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under MS direct supervision with
DR.. Emmett j. Scott as his Con-
sultant at Republican National
Committee Headquarters at Wash
ington.
MIR. RIVERS, who was in charge
of the Eastern section of the Col
ored Division four years ago, is a
member of the staff of Thomas E.
Dewey, District Attorney of New
York County. He is a graduate of
the College Department of Yale
University and Of the Law De-
partment of Harvard University
He has served as an Assemblyman
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-31

United States Senator on the lawn
Of the nations capitol yesterday is
a portent of the danger Of rising
mob violence in the United States
which should be a grim warning
to all Democracy is destroyed wlle-
ther the victims or intended victims
of mob violence are white or Ne
gro, southerners or northerners. We
urge investigation by the Depart
ment of Justice of the women who
symbolically lynched a member Of
the Senate yesterday in the sharow
of the Capitol, however, sincere may
be their objections to Senator's Pep
per's advocacy of national defense,
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-31

Representative Joseph w. Mar
tin, Jr, chairman of the Republi-
can National Committee, recently
announced the appointment Of
Francis E. Rivers of New York
City, as head of the Eastern sec
tion of the Colored Division with
headquarters at New york City,
and Sidney R. Redmond at st.
Louis, Missouri, as head of the
Western section of the Colored
Division with headquarters at
Chicago.
In announcing these appoint
ments, Chairman Martin made it
clear that these Divisions will be
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Thousands, Not Informed
Missing Old Age Benefits
Oldest VIII Discovered

PHILADELPHIA-(ANP)-T oldest will
filed by Negro in Philadelphia, and perhaps the old
est will by Negro in the United States, lies in the
city hall here made the 22nd day of January 1888,
by Negro Cuffee.
TotaIling $3.50 Expressed in English money!, the
will lists estate including apparel old bedstead,
ga barrel of peese and barrels of pickle among 9TH
things
Written in the flowery handwriting of the 18th
century, the will is valued at $780, according to Joseph
T. ONe, chief clerk in the register of the wills of
fice The paper recently reinforced with silk
cost of $50
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-31
Widow Discovers
Over $4,000 Due
Mates Survivors

A story published in>the Amster-
dam News for August II, 1910 re-
lated how widow, ignorant OF
the broad benefits of the Social
Security Act, but entitled to S16-
089 O9 under the Old Age and sur
yiyors Insurance provisions OF the
Act. was threatened with eviction,
her children hungry, and the tanl-
~ hyterical because its members
could get on relief
Seeking assistance, the widow
went to the Harlem Field Office
of the Social Security Board. She
we interviewed and to her sur
nrise it was discovered that
S7o.18 would be paid to her and
ner four children for nine years
and one month, and smalleT
monthly benefits would be pald
until the last child attained age
1s. The widow would then receive
a life-pension of SGT a month all
because her husband had qualified
for Social SecurIse-~ DenefitS before
his death.
According to George E, Cohron'
field office manager, this WlooW
was one of many persons who ac-
cidentally Gale dat the Harlem OIL
flee seeking relief, only to ols-
cover that the family of the de-
ceased or the living wage Garner
Is entitled to benefits from the
Social Security Board.
MANY FAIL TO APPLY
- II is estimated that there are
several thousand dollars to when
Negroes. covered by the provisions
of the Social Security Act, are en-
! filled which cannot be paid due 10
the failure of proper persons 10
file. ..
The Negroes of New York City
and Chicago, ILL.,, are fortunate IL
that there is an office OF the
Federal Social Security Board To-
sca+ed in the heart of the Negro
section where services and intor-
nation from federal employees are
quickly available and convenient
They are more fortunate in thar
these offices are administered oy
Negroes. ~,
A recent survey made as 10 tile
increase number of Negroes receW-
inc benefits under the Oid-Age
and Survivors Insurance provisions
of the Social Security Act IN Chl-
cago and New York City, as COM
pared to other cities with conpar-
able Merge populations, the Tree
dom with which they use these Oh
fices and discuss with the officials
their problems relative to the So
ciay Security Act, clearly demon
strates that each city with a large
Negro population should have a
field office of the federal social Sc
curitv Board administered by Ne
groes. Where the Negro population
does not warrent establishment OF
a field office administered by Me-
groes, there should be appointed
to the staff of the field office
serving the Negro area, Negro
personnel in all capacities.
=" The Negroes of Pennsylvania,
Mar land and New Jersey, along
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segregation in private housing de-
velopments through its securing of
bank loans to realsstate interests.
The covenants permitted real
estate interests to decide what
race should occupy houses which
they were building with the aid of
government-Secur bank loans.
Announcing the change in poll
cy, Administrator Mcdonald said
in his letter: 81 am today ordering
the restrictive covenant about
which you protested removed from
our outline of Protective Coven-
ants
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-31

