THE NEGRO WORLD, 5A’I’URDAI, jAL~UAnt ~a, aYa~ Page $., .: ~" .... ".Ti~ NEGRO WORIJ), SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1932 LOCAL--Political, Fraternal, Church: ...... PAGE OF U. N. I. A.,AUG 1929 Los----Angeles, C .,Div. I Brooklyn Div. Hears t ¢hicagoDiv.,No.172 evit -s eeco=er n We Must Be On African Lectureon AfricaThe arst meetlng.-----~uary 3rd, of :. now a Laver_urnon r rmec, DevelopmentPlanned The NegroWorld And Auxil_iary Instal, tion torte tteta ? I ~olonelH Jul~addre,ed Local Beforeanandience of500members ema. husin-- section of Continue /ork TO RedeemOur Fatherland 2t°The o.lcors membersoftheltl ; Ne oesStill Loyal to U. No I. A. Its MembersThese Daystlon TheInewho.e Liheri Americ-- ,equac ;ear t Co Workers .... oftbe UN I A sad friends o,lcerso, the Adml lUnit Stes Depa mentof Com sionstageda big ;...s N:2 oy S lmtng overwith New Yoa:s spirit ? tore are at 254 West 135th Street, We hear much of the depression|ere’ Home in Colorado Springs to pro- New York City, under the manage- the hardshipscaused by It. So-’l test members againstravages of trade ment of J. E. Samuels, will engage, e~l~l experts on economies bare writ- dlsesse.s We have also an old age besides transportation, in general ten voluminous tomes on the cure for ~ pension that has functioned for many agriculture but will specialize in it. Publicists have attempted to wish lyears. This effort of the New York raising zuch highly commercial crops it away by predicting that "prosper- iunlon, however, represents the most as sugar cane, coffee,cocoa, palm oil, ity is jttst around the come~r."Butl." l intensiveeffort yet made by any prassava, etc. It will also manufac- th® depression has held on with the tunton, I believe, to protect members ture soap, candy and such other tenJwityof most evil agencies, l in time of stress." things. It will refine its own sugar. It remained for an organizationof[ i T-yp go pinealra ...... union .~o. n is one n It will also engage in commerce, union printers., ,,T~_ographlcai U !on !of the oldest labor unions in the both coastwiseand in the interior.It No. 6, m ~sew xor~ unty, to provlae I Unlted States. Established 8I years will give attention to foreign com- for their unemployed membem with a lago with Horace Greeley as its first merce aa well, especially with Amer- far-reachingand practicalplan which.] ia operation, has done much’ to alle- t president,Big Six has a background ica, West Indies and other parts of rich In tradition.The unionenters into el&to¯ conditions arisingfrom the de Africa. " i contracts with the employers in the The company will follow an en- prsimlon, commercial printing field in New York lightened labor policy. It will in- __The following__storyof true ben- tCity and also maintains contractual evmence m a 8re~,~ ~rtvute to the relations with the publishers of all vite American and West Indian na- tives ¯ to particlp~te as there are &merteaa labor movement: newspapers which have large circula- l~ariy in December, by a referen- tions in and outsidethe limits of the officers from these parts in this com- dun vote of 4 to 1, New York Type- Igreater city¯ pany. The officers will provide thelr ~q~phienl Union No. 6 ("Big 6") de- Due to the accuracy required in the workers with up-to-date housing fa- cilities,etc. tidal to cenUnue to aid unemployed composing rooms of printing offices, ~tmbem by assessing members regu- its apprenticeship requirements are There is opportunity for every- lSrly employed 8 per cent of their high--a prospective apprentice must body both to work and invest. The ~ge or, instead, requiring these be po~eased of a high school educa- company’scapital is $100,000 of $5.00 ’~e~l am’’ to lay off one day a week tion or its equivalent.After the ap- shares. The American office would ed employ substitutes. This infer- prentice has been indentured he must be glad to answerall queriesfor fur- ~Jatlo~ was recently given by Austin attend schools maintained Jointly by ther Information. i " ~ ~ Hew~on ,president of the union’ ]the union and employers. At these In the eighteen months from July, [ schools he is taught advanced English Send Old Clothes 1930, to December,1931, Typographl-and the finer points of printing,both To Relievethe Needy eat D’nlon No. 6, composed of 11,000 artistic and mechanical. The schools members, has donated, through this are models of supplementary rosa- system,$2,276,0~0 for its unemployed.I tianaltraining. The youngest recipient of relief from the Clothing Division of the The’ vote recently taken assures con-{ While keeping standards of work- tibu~ceof this relief plan from Jan- l ....