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Evening star., 1940-07-12
Andy Hardy's Varied Loves
A Problem to Authors
Each Juliet to His Intense Romeo
Must Be Kept in Special Character;
MIR. Anger Solves Dilemma
BY JAY CARMODY.

discovery Of Andy Hardy has been the main theme Of but
picture OF the SERIES but it incidental in
the complexities with which writers
new instament compexy
the Romeo
Research which loosely might digen disco
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-26
The Globe Trotter
By cliff Maekay

,,,, won within its borders This they d" lot
understand and it will take no small aanount "
exclamation and comforting the part OF our slate
department. officials to clear up 'he eoA "
tendant to this policy
good example was given Thursday at for'
Benning, Ga. Among the twenty-three dsuneulSh;
ed officers of the Republic of South and Celtrai
America now touring several of the army principal
&C nters are two Haiti. Any school chllo VIII
tell you that Haiti is Negro republic one OIL tl'e
two independent black nations remaining in the en-
tire world.
WATCH ARMY JIM CROW
Colonel Franck Lavaud, commander, depart
merit of artibonite and Captain Antoine Levelt,
Senior Coptain Garde stood watching intently as
Fort Benning's enlisted personnel marched py
AS the hundreds of tanks and other steel-clad
vehicles cf the armed division rumbed py, not d
black face was to be anywhere. When the anu
eIrcraft guns roared into action, no black men
manned them. No black faces were seen among tne
parachute troops as they descended spectacularEy
Gordon Field
And white officers issued the commands as the
path Infantry the lone coored combat unit at Fort
Eenning marched by This was cold, hard TACT
which undoubtedly posed question in the minds
O. these officers of black nation. Why, they muSI
have thought could not Negro officers command
those units composed Of their own race, and why
could not these splendid black physical specimens of
manhood be trained for some of the technical
branches of warfare, just as well as for the infan
try?
And the only answer that could be truthfully
given no matter how automatically it would be
stated, would be "color prejudices."
CUBA'S EXAMPLE
America must forego much of its traditional
treatment of the Negro if it would assume the lead
ership in defending democracy in this hemisphere
Cuba under its president, Fu'gencio Batista, who
would certainly be classed a. Negro in tt" 7r0ted
States, has written C0ne itUti"n One Of the
strong points in that constitution READS:
Every discrimination because of race, sex, col
c1 class any other thing harmful to human dgni
tv is illegal and punishable"
Cuba, for whom many American Negroes shed
their blood to its freedom, really means to
have democracy This island nation sets pace the
United States must surely match if the good neigh
bor policy. is 10 hold firm against the inroads of
the. dictators 49,. 49, -s... . e,.. ....
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Elbert Williams, NAACP officials,
who helped to lead a right-to-vote
campaign among Negroes in
BroWnville, Tennessee, as the most
flagrant case brought before the
Justice Department in many years,
the statement quoted an associa-
ton representative in Brownsville
as saying: Members of the mob
that lynched Elbert Williams can
be seen in Brownsville each day
going about their work as though
they had killed only a rabbit. ."
Other cases cited in the state
ment which were brought to the
Department of Justice included
the following:
Refusal of registration officials
to permit Negroes to register for
the coming elections in Greenville
end Gaffney, South Carolina, the
beating of DR.. George F.. Porter,
Negro jurynlan in Dallas, Texas
in 1888, and a similar case involv-
ing Lawrence Sigmon, in Ashe-
VILE, North Carolina in 1889. -
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-26
Closes 49th Year
AS Train Porter

CHTCAGO-(AN Whisking a
flock of dust off a window of THE
Upper, the crack Chicago and
Eastern Illinois streamliner be
tween Chicago and st. Louis,
Thursday; bowling goodbye to the
last feminine passenger who left
his parlor car, seventy-two yeal
old j. T. Roberts, well known
Pullman porter closed 49 years of
service with the railroad and re-
tired. ~ i SGT
Roberts who was born in Urbana.
Ohio has spent most of his adult
life in the Pullman service. He
liked the job and says that people
have not changed much in his half
century of caring for them. Even
tips are about the same he said,
with women being slightely bet
ter tippers than men.
Mr.. Roberts who is an ardent
fisherman, boasting that he has
been in 40 states and fished in
most Of them, will + ave leisure
and a railroad pass to indulge
himself to his hearts content III
his favorite sport.
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-26
Charge Ne1U Justice Dep t.
Failed, TO Protect Nero,

