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ROOSEVELT
 MAKES PLEA
 CONGRESS
Asks Approval of Recom- mendation for Large
 Sum for WPA

WASHINGTON, April 18.-Presi- dent Roosevelt proposed today thaS Congress accept his budget recom- mendation for an appropriation of DTS million dollars for WPA for the next fiscal year, but also pro- posed that Congress give him or the commissioner of WPA the au- thority to spend the entire sum in eight months if necessary.
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The President wrote the Speak CT of the House that the. sum, if spread over twelve months, would provide average employment for only about 1,300,00O. and he said that his hopes of improved en- ployment by business had not been entirely realized.
 Because of the possible effect of war on private industry, em- ployment is difficult to predict as to the volume for next year, said the President.
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PUBLISHER COLLECTOR

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April 18. Publisher Paul Leake has taken the oath as United States Collec- tor of Customs for Northern Cali fornia. He was appointed and then confirmed by the Senate about one month ago.
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STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Hpril 18.-Closing quota ation of Alaska Juneau Mine stock today is 6A, American Can 114s4, Anaconda 30, Bethlehem Steel 78A. Commonwealth and Southern 1A, Curtiss Wright 10l2, General Motors 532s, International Harves- ter 562s, Kennecott 361s, New York Central Is 7i3, Northern Pacific 8. United States Steel 59%. Pound $3.51A.
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SIMMONS IN AIR

Shell Simmons, AAT pilot, flew an empty Fairchild to Sitka this morning to pick up two passengers, Tom Morgan from Sitka and M Hearst at Angoon.
 A flight to Tulsequah in the Bel lanca was scheduled for this after noon with freight and one passen- ger B. B. Nieding, for the mining town
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AIR STATION INSPECTION

ALAMEDA, Cal, April 18.-Sec- retary of the Navy Charles Edison is expected to inspect the Alame- da Naval Air Station next Sat urday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-18
English Sub
 Bombed, Sunk

BERLIN, April 16.-The radio sta ticn DUE today reported that Ger man planes sank a British submar- inc on the west Norway coast.
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DOW. JONES AVERAGES

The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials l47l5, rails 3030, utilities 24
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Today's news today in The Empire.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-05-25
Recent Deaths

Sheridan
The funeral services of Lloyd Sheri-
dan, SO Waumbeck Street, Roxbury,
were held at Johnson's Funeral Home
on Friday, May II. Interment at Mt.
Hope.
Began
The funeral of Edward Boban, 80
Bower Street, Roxbury, was held at
Johnson's Funeral Home on Saturday.
May 18th. Interment at Mt. Hope.
LOpes
Funeral services for Henry Lopes,
| Mcclellan Street, Roxbury, were held
at Johnson's Funeral Home on Mon
day, May goth. Interment at Mt.
Guy
The funeral services of Charles C..
Guy, 80 Camden Street, Roxbury, were
held at Johnson's Funeral Home on
Monday, May Goth. Interment at Mt.
Hope.
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NOTES OF GLORY"

Marian Anderson's concert tornor.
row night in Carnegie Hall, New York
Will break new ground on the cultural
held. 1t IS especially a commendable
effort because the proceeds will benefit
not only several national colored or
CARNATIONS but also the international
Committee on African Affairs.
those colored people whose special
talents or unusual opportunities fo1
cultural advancement have won fo,
tnem fame which reflects credit upon
the race have special obligation 10
Their less fortunate sisters and bro.
thers. The most eminent. Miss Ander-
son and Paul Robson, seem TO have
recognized this early in their careers
Dut only TOO often striving, personally
AMBITIOUS singers, writer's and paint
ers nave shown a regrettable unwill.
lngness to cooperate with coloref
organizations. So great is their in.
Ierlorlty complex, which often inhibits
Jnelr attainment of success in their
art, that they literally leap to partici.
pate on programmes sponsored by
even lnconsequential groups of white
Iolks. Moreover, they frequently
hesitate, in cowardly fashion, from
taking part in organizational pro.
gramnes presented by groups of Whit
and colored liberal groups and pTo.
gressives united to achieve common
detectives beneficial to all Americans
IN Keeping with the democratic princi-
pies OF the Declaration of Indepen.
dence and the Constitution.
MISS Anderson's concert in Carnegie
nan VIII be as epoch-making as her
singing IN the amphitheatre of the
Lincoln Memorial as just rebuke to
the preJudice-sodden OAR, who
denied her the right to sing in Con
stltutlonal Hall in Washington. The
voice which Signor Arturo Toscanini
praises so highly will indeed issue
notes of glory"
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ANNOUNCEMENT

