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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-11-24
Negro Voters Have
Secured ON New Deal

Washington, D. C.,-Perhaps
the most significant angle OF
election day this year was the
incontrovertible evidence that
Negro voters have soured on the
New Deal and it's Democratic
allies, and are returning home"
Newspaper columnists, editorial
writer's, and political experts, III
practically every comment, have
remarked this fact.
No attempt is made in these
comments to minimize the I'M
portance of the Negro vote as
factor in the recession OF New
Deal support, and as q fact not
to be politically ignored. At
tention is called particularly to
the result in Philadelphia and
other Pennsylvania strorgholds
where this vote has been 2 Demo
cratic asset since 1892.
The analysts at length have
reviewed. the returns from the
recent municipal election he'd in
Philadelphia in which a Demo
cratic-Fusion ticket was defeat
ed in most of the important con-
tests. They have been concerned
with this general swing OF Negro
voters b a C k to the Republican
party, and as to its bearings up
On the 1910 presidential race.
Clearly in Pennsylvania, Ne
groes played an important part
in the election of Republicans to
all four of the places on the APP
pei late court aml in Tie election
of State Senator's in the only
two districts votig, the Mayor,
and 20 OF % Councilman of
Philadelphia; II Of p Mayors
and II Of 16 Common Plea
JudGes Of Pennsylvania.
This definite shift of Negro
votes back into the Republican
column for the first time since
1882 is more clearly indicated
il four so-called Negro wards in
Philadelphia in which the Negro
vote IL exceptionally large. Re
pubicans carried the Goth, 3Jth
and 44th and lost the gath. by n
10000 vote ward, by Only 81
votes. These wards began pull
ing away from their Republican
moorings in 1882, and foud years
later President Roosevelt carri-
ed the goth and 50th by more
than 5000 votes each, and oath
and 445h each by more than. six
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-11-24
Negro LIS Forgotten
Man of Demo Relief

ed People, last June, referred to
the colored people of the United
States ''as an integral group i'll
our Acmcrican dccocracy," and
said I'VE look to them to upheld
the ideas of Amcric;.n demo-
cracy. to help carry its burdens
and to partake of its blessings"
Under the narrowing circum-
stances which now obtain, it is
not possible for them to carry
the burdens of democracy" for
they are weighted dow with the
frantic effort to support their
families.
The blessings of democracy
to which the President refers.
now come to them through
pump-priming, experimental OK
redients, including relief, part
time Jobs, meagre o'd-ngc pen
sions, and bare subSiStci e dolcs.
The basic necessities of life can
rot nowbc provided. American
standards of living are being
lowered and social security is Il
mirage. Under these conditions,
a growing menace to our Ameri
can democracy is Just around
the corner"
The New Deal attempt to
spend our way back to prosperi-
tyshas faiied and sickness, undG
nourishment, discomfort and
misery are the natural fruits of
efforts which do not provide en-
ployment for men and women
eagerly anxious to work and
support themselves and their
families.
The guarantee of Americas
future civilization is to be found
in sustaining the American
standard of living, anil in secur-
ing TO our people nothing over
present social and economic in
cqualitics.
Steady jobs with decent pay is
the requirement of this minority
group which has suffered, and
is still suffering, grievously
from present conditions. Amcri-
cas- greatest unsolved problem
il unemployment. 1t must &c
kept first in any program seek
ing recovery. The destructive
war in Europe cannot contribute
to the permanent solutio of our
home problems, or cover UP our
failures in the domestic field. A
false hOpeo boom prosperity,
and fools god, as President
Roosevelt has 80 accurately des-
cribcd it, will not cure the eco
nomic illncss of the nation.
No part of our American
citizenship is more definitely
concerned with the tragic reali-
ties of present conditions in our
coutry than the 1900, 1000 co'or
ed people Of the United States
and none who more fervantly
pray for radical and permanent
change.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-11-24
MA-S0-IIT CLUB has
Worthwhile PROGRAM



