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NEGROES CAN VOTE IN THE SCHOOL BOARD ELEC EST, APRIL 2
Cts.
IE HOUSTON INFORMER
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THE TEXAS FREEMAN
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• VOL. XIII
HOUSTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY, MARCH 12,1932
NUMBER 42
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MEN LAUNCH SHOE STORE
EYE WITNESS TO
LYNCHING TELLS
AWFUL STORY
SUCCEEDING
NEW NATIONAL NEGRO DEMOCRATIC
VOTERS LEAGUE ISSUES AN APPEAL
CRETARY
THEATRE HEAD
New York City.—(CNA)—Brutali-
ties overshadowing in horror all the
facts previously known about the
lynching of Matthew Williams in Sal-
isbury, Mr., on December 6, are de-
scribed in a letter from an eye-wit-
ness to the lynching, which has come!
into the hands of the editors of the
Crusader News Agency.
That the local officials of Salisbury
know very well who the leaders of the
lynch-mob were, is the charge made
in this letter. Although almost three
months have passed since this brutal
murder of a Negro worker, no arrests
have occurred, and no move has been
made to investigate the lynching, in
spite of repeated promises of action
by Governor Ritchie and State’s At-
torney Lane.
Asked Wage Raise.
It will be remembered that Wil-
JOHN W. DAVIS, D. D. S.
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Among the successful young men
liams was shot and lynched as the ---------— - -
result of his request to Daniel J. El- in Houston, Dr. John W. Davis, D. D.
liott, owner of the Salisbury crate
and basket factory, for a slight in-
crease in his wages of 15 cents an
S., is often pointed to with pride by
Houstonians.
Dr. Davis is a graduate of a local
high school (Old Colored High), af-
ter which he attended the Y. M. C.
A. College and the Chicago Musical
College, having received a scholarship
in the latter school. He finished his
dental course in Northwestern Uni-
versity, one of the outstanding
schools of the country.
hour. ,
The letter of the eye-witness to the
lynching is printed below in full. The
writer is a worker. His name is
withheld only because its publication
would probably result in another
lynching. The letter was written to
William Powell, organizer of the
Baltimore branch of the League of . worun . ..... Junssswwamawv,
Struggle for Negro Rights. The let-lis attested by his active participation
ter follows: in th. community organizations of
His worth to his local community
Washington, D. C.—(CNS)—The
National Democratic Voters League,
through its officers, Dr. W. 0. Willis-
ton, chairman, and James H. W. How-
ard, secretary-treasurer, have recent-
ly sent out a signed statement ask-
ing Negro voters of the country to
support the National Democratic par-
ty in the next election. Claiming
that the Democratic party is the only
party in the country representing the
masses, the appeal goes on to declare
that the Negro voter owes nothing to
the Republican party, and should fol-
low the best interest of the group.
The statement reads in part: “If
the Republican party of today was
the party of Lincoln, there could be
no basis for this appeal to the Ne-
groes of America to support the Dem-
ocratic party. It is time now that
Negroes generally realize that it is
not necessary to support the Republi-
can party of today in order to vene-
rate the memory of the great Lincoln.
His policies of government have long
ago been abandoned by the Republi-
can party. It is true that this party
will profess loyalty to the great
emancipator, but in practice his ideas
of government are repudiated . . , If
the Republican party wishes to aban-
don the cause of Lincoln, the Negro
is justified in following Lincoln’s
policies through another party.
“Many Negroes in this country
have indicated their interest in the
Democratic party by becoming identi-
fied with the National Democratic
Negro Voters League. Those who
are sponsoring this organization are
not willing that the color of their
skin or the texture of their hair shall
create any obligation on their part to
affiliate with the Republican party.”
The headquarters of the league are
located in this city. Both signers of
the appeal are well known here, but
so far no definite connection between
the league and the Democratic Na-
tional Committee has been shown, and
from appearances no large number of
Negroes have become identified with
the National Democratic Negro Vot-
ers League.
PICK MRS. JOSIE
TAYLOR LEADER
FOR NEW GROUP
DEMO MAYOR TO
REMEMBER HIS
NEGRO SUPPORT
TEACHER PREXY
TAKES MESSAGE
TO NORTH TEX.
“Dear Mr. Powell:
“The lynching of Mr. Williams in
this town was the most brutal sight
human eyes could witness. And it
certainly has brought a black gloom
over the entire state.
“Everyone down here knows just
who led the mob that lynched this
man, everybody here knows who it
was that shot him while he was in
the hands of the police.
