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ONLY WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN HOUSTON WITH ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS SERVICE, ARTICLES BY DR. KELLY MILLER AND DEAN WILLIAM PICKEN HOOVER BANS RACIAL SEGREGATION FINAL EDITION VOLUME IX THE MIRROR By C. F. RICHARDSON BLANTON'S MANLY STAND RUNNING ROUND AGAIN! NOISE SIGN OF PROGRESS? Taking a stand that required much moral courage and patriotism, particularly in view of the fact that the majority of Southern solons had lined up against the measure. Had the Solons, in the race for United States senate, demonstrated his patriotism and bigness of soul in a short speech on the house floor. When a bill was recently introduced in the lower House of Congress to道明大学，在大学里，out of particular and sectional politics, and place the school where Southern congressmen could not kill the appropriations by "points of order," a group of Dixie Democrats sought to amend the measure and thus retain as a political football this noted institution of higher learning for Negroes. In his opposition to the amendment as proposed by his Southern Democratic colleagues, Congressman Blanton, according to the Congressional Record, made the following note: "Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, I am against the motion to strike out the enacting clause of this bill because I believe it is a good bill. (Applause.) The colored race must have the power to make the rule more than they must have nurses; they must have preachers, and they must have others of their race trained to guide them properly, and it is Howard University that gives this training to this race." The terrible handicap which God has seen fit to place upon them, and God knows they need this encouragement. this colored race can get this special education student from Texas and every state came to this colored school. I am not afraid to vote for it, and there is not a colored vote in my district nor not afraid to vote for my vote, not out; there is not a colored vote in Texas, under our primary system there, that could come to my vote, not out. I can reap no political benefit from it; and if there is a white vote in my district, that could come to my vote, not out. I would give vote against me because I would give to this race educational institution to train teachers, doctors, and then let them be cast against me; not am not turned either or thither by this race, going to do my duty on this bill and respecting every other bill that came to my vote, not out. I think this bill should pass and I do not believe that a Southern man can be cast against me, and if they have a roll call, Southern men stand here like a solid phalanx and give this needed training to the college (Applause.) The conductor of this column, who is a Southern man, played all conference baseball games played at the Bishop View State Normal and all conference baseball games played at the score last Friday, and Saturday, when the Bishop Bears and P. V. Camphers mixed and spiked the game, and the Bishop's win Friday by the score of 18-10, and the Baptists coping Saturday, 7-6. The luncheon guests of Prof. and Mrs. C. H. Waller, and as usual, we had lunch guests of Prof. and Mrs. Waller is an ideal hostess, and makes a salad which has not afraid to fight to the "House of Waller." Living in Waller County, many Texans of color have been, and some are yet of the opinion that the county in which Prairie View is located (same being Waller) was named after our mutual friend and comrade, Walter, but, even though Mr. Waller has been residing in that county since the early days of Texas independence, and while he is worthy of a county being named in his honor (by the way, his son, Walton, is first sacker on the Panther varsity), the county bore its present name long before our distinguished extension leader had the good judgment to migrate from Georgia to Texas. Due to the serious injury received by Coach "Jimmy" Law of the Panthers, who was seriously and dangerously injured in an auto accident on the Austin highway several days ago, Prof. Waller was in temporary charge of the team, and had his charges fighting every inch of the way. While on the campus we visited Coach Law, and, while his physical condition is far from being what is desired by his numerous friends, he is optimistic and assured us that he was going to win his battle. Here's hoping for his speedy recovery and restoration to health. When these lines reach you (as they wrote once upon a time), this columnist will be in Louisville, KY, attending the annual meet of the National Marriers Press Association, of which Ben Benjamin J. Davis, ed THE HOUSTON INFORMER VIEWS OF DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION HALL THE STORIES OF THE WORKING OF THE NEW STORAGE CENTER Upper—Democratic National Convention Hall as it appeared Saturday with the roof practically completed. Center—Interior view of the hall. Lower—Jesse H. Jones and A. C. Finn, architect, inspecting the building plans. REALIGNMENT IS PREDICTED FOR LONE STAR GOP REALIGNMENT IS PREDICTED FOR LONE STAR GOP Fort Worth, Texas. The minority rule in Texas has been broken, and the governor has declared majority will rule, according to Harry M. Wurzmann, congressman from Fort Worth. America's Greatest Weekly Newspaper HOUSTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1928 the interest of an uninstructed delegation to the National Republican Convention in Kansas City. He is fighting E. B. Craver and his organizing committee. He has herbert Hoover for president. Wurzbach made it plain that he is not opposed especially to the nomination of a candidate presenting an uninstructed delegation. For Free Delegation "Texas Republicans must not be "Texas Republicans must not be "Wurks, which declared. "Wurks, which declared. "The intelligent men of this great state The intelligent men of this great state let for whom they choose; not to be be governed by a politically who is be governed by a politically who is a vassal polit, vote for one man. delegation. And the time has come for the majority of the Republicans to control their party in Texas. Our organization intends to make a clean campaign, to give them a chance to win, and to have something that has not been accorded them for eight years. The Republican state committee intends to hold a special convention where are held in every community where there are Republicans. Where are they? The convention are held at the convention, then we will see that the convention is property and well advertised. Little Sisters Victory "In the past, minority rule has been made possible by the state organization. Trane now holds to deliver an idea." MATTHEWS, RACE LEADER, DIES IN NATION CAPITAL Washington, D. C. —(ANP) —William C. Matthews, United States assistant attorney-general, died here after a troubled and internal complications. Mr. Matthews was born in Selma, Alabama, in 1877; was educated at Taukeegue, Phillips Academy, Harvard and Brown University. In 1904 he was married to Mimi Penelope Belle Lloyd. Trougghout his academic and college career, Mr. Matthews was an ardent and enthusiastic athlete. It was in 1904 that he joined the football team at Taukeegue. At Phillips Academy, where he was presented a silver loving cup, he was captain of both the football and baseball teams, as well as being a member of the quarterback and on the varity eleven and shortstop on the baseball team. His record was equally as good in the literary field, he having been a classic historian at Phillips Academy, and a day committeeman at Harvard. Graduation from Harvard in 1905, he studied law at Boston University, was graduated in 1908, admitted to the bar in 1908. He served as a member of the NAACP. It was after his general during the Taft administration. In 1923, he organized the Negro division of the Republican party and took an active part in the Coidge campaign. He was special secretary-general at the time of his death. PORT ARTHUR NEGROES PLAN COURT CONTENT Pf. Arthur, Tex. —(ANP) —Whether or not Negroes have a right to purchase property and erect homes in white housing of Poor Commerce Secretary Abolishes Evil System In Washington Office New York City—Segregation of Negro clerks in buildings of the department of commerce in Washington has been ended by order of Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce. About two weeks ago, Mr. Hoover personally received a delegation, headed by Neval H. Thomas, president of the Washington, D. C., branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; A. S. Pinkett, secretary of the Wash. D. C., brancha of the N. A. A. C. P. The first victory resulted in B. Curry of Springfield, Ohio. This delegation protested to Mr. Hoover against the continued segregation of colored clerks in buildings under his jurisdiction. Mr. Hoover promised to investigate the situation. Mr. Hoover distributed throughout the commerce department buildings and segregation there, by order of Mr. Hoover, at an end. Commenting on the new victory against segregation, James Weldon Johnson, secretary of the N. A. A. C. P., said: Welton Jouhson, secretary of the N. A. C. P. land. "This is the second victory against segregation in the Washington bureaus, won under the leadership of the Washington, D.C., branch of the N. A. A. C. P. The first victory resulted in promotions and restoration to their old quarters for the clerks in the pension bureau. "Both these victories again emphasize that the Negro can have his rights if he organizes for the purpose. Property organized and represented, the Negro can make his just demands heard as well as any other group in the land." HON. L. H. LIGHTNER. Denver Colorado, supreme clerk of American Woodman, who will deliver the principal address at the American Woodman's twenty-seventh anniversary exercises to be held at Emanuel Jackson Park, Sunday, March 4th. Sunday, March 4th. April 22, 1928, 30th. The amit versary sermon will be preached by A. A. Harrison, pastor, Artlock Baptist Church of this city. J. R. Robinson, district manager for the local camp will be in charge of the program. The general public is in charge. DuBOIS, NOTED SAVANT, TERMED 'RADICAL' BY DAR Boston, Mass. — (ANP) Dr. W. B. DuBois, editor of the Crisis, is among those named to the list, as among others, compiled by the Democrat of the American Revolution in Massachusetts, and just made public the names of some of the Some of the persons, in addition to Dr. DuBois, who are barred from appearing before chapters of the oration of the Rev. Dr. James Dean Roose Pound of Harvard Law School, President Mary E. Woolley of Harvard, and Professor Ian Branxton of Harvard, and Federal Judge George W. Anderson of Tampa, who have raided ten thousand people who A. R. does not approve. Dr. DuBois has long been known as a parable of the line he has been drawn against him. Dr. 5 PRICE CENTS NUMBER 48 ATION Secretary Evil System Bington Office of Negro clerks in buildings in Washington has been end- secretary of commerce. Hoover personally received a de- lema, president of the Wash- ingal Association for the Advance- Pinkett, secretary of the Wash- ing. P. The first victory resulted in Mr. Hoover against the conti- nents in buildings under his juri- to investigate the situation, with has been ordered distributed diment buildings and segrega- over, is at an end. ory against segregation, James the N. A. C. P., said: against segregation in the Wash- leadership of the Washington. P. The first vowtery resulted in their old quarters for the clerks emphasize that the Negro can for the purpose. Properly or- gro