vSry small part " the activities
of the Ma-So-Lit club compared
to the III any worthwhile pro
jcctS the cub has sponsored
/, : organization six years ago
While there have been social>
and parties during the holiday:
and closc Of tie club year foi
the entertainment OF members
these affairs have been second
AIRY to the primary purpose OF
the club-the cultural welfAr,
of its members and the cosnanruri
ty.
Among the educational fea.
lures has been a well-uann2d
course of study for each year.
Donating leading Negro maya
zines to the libraries of the
county high schools This season
the cub il cooperating with the
State Supervisor Of Negro
Schools in sponsoring BETTER
Manners program in the schools
The week of November n has
bee designated NIB Potter Nan
ners week. Members Of the club
will be available for lectures and
demonstrations at any time dur
ing the week and at other time:
during the school year until the
fund for this purpose has been
exhausted. circulars have beer
8 emit to the principals Of the
Junior and senior high schools
of the county. ...'
Contributions to the Crippled
Childrens Society, IN G Boy
Scouts, T h e Salvation Arm,
and the NAACP are al mnela
features. 49,.
The Ma-So-Lits are proud of
their past record and are look
ing forward to another year OF
gcatcr achievement and sevice.
The personnel of the club is as
follows: President, Mrs. Mem
phis Garrison, Gary; Vicc-Pres
Mr.. II. p. Johnson, Kimball
Secretary, Mrs. |. T.. Whittico,
Keystone; Treasurer, Mira y.
II. Prunty, Northfork ParIia-
mcntarian, Mrs. J. G.. Cooper Of
Excelsior Madams J. II Byers,
J. A. Shelton. +. A. Jones of
Wekb, J. u. Hight. and Miss
Francis, Cary; y. Wiley, J.. s.
Page, Il. G.. Harrison, Kimball ;
J. Is. Carroll and G.. r. Wright,
War; 4. T.. Parsons. Keystone
The next meeting vii be hekl
Saturday, November q. Mrs.
J. f.. Hight. Gary, will be hostess
We want 10 per cent present
business Of Importance.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-11-24

adj the gracve threat against the
Anglo Saxon philosophy of
government. England was a key
member Of the League of Ma
tics corvenant she could have
stopped the criminal folly but
preferred otherwise. All nations
in the democratic group, in
much the same criminal folly
must pay for so fragrant Il mis-
carriage of international justice.
The Retrospect
Interpreting the present and
anticipating the future in the
light of thepast, the royal high
commission of England, could
have stopped the first World
War at it svery beginning; but
Hnglard's craftsmanship pre-
ferred to gamble. England could
have stopped or thwarted the
ambition of Mussolini In his in
vasion of the Ethiopian kgdom,
unleashirg as it did, the forces
responsible by far and large
for TIE present war, tut as we
now know, Englanis statesman
ship, again preferred to gamble.
In the first place, the present
world confiicti did not begin
last September but eight years
ago, when the worlds peace
system definitely brC';e down
with the Japanese invasion OF
Manchuria. There has been war
somewhere, with brief intervals
Of peace, ever since Japan's in
vasion Of Ma4churia. Hitler's
reoccupation Of the Rhineland
his conquest of Austria, Sude-
tan Czecho S,ovakia, Memel and
Polad, were oc the less wars for
being bloOdless, excepting Pol
and. but what democratic ma
tiOns must explain is the fact
that their groups failed to raise
even a sincere protest against
the invasion Of Manchuria, Ethio
pia, China, Spain, Austria and
the Czech republic. But il Is well
to state here for the benefit Of
the record, that had the congress,
of TIE United States, agreed to
give President Roosevelt dis
cretionayy power to name the
GggreSsOr rations and quaran-
tine h m as outlaws, Mussolini
would never have invaded Ethi0-
pia. But as result, cen though,
many nations wiz suffer, most
assuredly, England will bear the
brunt. -.
In the Tolls
tOon1nnS6 90 Page ThreeJ
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-11-24

