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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-10-16
National Equal Rights League
Annual Convention October q

NEW YORK 49, THE Ma
TIONAL EQUAL RIGHTS
LEAGUE with headquarters at
2286 It'll ave, will hold its an
nual convention at Mother A M
E Zion church, West 18th St
between Seventh and Lenox
ave, Thursday, Oct 81, Doors
open at 7:3O p m.
The League is not a new Or
ganization. 1t was founded
over 80 years ago by the late
William Monroe Trotter. Trot-
ter bitterly fought segregation
and championed equal oppor-
tunitieS for all. The Monroe
Trotter Movement was revived
last year by a small group OF
ministers and laymen. Rev
Central L Mack was elected
President. He is working hard,
striving to carry out the ideas
of its founder.
The principal speakers are:
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-10-16
FasCisn1 In
Harlem Rears
Its Ugly Head

NEW YORK, (C)-Residents
of the washington Heights area
were aroused recently by the
attempts of prejudiced whites
to prevent colored from moving
in the Broadway area from
145th Street to 155th Street.
An open race hate campaign
has been inStigated. A recent
victim of the movement was
Arthur Mason, a newcomer to
the Area, who resides at SAB
West 156th st, MI. Mason re-
ported to the police at the west
152nd Street station that he
had discovered several deroga-
tory notes in his apartment
house, where only three colored
families live, which warned
against colored living with
whites. At one time, Mr.. Mason
revealed, a bucket of water was
poured from window on a
newly hired colored ianitor.
Following the conference at
the Police Station, Captain
Moore promised the colored
residents that such lawlessness
against them would not be toll
Grated, and that ample police
protection would be given the
newcomers.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-10-16
NEW YORK SECTION
Natl Equal Rights League Head
Resenfs Article By Mrs. Roosevelt

o If l were a Negro today, the
First Lady wrote, II think I
would have moments of great
bitterness. 1t would be hard for
me to sustain my faith in DEM
ocracy and to build up a sense
of goodwill toward men of other
races.
"In a comparatively short per-
lod of time the slaves have be-
come free men-free men,, that
is, as far as a proclamation can
make them so. There now re-
mains much work to be done to
see that freedom becomes a fact
and not just promise for my
people.
IT know, however, that I am
net the only group that has to
make a similar fight. Even
women of the white race still
suffer inequalities and injuSti-
ces, and many groups of white
people in my country are the
slaves of economic conditions"
Pres. Mack says: May I say
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-10-16

were times when I thought I
heard the scenery sizzle. Rob
ert Garland, Journal-American.
"As hot as it's title. Henry
Simon, PM.
The Herald Tribune, the
World telegram and the News
all used the ad with no protest.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-10-16

to our First Lady, it is irnposs-
ible for her to be a Negro as
it is for any person on earth,
since the word Negro was given
to black people who were slaves,
and which was accepted as a
slave name. It does not refer, to
any race or group since it was
taken from a Spanish name
given a river.
However, we as colored peo-
pie have no bitterness against
our white friends. We realize
that once apon a time our an
cestorS were slaves also. May
We say the word Negro was
first used in Jamestown, Vir-
ginia to distinguish between 20
black people and the whites and
since that time we have been
burdened with this horrible
name.
MAY we say to you that we
are Americans and will contend
to enjoy opportunities as any
other American"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-10-16

Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt, First
Lady; Rev Adam Clayton Pow
ell, Jr, pastor of Abyssinian
Baptist church, and the peo-
pies choice for Representative
to Congress; Ernest L Demotry,
President of Committee for
Better Schools; Bishop David
H Sims of the AME church,
Mrs Maude Trotter Steward,
Editor Publisher of the GUAR
DIAN and sister of the late
Monroe Trotter, Louis E PaSco,
Sr, president of the Boston
Branch and Benjamin J Davis,
Candidate for City Council.
Mrs Bessie Trotter Craft,
younger sister of Mr. Trotter
and Y Secretary H K Craft
are special guests.
The President, Rev Central
L Mack, urges that all organi-
cations, regardless of distinc-
ton, be represented.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-10-16
THE GUARDIAN
New York Roundup

