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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-11-18
PICKENS SPEAKS
FOR YOUTH NOV. 6

The N.A.A.C.P. Youth Council
makes an appeal to the people of Bos-
ton to support it's second venture to
aid William Anderson in his fight for
freedom. The tag-sale campaign of
last week was very successful.
Here are the facts of the case Will
liam Anderson as president of the
Youth Council of Greensville, S. c.,
was extremely active in getting the
colored people of his town to vote in
the September primaries. His efforts
were so successful that he was in
eliminated on a false charge of tele-
phoning "for date" to a white girl, a
student in the school where he was
employed as janitor. For this he was
jailed and convicted of breach of the
peace and disorderly conduct.
This exhibition of Klansmanship is
typical of the methods used to intimi-
date Southern colored people into not
using their franchise. The N.AA CP.
canb reak the Klu Klux machine if
every race member in the land will do
his part to the utmost. N.A.AC.P.
Youth Councils all over this country
are raising money to aid in this fight
and it may be long fight. William
Anderson has been released on $1,000
bond, and appeal is pending. The
N.A.A.C.P. will fight as long as your
support lasts. The North and South
are close neighbors now and this
Southern boy needs your help.
What can you do? On Sunday af-
ternoon, November 26th, Dean Will
liam Pickens will lbe heard at the
Educational Mass Meeting to be con-
Quoted by the Boston Youth Council
at Ebenezer Baptist Church. Come
in large numbers to hear this great
orator. The famous Southland Sing
ers, Lycurgus Lockman director, will
participate on the program. A large
committee in selling tickets and col
lecting signatures for the patrons
list. Come out and help in this worthy
cause
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-11-18

In his article of October %, 1889,
in THE GUARDIAN, Mr.. Crosswaith
ignores custom" and answers me al
though he seldom pays attention to
monographs, especially when the rec
ord played is an aged and familiar
one" On this point, too, am in full
disagreement with Mr.. Crosswaith. |
enjoy immensely the beautiful SYM
phonies of the classics played on the
monograph, and the fact that "the
record played is an aged and familiar
one," the records of Beethoven,
Brahms, Tschaikovsky, and others,
endear them all the more to me. Beau
ty and truth, Mr.. Crosswaith, do not
lose their value because of age or be-
cause of being familiar.
Mr.. Crosswaith's logic is quite fire.
quently very strange. Because the
Communists are quoting statement
by Lloyd George, man well versed
in the inner workings of British poll
tics, to the effect that Chamberlain
was insincere and never intended to
form a united pact with the Soviet
Union against Hitler, Mr.. Crosswaith
concludes that suddenly Lloyd George
has become a hero to the Commun-
lists"
Very well, Mr. Crosswaith, 1 will
quote you from Pearson and Aliens
Washington Merry Go Round of Au-
gust 80, 1889. "The real fact was that
the majority of the British Cabinet
never did want an alliance with Rus
STA. Meanwhile Chamberlain was tell
ing his Parliament and the Press that
the Russian Alliance was matter of
days, perhaps hours, when he must
have known what well informed OBJ
servers knew in Washington, that the
negotiators were stymied. During the
Moscow negotiations a group in the
British Government still continued to
try to do business with Hitler, even
proposing a billion dollar loan to
him" What will you say to this quo
tation, Mr.. Crosswaith?
Mr.. Crosswaith does not like the
Daily Workers defense of "Stalin's
invasion of Poland from the rear" As
for myself | share in the happiness of
the 100000 people who have been
freed by the Soviet Union from the
yoke of the Polish landlords, who, by
the way, have forcibly torn these peo-
nc away 1IoHl NuSSId Ill 1919 1neSe
100000 people have a chance now
to develop their culture free from the
oppression of the Polish imperialists.
Mr.. Crosswaith would like me to
enlighten him on the sale of oil to
Italy by the Soviet Union during the
Ethiopian invasion by the Fascists.
Here, according to form he exagger-
ates quite bit by saying that at was
largely Russian oil which supplied
motive power to Italian aeroplanes."
The facts are that the Soviet Union,
despite the commercial treaty with
Italy has diminished their trade with
the Fascists to a very minimum, and
that it was not Russian oil, but Bri-
fish, (Shell Petroleum. that was sup
plying the Fascists with gasolene and
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-11-18
MISS LORENA QUEENS
Active in preparations for the AKA
8ouIe to be held here in December.

