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Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21
ALDERMAN ASKS:
FAIR DEAL.
FOR negroes.

Warning that there are more
than 100000 Negro voters VINO
hold the balance Of power IN ~
congressional districts, Alderman
Earl B. Dickerson this week urg-
ed the Democratic convention,
meeting here, to 60 on record Tor
the abolition of poll taxes in the
southern states, for adoption OF
cloture by the United States Sc
nate in order to pass the anti
lynching bill, and for safeguards
against discrimination on account
of race, creed or color in the ad-
ministration Of relief, the nation
al defense program, and all tax
financed projects. .,.
Dickerson, who made his APP
peal at a public session Of the
conventions Resolution Commit
tee, was acting as official repre-
sentative Of the National Colored
Democratic association which
closed its convention here last
Sunday.
"Since the founding of the
United States said the alderman,
I'VE Negro people have been the
burning issue upon which democ-
racy has shaped its course. Out
OF our experience and as native
sons of America, we call upon
the nation and the Democratic
Party to swear anew loyalty and
devotion to the principles of hu-
man equality and democratic gov
eminent. W. urge national unity
in program To fortify our nation
al defense and to make democracy
work"
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21
Chi. Defender
E.rltertains Press
Al Quincy Club

Visiting newspaper men, in tine
city Is cover the National Demo-
cratic convention, were enter
tanned at the Quincy club Tues
day night by the Chicago Defen-
der
Honored guests were Judge
Joseph Rainey, Philadelphia;
Ralph Matthews Of the Afro
American, and Mrs. Matthews;
Mrs. Bessye Bearden, Deputy Col
lector Of Internal Revenue, New
York City; Ted Poston, Courier;
Alice Allen, Birmingham, Ala;
d. w. d. Rector, Frederick S.
Weaver, Recorder Of Deeds Of
flee, Washington, D. c.; Atty.
Joseph Clayton;
Sergt William F. Baxter, Mrs.
Regina Waters, Atty. Richard E.
Westbrooks, Miss Vernedetta Will
liams, J. Robert Smith, Amster-
dam News, New York City; Miss
Scotty Russell, John d. Boyle,
Afro-American, Philadelphia; S.
Edward Gilbert, Omaha Star,
Omaha, Neb.; Marion NJ. Baxter,
Chicago Bee; Dave Kelium, Frank
Young, Al Munroe and Enoc P.
Waters, Of the Chicago Defender.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21

dictment against the Republican
Party for the last forty years.
The Republicans have inserted in
their platform such words and
promises as they thought would
capture the Negro vote, and as soon
as they got into power, they con-
veniently forgot these promises
until another platform making
day came around. a.
When this administration said
it would seek to help the forgot
ten man Of America, it included
the Negro as we'll as the poor OF
all other races. What are the
practical benefits coming from
this administration to the Negro?
Passing over much of the general
benefits coming to all the people
and shared by the Negro, / wish
to speak specifically of a few OF
the most outstanding things done
by the Democratic Party during
this administration. These things
I shall mention are only the high
points and are. known by all the
people of the country. I shall
not spend any time pointing out
the high positions held under this
administration by Negroes. !
hail these appointments, which
are larger in number and higher
in degree than those enjoyed by
the same race at anytime in its
history with approval and joy.
Bat. Mr.. Chairman, am far more
Interested in what this admins
ration has done for common
members of the race. / know II
is far better to lift the race to a
higher level of living than a doz-
en- or two select members of the
% a few high offices. |
want to see my race 1-se as a
race and take its rightful place
III our great nalion.
More than 100000 Negroes have
been employed by w. P. A. and
through this employment it is
estimated that million and q
half Of my people have been
saved from starvation. From the
Employment of w. P. A. alone, the
..egro has received $4,000, 900
a monthly wages, and although
ccnst tute only ten per cent of
the total population Of the coun-
try, we constitute fourteen per
cent Of the w. P. A. workers.
Of the nearly $35, 100000 spent
for the erection Of school build
ings under this administration,
about 100000 have gone to Ne
gro colleges. This does not in
clude appropriations made for Ho-
ward university amounting to
more than three and a half mil
lions. Hospital buildings and
furnishings for Negroes have
amounted to several million dol
lars. Recreation and health CEN
tiers such as we have never known
ave been built and provided for
my people. Seven thousand, two
hundred and forty-two new hos
pital beds have been made avail
able for Negro patients. At pres
ent there is one hospital bed a.
valuable for one out of every 500
Negroes, while for the whites
there is one hospital bed avail
able for one out Of every ITO
| persons. u. II.
: Through the N. Y. A. the Ne
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21