Mrs. Maude McClennan Thomas Of
Boston has announced the engagement
Of her daughter, Miss Maude Carroll
Thomas, to the Reverend Frank Veal,
son of Mrs. J. H. Veal and the late J.
H. Veal, ST., of Milledgeville, Ga.
The bride-to-be is a granddaughter
Of the late DR.. and Mrs. Alonzo C.
McClennan of Charleston, S. C. DR..
McClennan was the second Negro
ever to attend the Annapolis Naval
Academy, where he remained for one
year before entering medical school
at Howard University. He completed
both medical and pharmaceutical
courses in four years and subsequently
had distinguished career in Charles
ton where he practiced medicine for
nearly half a century. He established
and was head surgeon for 10 years of
the McClennan Hospital, and founded
and was first president of the Pal
metto Medical Association of South
Carolina. He was also appointed an
examiner of Civil War veterans by
the late President Theodore Roosevelt.
and was proprietor Of the first Negro
drugstore in Charleston. Miss Thomas
has been a frequent visitor of New
York City as the guest Of her aunt.
Mrs. Harriet NJ Mickey, Of 1888 7th
Avenue, daughter of DR.. McClennan.
Miss Thomas was educated in BOs-
ton, where she received the degree of
Bachelor of Science in Education at
Boston Teachers College in 1898, and
she is now doing work on her masters
degree at Simmons School of Social
Work. She is member Of the Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority and the Junior
League of the League Of Women for
Community Service Of Boston.
Mr.. Veal is native Of Milledgeville.
Ga, and a graduate Of Allen Univer-
sity. He received the Master of Arts
degree from Chicago University, the
Bachelor Of Divinity degree from How
ard University, and was awarded the
degree of Master of Theological
Science at Boston University in 1899.
A former instructor at Howard Uni
versity and at Allen University, he is
at present pastor of the Trinity A.M.E.
Church in Newark, Ohio. He is a mem
Der Of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity,
No date as yet has been set for the
wedding. A
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HnI Mnnrnp Uruttpr
Editor and Publisher
1901 1884
DISCRIMINATION IN THE ARMY

Indignant protests have been evoked
all over the country by the action of
the War Department in designating
the 369th Regiment Of New York as
"colored", thus separating it from the
other units Of American soldiers.
Wartime exigencies have already
caused Britain and France to suspend
many of the democratic rights previ-
ously enjoyed by their citizens in
peacetime; the Churchill and Reynaud
Governments are now dictatorships
which rule by decree as do their adver-
saries, the German NaZis. Every
where, except in this country, demo-
cracy is in retreat. Hence. il i'll be-
comes our Government, if it is to re-
main faithful to the principles of true
Americanism, to encourage or tolerate
those forms of discrimination against
It's colored citizens, such as segrega-
ton, which are insidious termites
undermining our social order.
Colored Americans have shown their
loyalty to their native land by shed
ding their blood in every war in which
the country has been engaged. Their
long record of service, of LOYALTY, of
valor, deserves better recognition than
assignment to regiments classified
"colored" or denial of the right to en-
list IN the air-force. Such discrimina-
ton IS indeed a kind Of ingratitude,
unworthy of American democracy and
dtlsgracing the memory of those great
leaders-George Washington, Andrew
jackson, Ulysses S. Grant-who have
borne witness to the devotion and
heroism Of the colored soldiers under
their command.
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ARMSTRONG
HEMINGWAY
FOUNDATION

The members and friends of tbe
Mutual Hour" civic forum of fbe
armstrong Hemenway Foundation
4S Rutland Square, Boston, will he
onered the unique opportunity of hear
ing a white British West Indian sneak
at the meeting of the forum on Sun
Gay next: The speaker will be Alec
Durle OF Kingston, Jamaica.
Mf. Durle, native of Jamaica. has
S !" IN England for some time and
Is now special student at Rrvant a1d d
Stratton College of Commerce M
Durle will be introduced by the presi
dent OF the forum, Marcus lanes
young Harvard student. who has been
an acquaintance of the Durie fan;Iv
IN Jamaica: The meeting begins ~
9:oU pm sharp, and the public is cor.
dlaily invited to attend. Mr. Dnrio
VIII speak on Jamaica Today"
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w ATCH TOWER
Frank Silvera in "Emperor Jones''
By William Harrison