“I can not even write you, or ex-
plain to you how horrible the whole
thing was.
“Make ‘Nigger’ Sandwiches”
“First they dragged him to the
court house square, and hanged him,
then they cut him down, tied the
rope to the back of an auto, and
dragged him to the Negro section of
the town. They then got about 40
or 50 gallons of gasoline, but before
they threw this gas over him, they
cutoff his fingers and toes, threw
them on the porches and in .the yards
of the Negro homes, shouting these
remarks, that they (the Negroes)
could make ‘nigger’ sandwiches out
of them. Then they threw the gas
over him, set a match to him, and
while the human torch burned, they
passed booze around, drinking and
shouting.
“They also warned the Negroes
that they would burn their homes
down, if they heard as much as a
whisper out of them.
Keep Negroes off Streets.
“They also told the Negroes not to
be seen on the town streets after 9
p. m. ,under penalty of death; even
now, weeks after the lynching, the
Negroes are not seen on the streets
of the town after 9 p. m.
“We would like to know if some-
thing cannot be done to punish the
leaders of this crime.”
in the community organizations of
which the church is one of his choice.
He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha
fraternity, having served as, presi-
dent of the local chapter for four
years. He is also past president of
the local dental society and is now
chairman of the local medical, dental
and pharmaceutical associationn.. few
Dr. Davis has just moved into his
new quarters, 419i Milam Street;
where he rightfully boasts of one of
the neatest and best equipped dental
offices in Texas. He is the origina-
tor of a tooth paste under govern-
ment patent.
KEEP NEGRO OUT
DEMO PRIMARY
Shreveport, La.—(CNS)—A com-
plete reversal of policy was noted
here February 23, when Negro Demo-
crats, who had registered and voted
without protest in the January 30
Democratic primaries were denied the
right to vote in special run-off pri-
maries held in February. Despite
the fact that the voters refused show-
ed proper credentials, white Demo-
cratic election officials would not al-
low them to vote.
When asked why there had been a
change since the first primary in Jan-
uary the officials stated that there
had been an error and that the Demo-
cratic primaries were only held for
white persons.
The action of the white Democrats
in allowing Negroes to vote in Jan-
uary was recently highly praised by
Dean Kelly Miller of Howard Uni-
versity. ’
FORMER RUTHERFORD ATTORNEY
Cleveland, Ohio.—(CNS)—The re-
cent election of Mayor Ray T. Miller,
Democrat, largely through Negro
votes, promises to affect a complete
reversed of the political situation here
observers state. ′ It is expected that
the Democratic organization of the
city will take the opportunity given
them by being in office to build an
effective Negro machine in the four
wards where the Negro voting
strength is great. A recent analyst
of the situation, in commenting on
the program of the city Democratic
organization, stated:
“One novel program which comes
out of this condition calls for ‘Dem-
ocratization’ of four great Republican
wards in which Negro voters cast the
big ballot. This is believed to be in-
spiration from W. B. Gongwer, vet-
eran Democratic county leader, who
with the Miller election comes into
the ‘big time’ of American political
bosses.
“Miller and Gongwer succeeded, in
these four wards, in rallying a faith-
ful nucleus of Negro supporters who
wasted no time attacking the thou-,
sands of Republican jobholders—ash
wagon drivers, laborers, street gang
members—but who went about telling
other thousands of jobless Negroes
that the Democrats could use 1,500 of
such workers if Miller won.
“The effect in the four wards was
remarkable. The Republican organi-
zation has been used to carrying them
by 15,000 to 20,000 votes and expect-
ed their candidate would win, even
if Miller led him elsewhere. The
Democratic strategy held the Negro
vote to less than five to one for the
Republican, Miller getting more votes
than any Democrat in the city’s his-
tory. Now County Chairman Gong-
wer and Mayor Miller expect to build
an all-Negro organization, based on
the 1,500 jobs.”
CRISIS EDITOR
IS RETAINED BY NEW RECEIVERS LECTURING AT
Washington, D. C.—(CNS)—The
National Benefit Life Insurance Com-
pany muddle is just one entangling
thing after another and each new
move seems more and more perplex-
ing and tends toward dampening the
ardor of those who courageously hope
for the rehabilitation of the company.
