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WOMEN ASK MORE repre-
SENTATl0N IN FED. BUREAU
SENATE COMMITTEE WILL
PROBE CIVIL SERVICE;
WILL INCLUDE JIM CROW

/ resolution or in his correspondence,
but the language of the resolution Is
so broad that cases Of Negro dis
elimination can be easily included.
The NAACP has sent out an ap-
peal to its branches and to the pub.
lie generally To send to its national
Office, 90 Fifth Avenue, New York
City, the latest correct information
on any civil service discrimination
against Negroes in various localities.
The NAACP emphasizes that this in
| formation must be accurate and fac
tual with names, dates, addresses,
and with documentary evidence such
as letters, ratings, etc. II will be
useless To send mere complaints with
out facts. The association empha-
sizes also that this investigation does
not concern stale or city civil SER
vice, but merely the federal civil
service having 10 do with govern
ment departments.
The civil service was criticized in
the syndicated column "The Wash
ington Merry G0 Round written by
Robert s. Allen aid Drew Pearson, as
being eontr6iles, not rby vthc three
civil service commissioners, but by
certain key men and women who
have a tight grip upon the machin--
cry and who has resisted efforts to
reform the procedure. The column
declares that james d. Yadcn, chief
| Of the examining division, holds the
power Of life and death ever all ap--
plicants for jobs.
The hearing on civil service dis
| elimination is scheduled to be held
/ in the latter part Of April and, there
fore, all information on this topic
| should be sent to the NAACP as
/ quickly as possible.
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LAST RITES
| HELD FOR REV
IS. <. HOARD

DAYTON Last Tuesday at ex--
actly 1880 pm, the vivid and I'M
pressive funeral services Of the Rev.
Strobridge Ellsworth Hoard, former
pastor Of Tabernacle Baptist Church
was begun and lasted for approx
mately three and one nalf hours. II
was estimated that between five and
eight thousand persons viewed the
body of this prelate as it lay III state
in the church. Rich man, poor man,
beggar man, and almost every other
man paid last respects to the beloved
pastor.
No less than dozen ministers
pictured the fine work done by the
Rev. MI. Hoard during his ministry
which began May 10, 1912. This
man attended several colleges, at
tempting to gain more knowledge IA
order that he might give the best
there was to the persons whom he
might be asked to lead The Rev. III.
Laurence Mcneil did a masterfui
piece Of work as master Of cete--
monies and it was thought BY many
that the Eev. Ernest G. Esteli, form
er pastor Of Tabernacle, was never
more eloquent than when he deliy-
cred the deceased pastors eulo logy
/, The Rev. Mr. Hoard was BON IN
! Walton, Boone County, Kentucky,
April 26, 1891, and was the young
| est Of five sons. During his long and
useful career, the Rev. Mr. Hoard
| taught school for several years il
Kentucky as we'll ali preached.
From late Monday afternoon until
The time Of the funeral q steady
stream OF citizens of both races and
Of all walks Of life fled past the
| bier Iii final respect. The Rev
Mr.. Hoard served as pastor Of Taber-
nacle exactly two months, three
weeks and one day.
More than 1000 people were ~
attendance at the funeral and loud
speakers had to be installed in the
social room as well as In the main
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ent speakers.
At present Tabernacle is without
pastor, but the Rev. Mr.. Estcll will
remain III the city for about ten days
to help the grief stricken members
straighten out church affairs.
Throughout the services the be-
reaved wife and children were very
brave and seemed TO understand
perfectly the difficulties and obsta-
cles which they must face alone.
The Rev. Mr.. Hoard is survived
by wife and nine children, five
girls and four boys, the eldest being
18. There are also two brothers.
There were fifty-fiye cars III the
funeral procession not counting the
hearse and cars which carried the
pallbearers and the immediate
family.
SO, with the final rites Of the Rev
s. Hoard, wrote finis to an eyentfu
career Of man who will be greatly
missed, not only by his church but
also by the Baptist Church in gen
eral.
Program of the funeral service o1
the late Rev. Mr. Hoard ON Page Six
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INVESTIGATION
OF I Y A TO
COVER NEGRO
DISCRIMINATION