Frank Silvera in Emperor Jones'
Eugene O'Neill's play about the
Pullman porter who becomes dictator
of West Indian island may imply
certain misgivings about self-govern-
ment among colored people, but it does
undeniably provide the colored actor
with role which requires him to use
all the resources of his talent. Thus
the late Charles Gilpin and Paul Robe
son both made stage history with their
enactment of Brutus Jones. Now
Frank Silvera, one of our most dis
tinguished young actors, already we'll
known for his work in various per-
formances of Bloodstream, Stevedore.
and Plants in the Sun, is to appear in
Emperor Jones on Friday evening,
May 81, at the Roxbury Memorial
High School. The performance, which
will be directed by Edwin Burr Pettet,
is for the benefit of Breezy Meadows
Camp Club, of which Mrs. Elizabeth
Watson is president, and the proceeds
will enable some young colored chill
dren to obtain a few. weeks vacation
at Holliston, where the camp is stu
ated on the former estate of Kate San
born, Ralph Waldo Emersons con-
temporary.
W.P.A. Open House
One of the most progressive mea-
sures ever adopted by our Federal
Government was the institution of the
so-called "white collar" projects. de-
signed to relieve unemployment
among writers, actors, and artists.
Damnable was the cessation of the
Federal Theatre Project, which was
bringing into being a genuine peoples
theatre movement when it was knitted
by reactionary Congressman. All the
Federal Projects did much to promote
popular culture.
The State Writer'S and Historical
Records Survey Projects are currently
holding "open house,, in order that
citizens may see how the writer's
work. The public is invited back
stage, in a manner of speaking, to see
the process of assembling, editing. and
publishing, which finally results in
the highly creditable volumes issued
under the auspices of the W.P.A.
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JIMMIE TO JAM

1t doesn't matter what type of music
you prefer, you'll find something to
please you at Paul Revere Hall this
Monday evening, when the New King
of Syncopation" makes his only
Boston Appearance this season. The
Three Jones Bros. favorite sons of
Boston, and young George Mouzon
are sponsoring Jimmie in this pre-
Decoration Day celebration are certain
that they viii have the greatest must
cal show in this part of the country
under one roof that night. The Jones
Bros, currently appearing at the
Savoy Cafe, viii be on hand to meet
you, greet you and during the evening
solidly send you with songs, naughty
but nice. FLASH Jimmie Lunce-
ford is sponsoring a Local Boy and a
Local Band in their coming-out party,
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Loose talk about the doubtful value
of the projects ought to be dissapateGi
into the ozone by the achievements OF
the W.P.A. along cultural lines. Els
pecially significant to colored people
are the often forgotten, unknown, OF
ignored facts of Race history IN
earthed by the Historical Records
Survey, such as unpublished letters OF
Frederick Douglass, who once lived IN
New Bedford and Lynn.
Still Pregnant With Meaning
Dusty volumes yellowed with age
and almost brittle often house words
the wisdom of which is still fresh and
pregnant with meaning. Remently |
had occasion to consult "The Past ana
Present Condition, and the Destiny, oil
the Colored Race: a Discourse DE
livered at the Fifteenth Anniversary.
of the Female Benevolent Society OIL
Troy, N. Y, Feb. IA, 1848", by Henry
Highland Garnet, reputed to nave
been one of the greatest orators Wnom
the colored people have produced
From it l culled the following:
"Let there be no strife between US
for we are brethren, and we must rise
or fall together. How improbable II
is for us to spend our golden moments
in long and solemn debate upon ths
questions whether we shall be called
Africans, 'Colored Americans, OF
'Africo Americans, or Blacks. Inc '
question should be, my friends, shasi
we rise and act like men, and cast on
this terrible yoke? Many are too apt
to follow after shams, and to negiec1
that which is solid. Thousands are
often expanded for an hours display
of utter emptiness which ought 10 ps
laid aside to increase our wealth. anu
for the acqirement of knowledge, ana
for the promotion of education. SoGl,
cites, called benevolent, Frequently
squander more money for the purchase
of banners and badges, and in teasI
ing, than they use in acts OF charity,
What are regalia and other trapplhgs
worth, if they signify nothing Ou'
sham and parade? ?"
Here We. Thus spake one OF our
forebears. The italics are Garnet
very own.
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SERMONETTES
Featured by
SHEL0H KHALL'S
ELECTRIC CHOIR
Simpson Turner, Speaker
MORE OF GOD

