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Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01
CALVIN JAMES,
GARY Lawyer,
GETS new POST.
Named as Deputy
Prosecutor

GARY, Ind, April 28.--(ANP)
Fred Egan, prosecuting attor-
ney of Lake county, has announc-
ed the appointment Of Calvin j.
James as deputy prosecuting at
torney in his Office, thus mark
ing the first time in many years
that a colored lawyer has enjoy
ed such an honor.
Mr.. James, who is a member
Of the law firm of hurry, James
& Wilson, is a native of Louis
lana, being the son Of the late
Rev. Carol James of that state.
He has enjoyed a most success
full practice of his profession for
many years, having been admit
ted to the Indiana Bar in 1917.
The duties of Mr.. James will
not be confined to any particular
court in the county. It is the first
time in the history Of the county
that Negro lawyer has been
appointed with no limitation as
to his activities. He will serve as
prosecutor in the criminal divi-
sion as we'll as the civil division
Of all of the courts, and will
have the authority to sign affida-
Wits and informations just as Mr..
Egan himself, will have.
Mr.. James is an active member
Of the Gary Bar Association,
President Of Gary Legal forum,
Lake City Lodge 1872, LBP.EE.
Of W., Ellzs, st. Luke's lodge
numbe 43 F. and A. M. and Ma
gic City Consistory Of the United
Supreme Council Of Free and
Accepted Masons, Scottish Rites,
being a 32nd degree. He is mar
ried and living with his wife,
Emily E., and children, Calvin j.,
and Gladys James.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01

DURHAM, N. c., April %
George w. Cox, Committee
Chairman of the National
Negro Insurance Week, May g.
IA, announced this week that g.
900 agents of IS member compa-
MES of the National Negro Insur-
ance Association are all set for
the intensive drive for new bust
ness during Insurance Week and
have pledged themselves to writ
ing $4,000 Industrial insurance
(weekly premiums), and 20 mill
lion dollars of ordinary insur-
ance (end owme nt policies,
straight life policies, etc.).
Honor and performance GER
tificates will be given to all life
insurance statesmen who produce
a minimum of $500 industrial
insurance and similar certificate
will be given to ordinary sales
men who write a minimum of
$4,000 ordinary insurance during
the national campaign.
Officials of the associations IS
member companies hope thai
each of the 5000 statesmen will
qualify for an honor certificate
to be issued by the National AS
ISOLATION and which will be suit
able for framing in either office
or home. The goal set by officials
for Insurance Week: A comhin-
ed. industrial debit of $4,000 and
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01
AGED RANCHER
GETS Federal
GRAZING LEASE

PHOENIX, Ariz., April %
NP)-Rated by his neighbOrs
to be one of the best cowboys in
the State Of Arizona, Ned Hill
yard, 1O0-year-old colored ranch
er at Pomerene, near Phoenix,
last Monday was offered on ap-
plication a three-year lie a Sc Of
grazing privileges on the public
domain, under provisions of Sec
ton Is of the Taylor Grazing Act,
Secretary Harold L. &c Ike S was
advised by Commissioner Fred
w. Johnson, General Land Office,
United States Department Of the
Interior.
Favorable action on the CEN
tenarian's application was given
after investigation by the depart
ment, which produced the fol-
lowing report:
'The applicant is colored, and
according to old-time residents,
is at least 100 years old. In spite
of his advanced years, he is con-
sidered yet as one Of the best
cowboys in the state. He was
alone at his ranch at date of my
examination, and was engaged in
breaking bucking colt He is
remarkably active and I can see
no reason for refusing him q
lease for few years at least"
In addition to grazing his 60
cattle, six horses and two mules
on the public range, Mr.. Hill
yard advised the department he
expected to fence in the area if
given long-term lease. Lease
No. 1000 has been submitted by
the General Land Office to the
Arizona rancher for his accept
ance.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01
House Favors
Venereal Disease
Control Bill

