The Monitor

Three Negroes Are Chosen As City Dads JIM CROW "EQUAL SERVICE" FRAUD EXPOSED BY A FORMER SOLDIER His Letters to President Coolidge and Senators Get Perfunctory Replies; Martin B. Madden Calls Discrimination "Nefarious Practice" LIFTING LIFT TOO $2.00 a Year— a Copy Thrce JIM CROW "EQUAL EXPOSED BY His Letters to President Coolidge Replies; Martin B. Mad "Nefariou New York City—The frauds practiced by railways running through Southern territory, which fail to provide the "equal accommodations" called for under the jim-crow system, though charging colored people equal rates with whites, are sharply exposed in a series of letters sent to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, by Arthur H. Thomas, who fought for his country in France, to make the world safe for jim-crow at home. Mr. Thomas reports to the N. A. A. C. P. that he wrote President Coolidge a letter, calling his attention to these frauds and giving his own experience, as follows: "I am an ex-soldier. I served in the A. E. F. One of my comrades, who died in action 'over there,' left a young sister in America to enjoy the blessings of a victorious country and its protection. Not long ago, accompanied by this sister and a number of other ladies, I boarded the Dixie Limited, a train which runs from Chicago to Jacksonville, Florida, for Macon, Georgia. We took seats in one of the day coaches. On reaching Evansville, Indiana, the ladies and myself were ordered to take seats in the smoker. The fumes of smoke had not cleared the car; some of the cuspidors had not been emptied, and their odor combined with the smoke, making it very unpleasant for the ladies. I moved the cuspidors from beneath their seats and placed them in the aisle. When the conductor came through, I asked him if he would kindly have the cuspidors taken from the coach. He replied he would. A few minutes later the porter entered the coach and attempted to place the cuspidors back beneath the ladies' seats. I arose and protested. I protested with the same courage that I faced the perils of war. So much effect did my words have in the improvement of that coach, that I believe if the president of the United States will rise and protest against such conditions there soon will be no occasion for any citizen to annoy him with a letter like this. As an ex-soldier and an American, I respectfully suggest, Mr. Coolidge, that you use your powerful influence to cause such a law to be passed as will prohibit railroad companies from the practice of collecting first-class passenger fares for unclassified passenger service." The ex-soldier's letter received no direct reply from the president but was referred to the Interstate Commerce Commission, whose secretary, G. B. McGinty, informed him: "The matter of which you complain, namely, the exaction of first-class passenger fares from you and certain ladies who accompanied you, for transportation in a smoking car on the Dixie Limited south of Evansville, Ind., is a matter which does not constitute a violation of any provision of the interstate commerce act, for the reason that the act does not require carriers to furnish transportation which is other than first-class; and your statement to the effect that the service was not first-class, although a matter we deem it proper to call to the attention of the authori- AMERICAN DENTAL BILL $300,000,000 ANNUALLY DEROIT, Mich.—There are only twenty perfect sets of teeth in the United States, according to Dr. Raymond M. Bondy of Chicago, speaker at the American Dental Convention here Monday. He said that 92,400,000 of the country's 120,000,000 population do not use tooth brushes. "Another proof that a great majority of people do not clean their teeth is found in the fact that the people of this country spend more than $300,000,000 annually in having their teeth restored or taken care of," he continued. THE MONITOR ties of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad company, relates to a subject over which the congress of the United States has not as yet seen fit to exercise jurisdiction. In the past competition between carriers and their desire to secure patronage of the traveling public has been deemed sufficient to induce them to render good service, and that they have generally done so is evidenced by the fact that complaints like the one contained in your communication are seldom made." Commenting on the above letter, James Weldon Johnson, secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, urged every colored person who at any time received inferior service, dirty accommodation, absence of decent toilet facilities and other discrimination generally practiced under the jim-crow system, to report the matter to the Interstate Commerce Commission, in Washington, D. C., in order that they may not be able to contend the matter has not been often enough brought to their attention. The ex-soldier, Mr. Thomas, further reports to the N. A. A. C. P. that he wrote about 50 letters to United States senators and representatives detailing his experience and received replies, of which the following are typical: Frank L. Smith, senator from Illinois: "I beg leave to acknowledge your letter of September 20th, and while I think your complaint really applies to a particular train instead of the general railroad service, I will be very glad to do anything that I can to have the service made what it ought to be." Charles Curtis, senator from Kansas: "I am sorry you had such an experience, and I will gladly bring your complaint to the attention of the proper officials for consideration." Clyde Kelly, representative of the Thirty-third District, Pennsylvania: "I am sorry for the inconvenience you suffered on your trip to Macon, Ga., and shall be glad to see if anything can be done to remedy the repetition of such an occurrence." The one emphatic and forceful letter answering Mr. Thomas' communication, came from Representative Martin B. Madden, of Illinois, who wrote: "I assure you I have always been opposed to discrimination as practiced by some of the railroads and I have fought it on the floor of the House on several occasions. I shall be pleased to continue in my efforts to put a stop to this nefarious practice." Colored people throughout the United States are urged to report at once to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 69 Fifth avenue, New York City, all cases of inferior service in jim-crow cars of the southern railroads, giving facts and details, which will be promptly reported to the Interstate Commerce Commission and to interested senators and representatives. This material, if furnished to the N. A. A. C. P., will be organized for presentation to the Interstate Commerce Commission in such a form which it will be impossible to dodge. Colored School Laws of States Are Constitutional, Ruling Holds Washington, D. C.