Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-17
A Whirl at the
World

The thesis Of Norfolk's colored
teachers, that teachers Of both
races should be paid equally for
similar work and similar qualifica-
tons, is, in our opinion, nothing
more than just and fair.
Thus do eight members of the
faculty of the Norfolk division of
Williams and Mary College (white)
express themselves anent this
question of compensation for
teachers in the South's schools.
Benjamin H. Southern, a white
Southerner, dishonorably dis
charged from the U. s. Army for
his connection with the death of a
Negro soldier in France, is seeking
for the third time congressional
removal of this handicap which
makes him eligible for a pension.
The opposition, led by colored
Americans, has held Congress in
check on this action. The same OPP
position will work to the same end
in this third attempt of the South
erner to "get out from under"
DIR. Chas. S. johnson of Fisk,
Dean Horace Mann Bond of Dill
lard University and DR.. Fred D.
Patterson of Tuskegee have each
contributed an article on the gen.
eral theme of "Negro Education"
to the Journal of Educational So
GEOLOGY published in the New York
University's current number.
A South Carolina jurist, Judge
Frank X. Meyers, suddenly dis
covered that a painting which for
several weeks had been hanging in
his court room, represented Gus
tice" as a colored woman. The
jittery Judge, when sufficiently re-
covered, appealed for its instant
removal. An official of the Treas
ury Department to whom the ap-
peal was made, in spite of strong
protest from the N. A. A. C. P. de-
cided it was the judges privilege
to decide what, if any, picture
should hang in his court room.
Richmond Barthe, outstanding
among American Negro sculptors,
is showing a one man exhibit of
his work at the Arden Gallery,
New York City.
His bronze group-"The Moth
err" showing a Negro woman hold
ing in her arms her dead boy, VIC
tim of lynching, has won highest
praise from many art minded white
visitors, among whom were Colo
mel and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt.
safety First" is urged by pro-
ponents of increased personnel in
new war bills now before Congress.
Edgar G. Brown, head of the
United Government Employees,
demands the inclusion of "compe-
tent workman without regard to
color" Present and proposed
measures leave the Negro worker
outside the pale in new legislation.
Marion Anderson may not ac-
cept the grudgingly given permits
sion, in answer to countrywide
protests against its refusal to per-
NIT Miss Anderson to sing in a
Washington, D. c., High School to
amend its decision and permit her
to sing there on April 9th. Says
the board, "this permission is not
to establish a precedent" Say Miss
Anderson's closest friends, "don't
accept it."
The Negro people are urged to
write their Senators and Repre-
sentatives in Congress to: ~ Re
quire the Secretary of War to in
crease the colored personnel in the
Army and to integrate them into
all branches of the Military Es-
tablishment. (2) To support the
Fish bills H. R. 3317 providing for
the appointment Of two colored
cadets to West Point each year by
the President and H. R. 1918 pro-
hibiting racial discrimination in
the Army.