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The Phoenix index., 1940-05-18
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sys.eMs particularly USED Sy nIs4Ay A4o.le
state trooper Units" together with education as be.
ing largely responsible for the alleged dearth Of mob
violences during the past 12-months period
Celebrating this education" angle, she says,
lynchings in former years were "hushed up" and
forgotten.
"Now, however, she asserted 1--WE get the facts
and that they publicized"
HAS DONE FINE WORK
That Mrs. Ames through her organization has
done very fine work is not to be denied Particu-
ary effective has been her associations refusal to
accept the easily given of most ynchers that
they acted to protect white women" Facts and
figures have been dug up to show that this alibi
for mob outrages be given in but a small per-
centage of cases.
All of this work is commendable and we would
be the last person to belttle it. Nevertheless, we
believe Mrs. Ames is several years behind on her
understanding of the new lynch technique.
She shows this lack of knowledge in her state
ment contending that lynchings now wide open,
widely publicized affairs This was the old technique
and despite Mrs. Ames' assertions is just opposite
the pattern followed by lynchers of 1899 and 194O
GAVE ALL DETAILS
AS was discussed in previous column the mod
lyncher is the man who prefers the 'hush-up''
method The lyncher of old apparently taking pride in
his work. gave all the CORY details to the press to
be paraded before the nation.
This very system of lynching on the quiet un-
quesonably is the basis for the Associated Press
unusual record of lynchings. The record can
easily be disputed in dozen small and larger
towns in any of the regular lynching states.
For example right in Atlanta those who make
a serious business of keeping up with mob violence,
would Immediately challenge this spurious news
paper record.
Though some anxious to prove that the custom
of ynchng has just about disappeared may discount
it, the death Of Ike Castor, the East Point barber at
the hands of floggers, was nothing but lynchng.
1t cannot be truthfuly classified as anything else
LYNCHINGS DESPITE AP
The same could be said for scores of persons whose
bulet-riddled bodies were mysteriously found in a
deserted woods floating down lonesome river.
Or for those Others who died with police bullets in
their backs
All of these lynchings under our interpre-
taon of the word lynchng-the Associated Press re-
port to the contrary.
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Between The Lines