the Negro voters in the program
and principles of the Democratic
party.
The Negro lived with the Re-
publican party long enough to
Know it. He has learned TO dis
criminate between election prom
Uses and actual promises. No
longer, thank God, can the Re-
publican party boast that it has
the Negro vote in its vest pocket.
l venture to say that eight out
If every ten Negroes who vote
in November will cast their votes
for the NEW DEAL PARTY,
whose banner we hope and pray
will be carried by that greatest OF
all humanitarians, the greatest Of
Ill leaders OF this day; that great
American, loved, trusted and hon.
ored by the American people
FRANKLIN D.. ROOSEVELT.
My final word to the Negroes
all over this country listening in,
is this:
Let us continue to give to 0ur
country the best we have
ever keeping in mind the words
of that great writer, who said
! Give to the world the best you
have
And the best will come back tc
you 'i.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21
The Negro And The Democratic Party; Mitchell

gro youth stranded in the effort
to continue in school has been
provided for. Out Of a total Of
100000 youths helped through N.
Y. A. there were 1890 Negroes.
That is to say that although the
Negro constitutes only 81 per
cent Of the total population he
received Ill per cent of the aid
7iven through the facilities of the
N. Y. A. Z
About 100000 coIored youth
have been enrolled in the c. c. c.
Camps of the country. The Ne
gro BOYS have allotted about
500, 900 monthly to their parents
and needy ones at home. This
means that over a period of
year these boys through the G.
:. c., have contributed nearly
nine million dollars to the up
keep and support of their depen-
oants at home. While this is more
than any previous administration
has done for the Negro, it is not
the largest benefit Negro boys
have derived from G.. c. G..
Camps. Thousands of these boys
have been taught to read and
write. All Of them have been
given an opportunity to further
their training, both in books and
in useful trades, and have greatly
improved their health and they
physical, as well as their moral
condition.; thus, they are being
developed into useful and sub
stantial citizens.
The administration found the
Negro on the farm and in the
city so poorly housed that his
health and morals were being Sc
riously undermined and destroy
ed. A long step forward has
been taken by the government in
providing decent housing for the
Negro. In almost every city
slun, clearance projects fostered
by the government are providing
decent quarters and wholesome
environments for the poor and
needy of the race. While in the
rural section conditions on the
farm are being rapidly improved.
Tens of thousands of city homes
have been saved to the race
through Government loans, and in
the rural sections hundreds of
thousands of Negro farmers are
being aided in the purchase and
in the operation Of farms. These
things Of which ] speak are a
reality and are known by the peo-
pie; they are not platform prom
Uses made by party seeking Ne
gro votes.
If time would permit I could
point out thousands of instances,
in which the condition of the Ne
gro has been made better by this
administration, but Mr.. Chair
man, have / not already pointed
out such facts as would show be-
yond all question that the Negro
Of all groups have no quarrel
with the Democratic party and
its program?
You need not become alarmed
because of the paid Negro pro-
pagandists. who are now carrying
out part Of the Republican pro-
gram, spreading propaganda
throughout the country in an eff
fort to shake the confidence of
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Continued from page ID

