in local elections held ii
every state they have voided
sheir opposition to it. III IS safe
So that in a general elec
tion these national bills, if pre-
nted under their true colors
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-06-18

tinnaly befose the public mind and
eye.
1.-THE Negro Press is the vanguard
in the fight for those rights which
belong to the race Under the consti-
triton of the State and Nation. II
is The mouthpiece of our leaders in
their fight for political, social, and
economic rights.
Il say TO the graduating class: go
ont from this institution determin
ei to seek to know the truth about
our, own. people"
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-06-18
c O NJ NE i T S
Calvin 5 Digest

N1etA ~ - 49, - AAkssSV1 eAeNsS G@~AA
regarded as the most potent and
caustic Of our educational critics.
The wonder is that the orthodox
educators have remained as favor
ably disposed toward him, In spite
Of his revolutionary ideas, as they
have. Obviously there has been no
turning down OF thumbs, for DR..
Woodson held the late Or. John
Hope as president Of his Association
for the Study Of Negro Life and
History, and he was the commence
nlent speaker at Tuskegee few days
ago. At Tuskegee DR.. Woodson cut
loose again, as follows:
sOur present system of education
50 far as its efficiency is concerned.
rebounds more to the benefit of
others than it does TO the Negro. IT
has been worked out to meet the
needs of others rather than to sup
ply the needs of the Negro. This
system Of education is in many re
spects disastrous to the Negro while
helpful to his oppressors. The phil
osophy, ethics, and religion taught
in our schools justify the present
regime of unequal opportunity and
inequality before the law. r. -h. r..
teaching Of economics, history and
literature the Negro is taught what
he Is not and cannot become, what
he should do and cannot hope to do.
/ The same system which inspires one
element Of the population to climb
to higher levels crushes in the other
the spirit Of enterprise.
.5olne Vi lie JroaDle lies also iii
the TACT tnat no speclai thoughl il
given 10 the education of the Negro
except SO to direct it that whatever
he leans to do may not be prejudice
ial to the interests Of those WAC are
] not anxious to have him rise
Our comment is that Dr. w oodson
breaches sound doctrine, whether il,
is liked OF not. We need more Dr..
Woodsons TO cry aloud in the wila-
erness.
june Bridesand Grooms
| The month Of June is so LOVELY Z
that it has been accepted as id al
for getting married
C0L0RED brides and grooms should
think twice as they march from the
alter into welded BLISS. After
the tumult and the shouting of wish
ing them happiness have died, there
are some SOBER PROBLEMS to
ponder.
No matter which way your think
ing leads, you will always come
back to certain basic facts. First,
you must recognize that the world
is already going concern, and that
you must FIT INTO IT. Any change
! must come AFTER you have found
your place.
The world as it is today, for col
ored folk, is as expressed by Ray
mond Leslie Buell. in international
Relations, as follows: IF peace be
/. tween the races is to be mainta nd
upon a firm and friendly basis, and
: if each race is to contribute it's dis
tinctive gifts to the civilization Of
the world, the segregation of races
as far as the great masses of toilers
is concerned, appears essential Z
! Brides and grooms, Remembe,
! this. But let not depre sim and de
= spair COVER you. Remember also
J your Heritage Of Ache eme |
! against al the devilish devices 81
the majority group. Do not BIZ
, afraid to plan for children; but
{ teach them by precept and example
t that they can make it. Then helr
them to make it.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-06-18

ent. Miss Lewis of the local branch
will lead one of the major discussion
courses on Record keeping. Other
discussions will include specific prob.
lens of the Branch associations,
membership and other problems. A
large attendance is expected from
Dayton during the entire conference
and special arrangements will BE
made for interested committee
women to attend evening sessions.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-06-18
RACE PREJUDICE,
Continued from page ONE)