NEW YORK CITY Data on the
discrimination against Negroes by
The IVA, Is being assembled by the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Colored People and
will be presented TO the joint COM
mittee from the House and the Sen
ate which is to investigate the IVA.
The NAACp has some material hi
It's files, but desires additional in
formation on the treatment Of Negro
citizens IN the IVA as to work OPP
portunities, promotions, housing,
recreations, and other features.
1t Is known, for instance that Ne
gfoes arc not allowed TO live in the
eovernment-built town Of Norris,
Tenn, at Norris Dam. It IL known
also, that in the vast construction
work through the whole IVA area,
Negroes were restricted to certain
types Of work and did not have any
supervisory positions Even on
eonefete-ponring gangs, there were
no Negro foremen. There were no
Negro White-eollar workers. No Ne
gro skilled labor was employed ex-
eept N very few instances when il
was engaged in the construction of
houses for Negroes only.
The NAACP desirse information
on IVA determinations to be sent
e is New York office. SO Fifth Az
enue, as promptly as possible so it
may be arranged and presented to
the joint committee.
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Forum besides providing education,
information, and discussion oppor-
tunities for the citizens Of Baltimore,
has constantly engaged in direct So
cial action. The group successfully
fought for colored social workers in
1888; cooperated in the Buy-Where-
You-Can-W ork Movement, 1888,
boycotting those chain stores in col
ored neighborhoods which refused to
employ colored, and succeeded in
having 40 Negro clerks employed
registered 700 new voters, 1884;
during 1886 has been fighting to
break down racial barriers in the
municipal police department.
It was because of her work in the
Baltimore Forum that Miss Jackson
was brought to the National Associ-
alton for the Advancement Of Color
ed People in September, 1885. She
is at present Special Assistant to
Waiter White, and IS developing the
national youth program of the As
sociation, organizing Youth Councils
and College Chapters throughout the
country.
TO Conduct Campaign
Miss Juanita e. Jackson will con-
duct Spring membership campaign,
May /, to May 15. Goal 1000 mem
bers. Headquarters, new branch of
fees, 1926 East Long Street, Colum-
bus, Ohio. Phone Fairfax 1894.
Columbus will be host to the 1898
National NAACP Convention. Jesse
G. Dickinson is president. Maude E.
Jones is secretary.
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WASHINGTON - Various
tyres Of discrimination in the
federal civil service, including
discrimination against Negroes,
will be invcstig ated by a com
m &c of five senators under
rceo u ion introduced by Senator
Allen j. Ellender of Louisiana
and passed by the Senate last
" SIX.
Senator Eslender, one Of the Bit
terest opponents Of the federal anti.
lynching bill, has long been interest
cd in reforming certain evils which
he charges are rampant IN the civil
service. He claims that the main
proposal OF his resolution is ito in
yestigate the discrimination that has
been occurring in the various govern
ment DEF artments under civil ser
vice, with reference to promotions
transfers, disciplinary measures, etc :
1t is a well known fact that Ne
groes are Disseminated against in
the civil service, not only in the Sc
curing Of appointments after they
have passed the examination, but, y
the few places to which they are
appointed, they are greatly restrict
ed as to promotions and transfers
and are held strictly to disciplinary
measures. The postal service, al
though il has many Negroes in it, i
notorious for it's discriminatory
treatment
The NAACP wrote Senator FL
lender concerning the investigation
asking permission to appear before
the committee and submit records
showing abuses regarding Negroes
qualified for civil service appoint
ment." Senator Ellendor has not
specifically noted the Negroes in his
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NEGRO CRAFTSMAN EMPLOYED BY
NEW YORK WORLDS FAIR BOARD