~:- ~: ...... , - -- Emergency Unemployment Relief uary 1 1932 until March 31 1932 at] Committee is a two-week old infant. , , , , evolentfeatures are not neglected.For Born at a city hospital,it was found which date the monetary disburse- years Big Six has maintained beds In ~tnt~ and time given out will aggre- that when the child and its mother different hospitals in Greater New were ready to be discharged there gate $3,O00,0O0. York and, should a member become were no clothes for the baby. The "Even by comparison With the ill at some place outsideof the city, father was out of work and no money zplendid achievement of New York the union allows the equivalent of was available. Seamstresses in the C’ity’s Emergency Unemployment Re- the ward rate at the institution to warehouse of the Clothing Relief ll~f C2m~rnltteein raising$18,000,000 which he is taken. This service is Division made a complete layette and i’n the entirecity, this $3,000,000bur- maintained in good times and bad and, mother and child are doing nicely in den Mm~raed by one group of 11,000 added to the splendid pension and their home in an abandoned barge in Workers Is a thing of which to be mortuary features maintained by the the East River mud fiats. proud, we think,"said President Hew- union, stamps this organizationas a Clothing for children, as well as son. "The large vote in favor of con- unique one in the historyof the labor grownups, is sought by the commit- tlnuanceof the plan is unusuallygrat- movement. All benevolence is main- tee, which urges all who can do so to ifying btcause it shows our members tained by funds derived from assess- leave bundles at police stations, or mbre than ever determined to pre- ments on earnings of working mem- telephoneDigby 4-9801. vent Suffering among their fellows. bers. The vote, as tabulated,is 6,314 for the With this backgroundit will be seen beat~t to 1,582 against, whereas in that Typographical Union No. 6 had, Porto Ricans Want Native a previous referendum for an earlier by past experience, the ability to ’As Governor,Like Beverly periodthe benefitcarried by only 700 handlethe latestdepression in a prac- majority.By voluntarilytaxing them- tical and not a theoretical.manner. s~lves so heavily our members reveal SAN JUAN, P. R.--At least two Porto Rlcan politicalparties will ask & full appreciationof the gravity of Democratsin Mt. Vernonthe appointment of a Porto Rtcan as the situation." Theodore Ronsevelt’s successor as Relief is being given 1,400 totally Start MembershipDrives Governor, it became certain today. ua~bmploytd printers at the rate of At the same time, the appointment $1S weekly for members of four or Tile Colored Young Men’s Demo- of James R. Beverley, now acting mote years’ standing, this rate being cratic Club of Mount Vernon has se- Goyernor, wpuld meet with the ap- scaled down for members with shorter lected John H. Le Bouvreau as its proval of the same parttes if Pres; affiliation. president for 1932. The club and a ’ident Hoover decides to continue an The monetary revenue for relief newly incorporated one have starteo American in the post. pgrposesis ~ecuredchiefly from these intensive membership drives in order Persistent reports today that Mr. members engaged in the book, job and to compete recognition of Negroes tn Beverley had been notified of his lberlodicalbranch of the business.The the distributionof patronageand city selection caused many congratula- @lan, however,also providesthat each Jobs. tions, but he said he was without member regularly employed on daily Mr. Bouvreau’s aids will be James any word. There is no agreement on ntnv~paper$must lay off at least one H. Hubbard. vice-president: Daniel any one Porto Rican as an outstand- day each