the Negro upon the Negro himself.
The Negro should not learn less
about OLncls, bue more apout nim-
sell. We shvuid continue the IS udy
OF scientific agriculture, but direct
attention especially to sthe tenants
and sharecroppers, and poems nov
all but lost In. the changing econ
olny. We should stimulate the study
Of industry but with the visioa Of
new day when by creative effort We
shall be lifted out Of drudgery unto
ease and comfort. We should delve
into science not merely to see VIII 1T
cthsrs have done, but t. make some
contribution to the revolution by
which wealth has been brought to
many and comforts to millions. We
should encourage our youth to enter
the professions not with the ex
ploitation attitude, but with that OF
service to the needy and relief to
the distressed. We should diiect
Negroes to the fine arts not simply
to inculcate al appreciation Of
others achievements, but TO d2velop
initiative along lines in which per-
sons of African heritage have shown
themselves to be more capable than
others. In this way we shall add
something to the good and the beau
tiful and bring this unwilling world
under obligation to those who today
are the despised and rejected of
men"
DIR. Mary Branch's Views
DR.. Mary Il. Branch, president Ut
Tillotsoa college, delivering her own
commencement address, saId 81 have
chosen to talk on the subject, The
American Negro and HIS Potential
Powers. have chosen this sdbj ct
particularly to try to offset some OF
the crepe-hanging that is so genera
in the world today and with viii, h
we, the Negroes of America, have
become inoculated TO large extenr.
The potential power OF the Negl o
lies III his ability to coordinate the
forces to be found in our organized
efforts OF Church, Fraternal organ
izations, politics, the press, business
skilled and semi-skil.ed labor, oul
industrial workers, and our educa
t.onal and professional groups. Wi /
! the combined strength of thes,
forces we shall be able to sec lrt
many Of the desired rights ane
privileges which other American
citizens enjoy, and to make worth
while contributions to American
civilization.
] sThe American Negro has JUS
/ grounds to be proud of the develop
ment Of the Negro Press. With,
the past Is or 80 years the qualit.
of service given by our newspaper
has reached high point Of p rfec
tion. They render an unlimited sci
vice by championing the cause Q
the race. Unrelnntingly they kea)
before the public eyes the cause
for which they stand. They are no
daunted by defeat. If the cause j
just, they fight on rel ntlessly. T.,
j Sc ttsboro case, lynchings in th
South, disfranchisement Of the Neer
and the unequal educational an
cultural advantages are kept cor
Evening star., 1937-04-21
Pomoronq Citrus Juices 1ss'. g." 10c

Ever tried orange juice and grapefruit
Juice mixed2 1t makes truly delightful
beverage =. and here 1t is, all ready to
serve. No labor necessary-simply chill
open the can and serve.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-07-16
RAINBOW VALLEY
TO GET SCHOOL
THIS FALL

Rev. J. r. Thomas, pastor of the
Friedship Baptist Church at Buck
eye, Arizona, who has a home
stead at Liberty together with
other homesteaders petitioned the
County School Superintendent, Mr..
e, D. Ring for a school. for Rain
bow Valley for the 1sa7-3s school
term. The conditions set forth in
the petition were of such nature
that Mr.. Ring promised a school
for the fall term which will ac-
commodate the children in this
growing community.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-07-16


The Knights and, Daughters of
Tabor, Ca1ifornia-Arizona Y Juris-
dictien who left Phoenix last week
end TO attend the Annual Grand
Session of the Order which was
held in San Francisco July IL, !13
IA and 18th are as follows: Mr.. G.,
S. Rodgers, 6. T., Mr. w. L. Mar
tin, c. M, Pride Of Arizona Temple
No:c2,9 Mrs. 6. L. Mcmillan, H. p.
of Rose of Arizona Tabernacle No.
80 and CHIP. of the Jurisdiction,
Mrs. T. ]. Credible, H. P. Of Fair
The Arizona gleam., 1937-07-16
CLEAN PUBLISHER
VISITS IN 1
SAN FRANCISCO

George S. Rodgers, publisher of
the ARIZONA CLEAN and also
Grand Treasurer Of California and
Arizona Jurisdiction of Knights
and Daughters of Tabor is attend
ing the annual meeting Of that
organization in San Francisco.
After the sessions Mr., Rodgers
plans to visit in California and
later join his wife who is visiting
in Flagstaff, Arizona.
He will be gone two or three
weeks.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-07-16
LOCAL CHILDREN'S
MOTHER BURIED AT
SARDIS, MISSISSIPPI

Mrs. Edith Lindsey Hughes,
mother of Leonora and Harvey
Lindsay, of Phoenix, Ariz., died in
Memphis, Tenn, Friday July 9th,
after suffering several strokes,
having had the first stroke several
weeks ago but apparently improv-
ed. The children left Phoenix
Wednesday July 7th for Memphis
after receiving word of the SER
ious illness of their mother. She
died before they reached her bed
side. Funeral services were held
July 18th from the Mt. Zion Bap-
tist- Church at Sardis, her home.
She was the wife of Rev. Hughes
and is survived by her children,
four brothers, two sisters, and a
host of friends and relatives. Mrs.
Hughes was active in musical ac-
tivities when she resided here
several years ago, being organist
of the First Colored Baptist
Church and was reputed to be one
of the best studied musicians Of
our group in the state.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-07-16

Mr.. Roy A. Lee, principal of
Phoenix Union Colored High
School and Mrs Lee returned to
the city after visiting relatives.
Mr.. Lee visited his mother at Ros-
well, N. M. and Mrs. Lee visited
relatives at Muskoge, Okla.
Friendship Baptist Church at
Buckeye, Ariz., who has a home
He established an Amateur Shop
Fair Ground who went to Louis
lana because of i'll health is re-
ported to be critically ill. Mr..
Savoy plans to go to her soon.