—(AP)—State laws requesting race segregation of children in public schools were sustained as valid by the supreme court Monday in a case from Mississippi brought by the Chinese father of a child. Mississippi's constitution provides that "separate schools shall be maintained for children of the white and colored races," and when Martha Omaha, Nebraska, Friday, November 25, 1927 EDITORIAL Most of us are under the deed None, or at least very few, wif fact, nevertheless. It is a very the most intelligent and culture fellowmen is governed by rea tradition. Custom is a common and ex tice, fashion, or way of looki things. Custom in most inst an which is that which has been trie sire to son, or from ancestor t mouth communication, without It is claimed that tradition semi-civilized peoples, and is than among occidentals. But it tioned, unless the tenacious tri or Nordics, as a rule, that all individuals are inferior in inter be evidence of the savagery or s western bishop boldly asserts Christianized and commerciali True, the Arab traversing the tent, no matter how high the same traditional spot that s his, and cannot be persuaded, "because our father Abdul pit a thousand years ago." But in of the Arab differ from that who stubbornly refuses to see development to certain race of whit does it differ from the t and stubbornly refuses to surre differ from him in religion, H Jew, for example? None, as a tent-pitching on the traditional the fact that better camping g In our American life, perha found of the slavery of custom employers, who are mostly men of justice and right and of sp employees. Custom, American cu must occupy only menial position in the various fields of employ occupation that ministers to hus sense which is generally attach based, mean, low. A servan "menial" means, ought to be re It is snobbery which regards it y and degradation. The Diy you as he that is a menial, one the high sense in which it is certain disparagement attachain types or classes of work. O confines Negroes to this class o For example, a colored girl, tion and ability, quite competer or as a saleswoman, may app some large department store. the proprietor believes that he employment than that of maid or tion, advancement, or transfer garded as less "menial," is not tom hath decreed, tradition has always occupy SERVILE or "r status of the innately and div will be menacd. "Our father a thousand years ago." Or again, a well-mannered, plies for a job. The proprietor and honestly believes he has g that he might become a good s must be employed as janitor. sequently he may be used as s janitor and draws a janitor's twenty or twenty-five years, b various branches of the business worthy employee. He helps t moted while he is still a "jan vance in pay, but that is all. Enlarged opportunities are ployer wants to be unjust or e eminently fair, and chafes under he is under the domination of en enough to break the bonds of This, however, is being done men, who do not find it so ext fortunately the number of such their numbers are growing, a young people must prepare the and THOROUGHLY, to take the vice for which they are prepare as sooner or later it will. Nom ment of those who serve in occ are under the dominion of custom, must very few, will willingly admire. It is a very small minority, agent and cultured, whose conduct governed by reason, uninfluenced. It is a common and established usager, or way of looking at or regardin in most instances is the result which has been transmitted or hard from ancestor to posterity, by connaissance, without the aid of written that tradition is strongest among peoples, and is more marked as accidentals. But in our opinion, that the tenacious tradition found among a rule, that all darker or non-wild inferior in intellect and morals, the savagery or semi-civilization is so boldly asserts lies just beneath and commercialized Americans in arab traversing the desert, concern how high the sun may be in the national spot that some illustrious acts be persuaded, forced or paid to rather Abdul pitched his tent or cars ago." But in what particular differ from that of the American refuses to see ability or give to certain race groups or varieties differ from the man who nurses or refuses to surrender them, again in religion, like the Roman people? None, as we can see it. In the traditional site of ancestors better camping grounds lie beyond American life, perhaps no better illusory slavery of custom than in the dales are mostly men of high character, right and of splendid ideals, with American custom, has decreed menial positions, as they are fields of employment. As a man ministers to human need is "Making generally attached to it, that I allow. A servant, for that is well. A servant, for that is well, ought to be regarded as a digit which regards it as a badge or emblem. The Divine Master said is a menial, one that serveth." In which it is commonly regarded engagement attaching, though wrong passes of work. Custom, as we have to this class of work. Be, a colored girl, of excellent apper, quite competent to serve in a woman, may apply for a position, department store. Under the bone believes that he dare not give her that of maid or a duster of fur, or transfer to some other life "menial," is not to be thought of, tradition has declared, that the SERVILE or "menial" places. Anately and divinely appointed it. And "Our fathers pitched their toars ago." Well-mannered, well-educated N. The proprietor is pleased with believes he has good stuff in him become a good shipping clerk. Lived as janitor. And he is so e' may be used as shipping clerk, but draws a janitor's pay. He may be twenty-five years, become quite famous of the business, and a most lee. He helps train others and he is still a "janitor," perhaps ww that is all. Opportunities are not withheld but be unjust or unfair. He real and chafes under his commercial domination of custom and does take the bonds of narrow tradition, it is being done, here and there not find it so extremely difficult a number of such pioneers is yet are growing, and in the meantime must prepare themselves, CONSIGHLY, to take their places in thou they are prepared when the opener it will. Nor must there be who serve in occupations called Most of us are under the dominion of custom and tradition. None, or at least very few, will willingly admit it, but it is a fact, nevertheless. It is a very small minority, even among the most intelligent and cultured, whose conduct towards their fellowmen is governed by reason, uninfluenced by custom or tradition. Custom is a common and established usage, manner, practice, fashion, or way of looking at or regarding persons or things. Custom in most instances is the result of tradition, which is that which has been transmitted or handed down from