NEW YORK - Harlemites,
after having gone over the top
in subscribing to the Third
Loan Drive, are now out to
purchase a Bomber for our
fighting forces. They will name
it the Harlem Express" Vic
tory rallies were held on the
corner of Seventh ave and
West 125th st, with the 372nd
Infantry Band furnishing the
music and famous stage and
screen stars entertaining the
crowds between speeches. r.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-10-16
Visiting New York

Among the many visitors at
the New York Office of the
GUARDIAN this week were
Professor Robert C Mcdowell,
accompanied by his mother,
Mrs Lola Mcdowell and Lewis
Mungo, all of Washington, D.
c. and Gibson, N C, who are
visiting relatives and friends
here. They were domiciled at
125 West 18th st. While ON
their tour of the city they
stopped in the Office of the
GUARDIAN where they were
given a hearty welcome. All
visitors to New York are made
welcome at the GUARDIAN
Office, 2286 Seventh ave.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-10-16
Actress Presents
Pledge Of Unity
To New York Mayor

NEW YORK CITY, (C)-The
famous Pledge of Unity, con-
tanning $4,000 signatures of New
Workers. who promise to keep
dear the meaning of freedom
and democracy for peoples of
all races, creeds and colors, was
presented to Mayor LaGuardia
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-10-16
So. Car. Club
Celebrates nth

BROOKLYN = More than
500 people were present at the
Cornerstone Baptist church,
Gates ave, and Irving Place,
last Thursday night to cele-
brate the eleventh anniversary
of the South Carolina Club.
Mrs Fannie Bobo, president
of the club, expressed her great
appreciation of the dedicatory
program presented, with Mrs
Carrie e Moore as mistress OF
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-10-16
Obituary

NEW YORK = Geore Green,
formerly of st. Kits, West In
dies, is now reverted to a new
estate whereby he has entered
into tn world of everlasting
peace, leaving behind him a
wife, daughter and sister.
Last rites were performed at
the Collins Funeral Parlor;;
final resting place st Michael's
cemetery.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-10-16

Harlem's delinquency ana
crime situation still remains a
serious problem to authorities
and civic groups, despite their
efforts to curb it. Following an
argument with five other boys
last week, Vincent Bradley, Is
year old pupil of Public School
43, was found shot in the head
and left in the cellar coal bin
at % Convent ave, where he
sought shelter. He was taken to
Bellevue Hospital in a critical
condition.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-10-16

by actress Jean Muir at the
Hunter College Assembly Hall
Saturday evening, Among the
speakers were Eunice H. Car
ter, Charming T Tobias and
Walter White.
The Mayor stated that he had
abolished all Segregations
against colored in the city area
and that there were, at the
present, more colored serving
on municipal Jobs than ever,
He added that "the problem of
racial discrimination was a ma
tional one that could not be to-
tally solved locally,
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-10-16

of the forthcoming production
of Billy Roses Carmen Jones.
Awards of $500 each were
presented to Rosaline Nadel, So
prano, Constance Stoker, mezzo-
soprano, both of Quaker City
and Katherine Graves from New
York City. The funds, awarded
by three judges, are donated by
Miss Anderson.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-10-16
Announcement

Madam ETHYL OUGHTON
CLARKE, internationally Fa-
nous Coloratura Soprano, has
opened her Music Studio at
GAL stebbins ave, Bronx, N Y.
Music: Instructions in voice
and piano. Beginners special
ty. Additions free. SERVICE:
Programs arranged for Recit-
ais, Concerts, Oratorios, We'd
dings, Receptions, Banquets,
Teas, Funerals, etc.
Vocalists and Instrumental
lists upon request.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-10-16

New Workers and more es-
pecially Harlemites W e r e
greatly benefited by the OPA's
decision to freeze rents in this
city. Already the victims of de-
plorably high rents and gen.
eral exploitation, colored citi-
zens welcomed the govern
ment's order which roll back
rents to the March LIST level.
Mayor LaGuardia fought some
time for the act.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-10-16
The Marian Anderson Awards

NEW YORK-The second an
nual Marian Anderson awards
10 young musicians were given
last week to five artists of the
lO2 who competed. Scholarships
OF $3.50 each were awarded to
Isabella schapp, soprano from
Brooklyn, N. Y. and Elton John
son, soprano of Philadelphia,
Pa, who is a member of the cast
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-10-16