two years by National Associa-
ton for Advancement OF Color
ed People for investigation of
Klan. We urge again that
your committee on un-Ameri-
can activities vigorously and
honestly pursue inquiry not
only into last Sundays dis
graceful performance but into
Klan activities by Colescott
and other Klansnen in Tex
as, Georgia, South Carolina,
Indiana, New Jersey and every
other state where Klan is ac-
tive
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the Atlantic Coast have been
asleep to opportunities for employ
ment for their group, but more i'm
portant the advantages of Sc
curing or thousands of Negro
families now in need of money due
them but have no federal official
sufficiently interested in them to
secure this money to which they
are rightfully entitled. The Ne
groeS of New Jersey should be i'm
mediately awakened to their obli-
CATION to themselves and their
families and secure federal offices
of the Social Security Board ad--
ministeTed by Negroes.
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ONE ALREADY DENIED VOTE

ONE ALREADY DENIED VOTE
Final details in preparation of
the case were completed August
"a, when a Negro citizen made ap-
plication for the right to vote in
the Democratic run-off primary
here on that date. George Allen,
Negro auditor, was denied the
right to cast an absentee ballot
for this primary. Allen made ap-
plication in Dallas before County
Clerk Ed Steger, July 7.
At that time the county clerk IS
said to have told Allen that the
courts have upheld a resolution OF
the Democratic party of Texas,
which excludes Negroes from par
ticipating in their primaries. He
was referring to a test case carried
10 the U. S. supreme court in 1888
by a group of Texas Negro cltl~
zens, a case in which the NAACP
did not participate, which resulted
in a unanimous decision saying
that: "Texas Democrats have a le-
gal righ to limit their white pri
mary vote to white citizens. Cases
cs,ried to the high court by the
NAACP in LOOT, 1882, and 1884 were
all won by the association.
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Walter M Dawson, only Negro
member of the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
of the World and an employee of
the Sargent Engineering company,
who will become maintenance
electrician Tor the Bedford Dwell
ings and Terrace Village in Pitts
burgh when his present contract
expires. The husband of Mary
Cardwell Dawson, president of the
National Musicians ! Association.
Mr.. Dawson recently accompanied
his wife to Chicago, to attend the
association convention.
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Association Wins
Fight Against
Segregation

Mcdonald, administrator of the
government agency. 1t followed a
long drawn out controversy be-
tween the NAACP and the FILA
in which the association took the
the position that the
agency was promoting
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PEOPLE NEED ENLIGHTEN-
MENT

Organized effort in behalf OF
this program should bring results
There are few programs which
would be more beneficial to
YMCA, YWCA, Urban League
churches, lodges, Unions, the
NAACP, civic and similar organi-
cations, and especially their COM
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ton bill and his advocacy of all
aid of war for Great Britain. The
NAACP officials statement said in
part:
"The lynching in effigy of d
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The Phoenix index., 1940-08-31