sire to son, or from ancestor to posterity, by oral or word-of-mouth communication, without the aid of written documents. It is claimed that tradition is strongest among savage and semi-civilized peoples, and is more marked among orientals than among occidentals. But in our opinion, this may be questioned, unless the tenacious tradition found among Caucasians or Nordics, as a rule, that all darker or non-white races and individuals are inferior in intellect and morals to themselves, be evidence of the savagery or semi-civilization which a learned western bishop boldly asserts lies just beneath the skin of Christianized and commercialized Americans and Europeans. True, the Arab traversing the desert, continues to pitch his tent, no matter how high the sun may be in the heavens, on the same traditional spot that some illustrious ancestor pitched his, and cannot be persuaded, forced or paid to pass that spot, "because our father Abdul pitched his tent on this very spot a thousand years ago." But in what particular does this act of the Arab differ from that of the American or European who stubbornly refuses to see ability or give opportunity of development to certain race groups or varieties? In what whit does it differ from the man who nurses his prejudices and stubbornly refuses to surrender them, against those who differ from him in religion, like the Roman Catholic or the Jew, for example? None, as we can see it. It is continuous tent-pitching on the traditional site of ancestors, unmindful of the fact that better camping grounds lie beyond. In our American life, perhaps no better illustration can be found of the slavery of custom than in the dealing of white employers, who are mostly men of high character, a keen sense of justice and right and of splendid ideals, with Negro employees. Custom, American custom, has decreed that Negroes must occupy only menial positions, as they are commonly called in the various fields of employment. As a matter of fact, no occupation that ministers to human need is "MENIAL," in the sense which is generally attached to it, that is—servile, debased, mean, low. A servant, for that is what the word "menial" means, ought to be regarded as a dignified position. It is snobbery which regards it as a badge or mark of inferiority and degradation. The Divine Master said, "I am among you as he that is a menial, one that serveth." But that is not the high sense in which it is commonly regarded. There is a certain disparagement attaching, though wrongfully, to certain types or classes of work. Custom, as we have said, largely confines Negroes to this class of work. For example, a colored girl, of excellent appearance, education and ability, quite competent to serve in a clerical position, or as a saleswoman, may apply for a position in, let us say, some large department store. Under the bondage of custom the proprietor believes that he dare not give her any other employment than that of maid or a duster of furniture. Promotion, advancement, or transfer to some other line of work, regarded as less "menial," is not to be thought of. Why? Custom hath decreed, tradition has declared, that this people must always occupy SERVILE or "menial" places. Otherwise the status of the innately and divinely appointed "superior race" will be menaced. "Our fathers pitched their tent on this spot a thousand years ago." Or again, a well-mannered, well-educated Negro youth applies for a job. The proprietor is pleased with his appearance and honestly believes he has good stuff in him. He believes that he might become a good shipping clerk. Custom says he must be employed as janitor. And he is so employed. Subsequently he may be used as shipping clerk, but is still called a janitor and draws a janitor's pay. He may be with the firm twenty or twenty-five years, become quite familiar with the various branches of the business, and a most loyal and trustworthy employee. He helps train others and sees them promoted while he is still a "janitor," perhaps with a slight advance in pay, but that is all. Enlarged opportunities are not withheld because the employer wants to be unjust or unfair. He really wants to be eminently fair, and chafes under his commercial bondage—but he is under the domination of custom and does not feel strong enough to break the bonds of narrow tradition. This, however, is being done, here and there, by courageous men, who do not find it so extremely difficult after all. Unfortunately the number of such pioneers is yet quite small, but their numbers are growing, and in the meanwhile our own young people must prepare themselves, CONSCIENTIOUSLY and THOROUGHLY, to take their places in those fields of service for which they are prepared when the opportunity calls, as sooner or later it will. Nor must there be any disparagement of those who serve in occupations called menial. Lum, the daughter of Gong Lum, an American citizen of Chinese descent, was refused admission to a white public school in Mississippi, and was assigned to a colored public school, the constitutional provision was attacked. The school authorities took the position that children of Chinese birth are not of the white race. State officials declared that should the segregation of races in the public schools in various states be held repugnant to the equal protection clause of the federal constitution, material harm would be done by the intermingling of children of all races. WOMAN WHO ACCUSED NEGROES HELD FOR CRIME May's Landing, N. J.—While her alleged paramour, William Beach, is being treated by physicians in his cell here, following a heart attack, Mrs. Lilljendahl, jointly indicted with him for the murder of her aged husband, shows signs of weakening, and the exciting story of the slaying being committed by Negroes is practically overthrown altogether. The trial is expected to reveal some sensational facts. There have been 89 lynchings in Oklahoma since 1889. --- --- all willingly admit it, but it is a very small minority, even among old, whose conduct towards their son, uninfluenced by custom or established usage, manner, pracing at or regarding persons orances is the result of tradition, transmitted or handed down from posterity, by oral or word-of-the aid of written documents. It is strongest among savage and more marked among orientals in our opinion, this may be questioned found among Caucasians darker or non-white races and elect and morals to themselves, semi-civilization which a learned lies just beneath the skin of aged Americans and Europeans. Our desert, continues to pitch his sun may be in the heavens, on some illustrious ancestor pitched forced or paid to pass that spot, pitched his tent on this very spot in what particular does this act of the American or European ability or give opportunity of groups or varieties? In what man who