NEW YORK-Wa L. Roberts,
young Negro, native of Cambridge,
Mass, honor graduate of the Car
negie Institute of Technology at
Pittsburgh in 1887, has been employ
ed as a craftsman for the Hoard of
Design of the New York Worlds
Fair, 1899.
He is the second Negro artist to
be engaged for important profession
al work by the Fair Corporation. The
first was Miss Augusta Savage, New
York gculptress, who has created q
dramatic group symbolic of the
American Negroes contribution to
the music of the world, to be erect
ted on Rainbow Avenue in front Of
the Fairs Arts Building in the Home
Building Center.
Employment of Miss Savage and
Mr.. Roberts is in accord with the
policy instituted by Grover A. Whal-
en-, president Of the Fair Corpora
tion, ito employ in the construction
of the Fair the best minds available
in every field regardless Of creed or
color"
In contest at Carnegie Tech, Mr..
Roberts won the Institutes approval
of his design for pylon to repre-
sent the Institute at the New York
Fair. Tt is a tower rs feet in height
constructed of distinctive products OF
Pittsburgh--steeI, aluminium and
glass.
The shaft Is circular arrange
ment of steel s4T'' beams, encircled
near the top with a wide, extending
band Of aluminium bearing the name
of the Institute. Between the col
umns, rising for a part Of then
height, are glass panels etched with
figures and symbols representing the
various departments Of the institute
His graduation thesis at Carnegie
was design for welded metal gats
and flashing spotlight Of modern
istic character. It was accepted ant
the gate has been set up to span {
campus roadway between the College
or Fine Arts and Margaret Morrison
College.
Mr.. Roberts, who IS "a years O
age, first attended the Massachusetts:
School Of Art in Boston for foul
years, taking d course in applied, in
AustriaI and advertising design, ans
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JUANITA E. JACKSON
Special Assistant to Secretary National NAACP

Miss Juanita e. jackson. born in
Hot Springs, Arkansas, educated in
the public schools of Baltimore, Md,
graduated with honors from Doug
lass High School, Baltimore, 1927;
received Bachelor of Science degree
with honors from the University Of
pennsylvania, 1891; received Mas
ter OF Arts degree in Sociology from
University Of Pennsylvania, 1885;
member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sor--
ority, American Sociological Society /;
vice president of the National Coun-
Gil of Methodist Youth, an interracial
group of $4,000 Methodist Youth orr
ganizations; one of the organizers of
the Interracial Commission of the
University, and led the successful
fight for the abolition Of discrimina-
ton in the University dormitories,
1895; teacher in Baltimore schools,
193l-34; has travelled extensively
lnroughout the country tor the bur-
eau of Negro Work and the Depart
ment Of Young Peoples work of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, speak
ing and teaching courses in race re-
lations during summers Of 1933-34-
So.
After graduation from the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, 1881, founded
the City Wide Young Peoples Forum
In Baltimore, the largest Negro
Forum in America, which meets
weekly seven months of the year,
with an attendance which runs from
800 to 1000, and which is in its
sixth year Of community service. The
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NATIONAL COUNCIL NEGRO
WOMEN LAY REQUESTS
BEFORE MRS. ROOSEVELT
Confer at White House on Representation
In Many Federal Bureaus; 65 Attend
Washington Meeting Headed by DR. Bethune