that the actor is more important
than the role. The role is import
ant but acting is the thing. That
Miss Mcdaniel ran away with a
perfectly fine show is not an Incl
Gent. She put her heart in her role
and this humble role lifted her to
fame and fortune.
The fine portrayal of Black
Nanny by Miss Mcdaniel is not
an eXaggeration in any wise, but
faithful to the truest traditions OF
the old South. None but the flag
,rantly misguided could ever dis
parage the fine influence of the
Black Nanny on the social life
of the South.
The white men ano women OF
the South who have time and again
stayed the flood gates of violence
against the defenSeleSS Negroes
are those who have made humane
by the tender touch OF some Black
Nanny. The fine influence OF
these noble souls upon the moreS OF
South have made the Negroes cross
much less heavy than it would
otherwise have been. 1t is a mighty
fine thing for Hattie Mcdaniel to
bring Nanny back, until the New
Negro can recover his sense of val
ues and proportion. In other words
if the New Negro-so-called can
play his role as effectively as the
Black Mammies OF the South play
ed theirs he will do himself an
honorable service. It is not the role
but the actor that counts.
INDEBTED TO ACTORS
The Negro race and the nation
is under obligations to Bill Robin
son, Louise Beavers and Hattie NC
Daniels for the part they have
played in getting the Negro on the
screen at all. we'll remember when
Bill Robinson accepted a subor-
dinate role, he was heckled by these
supposed New Negroes who called
his role Uncle TomiSm. Bill Rob-
inson is a wise Negro and would
not he destroyed.
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tors below the well known line, but circumstances
and propaganda and Mr. Walter White nave nao
their effect We the situation. in way reVers-
ed
TWO VIEW POINTS
Mr. White, staging bitter battle to secure pas
sage of the federal ant-lynching BILL to which even
the authors appear to be giving just lip service
is anxious to secure data proving the dire necessity
of such legislation. Consequently all evidences Oh
mob violence to him appear very important.
And on the other hand Southern senators ana
those few still unreconstructed white editors are DO
ing their best to prove that legislation protecting
those who victims of lyncherS is needed. Ihe
only way to do this is to prove that the nightmare
of lynching has completely disappeared paStime
of certain type of Southerner
That's why the announcement of the Assoclat-
ed Press claim to no lynchngs for year is greet
ed from this latter group with acclaim and jubila-
ton. The story forms one barrier in the long
and hard struggle of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People to secure passage
of this type Of legislation.
ACCEPTED WITHOUT QUESTION
Already the release has been accepted without
question the gospel truth by individual, who
processes to be ardent opponent of lynching but
who, nevertheless. has steadfastly refused to lend
dicate tbs American evil of evils
Mrs. Jessie Daniel AInes, executive secretary Of
the Association of Southern Women for the Preven-
ton Of Lynching hailing the achievement" credits
swift action made possible by police radio alarm
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He faced reality. He knew that if
the Negroes entered the movies
they would have to assume humble
subordinate roles There were the
rash among the Negroes who
clamored for leading foles or none.
To take less ths n the leading role
was ''betraying the race" Bill Rob-
inson went ahead.
1t was the same or nearly so
when Louise Beavers appeared. in
Imitation of Life. But by. the ar
rival of Hattie Mcdaniel the Negro
had awaken to the fact of reality
and the odiun had largely passed
and so instead of heckling Miss
Mcdaniel, the Negro halls her. This
is one of the healthiest signs that
the Negro is not hopelessly lost in
the maze OF lrntoward circum-
stances. When the Negro wakes up
to the fact that it is the actor and
not the role that counts we are 60
ing to get somewhere.
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By DEAN GORDON B. HANCOCK
FOR AMP
NANNY COMES BACK