The resignation of the pendente lite
receiver, Daniel C. Roper, because he
“did not desire to continue as a re-
ceiver under the conditions laid down
by the court;" the appointment by the
court of Matthew H. O’Brien, Jr.,
and John E. Laskey as attorneys for
the receivers; the activities of five
Department of Justice agents about
the home office, as they join in with
the receivers in efforts to find out
“what it’s all about,” before the ides
of March, and the prohibition starts
to run against the employment of
present or past officers; and the di-
lemma the receivers find themselves
in to write an appeal to policyhold-
ers which some present officer of the
company will sign; all add to the
perplexing situation.
The appointment of John E. Laskey
as an attorney for the receivers is
the subject of some unfavorable com-
ment. Mr. Laskey originally appear-
ed in the case as the attorney for
the Rutherfords, who are specifically
named among the defendants in the
suit filed in the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia in July 1981.
number of prominent citizens
throughout the country, including:
Robert Russa Moton, principal of
Tuskegee Institute, who has just
been awarded the Spingarn medal for
great achievement in 1931; Dr. Wal-
ter H. Brooks, pastor of the 19th
ATLANTA UNIV.
Galveston, Texas.—The message of
the Colored Teachers’ State Associa-
tion was carried into Central Texas
last Saturday when A. W. McDonald,
president of the association of the
state of Texas, spoke to the Lime-
stone County Teachers’ Educational
Association in the Blackshear High
School in Groesbeck, on the objectives
of the Colored Teachers State Asso-
ciation of Texas.
“This is not time for salary cuts or
reductions,” spoke Mr. McDonald to
teachers of Limestone where he first
started teaching sixteen years ago in
the northern part of .the county at
the Wolf Creek School, he told the
teachers. “The colored teachers bare-
ly get enough money to live upon in
many cases,” Mr. McDonald said.
“Therefore we do not need any cuts
at this time." Mr. McDonald com-
pared salaries of teachers and show-
ed that the cost of living was the
same for all, but salaries schedules
were different. He urged the teach-
ers to ask that superintendents and
school boards be more liberal in pay-
ing of Negro teachers’ salaries.
Mr. McDonald dwelt at length on
the paying of pensions to Negro
teachers in Texas. This will help to
balance the accounts of the colored
teachers if they are placed upon a
pension at the end of “a perfect day,”
Mr. McDonald said.
He urged the teachers to do better
teaching and leave the non essentials
alone. “Teach so that we will have
less failures in schools. Students
should be guided to the correct voca-
tion," Mr. McDonald concluded.
“Training, Contact and Coopera-
tion,” was the subject of an address
delivered by George W. Reeves, de-
partment of education. Prairie View
State College, to the teachers of the
county following Mr. McDonald.
Mr. Reeves told the teachers to be-
lieve in themselves and during the in-
terscholastic meet, use colored judges
which will strengthen the faith of
the youth in the coming race men and
women, Mr. Reeves declared. Mr.
Reeves 'recited several poems to the
teachers and parents. Both of the ad-
dresses were received with much ap-
plause.
MRS. BEATRICE KERR
—O-
The management of the Lincoln
Theatre for the past eleven months
has answered the often asked ques-
tion: “Can a Woman Succeed in the
big Business World?” About eleven
months ago Mrs. Maude M. DeWalt,
widow of the late 0. P. DeWalt, was
I pressed into the active management
of the Lincoln Theatre and again this
question was uppermost in the minds
of the people of Houston and Texas.
Her friends held out hope for her and
stood by her in her effort to continue
the well laid foundation of her late
husband, to give to the Negro amuse-
ment loving public a show that was
second to none in the South.
So well has she done this that the
entire population stands in awe, and
while in a state of amazement, they
give her the glad hand and congrat-
ulate her upon the successful comple-
tion of the tremendous task which she
undertook some eleven months ago.
How It Was Done.
Under the terrible strain of the
tremendous shock which came to her
because of the tragic end which came
to her husband, while she was in the
country recuperating from a threat-
ened nervous breakdown, Mrs. De-
Walt came back to the “Show Busi-
ness” and, without the slightest out-
ward appearance of any fear of fail-
ure, she took hold of the reins of the
large duties of her husband and to-
day she stands as one of the out-
standing women of the race in busi-
ness.
She immediately sensed the big-
ness of her job and while she had no
fears for the future, she assembled
around her those in whom she had
confidence, and confided in them to
the extent that they have become fix-
tures in the business and a compon-
ent part of the success which has
come to the show through the com-
bined efforts of the force directed by
the hands and mind of this “miracle
woman,” Mrs. Maude M. DeWalt.