WASHINGTON CAMP A
request that Negro women be
given greater representation
and appointed TO federal bu-
reaus whose work affects them
was made TO Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt, wife of the president,
and other government officials
by special committee which
called in the East Room OF the
White House on Monday after
noon.
This conference with the ma
tion's First Lady was the result
of special meeting Of the Ma
tional Council of Negro Women,
of which DR.. Mary Mcleod Be-
thune OF the NYA ID founder
and president, held Monday
morning in the Auditorium Of
the Department of The Interior
at which 65 leading colored
women from all parts OF the
country were in attendance.
Pointing out that Americas col
ored women were anxious to cooper
ate IN all federal programs and tina
only the appointment Of Negro
women to social bureaus and agen-
lies could adequately care for thu
peculiar and specific problems Of the
races women and children, the coun
IL asked
L Appointment Of capable
Woman to an administrative position
ii the Children's bureau;
2. Employment Of an administers
i've officer, physicians, medical scr
vice workers, public health nurses
and nutritionists to the Bureau O
Public Health Service, which nov
1as only one Negro health officer;
g. Appointment Of woman
familiar with labor problems and tn
economic and industrial situation, t,
ihe Women's bureau Of the us. De
partment Of Labor
4. Appointment Of Il woman staff
member in each department Of tn
Bureau Of Education whose program
IS concerned with the educationa
well-being Of women and children;
5. That President Roosevelt, a
ex-officio head Of the American Re,
Cross, suggest that the organization
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BILL ROBINSON is so

NEW YORK (C) Bill Robinson
noted dancer, celebrated his Goth
birthday with beefsteak dinner ten.
dered him by the Grand Street Boys
Sunday, since Bill will leave town
and will not be here on his birthday
May 25. Bill and his wife appeared
in kissing pose in the Herald Tri-
bune Monday morning, something
rare in the New York daily press FOR
Negroes,
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HALL. JOHNSON TO DIRECT
Los ANGELES SCHOOL CHORU

LOS ANGELES (C) Hall John
son, noted conductor Of the choir
bearing his name, will direct huge
chorus from the Jefferson Evening
High School under the auspices Of
the Adult Education section Of the
Los Angeles City Schools, it was
announced Friday.
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~ssS-sS~~Sss-S4vS'
NATIONAL.
NEWS BRIEFS
MARIAN ANDERSON
PACKS TOWN HALL.

NEW YORK (C)-Town Hall was
packed to the rafters and some pa
irons were seated on the stage, but
even then many were turned away
as Marian Anderson, contralto, sang
Wednesday evening. Miss Andersen
will appear in Carnegie Hall on
April 13.
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NEW INSURANCE
DATE. JUNE I5-17

RICHMOND (C) Secretary G. L.
Townes of the National Negro In
surance Association announced last
week that the new date Of the 18th
annual meeting has been changed
again to June 15-17, at Cleveland,
Ohio, to avoid coinciding with com
mencement exercises.
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CREATIVE PRINTERS"
IN 26TH YEAR

NEW YORK (C)-- 4Elgie,' noted
rs the Man of Mystery who III
private life is none other than Louis
Goodman, proprietor Of the Elgie
Novelty and Printing company, $40
w. 53rd Street, is now in his 10th
year as u printer Of novelty circulars
for circuscs, and developing a line
Of commercial and theatrical crc-
ations."
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being graduated in 1885.
Since leaving Carnegie he has en-
gagged in industrial designing III
Pittsburgh, Cambridge and New
York, He lives at the YMCA on w.
185th Street, New York,
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angston Hughes poet and novelist and Midge Will
ams sweetvoiced songstress, looking of Mr.
Hughess first blues song Love Is Like Whskey which Miss
Williams has recorded for Mastery Miss Williams
scored hits with Fortune Telln Man. and "Sngn the
Blues Mr. Hughes wrote the novel; mot Without Laugh
ter several volumes Of poems and Mulato drama Of
the South which had long Broadway in New York
then toured the country. -lCayin servicel,
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auditorium Of the church in order
that all could hear the many differ
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FFogram OF the FuHeFai sHFVIce O
the late Rev. MIR. Hoard on Page Six
Evening star., 1938-02-27
Y. N. 6. A. News.