Lorena Couzzens will be one of the
first persons the AKA. Sorors will
see when they invade Boston for their
annual Boule at Christmas, for she is
chairman of the committee to see that
they have ''home" for their visit.
Soror Couzzens is one of the most
popular members of AKA. A grad
uate of Portia Law School with a de-
gree of LIB, she has since done con-
siderable work in the field of Social
Work at Boston University.
She is also one of A.K.A.'s most
versatile members. A most ardent
sports enthusiast, she goes in for
skating, swimming, horseback riding,
ice skating, skin, tobobaning, bowling,
tennis, etc. She is also one of Boston's
most accomplished milliners.
Her affiliations are many and the
wonder is how she can do such effec-
tive work with so many organiza-
lions. She is one of the "main springs"
of the Women's Service Club. Born in
West Virginia, reared in New York
City and higher-educated in Boston,
she has a truly cosmopolitan back
ground which accounts for brilliance
as conversationalist.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-11-18
EDNA BLACKS
Statement

The Edna Blacks Associates feel it
is just and proper at this time to make
a statement concerning the recent
election for city councillors and school
committeeman. 1t seems that some
one has been misled by certain pub
lished statements which charged that
the most loyal supporters of the can
didate who was endorsed by the Asso-
ciates, namely, John E. Wyche, had
fOrsaken his camp even before Mr.
Wyche was ruled off the ballot. We
had made it very clear from the out
set that should Mr.. Wyche be ruled
out of the campaign we would then
support John ]. Craven for our next
councillor for ward nine. At least we
tried to be fair; and we did not pat
anyone on the back saying we were
supporting him and at the same time
supporting someone else.
The president of the Edna Black
Associates later made it very plain
that she herself was out to support
Mr.. Craven. And did not ask any of
her club to follow her unless they
really wanted to do so, after Mr..
Wyche had been ruled off the ballot.
We are quite sure that the colored
voters of ward nine understood the
intentions of the Edna Blacks Associa-
ton from theb eginning. I supported
Mr.. Craven for the favors he had done
for the people in the ward when I
asked him.
(Signed) EDNA BLACK,
for the Edna Black Associates.
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Mr.. CR0SSWAITH ASKS QUESTIONS
ANSWERED BY E. Johnson Deas

oil. That is why, despite all the plead
ings by the Soviet representative IN
the League of Nations, Mr.. Litvinotf,
for sanctions against Mussolinl, your
friend Mr.. Chamberlain did not sup
port Mr.. Litvinoff. 1t was the Soviet
Union which courageously supported
the Ethiopian people demanding that
the League of Nations render effective
aid to them in their struggle against
the Fascist invaders.
Mr.. Crosswaith wants me also to
enlighten him, on "Russia's part in
the Fascist crucifixion of Spain" Well,
Mr.. Crosswaith, are you serious or are
you kidding? You know as we'll as |
do that the Republic of Spain received
a tremendous amount of food and
ammunition from the Soviet Union in
spite of the fact that dozens of Soviet
ships were sunk by the fascists. You
also know that Leon Blum when Pre-
mier of France closed the Franco
Spanish border, which prevented sup
plies reaching the Spanish Loyalists
from France. Now | ask you, Mr..
Crosswaith, in all fairness is it the
Communist Stain or your friend the
Socialist Leon Blum who helped cru
city the great fighters of Republican
Spain?
1t is indeed a pleasure to learn that
Mr.. Crosswaith's estimate of imper-
ialism was formed almost a quarter
of century ago" And that he "es-
poused the ideas of Marx, Debs, and
Others" But while Eugene Debs and
Earl Browder languished in prison for
opposing the imperialist War of 1914
1918, many of Mr.. Crosswaith's breth-
rem of the Socialist party were on the
other side of the fence. In fact, the
whole End (Socialist) International
went over to the side of their respec-
tive imperialist government. You, Mr..
Crosswaith, and your brother Social
lists, am sorry to say, are repeating
the same story now. Your implicit
faith and trust in Chamberlain's pro-
paganda machine is enrolling you in
his camp, to such an extent that you
are ready, in company with all CAPT
talists, to become a red batter and to
attack the Soviet Union, the only So
cialist country in the world, the only
country in the world that does not
know oppression of one nationality by
another.
Yes, Mr.. Crosswaith, you are ready
to repeat all the lies and provoca-
tions of the capitalist world about the
Soviet Union, firing squads in court
yards, and other nonsense. A friend
of the people, regardless of color,
creed, or nationality, is honored in the
Soviet Union. Let spies and traitors
fear the judgment of the working peo-
pie and intellectuals of the Soviet
Union. You may shed tears for their
faith. but the great free masses of the
Soviet Union know better.
Mote by the Editor: This article by
Mr.. Deas appears in the Guardian ra-
ther late as a result of unavoidable
circumstances
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-11-18