After three months of operation, during which
time 5000 garments finished, this modern
cleaning and pressing plant at Va. State College,
Petersburg, is in readiness for the Fall opening,
September II. Here students get not only the the
ory of cleaning and pressing but the practical
perience we'll. CD Mr. A. c. Phillips, director
of the division of Mechanic Arts in which classes
in cleaning and pressing taught; CD Stand
ing the modern spotting table, Mr.. William AL
corn, instructor in dry cleaning and pressing, is
demonstrating a group of students the use of the
spray gun in featherng out spots; '(3) finishing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21
First Crucial Battle
In Big Six Offers
Huskers, Tigers
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 2l.-First of
the crucial games in the 1910 Big
Six football campaign is billed Sat-
urday, with Nebraska set for the in
vasion of Paul Christman and his
rollicking mates from Missouri.
Unbeaten by a conference oppo-
nent since late in 1898, Missouri
must reach its peak TO edge past
Nebraska, which last Saturday
romped over Kansas, SO to 2.
But there's a bit of tradition on
the Tiger side. Never has Christ
man played on a team that bowed
to Nebraska.
At the start OF the season lack of
stature among the players who
formed the Husker pass defense was
listed as the major deficiency of a
squad picked to win the title. That
hasn't been exactly fatal to date.
but seven of II Kansas foaters
reached their mark.
MisSouri's early-season question
mark was line made up of players
on the Tiger second string a year
ago. The wall was porous in the
early games and was split open by
George Kracum of Pittsburgh.
There aren't many schools that
can offer trio of fullbacks the cali
Der of Nebraskas Vike Francis,
Wayne Blue and Henry Rohn.
Should the Tiger line hold. there's
always Herman Rohrig, Harry Hopp
and Walter Luther to sweep the
ends
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Texas Aggies Sailing to Repeat
Title Triumph as Remarkable
Run of Injuries Hits Foes

That is sheer luck, made easier
by fine conditioning.
But what has happened to South
ern Methodist? Quarterback Foster
Elder. brains of the team. went
out for the season with a fractured
pelvis bone received in an auto
mobile wreck.
Sophomore Bill Thomas, the feet
little man who spanked the Meth
odists went out with a broken leg.
End Roland Goss. the best sopho-
more prospect in the league last
year, may be lost with a serious
ankle hurt. Guard Eddie Bianchi
is aillng. Second-string Center
McGaffey, a very good boy. left
school. So goes Southern Meth
odists football team.
Baylor? It's greatest player, big
Jack Wilson. took a full season
count on a ruptured kidney in the
Denver game. The Bruin offense
collapsed
Texas lost a fine guard in V. D.
Basey, victim OF an unfortunate
stabbing Texas Christian is lost
without its Kyle Gillespie, magnifi-
cent triple threaten. and took an
other lick when its only able reserve
center, Billy Blackstone, went out
with a broken leg.
Key men are falling out right
and lett. TIE Aggies go along un-
disturbed, unhurt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21
Swing Easy 0utjumps
Metope for Lead in
Bride Path Show
Good Field Braves Cold,
Sloppy Footing for
Annual Park Event
By JACK ALLEN.

Swing Easy, owned by Mrs. George
Mueller and ridden by Gardner
Hallman. turned in a perfect per-
Torrance over 41a-foot fences to
win the open jumping class. feature
event of the Bride Path Horse Show
held yesterday en- the Rock Creek
Park equation field.
The Mueller entry and Metope,
owned by George Walker and we'll
known in local hunt fields, tied over
4-foot jumps in the initial round
of the open jumping competition,
and in the jump-off. with the timber
raised inches, Hallman put his
mount over the barriers in fault
less fashion to win the blue.
Hagner- Stieg Entry Wins.
Secondary feature of the show,
which was restricted to riders vino
regularly use the park trails, was
the competition for pairs of road
hacks. and Anne Hagners Show Girl
and Charles Fletcher's Nanette were
returned the winners over "a rival
combinations.
I'LL SlSltiS anu SlItu ny Mdlll-
mast, who stands at DR.. E. H. Mar
stellar's farm near Gainesville. Va,
Show Girl was handled by her owner,
while Lisbeth Stieg had the mount
on Nanette. Mrs. Robert Watson's
Goldacious and Sam AgneW's Kitty
Wee were second best, in the fine
field
Claire Livingston produced good
looking juvenile in Sinner and he
took the class for privately owned
bride path hacks. Another closely
contested event was the 3 2-foot
jumping class in which Pryad. an
entry from Russell's Riding School.
turned up as the winner. Another
mount from the same barn. Lady
Mary. was first in the bride path
hacks class.
Stable Field Completes.
Cold weather kept down the at
tendance. but in spite of sloppy
footing and trails streWn with trees
felled by Saturdays storm. $50
horses appeared for the semi annual
show sponsored by the Public Parks
ONCE.
The summaries:
Junior horsemanship-Won by Danny
Durham on NJ Palmers Dan: second Hugh
ROSS on Potomac Riding Schools COL
0nel; third, Betty Townsend on Riverside
Riding Schools Sir Harry; fourth. Eloise
Richley on Meadowbrook Saddle Clubs
-. Three-foot jumping class for juniors
Won by Colonel owned by Potomac Rid
ing School ridden by Hugh Ross: divi-
sion B. for seniors. won by Cattle, owned
by Potomac. ridden by Frances Crawford:
second kinghsh. owned by EdFewater Rid
ing Academy. ridden BY George Welsh.
third, A. P owned by National PARK
college, ridden by Betty Lamborn: fourth
Lady. owned by Potomac, ridden by
Bride path hacks (privately owned
Won by Sinner. owned and ridden by Claire
Livingston; second, Scarlet Coae. owned
and ridden by Claude Owen; third Kitty
Wee. owned and ridden by Sam Agnew:
tourth. GRAY Lock. owned and ridden by
Sidney Sherwood
Three and one-haH foot jumping riding
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BY FELIX X. MCKNIGHT,