Ward NJ Barrick, boys work secre-
tary, will speak at the National Train
ing School for Boys today at $3.50 pm.
DR.. Oscar Blackwelder will address
the members Of the Us Mems Club
at their dinner meeting tomorrow at
pm.
The Monday Night Bible Glass, of
which Miss Mabel Nelson Thurston
is leader, will meet at 7:30 pm. tomor-
row.
The Central Committee of the Or
ganized Bible Glass Association will
meet at the Epworth M. E. Church
South tomorrow at pm. Mrs.
Claudia Hildebrand will be the
speaker.
The Glee Club will meet at 8 pm.
Wednesday.
DR.. George S. Duncan, dean Of the
Y. M. c. A. School of Religion, will
address the members Of the staff
Thursday at 10 am. on 1.-THE Origin
and Growth Of the English Bible" !"
Edward H. Thacker will lead the devo-
tionals.
A Lenten program of sound motion
pictures will be shown in the lobby
Friday at pm.
The Debating Club will meet Friday
evening.
Serving With What We Have" will
be the subject of the weekly radio talk
over WMAL at Sis pm. Saturday.
Page NICK. Etchison, religious work
director, will be the speaker.
Evening star., 1938-02-27
Knights Of St. John
Ladies' AuxiIiory.

District No. has changed its meet
ing place to knights of Columbus Hall,
on Tenth street NV. The next quar-
terly meeting will be held April a. F'u-
ture meetings will be held on the first
Monday of each quarter.
st. Joseph's Auxiliary met Monday
in the Continental Hotel Delegate
Mrs. Eleanor Kelly reported on the last
District meeting Mrs Eleanor Quade,
Mrs. Anna Shipman and Mrs. Eleanor
Kelly were named on the good of the
order. Mrs. Julia Sappey was elected
to membership. Representatives from
st. Joseph's Auxiliary on the District
drill team will be Mrs. Eleanor Quade.
Mrs. Alma Manuel, Mrs. May Davis
and Miss jeanette Bailey.
A bingo and card party was held at
the home of Mrs Eugenia Hugin,
president of st. Matthias Auxiliary, for
the benefit of the good of the order.
A rehearsal of the District drill team
was held Friday, with the captain,
Mrs. Emma Panzer, in charge.
Evening star., 1938-02-27
MAY TO ADDRESS
UNIT Of RESERVES
Infantry Chapter of Officers
Association Sponsors To-
morroW's Meeting.

Representative Andrew j. MAY.
chairman Of the House Military Affairs
Committee, will be the principal speak,
er at meeting tomorrow evening in
the auditorium of the old Interior De-
partment building. He will speak on
military subjects facing the Congress
OF today. The meeting is being spon-
sored by the Infantry Chapter of the
Reserve Officers Association.
Quartermaster and finance officers
and those OF the Judge Advocate Gen.
erals Department will hold confer
ences the same evening.
Infantry and signal officers will
meet Tuesday evening, the former
group taking up combat principles
and the rifle platoon. Permanent tele-
phone line construction will be the
subject of the signal conference. Har-
ness and maneuvers limbered will be
discussed at the field artillery confer
ence Wednesday evening, and cavalry
officers on Thursday evening will take
up the organization Of the squad
ron center of resistance addi-
tion a film, depicting machine guns in
defense, will be shown. District med
ical officers will meet Friday evening.
following which first steps will be
taken to organize a medical chapter
Of the Reserve officers Association,
Cavalry officers will meet at Fort
Myer, Va, next Sunday, $50 to 10
am.
Maj. Emil w. Leard, on duty at
District Reserve headquarters as a
unit instructor, will relinquish this
duty in the early summer and will
assume new duty with the I'd Divi-
sion, Fort Francis E. Warren, Wyo.
He will be replaced at District Re-
serve headquarters by Maj. Harry NJ.
Gwynn, who is now on duty at head
quarters in the Hawaiian Department,
Schofeld Barracks, T. H.
District officers have been assigned
to units as follows: Capt. Crawford
r. Buell., to the Sd Cavalry: First It.
John E. Herndon, to the 13l7th Serv-
ice Unit; First 1t. George W. Ellison
and Second Its. George E. Hodsdon
and Walter L. McCaddon. to the 306th
Cavalry; First 1t. Udell S. Madden, to
the 462d Armored Car Squadron;
First 1t. Fred C. Pettee and Second
Its. Jack T. Donovan. Herman W. j.
Hager, Abrahan /. Lipman and Don
M. Welker, to the 3l8th Infantry;
Second 1t. Burr P. Harrison, jr., to
the 3l5th F!eld Artillery: First 1t.
Douglas B. Bagnell. to the finance
section of the 80th Division. and Sec
ond Its William J. G. Davis and
Harlow B. McQuarrie, to the Sd Coast
Artillery District.
District officers are relieved from
units as follows: Maj David G. Ty-
Ter. jr., from 1920 Service Unit;
Maj. Samuel Marshall, from 315th
Field Artillery; Capt. Alfred F. Wei
rich. from 320th Infantry and assigned
to 159th Brigade: First 1t. John A.
Simpson, from 313th Field Artillery
and assigned to 18th Field Artillery:
Second 1t. Russell G. May, from the
306th Cavalry, and First 1t. Law
renee l.. Long and Second 1t Russell
G. May, from the 3o6th Cavalry.
Evening star., 1938-02-27
Jewish Community Center