can make his just demands up in the land." Hoover To Receive At Least 24 Votes of 26 From Texas Issue of Lily-Whiteism Not Seen As Menace to the Secretary WURZBACH-CREAGER CONTEST CONTINUED Both Leaders Seeking Control of State Convention on May 22 By ALBERT W. FOX Washington Post Staff Correspondent Houston, Tex., March 31. —-Robert Hoover's narrowage on 24 of this state's 26 votes at Kansas City does not appear to be jeopardized by the issue of "Illy-whiteism" now acute in Louisiana and Minnesota. If the unit rule is adopted when the state convention meets on May 22, Hoover will probably get all 25 votes. There is a very unsettled situation in Republican ranks here, owing to the animosity between the faction behind National Committeeman R. B. Creager and the faction supporting Republican control. With such a strong vote of the Fourteenth district, who have been at loggerheads ever matters of state politics for some time. The Negro leaders, who say the Negroes represent from 70 to 50 per cent of the Republicans in the state, are dissatisfied with the situation and have made a plea for harmony and, if their plea does not prevail, they threaten to put a complete set of mixed white and colored delegates in the field and thereby precipitate a re-election of the House. With such a vote taken to the credentials committee at Kansas City for ultimate adjustment. All Factions For Hoover But in all these contesting factions Hoover sentiment apparently dominates. Creager has set out to organize the Republicans in the state for Hoover, then providing one uncle's for the rallying of Hoover supporters. Wurzbach's followers state with Wurzbach's brand of state leadership against that of Creager, but, so far as can be determined here, Wurzbach sympathizers will retain their preference for Hoover as the presidential nominee. The attitude of the Negro leader is set forth by C. F. Richardson, editor of The Houston Informer, a weekly paper which is widely read by Negroes throughout the state. Richardson is taking a very active part in the conferences being held to smooth things over, but he is too Hoover and says that both Creager and Wurzbach refuse to offer the Negro Republicans a proper resolution in the state. PAGE TWO—FIRST IN EDITORIALS To date no site submitted or suggested has been suitable to the school folks and the institution is yet to be established. The club themselves cannot agree. One group has joined in with the college that the original site, at South Parkway, was the logical location since it is near a large Negro settlement. Blanche Calloway, the star of Shuffle Along and Plantation Days, is headlining in her own act at the new Regal Theater in Chicago. This nationally famous soubrette is noted as one of the most fascinating and winsome beauties in big time vaudeville. 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Physician Killed In Collision With Slag Train Sunday Physician Killed In Collision With Slag Train Sunday Birmingham, Ala.—(A N P)—This entire city was shocked by the tragic death of a man who was burned to death by molten metal when his car collided with a slag at St. and 28th Street evening at 24th St. and 28th St. Witnesses at the corpse's inquest stated that Dr. Hawkins' car skidled and crashed into a collision. It is thought that the latch was released and the hot metal was thrown into the car. Preen appeared on the scene and played water of water upon the metal to cool it sufficiently to allow the latch to open. The physician's body had been burned away and the entire body was charred. Dr. Hawkins was one of the most prominent physicians of this section and bounded by a very lucrative practice. It is believed he was going home. The machine in which he was riding was consumed by the intense heat he Richmond, Va.—(ANP)—The report that there were now some 5,000 qualified Negro voters, who represent the balance of power, has thrown a great scare into the ranks of the Democratic party and state and city party leaders are preparing to resist threatened court action on the part of these voters who want to participate in the mayorality primary April 3. Despite the fact that the supreme court has ruled that there must be no discrimination on the part of the state, the Democratic leaders are carefully considering the law of Texas, which was declared invalid, with the law of Virginia. It is claimed by the white Democrats that the Texas law differs from the Virginia law in that the former specifically hars Negroes from participation in a Democratic primary and the law of the latter state does not deal with any particular party, nor does it be any particular race, and is there is any discrimination it is not on the part of the state but of individuals. The Negro voters are, however, going ahead with preparations for the battle which they feel certain will result in a great victory. School Situation Is Awful At Memphis; No Site Available Memphis, Tenn. — (ANP) —This city has a half-million dollar school and nowhere to put it and from present to future, it will be the same for sometime. The situation is out of the protectors' hands against the location of the Howe-Roger Williams College on the site which had been occupied by the Negroes encoaching upon the property and rights of white residents. The voters were elected and, with civic clubs which led in the protests, were asked to submit suitable sites for the college. NEGRO DEFEATED IN JUDGE'S RACE Des Moines, Iowa—(ANP)—S. Joe Brown, prominent Negro leader of the municipal judge at the recent municipal election held Monday, failed in his bid to win the seat. Mr. Brown, the only colored man in the race, finished seventh in the primaries with more than 5,000 votes. He was followed by 608 ballots which was the least of the eight candidates for the four vowel candidates in the successful candidate polled 14,823. Though defeated, it is thought significantly more brown candidates solidly the Negro vote cast, estimated at 2,000. Mr. Brown is a gradual leader in the practiced law here for twenty-seven years. He is a prominent, religious leader and civic organizer of many fraternal and civic organizations. THE HOUSTON INFORMER. SATURDAY. APRIL 14, 1928 FORMER SOLDIER DIES OF NEGLECT; BLACKS PROTEST FORMER SOLDIER DIES OF NEGLECT; BLACKS PROTEST Los Angeles, Cal.—(ANP)—In answer to a call from some of the inmates of the Soldiers' Home at Sawatte, Dr. H. C. Hudson, president of the local N. A. A. C. P., in company with Mrs. Hudson and young son, and Bumuran Burnet, one of the almshouse inmates, "retired" the home last Tuesday and discussed some of the alleged irregularities in the treatment extended to black soldiers with J. J. Steadman and General Wood. It was reported that an inmate and general Company 12, died in Ward 6, because he was denied proper medical attention by one, Dr. Hugger, who had been summoned. And for the same reason, a certain number of beds in the hospital are set apart for black soldiers; and for the same reason, a man falls it is "just too bad" for him. When they discussed these conditions mentioned, they were told that the segregation existing at Sawatte was in vague when they arrived, and it had been within their power to alter things. Dr. Hudson, in the name of the name, pointed out that the digger had been in the yard within the better part of his life defending his country, that justice should be applied to him, and his declining years in Soldiers' Home. Principal Banks Speaks At Austin and Other Points Prairie View, Texas–Prof. W. R. Banks, principal Prairie View State Normal, industrial college, college adjunct, college college and colleges at Austin recently, speaking to a large appreciative college student, who was presented a bill folder and a San Antonio a desk set as manifestations of approval for his ideas and his common interest in education. The principal visited most of the colored schools in San Antonio, in the High, and Coney elementary schools. 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IRVING JOHNSON) The hopes of youth would not be futile if our leaders pointed out the vast fields of opportunity which lie ahead and encouraged the young men and women of our race to enter the field of commercial activity where they may engage freely in the art of trade and distribution. We have encouraged our youth into the paths of higher education which lead to learn important skills and knowledge. We have amounted of time and energy spent in mastering the details of a retail business and accumulation of capital might be equally profitable. The effort required to secure capital for a college education could just as well acquire capital for a small retail enterprise and competent management that small business will become a larger one. The number of successful drivges should indicate the vast undeveloped possibilities in the field of merchandising. Where our young people should be encouraged to seek employment in small retail stores in order to learn more about modern business methods. They should be encouraged to do this even if they must accept low wages or mental positions. They must be taught to save and acquire capital with which to launch new enterprises and all they must be taught not to expect big profits from a small business or large returns from an initial investment. It takes time and application to learn how to operate a retail store as well as to acquire an education and unless they are willing to pay the price, Negroes may as well continue to work for white industries with no hop of advance. We have been virtually forced into every activity where we have made considerable showing. in the fields of personal service and accommodation enterprise, fields which members of the other race have gradually vacated, we have developed a congenious professional class and a large number of utilitarian organizations. We have also attested the truth of this statement. Rarely indeed have white men been forced from these fields. Even in the undertaking business we have made no considerable invades where members of the other race still care to handle our bodies. The much vanted progress made by our leaders in the field of life insurance had its beginning in segregated lodges with sick relief funds and death benefit. Why are these things true? They are true because our leaders have been forced to advance through no will of our own. That is not progress, and we should realize it. The no sooner we do, the better for coming generations. In the past twenty-five years while the national wealth has increased three-fold, the Negroes' estimated wealth has only doubled. Does this look as if we are gaining in our struggle for economic independence? No! And most of us are still fighting for our own freedom, for the pressure of population; lands which our forefathers were wise enough to acquire immediately after the Civil War. If our leadership should direct our mass movement instead of merely encouraging, it to follow the line of the other race, future leaders would have with hopes of achievement and realization. Instead of constantly urging the Negro public to patronize Negro enterprises, our leadership should be preparing men and women to serve the public interests efficiently and in It is true that most of the goods we buy are purchased from stores owned by the other group. This remains so because the contacts in the fields of retail and distribution are often more difficult as well as because they are still able to prey upon our ignorance and rea a considerably larger profit from our trade than they would among other people. 