The INSTRUMENTATION Ministers
Alliance elected Rev. S. M. Riley, Jr.,
its president at the recent meeting
held in 4th ME Church of which Rev.
Riley is pastor. Other officers elected
were: Rev. c. L. Moore, LIST vice presi-
dent; Rev. G. R. Winthrop, End vice
president; Rev. R. M. Owens, sec'y;
Rev. ]. w. Powell, cor. sec'y; Rev. S.
l. Laviscount, treasurer; Rev. ]. w.
Hill, auditor. Rev. w. D. Battle pre-
sided and Rev. D. L. Ferguson install
ed the officers. Mildred jenkins sang.
Following the exercises, the ministers,
many of them accompanied by their
wives, were served in the vestry to a
ssumptuous Turkey supper. 1t was
brought out at the meeting that the
4th church was the second colored
church organized in Boston (1816).
It was the Revere st. ME. Church
then.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-11-18
A NEW RACE PROBLEM

Regional Universities for colored
students may be proposed by the
Southern University Conference as the
South's answer to the Supreme Courts
ruling In the Lloyd Gaines-Missouri
case. Stirred by the crisis developing
as colOred students knock for admis-
sion at unsupported state universities,
leaders Of forty-one colleges and uni
versltles at recent meeting in Atlanta
took steps toward a possible solution
by appointing committee to study the
problem and make recommendations
DIR. Harmon W. Caldwell, president of
Georgia University, is chairman of the
committee.
That the problem is becoming acute
and disturbing was apparent from Dr.
CaldwelPs warning that 1--WE must do
something quickly" The Supreme
Court decided in the Gaines case that
a state must provide colored students
with adequate opportunities for gradu-
ate study. A similar case is now be-
fore Tennessee Courts. In Tennessee
four colored students seek admission
to the graduate schools of the State
University; three other colored stu
dents are demanding entrance into the
University of Georgia; but decision on
the applications has been side-stepped
or delayed while educational authori-
ties worry over way out. Obviously
representative of the die-hard reaction
aries at Georgia University, DR.. Cald-
well asserted 81 do not believe it is
feasible to admit colored students to
Southern institutions used by white
students just now. The most practical
solution would be in setting up regional
universities to which all States in the
region would contribute. This arrange
ment would relieve the States of ire
mendous if not prohibitive costs of
establishing separate graduate schools"
The regional university plan" will
undoubtedly be rejected because it does
not comply with the Supreme courts
mandate that the adequate facilities for
colOred graduate study must be set up
within the boundaries of the State.
Students Of one state are not to be
compelled to 90 to another state for
their education. The old bogeyism that
stiles the south still continues to bar
a democratic, progressive solution of
Southern problems. For once at least,
the SOuth's better element is forced to
concern itself about a color issue. The
Southern leaders of education unques-
tionably are worried. Their command
ing position as Americas teachers, re-
spOnslble in a great degree for the
nations future leadership, makes them
acutely aware that their decision
should not fall short of the lberalized
standards Of their calling; that their
particular solution of color questions
should be well-grounded on patriotism,
democracy and tolerance, - sound
Americanism. Will they dare to cut
the Gordian knot with bold stroke for
democracy?
Although the old fogeyism of Mis-
souri, University officialdom prevailed
to establish a separate law school in
st. Louis for the present and future
Lloyd Gaineses, the student body
evinced little or no organized opposi-
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-11-18
COLUMBUS AVE. A.M.E. ZION
Rev. VIM. ID. Battle. pastOr