NEW YORK-(S N 81 - Since
the establishment of its special
Civil Liberties division early in
1899, the Department of Justice has
failed to reveal single instance
where this newly created unit has
taken action in numerous cases
where Nlroes', have been lynched.
beaten, deprived of the right to
vote, and bounded by the police
according to a statement issued
here by the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People.
The statement charged that ''the
refusal of the United States De-
partment of Justice to take any
action whatsoever concerning the
protection of the full citizenship
rights of Negroes as guaranteed by
the Constitution and Federal
laws, leaves no doubt in the minds
of Negroes that they are unable to
secure the same type of justice as
other American citizens from the
present Justice Department.
AVOID NEGRO CASES
Tie. De-artplcl-s Las been over
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-26
Scores Willkie,
Hands Praise
To Roosevelt

as an educator, one who came to
present point of view to his peo-
pie. He espoused wholeheartedly
the third term for Roosevelt ana
with the same vigor attacked the
Republican candidate, Wendell L.,
Willkie.
Using the "New Deal and the
Poor" as his point of attack, Pres1-
dent Walker traced the develop
ment of true American Democracy
from its early struggles led by
Jefferson, through the Jacksonian
era and ending with the New Deal
as natural sequence.
WANT BREAD
He said: "We want life, we want
liberty, we want happiness, but
above all we want bread. I believe
that as long as our liberty remains
and our citizens have the oppor-
tunity to think we can obtain for
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-26

founded the United States finds itself at the cross
roads in the matter of foreign policy.
America stands challenged before the world TO
prove that democracy is a living, workable phllos
ophy, not just fond dream, which we would mere
ly give lip service to.
And the challenge comes not so much from
the Axis powers, but from the republics to the
south, who stand watching intently every move we
make One step the wrong way will prove disastrous
to the thin fabric upon which the good neighbor"
policy is being erected.
The fabric is thin, because Uncle Sam, while
attempting to extend the right hand of fellowship
10 the South American nations has failed to con-
ceal how the left hand of oppression is dealing
discrimination, segregation and lynch terror to the
darker minority within Americas borders
HARD TO TRAIN
This contradictory position of the United states
will be hard to explain to the countries to the SOUTH
many of whose populations made up largely OIL
swarthy skinned ancestors of escaped American
slaves and aboriginals. .
Knowing how black men fare in the Unrteo
States they will naturally be suspicious of the be-
lated overtures America is now making for their
friendship and trade.
These nations, who are anxious to follow the dem
ocratc way become puzzled when. America continues
the attitude of democracy for everybody but the
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-26
New Members
Added To Trade
School, Faculty

TUSKEGEE, Ala,-(SN'S)- The
Trade "a" Building on the Tuske-
gee campus was the scene of
merriment and good will Monday
night when the School OF. Me-
chanical Industries held it's first
professional meeting of the yeal
Thomas H. Mccormick, professor
of physics and chairman of the
program committee presided. Mr..
Richard Collins, head of the divi.
sion of building construction and
Mr.. Ignacio Guzman, head limo.
type operator, institute Print Shop
were the hosts.
G. l.. Washington, Director OF
the School of Mechanical Indus
tries, presented the following
ne w m m b 2 r Cf h S
t a /: C. Alfred Anderson,
chief flight instructor of all flight
training at Tuskegee, Royal Dun
ham (Tuskegee '36), who has made
& fine record as vocational teacher
in Americus, Georgia, comes to
head the masonry division. Milton
Love, Tuskegee 40 will inferno in
architecture and serve as assistant
instructor PrentiS Polk returns to
head again the Photographic Di-
vision after a years leave, John
A. Welch, a graduate of Tuskegee
Institute and He val University
and formerly with the Paul Will
lians and Robinson Company
Architects of Washington and Los
Angeles, comes to rerlace Louis E
Fry as head of the architectua
division.
Director washington stated that
it was with regret tha5 'Thskegee
Institute released Mr.. Fry to ac-
cept position in the Department
of Architecture and Building al
Lincoln University, Mo.
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-26
New DEAL Race sSaIvation,
Saws WiIberforce President