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The North made up its mind not to jeopardize its economic program by instigation upon enforcement of the new Constitution, but an unassisted revisition constitutions and other effective means of nullifying the purpose of man on an equal political sovereignty with the white man. The public man on an equal state of things. Conduition of the violation was the order of the day in the political machinery to reject this disagreeable topic in public discussion. A literal manuscript to reject this disagreeable topic in public discussion when Congressman Crumpauer used to insist upon the enforcement of the degree of his Republican colleagues It did look as if the Civil War amendments were done to be forever ignored. But less than a decade ago, the Eighteenth amendment was amended, and that the South was in favor of upholding this amendment while the North, in most parts of this country, was preoccupied with this issue. In this instance, the South was on the side of the constitution, while the North was aligned otherwise. Here we saw a strange transposition of positions. The traditional traducers of the constitution began to hurt the opprempions South began to hurt the opprempions at the North for disregarding the fundamental law of the United States, and that the South disregarded the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments. It is a battle of numbers, fourteen to one war. The issues on both sides grow out of violation of fundamental law to uphold and obey the constitution as a whole. Each vindicates against the contention of the other the wiser and more just constitution by parts. The presidential campaign on The wily politicians are ever wise, according to the dictates of their own wisdom. The drys are playing up its patriotic devotion to the constitution for all that it is worth against the unpatriotic attitude of its opponent. Two great speeches have been delivered on the floors of congress. Both speeches puts forward the Civil War amendments against the back-ground of the prohibition issue. Senator Swanson of Virginia, has given a careful and impassின்ate analysis of the South's attitude on the Fourthteenth and Fifteenth amendments. His address is undoubtedly the ablest and most deliberate defense of the South's position which has yet been put forth. The senator takes the position that the South in the revision constitutions does not violate the federal constitution. He argues with great plausibility that if these constitutions run afoul of the federal constitution, the supreme court stands ready to declare their provisions magically and void. This highest tribunal has on more than one occasion negated certain of their provisions and stands ready to upset them all together if it can be shown that they do not square with the organic law. Such broad guaged constitutionality has fully convinced the Senator Swanson is right. He does not believe that these Southern constituents visit the face of the instruments. But even if we grant Senator Swanson's swan song, the deeper issue in merely shifted from the face of these constitutions to the deeper fact behind the face of the letter. I do not think that Senator Swanson would want to go to the letter, but the laws are construed, and enforced with fairness and impartiality between the races. The letter killed, the spirit comes wholly illogical when he pleads that the South does not violate the constitution. It clearly denies that any state which limits the right of franchise, which it has a perfect ti do upon any representation in congress reduced. No one can blame Mississippi for its representation in congress. This state, like the rest, will go on forever with limited suffrage and unpaired representation, unless the constitution stipulated duty to effect the reduction. This duty develves upon this is not a race question. Massachusetts limits the franchise on action of congress to bring about reduction of representation in Massachusetts as much as in Mississippi. This duty of congress to bring about reduction in clearly violated not by the South, but by the federal constitution is clearly violated into incessous denouncement. Will it now enforce a law that has been no long disregarded in the spirit of rawness or of sectional retaliation? Congressman Tinkham of Massachusetts took up the challenge of the case against the packer left off. Neither seemed to make any profound impression on the packer. The Tinkham's speech in the house is more than a complete answer to Swanson's question. The packer answered for all time the contention that the South does not violate the law. The packer answered for that Senator Batwell will be convinced after a careful perusal of the address of the packer. Some facts are so plain that argument can but serve to confuse words. If the darken counsel with words. If the public fact that is firmly established in the public conscience it is that the packer prive the Negro of his rights guaranteed by the constitution. The valiant defense in the fact that he has abilities We have taken enough Capsules to make a Mountain and enough Pills to make a Hill, enough Liquid Medicine to make a River and are yet Sick We stay Well, because we take Natures Treatment E.M. SHIBOCHENG MEDICINE RIVER terial that there will no longer remain any necessity for any one to be a man Tinkahh's speech fell on dull shoulders. The speech apparently was at all. The people who wryly indifferent while the Democracy incident number on guard to prod his instinctive chemical to their sinister contention. The five Republicans who remained in the chamber while the speech was being opented more than once threatened a short the deliverance by demanding Mr. Tinkahh is undoubtedly in earnest, but his party is not. This is not a play to checkmate the seney's position on prohibition. There is no serious intention of effective action. I predict that the Republican managers are getting ready to repeat the crushdown and dupe Negro. The Tinkham address will be reprinted and scattered by the hundred of the Republican leaders in order to hold them in line against the encroachment of the Democraticocratic South is doing against the political welfare of your race; how can the Republican leadership order to hold Negro fail to vote for the Republican party? "The plea on the face seems plausible. But unless the Grand Old Man is everlastingly reminded of them? Questionnaire to each candidate for the presidency on the Republican and Eighteenth amendments. If a farmer they have all answered in terms of, the glittering generals. Mr. Howard, the governor, is the duty of any president who is chosen to enforce the constitution. We have all been deceived by thirty million dollars have been devoted to some sort of attempt to enforce the Eighteenth amendment to our Negro political leaders to propose a little questionnaire to all candidates for the presidency and the Eighteenth amendment. I suggest a questionnaire of this purpose: "If elected will you take any action to enforce the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments? Will you strive an attorney to enforce the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments?" Plantation Farm Injured By Worker Little Rock, Ark.—(ANI) After being shaken by the shoulder with a lead pipe, Will Harrell a farm hand, seized an axe and felled his assailant, Everett Barnett, a white plantation manager, who was attempting to put him off the farm. According to Harrell's story, who was arrested and charged with assault with intent to kill, he was ordered off the plantation Tuesday afternoon. Monday he returned to see his son, Wallace Pemberton, the son of the plantation owner, attacked him, the son of an automatic pistol, and the latter a lead pipe. Barnett射 Harvel, the bullet inflicting a scalp wound, the Wallace arm, and the shoulder that he would be killed, he sized an axe and struck Barnett. twice, the head and the second resulting in a deep gash on the right wrist, the left arm, and the gum. Vroter Trotter, a twelve year old boy, was wounded in the shoulder by a stray bullet from Barnett's arm. The white men were not arrested. LIFE SAVER BLUES EXTRA! Terrible Storm at Sea.... ship parts in middle! Everyone thrown into battle with raging waves. Sole survivor desperately clings to life saver. SOUTH CAROLINA GOP CHIEF SAYS "ALL IS SERENE" Greenwood, S. C.—(ANP)—All is severe in the affairs of the Republican party of the state of South Carolina, according to a statement made by the Republican convention by a representative by Colonel James W. Tolbert, who has been the recognized leader of the Republican forces here for the past twenty years. "The Republican conventions of both state and districts have all been held in Richland county," the convention alternates have been elected to the national convention without protest," declared the collegel, who has been dubbed the "ticeless colonel." "Of this number of delegates," continued the collegel, "gates from the state at large and two whites, with three colored alternates, gates from the state at large and two blacks, and composed of a disgruntled Colonel Talbert explained that the confusion at the state convention was caused by a group of men headed by a disgruntled lumbia, and composed of a disgruntled element who had been defeated Richland county convention. 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He was nominating the Republican organization at the state, stating that he was a candidate for the states in South Carolina, and a lot of women was going to send three white men and one colored man to the national convention from South Carolina at "He caused the disturbance on account of Dr. John H. Geovoodin of North Carolina and Barnwell. These two men have been delegates many times before to make a speech in the straightforward men and Republicans of known convictions. They are colored men and have been elected from their counties but were elected from their state convictions. Each was present, took an oath, and was then again elected as delegate-at-large from South Carolina. That is the reason he did not give a noise from N. J. Frederick. His voice SAVER Terrible Storm at Sea in middle! Everyone with raging waves. Sailings to life saver. Bonnie John brilling story told in so LIFE SAVER B BLUE GHOST ER BLUES at Sea... everyone thrown aves. Sole survivor saver. Johnson's old in song ER BLUES OST BLUES RECORDS LIFE SAVER BLUES BLUE GHOST BLUES Okeh RECO ELECTRIC 25 West 45th St Well, because res Treatment D. I. M. SHADOWENS We stay Well, be we take Natures Treat Negro Politicians Off To Early Start Los Angeles, Cal.—(AMP)—Though the elections are away off in August, local politicians are taking time by the foneblock and getting their gun primed for the big fight. Priest D. Pomes has retired the past year as law enforcement in the lead in launching their campaign. The Colored Democratic Clubs want a boycott of all alliance members and K. A. Jones general organizer, reports real progress. The old veteran Titus Alexander is all but done has been divorced from Jonessonem. Bertamian Guess presided at the recent meeting of the colored Democratic Party in Chicago, where Errol Jones declared that the Republicans could beat the world spooling the colored voters. trick, however, did not work with an old, reliable Republican organization, and the party contention, all had a far difference when the roll was called as they do in all of the affairs of the party in the state. By the end of the convention, by the end of the old, reliable Republican organization to stand together with the party for perpetuation and continuation of the Republican party in power, through men who will stand up for their rights to all men before the law. 25 West 45th Street, New York Black Cats Nite, April 26-27, Washington High---Pilgrims' Building PAGE POOR—FIRST IN CIRCULATION City Happenings Mrs. Rena L. Weathers, 1511 Cage Street, is on the sick list this week. FOR RENT-2 neatly furnished room, 1209 Fuller; Phone Capitol 4400-W. Mrs Tressie Harris, 3012 Hadley, was been on the sick list, is sick. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Taylor are the proud parents of a fine baby girl weighing ten pounds. The mother is doing fine. FOR RENT-Light housekeeping room; couple or lady. Phone Had. 910-8-1. Miss Corelia M. Route, student at Bishop College, was called on account of illness of her mother, Mrs. C. N. Hams, 1620 Bingham. Mrs. Mary S. Jones, Richmond, and her family, will be the host of her son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Van Jones, 2830 Dennis. W. H. Mitchell, New Orleans, editor of the Louisiana Weekly, was in the city this week, and paid The In- Mrs. Lula Lewis, 2012 Worm, is on the sick list. Felton G. Clark, professor of psychology, Southern University, Boston, Rougie, La., was visiting in the city this week. FOR RENT—A 6-room house with bath, all modern conveniences; North Side, one block from street car on graveled street. Call Cap. 5628-5. Mrs. Willie Mae Thompkins, popular teacher at West Columbia, was in the city Saturday visiting her sister, Miss Trossie Harris, 3012 Hadley. Prof. and Mrs. Timothy Echols and the former's brother passed through the city, Friday of last week, enrols to Galveston. Mr. Echols is an instructor in Samuel Huston College, Austin. AGENTS: WANTED—To sell, JV. Look! Keep should Not 1-room $1.50 per door. Don't Look Like Me. See 5-room. To the Last Week of the Week. Tame (t). W. E. Fund, 808 Sydney, has returned from Jasper County, where he went on business. He also visited his mother, Miss N. C. McCown, at Beaumont, and his father and friends at Ragoville. WOODMEN'S ANNIVERSARY You will mime a treat if you fail to venery the exercise of the American Wooden Man at Eminence Park, Omaha, Nebraska. H. Lighter of Denver Colorado, supreme clerk, will be the principal will be delivered by Rev. E. L. Harrison, pastor Antioch Baptist Church THEATRE Rudolph Valentino A typical Valentino master- piece. ALSO COMEDY-ORCHESTRA CARTOON Douglas Fairbanks in "THE MARK OF ZORRO" With an All-Star Cast The mightiest of all spectacu- lar thrillers— "BEN HUR" With a cast of thousands— headed by Ramon Novarro, Betty Bronson, Mary McAgo Houston Churches TRINITY M. E. CHURCH Rev. J. H. Lovell, Pastor Sunday, April 15, 11 a. m., m. ser., "The Voice of Springtime in Indiana," m. ser., *Epilogue* League devotional hymn. Arlene L. Renty, leader. Topic: "Seeing Life Lakes," m. ser., *Lake 12:13-18*. 8 p. m., ser., "Helping the Convert To Grow Strong." ST. LUKE P. E. MISSION (Y. W. C. A. Assembly Room) Rev. A. A. Birch Sunday services. 11 a. m. m. morning; m. m. midday; m. m. Sunday school; 9:30 a. m. M. holy communion every second Sunday Sunday. Every Sunday evening, the Temp. Greatest Sunday. ANTIOCH B. Y. P. U. Despite the inclement weather, the attendance on last Sunday evening was good. The lesson topic was enthusiastically discussed. The program, under the leadership of Mrs. F. A. Robinson was timely and in keeping with Easter. Mrs. E. J. Mann sang "My Task," Richard Andrews, Jr. rendered as a violin solo, "Simple Ave," accompanied by Miss Sidney Andrews; W. H. Mitchell spoke of Easter as "Emancipation Day." Appropriate music was referred by the choir, led by M. W. D. Sledge. Doctors F. F. Stone, B. J. Covington and T. M. Shadowens, all with offices in the Odd Fellows Temple, have returned from Tunkegee Institute, Ala., where they attended the meeting of the John A. Andrew Clinical Society. Messrs. G. F. Oliver and G. F. Jr., agency supervisor and salesman, respectively, for the Victery Life Insurance Company, with headquarters at Dallas, were pleasant callers at The Informer office this week. SPECIAL RATES on marcelling, manicuring, facial inectar and hemaded hair, scalp treatment and all other lines of beauty work. For appointment call Hadley 2667-W; 2829 Holman Avenue. one of the greatest service stations in the city—storage, repair shop, washing, greasing, open day and night. Call us: Preston 72220 Service station, service, too. Goofer Drive Service Station 700 Buffalo Drive (tf). LAST CALL FOR DOKEYS John White, grand magistral of Mo- town, was appointed April 20 and the last initiation of candidates into this order, prior to the election. He will hold. All candidates will take HOUSTON SINGER IN CONCERT Mr. Minne V. Smiley-Thompkins, chair and Mrs. Thomas-Chapel, chair and Lewis Church and Lewis Center, centrally presented in concert at the Angelos, Calif. Assisting her was Mrs. Bernice Loeffner (see Wingina), Mrs. Evelyn Sanders, Estelle Sanders and the accompanist. QUARTERLY CONFERENCE MET The second quarterly conference of the Houston district of the A. M. E. Church, was held last week at Westley Memorial A. M. E. Church. Resident Elder H. S. Sims complimented the church for its fine reports. NATIONAL "Y" WORKER HERE R. . DeFrannt, national Y. M. C. A. Ackerman, who is the owner of $25,000 in funding for the colored work, spent the day in Houston, looking over the landlord YY. F. Frantz stated that Dallas Negroes their drive for $60,000 from their own group, and that the goal would be when the effort closes Friday night. LOCAL PHYSICIAN IS HONORED AT TUSKEGER Dr. H. E. Lee, supreme medical examiner for the Ancient Order of Lancers, was appointed chief building, has just returned from Tuskegee Institute, where he attended the university. He was drawn clinical Society, which met him at the annual signal honor was conferred upon Dr. Lee, which numbers among its members some of the leading psychiatric and mental health professionals, was elected vice-president of the D. Ronceau Chicago chapter, was president Y. W. C. A. NOTES Owing to the inclement weather, the Mintzor-Mintzer Minister was not so largely attentive to repeated at a future date. Don't worry, the Mintzor-Mintzer Minister, T. M. Fairchild, W. Y. C. A. chalier, for Sacramento, on April 10, the convention, which convened April 14 CORSICANA Corsicana, Tex.-On April 6, 19C. C. Siskin, his closest successful revival at SIXth Avenue Baptist Church, will lead a baptism. Baptism will take place Sunday, April 15. Desired cold and mud, the auditorium of SIXth Avenue will be closed for a day evening, to hear the Easter candle. "The Prince of Life," rendered in choir. Judging by the thunderous applause, the participants at the close of the program, every one present enjoyed the celebration. Johnson was called to the sick bed of Omana, Mrs. L. Woods is visiting in Galveston, Foster Porth Antioch Church Evangelist Plans Great Campaign A. He Dr. L. L. Ballon at Antioch Baptist Church every night in revival services. He is a great preacher. Do not miss his special address, "Making a Life That Matters," for Joe Man, That All "Monday," 3:30 p.m.; special talk to children, subject, "Making a Life That Counts," Wednesday, 12 m. to 1 p.m. Y. M. C. a Chapel, 603 Pairihr Ave. to business and professional news Council To Business Men; Thursday, 3:30 p.m. at the church to women only, ages 16 up, subject to Women E. L. Harter, Praise. STATE COLLEGE GIVEN HOSPITAL Prairie View, Texas—(Special)—Plans for the new hospital for Prairie View Memorial College made possible by the $100,000 donation of the general education board has met the Favroat, a agent of the general education board. The Favroat, a agent of the general education board, banks, principal of the college, Mr. Favroat, among other things said "My opinion is that the plans are well shaped to the use being made of a hospital at Prairie View which the state is appalled to have." I do not know of a school, however, outside of a medical school, but I know that the grounds a hospital quite so elaborately equipped and I should like to know that the hospital besides Mr. Davis and myself." DEMAND GROWING FOR COLORED HELP, REPORT REVEALS The unemployment situation is getting better in South Texas as Hou- stons seek Democratic National Convention, accord- ing to C. W. Rice, president of the Colored Business and Laboring Mills. The records of the free employment bureau show that there is an increasing demand for dependable maids, yardmen claunchers and maids, yardmen claunchers and one night club placed an ap- plication for the colored teen colored bus boya and several maids. The record further shows that a large number of leading families and other employers of Negro help securify their help through the employment association. For this reason, the management of the association is appealing to the colored citizens who apply through this organization. The Drive committee for the advocacy contributions: St. John Baptist Church (Dowling $2.25; Jordan Grove $2.50; Corey's Fish Market, $1; Salmame Taxi, $1; Fifth Ward Taxi Line, $1; Drift Taxi, $1; Michael Alexander, Mr.詹琳森, F. H. C. DeGuillete, M. Curette Cafe, Hendricks Hat Shop, and Phenes Phar- mer. The university also very reportedly reported, $41.73; total $99.44. GODFREY WANTS BOUT WITH GENE AT EARLY DATE Los Angeles, Cal.—(ANP)—Geo. Godfrey, through his manager, Jim Dougherty, has challenged Gene Tunney for a heavyweight championship fight to be staged this summer. Telegrams to this effect were sent to Tex Rickard, promoter, and to the New York boxing solons. The telegram to the New York boxing commission requested that Godfrey's name be placed at the head of the list of contenders, which includes Sharkey, Heeney, and Risko. Doughty pointed out that Godfrey's record was more impressive than that of any other challenger and that he should have the first crack at Tunney. 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Ball COLLEGE NEW COLLEGE Saturday, April 17-18 NEW STADIUM CALLED 3 P. M. CALLED 3 P. M. 35c the Masses" TE HOUSE RIL POSTMASTER'S SUICIDE BRINGS THREAT OF PROBE BY GEORGIA SOLONS; BEN DAVIS IS TARGET Chicago, IL.—(ANP)—Death by suicide of Postmaster L. F. Peterson of Douglas, Georgia, and consequent charges of graft which he held responsible for his own death and for the murder of J. T. Kirkland, a postal clerk, whom he shot, has precipitated a political battle in Georgia with National Committee man Benjamin J. Davis, Republican, as the target for shafts being shot by Senator George and Harris, Democrat, of Georgia, and Congressman Lankford, representing the Douglas district at Washington. In a letter which the dead postmaster is said to have written before he killed himself, he claimed to have given the five republican party organization in Georgia $2000 in the last five years out of his yearly salary of $2700 and that this levying of tribute was driving him to desperation. Peterson shot his clerk and killed her, 1927, and that it was unigraded himself after he had received word from Washington that he was to turn in his keys to L. D. Sutton, his solicitor. Why should a man keep such a variety of letters in his possession? A variety of letters which it is said he wrote, were disclosed, all tending to the identity of Republican affairs in the state. An unigned letter, reported to have been written in September, a telegram from the Associated Press to seek confirmation of his identity, not answered by the committee. The Associated Negro Press can secureable to procure additional information concerning the tragedy at the same time Senator George was present, information was gathered, and that charges were being made by others that Republican political candidates have important information to bring to the attention they have not been exposed in the press before. 