THE ARRIVAL OF the New
Negro was marked by a stolid de-
termination to drive the Black
Nanny from the forefront ow ma
tional thinking. Black Mammyism
in all it's relations and ramifications
was spurned as beneath the dignity
and social notice of the newly ar
rived New Negro" and his heirs
and assigns forever. Nanny, had to
beat hasty retreat in spite of the
fact that her influence and finan-
cial backing was behind much of
the advance of the Negro race.
She had helped to lay the foun-
dation of the hopes and aspira-
tions of her stricken people. Her
sweat and her tears and her blood
were swift witnesses before the bar
of public opinion where the race is
ever on trial. That the Negro
should attempt to disqtlalify her in
the eyes of the world was somewhat
startling if not indeed distressing
Few indeed are the prominent
Negro families today who cannot
number among their members some
Black Nanny who acted we'll her
part and won recognition for her
nearest kin. Our schools are we'll
populated with sons and daughters
whose places were secured in part
by the influence of Nanny"
Many of our diplomas have been
drenched with the sweat of some
Black Nanny. just what the New
Negro" should turn so violently
against her and her lowly minis
trations of service is somewhat
puzzling. But thanks to Hattie Nc
Daniel, whose genius sparkles in
Gone With The Wind" Black
Nanny is back with colors
flying!
ACTOR MORE IMPORTANT
When one sits four hours and
sees the superb acting of this gen.
JUS of the screen, one is convinced
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cOIored people paper that they can iee'
their views all political oc
religious questions which face the race
especially in business to the extern
fhat become make as well job seekers
8 To boys and girls in the art OF thrht
Fatherh0od Of God and the brothehooa oi ~
( To buid firmer foundation for pOsterity.
of the coord race must eope'e
with those @ other technique other races
In dealing Above all must render depenaaoie
scient mes that alone VIII De
cceed I'm any enterprise realizing these vital
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selves on the mercy of the court.
were given suspended sentences Of
two to three years.
~'"The attack by the mob on the
potato pickers served to concentrate
attention on the whole problem of
Negro migratory agricultural work.
ers in New Jersey. who are brought
up from the South in trucks by
contractors. heralded into unsani-
tary and fire-trap barns and chick
en- coops and deprived of political
and civil rights" Mr.. Clendenin
stated further. Township officials
expected that The incident would be
forgotten as have similar ones in
previous years. They tried to delay
arrest and then to whitewash the
gang. but this attempt was defeated
by our pressure srld publicity"
The Workers Defense League Is
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players in order to be an effective
institution.
EMPLOYMENT PROBLEM s.;
The Negro college graduate is
finding it more and more difficul5
to get employment. The college is
having to devote more and more
time and energy to seeking avenues
of employment for its graduates,
because there are more and mora
Negroes graduating from college
each year and The jobs are fewer;
therefore, the prospective employers
are in a position to set up mora
rigid requirements for employees.
The college really has to have
selling argument based on
the qualty and intensity OF
work done by the student In
his major field. when a signi-
ficant number of its senior class
presents two major fields OF
interest, one in an EDUCATION
field and the other in Eotball.
the college is at disadvantage =
unless the employer is seeking
football coach.
There are very few positions for
Negro youth to get employment.
ON the basis of their preparation
for coaching football. They are US
uaIy hired as teachers and have
coaching assigned as an extra ac-
tivity. Because of the naturally di-
vided interest of a football ma
jor,' it is logical TO concede that
he could not have put the suf-
ficient amount Of extra work on
his educational major needed to
make him a worthy competitor for
possible JOB opening.
BECOME CONFUSED
1t Is conceivable that many
young men who "majored" in
football and find that it has no
transfer value when they seek to
enter their ife's work are likely to
become cynical and confused. Dur
ing the time that they are ma
joring" in football they become
used to the favorS of the college,
teachers, students, citizens, and
press. They discover when they
have graduated" from football that
their interest is transferred TO
their football successors and they
become the forgotten men," except
possibly when their names are used
in football rallies in efforts to
whip up the Old college spirit or to
redouble the efforts of indifferent
members of the team.
(This article will be continued
next week)
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country IS geared to the conflict-at least lin loW
as the expression concerning the shifting of gears
of automobiles goes.
friday saw prominent members of the highest
legislative body cali for enormous increases in pro-
ective forces and the lending of aid to the Allies
to the full extent "up to sending men abroad Any
small incident could the gear to be shifted ln
high" American production for the Allies has been
in high gear for months.
Everybody is shocked at Hiter's lightning war.
The propaganda that is being fed the American pub
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-18
Christianity Is
The Cure For The
Worlds Ills

WITH EUROPE seething in a
war that covers more scope than
the last World War, I am wonder
ing will I live to see this country
involved in another war.
ii is said IL a matter is not
eettied right it is not settled at
all, therefore, evidently the
Versailles Pact made at round
table with representatives Of all
nations drawn together some
lOOp-hOle was left open that did
not satisfy all involved.
I cannot say what will happen
now but at the end if the peace is
rot made on plane Of brotherly
love based on the principle of love
thy neighbor as thyself" whether
ne be back as the ace of spades or
white as the first snow of winter,
there will be more wars and ru-
morS of wars.
A patched-up peace will not
: stand where greed and prejudice
creep in. A patched-up peace
where men on the outside will
say, ~ am your friend" and in
their hearts they are ready to
take advantage of the other.
This world will be in a turmoil
until man accepts the principles
of christianity and That is
simply "LOve thy neighbOr as
thyself."
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The Phoenix index., 1940-05-18

lSeS 70 De LNt HlOSI ItTTIIIC UT
slaught in the history of civili2a-
ton
Now that Herr Hitler has hurl-
ed his legions IN all their fury
against the Allies in a war to the
finish, the scale Of operations can
be said to be worldwide The ques-
ton on everybody's lips is: when
will the United States get into the
conflict?', Another significant
query is: "Can we keep out Of the
WARP"
AS a matter of fact, the United
States is already practically in the
conflict. Except for actual fighting
ac ON A,,ao,.iaa.. Unit tho xuhAlf
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EDITORIALS