all our people that bread which is
the prerequisite fer happiness.
Twenty million dependent Ameri-
cans are crying for life, for lib
erty, and for bread. To feed them
is the task of government; to furn-
ish the money is the responsibility
of every producing citizen and
this we should do willingly and
happily.
Listen the benefits enjoyed by
Americans through means of the
New Deal, President Walker point
ed out:
"The New Deal has given to the
poor, Old Age Pension. Unemploy-
ment Insurance, minimum wages,
maximum, hours, bank insurance,
electricity for the darkened re
gions, fertilizer for the impeverish-
ed fields, crop insurance. Civilian
Conservation Corps, the National
Youth Administration, National
Labor Regulations Board, the Fed
eral Housing Authority, Agri-
cultural Adjustment, and above all
it has given us confidence demo-
crecy which is the hope of our
world today
SPEAKS OF WILLKIE y
Speaking of the Republican
candidates chances in the coming
elections President Walker said:
wendell L. Willkie, an erstwhile
Democrat, has blitzkrieged his way
Q dominate an enfeebled party gas
ping for its last breath of life.
a party so bereft of trained leader
ship that an unknown business
man wrested leadership from its
enfeebled hands, a leadership up
on which America has turned its
back throughout its history. 1t
may be of interest to you to know
that in all the choices that have
ever been made for the office of
President of the United States
America never has elected a bust
ness man, and this to me is not
strange for the philosophy of bust
ness is profit and desire for
profit is the most destructive force
in our society today. It is nv opin.
ION that America will again turn
It's back Upon those who desire to
conduct its government with the
profit motive in mind"
The speaker continued:
President Roosevelt has come t.
the. conclusion that America is too
rich to have so much poverty:
that America must put its house
IN order by lifting the common
level OF all the people so that the
security which the wealthy enjoy
may be in measure enjoyed hy
the men and women in low estate.
In other words. if electricity is
good to have in the homes of the
rich, it is good to have in the homes
OF the poor; if education for the
children of the rich is necessary
for the full enjoyment of life, edu-
cation is equally necessary for the
children of the poor in order that
they too may enjoy life.
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-26
Collections OF
Insurance Up
During October

CHICAGO-(SNS) )-Undaunt-
ed by the Conscription Act and
the growing imninence of war,
members companies of the Ma
tional Negro Insurance Associa-
ton report that collection rec
ords for the first two weeks of
October, which they are observ-
ing as National Collection Month,
indicate that the drive this year
will be the most successful one
ever launched, according to a
statement made this week by J.
C. Ish, Jr., Agency Officer of the
Supreme Liberty. Life Insurance
Company and Chairman of the
National Collection Month Com
mittee.
Mr. Ish said that member
companies and their employees
have entered intellectually into
the spirit of the drive and that
the nearly 100000 policyhold-
ers of the fifty-three companies
are giving full cooperation.
In order to stimulate compe-
tition among managers and
agents many companies are Of
fering valuable prizes and awards
to their field forces. One COM
pany is giving away so copies
of can Economic Detour" by
NJ. S. Stuart, which is a history
of insurance in the lives Of the
American Negro. Another com
pay is offering a free trip to the
annual convention of the Nation
al Negro Insurance Association
at New Orleans next spring and
still others are offering trophies,
plaques, medals and pins.
Member companies of the
National Negro Insurance Asso-
ciation," said Mr.. Ish, "employ
more than $4,000 colored peo-
pie and spends thousands of dol
lars annually with colored ply
sicians, publishers and printers
They loan thousands of dollars
to colored people to save and pro-
tect their homes. Insurance com
panies represent the biggest bus
mess institution among colorec
people and deserve the coopera-
ton and support Of the race"
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-26
Everything And
Everybody Helped
By Black Man

Jealous irl fighting graft and cor
ruption, trust-busting and in at
tacking other types of Federal
Constitution.
"The right of Negroes to register
and vote in Federal elections is one
of the rights protected by the
Federal Constitution, yet the De.
partment of Justice has refused to
act to protect Negroes who have
sought to exercise this right in
Florida South Carolina, and Ten
nessee, as recently as a month
ago. The Department has also re-
fused to act to protect the right of
Negro jllrymen from being beat
en- and excluded from jury service
by force"
CITE WILLIAMS LYNCHING 81.
Citing t'pe lynching last June of
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-26

to prosecute those persons against
whom peonage charges are now
on file. Scores of affidavits invol-
wing w. T. Cunningham, wealthy
plantation owner of Oglethorpe
county, Georgia, have been pre-
sented to the proper federal Of
flcials in Washington but no ac-
ton has yet been taken.
"ls the administration shield
ing southern landlords who NAV
be members of the Democratic
party? We have the right to ask
this question and it demands an
answer before election on Nov.
5.
1--WE have exposed to you and
the nation the debt slavery Of
millions of white and Negro citi.
zens. You have failed to enforce
q tne FEDERAL law against peonage
which you are sworn to- uphold
Even Assistant Attorney General
~. John Rogge of the civil Hbertie,
division has stated there is
enough evidence on hand tc
prosecute such men as Cunnino.
nam to the fullest extent of the
law, but thus far nothing has
been done although a year ha.
passed since this material was
produced" ""N
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-26
SERVE ON DRAFT BOARDS