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Peterson, a former sen- tate member, in acknowledged that Peterson voluntarily gave the committee fifty dollars. He was also called to the he died he called on Mr. Davis and sought help in retaining his posi- tion. He said that he was unable to help him. RANDOLPH WILL STAY; REPLEDGES EFFORT TO WORK (By A. PHILIP RANDOLPH) New York City—In the Pittsburgh Committee of April 7, an article was received in the Houston informer. At the same time this is happening, Mr. Davis is having his troubles delegates to the Kansas City convention of the party, where the present plans are for their agreement to be traced responsibility to the Kansas City committee handling arrangements, and Mr. Davis, in the current position, are members of the Kansas City committee are double crossers, holding that they promised there would be competition against the Negro delegates. Conrad Mann has appointed several Negroes on a Kansas City segregation committee to furnish money for this committee to furnish segregated hospitality and entertainment. So far the agent in handling the money has not been named. TEXAS G. O. P. (Continued from Page One) toral vote, should not take the initiative in attempting to dictate a nomination. Herbert Hoover will not be instructed and he probably could get them. On the other hand, if on the nomination it is seen that Hoover does not have a chance, then Texas' hands would not be tied and the candidate would not be instructed. For an uninstructed delegation has gained so much headway within the past few weeks that it is believed certain that the anti-Creager organization "will be overwhelmingly defeated, according to G. C. Littleton, the anti-Creager movement in Texas. Every mail brings in more pledges to the anti-Creager faction and honors the state have pledged themselves to see that machine rule will once and again break this year. Littlemilten, Congressman Wurzbach, according to news dispatches, will fill a speak-up session in Houston the first part of next month. RULES (B. A. PHILIP RANDOLPH) New York City in the Pittsburgh City, where the Pittsburgh carried entitled "Is Randolph To Resign?" The article was the result of a meeting between the Editor L. Vann of the Pit- town Courier: "If the Pullman Com- pany agreed with the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Partners on the condi- tion to get out of the brotherhood, we can get out of the brotherhood. We were told that the Pullman Company considered me a Socialist and too rai- dly to be a part of the brotherhood the brotherhood as long as I was its leader. We simply assumed that the question was asked in good faith, since Editor Vann and the Courier, his paper, had been a stammer fighter in the movement, and beginning of the movement; besides, he has been friendly to me, per- sonally, and has been the cause of Negro workers generally. Of course, I did not have any problems with Mr. Vann would be published in the Courier. Thus, I was amassed I feel that Mr. Vann published the conversation because he felt that it would help the brotherhood and not hurt the relationship, it will help it. Now my first reaction to the question is resign if the Pullman Company would recognize the brotherhood upon the condition, was that certainly I would resign if the company would make any sacrifice which would be therefore, told Mr. Vann, hat I would resign and get out of the organization if the company would sign an agreement to recognize it fully and completely. I also said that the agreement must upon acknowledging that the agreement was bona fide myself, personal and upon holding the leadership of the brotherhood after it gets recognition and concerned about the brotherhood's achieving victory for the benefit of the company. The bondhood must be recognized. Every porter who has been fired on account of the brotherhood must be restored to the 240-hour work schedule substantial increase in wages must be granted and the 240-hour work schedule must be made just as the Pullman conductors now enjoy. After these things will be willing to get out of the organization. Upon the publication, however, of the article in the Courrier, it appears that the company has positioned the porters and maids throughout the country, together with the leadership to my resigning from the leadership of the brotherhood in order to secure a new agreement with the Pullman Company. The belief is general that if the Pullman Company will recognize the brotherhood if I don't resign, if the men stand firm and harder than they ever fought before. Of course, it is obvious that the Pullman Company would rather deal with the firm and to make it, but it is not to be氮的, it is that with me in it, since it believes that it would get a better bargain if it was not, and nothing to do with the writing and the agreement. It believes that it would put some time to do it, and it would not be could force me out. Hence, it has not up the nightness that I am a dangerous medical, and consequently, the method of the Pullman Company which is the Pullman Company hopes to save its face. It really is not to say that it is completely; that all of its attempts to destroy the movement have literally failed; that the hiring of Pullman is the same as the hire of porters on the assumption that they are both the men and the men, and the porters are made more fighting mad; that the company agents employed to spy on the company and the men, and the men and useless, that its idea that the men wouldn't stick was all wrong; that it's hopeless and belief that everybody has been shattered, since it now realizes that the brotherhood is not only as an unskilled man, but also as an unskilled man to arbitrate the case when it was urged to do so by Hon Edwin F. Morrow of the mediation board, and the decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission that it had no jurisdiction over the Ports. The only estimated and fixed men to fight with greater determination, resolution and iron will for vicious action, and the action of the money feels that since it cannot destroy the brotherhood, it must designate the action of the little in the point which is made in Coming to the Company. The company cannot go on with unseem and so on the other way, and it does not make for a high industrial morale. It does not make for high service efficiency upon which the company and dividends of the company depend. To the porters and public, may I say that the brotherhood is just as certain to win as the night follows the day. I wish also to say that I shall never resign, since it is the feeling of the porters and maids that I not resign in order to secure recognition for the brotherhood. Nothing under the sun can weaken my determination to go through with this fight to the finish. No power can daunt my spirit; no force can curb my will to fight ceaselessly, untiringly and relentlessly until victory comes. I would rather fall dead in my tracks than give up the fight. I would rather drink water, eat bread, go in rags and tags and live in a hotel than to desert the movement. I shall always abide by the wishes of the porters and maids of the brotherhood, and I should continue to fight for the right of the porters and The Houston Inferior is in receipt of a letter from E. B. Morris, former-President Club, in which Mr. Morris replies to a Port Worth news reporter-President Club in Houston. Dipatch in a recent issue of the Inferior is glad to publish Mr. Morris' version of Mr. Hoover's past opinion to this paper. Mr. Morris' letter, which speaks for itself, follows in "Houston Post-Dipatch, Houston, Texas: "Gentlemen--Referring to the manuscript of Mr. John S. Hagerty, secretary of state, Lanning, Michigan, and under date April 2, 1928, I should like to give you an assurance sincerely hope that in all fairness you will give it as prominent attention as you did Mr. Hagerty's letter. "I quote from the speech of Hon. Burton, congressman from Ohio, in his speech on March 13, his national record of Tuesday, March 13, on this very point. "But it in this very point. "But it in that Mr. Hoover was voted upon in the primary, the president of Michigan, in its recall the facts about this also. On February 21, he said he would be president. On February 21, he named entered as a candidate for the Democrats of Georgia to have his name entered as a candidate for president. On February 21, he declared. "On February 29 he was qualified in Michigan on both the Republican and Democrat lines. He received a petition without his approval. That was the law of the state. Against it he entered the Iowa protested. In Iowa he received the Democratic ticket, which he led, surpassing McAdoo and other well-known candidates. He was from Ohio omits to state that he received 49,000 votes at the Republican convention in 10,469 votes written in the Iowa Howard refusal to allow his name to be placed on the Democratic ticket in California. In the state of Ohio he received a refusal in Massachusetts. In the latter state he was asked, on April 10, to answer a nomination, he answered, stating that he would not; but his name was by his choice in the Republican convention. He received over 49,000 Republican votes in the state. Let me make a large number of the gentleman ought to favor a candidate who can draw to himself a large number of Democratic votes. Title Questioned "Mr. C. C. Littleton, in whose hands is the letter signed by Mr. Hag-ger, the Republican state legislator, the Republican state legislator, Mr. Littleton is now and never has been state chairman of the Republican county for Dr. Eugene Nolte of Seguin, Texas. In the elections of 1824 I was canvassed in the county for Dr. Eugene Nolte, candidate for governor, and who carried this county by almost 5000 manchots. Mr. Eugene Butte, candidate for governor, and who carried this county by almost 5000 manchots. Mr. Eugene Butte campaign, that the returns indicate a preference for Mr. Hover over the Butte returns of better than Asks Fair Deal "It is not my desire nor wish to secure publicity or newspaper not to enter into any discussion, but that the truth of the entire matter may be the evidence of voters of this county is the reason I am requesting that you give this true version the same cideration as the letter from Mr. C. infidels; I am sure that it is to be fair to Mr. Hoover in this matter. "R. B. Morris, Acting Vice-President." PICKENS AN EVENT IN WESTERN STATE San Francisco, Cal.