nurses his prejudices tender them, against those who like the Roman Catholic or the we can see it. It is continuous site of ancestors, unmindful of grounds lie beyond. Tips no better illustration can be than in the dealing of white of high character, a keen sense blendid ideals, with Negro emstom, has decreed that Negroes as, they are commonly called ment. As a matter of fact, no man need is "MENIAL," in the hed to it, that is—servile, det, for that is what the word regarded as a dignified position. as a badge or mark of inferiorine Master said, "I am among that serveth." But that is not commonly regarded. There is a big, though wrongfully, to cerustom, as we have said, largely of work. Of excellent appearance, educat to serve in a clerical position, by for a position in, let us say. Under the bondage of custom dare not give her any other emaster of furniture. Promoto some other line of work, reto be thought of. Why? Cus declared, that this people must menial" places. Otherwise the newly appointed "superior race" is pitched their tent on this spot well-educated Negro youth apis is pleased with his appearance good stuff in him. He believes shipping clerk. Custom says he And he is so employed. Subzipping clerk, but is still called pay. He may be with the firm become quite familiar with the less, and a most loyal and trustrain others and sees them proctor," perhaps with a slight ad- not withheld because the emunfair. He really wants to be for his commercial bondage—but custom and does not feel strong narrow tradition. here and there, by courageous tremely difficult after all. Unpioneers is yet quite small, but and in the meanwhile our own themselves, CONSCIENTIOUSLY their places in those fields of sered when the opportunity calls, must there be any disparage-puations called menial. WOMAN WHO ACCUSED NEGROES HELD FOR CRIME May's Landing, N. J.—While her alleged paramour, William Beach, is being treated by physicians in his cell here, following a heart attack, Mrs. Lilljendahl, jointly indicted with him for the murder of her aged husband, shows signs of weakening, and the exciting story of the slaying being committed by Negroes is practically overthrown altogether. The trial is expected to reveal some sensational facts. There have been 89 lynchings in Oklahoma since 1889. As Cit TWO REPUBLICANS New York, N. Y.—(ANP)—Charles W. White, president of the Cleveland branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, reports to the national office that Clayborne George, a member of the branch executive committee, was elected to the Cleveland City Council at the recent election, being one of three Negroes to sit among the 25 members of that body. Mr. White reports: "In the municipal' election of 1925 Mr. George was a candidate for the council in his district and made a gratifying showing but was not elected. This year I am happy to relate he was successful and was elected without the help of either of the two political parties but by the united vote of the Negroes in the East End. "Our city council consists of 25 members elected from four district's in the city. We had three candidates and all three were successful. Mr. Fleming, republican, was elected for the eighth time. Dr. E. J. Gregg, with democratic endorsement, was elected from the same district as Mr. Fleming, and Mr. George as an independent from the fourth district. Cleveland, therefore, will have in the next council three Negroes out of 25 members. Dr. Gregg's election has been along the same lines as Mr. George's and the whole of Cleveland is now awake to the fact that the Negroes' vote can no longer be classed as solidly for the republican party or for any party. These gratifying results were achieved by a unity that was outstanding and by an independence that has given rise to a new respect for the Negro vote." LOUIS MARSHALL BRIEF ASSAILS CONVICTION BY ALL-WHITE JURY New York—Louis Marshall, member of the national legal committee of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, has drawn up and forwarded to Attorney S. Decatur McGill in Florida, a brief challenging the conviction of Abe Washington, a Negro, on the ground that Negroes have been barred from juries in Florida and were barred from the jury sitting in that case. The case is now on appeal before the supreme court of the state of Florida. It is planned to take the case on appeal to the United States supreme court if necessary, to strike a blow at the barring of Negroes from jury service in southern states. VIRGINIA SCHOOL REFUSES KLAN'S GIFT Hall's Hall, Va.—(ANP)—Declaring that "the colored children, however humble, would feel a loss of self-respect and manhood to accept any gift from an organization whose oaths, ritual, secrets, lectures, teachings, practices and works have always bent toward the persecution, degradation and destruction of the Negro race, the Negro race of this community refused the Ku Klux Klan's offer of a Bible and an American flag for the John Mercer Langston public school." The proposed gift of the Klan was purported to show the Negroes that the organization was not inimical to their interest and progress and to secure the support of the Negro voters for Howard Fields, an alleged member of the Klan. Washington, D. C. — Congress at the approaching session will be asked to consider the enactment of a law prohibiting the publication of magazine articles or books, or the production of a play or motion picture that reflects upon the character or acts of a president of the United States. Spellman College, Atlanta, Ga., is giving this year, for the first time, a full four year college course leading to the degree of bachelor of arts. There are 60 members on the faculty and 70 in the entire staff. GROWING THANK YOU Whole Number 643 y Dads WOODSON HONORED BY WHITE GROUPS; ADDRESSES BODIES Famous Negro Historian and Author Emphasizes Teaching of Historic Truth Rather Than Propaganda Pittsburgh, Pa.—As a sequel of a most impressive meeting of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History recently held here, Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the director, was entertained at luncheon at the Faculty Club of the University of Pittsburgh. The group desirous of meeting him was composed largely of teachers of the social sciences, the fields in which Dr. Woodson's work lies. Dr. Woodson was entertained also by the Hungry Club of Pittsburgh on the 31st. This club is one of the largest and most popular clubs in the city. It is composed of hundreds of the social workers and business men of the city. At its monthly meeting there is served a luncheon after which some distinguished speaker delivers an address. Dr. Woodson delivered before the club a warmly received address on "History and Propaganda." He made the sharp distinction between teaching the whole truth of all races and teaching such a part of it as will develop a certain state of mind and promote racial antagonism. He emphasized the fact that the relations of the races will never be improved in this country until the teachers of history cease to be propagandists and refrain from teaching race prejudice. TUSKEGEE DEFEATS MOREHOUSE GRIDSTERS Atlanta, Ga.