The wednesday night institutes are
given over during March to a survey
Of the press, especially as it affects
the Jewish community here, Paul
Goldblatt. executive director, and
Simon Hirshman, chairman Of the
Education Committee, which sponsors
the series. announce:
March George W. Simpson, for
mer president of the National Press,
speaks on The Press Galleries of
Congress: March 9, Lawrence Todd
Washington correspondent of the Tele-
graph Agency of the U. S. S. R., speaks
on The Sovie. Press; March l6, Sir
Willmott Lewis, Washington corre-
spondent of the London Times, speaks
on The British Press; March %,
Joel Wolfsohn, executive secretary of
the National Power Policy Commits
sion, speaks on The Jewish Weekly
Press; March 80, Benjamin Meiman.
washington correspondent of the Jew
ish Forward" speaks on THE Yid-
dish Press
All institutes are open to the pub
lie. Public discussion and questions
are encouraged.
The center will be the scene of
Junior Hadassah's "Rigadoo" tonight
at BIS O'Clock and at $50 in the
lodge room. Havrutah, the Hebrew
speaking organization of Washington
will be host to Daniel Perski, one of
the editors of Hadoar, the Hebrew
weekly. in a celebration of the 5Oth
anniversary of zalman Shnair, the
great Hebrew poet Also on the pro-
gram will be talk by Rabbi Dubrov
OF the Georgetown Kesher Israel Con-
gregatlon. a duet sung by Miss S.
Stossman and Miss L. Klein, group
singing led by Saul Ashkenazy. Mrs.
B. z. Emanuel is accompanist.
Evening star., 1938-02-27
Catholic Daughters Of
America.

Court District Of Columbia, No. 212,
will hold reception of new members
March 27, which will be attended by
the supreme regent, Miss Mary c.
Duffy Of South Orange, N. j. The
reception will be followed by banquet
at the Willard Hotel, when Miss Duffy
will be one of the speakers Miss
Josephine Walsh, assisted by 18 active
workers, is in charge of the member
ship campaign.
A iridium Of Sundays Of recollec-
ion for members will begin today at
Sis pm. at the Immaculate Concep
ton Church, concluding in the annual
vesper service March 13.
A business meeting will be held
Tuesday at 8 pm. at the Willard
Hotel. A short talk will be given by
the chaplain, the Rev. John K Cart
wright.
The Study Club will meet in Hurney
Hall, Eighth and N streets NV,
Thursday evening, under the direction
Of the Rev. John K. Cartwright
At the social meeting March IS will
be style show at the Willard Hotel.