week (thus working not Simmons, second vice-president; Ed- ing candidate,but several names will more than five days a week) in order ward H. Patterson, Jr., secretary; be submitted to President Hoover as that an unemployed man may sub- Harry Lee, recordingsecretary.. Esser acceptable to the parties endorsing st/tu~e. Those "substitutes"who get O. Taylor, treasurer, and James H. them. only One or two days’ work a week Reeves, sergeant-at-arms. William rtceiveadditional aid from the union’s Gaines is the new board chairman, WelfareLeague Plans unemployment fmlds at rates graded with Raymond Goff and Cha:ries Mor- according to length of membership. gan as new members, To Open Soup Kitclien ’l~e 2,400 printersr regularly em- ployed on New York newspapers have The Colored Welfare Organization, Wen out 114~000 days of employment ScottsboroPrayer Day , formerly the Hibiscus Service of Ja- thus far, and will have given out maica, is making greater efforts to 1~2,000 days by March 31. BOSTON, Mass.--Sunday, January stem the rising tide of unemployment "Our members are determined that 17, was selected as a nation-wide and suffering.In additionto distrib- no union printer shall either suffer "Scottsboro Lads Prayer Day," in an uting relief and caring for destitute hardship or become a burden upon the appeal to the race by the National families,this body has cooperatedwith coat, unity tn the depression."said Equal Rights League for prayers to the Salvation Army and will open a J~mee J. McGrath, secretary of Big God on that day to save .the elght soup kitchen. .~tx, whose office handledbenefit pay- colored hoys in Kilby prison, Ala- Funds for the work are raised merits."The strongfraternal spirit in bama, from an unjust execution. through the members’ efforts, the or- this er~ft has survivedsince the for- through a new trial. Sunday was the ganization having recently spormored marionof the first ’chapels’under the ! day before the appeal was heard for a tea and mttslcale at the home of old g~lld system four centuries ago. a new trial by the Supreme Court of Mrs. Harvey Joseph. with Mrs. John l~r forty years the printersof Amer- the State of Alabama. W¯ Meyera also acting as hostess ica have maintained the Union Print- The league’s appeal urged the Over $25 was raised. Others taking part were Mesdames t races to prayer because of the awful fate hanging over so large a group Mildred Bowers, William Miller. L. For Sale of such young persons, becauseof the Beckman, Rosa Daniels, Walter Van- ] DENTIST OI~TICE uncertainty of court justice in a derzee antl Arthur Watkius. Also Miss ] ~udernlr~olpprd, good Ioeatlonwith lynching state in cases where the in- Edith Clarke, Milton Davage. Johv | wriestHvlos quaderson corner.Doing Pierson, Miss Edna Johnson. Duncan | a wm4erful-business, Owner has to terracial,inter-sex issue was involved. | leavefor (~uba,will sell at a sacrifice, Turner, John Hill, Wilfred Lloyd anti [ It Iote~esteSwrltt nesk a. THE NEGRO Leo Wilson. The Rev. Clifford L. Mil- I ~omu~.s.~no, ~,e., ~ew ~ork ¢,,. HeahliTalks ler and Dr. Charles M. Reid spoke. On Monday night, January 4th, Mrs. Mabel Keaton Staupers talked AbyssiniaHas Air Mail Southern& West htdian to 194 junior and intermediatenurses ll*tttaurantand Stationary Store at Mt: Sinai Hospital on Health Edu- Line; Five New Boxes cation for Harlem. Mrs. Stauper~ 4T ~ WEST 1~Sth STREST, near teno~ ADDIS ABABA, Abyssinla.-:An aveoue, his reopened under the new told the nurses about the many in- air mail line and five new mail boxes nUu88munl of S. A. WALCOTT. Come teresting project~ conducted in the ILnd to Ethlopla’s attempt to gen- Sa~ es/Oy~osr mealswith us. Harlem area by Colored Graduate eraly improve local conditlon,~ Nurses, throughout the kingdom. 