—The hard driving Maroon Tigers fought valiantly and desperately, but finally cowered before the vicious onslaught of Sleeve Abbott's invincible machine here Saturday, 14-0, in one of the most colorful battles presented on a local grid. The brilliant passing of both teams and the spectacular running attacks characteristic of both made the affair one which will never be forgotten by the few fans who braved the wintry blasts to witness the fray. Tuskegee tallied in the first frame when Moseley kicked the pigskin over his head while attempting to punt out of danger. Tuskegee recovered on the 16-yard line. Steve lost 3; Bailey tossed to Steve for 14; Wooten 3; Wooten $1\frac{1}{2}$; Captain Bailey crashed over. Steve scored the extra from placement. In the closing frame, Harris blocked Moseley's punt and raced 25 yards to a touchdown. Stevenson again added the point. Morehouse came back strong in the second half and held Tuskegee for downs four times within twenty yards of the coveted line; once on the two-yard line; again when Bailey was forced out of bounds by Saunders three inches from the goal; twice in this same period Tuskegee fumbled within 15 yards of the goal. A few minutes after the last failure to score by Tuskegee, Forbes pulled a Skegee pass from the air and raced 39 yards till Smith stopped him on Tuskegee's 35-yard line. Hunter fumbled, and the spurt was over. In the second, Morehouse marched 44 yards to place the skin on the 10-yard line, where Moseley fumbled. Though Morehouse lost by fourteen points, Tuskegee was not certain of victory till the field judge's pistol dedicated to history the hardest game they have played in years. PICKENK TO ADDRESS "ASSOCIATION FOR CULTURE" New York—Recently William Pickens, field secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is speaking on "The American Race Problem," before the Association for Culture, an organization of German people in New York founded in 1912. The meeting was to be held in the Washington Irving High school building. THE MONITOR A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA, BY THE MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter, July 2, 1915 at the Postoffice at Omaha, Nebraska, under the Act of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 PER YEAR; $1.25 6 MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Application Address, The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone WEbster 4243 AN IMPORTANT WORD TO SUBSCRIBERS. 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Now anybody who knows anything about the jim-crow car system of the South knows that it is a system of robbery. It is robbery to deprive a purchaser of any commodity for which he pays. There is no such thing as "equal service" on any southern railroad where the jim-crow system prevails. We have visited the South, Arkansas and Tennessee, on two or three occasions and ridden on jim-crow cars on four railroad lines in those states, and on neither road was there the slightest pretense of providing equal accommodations. Fortunately, the distances we had to travel were comparatively short, except on over-night ride from Little Rock, Arkansas, through Oklahoma, until we struck the Kansas line, when we left the stuffy little compartment, boxed off from the baggage car, for the airy and well-ventilated coach in which other passengers were riding and in which we were also entitled to ride because we had paid first-class fare. That was on the Missouri Pacific. Our shorter rides were on the Rock Island and two other roads. Equal accommodations are not provided. The interstate commission knows that they are neither provided nor contemplated. The thing to do is to compel the railroads to supply "equal accommodations" for all passengers, white and black, who pay equal fares. This will include Pullman accommodation and dining facilities. So long as railroads are permitted to charge first-class fare by the government of the United States and furnish passengers, because of their race or color, with inferior accommodations and not what they contract for when they accept passenger tariff, the government is a party to petty thievery and despicable robbery. Jim-crow laws or customs anywhere are a species of petty thievery. WATCH IT SPREAD The decision of the United States supreme court that the segregation school law in Mississippi is constitutional opens the gateway for the enactment and enforcement of similar laws in other states. Watch the virus spread. Perhaps our usual sunny optimism is forsaking us as we are growing older, but we cannot help but feel that the United States is introducing germs of discontent into her system that means her dissolution. America, as nations go, is very young and manifests much of the indiscretion of youth. --- SUNDAY SERVICES 7:30 a. m. Holy Communion 10 a. m. Sunday School 11 a. m. Sung Eucharist With Sermon 8 p. m. Service and Sermon The Church With a Welcome and a Message, Come INTER-RACIAL INTEREST GROWS IN ALABAMA Birmingham, Ala.—J. D. Burton, field secretary for the Alabama Commission on Inter-racial Co-operation, has just held the best series of interracial meetings ever held in the state. The attendance was larger, the leadership of both races more in evidence, the interest greater, and more definite tasks were undertaken than ever before. At Tuscaloosa 45 persons were present, 25 white and 20 colored. After a frank and full discussion the group set as its immediate objectives the promotion of boy scout work for colored boys and co-operation with the effort to secure a state-supported institution for delinquent colored children. An adjourned meeting was called for the last Monday in November, at which additional objectives will be set. At the conference in conservative old Montgomery, former capitol of the Confederate government, 30 persons were present, about equally divided between the races. The mayor had expected to attend, but was detained and sent a representative to speak for him. The committee decided to hold quarterly meetings. The committee brought out and published the fact that the present provisions for colored tuberculosis patients are wholly inadequate, and asked that additional beds and nurses be provided. The crowded condition of the Negro schools was brought to the attention of the city board of education, with the request that these conditions be relieved as soon as possible. The city commissioners were asked to provide playgrounds for colored