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FOOTBALL AND NEGRO
PRIVATE COLLEGES
By WALTER r. CHIVERS
Professor of Sociology
Morehouse COLLEGE

THIS SUBJECT WAS introduced in last Sundays col
umn. The questions discussed then Which is
important the intercollegiate football schedule the reg
activities and what effect does the nterco
egate football schedule have upon the nonpartcipating
element student body? Today the center of interest
will be: How important to the college is the Individual
football player and what future has the Negro college
graduate who has majOred in football?
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a non-partiSan and non-pohtlcal
organization devoted to the defense
of workers rights, with national
headquarters at liz E. 18th street.
New York City.
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ClVlIIZed UnIleu OIdIeS.
Of course this news item would
not count for much in Norway,
Sweden, Italy, Great Britain,
France or even in the land of the
very savage Mr.. Hitler, for in none
of these nations do the inhabitants
engage in such brutal and inhuman
pastimes as lynching.
But in the United States it is an
item that rates front page. In years
past this recognition would have
not been accorded this fact by edi-
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News In Brief
Continued from Page IL

(COHtiuucM AAVu "SO ~
ford; a brother and sister, Mrs
Ruby Kelley and Adley Eckford
all of San Antonio, Texas; War
rem S. Eckford OF New York, his
brother, was killed in Phoenix in
1880 when his plane crashed. Mr..
and Mrs. Eckford lived in this city
many years moved to California
more than year ago.
Mrs. Myrtle Bell, of East Jeffer'
son Street, is improving after a
long illness. Mr.. Charles Brown OF
East Washington, continues very III
ait his home. Two members of our
group were invited guests at din
ner- at the grand cafe of the Re-
publican clubs.
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Whaf< No Lynehings?

THURSDAY, May g. in the year of our Lord
1940 according to the calculations of the Associated
Press, marked the completion of entire year
without single lynching having occurred in these
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Mothers Sons Fight

WHILE THE SONS and daughters of American
mothers honor them today, in another part of the
world the offspring of "the dearest creatures on
earth" will be warning each other in what prom
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-18
CAUSES LET-DOWN