A Church Worker and Home Builder.
While Mrs. DeWalt is kept busy
most of the time looking after the
development of the Lincoln Theatre,
she can be seen constantly working
in her church (Trinity M. E.). She is
a devout Christian and a Sunday
school teacher in Trinity, and one of
the most dependable members in the
congregation. Coupled with her du-
ties as mentioned, she maintains her
home on Brazos Street, in which her
many friends are made welcome.
Efficient Secretary.
Using her good judgment in the
selection of her associates and work-
MRS. MAUDE M. DeWALT
of her success as a business woman.
As a private secretary and office
executive, Mrs. DeWalt selected Mrs.
Beatrice Kerr, and they have become
so entwined that the business suc-
cess of the show depends entirely up-
on their efforts. Mrs. DeWalt is us-
ing the good judgment of making use
of the full extent of Mrs. Kerr’s abil-
ity, for stated intervals in her work
she (Mrs. DeWalt) turns the keys of
the show over to Mrs. Kerr, and re-
tires to her home for a much needed
rest. This she states is one of the
things responsible for her being able
to carry on, with such marked suc-
cess, the building of the Greater Lin-
coln.
An Appreciation.
When seen by an Informer report-
er, Mrs. DeWalt was reluctant to an-
swer questions, but did say, “I am
appreciative of the very efficient
service bur help has given us. But
more than all I am doubly apprecia-
tive of the support that the general
public has given me in the matter of
patronage of our show. We feel en-
couraged in our work and we hope
to give Houston the best show in all
the South.”
’ “R. A.” Valuable Employee.
Among the employees who have
helped to make the Lincoln a success
must be mentioned R. A. DeWalt,
cousin of the late 0. P. DeWalt. “R.
A.” as he is best known to the public,
was an understudy of “0. P.” and has
made good.
Complimentary Tickets for All.
As an appreciation to the general
public, Mrs. DeWalt has planned a
complimentary ticket for all of the
Lincoln’s patrons who will call for
them. Beginning Tuesday, March 15,
and continuing to March 24, inclusive,
every one who will call at the office
will be given a free ticket to the
show. The ticket will admit the hold-
er to any shown on Tuesdays and
Thursdays, any hour between the
dates mentioned above.
All tickets will be delivered to the
patrons in person, and none will be
sent by any one. No orders over
phone will be had and tickets must be
used as designated.
Showing a- vision and racial con-
sciousness Worthy of the high calibre
of womanhood that they represent,
over fifty of Houston’s leading Ne-
gro women served due notice of a
new day in the business and economic
life of the 70,000 Negroes of this
great city, when they put the final
touches upon the organizzation of
Taylor Shoe Co., Inc. The organiza-
tien meeting was held on Monday
night, March 7, at which the follow-
ing personnel was chosen: Mrs. Josie
Taylor, well known Houston milliner,
president and general manager; Mrs.
Rachel Pendelton, first vice president
and assistant general manager; Mrs.
Alberta Newton, second vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Virgie Green, third vice
president; Mrs. D. A. Germany, sec-
retary; Mrs. Ina Mann, assistant sec-
retary; Mrs. Hazel Eldridge, treasur-
er; Miss Ellie Alma Walls, auditor;
and J. M. Nabrit, Jr., general counsel.
Board of Directors.
The following ladies will comprise
the board of directors: Mrs. Ethel El-
lison, chairman; Mmes. Mamie
Daniel, D. A. Germany, Josie Taylor,
Rosa Mayo, Ella M. Ryan, Alma Bon-
nie, Mattie Williams, Lillie Bluitt, V.
A. Bohlen, Edna Griffin, Norma Na-
brit, D. E. Miller, Rosalie Lee, Vio-
lette Goodall, Blanche Jackson,
Amanda Dotson, Charlotte Taylor,
Catherine Roett.
Money Paid In.
The company will have a capitaliza-
tion of $2,500, over half of which has
already been paid in, and is in the
bank. Each person will be limited to ,
one share, and for a limited time
only, stock may be subscribed at $25
per share from Mrs. Josie Taylor at
her chapeaux.
. To Open Easter Week.
Mrs. Taylor announces that the
company will open for business dur-
ing Easter week, and that the latest
in women’s and children’s shoes will
be found on the shelves of Taylor
Shoe Company, Inc. Buyers for the
company will be in St. Louis at an
early date, to make initial purchases
for the company.
Members.