MORE OF GOD
fundamentally becoming a
victim of sinful Observation-Disclosures
down by the wayside-yielding TO
every temptations now causing a
destructive rampage on modern civil
cation. In their mad search of over
abundant pleasure they keep the hos
pitfalls, asylums and jails filled 70
capacity.
If tomorrow's home has its founda-
ton in the youth Of today an immedi-
ate change is needed if future civil
cation is to be preserved. It is good to
raise the standard Of society-to direct
the footsteps Of youth into greater
intellectual achievements-to hold the
interest of youth in safe and sane
recreational channels. But the great
est need of all is more of God.
It is needed to raise the standard OF
the church, to lift it above the level
of social forms and customs, out from
the pit Of worldly pleasures and to
give it strength to preach the gospel
in its simplicity and truthfulness SO
convincing that the unrighteous in the
seat of the righteous would have to
change or move.
It is needed to raise the standard
of the home, to satisfy the occupants
thereof, to find contentment in righte-
Gus gains and to adapt themselves in
faith to the blessings of heaven and
not to sell their souls for the false
glittering gifts of sin.
It is needed to raise the standard OF
society-to give it power to call sin
by its right name and to cast out all
forms, customs and habits that de-
stroy both the soul and body of man.
1t is needed to raise the standard
of modern civilization, to establish
peace in the land, to establish content
ment among its leaders and to estab-
lish salvation among its people.
Where is the fool that claims to have
enough of God when he has not even
ventured towards perfection? Where
is he that is contented because he has
been blessed in mercy and refuses the
seal of redemption?
We like to testify of God the Father,
the spiritual reign of the first dispen-
sation and speak of His power among
the prophets, priests and high priests
We love the story of God the Son
of how Jesus was born and lived and
preached among the poor. We like to
relate the miracles of yesterday and
claim Him as our saviour;-but what
a rebellion is found among Gods chill
dren when He reveals Himself in this
last dispensation as God the Holy
Ghost and gives to man a definite ex-
perience bringing in his life the full
works of salvation-sealing him unto
redemption for that great day when
those who have taken on His Name
shall march in that great host that
has found more of God? More of
Gods the solution to every problem
in the life of every man regardless of
race, color or creed, for more of God
means less of sin and what a peace
is found in that home-in that heart
in that church-in that nation where
sin has no place and God and more of
God makes an eternal abode.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-05-25
PRINCE HALL
MASONIC NEWS
by Uncle Hiram


