The guardian., 1940-08-17

LII 1iioV'nSO, d OulueSe lduuuuy Is open
from SIX In the morning until midnight
and also does business on Sunday
mornings and Sunday evenings the
owner works his entire family and does
not spend a single penny in colored
trade . directly across the street a
race laundry maintains clean premises
employs colored help endeavoring
to raise funds for college tuition =.
does finer quality work at a penny
more . and definitely does business
with neighborhood colored stores a..
furthermore he has to meet the com
petition of white chain laundries whose
hundreds of trucks are not operated by
solitary colored driver but who reap
huge fortunes from the business of our
people -. d. white landlord informed
me that an important factor in this
lack Of profitable trade in our sector
was the exorbitant rentals people
are actually paying higher rentals on
Humboldt Avenue than realtors collect
on Commonwealth Avenue in the Back
Bay and he can actually prove this
statement this evil situation he
further declares from his personal
knowledge has directly arisen from the
snide practice of certain local real
estate brokers =. the property owner
lnstructs them to rent an apartment
for S25 a month the broker seeking
to increase his fee on the first months
rental usually informs the unwary
prospective tenant that the rentals are
much higher and people seeking better
location readily accept his figures
as a result housing costs increase in
the entire neighborhood when the land
lords learn how much our people are
Wiling to pay E. now stop and con
slider how low the new housing pro-
| lect rentals are plus the extra advan-
tage you receive in heat, continuous
hot water, free electricity, electric
cooking ranges and electrical refrigera-
ton e. but the standard of salary in
come for families who are eligible to
occupy these dream apartments are
unfortunately ranged above the aver
age income of the colored salaried
worker here in Boston these facts
should make excellent material for
campaign issues in the coming election
-. there is a very definite need for the
organization of strong trade associa-
ton in the outer Roxbuly area com
parable to the South End Board of
Trade which has achieved splendid
and profitable results for their mem
bership =. our civic clubs will continue
to turmoil over purely polite hoorah
during the next few months prior to
the voting period while our race bust
ness pioneers slowly succumb to the
vicious economic problem which we
ourselves have created let us all
cooperate and seek a remedy before it
is too late . trade where our people
are striving to promote race advance
ment in business enterprises the
colored real estate, law, insurance.
restaurant, pharmacy and mercantile
establishments of the South became
prosperous successes fully twenty
years ago and Boston is away behind
the times in this respect colored
people coming north for more oppor-
tunity find conditions worse than at
home . Southern race schools and
colleges are employing their own grad
uates as teachers and instructors while
returning Northern educators to their
home cities to teach our people up
North how to live and work together
in a mutual effort to better the eco
nomic situation of the entire race
there will be more of this at a later
date because | am in contact with sev-
eral authentic sources Of information
which truly surprised me concerning
business relations and welfare Difficult
ties right here in the old home town
coming events Saturday August II,
Ted Bailey presents the Copley Asso-
ciates and the Amician Club sponsor
ing Dinner Dance by popular request
with music by the outstanding swing
band of the season Bobby Holmes and
his orchestra featuring a new vocalist
Kay Bailey at Ridge Hill Grove in
Norwell, Mass, with buses leaving
Douglass Square on schedule and
on Tuesday evening August 20 the
Dining Car Employees Union, Local
20, present Duke Ellington and his
orchestra at the beautiful air-cooled
Roseland State Ballroom . and that
is all for the nonce except that I am
sure that all you gentle readers will
J join me in expressing happy birthday
/ greetings to this columns Number One
Glamour Girl Milady Pearl "Lilybelle'
Powell (my social security who will
be q again on the twenty-frst day of
August e. Goombye! GOO E. DUCK.
FLASH: Genial Joe Henderson has
announced the removal of his popular
Bazaar Rendezvous to 54A Humboldt
Avenue nearer the shopping center
now open at all times to old and new
customers who desire treat in some
thing to eat.