Assoc aleu- fItsS opO! 70 "
DALLAS, Oct. 21.-Injuries and
breaks, shocking batch of them,
are just about to shape up the
Southwest Conference football
sprint.
Texas A. & M-unbeaten last
season, Sugar Bowl kings and
crowded with veterans-was favored
to repeat. But there were chal-
lengers. stout challengers in South
ern Methodist, Texas and Baylor.
Now, four games rolled off, the
Aegies are out in front and shaking
off all pursuers-except Texas.
Why?
Over their great 15-game winning
streak that started with the opener
of 1899. the Aggies have not suffered
a major injury. Big John Kim
brough. Jim Thomason, Wild Bill
Conatser, Marchall Robnett, Ernie
Pannell, Tommy Vaughn, Charlie
Henke, Jim Sterling, Derace Moser
and Marion Pugh, the veteran
starters, just don't get hurt.
Kimbrough has been bothered at
intervals. Minor hurts induced by
the very nature OF his play-the
rock EN-, sock EN- blowing into
mountainous lines. But he has
been able TO start-and play-every
game.
The big Aggie line, that has per-
mitted only II yards as the average
net rushing gain against it in four
games, comes out intact each Sat-
urday. The reserves, peppered with
lettermen, are rugged boys, too.
That's something that doesn't come
under the heading of skill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21

Rocky Mountain Conference lead
with 1921 decision over Colorado
Mines, 1889 champion, has an open
date.
Pacific Coast-Stanford's Indians
again proved they have what it
takes to go to the Rose Bowl when
they trimmed Washington State.
26-l4, but they'll get the supreme
test next Saturday against Southern
California. The Trojans, champions
last year, were preseason favorites
ano seem to be coming back slowly
after two early-season ties. They
bowled over Oregon, 1870, last week.
Washington, 1870 winner over Ore.
gon State, shares the conference
lead with the Indians. The Huskies
next meet California, 81 victor over
U. c. L. A. Other games are WASH
ington State Oregon and U. C. L.
A-Oregon State.
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academy horses)-Won by Pryad. owned
by Russells Stable, ridden by Clarke Cole;
second Lady Bee, owned by Edgewater.
ridden by Phyllis Buxboun; third, Cattie,
owned by Potomac. ridden by Clara Kretz-
niger: fourth Greystone, owned by Po-
tomac ridden by Mrs. Robert Nash.
Bride path hacks riding academy
horseS)-Won BY Lady Mary, owned by
Russelrs. ridden by Cookie Rosenthal; sec
ond Dark Horse, owned by National Park,
ridden by Gayley Milling; third, Gavell.
owned by National Park, ridden by May
belle Still; fourth. A. P. owned by Ma
tional Park. ridden by Tika Davis.
Three and cne-half foot jumping fpri,,
vately ovnedl-Won by Obscurity. owned
by w w Hubert. ridden by John Morton;
second Topsail. owned and ridden by
Mrs Dorothy Smith.
Pairs OF hacks-Won by Show Girl,
owned and ridden by Anne Hagner, and
Nanette. owned by Charles Fletcher, nd
den by Lisbeth Stieg: second. Kitty Wee.
owned and ridden by Sam Agnew. and
Goldacious, owned by Mrs, Robert Watson,
Ball, owned and ridden by Christine Crom-
well and Broceste, owned ard ridden by
Jare Clapper.
Open jumpine-Won by. Swing Easv,
owned by MIS-. George Mueller. ridden by
Gardner Hallman: second. Metope, owned
and ridden by George Walker: third,
Dan's Rocksand. owned and ridden by
Florence Fitzgerald: fourth. Brown Bon
net. owned by Mrs. Mueller. ridden by
Mr.. Mailman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21
Western Scorer Among Schooboy Eevens bmW Holds Ranking
Covert Takes Comet
Crown With Second
In Fina! Contest
BryIowski Is Winner
As Potomac Sailors
Brave Cold Wind