children. A fine meeting was held in Mobile, with 25 present and a program was adopted calling for a new library, additional recreational privileges and facilities, and the provision of day nurseries for the children of working mothers. The Mobile committee has been among the most active in the state for several years, but it was felt that this was the best meeting since its organization. The Birmingham meeting was attended by 30 inter-racial leaders, and adopted a program asking for better street car facilities, better accommodations at the L. & N. Railroad station, and sanitation and improved conditions in tenant homes. A special committee of three was appointed to forward the objectives adopted. The general committee will hold regular quarterly meetings, and will meet also on call. DETROIT POSITIONER Detroit, Middred years in amount of p thugs and how cases convicted city in the pa ing to Police Rutledge, hea ment, in a ta byterian chur Commission to give his vi The daily papers gave generous and appreciative publicity to all the meetings, and the work of the committees received hearty editorial endorsement. CULTURAL CENTER NEWS Teachers of the Cultural Center demonstrated their classwork by staging active classes in the Orchard & Wilhelm, and Burlington ticket office windows during the Community Chest campaign. These included older girls' cooking classes; older and younger boys' woodworking classes; older and younger girls' sewing classes and clay modeling by the preschool children. The cooking classes, taught by Mrs. Russel Taylor and Miss Goldie Mitchell, attracted large crowds. Girls, daintily dressed in white caps and aprons, served samples of the various foods which they had prepared, including salads, fruits, cakes, egg omelets, and vegetables. The pre-school children made the real hit of the demonstration with their clay modeling and were frequently called for during the campaign. One of the special features of the demonstration was a four-foot aeroplane made by one of our boys. Franz O'Neill, aged 19. The plane is made of sheet aluminum, and varnished silk, having movable propellor, wings and tail. It has all appearance of a real plane in the most intricate details. Clubs and classes are now in full swing. We have four cooking classes, three sewing classes, two woodworking classes, folk dancing, night school. We also have clubs, including Boy Scouts, Campfire Girls, Golden Stars and Civics. We have four volunteer workers, others will volunteer after the Christmas holidays. One hundred and sixteen visits were made in October; 1,833 was the total attendance for October. The Parent-Teacher association recently re-elected officers and Mrs. Lovetta Busch was elected president. Mrs. Powell was elected secretary. About the only ambition some people seem to have in the world is to take up room. Phone ATlantic 9344 Res. Phone WEbster 2734 HARRY LELAND REAL ESTATE Insurance Stocks Bonds Room 19, Patterson Block Omaha, Nebraska COAL ILLINOIS LUMP 8.00 Big Chunks . . . Delivered to all parts of the city. Phone WEbster 2605 LION COAL CO. EPISCOPAL of St. Philip the 21st near Paul Rev. John Albert Williams, Rector Detroit, Mich.—Twenty-five hundred years in prison is the aggregate amount of prison sentences given thugs and hold-up men in the 165 cases convicted in the courts of this city in the past nine months, according to Police Commissioner W. P. Rutledge, head of the police department, in a talk at the St. John Presbyterian church here. Commissioner Rutledge was asked to give his views as well as accurate information on many phases of the department as it affects the Negro, such as the attitude of the department as a whole towards the Negro, number of Negroes killed by police officers in past year, number of Negroes on police force, how many appointed by present commissioner, attitude of department towards its appointments, if Southern men are given preference, and the percentage of crime committed by Negroes. To the questions the commissioner read most of the answers from the records of his office. This information is being gathered and passed on as a part of a unique service conducted by St. John Presbyterian Church Sunday School, having been instituted by Snow F. Griggsy, superintendent, which has adopted as its slogan "Let's know the Negro in Detroit." The various heads of the different departments of the city government as well as other representative business and professional men of high rank are slated to speak, giving their unbiased views of the colored people; that the Negro might see himself as others see him, and know what others think of him. The belief that has been prevalent here for some time that Southerners were being appointed in greater numbers to the police department because of their dislike for Negroes and because the authorities believed that Southerners could by some means better hold the Negro under subjection, was partly borne out by the commissioner as true. While the au- Visit the RACE GROCERY 2754 LAKE STREET Fresh line of goods. Groceries and Meats. Open Saturdays until 10:00 P. M. Phone WEbster 3091 Stand—WE. 6406 Res.—JA. 4586 —24 Hour Service— LINCOLN TAXI Funeral and Wedding Service LEROY CHILDS, Prop. Stand at PEAT'S CAFE 24th and Clark St. Give Us a Trial! Parsons Auto Top and Body Co. 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Mrs. Bessie Woods, who has been in Chicago, Ill., for several months, where she was called by the serious illness and death of her brother, has returned home. Mr. Leslie Shipman has returned to the city from Franklin, Minn., where he has been all summer with the Shipman Brothers Road Building company. Mr. Frank Horne of Denver, Colo., spent a few days last week visiting his sister, Mrs. S. Cumings, 2111 No. Twenty-sixth street, and brother, Thomas Horne. He was a former resident of Omaha, now residing in Denver, where he owns two beautiful homes, one a duplex and the other a bungalow. Mrs. Otis Shipman went to Kansas City last week to visit her daughter Thelma, who is taking the nurse training course at the Wheatley Provident hospital. Thelma's m a n y friends are pleased to know she is well and getting along nicely with her course. Mrs. Boyd Gater returned to her home, Thursday, in Des Moines, Ia., after a ten-days' visit with her son and daughter-in-law and Mrs. La Rue Gater, 212 Park avenue. Mesdames Frank King and Elmer Grant entertained at dinner Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Grant, 2408 No. Twenty-eighth avenue, in honor of Mrs. Boyd Gater of Des Moines, Ia., formerly of Omaha. Covers were placed for eight. Mr. C. H. Hicks, who has been very ill at his home, 2530 Maple street, has recovered and has returned to his work at the Iten Biscuit company. Mesdames Louise Strawther and Ella Harper, 2220 Willis avenue, who have been ill