6 am, Sunrise prayer and praise
Lervice; 100000 0a00 fl Dr,nN ESTA
service; 1920 am, morning worship,
sermon by the pastor; 1890 pm,
church school and bible classes; 3 pm,
sermon by Rev. J. F. Bailey, pastor
Shiloh Baptist Church, West Medford.
Mrs. Georgia Bailey will sing. Under
the auspices of Stewardess Board No.
l. A pm, Junior wee. Society;
pm, Young People Society of Varick
Christian Endeavor; 1880 pm, SER
mon by the pastor and evening wor-
ship. Cleaners Of the Fall Rally will
report. These services will help you.
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Warner, Florence Murray, Walter
Roberts, John Murray; dance num-
bers from Mildred Davenport's Studio,
Rev. Early, speaker; Dorothy fanny
hill, activities of centre, accompanlSt'
Evelyn Nutter, Minnie 7. Wright
NC, Ruth Wooten, pianist. Com
mittee, Florence Murray Theodore
Wooten, Dorothy Tannyhill, usherS,
Mildred Parker, Sarah Roachtord, al
door Lucretta Lee, Theodore Wooten'
Theresa Adams.
Oscar DeShields, an intern at the
City Hospital will addess the Harriet
Tubman House Forum, Sunday, NOV
10, on "The Colored Man in Medicine
Mrs. Irene Beckford, well known
Beautician of Humboldt Ave, was
opedated on Friday, Nov, 10, for the
removal of her tonsils and is now re-
operating at her home. She expects
to resume business next week.
The Busy Bees Club of Ebenezzer
church conducted a well attended am
ner Thursday, October 70, IN tne
church vestry.
The Guardian appreciates the oe-
sire of it's many readers to note tnelt
affairs in the paper but asks ina.
items be received early in the week
for proper preparation.
The very splendid concert by Vne
Greater Boston Male Chorus last oqli-
day, will be reported in next week )
issue. There was a large, dellgnVeu
audience and the numbers were spleH-
didly rendered.
Mrs. Annie A. Powell formerly o.
Beacon Hill and now resident ol
Lynnhurst has been visiting tins cl,l
during the recent illness Of her daugn,
ter Mrs. Anne King in her home a'
sos Shawmut Avenue, Boston, MIS-
King is rapidly recovering ana i ia'.
week both were the guests Of Guarolau
columnist Jay Powell Of the Boston 'rIy1
Opera House performance OF the llo'
Mikado" accompanied by the Me''I'
Samuel King Senior and JUNIOR
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-11-18

Sunday at 1920 am, one member
was accepted into the church. 2:3O
the Odd Fellows Lodge had its
Thanksgiving service. 80 the B.Y.P.
U. convened. The guest speaker was
Victor Bynoe. A very interesting dis
cussion followed the speech. 1880 the
Lords Supper was served, when two
persons fellowshipped
The Fashionette held by the Ever
eady Club, on last Wednesday evening,
was a great success, Miss Carrie Ross,
captain. Thursday evening, Nov. %,
Turkey Supper will be given at the
home of Mrs. Estelle Robinson, 6
Bower St., auspices of the Willing
Workers Circle, Mrs. belong, presi-
dent. Prayer service every Friday at
$3.50 pm.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-11-18
Recent Deaths

COrley
Funeral services for William CorIey
Of Al Sterling Street, Roxbury, were
held at Johnson's Funeral Home on
Monday, Nov. 10. 1889 at 100 pm.
Interment at Ht Hope Cemetery.
Johnson
Services for William johnson of IL
Ball Street. Roxburv, were held at
Johnson's Funeral Home on Friday,
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-11-18
City News

Some of Boston's famous artists
will appear in the program of the
First Seasons Musicale given by the
Colored Catholic Centre at the home,
60 Vernon St., Monday, Nov. 20, at
8 pm, Rev. Father Farley, pastor,
Mother Mary of Grace, superior. They
include Sarah Mckenzie, Gloria Cav
anaugh, Aster Green, Eleanor Trent
Wallace, Henry Smith, John Thos.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-11-18

Nov 10. 1899 at l 100 pm Interment
at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Young
Services for Miss Melissa Young, II
Oakburn Ave, Roxbury, were held at
Twelfth Baptist Church on Thursday.
Nov. 16, 1889 at 100 pm. Interment
at Mt. Hope Cemetery. ]. B. Johnson,
Undertaken.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-11-18
Announce Engagement

Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis H. Holiday an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Helen, to Mr. w. Mason
Lewis, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
c. Lewis of Staunton, Virginia. The
wedding will take place in January.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-11-18
CARD OF THANKS

We would like to thank our many
friends for their kind expressions of
sympathy through cards, flowers and
cars.
The Family of the late
Samuel Aston
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-11-18