bleak shores Of England, and
these black settlers from the great
sunny continent Of Africa, joined
hands, battled and worked sue
cessfully for the establishment OF
this government which we here
.epres5nt today. -
The Negro IS 40 imposter in
this country as some would seem
to think. May l remind you that
ne came he1e and took up his
abode Ill America in response to
4 most urgent invitation extended
to him by the white settlers OF
his country, an invitation which
he could not refuse to accept
We take pride in the fact that
Ike you we grew up with the
Ct unity and have gone side by
side with you in making it what
il is today. After spending more
than 800 years on this continent
and increasing our numbers from
twenty to 10000 we are con-
Grained to call this our country
Together, we cleared the forest;
We subdued every foe and force
which rose to obstruct our path
-cad1ng to independence, freedom
321 years after the setting up Of
liberty and prosperity. Today,
the first Negro settlement in our
country, we look around us and
see that here has been founded
the greatest and most powerful
nation in the world. A nation
with the richest resources in min
erals, materials and men. Rich
est in opportunity for growth, de-
vtlopment, freedom, and for ser
vice to mankind. The Negro has
clayed his part on the battlefield
and in every bloody conflict in
which we have engaged from the
Battle Of Bunker Hill to that on
Flanders Field where We, two
decades ago, along with you, mel
he enemy and defeated him in
this effort to destroy worldwide
democI acy. We have built here
a country and a government
which rightly challenges the adj
miration Of the world. This
achievement was made possible
only by cooperation between the
races in all constructive matters
1t will be maintained in the flu
ture, as it was achieved in the
East only by the two races work
ing tremendously together fol
the common good of the country
and nation.
The nation has passed through
many crises, but God has blessed
us and enabled us to continue OIL
march upward and onward. I
seems to me, today, we are face
to face with the greatest threat
our country has encountered, GER
tainly the greatest since the Civ
il War. At this crucial moment
the duty and responsibility OF
protecting and maintaining this
government rests upon the Shout
ders Of every true American re-
gardless Of race, color or creed
At the same time the program by
which we are to continue oul
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21

Filed - Mrs. Sarah L. Turner,
resident Of Washington, d. c.,
suit for ain absolute divorce from
John r. Turner, an employee in
the agricultural department,
charging cruelty.
Drowned - James Jackson,
l5-year-old son Of MIR. and Mrs.
Arthur Porter Of Kansas City,
MO, when he slipped and fell
while Wading in the river.
Celebrates The all-Negro
town Of Mound Bayou, the 53rd
anniversary Of its founding.
Condolences - rendered by
President Roosevelt to Mrs. c..
David Houston on the death Of
her husband, the late c.. David
Houston, former high school prin-
cipal II Washington. The Presi-
dent and the late Mr.. Houston
were at Harvard together.
Passes - Clarence Z. Fountain.
graduate Of Central high school
m Philadelphia, his examination
BY the State Board of Under
takers.
Confined - Bishop w. A. 9.
Hughes, to the Johns Hopkins
hospital for observation after
differing q general collapse.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21

Harold hayes, DOlll SLuQtlltS u tllt
"A. and #. college, Greensboro, N.
Ill, the 81 600 aviation scholar
ships
Married - Miss Gertee Mae
Rush, charming young socialite Of
ST. Louis, To Fred Snyder, bust
ness man Of that city.
Wins Walter Waring, profess
scr Ut Lincoln university, car
in the contest sponsored by the
St. Barnabas Episcopal church in
Germantown, Pa.
Publishes - Miss Matte Lenal
Arnold, an orphan high school
student Of Memphis, Tenn, her
first booklet of original poems en-
titled My First TWerty-Four
Poems"
Feted - Leroy Battle, talent
cd young 18-year-Old son Of Mrs.
Marjorie Battle Of New York when
he won the scholarship to study
under Saul Goodman Of the New
York Philharmonic orchestra.
Married - Miss Frances Eliza
beth Redd, daughter Of Rev. and
Mrs Ernest S. Redd Of Columbia.
MO, and also WelI-knOWn
movie star, to Mr.. Cregorio Her
mandez OF Les Angeles.
Eumorel That James Lewis,
energetic and colorful political
and Civic leader of New Orleans.
will retire from business actiVi-
tics.
Accepts - Miss Bernice Bassett,
sett, popular daughter of Mrs.
Anna Bassett Of Chetopa, Kas,, the
position as teacher III the Jop-
lin, Mo. school system.
Wed - Miss Carmelo Reid, pop
ular daughter Of Mrs. Mae Ec-
cIeston of New York, to Nh Noel
Smart, only son Of Mrs. Mabla
Soddart Of Jamaica, B. w. L.
Amounted - Rev. John s. Viii
liams, experienced choral director
u Omaha, 10 lne position as mu-
steal director Of Lincoln higl
school iii Kansas.
Accused LILLY Clarence Allen,
popular daughter of Mrs.
Louis, Of jnfdelty by his wife.
Mrs Mabel Allen III her s5naa
tonal suit for divorce.
Announced Bv President
Scruggs, that training in aviation
will be made aVailabla To students
in September.
Murdered - Dir. I. w. Brown,
one Of the oldest and most pro-
minent physicians in Jackson
! vile, Miss, when an assailant
stepped on the running board Of
his car and shot him.
Approached - Count Basic, by
several political parties with Of
fers to campaign for several can
didates, which he is now taking
/ ITpdPl. ,-1TIcidIr9ti inn
Died - William Eaer Hawks
ST., 64-year-old veteran Singer
Manufacturing firm employee, a!
his home in Elizabeth, H. J.
Dies - A. g. Coleman, promi-
nent gentleman farmer Of Law
renee, Kansas, at the University
Of Kansas hospital after an i'll
ness Of four weeks. He was g.
| years old.
Praised - Sylvia Goring, bril-
liant young music teacher Of New
| York, when she performed as
accompanist with the William
Roach Concert Orchestra.
UndergOes-James "JeW Baby
Floyd, veteran trainer tor tht
Monarchs baseball team, an oper-
alton at the State hospital in Co.
! Inn b15c MI
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21