1t Ruth Smith ANC sta
toned at Fort Clark, Texas is
on leave visiting relatives and
friends in Stuebenville, Ohio
and New York City. 1t Smith
has been in the army for 10
months and is enjoying her
first leave. She says army life
is great and most of all in
Camp Clark where there are
$50 WACs, and the Command
ing Officer is colored.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-10-16

ceremonies. The program in
cluded selections by Mrs Ber'
tina ] Motif, popular concert
pianist; Mrs E. Boozer and the
Unity Gospel Singers. A stimu-
lating congratulatory sermon
was by a guest pastor, Rev H S
Mcneil. a-..
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-10-16

Edgar G. Brown, director Of
the National Council, an
nounced that his oranization
has plans to campaign for the
election of State Senator JOS
eph r Hanley, Republican
Candidate for Lieutenant Gov
ernor. Playing the Roosevelt
administration for permitting
discrimination and segregation
of a million colored Servicemen
and women; denial of equal
housing for colored war work.
ers, Brown said he would
stump the state calling on col
ored voters to elect the repub-
Iican candidate as protest
vote.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-10-16

The sudden death Of Bessye
Bearden, nationally known wo-
man leader and social worker,
brought great sorrow to the
city. Her contributions to hui
man welfare and social uplift
will always stand out as a
permanent monument to her
greatness. Bessye, as she was
affectionately known, was a
friend to people of all walks Of
life and despite her many &C
tivities, she was never too busy
to help needy persons.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-10-16

The newly opened oPA Dis
trict office, as an aftermath Of
the recent riots, is doing a
swell job in forcing Harlem
Merchants to live up to the
price ceilings on foods which
have been deplorably violated.
Many merchants, as a result,
have been fined for their
transgressions.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-10-16

Harlem is still tense after
the recent riots and organiza,-
tons and civic leaders are
feverishly working to stave of
another, by seeking t elimin-
ate the basic causes Of the
previous disturbances.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-10-16

Mrs Annie M Malone, Presi-
dent and Founder Of the Poro
School of Beauty Culture and
Poro Products, was among re-
cent visitors to New York.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-10-16

The newly appointed Justice
of the City Court, Frances E
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-10-16

The newly opened Service
Center of the Beauticians Vol
unteer Corps seems to have
won the approval Of the men
in uniform as they are attend
ing in large numbers on can
teen rights.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-10-16

Three bystanders W e
wounded in the legs when q
machine gun being demon
strated by a soldier of the S72d
Infantry in connection with
War Bond Rally at the corner
of 125th st and Seventh ave,
accidentally went off. All civil
ians.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-10-16

Commissioner Samuel ] Bat
tie, retired Police Lieutenant
and member of the Parole
Commission, will direct the ac-
tivitieS of hundreds of volun-
teer workers when he assumes
charge of Harlem Riverside
Division of tn National War
Fund Campaign of which for
mer mer Governor Alfred e,
Smith is chairman.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-17
HOLY WEEK

= Starting with Palm Sunday and
through Easter Sunday, this world goes
through the most solemn week of our Chris
ton year. 1t is rightly called Holy Week
and men do well to take time to be holy and
reverent in thought by pausing to remem-
Der the supreme sacrifice of all times all
nations and allpeoples, We should prepare,
ourselves through that Holy Week to accept
the glory and Uredehption which Easter
Sundayapromisegtgday just as it did 10 CEN
turiesS ago We are iosdrely frustrated and
fearful !. and in such turmoil we could take
this week to prepare to wipe from our hearts
the unrest and dispair making it open and
free of personal agitation to receive the
Easter message.
Here in Key West we should remind
ourselves that the human race has not be-
come extinct and lost, nor has it complete
~ destroyed itself. Past Holy Weeks have
proven that it purges itself and is redeem
ed again and again.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-17
PRODUCING NEW WEAPONS

One-third of the production for war
purposes in Great Britain consists of weap-
ons that did not exist, except in the imagi-
nations of their inventors, when war broke
out, declares Oliver Lyttleton, British Min
lister of Production.
He points out that British output in
February was per cent greater than in
the same month of last year and continues
to expand Four times as many heavy bomb
ers, for example, were produced in the
British Isles in February, this year, than
were completed in the same month of last
year.
Mr.. Lyttleton hints that the days of des
ert warfare are numbered and tells his peo-
pie that 1--WE must look forward to fighting
in an enclosed country, country with
roads. rivers and railways"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-17
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN

= WILL always seek the truth and print Il
without fear and without favor; never be
afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right:
always fight for progress; never be the or
gan or the mouthpiece of any person. clique,
faction or class; always do its utmost for the
public welfare; neysrTtplerate corruption or
Injustice; denounee vice and praise virtue.
commend good done by individual or organ
.ization; tolerant of others rights, views and
opinions; print only news that win elevate
and not contaminate. the reader; never COM
promise with principle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-17
GOOD ENGLISH

One Miami editor, writing in a light
vein, spoke of Madame Chang Kai-Shek's
chasing him to the dictionary to look up
words, or supposed words he could not find
even in his unabridged.
The Citizen is confident that that edi-
tor will tell you that neither Roosevelt nor
Churchill has ever chased him to the diction-
airy, and the reason is not hard to find
Roosevelt and Churchill use good English
the Madame uses stilted and labored Eng
lish
An uneducated man can search in a
tome of 100000 words and find word that
an educated man does not know the mean
ing of, and, nine times in 10, he is not con-
cerned in knowing, because he is aware the
occasion may never arise when he will need
to use the word. Good English is not couch
ed in polysyllabics, whose sources usually
are Greek or Latin; good English is found
in Anglo-Saxon words, the best examples in
the use of which are in the Bible.
Greeley and Dana are rated among
the greatest editorial writer's this country
has produced, and the words they used
were almost as simple as those in the Bible.
Seemingly, it is an easy matter to use Bible
English, but it is hard, exceedingly hard
The amateur thinks that if he doesn't put
big words into his writings, it shows lack
of education, and the professional finds il
impossible at times to resist pasting the
reader with pol1ysyllable. sssla5
Madame is learned and an admirable.
woman and her cause has the wholehearted
support of every American. Her failure to
rouse the enthusiasm of her radio listeners
lies in her inability to use foreeful English
-homespun words, the words of the fire
side, the words that grip the heart and the
mind too. Big words, particularly the kind
that chase us to the dictionary, leave us
cold and unconcerned. Besides, a sentence is
lost to us if it contains words we don't un-
derstand
'Fireside chats is an apt character
ization of Roosevelt's talks over the radio.
The writer was present at one of his talks,
where the listeners included nine-year-old
girl, whose interest he maintained from
the beginning to the end. She understood
him because he used "fireside' words in
conveying his thoughts to her.
'Blood and sweat and tear" memoir
able words. uttered by Churchill, and each
of them. monosyllable. It is not unusual
for him or Roosevelt to use sentences made.
up entirely of one-syllable words. Once in.
awhile po1lysyllable slips into Roosevelt,s
and Churchill's talks, but, generally, it Is a.
word that is as familiar as the homespun.
ones.
However, one must be born to the
tongue to use it effectively, though some.
times there is an exception, as in the case
of Joseph Conrad. But he got his first train
ing in English at sea, where the hard-hit-
ting, hard-bitten monosyllable rules the
waves in storms as well as in Gains.
Neither the good writer nor the good
speaker keeps a dictionary under his ell
bow.
Al II 4S.f toll ic dow
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-17
Today's Birthdays
U. S. senator Monred G. -

u. s. Senator Monred c Wall
grSn of Washington. born Des
Moines, Iowa. 50 years ago
Mai. Gen. George N. Parker. Jr-.
taken by the JapS al Bataan, born
IN Iowa, 81 years ago
DR.. Claudius 7. Marchls0n.
president Of the Cotton Textile
Institute. born Hickory. n. c. 81
years ago.
Thornton N Wilder, novelist
born Madison. Wis, 46 years ago
Prof. Robert NJ MacIver Of Col
umbia, sociologist, born IN Ian
Hay. English author. born 81 wears
ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-17
Sundays
Horoscope

Today brings a rich and beni-
ficent nature, which attracts many
friends. There NAV be a little too
much love of luxury If the ambi-
lions are disappointed, II some
times breeds a recluse. but not
especially a disgruntled one
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-17

With the end of March approximately
one-fourth of 1943 has disappeared and the
presumption is that you have accomplished
one-fourth of your 1913 detectives, in
Guiding the payment of one-fourth of your
income tax.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-17
KEY WEST in
DAYS GONE BY
FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN
APRIL II