when Governor James, Ropubii-
can, was elected, the four Ne
gro wards stayed in the Demo-
cratic column, but by greatly
reduced pluralities.
In Cleveland, Ohio, colored
voters elected two new Negro
Councilmen, returned another to
Office, and elected a colored wo-
man to the Board of Education
in this off-year election. Mayor
Harold II. Burton, who was re-
elected by a $1,000 majority,
had their support. The Negro
wards tilted heavily for the re-
gular Republican nominees. %
Republicans with a large major
ity viii be members of the Cleve-
land city council.
In New Jersey, the Republicans
elected as out of 60 members of
the 1910 assembly, and VOL 5
out CT 6 contests for the State
Senate, City and county cleo
tions uniformly went to the Re-
publicans, including the election
CT a Republican Mayor in Pater-.
son for the first time in IL years.
The Democratic Mayor of
Poughkeepsie, the largest city
in President Roosevelt's home
county, seeking election to his
fourth term, was defeated by a
Republican. In Connecticut,
Democratic majorities in the
large cities were reduced by as
M u h as 80 per cent compared
with 1888 figures. Negro voters
contributed to these results. 1t
Is safe to say, and generally con-
ceedtd, thai q similar swing will
be registered next year by the
Negro vote in New York, Mass,
Conn. Maryland, Missouri, Ind,
Ohio, Illinois and Michigan.
Republican Negro political
eaders, bushes men, ministers,
and professional men, as well as
he Negro populance generally
seem definitely to have come to
the conclusion that the New Deal
Jtfers no permanent solution to
| Lhsx sooonie ind social conm-
ion. The relief program parti-
aularly discourages them as IL
cvades opening OF opportunities
for them to secure employment
in industry.
! Republican leaders throughout
the country are centering at
IGNITION upon the preset extOr-
Tomato tax program; present
and contemplated spending spree
ln1 the mounting public debt.
They arc refusing to permit the
European war TO interfere with
/ fortnight discussion Of domes-
tic issue which are most vital
and which are fundamentally of
! greatest importance, and urgent
~ pressing for solution.
New Dealers found out in '3S
that they were losing popularity
and that the elections Of thi.
year indicate that The tide j.
b still running against them
J he election of 1893 provided
T the frst test Of Rcpub,ical
strength. OF the Senatorial
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-11-24

washington, ID. C.-lhc ira
gedy OF unemployment still dis
turbS the dreams OF millions of
colored Americans. It is the one
ghost that viii not be laid.
Governmental experimentation
for recovery, with all of the
billions spent, has not yet brot
appreciablc relief TO this one
tenth of our American popula-
ton, the minority group which
has suffered most during this
period OF economic misery and
distress. the plight of this group
is serious and tragic.
Former Governor Alfred III
LanGon called attention to this
tragedy OF unemployment" in
IN address Mt Cornp'l College. iii
Iowa. recently, when he said:
wv ha t is taking place i'm the
world beyond our shores must
not blind us to the tragedy that
is taking place daily here ut
home. in our very neighborhoods.
The dread Of it, AZ Governor
Landon pointed out, may be as
demoralizing as the dread OF
OF war. The ruthless force of UNI
employment has left almost as
many people hungry and home
less as has the ruthless force Of
Hitler and Staiin,' a"Scrspps-
Howard editorial commented,
and added: "Here is the problem
which, if it continues to exist in
its presetn proportions, will al
most as surely undermine demo-
cracy on this side Of the Atlantic
rs war will destroy it on the
other. A nd the remedy is not
merely to alleviate the hard
ships OF the victims Of unemplov
ment through charity or dolea
or made work"
AS Mr.. Landon said eve watch
the shifting and rcgrouping of
masses Of population in Europe
with Somethig akin TO horror
men. women and children torn
from their homes on few hours
notice. Blu t what OF the great
shifting Of population IN this
country shift that has beer
from steady jos TO makeshift
existence IN unemployment 2"
These observations are OF mo
ment to the 12,OOO,OOO colored
people OF the United States.
hey have felt the cruel and de-
Wasting effects OF a situation
which has practically made Of
them economic outcAsts " h
widespread privation and starva-
ton on every hand, and with
little or no attention being given
to the causes Of this desperate
calmaity.
Concepts Of liberty and justice
and deccncy are involved and
endangered when honest, hard
working, respectable IN en-,
anxious to work and support
their families, become charity
seekers" They lose their morale
and find themselves facing yhy-
steal and spiritual collapse.
President Roosevelt in his
letter TO the National Associa-
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-11-24

Cornell university has a ''hoyto-
rum" which includes one Of the
largest private herbariurns in the
country and one Of the most CON-
prehensive records of the cultivated
plants Of he world.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-11-24
VIII, b1kWERYs chi.
LETTER 6a l!llER
Herr Hitler's Germany is the
Thorn in Englnnd's Side