In addition to the .officers and di-
rectors the following are members of
the company: Misses Pattie Haley,
Cloteal Johnson, Artie Mae Fleek,
Louise Walker, Erie Lee, and Vera
Lee; Mesdames Blanch Coleman,
Morgan Montgomery, Nettie Butler,
Bertha Scott, Lucille Dibble, Tinnie
Blanchard, G. D. Smith, M. A. Boo-
zier, G. A. Bouldin, Eliza Scott, Dora
Miller, Eva Simpson, Sallie Palmer,
Miles Jordan, Gladys Crosby, Vera
Hughes, Hattie Daniels, Sam Wilson,
P. 0. Smith, E. A. Bowie, Gertie
Brooks and Etta O’Neil.
Wide Field.
The 70,000 Negroes of Houston of-
fer a virgin field for the new com-
pany, but it is the plan to carry this
message of shoeing Texas Negroes to
every nook and corner of Texas.
BISHOP-WILEY SUMMER
WILL OPEN JUNE SIXTH
Marshall, Texas.—The Bishop-Wi-
ley Summer School will open Monday,
June 6 and close Friday, August 12.
TUSKEGEE PRINCIPAL IS AWARDED
18TH SPINGARN SERVICE MEDAL
ers, has been responsible for much
New York City.—The 18th award
Street Baptist Church, Washington,
D. C., who resigned June 17, leaving
the board meeting with the ejacula-
tion: “This is no place for a minister
of the gospel;” J. Finley Wilson,
grand exalted ruler of the Elks; Dr.
William Warfield, surgeon in chief of
Freedmen’s Hospital; C. C. Dejoie,
Unity Life Insurance Company of
New Orleans, La.; William Newman,
prominent caterer of Philadelphia;
William H. (Goose Neck Bill) Mc-
Donald, banker and insurance man of
Texas; Walter L. Carter, cashier In-
dustrial Saving Bank, Washington, D.
C.; Charles E. Lucas, formerly of
Howard University, auditor and ac-
countant at Veterans Hospital Tus-
kegee; T. J. Ferguson, former assist-
ant secretary, Standard Life Insur-
ance Company; R. H. Rutherford, S.
W. Rutherford, Dr. William G. Lof-
ton, Louie C. Washington, Charles B.
Lee, Mrs. Ida Johnson Burke, Mrs.
Martha E. Lowery, Mrs. Susie Robb,
Miss Charlotte Autin, and John H.
Braxton; as well as John T. Risher,
John R. Pinkett, Mortimer M. Smith,
Huver I. Brown, and J. C. Arnold.
The five Department agents are
said to be examining all records and
accounts of the company as far back
The court’s prohibition against the
employment of any present or past
officers or directors of the company_________
after March 81, 1982, runs against a as January 1, 1928.
Atlanta, Ga.—Dr. W. E. B. DuBois
of New York, editor of the Crisis, ar-
rived in this city March 8, to deliver
at Atlanta University a series of 10
lectures on “The Economic Situation
of the Negro." The series began on
Tuesday, the Sth, and will conclude
on Friday, the 25th. The subjects
and dates of the lectures are as fol-
lows:
“Imperialism in the Sudan, 1400-
1700,” March 8; “The Expansion of
Europe, 1700-1825,” March 9; “The
Industrial Foundations of America,
1700-1830,” March 10; “Southern Im-
perialism, 1830-1800,” March 15; Im-
migration, 1840-1870,” March 16;
“The Black Peasant, 1860-1880,”
March 17; “The New Serfdom, 1880-
1900,” March 22; “American Im-
perialism, 1875-1920,” March 23;
“The Newest South, 1918-1932,” Mar.
24; “The Economic Future of Black
America,” March 25.
While intended primarily for the
college group, the lectures will be
open also to the public. Dr. DuBois’
international reputation as student,
writer and speaker, and the fact that
he was formerly a resident of Atlan-
to and a member of the faculty of
Atlanta University, combine to make
his appearance here a matter of keen
and general interest. Large audiences
are expected to hear the several ad-
dresser.
L. G. McDonald, president of the
county association, presided and pre-
sented Mr. Reeves, while J. W. Heard,
classmate of Mr. McDonald, made his:
presentation. A. R. Foreman made
a motion that the teachers of Lime-1
stone County endorse the movement!
to join the colored teachers state and
national associations. It was second-
ed by J. W. Heard and carried.
The Parent-Teacher Association of
the city of Groesbeck served a big
dinner to the many visitors.