WASHINGTON, D. c., April
28.-(ANP) - The La Toilette
Bulwinkle bill for federal control
of veneral diseases was approx
ed Wednesday by the House In
terstate Commerce committee.
The legislation would authorize
a $15,OOO,OOO appropriation for
the first year after the act be-
comes effective, starting with
$4,000 the first year and increas-
ing 100000 annually.
The campaign would be con-
Quoted by the Public Health Ser
vice in cooperation with the
states. The appropriation would
be allotted to states primarily on
population basis and in ac-
cOrdance with rules and regula-
tons the service drafted. The bill
has passed the senate.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01
Girl Gets Post
in Des MONIES
Assessors Office

DIES MONIES, Ia, April %
(ANP)-Miss Evelyn Brooks, 81,
a former member of the Wee
Sisters, we'll known midwestern
novelty singing trio of radio and
stage, has been appointed as a
secretary in the assessors office
Of the city Of Des Moines. Miss
Brooks is the only woman en-
ployed in the office and has as
her aids ten deputies.
Little Miss Brooks, who has yet
to reach five feet in height, has
placed behind her a successful
record. During her school days
she was one of the managing
editors of the Oracle, North High
schools weekly newspaper, and
was the only Negro ever to hold
that position. During special
high school days in Des MOines,
Miss Brooks was selected by
North High school as a sole rep
resentative to the Register and
Tribune, IoWa's largest newspa-
per, to assist in the writing Of
the editorial on the women's page.
After being graduated from North
high, she was employed in the
law offices of Atty. ]. Nelson
Thompson, from which business
she resigned to become the city
editor of the Iowa Bystander, the
oldest Negro publication west of
the Mississippi. At the time of
her appointment, she was employ
ed in the Offices Of DR.. J. A. JEFF
ferson, one Of Iowa's leading
physicians.
Miss Brooks says she is well
pleased with her new position
and declares that all the employees
are very courteous. The position
to which she was appointed pays
a good salary and will last for
at least two years.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01
A
BIT TICkLISH,
OBSERVERS SAY
Great Britain and
France Upset

LONDON, April 28-(ANP)-
Great Britain and France, on the
verge of officially recognizing
Italy's conquest of Ethiopia, will
be greatly embarrassed on May 9
at the meeting Of the League Of
nations council if Halle Selassie,
who is still recognized as empe-
ror in London, Paris and Wash
ington, carries out his announced
intention Of attending sessions.
Under the terms of the league
covenant, the Ethiopian represen-
tative may sit as a member of
the council while the council is
considering any matter directly
concerning Ethiopia, and pre-
sumably as a temporary member
of the council he will have the
right to veto any decision by
voting against it. Thus he is in
position to throw a wrench into
British and French plans to have
the league recognize Mussolini's
conquest.
Experts of the two European
countries are still trying to de-
eide how to get around this tick
fish situation without appearing
too Grass. One suggestion is that
a vote should be avoided and each
individual member of the council
should signify his intention to
recognize the Italian empire.
Another suggestion is that
simple majority Of the council
might pass a resolution recon-
mending that ell league members
assume freedom Of action in re-
gard to the recognition question.
But no matter what happoas,
lis predicted that Selassie's pres
ence viii not help tic1lish mat
ters.
Some experts have suggested
that Selassie be given a nice life
pension, either from the league,
Britain or Italy, with the under
standing that he refrain from en-
barrassing the league any further.
However, the proposition has not
yet been preached to the empe-
rOr.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01

ATTY. X. ]. REYNOLDS,
Dir ectOr of the national
uide Right Week" of the
Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity,
April 24-3O, during which
guidance clinics, forums, mass
meetings, and other projects
are being held. A graduate of
Washburn college, and now
only 90, Attorney Reynolds
lives in Topeka, KanS., where
he has headed the NAACP
branch for five years, and the
Lincoln Douglas club for four
years. The Guide Right move
ment has been conducted an
nually by the KappaS since '23,
and seeks to direct young peO-
pie into the best fields of study
for their future vacations. The
drive is on in eighty college
communities this year.
-(Calvin Service).
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01
Leading Doctors
Attend Clinical
Lectures i'm Phila