Thorn in Englnnd's Side
When fifty-two guilty by
ISLANDERS League Members, in
blessed Accord, stood guard over,
while Mussolini, exercised a
free hard in raping Ethiopia, a
fragrant international hypocrisy
as a precedent, was set and the
door opened leading to the des-
truction of world peace by
treaty structure. Result There
:is today, not even intcrn9tion-
al security, The freedom Of the
seas is gone and the fish therein,
must scamper for their lives in
the midst OF a submarine war
fare.
Assessment
The resultant conditions fol
lowing Mussoliri's invasion of
Ethiopia, with blink and beck
on from a large part of the demo-
crtc world, to 90 ahead. they are
simply poor ignorant black peo-
PIE. The eventful circumstances
conseqent upon such a criminal
folly, served to inspire Herr Hit
ler, and to asses in a very great
measure the responsibility for
the present European conflict
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-11-24

elections held in Fl states they
won II, an1 scored better than
l5 per cent in 5 others. Also
chat year, they careid - out Of
II states that elected g5ver-
nors making spectacular gains
all along the way.
Significantly, in. the total vote
for Federal Representatives,
the Republicans changed a Demo
cratic plurality Of 4,783,OOO IL
1896 to a Republican plurality Of
close to 100000 in 1o39-a turn
over Of 5,283,OOO votes. besides
gaining ground in 35 of 80
38 states.
The tide is risinr. Republicans
arc on the march. The Ear
Wagon has started.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-05-10
TOUGH ON REVOLUTIONS

We used to be pretty high handed about the thing in the Caribbean, merely telling revolution leaders it wouldn't do them any good to win because we wouldn't recognize them. Busch was recognized by the United States before he proclaimed himself dictator. So he had no trouble in that respect Naturally the State Department is keeping an eye on what he does with Ameri- can and other foreign properties down there.
 Bolivia tried the business of seiz- ing foreign property Standard Oil holdings) in 1897 and the President of that day Col David Toro, lost his job in a revolution. German Busch, who led the revolution, suc- ceeded Toro.
 Busch's father was of German descent. explaining the dictator's non-Latin name There is much German racial stock in Bolivia
 Bolivia, like the United States. has a mining industrial section and an agricultural section Their inter-
 fCnn timed On papp Etval
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-05-10
By PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, May 10. - The State Department refuses to be- come excited over the establishment of a "totalitarian' government in Bolivia.
 Technically the change from a theoretical democracy puts the United States in a slightly difficult position. The couiiLry's policy in Latin America tor nearly 40 years has been to support the government in power, with few exceptions When the inevitable attempt at a revolution comes to confront self installed Dictator German Busch the United States will have to smile upon him.
 The fact is that under the cur rent administration this country has been less disposed to have a hand in the internal affairs of Latin American governments than of yore. If they seem likely to re- spect international obligations, D which means foreign investments, they do fairly well with us.
 By bitter experience, the Latin American governments, especially those in the Caribbean. have dis covered that if the United States withholds recognition, they don't
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-05-10
NaziPapers Shouting of
 Pole Terror
AIIege C erm a n Property Being Destroyed and
 Nationals Attacked

BERLIN, May 10.-Charges of destruction of German property by Polish mobs boycotting German goods were published here today in a revival of the German newspaper campaign against Poland.
 The DNB, German news agency, reported from Glewitz, German city on the Polish border, that streams of bedraggled refugees were coming from Polish upper Silesia into the city.
 Destruction of German property and attacks upon Germans in this region of Poland have become a daily and constant occurrence the DNB asserted.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-05-10
EMPLOYERS MAY CLOSE PORT OF
 PORTLAND, ORE.
Longshoremen Refuse to Go Through Vanished
 Picket Line

PORTLAND, Oregon, May l0- Employers today threatened to close this port at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning unless longshoremen begin loading the vessel William Lucken- bach during today.
 Longshoremen have been refusing to pass an imaginary picket line which was established after the courts injunction against the CIO Office Workers Union.
 The office workers picketed in protesting to the failure of the com pany to comply with the Labor Board order to reinstate three work CTS with back pay
 Eight longshore gangs were dis patched to the ship today, marched to the dock where the pickets were before the injunction, then turned back.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-05-10
DOCTOR KILLS OWN DAUGHTER,
 ACCIDENTAL CUT
Another Physician Drops Dead While Perform
 ing Operation

MOLINE, Illinois, May 10.-A cut made by surgical instrument in the pocket of her physician father when he embraced her was revealed today as the cause of the death of 19-months-old Nancy McCreedy.
 A coroner's jury found that the child died from a blood infection that developed from the cut.
 The physician. Dr. c. o. McCreedy, used the instrument in performing a minor operation, wrapped it and put it in his pocket intending to sterilize it and place it in his kit later
 When pr. McCreedy arrived home, Nancy ran to meet him and he clasped her in his arms. The point of the forgotten surgical instrument penetrated her body The infection developed in spite of physicians efforts to save her life.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-05-10
POWERS ON
 VISIT HERE