CHICAGO-(A N P)-Among
the well known Chicagoans serving
last Wednesday on local draft
boards, under the Selective Serv-
ice act, were the following: James
Lorick, George w. Blackwell
Aaron Payne, Claude w. Holman,
Richard L. Jones, Clifford E.
Jones, L. D. Abernathy, Ellison
Murphy, Dr. Spencer G. Dicker-
son. Robert L. Taylor, Curtis
StillWell and Robert S. Harrison.
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-26

CLEVELAND (ANP)- Talking
from the platform of the st. James
Forum to an audience which pack
ed the walls of historic st. James
church of which he was formerly
pastor, DR.. D. Ormonde Walker,
president of Wilberforce Universe
ty, vigorously defended "The New
Deal' and President Roosevelt
here Sunday.
DR.. Walker, whose speeches from
the same platform, four years ago
created something of a controver-
sy. told his audience that he was
speaking not as a politician but
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-26
America Challenged

WITH THE CLOSING of most of Americas chief
European markets. our economists have started
race with Messrs Hitler and NIusSolini to capture
the attention and support of the republics to the
South.
In this struggle which embraces not only an
economic battle but of political faith and poll
cy as well, the United States truly finds herself
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-26
CHURCH FLOOR COLLAPSES

MERIDIAN, MiSs.-(A N p -
Last Friday afternoon as mourn
erS crowded Mallelieu Chapel
Methodist church to attend fu-
neral services for Estelle Crockett:
the audience was suddenly thrown
into wild confusion when the en-
tire floor, from the front door to
the pulpit collapsed, throwing
scores of persons into the base
ment.
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-26
Ask FDR To Act On
Charges Of Peonage

CHICAGO -(ANP) - President
Roosevelt has. been asked to take
definite stand on the question
of peonage before the Nov. 5
election in an open letter sent
him by the Abolish Peonage COM
mittee through its secretary, Bob
Wirtz.
Charging that the nations
chief executive was ignoring
this issue vital to millions of
Americans of both races" the
letter stated.
"Your administration and the
department of justice have failed
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-26
SeabOard POrterS
Join Brotherhood

NEW YORK CITY-(SNS) -
Train Porters on the Seaboard Air
Line Railroad voted in an election
held on the System. conducted by
the National Mediation Board
through one of its mediators, w.
G. Rupp. for the brotherhood OF
Sleeping Car Porters. to represent
them in the making of agreements
concerning rates of pay. and rules
governing working conditions, to-
gether with the settlement of
claims and grievances, according
to A. Philip Randolph, Interna.
national President.
B. F. McLaurin, International
Field Organizer Of the Brother
hood, cooperation with the mediator
in the handling of the election.
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-26
DESERT, LAGUARDIA

WASHINGTON-(A N P)--Be-
cause Mayor LaGpardia has thrown
his lot with President Roosevelt
and the gang rule of certain large
cities, several of his former ap-
pointees and supporters who saw
him through the difficult elections
of 1888 and 1897 when the Fusion
ticket swept the entire city in a
reform movement have deserted
him and openly pointed out their
differences with their chief.
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-26

And the one thing that proves
most embarrassing to members of
our state department anxious to
sell "the good neighbor" policy is
the treatment which America ac'
cords her darker citizens.
u. S. AT CROSSROADS
No greater strain has been plac-
ed on our so-called world stand
for democracy. The professed de-
fender Of the three freedoms.
press, religion and speech, upon
,,,t,;ol. +bo Iloyoooro4;o ,1Y;poi1o1o ic
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-26
PRINCIPALS CONFERENCE

TALLAHASSEE-(A N P)-The
conference of college directors.
school principals, and Jeanes su-
pervisors. has just closed a notable
ression at the Florida A and M.
college, running through October 10
and IL. More than 11O of these
educators were present from all
parts of Florida
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-26