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The priceof freedomvaries, dcpanding largely Filth, Dirt and Scandal JULIUS ROSENWALD l’assinga newsstand on I.euoxavenue today, a uponcireumstanccs not always under control of thc Negroeseverywhere feel a senseof oppressedgroup, in us case,however, is freedom newsboywitlt au AmsterdamNews cried out to me, personalloss at thedeath of Julius kind,sometimes in theform of livesor cash,but Rosenwald.There is hardlya color- "’Nabwoulau ill nmrder.""Have you readit?" he ed manin Americawho has not been achieved,without the making of sacrifices6f sonic ActingManRgini" Editor criedtitus to allwho passed, for it created a greater toucimddirectly or indirectlyby the deutandfor his paper. Mur- alwayssomething. And, "He who would be free activitiesofthis great phllanth.roplst. musthhnsclf strike the blow." Thelist of hisbenefactions is too dcr,Filth, Dirt and Scandal. ,a. oneyear ...r~....~...... 0z0 AssociatedPress dispatches from ludia tell a Vnerw ...... 09.6o 1.60largeto berecounted in detail here. Howwe do likeit. we per- BlwMnn~m ...... 1.36 sisMonths ...... 1.00’rimbest known are the U.osenwald strikinglyforceful story of howau entirenation. Montt~J...... 56 I ThreeMonths ...... schools,5500 ef themwhere many usethe paper daily looklug and huntingfor everybit consistingof 350,000,000’people, is struggling for an~’ed85 ueendBlssm rustler AprU 16, 1919. RI thsPoa- Negrochildren got their first chance theright to governthemselves. A million meu attd olinat NswYOFIL N. Yqundsr the aot ~f MA/’ch& 1879. to attendschool, but his generosity containedthcreln. Our daily PR~OES:Frye centJ In StealerNew York;mn cents didnot end there. aud weeklypapers teeut womenare ready, if needbe, to laydown tbeir lives, TheelsevhemNESTS World m thedoes U. not 8. &:knowerS7 teneea~ accept m foreignqaesSton.a.ble° countrma or ~ud Angelcnosarc awareof thefact in thecause, if thatbecomes necessary. Miltions of uleRtadveMtsins. Readers ol Thee Nesre World are esrne~ty eequ~s~er thathe gavea largesum toward the withit. Ill fact, they do erectionof the28th Street Y. M. C. uotsell wcll unless the glar- dollars,in theform of trade,have already be~t sac- invJtoour aUentlon toany falinre onthe part of an odverMser to A. Thereare at leasttwo students ing headlinesand noisy rificed,sothat India sltould befree. in localcolleges who are here as the By comparison,tbc Negroes’ problem iu America, t to enyrepresent~lon coutuized in any Negro World odrertlsement. restdtof RosenwaldFellowships. Mr. newsboys cry Murder ! VOL. XXX. NEW YORK, JANUARY 23, 1932 No. 26 Roscnwaldgave largely to Tuskegee Ral~! Suicide!Scandal! is a picnic.Wc don’tknow what the word"sacri- andothcc colleges. Hc madea mag- Fihh! News buzzards--we fice"means. Few are willing to contributethe price THE NEGRO WORLD PLATFORM nificcntgift to thenew Chicago hos- arelooking for tiltli and (lead carcasses. When the of a movingplctnre sltow each week to an organiza- pital.Doubtless there were other tionpledged to thepurpose of securingour ecouontic 1. To Champion a Negro Nationhood by Redemption of giftsequally as valuablethat are un- characteris morally heahhy it attractsbut little at- ~ricR. known. tention,l{cadlincs do notproclaim the fact. Tim freedom.Most of us arc weak-kneed,happy-go- .’2.’1’o Make the NegroRace.Conscious. IL is fortunatcthat Mr. Rosen- luck)"pussy-footcrs. We talk a lotabout what Ne- waldhad the foresight to so estab- I)nblicis notconcerned. ]t is oulywhen our cha’r- 3. To Breathe Ideals of Manlmod and Wontanhood Into actersstiuk with scandal that tbe public desires every groesought to do, btftDO NOTItING. C~veryNegro. lishthe famous Fund that. it will fur- nishaid to schoolsfor at least25 bitof informationabont us Withjoy and glee. Many Is it becausewe dou’twant economic freedom? 4. To AdvocateRacial Self.Detcrntinafion. years.:It was his belief that every I don’tthink this is so.We wantit alrlght,but we 5. To Make the Negro World.Conscious. generationwouhl be equalto itsown of ns decrythe printing of so ranchnmck. \Ve damn 6. To PrintAll the News ThatWill Be lntereallngand In. troblemsso he rcfraine}lfrom mak- thepapers for filling thelr colunms witlt filth. \Ve DON’T want to PAY for it. We are NOT YET dtrc,qiveto the Negro. ingany of hisgifts pcrl~tuaL If the lamentthe fact that onr best dailies I’,ave turned willingto makethc necessary sacrifices. 