DEMAND ACTION
IN LYNCH CASE
SPELMAN GIRL
GETS HOLYOKE
SCHOLARSHIP
Baltimore, Md.—(CNS)—Demands
for the immediate arrest and prosecu-
tion of the lynchers of Mathew Wil-
liams at Salisbury, Maryland, some
months ago, was contained in a tele-
gram to Governor Albert Ritchie
from members of the International
Labor Defense received last Tuesday.
The telegram pointed out that more
than two months have elapsed since
the lynching, during which time in-
vestigations by the state attorney
general have achieved no results. The
ed for his failure to take any drastic
action in the case of the first lynch-
ing in Maryland for over 20 years.
Atlanta, Ga.—Miss Florence M.
Read, president of Spelman College,
has just been notified that one of her
alumnae. Miss Ida Louise Miller, has
been for the second time awarded a
year’s scholarship in Mount Holyoke
College, where she is no win school.
The award was made by the Racial
Minority Scholarship Committee of
the college, which administers a fund
established there to provide an an-
nual scholarship for some Negro girl
of outstanding promise. This scho-
larship was awarded last year to Miss
Miller, then a student in Spelman
College, and has been renewed for a
year in recognition of the fine record
she has made so far at Mount Hol-
yoke. It provides $1,000 a year for
board and tuition.
Miss Miller is an Atlanta girl and
attended Booker Washington and
Spelman high schools, before enter-
ing Spelman College. In college here
she took highest rank in scholarship,
was president of the freshman class,
served on the student council and the
staff of the college paper, and was
prominent in dramatics.
of the Spingarn medal, given annual-
ly for highest achievement of some
United Stated citizen of African de-
scent, goes to Dr. Robert Russa
Moton, principal of Tuskegee Insti-
tute. The gold medal, given by J. E.
Spingarn, N. A. A. C. P. president,
will be presented to Major Moton at
the 23rd annual conference, in Wash-
ington, next May of the N. A. R.
C. P.
In making the award the commit-
tee stated that it had been made to
“Robert Russa Moton for his thought-
ful leadership of conservative opinion
and action on the Negro in the Unit-
ed States, as shown in the U. S. Vet-
erans’ Hospital controversy at Tus-
kegee; by his stand on education in
Haiti; by his support of equal oppor-
tunity for the Negro in the Ameri-
can public school system; and by his
expression of the best ideals of the
Negro in his book, ‘What the Negro
Thinks’.”
The committee on award of the
Spingarn medal consists of Col. Theo-
dore Roosevelt, governor of the Phi-
lippine Islands; James H. Dillard of
the Jeanes and Slater Funds; Oswald
Garrison Villard, editor of the Na-
tion; Dr. Jhon Hope, president of At-
lanta University; Dr. Mordecai W.
Johnson, president of Howard Uni-
versity; Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, editor
of The Crisis, and Edwin R. Embree,
president of the Rosenwald Fund.
Veterans’ Hospital Fight
of an exceedingly menacing incident.
When it was proposed to appoint col-
ored doctors to Tuskegee Veterans’
Hospital, for which the institute had
volunteered land, strong opposition
developed against these appoint-
ments, in favor of a white medical
staff. The Ku Klux Klan became ac-
tive and conducted a parade in the
neighborhood of Tuskegee and threats
were made against the institution and
Major Moton.
So serious did the situation become
that the N. A. A. C. P. appealed to
the president to send troops to pro-
tect Tuskegee if that should prove to
be necessary. Major Moton stood firm
on the issue of colored doctors and
they are now in full charge of the
Veterans’ Hospital.
durational Fights
In Haiti Major Moton stood for a
complete system of education instead
of the so-called agricultural educa-
tion which United States authorities
had been championing at the expense
of public schools and higher training.
In federal education, Major Moton
only last year stood against the ma-
jority of President Hoover’s com-
mission who were recommending na-
tional aid to education without cur-
tailing the right of Southern states
to discriminate on lines of race.
LITHOGRAPH OF NEGRO HEAD
ATTRACTS MUCH ATTENTION
Boston, **— ***** —5 -
a lithograp _______
display at the annual exhibition of
prints held at the Boston Art Club,
has excited a great deal of favorable
The Veterans’ Hospital controver-
sy, referred to in the terms of the_________
award, assumed for a time the aspect criticism among lovers of art
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Atkins, J. Alston. The Houston Informer and the Texas Freeman (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 42, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 12, 1932, newspaper, March 12, 1932; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1637795/m1/1/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.