Edendale tract, together with sum
of $1,000.
Il give, demise and bequeath to
my doctor, Roland Cummings, all
the rest residue and remainder of
my property. I appoint Judge
George A. Dockweiler, executor.
Signed: Abigail Stark. Dated:
November 2, 1889"
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-26
SELECT HAMPTON BOOK

HAMPTON, Va.-(A N P) A
oook sponsored by Hampton In
stltute, "The Negro in Virginia y
mas been named as "Book of the
Month CLUB" recommendation for
october. The book was written IN.
Ger the supervision of the Federal
writers Project and is the first
book SO written to be honored in
this fashion.
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-26
N. c. NEGRO UNIT FORMED

WILSON, N. ca N P)-Miss
Eleanor Reid, well known resident
here last week was named tenn
porary chairman of colorfd group
Of production workers for war re-
lief.
The Phoenix index., 1940-10-26
WOMEN PLAN SCHOLARSHIP

DETROIT-(A N Ir--The De-
troit branch of ~ Womans Auxi-
liary of the MIA a~nounced this
week that II was. c-eat'Nr a student
loan furd ~"s Sue {. 'ean is the
president.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-22
HULL REBUKES
FOR
RECENT SPEECH
Continued from Page One)

CONTINUED from Page One)
The State department issued
the following statement:
"The secretary of state has now
examined the text of the address
made at Toronto on March 10
by the American minister to
Canada, MIR. James HI. r. Crom-
well.
Secretary Hull found that the
address contravened standing in
structions to American diplo-
matte officers, as public discus
sion Of controversial policies of
other governments, particularly
with governments engaged in
war, without the prior knowledge
and permission of this govern
ment, is not in accord with such
instructions. Such public state
ments by u diplomatic repre-
sentatives are likely to disturb
the relations between this and
other governments.
Secretary Hull has telegraph
ed his views to Mr.. Cromwell
and has asked that in the future
he observe the standing instruc.
tions."
Hull announced yesterday he
had requested the American lega.
ton at Ottawa and also Cromwell
to send him the text of the
speech as soon as practicable.
The text which Hull received late
this afternoon came from the
legation at Ottawa. Nothing has
been received from Cromwell.
The tenor of Hull's telegram
was such as to lead officials to
believe that more drastic action
would be taken if Minister
Cromwell were to make another
speech in similar vein.
1t was reliably learned tonight tina
the Germany embassy had been cor
sidering making a protest over tn
speech, which called for an Allie
victory and a German defeat a
beneficial for the world. Now tina
Hull has rebuked Cromwell, how
ever, it is believed the protest wi
not be made.
Hull received today a letter fror
Rep. Tinkham (R-Mass) demandin
the recall of Cromwell as the onl
suitable action in the circumstance.
Cromwell, who has been at hi
post only two months, is reporte
in political circles to be soundin
out political leaders in New Jerse
to ascertain the prospects of his be
coming a candidate for United State
senator.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-22
NEW BLOW DEALT
TO LABOR BOARD
Continued from Page One)

special house committee. Some Of
his writings on economic matters
were offered in evidence before the
committee, but Saposs said they
presented a summary of the views
Of others, not his own opinions.
The appropriations committee
welded a heavy economy x all
along the line in presenting to the
house a 1854, 900, 900 appropriation
bill for the labor deartment, the
Federal Security agency and relat-
ed organizations.
Asserting hat the wage-hour law
contained many antiquities and
that there was a constant o
fused administrative problem the
committee said that it would be
"improvident" for congress to ap-
prove a big increase in the admins
tration's setup. So it proposed a IA
per cent cut in president Roose-
velt's request for $~7,486,400.
The total in the bill was $11, 1885,
900 under the presidents requests
and $19,11S,170 below appropriations
for the current year. The largest
single cut the committee made in
the budget estimates was a Sl0,-
900, 900 reduction in a proposed
s155, 900, 900 appropriation for old
2 assistance grants to states.
A $23, 1897, 900 net reduction from
the current total for all activities of
the Federal Security agency was
recommended. A $64, O0O, 900 decrease
in CCC camp funds was largely off,
set by a $4,000, 900 jump in appro-
riations for the Social Security
board.
The bill carried these totals:
Department Of Labor $780, 400.
Federal Security agency $685.
759,4O0;
Railroad Retirement board $125.-
1885,
Employees Compensation COM
mission 1913, 600.
National Labor Relations board
$685. 0O.
National Mediation board $685.
900.