at their home the past week, are very much improved. Mr. Louis King, 2531 Maple street, returned home last week from Lake Geneva, Wis., where he has been in charge of the Lincoln Inn for some time. Announcement Mrs. Ada Woodson, of 2211 Grant street, desires to announce to her customers that she is home and they can get her at any hour for engagements. Web. 2577. Adv. The Domestic Science and Bridge club met with Mrs. Fred Trusty, 2718 No. Twenty-eighth street, Wednesday, November 16. The president opened the meeting. Bridge was played. Mrs. Hayward Vawter won the first prize and Mrs. Theodore Thomas the booby. A lovely luncheon was served by the hostess. A delightful time was enjoyed by all. Adjourned to meet the first Wednesday in December with Mrs. Albert Bell, 2512 Binney street. The Woman's Auxiliary held a very interesting meeting at the residence of Mrs. C. H. Hicks, 2530 Maple street, at which plans for the annual bazaar were discussed. The bazaar will be held December 15. Bennie Smith, field secretary of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, returned Monday from Carrolton, Mo., where he was called by the death of his mother. Buy your Christmas presents at St. Philip's Woman's Auxiliary sale and bazaar, December 15.—Adv. ADVERTISING SOLICITOR AND COLLECTOR Mr. Dudley Wright, former deputy sheriff under former Sheriff Endres is advertising solicitor and collector for The Monitor. Please have your advertisement and your money ready when he calls. RESOLUTIONS OF THE OMAHA MEDICAL SOCIETY Whereas, Dr. Leonard Britt, a charter member of a Omaha Medical Society, a beloved brother and a respected member of the medical profession, did upon the 13th day of November, 1927, sustain through death a great and irreparable loss, and, Whereas, it did on that day please Our God, in His divine plan, to take by death Leornard Britt, son of this, our brother, and, Whereas, our heart, our soul, our prayer goes out to our brother in this his dark hour of bereavement, and, Whereas, the Omaha Medical Society has appointed the undersigned to frame a resolution of sympathy. Therefore, be it Resolved, that in the death of Leonard Britt the community has lost one of its promising young boys, and that the father has lost the sunshine of his declining age. Be is further Resolved, that we extend to the bereaved family our heartfelt sympathy, and commend them to the Almighty, who doeth all things well; that these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of our society, and a copy be sent to the family of the deceased. The Omaha Medical Society. By A. L. Hawkins, M. D.; J. B. Hill, M. D.; A. A. Foster, M. D. LINCOLN, NEB. Mrs. Jennie Johnson is reported somewhat improved from a recent stroke. Mrs. Mary Layer is reported on the mend. Messrs. H. J. Ford, Wm. Thompson, Mrs. L. A. Crumbley, Miss Mary Crumbley and Miss Anna M. Johnson, all of Omaha, were Lincoln visitors Sunday, and worshipped at Mount Zion Baptist church. Mr. H. J. Ford is state president of the B. Y. P. U., and addressed the local union at its meeting in the evening. Mr. Henry Spain is much improved from a recent accident. Class No. 7 of Quinn chapel A. M. E. banqueted at Ray's cafe Monday evening. The Negro Civic and Improvement league held a rousing meeting in Masonic hall Monday night. Miss Evelyn Johnson was on the sick list several days the past week. The social given by the Utopian Art club at Mount Zion Baptist church last Thursday night was a fair success. COLORED MASTER BARBER ASSOCIATION GIVES INFORMATION ON HAIR By R. L. Price Each week this association will give valuable information pertaining to the hair, skin and scalp. If hair did not fall out periodically, it couldn't come in; for the new, vigorous, young hair grows out of the shaft made vacant by the falling out of the hair. It is only when it falls out more rapidly than it grows in that there need be any apprehension about falling hair. If the hair continues to come in thickly, and there is no apparent diminution in the mass of the hair, you will know the falling is perfectly natural, and pay no attention to it, beyond the ordinary hygienic care which is necessary at all times. If, however, the hair is becoming increasingly thin, and little patches of the scalp show through, you had better consult a reputable dermatologist (commonly known as the barber). If your complaint is local he will treat, if constitutional you will be directed to a reputable physician. The causes of hair loss may be either local or constitutional. It is local when any scalp disease exists, or when dandruff has accumulated in excessive quantities. In most cases, the important local causes are uncleanliness and neglect in allowing the partially dead hair to remain in the scalp, neglecting the shampoo. If constitutional, it may be any disease which tends to lessen the vital forces. This is especially applicable in fevers and sexual complaints. It may be also brought about by excessive dietetic indulgences which cause the blood to be overloaded with fat-forming globules, while a deficiency exists in the elements which feed the bones and hair. The presence of dandruff is also a prominent cause for the hair loss, and must be vigorously treated if any permanent relief is to be secured. In this connection the Master Barbers' association wants to sound a THE MONITOR warning against patronizing barber shops which are not absolutely above suspicion along the line of sanitation. There is a state law which will protect along these lines, but it is not effective until January 1, 1928. PROSPERITY SMILES Income of Citizens the Highest in the History of the Country Is the Report Washington, D. C.—Uncle Sam's great family of 117,000,000 piled up an income of $90,000,000,000 in 1926. The bureau of internal revenue announced that this figure marked an increase of approximately $27, 000,000,000 since 1921. 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CHICAGO FACING RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION Chicago, Ill.