The City Council will hold a
special meeting this afternoon at
5 o'clock to consider the proposal
of the Key West Electric Com
pany to discontinue the oepra-
ton of buses in Key West.
Ray Elwood, constable m the
first district, said today in dis
cussing the slot machine ques-
ton, that wherever he sees slot
machine he is going to seize it and
arrest the owner of the place in
which the machine is found.
Relief workers in Key West
were paid yesterday. The amount
distributed was S1,178.
Miss Emily w. Laid entertain
ed at dinner yesterday in honor of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Williams, of
Kirkwood, Mo-, who celebrated
their fortythird wedding anniver-
sary yesterday.
The Pythian Sisters will give
dinner tomorrow featuring turtle
cakes, in the hall on Fleming
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. D. jerks, who
had been visiting relatives and
friends in Miami, returned yes
.terday.
Will McKillip, who had been in
Key West visiting relatives, re-
turned yesterday to Miami.
Ben FELTON,. Jr., left yesterday
to visit relatives and friends in
Miami.
Sebastian Cabrera returned yes
terday from Tampa, where. he
was delegate from the Key West
Rotary Club at the Rotarian con-
vention in that city.
Mrs. Frank B. Quito returned
yesterday from visit to Jackson
vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delrnar Woods ar
rived from Miami yesterday to
visit Mrs. Woods parents. Mr.. and
Mrs Webster Roberts
Mr.. and Mrs. Alphesus Higgs
returned from Miami, where they
went to attend the funeral SER
vices for Mr.. Higgs' brother-n-
law, William T. Pinder.
The twenty-fourth anniversary
of the Alunnae Association of
the Convent of Mary Immaculate
was observed yesterday in the con-
vent.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-17
Today In History

179O.-Died, age "a, Benjamin
Franklin, famed American.
180S.-By Bayonne, decree.
France ordered seizure of Amer
lean ships in French ports.
1848.-Kit Carson leaves Los
Angeles for Washington with
what is said to have been first
mail from coast to East.
1860.-Historic prizefight in
England between Heenan. Amer
clan. and Savers of England
stopped by police in 37th round.
1916-Capt. Franz Won Papen
of German Embassy in Washing
ton, indicted for completely in
plot to destroy the Welland Can
al.
1920.-Height of outlaw railroad
strike.
1941. = Yugoslavia capitulates
to Germany.
1942-American bombers raid
Rangoon.
station, left yesterday for Jupi-
ter to inspect the communication
system there.
Today The Citizen says in an
editorial paragraph:
There is nothing so bad but
that it could be worse. Whatever
it is, thinking makes it so. Think
right and you will feel better
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-17

WASHINGTON E1z -
-The onlv sizeaa4e pu-r IN Te-1-
strategic rezlrn - suusnsr- A.
abia
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-17

There is no use to bernoan the calling
of young men to the colors; rather we
should seek to discover the error in our ways
that permitted the present need to arise.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-17

Men who give up jobs in civilian life
to fight at $50 month find it difficult to
understand the wrangling in this country
oyer higher pay and increased prices.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-17
Whoa

Customer-"Are these eggs
strictly fresh?"
Grocer Ito his clerk)-"Feel
those eggs. George, and see if
they're cool enough to soll yet"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-17

1849-William R. Day, Ohio
lawyer, secretary of state, Justice
of the U. S. Supreme Court, born
there. Died July 9, 1923.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-17
Some Clock

Myrtle-How does that clock 60
that you won al the fair2
Vernon-Finel II does an hour
in less than IS minutes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-17

:. They say that one man't meat is an
other mans poison. There are lots of us in
Key West who are willing to take chance
on it today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-17

1852-Adrian ('Pop') Arson.
Chicago baseball manager and
player of the 1905, born Iowa.
Died April IA, 1922.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-17
Today's
Anniversaries

1741.-Samuel Chase, Mary
lands famed Revolutionary lead
er. U. s. Supreme Court Justice,
born there. Died June 10, 1911.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-17

l1SS7.-John Pierpont Morgan,
banker, patron of the arts, father
of the late Morgan, born Hartford,
Conn. Died March 81, 1913.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-17

1806.-William G. Simms, no.
ted Southern author, born Char
lesion, S. c. Died there, June IL,
1870.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-17

About the only way to tell it is Sunday
with the streets cleared, is to go to church.