7. To InstillRacial Self-Help. cominggenerations can dateh but a Harlem,called the Meccaof the New Negro,is 8. To InBpireRacial Love and Self.Respect. littleof hisgenerous spirit they news scavengers.The papersare not whollyto blanle.They operate for money and will only print a standingcxalnple of au oppressedgroup wbo shouhlbe ableto carryon withthe haven’t"guts" enough to fight.We arepolitically, Moods of the White Folks foundationhe laidfor them.His newsthe public wants. Tlley give us filth,dirt aud sonshave inclieaLed that they will scandalbecause we wantit. We willpay for it. sociallyand ccononficaIly disunited, and highly cou- O saneperson, irrcs’i;cclivc ofhis c(,ku" or c,’ccd,will condoue the carryon theh’ father’s work and have tenlpmousof thcopinions of eachother. Day after N alreadyestablished a new fotmda- Thisnewspaper nlen kuow. visionsattack upon the wifeuf a whiteAmerican marine officer :ionfor that purpose. Doubtless day we go on, blamingtbc otherfellow wheu we at Honohdu,Hawaii, by fivemen--alleged to lm twouative I-Iawaiians thcywill be as generons as ¯their dis- News Buzzards ourselvesare ntainly to blamefor our predicament. tinguishedfather with Negroes. Timnlajority of ns arenews "buzzards. 1,’ilth, ?,htchhas been written abont the "wishing" tree two Japaneseand one Chinese.The NegroWorld condemns the pcr- t,astsummer the EAGLE endorsed petratorsof thatcrhne as muchas anyotlter newsrmper. thesuggestion of the Afro-Amcrica~ rot :ulddecay is whatwe thrivenpon. Nothing thatstands in frontof theLafayette Theatrc. Vis- But whutwe cannotnnderstand is the mooflof whitethen and thatMr. Rosenwald’sbirthday be arrestsour attention unless it hasbegun to stink itorswho conic to Harlemfor the first time are im- madea holklayby Negroes.It is un- withscandal and gossip, or tellsof somepoor soul prcsscdwith lhe facttlmt all of us seemto be womenand responsible ones too, like high governnlent officers, social fortunatethat he diedbefore such a leadersand newspaper editors who have been apldaudiitg the lynch spirit plancould be carriedout. Now that whohas runann(ok by stealing,murdering or com- apparentlydepeiMing upou some miracle to happen attdlawless acts of tit(marbles at llonohdu.We are nowreferring he isdead, we can Lhink of nobetter ntittingsnicidc. City editors know tiffs. Reporters audopen the door of opportunityfor us. way of pcrpetuatinghis name aatd arealways un thehunt for it andwill continue to Businessworlh more than $182,000,000 annually to the beatingo[ o.c of the accusedand killingof anotherhy the generositytitan by settingaside his wrongedparties. Un(ler the America.luw, the accused who have not natalday, August J2, and consecrat- be so longas ourmental appetite denmnds it. When has beenslipphtg throngh our fingersfor many beenconvicted by thefirst jnry will bc consideredhum,cent nnti[ they ingit to thememm-y of oncof the thepublic dcvdol)s an appetitefor that which is years.Only within the pastyear has any serious finestfriends the Negro ever had.- soumland healthyin hnmanity:for its strongand effortbeen made to organizeand GO AFTERthis are foundgnilty. But the marineswho haveconic from South became CaliforniaEagle. impatientand resortedto "Southernj st’(e,’ which resnlted in the noblepoints, for its sweetness, (ben will city editors business. beatingof sueand killhtg of anolhe~as statedabove. anduewsl)aper reporters cease to rakeup alltim Ourcredited leaders, instead of tryingto iuduee CAPITAL RUMORS us to do somethingfor ourseh,es, have spent their Jingopapers like the NewYork F.vening Post have apl’woved this trash.When we developthe appetiteof the hun> time and energyBEGGING for the crumbs’that "Southernjustice" in IJawaiiand sought to tltrowall the blanle on local The establishnmatof a five-day lingbird which flies on over dead carcasses and rot- weekis in effectin tileexecutive tingtilth to tlm sweet nectar of theflowers, then we fallfront thc whitemau’s table. Their happiest officersand cspcclally (m thenon-wh{te population of theishmds. "\ headquarters,headquarters of divi-[ momentsare when they are "recognized"and per- higharniy officer is lalklngabout the "white women’s I on)r’and thus sionali offices, and the district super- willbe givenonly tim uectar in thenews. Bnt as directlyittstlgating lawlessness among the marines. intendent’soffice of theWestern long as we remain news buzzards at~a~ by mlttedto sitacross the table from their white friends Butthese very "rigltteous and indignant" persons have nothing to Union TelegraphCompany of NewI thestink of scandaland the lmnt ~or human weak- whilethcy beg. York,i which is practicallythe same ncsscs,so longwill we be feelthat upon which Let’sbuild up oureconontic status, and let the sayabout the atrocities committed by the whiteAmerican ularines on as a redueLionin theirsalaries of 8 1-3per cent. bnzzardsfeed. socialtake care of itself.Dollars have no colorline! tlawaiian,Chinese, Japanese girls in thoseislands. Most of thosecases i are hushedup. A newspaperman writingiu the New YorkHerald- I ~ ~n,~),~o.~ o,,~o,~.o~),~i;;~4),~l,~~ Tribunehas blamed the present sitnation ou theconduct of themarines whoare overbearing, uncivil and uncouth. If an investigationhasto be rnadcas is nowbeing denlauded the Congress should also deh, e into The Peop e’s eorurn thebehavior of itsown nlarines. To tileNegrocs the situation in tlawaiiis nota newtiring. Nor agandiststo befuddle our brains with are the "virtues"of the whiteman nor his "justice."Oh, how the On M. G.’sMcssagc "strangedoctrines." While iL istrue Americanwhile man is becomingan everincreasing burden upon more Oa theFiring lane thatmany of us andmore people and a widerand wider area! llc took segregatiou with Look,Negro, dust thou scc himto Parisaud forced it on tileFrench aud now lie is tryingto foistMarcusGarvey is callingthec, lynchingupon the charmiug peuple of tlawail, totile latter’s disadvantage. Callingfront the firing line; Readhis message so sublime-- Why Not Knock Hard? "G"is forthe good that hc is doing forus, UCCESScannot coins to thosewho areafraid to workhard. Nor cau "A" for aim whichis partof our S motto, therebe entryto thosewho are tinlid to knockhard at thedoor of "R"for the round table meetings at opportunities. theLeagne of Nations, TheNegro is an easyvictim of thetendency to takelife easy and "V"is for the varions things planned, "E" everybiack man shouldjoin walkon softcarpets. Therefore he ’wantsonly ready-umde ol~portuuities. handstogether, liewill not try to makecfforis and’ get what he wauts. W’henit comesto govemntcntjobs he prefersonly political jobs, NowI if youput oil of theselctters neglectingcivil service jobs wNch need prcparation and hard work. Bnt together Theyspell GARVEY, if he makesgood in thelatter he canforce open for hinlsel~ many new The man who ,Youknow is wishing opportunities.By which we do notmean to say that all is easy sailing for slaveryoff of you. theNegro if he justlmSSCS his civil service exanlinations evenwith the Thispoem was subnfitted by John James,Jr., former student of the highestscore. But if he is prcparcdand keeps ou knockinghard lie cau UniversalLiberty University of Clare- enterthe door and take his proper seat, most,Va., also a memberof theDe-: YotmgNegroes, do notlose tim opportunity of preparing yourselves treatEver-Ready Industrial Division, for somethinghigher. A timewill come when you will benefit by yourU. N,L A.,August 1929 of theWorld. i preparation. Negroes Have No Movement That Life Is Also Like That Surpasses U.N.I.A. AST weekhas seenremarkable changes in weatherwhich slay be L Editor,The Negro World’. glancedfrom tile follow: "Fhe weather l)layed all sorts of pranks Thisis no timefro’ the Negro to today.Spring had the junlp on winteriu mauysectiolts of theconutry. be misledor confusedin a program NewYork City had rccord-brealdng tempemtnre. Roses were bloonling forhis advancement. We mustvis- ualizeour goal and proceed uninter- in Ohio.St. Panl conlplalned about not having lind ally sub-zero weather ruptedlytoward It. No friendor set allwinter. Farmers were plowing up-state aud Syracuse had a rainbow.offriends can be truer to us thanwe Thatjust gives you an kleaof howthings stand. caabe to ourselves.No peoplenow oppressedare in greaterneed of all Similarly,our riches, our prosperity, our ideas, our ideals, our independentprogram than ~re we, the moraB,our empires, our classes, onr civilization, allfluctuate from place scatteredNegro peoples of the world. to placearid from age to age.There is no uniformity,no coutinuity in The UnP.,ereslNegro