PHILADELPHIA, April 28-(A
NP)-Sixth Annual Clinical Lee
lures of Mercy Hospital were
held here this week. Monday
afternoon a number Of leading
authorities in various fields Of
medicine lectured before the
physicians, dentists, students and
graduate nurses of Philadelphia
and vicinity.
Among those heard during the
five days Of lectures were DR..
Philip Q. Roche, Of the University
of Pennsylvania Graduate School
of Medicine; DIR. Alonzo D. Smith,
head Of the division of Pediatrics
at Howard University School of
Medicine; DR.. Julian w. Ross, as
sociate professor at Howard; DR..
Oscar V. Batson, professor of
anatomy, University of Pennsyl-
vania; DR.. James r. Cameron, of
Temple university; DR.. William
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Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01
Tripoli Plane
Crash Kills 3

TRIPOLT, Libya, April "a
(ANP)-Two Libyan women and
child lost their lives last Sun
day night when a plane, carry
ing four Italians trying for a new
LOndon-Capetown record, crash
ed into a military encampment
at Zuara, west coast Of Tripoli.
The plane, short Of fuel, at
tempted to land, but plunged in
to two native tents, in one Of
which were the three victims.
Gianni Albertini, leader of the
flight, and his three companions
were injured.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01
Mother of Woman
Educator Buried

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, April 70.
-(ANP)-Last rites were held
here Sunday at Union Baptist
church for Mrs. Caroline Willis
Of this city, the mother OF Dr.
Charlotte Hawkins Brown, fam
ed president-founder of Palmer
Memorial Institute, Sedalia, n
G. Mrs. Willis died Friday IL
Greensboro, N. c., near the school
Of her famous daughter and the
body was shipped here for burl-
al.
Rev. H. Davis officiated at the
funeral, assisted by several local
ministers. Interment was in Cam
bridge cemetery.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01

in most instances, knows moth
ing at all about investment plans
and principles.
Second, but Of no less impor-
lance, the committee seeks dur
ing this week to urge all Negroes
in America to become Negro life
lnsurance-conscious by pointing
out to them the necessity Of in
telligent cooperation with SOL
vent and progressive Negro life
insurance companies in order
that the clientele themselves NAV
see and experience the full adj
vantage of the economic conse-
quences Of such a procedure"
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01

An extensive survey and in
spection Of 1,7O0 Negro dwellings
in St. Mary, La, forms the basis
for a serious study of methods to
improve living conditions among
the colored people of that city.
Whites and blacks alike have be-
come awakened to the need for
oetterment.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01

fascism is the fight to save all ra-
cial and minority groups from
extinction at the hands of the fas-
est bandits. l never hurt any
body in my life, but when it
came to protecting the world
from the Hitler and Mussolini
policies of trampling on the rights,
liberties and lives of minority
groups, l could not stand aside"
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01

The Chicago Bee has more net
Paid Chicago circulation than
any other Negro newspaper.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01

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Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01

The CHICAGO SUNDAY BEE con-
sssHtly improving, with no advance h
price, 10 Chicag0's biggest news bar
gain.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01

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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-21

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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-21
HEAVY BONDED
INDEBTEDNESS
IS R. R. TROUBLE
Lauck Lays Blame At Door Of Invest
ment Houses-All Forms Of Trans
portation Should Be Regulated.

Washington, D. C. (ILNS).-At the
hearings of the railroad emergency
board, Mgr. John A. Ryan declared
that the present plight of the railroads
was disease; w. Jett Lauck, Wash
ington economist, gave strong evil
dence that the roads caught this all
ment from the investment bankers;
while George NJ Harrison continued
to whack the railroad schemes with
figures, braided into new and singing
whiplashes.
Mgr. Ryan, head of the National
Catholic Welfare Council and long a
champion of labor, said that the plight
of the railroads "is typical symptom
of fundamental disease in the Amer
lean industrial system.
"The disease consists in an exces-
sive and intolerable amount of bonded
indebtedness, of long term debt with
fixed interest charges"
Banking Houses Blamed
Mr. Lauck, as on previous occasions,
laid the blame of over-capitalization
at the door of investment banking
houses, especially j. P Morgan and
Company. He pointed out that the
wreck of the New Haven had burdened
that railroad with $4O0,000,0O0 OF
claims whose assets were almost nil
Mr.. Harrison, plainly the star wit
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-21
MONEYS LAST HOPE
(From The New York Times)