-ANP) — The two events of the year 1928 which will be remembered are the production of Garland Anderson's much-discussed play, "Appearances," and the visit to the University of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, where he was presented in the West in the interest of the association's annual conference this year. "Pickens" days and night were been filled with speechmaking and receptions among the hospitable people of San Francisco, where delightful gatherings in his honor was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Garland Anderson. One hundred of the city's leading white and colored parents came to felicitate Mr. Pickens and to lend their support to the work of doing. Mr. Garvard has been treasurer of the San Francisco branch of the National Association. Mr. Anderson appeared at the reception with a number of other members of the long remembered one to be long remembered. mails to organize, to secure a living wage and gave up the struggle, for the workers to be long before I began fighting for the rights of the Pullman porters and made sure they were on the porters and made to achieve their rights through the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, known as the "employee representation plan," for the rights of all workers, everywhere, and for labor in general. FIRST IN ADVERTISING FIELD—PAGE FIVE For The Associated Negro Press) Like most of the other evils that afflict the American Negro, and that are ordinarily spoken of as "race issues," lynching is primarily a class question, with economic causes back of it. In other words, it is the poorest class, the economically oppressed class, that will be the victims of lynching. The cry of "rape!" and the sex motive generally is skillfully used to justify this most terrible means of economic oppression. In forty years there have been more than 4,000 lynchings. Of this total number of victims, the mole that did the lynching did not accuse more than 17% of any attempt at or connection with "rape"—and a mob is the biggest liar on earth next to a commercial newspaper. If we therefore, divided the mob's percentage in half, we would do no violence to the truth. Not because Negraves are any better than white people, but the people who are the most well-diversity group, they naturally do much less interracial rape than do white men. Like all the rest of the "race question," the lynching evils is primarily and essentially economic. In the case of the protection of the dominant oppressor have been transferred to a color psychosis—so that today, many people, most people, sincerely think they have a pure color antipathy, where, in its origin, it is so much as for the impathy. How has this transference of feeling taken place? The newer psychological experiments make it clear. In Moscow, I strolled one day into a scientific academy and saw them experimenting with a dog. They had inserted a drain pipe into the salivary glands of the canine in such a way that when the dog's mouth "watered," the saliva, instead of flowing into his mouth, flowed out through the tube. When the dog was hungry, they would bring food where he could smell it or see it, and immediately the saliva would drip through this tube. But every time they presented him with the sight or smell of food, they would at the same moment flash an electric light in his face. Now, an electric light has no original relation whatever to the sense of taste, and does not excite a flow of saliva. But after the electric light had been used several times over to accompany the sight and smell of food, then the experimenter has only to flash the light in the dog's face, and the saliva would flow as if they were as if it were flowed for the stimulation of food. This unrelated, this irrelevant stimulus, after accompanying the causal stimulus through a period of time, became, to the dog's nerves, the stimulating cause of the flow of saliva—although electric light has no fundamental relation whatever to the action of the salivary glands. For 250 years the Negroes, with their black faces, had been driven into segregation and robbed under-claim, time, they have been a hindered, segregated and robbed under-claim, which had no original connection with the motive to oppress, has now become a tactic, antisufficiency, contempt—and just robbery. The black faces have so long played the accompaniment to the oppression. This is the original color—"color-pachyne." If the American slaves had been of the same color as their oppressors, they have developed a keen "clan-pachyne" in the reaction of the color. It is economically under-class, than to escape from a race—easier to own one's skin. And if there be a "race" question at all, it is just this medium of difficulty which an oppressed class—more than an oppressed class Lychning is one way of keeping an original piece of art, but it will work humbly, accept cheap wages, and keep its mouth shut. Color and all the myths that surround it just this little bit of extra advantage in his robbery of colored manuscripts as an one of the means of keeping back the white mass of working people, the wage worker, the waffler and the strawbreaker. And the color psychosis has been so well developed that he can be enlisted to help oppress the Negro who in turn becomes the instrument of further oppression of white labor. Of the 4,000 lynchings, in almost every instance, some economic cause stands in the background, even when the foreground is occupied by sex scare or the crime bogey. The papers will say, "A Negro was lysed for the derring-a-white man," but will not explain that the white man in question was really a slave-driver, who was attempting to whip or maim the Negro for demanding his pay or more pay and for refusing to work; or maybe the "murder" occurred when the Negro was attempted to be defend. The business in a place from which his wife rivals were seeking to oust him. The papers only mention the "murder." They begin in the middle—at the closing scene of the drama. All the economic preambles and prologues are entirely ignored. Most of the "race" rise, and the invested, to do with it have nothing to do with the efforts to be to do with race as such, but to be efforts to beat into the colored working masses back into the "place" from which they are naturally seeking to emerge. And strangely enough, the white workers have often been used as the instruments for humbling the black working workers from the other evil geniuses of our systems of exploitation have spurred them on to defend something that has never existed—race integrity. The white worker used to keep down the black worker—and the black worker used to keep down the white worker's wash. A vicious circle—which is making down a byproduct of the working women in Richmond, Va.—(ANP) —C1a imam Richmond, D.C., participates in a affirmative adjutant jungle Beverley T. Crump denies the pellium count of James O. West to restrain certain election officials from inter- ment with West's participation in the primary. Judge Crump made an extended extension between the provisions of the 1964 law and the Negro's right to vote in elections, and precedents established that primary elections now are more than revised methods of holding elections in the context of candidate selection. He said: "It is well known that political parties formerly used conventions to elect their primaries, and that the state established a primary law. The primary law does not interfere with the rights of a public party. It directs that the officers of primary elections shall be officers of the law, and that the state shall make scribe party rules. It is clear that articles conducting primaries under the primary law make laws as they had before the law was adapted. They may any who vote the primary. The primary law is represented by Alfred E. Cohen, white, and J. R. Rollins. It has been taken in a number of Southern states recently to present Negroes from participating in primary elections in recent recent instance being in Florida. BISHOP COLLEGE (By MISS LILLIAN M. JONES) Marshall, Texas.—The students at Bishop observed Health Week. It will be interesting to note that during this clean-up week there was a prize awarded to each dormitory for the cleanest room for the whole period. Saturday was general inspection day and every dormitory was spick and span. For many students and athletic teams, Bishop had been treated on the athletic field but now are are proud to say we have a "grand-sit," for our grandstand is about completed. The faculty and students join in thanking the many friends who have so liberally contributed to the cause, and welcome the public to the gowns for the rest of the season. The Academic jams are given to the program to staff staff, staff staff, Mr. M. E. Bovler and the juniors truly had an elaborate decoration as well as a pleasing menu, and the su笠vite made by the juniors for the occasion were unique. The sophomore girls who had charge of the devotional exercise for Sunday school presented a beautiful pantomime which was very effective. The shop chair, mop of a freezer of Prof. Bovler, was tasted at Easter cantata Sunday at voper service and also Sunday night at Bethesda Baptist Church. Don't forget that Friday, April 13, is rally day and we must go over the top with $5,000. Dean O. A. Fuller spoke on "The Risen Lord," in Tarkarkana, Easter Sunday. The Poustu was also the exercises were held this week. We make us feel that vacation will soon be here. LONGVIEW NEWS Dr. O. H. Daniels, Messrs. Grunt, Willam and others, motored to Marshfield to attend a game between the M. C. Monarchs and the Wiley team. U. S. 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Chicago, Illinois Chicago Colored Postal Employes Not Inefficient Chicago, Ill. — (ANP) — That the charge made by Congressman Stevenson of South Carolina that Negro workers in the Chicago postoffice were inefficient, was baseless and false, is not true. The Negro Association Negro Press from Postmaster A. C. Leuder, which was written with the sanction of Postmaster H. C. Leuder, in his letter Mr. Leuder pointed out that “there are representatives of many racial groups and nationalities who are employed by the total number of employees being between 18,000 and 14,000, and we are not aware of the race or nationality in dealing with these employees. The records give ample testimony of a general efficiency.” The postmaster further declared that "the fact that many of the colleagues have been very active many years would in itself testify to their efficiency and general knowledge from South Carolina made the charges, Congressman Martin B. Madden of Illinois made an effective effort to get the employees of the Chicago postoffice and branded the charge as absolutely Postal employees contend that since the efficiency records are not kept on the premises, the charge is out by Mr. Leuder, that "no distinction is made as to racial groups or race, and false the report of the co-called "efficiency" report of the W. B. Richard Company, upon which the charges HUNTSVILLE NEGROS STAGE HOSPITAL BENEFIT PROGRAM Huntville, Texas — A spicy 3-act drama was staged here. Buried day night for the Chelsea Club, the colored ward in the Memorial Hospital here. The Negroes have been asked to help furnish the ward set aside for them in this institution. The drama, which was witnessed by a large and appreciative audience was given under auspices of the University of Michigan, Mr. Ethel Watkins-Thomas, organizer and director. This club encourages promoters musical, literary and social activities. See Spray Printing Co. for good printing. 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When Christ announced His death which was to take place on the cross, the disciples were unable to see how victory could issue from death. Jesus took with Him Peter, James and John. Two men from the upper world were sent to converse with Jesus about His approaching death at Jerusalem. Jesus defended his disciples' defenses to talk. The translation is therefore a foregone of the coming kingdom. Jesus Christ Glorified on the Mount He took the disciples "by themselves" and was "translated before them." This shows that the purpose of the disciples and not the disciples and not on Christ. Christ's rebuke of Peter for his unwillingness to hear concerning his death apophora for a time a seismed earthquake, but Christ bracteated an mutual transaction was required. His shipling rament was typical of that glory which shall be manifested on earth. His appearance on the mountain typifies His visible appearance on the Mount of Olives (Zeck 14.4.1). H. Peter, James and John represent Connection with the Kingdom (v. 2). Christ is peculiarly the King of Israel. According to Ezekiel 37:21:27, the Israelites are to be cast into the sea, and the kingdom shall be gathered from among the nation and united as one in that kingdom, in their own country. I. Moses and Elia appeared in Jerusalem. These men in the glorified state are typical of the state of the saints in glory. Moses, who was once denied an entrance into Palestine, appears now in glory representing the redeemed of the Lord who shall pass through death into the kingdom. Multitudes of the Lord's own who have fallen asleep shall be awakened at Christ's coming and pass into the kingdom. Elias represents the redeemed who shall pass into the kingdom through translation. Some shall be living upon the earth when the Lord shall come, and they, without dying, shall be changed and thus pass into the kingdom (I Cor. 15:50-53; I Thess. 