L. M Powers, one of the oldtime cable operators of the Signal Corps, is visiting in Juneau, accompanied by his wife and they are at the Baranof Hotel. They arrived on the North Sea.
 Powers, in the old days when the Treadwell mine was operated, open ed the Signal Corps office in Douglas and was Operator charge Fol lowing the cave-in he came to Ju- neau and was on the staff here for a number of years. Powers was in the Sitka cable office and during the World War served in France. He has also been attached to the Seattle Signal Corps office He retired four years ago.
 Powers and his wife, who received much of her education in Juneau, are having hard time locating themselves here. There are few of the old landmarks that they knew so well remaining as Juneau has grown to such an extent. They will remain here until the Northland, then go to Sitka to visit relatives and friends and return south on the next trip of the North Sea.
 Ernest Powers, son of L. M. Powers, like his dad, has joined the Signal Corps and is now stationed in Juneau, member of the local staff.
 And by the way, Powers senior returns north with the title of Ma jor and incidentally the visit is a surprise one to his son and wife.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-05-10
HOLLYWOOD MAN AND WOMAN DUE
 HERE BY PLANE
Ray We ebb Gets Fine al Ketthikan for Tdngle
 with Customs Office

A Hollywood movie flier, Ray Webb. transforming in the North land, is due in Juneau this after noon with his pontoon ship, and with Gladys Comstock as a passen- ger.
 Webb headed here from Ketchi- kan today with a $500 fine against him following tangle with Customs regulations in which it is alleged he failed to give advance notice of his arrival in the Frist City from a foreign port.
 The Hollywood airman flew from Alert Bay, British Columbia, to Ket- chikan.
 Webb said his clearance papers blew out of his pocket while taking off from Alert Bay, as he acciden- tally opened the throttle wide.
 Gladys Comstock boarded the plane at Seattle and was to get off at Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-05-10
Says Soviet Part in Lineup of Three Powers Is
 Misunderstood
YUG0SLAvIAN HEAD
 MEETS MUSS0LINI
Russian Ambassador Is in Conference with Po-
 lands Minister
(By Associated Press,

Premier Neville Chamberlain to- day disclosed to the House of Com- mons that Great Britain has asked Russian military aid in Eastern Europe, only in the event that Brit ish and French forces are already launched in any future conflict.
 Chamberlain's statement threw the first official light on Great Bri- tain's latest efforts to gain Russian support in an attempt to offset the consolidation of the Rome-Berlin axis.
 The Premier said British proposals made it plain there is no intention that the Soviet Government should commit herself to intervene irrespec- tive of whether or not Great Britain or France should already have done so."
 Clears Up Misunderstanding
 The words of the Premier were de- signed to clear up what he said Is a misunderstanding of the proposals.
 Tn Moscow, previous British over- lures were met by Russian counter suggestions for broad British French-Soviet alliance with guaran- tees for Europe's smaller states.
 Mussolini is exerting his best ef- forts, meanwhile, in an attempt to draw Yugoslavia closer to the Rome Berlin axis as Prince Paul. Regent of Yugoslavia and his Foreign Min- ister. Alexander Markovitch, reached Rome for state visit.
 Some diplomats thought Regent Paul would be reluctant to such close utilization with Hitler and Mussolini despite Italy's wishes that Yugo- slavia sign the -Comintern pact that links Italy. Germany, Japan, Hungary and Manchoukuo.
 Vladimir Potemkin, Russia's first assistant Foreign Commissar, length ened his stopover in Warsaw, on re- turning from Turkey, and COZ ferred today with Polish Foreign Minister Beck.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-05-10
NEW PHARMACIST
 ARRIVES IN CITY

John McIver arrived here on the Yukon from Tacoma, Washington and today took over his duties as pharmacist at the Butler Mauro Drug Company.
 McIver will be on the staff of the company during the summer months and is replacing Gordon Ferguson who, accompanied by his wife, will leave Monday on the steamer Denali for a months vacation trip in the States. The Fergusons will spend most of their time visiting with relatives in Everett and Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-05-10
SOVIET ENVOY
 NAMED TO U. 5.

MOSCOW, May 10.-The Tass News Agency announces that the President of the Supreme Soviet has appointed Constantine Oumansky, Counselor and Charge d'Affairs at the Embassy in Washington, to be Soviet Ambassador to the United States. He has been in charge since Alexander Troyanovsky returned to Moscow from the United States last June.