Wner' the Hawaiian Amateur
Boxing team, which came al
the way from the land Of grass
skirts to battle Chicag0's Cath
Olic Youth Organization squad
last Wednesday night, visited
the Hall of Sports of the Amer
lean Negro Exposition at the
Chicago Coliseum, they imme-
diateIy rushed to the exhibit OF
Joe Louis trophies Which in
Guided two diamOr.l studded
Chang i0nship belts, the gold
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21

H0nOred Bishop and Mrs.
Il. III. King Of Philadelphia by
reception given as result Of his
attaining the elevation to the
episcOpacy.
Succumbs - Geraldine Pittman,
13-year-old daughter Of the Rev.
and Mrs. J. J. Pittman of Kansas
City, Mo, after having been Ill
for three months.
Elected 49, J. Saunders Redding
Ct Chapel Hill, N. c., to make a
study Of the Negro in American
life, for the University Of North
Carolina.
Fatal - To Mrs. Maria Clark
Of Kansas City. Mo, the fail she
sustained last week. She would
have been 100 years old had she
lived until Dec.
Awarded - Roscoe Rollins,
well known Harlemite, a verdict
Of $4,000, as a result Of injuries
that he received from an auto
&ccident.
Dies-Mrs. Willie Mae DECKER
son, prominent leader and club
woman Of st. Louis, while visiting
at the home Of q friend.
HOnOred - T. j. Elder, fom-
der and principal Of the Elder
high school Of Sanderaville, Ga.
with the Fort Valley Award for
Distinguished Service in the Ne
Pio Education.
Died - Charles Daniels, we'll
known in the social circles Of the
South, of internal INJURIES stuff red
last week when he was struc- by
an auto.
Appointed - Miss Mary MOI
ris, graduate of the Atlanta uni
versity, to the position Of Tenant
Investigator at the College Hill
Homes by the Chattanooga tous-
ing authority.
Joined - Marion Minta Allen,
junior high school instructor in
the Brooklyn schools, to Perkins
FI1l, -,,,,,,-o5, -, ;,,c71,.o,7ca cxyaohtiy7A
i'll the bonds Of matrimony
Finished - William Andrew
Rhodes, composer and music crit
ic Of Boston, Mass, his recent
composition entitled, GLORY
Bound Symphony"
Will Cure-Jesse Pack, preach
or Of Knoxville, Tenn, his hands
which were bitten by a copper
head snake, by employing faith
instead of medicine,
Stricken - John Carmical, sc
year old bondsman and veteran
member of the Knights of Py-
tnias. with heart attack at his
home in st. Louis. His cOndi-
ton is reported as being serious
Dedicates - Congressman A
w. Mitchell Of Chicago, the open
ing Of the James City county
training school III Williamsburg
Va.
Wed - Miss Irene King, love
" daughter Of Mrs. Bessie King
Of Topeka, to MIR. Thomas GeralC
Woods, also Of Topeka
Dies - Rev. Orzlee Miller
prominent pastor Of st. Louis, o
gunshot wounds inflicted by hi.
daughter, 19-year-old Lucille.
Succumbs-Mr Anna B. Bates
70, and one Of the oldest resident
Of Nicodemus, Kans., after a brie
illness.
Revealed - The secret mari
age Of Miss Marguerite Allen
popular member Of the younge
social set Of st. Louis, to Loui
McNair, also Of that city.
Win Graham Smith an
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21
BROWNS IN LAKE
OFF 35TH STREET