—(ANP)—Negro realtors and other leading citizens are up in arms here at the attempt of the Hyde Park association, composed of white residents in that district, to prevent Negroes from occupying or purchasing property in the district south of 35th street, and east of Cottage Grove avenue, which is at the present time "illy-white." The colored citizens were further incensed when it was announced that the Chicago Realty Board has placed its official sanction upon a contract which is designed to keep Negroes out of the Hyde park district. The terms of this contract develop a complicated system of "districts" headed by general chairmen and has provisions to the end that no Negro shall invade the Hyde park district except in the capacity of a domestic servant. North Carolina claims the first Negro State College devoted exclusively to college education in the southern states. There is not the usual appendage of "Prep," "Industrial" or "Manual Training" departments. It began its 1927-28 session September 20th with an overflow attendance. CARD OF THANKS I desire to express my heartfelt gratitude and sincere thanks to my many friends for their kindness and expressions of sympathy in the death of my dear mother. Bennie Smith. WINTER AUTO SUPPLIES Tire Chains Alcohol Radiator Fronts Robes Heaters TROUP AUTO SUPPLY CO. 2032 Farnam Street Absolutely SURE Back Plan to help you de- ve that a re-conditioned car of standard makes is the car as all or part of the down you select a few days. If bring it back. We will old car and refund your You can use our Money Back Plan to help you decide and be absolutely sure that a re-conditioned car selected from our stock of standard makes is the car you want. Use your present car as all or part of the down payment. Drive the car you select a few days. If it is not what you want, bring it back. 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Turner, a senior at Howard University, and Mr. Walter Upperman, have been elected to represent Howard at the International Student Council, to be held at Lincoln, Neb., December 1 to 4. Miss Turner is a graduate of Central High. She is a member of the student council at Howard and president of the Women's League. REV. FATHER DANIEL TO PREACH AT ST. PHILIP'S The Rev. Fr. Everad W. Daniel, rector of St. Matthew's Church, Detroit, Mich., is the guest of Father Williams, and will be the celebrant at the 7:30 a. m. service and preacher at the 11 o'clock service at the Church of St. Philip the Deacon Sunday. The public is cordially invited. CARD OF THANKS We desire to express our sincere thanks to our many friends for their sympathy and kindness during the illness and death of our beloved son, grandson and nephew. We appreciate the many beautiful floral tributes, symbols of the Resurrection and eloquent in sympathy. Dr. and Mrs. L. E. Britt; Mrs. Mary Overall; Guy L. 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COLUMBUS BUSINESS MEN ORGANIZE Columbus, Ohio — Negro business men formed an association here last week for intensive and extensive commercial expansion. A steering committee of local civic leaders issued the call, to which a hundred business and professional men and women responded, attesting by voice and cash their enthusiastic approval of the idea. The following carefully conceived program was adopted at the opening dinner. 1. To increase the patronage of our business institutions. FOR RENT—nished, str kitchen and Apartments Twenty-fifth FOR RENT—strictly moved from Dodge business hings, WE. FOR RENT—Modern hot ilege. Call. 2. To maintain their efficiency and secure their permanency. 3. To develop and foster new and varied enterprises. 4. To open new avenues of employment and improve the general economic condition of our citizens. 2. To maintain their efficiency and secure their permanency. 3. To develop and foster new and varied enterprises. 4. To open new avenues of employment and improve the general economic condition of our citizens. The keynote was sounded by Rev. E. W. Moore, widely known speaker and publicist, and former pastor in Columbus, and his masterful address aroused his hearers to a very high pitch of enthusiasm. Plans were proposed for an extensive campaign under the full time direction of a trained executive secretary, reaching churches, lodges and other organizations, creating greater opportunities and selling Columbus to the nation. The Columbus Business association has every assurance of becoming a lasting and beneficial factor in the advancement of our group. BROTHERHOOD'S ATTORNEY DISCUSSES I. C. C. CASE AT PORTERS' MASS MEETING New York—An audience of Pullman porters and maids that filled St. Luke's hall, recently cheered to the echo the remarks of Hon. Henry T. Hunt, former members of the United States railroad board, ex-mayor of Cincinnati and attorney for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. The meeting was called by the union to permit the attorney to discuss with the men the case of the brotherhood now pending before the Interstate Commerce Commission, wherein the porters pray the commission for an investigation of the "tipping evil" as it affects the porters and the traveling public with a view to abolishing it as the method by which porters and maids are rewarded for their labors. Attorney Hunt, after dealing with the legal phase of the question, then traced the history of the relations of the company with the Negro immediately after the Civil War when the Negro race in the United States began life as so-called freemen. "Snarling under the bitterness of defeat, the white people of the South and others assumed that Negroes ought to work longer hours, and for less pay than white men. This idea has spread to such an extent that it is accepted and even defended by those who pose as their friends. The management of the Pullman company seem to be of that school." Continuing, Mr. Hunt said, "The locomotive engineers and the other white railroad workers enjoy higher incomes and better working conditions, mainly because they have power, power to strike and tie up the transportation system and the nation, unless those who own that system are willing to listen to the demands of the workers and recognize their right to share in the profits that come to the owners as a result of the workers' efforts." This, said Mr. Hunt, is the lesson to be learned by the Pullman porters. "You must get together, stand together, and if necessary, strike together, for your rights." The audience greeted Mr. Hunt's reference to "strike" with sustained and thunderous applause. A. Philip Randolph, general organizer of the brotherhood, followed Attorney Hunt with an address remarkable for its blending of oratory, militancy, vigor and clarity. "It was a fighting speech," was the remark heard everywhere in the vast audience as it struggled to shake the organizer's hand at the conclusion of the meeting. Randolph also won prolonged applause when he announced that the policy of the brotherhood toward the new wage conference under the so-called employee representation plan of the Pullman company would be one of vigorous and relentless opposition. "I hereby serve notice on every member of the brotherhood to refuse absolutely to vote for the company-chosen delegates to this so-called conference. The company must not again be permitted to inveigle you into signing another 'yellow dog' contract." Others who addressed the porters were Roy Lancaster, secretary-treasurer, and S. E. Grain, field representative of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Frank R. Crosswaith presided. 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