BECAUSE OF THE very definite
turn in the tide of our thinking con-
corning economics and our groups's
plight in the modern world, books
which deal with Colored labor deserve
the attention of as many OF our people
as possible. Recently, the University
of North Carolina Press published
"BLACK WORKERS AND THE
NEW UNIONS" written by Messrs.
Horace R. Clayton and George S.
Mitchell. The book also has definite
value to all concerned with the future
of the labor movement in the United
States.
THERE ARE FEW men in Ameri-
can life who possess a deeper SYM
pathy and understanding of our prob
lem as group and whose record of
service to the cause of labor has been
more consistent than Mr.. Alfred Bak-
er Lewis. In reviewing "Black Work
ers and the New Unions, Mr.. Lewis
has also once again given public evil
dence of his many outstanding quail
ties and his profound interest in our
group. Here follows his review
BLACK WORKERS AND THE NEW
UNIONS
review
By ALFRED BAKER LEWIS
Messrs. Horace R. Clayton and
George S. Mitchell in their book ()
"Black Workers and the New I'm
ions" have given us a scientific and
yet human interest record, based on
painstaking research, of the pro-
gress of colored workers in union
ization in three industries, steel,
meat packing, and the railroad car
shops, and one Southern industrial
region, Birmingham.
1t is the chronicle of gallant and
uphill fight with surprising sue
ceSSes and one almost complete fail
ure.
The colored worker, in his strug-
gle to organize, had to fight the
white employer, of course. In that
respect the black and white workers
are in the same boat together. This
fight by the employers against eff
fective organization of their en-
ployees was especially bitter in the
steel industry, and pretty deter
mined in the stock yards and in
Birmingham. Without the help of
the government through the Nation
al Labor Relations Act, it is prob
ale that the measure of success
which has been achieved would have
taken twenty years instead of three.
But there is little to report here
with distinct racial tinge. 1t is
true that the great steel and meat
packing corporations, and the coal
mines and manufacturing establish
ments in the Birmingham district.
frequently made an appeal to race
prejudice to keep their employees
from uniting in one union. But even
this was not distinctly race prob
lem. They used the same appeal to
build wall of prejudice between
the American born and foreign born
workers, and between various
groups of foreign workers as well.
l. Univ. of North Carolina Press;
Chapel Hill, N. c., $500.
Secondly, the colored workers had
to fight the prejudice of the white
workers. This is a deplorable, but
hardly surprising in view of the
widespread ingrained race preiu
dice among the white group in
America. Under the circumstances,
it is only surprising that the work
ing force in the mass production
industries proved to be as little af-
t1icted with race prejudice as they
were. To some extent, the white
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-11-18
CHURCH News
COMMUNITY CHURCH

OUWW UNITY CHURCH
Anna Louise Strong, noted author
snd world traveller, will address the
Community Church at Symphony Hall,
Sunday, November 10, at 1920 am,
on the subject, "Has the Soviet Union
Turned From World Brotherhood to
Imperialism Mis- sStrong is the
daughter of a Congregational minis
ter, and was brought up in Seattle,
Washington. She holds doctorate in
sociology from the University of Chi
caro-. She has Travelled in China, Spain
and the Soviet Union. She is the au-
thor of 81 Chance Worlds. "China's
Millions, and "This Soviet World".
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LOOKING AROUND
and BEYOND

FRANK R. CROSSWAITH
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-01-05
The Morgan County Democrat McConnelsve Ohio Thursday 1913

program of readings and contests
Splendid refreshments were servet
by the hostess. ss9tsf
/ Visitors over the week end at the
DR.. c.. ". Davis home were Chas. III
Davis of Glouster, and his son =. d
Davis of Akron; Mr.. and Mrs F. A
Davis and son Richard Of Bristol
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Sheridan oi
Portsmouth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Williams en-
tertained with a chicken dinner
New Years. Those present were
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Wonhaus and
son and j. r. Dougan of Columbus:
Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. Hiatt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dana Williams and son, and
Madolyn Hilaman. In the afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. Wonhaus and Mr.. and
Mrs. Williams motored to Sisters
vile w. Va, to see Mrs. Wonhaus'
brother, who is in hospital there.
They returned to the Williams home
and spent the night, and on Monday
they were dinner guests of Fred Nc
Inturf and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. S. Hiatt enter.
tanned Wednesday of last week at
dinner the following guests: Mr..
and Mrs. HI. G. Dougan and daugh-
ters of Columbus; Grant Gilmore,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Williams, Miss
Madolyn Hilaman; Lee Dougan Of
California, and his sister Letha and
husband of Pittsburgh: Mr. and
Mrs. Byron Dougan and son of
and Mr.. and Mrs. Clancy
and son. On Friday fol-
lowing, the Hiatts had as guests, Mr..
and Mrs. Raymond Penrose, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jas. E. Dougan and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Dana Williams and
son, and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Will
liams.
Mrs. Herbert A. Cutler and
daughter Alice of Beverly, were Wis
itors of Mrs. G. v. Davis, Friday af-
ternOon.
Bernard Click of Killbuck Joined