1t was a great treat to those fifty
six brethren who travelled from Bos-
ton and New Bedford on Thursday.
May 16, in company with the Right
Worshipful Grand Master Walter E.
Roberts on his annual visitation of
King David Lodge in Worcester to
witness the highlight of the occasion
in the presentation of Jewel to the
Past Right Most Worshipful Grand
Master George E. Stewart, who had
served in that office for eight years
under the most trying circumstanced.
King David Lodge entertained in truly
New England style and all came away
satisfied.
The month of May is the busiest in
the curriculum of Prince Hall Masonry
May 26, at 2:30 pm, the Lodge of
Sorrow at the Temple, May 30, SER
vices in memory of our first Grand
Master, Prince Hall, in Copp's Hill
Burial Ground at 2:30 pm. Large
numbers are expected to attend both
of these exercises.
The attention of the craft is called
to the field day and picnic at Green
Acres, in SaXonville on July 4. Let US
get together and make this gala day.
Everyone is assured of a good time.
This column will carry in the next
issue a sketch of Prince Hall. Do not
fail to get your copy.
At this writing we are informed
that Bro. William H. Hemingway is
in the City Hospital. We wish him a
speedy recovery.
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their debut to big time, at this affair.
The boy . the band :. Sabby Lewis
and his band of Al, featuring charm
ing young Marie Hawkins as vocalist.
When you listen with amazed exu-
berance to the hot, smooth and sweet
offerings of Memphis gift to Ameri-
cas- musicians, Jimmie Lunceford and
his orchestra, to the scintilating songs
of the Jones Bros, Kings of Mirth,
Music and Merriment, to the undis-
covered, unheralded tantalising tunes
of Sabby and his Band of Al, you'll
see why this affair is the most talked
of affair of the year. Truly a BLESSED
Event Arriving Monday, May 27th",
with money back guarantee if yours
isn't most enjoyable evening. It'll
be like the leader of the band Oh
so grand.
The Jones Bros. and George Mou-
ION are having a cocktail hour at the
Savoy Cafe Monday afternoon. 4 to 6
o'clock in honor of Jimmie and the
boys and Immediately after the ball a
breakfast banquet will be held at
Mothers lunch. A limited number of
reservations are now on sale at the
Savoy, Mothers Lunch. John Nell
vaine.
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York unit OF the Congress called a
Conference in the Harlem Labor Cen
ter (Labor's Home in Harlerol n
secure for the Congress the backing
of the trade union movement. At that
Conference most of the local Colored
leadership of the Communist Partv
was present. The only trade unionists
were nOn-Communists. The Confer
ence resulted in disagreement. How.
ever, the Conferees agreed to give No
publicity to the mater. Twentv-four
hours later, however. the LEADING
American Communist Journal carried
a story of the Conference under the
name of one of the Confrerees. If
needless here to emphasize that the
account was utterly false. The only
angels at the Conference were the
Communists while the devils were the
rest of US. We were branded as
enemies of our race while the Com
munists were portrayed as real
friends. When that false story ap-
peared, it served better than anything
know to convince even the most
doubling Thomas among US that the
Community Party was playing its
usual game.
AT THE SECOND Congress which
was held in Philadelphia this writer
consented to participate largely be-
cause of his long comradeship and
high esteem for A. Philip Randolph.
Here again the Communist influence
and domination was open to all who
had eyes with which to see. Train
accommodations for delegates were
arranged by world Tourist, Inc"
This Second Congress, without my
previous knowledge, named me as one
of its National Executive Committee
members. I did not publicly decline
the questionable compliment, purely
because of my long association with
my friend A. Philip Randolph. A few
days after the adjournment of this
Second Congress, the Executive Secre-
tary John P. Davis left for Moscow.
Of course, until his return the Con-
gress did very little; and whatever
publicity it received was largely by
way of Communist newspapers.
WHEN THE THIRD and last Con-
gress was decided upon, my mail be-
came flooded with letters from Wash
ington, D. C. and from the New York
Office of the Congress with the result
that I attended my first and only
meeting as an Executive Board mem
Der. Again the Red hand of Commu-
nism was boldly disclosed. The Ma
tional Executive Secretary and the
other spokesman for Communism saw
in President Roosevelt an evil incar-
nate and in the New Deal the very
basis of all the problems faced by
Colored America.
FROM THAT LOCAL meeting,
became thoroughly convinced that
neither Mr.. Randolph nor any other
person seriously concerned with ad-
vancing the interest of our group and
of the American workers could afford
any longer to permit the Communists
to use their presence in the Congress
as a cloak behind which to hide the
fact that another attempt is being
made by the Communists to use the
plight of our group to carry on their
destructive program in the United
States.
Ito be continued next week.
Editors Note-Mr. Crosswaith is
general organizer of the international
Ladies Garment Workers Union and
Chairman of the Colored Labor Com
mittee. He has long been active in
Labor and Socialist circles. In this
column Mr.. Crosswaith expresses his
own opinions which are not necessarily
the views of THE GUARDIAN
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NON SECTARIAN UNION OF
CHURCHES

Ministers and Christian Workers
The above named organization will
hold business meeting at The Church
Of God, Rev. Mr.. Brooks, pastor, 1893
fremont St., on the evening of June
) at 7:45 o'clock-Rev. VIM. Millett,
president; Rev. VIM. Harvey, secre-
tary; Edythe Wylie, treasurer; Ed
ward Miller, chairman publicity com
mittee.
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EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. VIM Fl RayeueU pac4o,

The Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir
and director Mrs. Ina Braithwait pre-
sented several outstanding Greater
Boston personages in special Sunday
afternoon program at the church Sun
day, May 10. The program was in
connection with drive to obtain funds
to recondition the organ in the church.
The admission to the program was
free, the major part of the funds
having been raised previously by soli-
citors with punch cards.-The guest
speakers were Rev. Kenneth Hughes.
pastor of st. Bartholomew Church.
Cambridge, and there were rendi-
tons by Mrs. Braithwaite, Newman
Smith, the Butler sisters, Mrs. Ruby
Agnew and others.