4:14-18). 1. Peter's proposal (vv. 5, 6). So definitely was the method of the kingdom unfolded before Peter that he proposed to erect tabernacles for Christ, Moses and Eliah. It is true that the unveiling of the majestic person of Christ and the panoramic display of the kingdom somewhat disconcerted Peter; yet he grasped its central meaning and proposed to celebrate the advent of the kingdom which had been prefigured in a tangible way. 2. The divine voice out of the cloud (vv. 7, 8). God declared Jesus to be His beloved Son in whom He was well pleased. If one would know what is pleasing to God, let him study Jesus, who perfectly did His Father's will. He charged them that they should tell no man concerning the things which they had seen until He had sent them. IV. A Demonstration of the Purpose of the Establishment of the Kingdom of Israel. When they descended from the mountain of transgression they witnessed a great multitude in a state of despair. The state was the grievous condition of a young man possessed with a demon (v. 18). The father of the young man was the demon out, but they were unable to do so. When they brought him to the temple, they were grievously oppressed, causing him to cast himself into the fire and into the darkness. Peerliness are doing the things which will result in their own destruction. The Devil will be peculiarly accustomed to men and nations in the last days. Getting Salvation If we are going to get salvation, we have got to get it upon God's terms, and not upon our own; and that is why I fear that a good many people can't have their own—why because they can't have their own way about it—D. L. Moody. Sailing to Glory We do not sail to glimpse in the salt sea of our tears but in the red sea at a Redeemer's blood - Christian Monitor. Office Phone, Preston 6350 DR. WALDO J. 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MOREHOUSE TEAM BREAKS EVEN IN BASEBALL GAMES Atlanta, Ga. — The Morehouse Tigers won from the Clark baseball team in a game pitcher's battle between Jackson, a College Park recruit that conch Harvey and the team cover, and Cornell who gave up five hits and fanned six batters. Jackson gave up seven hits and Cornell gave up six hits well scattered and was airtight in the pitches. The Morehouse team at Atlanta University won from Morehouse Saturday in a one-sided contest by the score of 13 to 8 for A. U. pitched a good game, holding the Morehouse batters to six hits. He teammate with splendid fielding. Allen, a recruit from Union Baptist, teamed with one and a half innings. Morehouse made one run in the first inning and U. came right back and tied it. Williams putting a honer over the fence. COLORED SCHOOL IS PRIZE WINNER Louisville, Ky.—(AKN)—The Dunbar Public School has captured two prizes within within a week. Recently colored and white schools were entered. 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Place 1 teaspoon butter on top of each sweet and bake in moderate oven (350 degrees F.) 15 minutes. Serve hot with lemon sauce made as follows: Cream butter with sugar and flour Add boiling water and boil one minute. Remove from fire, add lemon extract, and serve hot. VEGETABLE PLATTER Four or five cooked, well-buttered and seasoned vegetables arranged in a square pattern, extruded vegetable, as potato, onion or cauliflower, form a satisfying and nutritious dinner. Add 1 to 3 saups of bread to a cup of hot potato soup. ACCOMMODATIONS FOR All Knights of Pythias, Calantheans and friends who are prepared and are willing to care for representatives to the session of the grand lodge of Colored Knights of Pythias, which convenes in Houston June 3 to will please see or ring the following: Mrs. Phoebe Green; Mrs. Francis McClain; 3108 Lue Oak, Hickley 2427-W; Mrs. Minerva Davis, 1928 W. 2633-W; Mrs. Elizabeth 2033 Mendel Capitol 226-J; Mrs. Alice Byrd, 2502 Willis, Taylor 162. The delegates will pay $1.50 per room for two meals. Spectators Flee As 'Dead' Revives Sidel, La.—(AMP)—Shot in the head in a pistol duel with Police Chief Fercy Batton and left for dead, Cornelius Sinn came to life, scatared a group of onlookers with his gun, where he was captured a few hours later. Sinn resisted arrest on a charge of murder of the police officer, who fired once, killing Sinn in the forehead. Sinn fell, and showed no signs of life, after being shot by the corner. After his departure the excitement began. Physicians state the bullet glanced his skull. PICKENS "IN AIR" ON LENGTHY TRIP San Francisco, Cal.,—(ANP)—Dean William Hammond certainly developed his liking for flyfishing been on the Pacific coast. A few years ago he went on about seventeen miles to fill a speaking engagement, and Friday he once went to Portland, Oregon, a distance of about 800 miles. The flight was over the mountains of the Northwest, and if the dean ventured to look down at the mountains he had enjoyed much beautiful scenery. WRIGHT FAVORS BANKING SCHOOL Philadelphia, Pa.—(ANP)—Major. R. Wright, president of the University and president of the University, of the Negro Bankers Association, is of he opinion that there should be a national bank for the training of the Negro Bankers. In fact he states that what the negro needs above all else is a sympathy. In fact the visit of the Negro bankers to the White House has brought a number of commendatory letters from citi- cies of the Negro bankers to the life of the nation to the Negro Bank. association. We offer splendid opportunity for young boys, who can hustle and are honest, to handle the Informer. If not willing to do this, do not apply. WHITES OPPOSE NEGRO SCHOOL AT SAINT LOUIS St. Louis, Mo. —(ANP) —Proposed rection of a Catholic Church, school, ad recreation center for McGregor, at look avenues, which opened especially by 200 white residents of the neighborhood, at an indignation inocent last Friday night at Vistation School Hall, Taylor and Ervin Avenues. Plan For Trouble Speakers said property values would depreciate if the Negro institution were built there. E. A. McMahon, hairman of the meeting, and ringleder of various movements detrimental o our people in that section, said that e was prepared to protect the white people's property. McMahon is present of what is called the Home Protective Association. The group invading the exclusive westend section has been the cause of bombing recently of many occupied by Negroes. The question of opening the district to nonwhite residents has been a major association of which McMahon is the head, to enforce restrictive agreements binding landlords to one year tenants for a serial of years. Father William M. Markoe, S. J. J. McMahon, for Negroes who are active in facing the program for the erection $ the new school and church, undid, and $ the present. Our site is in a mixed neighborhood that is rapidly becoming closed. Right across the street are by his number colored people. Father Marko said that 50 per cent of the city's Negro Orthodox catholicity in the church, EZI bus Street, reside in the church, EZI bus Street, reside in the church, the proposed structure, in the west end. The priest has been bitterly debauced because of his interest in his arishenera. He was termed a "distance to the white race" and was vilified as associating and defending niggers. The whites of the neighborhood appalled to the archbishop Glennon against Nergesianing the proposed site. It is understood that the archbishop refused to allow the archbishop to visit the city, Father Marko has widely distributed throughout this city fourteen seasons for the building of a Negro health officer out of a frietier, and so forth at the northeast corner of Cook and Taylor avenues. Louisville's Race Health Officer Out Louisville, Ky.—(ANP) Louisville has been the ance of a very interested organization, the control of the city Republican organization. Among the colored men present to city government appointed as city health officer at the beginning of the year, Mr. Middleton was a member of the county secretary Republican committee. At a meeting week there was an election of a chairman expected that Mr. Middleton would be reelected, but when Mr. Chessley was elected, the mayor and other ig Republican leaders immediately resigned after resiring was to fire those who ad worked in opposition to the ad-affidavit of the position of city phylcon for number of years and has always been a very prominent part in local olicies. KELLY AWARDED PRIZE FOR INSURANCE ARTICLE Atlanta, Ga.—(ANP)—W. C. K.iley, manager of the Afro-African Life Insurance Company of this district, and executive Adrian Negro Business League, contributed an article to the "Insurance Sales and Insurance" journal for January, entitled, "A Close of the Year's Campaign," for which he received an award from the graduate of Morrohee College, a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity, and was one of the football players who had wide experience as an insurance man, having been connected with the University of St. Louis and the Atlanta Life insurance companies, over a period of years. Howard Is Removed From Petty Politics Washington, D. C.—(ANP)—The one of representatives, by a vote of 100, of the board of directors owned by Chairman Reed, New York, f the house committee on education, by which "annual appropriations are made for the development, improvement, and maintenance of Howard University, no longer shall be used for religious instruction. Through this legislation it is intended to end the practice that has been used by the University more of causing delay in the passage of the Interior Department appropriations bill. It is also intended that the appropriation bill, Howard University are not permitted by unanimous law. The students always have the right to seek counsel and they are allowed to sue the university. EDITORIALS THE HOUSTON INFORMER AMERICA'S GREATEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER "It Is You Told. Also!" Published every Saturday by the Webster-Richardson Publishing Company, Inc. 409-411 Smith Street, Houston, Texas. Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1919, at the post-office at Houston, Texas, under the Act of Congress, March 3, 1879. C. P. RICHARDSON B. WESTER J. ALSTON ATKINS CARTER W. WESLEY Editor-President General Manager-Treasurer Secretary Auditor SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Cash in Advance): One Year, $2.00; 9 months, $1.50; 6 months, $1.25; single copy, $c HOUSTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1928 STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, CIRCULATION, ETC. REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST 24, 1912. OF THE HOUSTON INFORMER, published weekly at Houston, Texas, for 1924. 