Improvement AssociationIs the sole organization life.The eonrsc of lifeis zig-zag,rough and ready, attd full of bumt’,s. )rovldlngsuch an INDEPENDENT Anyplans, whether capitalist or Communist,that will not take into trogram. accountthis consideration, willbc rudelyshocked. MustEstablish Own Autonomy We say no more. Forceaturlem the Negro race has driftedas subjectsand component tortsof otherexisting governments --buttoday, wc havea visinaof a GovernorRitchie a Dead Candidate governmentowned, operated, and OVERNORRITCHIE, of Maryland,lost his big opportunityto controlledby NEGROES.NothlBg G shortof anautonomous existence will be in tbernunhlg for the nomination for President of theseUnited sufficeour particular needs today. Statesat thenext l)emoeratic convention wiles he endeavoredto straddle U. N. I. A.--theCure ~he lawlessoutbreak on the EasternShore. He has becomea dead We readmuch about the agitation of theCommunist groups, but such uumber. agitationcan but soothe our suffer- Igortwenty )’ears Marylaud has nothad a lynching.By Governorlngs--whllethe glorloasU. N. I. A. Ritchie’sjelly fish tactics there has been a lynchingand burning of one not onlysoothes, but--SATISFIES. OH.yes, It coutalnsthe rudiments humanbeiug and the attempted lynching of threeotbers. ~nd e~senLialsof a COMPLETE If a mancannot muster courage to governa mnallState, llow can CURE!So. why shouldwe hesitate inshope for the people of 47 otherStates to haveconfidence in bilnorrefrain from full parttclpatlon In suflleientto believethat they would select him to goveruthe United itsdevelopment ? Our ConditionIs Precarious Stat~?President Hoover has beenpoor enough as president.Ritehie We mustnot permit zealous prop- wouldbe worse. Havingmn withtile hounds and holding with the hare in theLee: case,Governor Ritchie conld not muster the courage to facethe situa- tionin" theSalisbury case, remaining away on a speakingengagement’ )

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I 7, ...... Courf "Harlemania"Is to Be Staged _ ! Locan lneatres s /11 /!.1 /ll-IA/:~ !! . WAS~XNGTON.--GeorgeW. [Amos.Miss Hattie Scott has been Chamleeof Chattanooga,former at- Near Harlemon January23rd I tLU~~ By LEE BELL HA~/rM~-~l,~ wA~uvffeent a~UPt~P:rh:~e wfb~tr’Pa:ntYd torney-generalof Tennessee and chief ~...... I! ¢ ] assistingas nurse, Mrs.Herbert Taylor, of Morrisvllle, cotmselfor the InternationalLabo~ Loew’s Victoria ~’~ ...... : . -----~ - I Mrs.Theodore Cobbs, 2384 Seventh At the last meetingof Queen of Pa. The lmuse was beautlhdlydec- Defensein the Seottsborocame, apt ~Jonle of Race’s Best ral- Chicago, will be masters of ceremo- Now that we have thoroughlydl- president,namely, Junior Dean and - -, ’-’-~*.’au g hterDoris ,[ niss. and LeonardHarper of Small’s ~,vcnueann ,at ..... tOede Fo st~e~v~O~lOythg orated.The guests presentwere: eat to Take Part in Paradisewill assist in stagedirecting, Anna B. Thompson,and after mucl) ilave ’ rneretu from Plainfieldd ..... N J the North Household of Ruth No. Honor guest,Mrs. Edna Dorsey;Mr. wherethey spent the weekas guests/3o3ff~0’e~UerO’eT:c and Mrs. John WiUlamsof Phlladel- Monster Benefit You wouldnever believe that tt’s / -- ’ possibleto getall this staggering list of Mr. Cobbs mother. .- [.new year: Mali~daBanks, WW. R.; Performance of artistsunder one roof, on onestage ------. "iReneBanks, W. T.; PrescottBanks, Mrs Dora Roxborough,of Detro:t,~ advocate"Lucy SkinnerI, seniorS ; duringthe same evening.If you are ts being fetedextensively while here Luvenia’Smith R seniorS" Hattie When Lee "Harlemania" Posner skepticalmail yourchecks to W. Det- saysthat the first edition of the1932 lef,Treasurer, Daily Mirror, 245 East Hariemaniais going to have more 45th street,as soon as possiblebe- starsin it thanany of hisother star cause when Lee Posner puts on a ladenHarlemadla’s it’s no idleboast. showit’s a knockout,and .a sellout. i He has collectedenough talent to Lee is outdoinghimself this time,i keep ten shows going at once, and andit’s a hardjob seeing that all his it’sall forthe DailyMirror Hospital other Har emaniashave been great. RadioBenefit Fund, at the 105thField He knows Harlemas no other person ArtilleryArmory at 