Alfred Williams, 3410 Rhodes
avenue, WPA laborer, was drown
ed while swimming in the lake
off 35th street, last Wednesday
morning.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21

Undergraduates "JeW Baby"
Floyd, veteran trainer tor the
Monarchs baseball team, an oper-
alton at the State hospital in Co.
lumbus, Mo.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21

Praised - Sylvia Goring, bril-
liant young music teacher Of New
York, when she performed as
accompanist with the William
Roach Concert Orchestra.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21

Win - Graham Smith and
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21

Revealed - The secret marri-
age Of Miss Marguerite Allen,
popular member Of the younger
social set Of st. Louis, to Louis
McNair, also Of that city.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21

H0nOred = Bishop and Mrs.
4. III. King Of Philadelphia by 4
reception given as result Of his
staining the elevation to the
epIScOpdcy.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21

Succumbs-Mrs Anna B. Bates.
70, and one Of the oldest residents
Of Nicodemus, Kans., after a brief
illness.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21

Died Charles Daniels, we'll
known in the social circles Of the
South, of internal INJURIES sultf red
last week when he was struc. by
an auto.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21

Fatal - To Mrs. Maria Clark
Of Kansas City, Mo, the fall she
sustained last week. She would
have been 100 years old had she
lived until Dec.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21

Appointed - Miss Mary Nor
ris, graduate Of the Atlanta uni
versity, to the position Of Tenant
Investigator at the College Hill
Homes by the Chattanooga ious-
ing authority.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21

Wed - Miss Irene King, love-
" daughter Of Mrs. Bessie King
Of Topeka, to MIR. Thomas Gerald
Woods, also Of Topeka.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21

Succumbs - Geraldine Pittman,
13-year-old daughter Of the Rev.
and Mrs. j. J. Pittman Of Kansas
City, Mo, after having been i'll
for three months.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21

Joined Marion Minta Allen,
junior high school instructor in
the Brooklyn schools, to Perkins
Thompson, all insurance executive,
i'll the bonds Of matrimony
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21

Will Cure-Jesse Pack, preach
or Of Knoxville, Tenn, his hands
which were bitten by a copper
head snake, by employing faith
instead of medicine.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21

Finished William Andrew
Rhodes, composer and music crit
ic Of Boston, Mass, his recent
composition entitled. Glory
Bound Symphony"
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21

Dies - Rev. Orzlee Miller,
prominent pastor Of st. Louis, Of
gunshot wounds inflicted by his
daughter, 19-year-old Lucille.
Evening star., 1940-03-28

232 to SO. DR.. William Mcclellan,
president, presided.
That the Government wants the
property was indicated last summer
by the Public Works Administra-
tion's ALLEGATION of $1,O5O,0 to the
Public Buildings Administration for
purchase and renovation of the two
structures.
Both buildings are more than 100
years old. The Madison house was
built by Richard Cults, brother in
law of Dolly Madison. During the
Il years that President Madison S
widow lived there before her death,
in 1849, it was focal point of
Washington social life. During the
Civil War it was, the headquarters
of the Army of the Potomac.
The Tayloe residence, connected
with the Madison building by an
annex, Was built in 1923 and was
the home of Mark Hanna, Attorney
General Preston and Commodore
John Wilkes.
A committee of II members of
the Cosmos Club will be appointed
Evening star., 1940-03-28
Cosmos Club Offers
lis Two Old BUILDINGS
lou. 5. for 100000
Madison Mansion and
Toyloe House Both Are
More Than Century Old

The Cosmos Clubs two historic
buildings-the Dolly Madison man.
sion and the Tayloe house at Madi-
son place and H street N.W.-were
offered to the United States Gov-
ernment today for $1,00O,0OO.
Decision to make the property
available for this price was reached
by club members, meeting last night
at the United States Chamber of
Commerce Building, by vote of