The Supreme Court of the United
States has shattered what seemed al
most the last hope that Thomas j.
Mooney could be released from San
Quentin Prison by judicial process.
True, in refusing to grant writ
of certiorari the court did permit
Moneys attorney to renew his peti-
tion for writ of habeas corpus. But
the indications are that the court, in
Guiding such tried liberals as Justices
Stone and Brandeis, will not find any
constitutional way to take hold of this
case.
Moneys reported denunciation of
the court "as bulwark of the pred
atory, corporate anti-labor interests of
America" and his demand on Governor
Merriam of California to end "this
outrageous procrastination" in his
case are, to say the least, untactful
But the issue is not whether Mooney
is tactful 1t is not even whether, if
released, he will resume what many
regarded as a career of trouble-mak-
ing. The issue is whether or not he
was wrongly convicted of blowing up
the Preparedness Day parade in San
Francisco in 1916.
On the face of the evidence submit
ted to the jury at his trial he was
guilty, but every damning scrap of this
evidence has since been questioned,
and much of it exposed as perjury.
Governor Merriam would serve COM
mon sense as well as justice if he re-
as weak as it now appears to be, issued
a pardon.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-21
Convention Votes To Fight Donald W. Smith ReappOnt
ment In Senate-C. /. 0. Denounced In Declaration
Criticized By Dan Tobn And Edward Flore

Houston, Tex. (ILNS(.- The Amer
lean Federation of Labor, beginning
the second week of it's fifty-eighth an
nual convention, asked changes in the
National Labor Relations Act and the
new wages-hours law and vigorously
condemned the Committee for Indus
trial Organization in a resolution
blaming John L. Lewis for blocking
labor unity.
The convention unanimously asked
nine changes in the Wagner Act and
declared it's intention of fighting in
the Senate the reappointment of Don
aid Wakefield Smith to the N. L. r. B.
The action came after President
Green assailed the labor boards ad-
ministration of the act, insisted upon
changes in it's personnel and demanded
a square deal" under the law.
Board Called BIASED"
The committees report on the N. L.
r. B. and it's administration of the
Wagner Act accused the agency of
being CHASED" toward the C. /. O. and
of seeking to destroy A. F. of l..
unions.
'Its primary consideration has been
directed toward unwarranted assump-
tion of great powers, reaching out and
grasping for more and more jurisdic-
ton, until the rights and privileges of
free trade unions have been invaded
usurped and denied" the report
stated.
The manner and method of admin
istering the act has brought admins
trative justice "into disrepute," the
committee said.
Union Rule Change Sought
The committee recommended these
changes, which, along with the re-
port, were accepted without a dis
oSiltihS FoIC.
/. A change in the unit rule to con.
form to that embraced by the Railway
Labor Act. This would make it oblig.
atory on the board to grant craft
union the right to select its bargaining
representative by majority vote.
2. Definite" curtailment of the
boards power to invalidate contracts
| 8. Every known interested party tt
be served with due process and bs
afforded an opportunity to appear il
any case.
A. Intervention by interested par
| ties to be made matter of right ant
not Of discretion.
S. Definite qualifications to be Sc
forth in respect to examiners.
6. Clarifcation of subpoena power
7. Lifting the secrecy over board
files.
s. Elections to be conducted within
80 days from filing of petition there
/ for.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-21
Canadian Labor Congress Cool
To A. F. of L. Move To Force
0usting Of c. |. 0. Affiliates
Canadian Labor Astonshed At President Green's Dec
laratOn-Canadian Labor Congress Plays Same
Role In Canada As A. F. of L. In United States.

Ottawa (ILNS) President William
Green's statement that the Trades and
Labor Congress of Canada would be
expected to purge itself of its G. l. O.
affiliate unions if it wanted to con-
tinue it's A. F. Of L. affiliation brought
the following response from President
P. NJ. Draper Of the 7. and L. c. of
Canada:
"The convention at Niagara Falls
Qast month) instructed the executive
of the Trades and Labor Congress of
Canada to continue negotiations with
the president of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor with the object in
view of arriving at settlement of
this matter that would be satisfactory
to the American Federation of Labor
and the Trades and Labor Congress of
Canada"
Canadian Labor "AstOnished"
President Draper declined to make
further comment. The Labor World
of Montreal which has always served
the interests of the A. +. of L. inter-
nationals remarks: Canadian labor
has the right to be astonished at Pres
ident Green's declaration, more espe-
cially in view of the recent decision of
the Trades and Labor Congress to con-
tinue to seek, by every possible means
the unity of the labor movement. The
resolution on the subject adopted by
this Congress epitomized as separate
resolutions urging efforts to secure
unity"
The Labor World criticizes Presi-
dent Green's claim that the A. F. of L
has as much right to require the Ca
madam Congress of Labor to purge its
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-21
A. F. Of L. Asks Changes
In Labor, Wage-Hour Laws;
Nine Amendments Sought
Committees Made Puppets"