166thstreet and in New York, and hc has procured Franklinavenue, the Bronx,on Sat- the creamof itstalent for your pleas- urday night,January 23rd. ure.It’s an excitingevent, and you’ll The Cotton Club, Connie’sInn, have to wait until January23rd to Small’sParadise, the LenoxClub, the see it, but mail yourcheck long be- Nest Club, the SpiderWeb, and the forethat if you wanta seat¯Tickets Hot Feet Club,will send theirentire are$2 and$1, forthe first edition of floorshows, chornses, and orchestras,the 1932 Harlemania, and in additionthere will be a nlma- her of Broadway’sfavorite stars. Some of the starswho willappear THE MUSICAL WEST at thisgreat show fromConnie’s Inn are the Four MillsBrothers conceded By JOHN A. GRAY to be radio’sgreatest sensation, who appearedrecently at the R:r#y and The musicalsituation as regards will open next week at the Palace, orchestralplayers is ratheracute in whichis the goalof everyarist; the Europe.In Francemany orchestras ThreeLittle Words, ace tap dancershavelost their positions through the increasedpopularity of jazz.Russia haveJust beensigned to open at the Paramounton Fridaynight, and the has forbiddenthe entranceof jazz musiciansinto the country,In Paris Three Rhythm Kings who have re- centlyreturned from an engagementthe men are retaliatinghy goingin- withCantor and Jesselin Cleveland.its cafeswhere foreign musicians are Peg Leg Bates,former BlackbirdsI workingand as soonas the musicbe- star; SnakehipsTucker and Bessie!ginsthey startyelling and demand- Dudley,contortionists supreme, and ing Frencitmusic for Frenchmen, Baby COX, ~ Alex, GlcnnieChees- All of whichis anotherway of say- man, LouiseCook, WillieJackson, ing that Negro music is like the ThreeSepia Songbirds, Paul Meeres, music of the "Pied Piper of Ham- and the Four Ben Ben Buddies. lin."Already the writersare giving Alda Ward who crooned "I Can’t Paul Whiteman and other men the Give You AnythingBut Love, Baby," creditfor havingcreated jazz. To to fame in Blackbirds,and whose us the idea is rldieulotmbut if we nightlybroadcasts over the mike at are notcareful the future generations the Cotton Club have become the will read of the originof jazz and rage will scintillatewith Corn La willfind no mentionof the Negroas Redd, LeithaHill, Wells Mordecai itscreator, and Taylor, Swan and Lee, Elmer It is true that these primitive Turner,Henri Wessels, Anise Boyer, rhythmsare powerful,so powerful Baileyand Wilson,and the Cotton thatour composersare content to let Club Croonersfor your pleasure. themremain in theirprimitive state¯ Lena Wilsonfrom the Lenox Club, Foreigncomposers are utilizingthem JohnnyDancer and his intimatefloor in seriouscompositions. The recent show from the Nest Club, Jean Gal- pianoconcertos by Taasman,a Polish loway from the Spider Web, Pearl composerliving in Paris,which was Balnes, Myra Johnson and Carrie played here last week by Schmitz Morrerafrom Small’sParadise, the withthe PhilharmonicOrchestra, de- Llndy Hoppers by courtesyof the pendslargely upon its effectiveness Savoy Ballroomthe largestcolored throughthe use of jazz rhythm& ballroomin the world,the Hot Feet We have many talented persons Quartet,Alberta Pryme and Mercia but the majorityare not willingto Marquezfrom the Hot Feet Club. developtheir talents,What would Bill Robinson,that king of tap be theresults if boyswith talent like dancers,who is appearingat the RKO Louis Armstrong and others were Proctorsnext week, simply can’t stay given a severeschooling in music away from anythinglike a benefit education.That is what happensin so of coursehe’ll be thereto thrillEurope and that is why they have you with his nimblestepping, Buck producedso many masters.A Mozart, and Bubbles, who are now at the a Beethoven or a Bach could not Palace,Helena JLmta RKO star, Bor- have been producedwithout plenty ra Minevltchand his HarmonicaRas- of hard work. Native cals, AI Trahanwho is reputedto have made King George laugh, and that’ssome Job if rumoris correct, and so many others that it would take a week to mentionthem. Dan Healyof the CottonClub, Jack White the "clownprince" of Broad- way, Sammy WaJsh the playboy of

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