|
After all, the football season
lasts only a third Of the school
fear, which would make it logical
to conclude that the students in
terest would lag the other two
thirds of the fear. Even more than
that, abnormal concentration over
a period OF three months would
naturally cause detrimental lei
down over the period of the othe.
six months.
The writer does not believe
that a winning team is nearly
as effective in attracting stu
dents of purpose as the ability
of the college to secure en-
ployment for lis graduates. The
writer's experience has been
that the average college stu
dent becomes concerned early
in his college career about
preparing himself for making
a living.
But, for the sake of argument
let us grant that q winning team
does attract a large number OF
students. The fact remains that the
Negro privately endowed college
has to subsidize the education OF
the majority Of its students; So
therefore, does not need to further
increase it's financial burden in Or
der to have an ever larger student
body. Since it has to go in for
subsidy, it is going to need more
and more a more convincing argu-
ment when begging for money than
that the college laust get football
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Garrett, an
old pioneer barber of FnoeniS
ard Arizona, VINO for some time
has resided in Nevada, has sold
out and returned to Phoenix, for
their future home. They are tenn
porarily with Mr.. and Mrs. Cnas.
Gardner, of E. Washington.
DR.. T. A. Crulnp, one OF our
prominent dentists in PnoeinX,
was a business visitor in the Office
of The INDEX Accompanying
him were his little son and Mr.
hadley Mlirrell, and oh, how they
worked!
Mrs. T. Grant, in the Masonic
Temple on 4th at E. Jefferson ST.,
suffered broken arm last NOR
day as she fell on the stairway.
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ly needs to be commended for
trying $50 he says) so had to
keep his good friend, o. B.
Smith, the Prior Tire man, in the
straight and narrow path. 1 saw
'Eberhardt" the other night at
a late hour. He said, 81 had
hard time but just made
80. B." go home, that's the rea-
son I am out SO late. want to
teach him to go in early like
I 60 in at night"
Like a lighthouse On the sea
looms in the darkness, so does that
big neon sign on the Metropolitan
Cafe. r. shows Decatur street Is
keeping step with the times.
The pastor told the members
to pray first, but don't forget to
pay at last.
And again l say, "a man may be
fit as a fiddle, but there is always
some smart lady who can play
him"
Some girls use their looks to
wreck mems pocket books.
She used TO marry to make
him, today she marries to break
him.
Papa used to sing "Rock-a-bye-
Baby" in these times daddy
swings a rock and rye baby.
Ssh -Ssh-Ssh, don't tell any
body, but 1 guess after MONTH
of that strong Score" gospel
am hoping I am strong enough to
steal away fer a Sunday base
ball game today. All this good
got in ne will over balance the
bad If there Is any bad in a
Sunday game.
How can Broad be on the
square?
Our old friend, Buddy"
Thornton, an old Avenue friend
once at Fuller's Smoke Shop, Is
now connected with the Pilgrim
Life Insurance Company in Col
umbia, S. c., and Is making
good. He was i'm the office few
days ago to see the writer for d
few minutes. He says tell the
"bOys" hello.
A great Mothers Day program
will be held today at Holsey Ten
pie at IL am. A program will b.
rendered and Mrs. M l.. Wake
will be the speaker of the day. Sh
will he introduced nv Mrs. Iudit
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-18

1t has been just few years ago
that I met Mr.. Ned A. Hooper,
then an employee of small fish
market operated by white man.
AS we talked one day 1 suggested
to him to find a location on Au-
burn and open a first class fish
market. T gave him the thought,
he put it into execution. The an
swer is, visit his place on Auburn
and you will see one of the. show
places of colored business, not only
In Atlanta, but in the south, own
ed and operated by one lone color
ed man.
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A great Mothers Day program
will be held today at Holsey Tem-
pie at IL am. A program will be
rendered and Mrs. M l.. Walker
will be the speaker of the day. She
will be introduced by Mrs. Ludie
Andrews.
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years was graduate manager OF
athletics for this college. Beginning
the first summer after his ap-
pointment, he became increasingly
disturbed over the stronger interest
held by the alumni in prospective
football players than either in the
quality of students at large or the
additions and qualifications of
teachers.
THREE MONTHS INTEREST
Because of tnis alarm, the
writer from time to time ques-
other schools and discovered
that generally the alumni OF
Negro colleges have a three
months intense interest in their
Alma Mater-This Is the foot
ball period. This is also true in
white colleges but at white col
Ieges the athletics is SO often
entirely supported by the alumni
associations; while In Negro col
ieges, this xtra-curricIilar acti-
vity is an extra burden on the
money raising energy Of the col
lege administration.
The alumni So often argue that
'if you can get the cream OF the
football players from the high
schools you can have a winning
team" They graciously become
scouts to that end. Then during
the summer months, the college
officials receive numerous letters
from interested alumni setting forth
the glories, praise, and anthropo'
logical measurement OF the new
football genius which they nave
discovered.
In most cases, they not only dc
not send a check to cover ms eX-
penses but grow eloquent When
nleading to the administration the
| value of furnishing expenses free
to this prospective football player
adding that it might not be a bad
idea to give him little Spenolng
change in order to meet the COM
petition room some outstanding
football school,
A winning team, according to
the supporters of 'fhigh-powered'
football, is the most effective adj
yertisement that college can
have. It VIII attract students III
larger numbers than any other
medium. The further question then
is what value to an educational IN
stitution are students whose prime
interest in education is to go to a
college affiliated with a football
team?