The latter provision, the report said,
largely destroys the value of these
committees; it makes puppets of them
and subjugates them to the absolute
wish and the will of the admins
traitor"
On the subject of classification of
workers, the report said:
eve do not believe that the day has
come when labor will submit to being
classified by law or by administration.
Unquestionably this section of the act
requires drastic amendment"
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-21

ness of more than one session, made
the startling statement that there is
outstanding nearly $4,000 in debt for
each of the million employees of the
railroads. Each of these million work
ers, Harrison went on, had to produce
about $700 year above his own earn
ings to cover interest and dividend
payments. This burden is sc per cent
heavier now than in 1920.
Four-Point Plan Presented
Harrison presented to the board a
four point program for rehabilitation
of the railroads.
The program called for:
A genuine attack on the problem OF
competition; rate policy taking into
consideration both good and bad times;
financial reorganization; consolida-
tions.
''The railroads." Harrison said, "ir
my judgment, should withdraw the re
quest for a 15 per cent wage cut anc
ought to begin an attack on the funda.
mental situation since we now have 8
promise from President Roosevelt
himself that he will sympathetically
assist in getting broad scale program
for rehabilitation of the railroads"
Discussing the question of compe
tition, he said all forms of transporta
n-land, water and air should bt
subjected to substantially the same
character of federal regulation, with
favors for none and handicaps fol
none"
'"That portion which cannot stanc
this test is not social asset and no
an economic necessity" Harrison said
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-21
UNION PIONEER DEAD

Boston (ILNS). William E. Sears,
for over 56 years active in the Brick
layers Union, of Boston, and char
ter member of that union, died at his
home in Medford, a Boston suburb,
recently He was 70. Mr.. Sears was
one of those instrumental in founding
the Bricklayers' Union at Boston, and
was a past president.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-10-21


days after the close of the taking of
testimony.
Fight On Smith Ordered
The committees report on the Smith
confirmation noted that President
Roosevelt had reappointed Smith over
the unanimous opposition of the fed
eration's council and directed that all
members of the Senate and candidates
to that body be asked to declare their
stand on the issue before November
elections.
The officers of the federation were
instructed to .sleave no stone unturned
or any avenue unexplored" in the fight
to block Smiths confirmation.
Green said 1--WE will cooperate fully
with President Roosevelt and hope
that he will cooperate with u.s." He
declared that ''the employer classes
cannot look to us, can get no sympa
thy from us in any movement which
has as its objective destruction of the
fundamental principles of the Wag-
ner Act"
Only Square Deal Wanted
II want to make it clear that the
federation believes in the Wagner
Act" he cried. eve aided in it's prep
aration and deserve large share of
the credit in its enactment. We do
not want to destroy it and we will
fight to the end against those who
seek to.
"All we are asking is a square deal.
We do not ask the board to be pro-A.
F. of L. We do not expect to win
every decision. But we expect and
demand that a governmental agency
in the administration of law which
touches on the economic and social
lives of millions of workers, act fairly,
squarely and honestly"
Wages Hours Act Criticized
A declaration on the wages-hours
act condemned provisions of the law
as "unwise," descriptive" and dan
gerous." and said that industry COM
mittees to be set up under the act will
be mere puppets"
A report by the resolutions COM
mittee approved by the convention rec
commended that the Executive Council
prepare several amendments to the
law and offer them when Congress
meets in January
The committee centered its fire or
provisions in the law which permits
the administrator to determine the
ratio of apprentices to skilled workers
in an industry; which authorizes tht
isolation Of workers into various class.
ifications and which gives the admin.
/ istrator power to remove industry
committees if he doesn't like their rec
concentrations on proposed minimum
wages and maximum hours in an in.
dividual industry.