929; State of Texas, County of Harris: Before me a notary public in and for the state and county aforementioned, personally appeared C. F. Richardson, who, having been duly sworn according to the laws of the State of Texas, has been a REE and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management, circulation, etc., of the aforementioned property, dated August 24, 1912, embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations. 1. That the names and addresses of the editor and business manager have been C. F. Richardson, 409-11 Smith St. and C. H. Wheeler, St. Houston, Texas. 2. That the owner, a member of the office Richardson Publishing Co., is Stockholder, C. F. Richardson, C. H. Wheeler, Carter W. Wesley, and J. Alton Akins, all at 409-11 Smith St. Houston, Texas. 3. That the known bondholder, mortgages and other security holders own at least one or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages or other securities are none. (Signed) C. F. RICHARDSON, Editor. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 31st day of March, 1928. Notary Public. (My commission expires June 30, 1929.) NEGROES DEMAND REPRESENTATION! The Informer has been agreeably surprised at the large number of Republicans, both black and white, who have endorsed the action taken at the Dallas conference on March 24, when a resolution that included and finally passed, offered the tentative basis of peace and harmony among the warring Republican factions in Texas. News dispatches reveal that a similar movement in Arkansas has already fruited, a compromise having been effected before the convention, and that the Little Rock, and the "ily-white" (organization group, under leadership of Wallace Townsend). Meeting in a statewide conference several weeks ago the colored Republicans of Arkansas perfected an organization and pitched in to the convention, which for 12 years has refused to give the colored Republicans of that state representation on the delegation to the national conventions of the party, and scant recognition and consideration in partisan affairs in the state. The Republican factions in Arkansas held a conference and truce was declared, the Townsend faction agreeing to send one black man (Judge Scipio A. Jones) as one of the four delegates from the state, and one-fourth representation on all district delegations. The colored Republicans can bury the hatchet in Arkansas and get together for party harmony, growth and success, the white Republican leaders of Texas (who just now are warring among themselves) and the colored Republicans ought to be able to burn their differences at home and not be forced to participate in the Convention which meets at Kansas City, Mo. June 12, 1928. Furthermore, this "harmony movement" is in line and keeping with the wishes of the national leaders of the Republican party, who have already stated that they are anxious for all internal issues, and that they are not interested in so as to make it unnecessary for the quadrilateral washing of dirty linen before the contests committee at Kansas City. Going a bit further and to be brutally frank, the Republicans have enough trouble on their hands at present without internal bickering and fights; and unselfish and patriotic Republicans not engage in practices and activities at this stage of the game to further hamper and impede partisan harmony and victory. When the enemy is laying down a box barrage and concentrating its attack upon an opposing army, is a mighty poor judgment for members of the attacked army to begin to fuss and attack themselves. Such procedure is not only foolish, but suicidal. The colored Republicans of Texas are not trying to dictate the terms of peace, but they have merely and clearly indicated the basis of peace, which, summed up in one word, is REPRESENTATIVE. While the present Republican regime in Texas has control of the party machinery, the colored Republicans of the state have the votes; and no party can be built up, nor candidates elected to office without votes. Whatever else might be said, either pro or con, about the colored Bison statewide parley at Dallas, the fact remains that the colored Bison statewide parley was placed the present party leaders in this state on the defensive. The "harmony resolution" deprecated "incessant and repeated internal bickering of the last three quadrniums and the resultant retardation of a healthy and consistent party growth in Texaxan," and stressed the idea of bringing about and maintaining robust and functioning Republican party organization in Texaxan. Going a bit further the conference merely suggested a basis of agreement, whereby all three warring factions—Creager faction, Wurzbach faction and remnants of "black and tan" faction—could come together on some common ground and elect a delegation composed of Republicans, without regard to their former attitudinal position. This was indeed a wise and generous act on the part of the colored Republicans of Texas, and if the Creager-Nolte and Wurzbach-Littleton combinations are in earnest about peace, and want to uphold Republican principles, tenets, traditions and usages, a harmony conference will be called before the state convention, or at said convention, a basis of agreement will be reached. The convention will be the presidential candidacy of Herbert C. Hoover, on the Republican ticket, this paper is concerned a good deal more just now about the type of representation the colored Republicans will have in the various Republican conventions; from precinct to national. In the meantime The Informer suggests that colored and white Republicans will be represented in the convention which will be held Saturday, May 5, 1928, and then and there elect genuine Republicans as delegates to the county conventions of the party, which will be held Tuesday, May 8, 1928. The fight between the Creager and Wurzbach forces is predicated on patronage distribution than on any fundamental partisan principles, and, to date, neither faction has sought the colored vote, nor indicated what its attitude will be towards the Therefore, as Republican electors and American citizens, it is up to the colored voters of Texas to look after their own interests, and this can only be done by actively participating in the Republican presidential conventions of May 5: for the presidential conventions The Houston Informer Segregation Hard Hit By Hoover BY KELLY MILLER, Howard University, Washington, D. C. Secretary Hoover has hit his department, as usual the bulk of the credit goes to Naval H. Thomas. As head of the manpower and manhip, good patriotism and he has made a determined assault upon race discrimination in the public leadership, several civil rights agencies have united their endeavor and sequestered the race. All models of discrimination, should be fought most insistently at the seat of government, should be fought most insistently at the stream must need be impure. The government at Washington sets the criteria at the center is worth a thousand on the circumference. We owe New York civil service examinations and port of the Negro vote and a port of the warm approval and assault upon the citadel of race prejudice. Give due credit to all those in the circumference who have the approval of the white American. If you fair and just to say that in aiming the blow at the focal point, his service examinations in where the more cautious and restrained to tread. He only has the impulse of his soul. He gives himself and his service without stint or reserve—without money and with the national of the Congress committee, was minister from great state of Massachusetts There was a president once, Theodore Roosevelt by name. We know his character so well that we can formulate the exact words which he would have used had any such complaint ever reached his ears: "If any clerk is not willing to work with other property qualified and certified clerks, they are at perfect liberty to resign." Had President Harding or President Coolidge taken a like positive stand, the issue would have been so long since settled as to be forgotten. Mr. Roosevelt took precisely this attitude when the issue of race discrimination arose while he was civil service commissioner. The machinery of the civil service is wholly in the hands of the president. If President Coolidge would say that he will not stand for racial discrimination in the selection of clerks nor in the mistreatment of them after selection, there would be no more trouble on this score. He would not lose a single political supporter nor would the prestige of his administration be lessened in the slightest degree. On the other hand, it would be tremendously enhanced by such courageous and patriotic attitude. I confess that I am confused by President Coolidge's position or lack of education. I was a member of a delegation headed by Monroe Troter which waited until the election in 1928 to think it was 1928. The president assured us that he would preside departmental segregation. This demand is timely and not a requirement or any other form limitation in the classified survey. The president assured us that he would abolish departmental segregation. But after waiting for twenty months, absolutely nothing has been done, so far as presidential action is concerned. We would believe the president has forgotten his promise, or that he did not choose to put forth sufficient endeavor to effect it. If he竹k was not able to do so, President Coolidge, however, the matter seems to be as easy as turning over the hand. We should criticize the administration for our support, on two occasions. I there shall be a critical discrimination in the administration by Monroe Troter. This demand is timely and not a requirement or any other form limitation in the classified survey. The president assured us that he would abolish departmental segregation. But after waiting for twenty months, absolutely nothing has been done, so far as presidential action is concerned. We would believe the president has forgotten his promise, or that he did not choose to put forth sufficient endeavor to effect it. If he竹k was not able to do so, President Coolidge, however, the matter seems to be as easy as turning over the hand. We should criticize the administration for our support, on two occasions. I there shall be a critical discrimination in the administration by Monroe Troter. This demand is timely and not a requirement or any other form limitation in the classified survey. The president assured us that he would abolish departmental segregation. But after waiting for twenty months, absolutely nothing has been done, so far as presidential action is concerned. We would believe the president has forgotten his promise, or that he did not choose to put forth sufficient endeavor to effect it. If he竹k was not able to do so, President Coolidge, however, the matter seems to be as easy as turning over the hand. TAR HEEL BUSSES REJECT NEGROES; CASE CONTESTED Raleigh, N. C.—(ANP)—The question of whether negrees have the right to ride on Negrees in North Carolina under the same conditions that they now ride on trains and trolley cars, was brought one step nearer the courts Monday when exceptions to the recent corporation commission order in the matter were filed by counsel for the transportation committee for the North Carolina Commission on Inter-Racial Cooperation. In its order overruling the original petition of the colored protesters, the corporation commissions raised the point of its authority to determine felishly whether the law was a common carrier, stating that it is required to construct a A PLEA FOR G. O. P. HARMONY OPINIONS