Eight comet shippers and their
crews learned yesterday what FROST
bite sailing is like as a small feet
of the sloops, resailing their fifth
race from the week before, officially
closed racing on the Potomac River
in a nipping northwest breeze.
In marked contrast to the closing
races of the Potomac River Sailing
Association the Sunday before. when
sailors came out in summer clothes
yesterday found them bundled in
heavy wraps and anxious to return
TO warm clubhouses. The eight
comets were the only craft to put
in an appearance. although the asso-
citation membership had been invited
out for a post-season event.
Covert Gains Comet Title.
A second position, after letting his
nearest rival slip away from him
on the beat to the finish. gave Ernest
Covert and his blue-hulled Scandal
the comet title for the fall. The
winner was Henry Brylawski S
Nimbus. which ended the series 40
points behind Scandal. Col. Jack
Jacobs British took a third and a
similar place in the final standings
This trio finished all within Sec
onds of each other, follnwing a see
saw fight over the entire five miles
of a windward- leeward course in
Georgetown Channel.
At the end of the first lap it was
Scandal. British and Nimbus in that
order Earlier Nimbus was leading
but Brylawski lost precious ground
when he started to round the wrong
mark-a habit of numerous shippers
in this and other classes this fail
A kind competitor put him wise,
but not until Scandal and British
had slipped of ahead
Nimbus Gets Break.
Scandal overlook and passed MINI
bus on the run down wind in the
second circuit, to be first around
the lower spar below Hams Point
On the beat to the finish line,
Brylawski went over toward the
Virginia shore, while Covert failed
to cover him. A fortunate slant of
wind and Nimbus romped home the
winner.
Ted Cochranes Scuttlebutt and
Dave Gaillards Escapade were
fourth and fifth, respectively. with
only two seconds between them al
the finish.
Herbert Scutte's Bonita. member
of the Coast Guard Reserve, served
as the committee boat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21
Jim Crew Schools
Popped byN. Y. U.
STUDENT Psper
+ the Associated Press.

T. the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Oct. 21.-The Wash
in IN SQUARE Bulletin, student
C~pcr Of the downtown branch of
New York University, published a
f"ont-page editorial today head
lined by the demand N. Y. U. "break
snorts relations with intolerant Jim
Crow colleges
Referring to the agreement be-
tween N. Y. U. and Missouri which
will keep Negro Fullback Leonard
FHtes out of their game at Column
bis. Mo, November 2, the editorial
said. in part:
I'VE insist all relations with Mis-
souri, and other Jim Crow schools
be broken. No football team is
worth this sacrifice of the ideals
OF liberty and freedom
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21
Police B. 6. No. 5 PAGES
CITY Football LEAGUE

Police Boys Club No football
team sits more securely in first place
today in the National City League
following four loop games yesterday
in which it led the way by downing
Alexandria B. c., 1870.
Buddy Rowzee spanked the leaders
with two touchdowns with AL Kelp
scoring the other.
In other games. Anacostia Lions
nosed out Police No. IL, 60: Friend
ship House skinned through over
Police No. 10, 1912, and Police No
4 and Georgetown B. C. fought to a
scorelesS tie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21
Boesch Given Semi Spot
With Tuskur on Mat

Paul Bosch will be given his first
local seminal billing Thursday
night at Turner's Arena when he
meets Tiger Taskar on the mat card
featuring Warren Bockwinkle and
R-be ZahariaS.
Victorious in seven straight
matches here, Bosch scored easily
o"cr Eddie Newman last week. He
is unique in that he shuns much of
TIE mat hippodroming for scien-
t:fc graphing.