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TO CALL STAT
Adopt Resolution Declaring Lily White State Committee
Illegal and Claiming That Each Member Holds Office
in Defiance of Texas Law. Ask Call For County
Conventions
Ft' Worth Texas March 1 In a
spirited meeting here Saturday a
meeting of Texaa Republicans re-
presenting several countlea adopted
resolutions In which they declared
the ' "Hocalled regular Republican
State Executive Committee illegal
and composed of members not only
elected by party conventions "and
called upon Hon. Harry Beck to
call a "delegated State Republican
Convention May 27th at Dallas."
Hon. Wm McDonald came into the
meeting during Its deliberation and
in one of his characteristic speeches
signed his agreement with the reso-
lutions adopted.
The following Is the resolution and
the names of those signing:
(Ft. Worth Texas Feb 22 1924.
Whereas the so-called regular Re-
publican State Executive Committee
Is Illegal and composed of members
CHAIRMAN ADAMS AD
DRESSES LINCOLN
LEAGUE
Chicago. 111. March 1 (L N. S.)
Linking the principles of the mar-
tyred President Abraham Lincoln
with the creed of true Republican-
ism Chairman John T. Adams of
the Republican National Committee
addressed the Annual National Con-
vention of the Lincoln League held
in this city on the evening of Lin-J
coin's Birthday 1924. In commemon-j
atlng the birthday of the Great
Emancipator Chairman Adams said:
"Everywhere today the story of
Abraham Lincoln is being ' told a-;
new. In the Halls of Congress In
L. ..II! n anUnnltin.iait It U
Ch.caerywhe;.. Torn 'Torder
to border Americans are pausing
again In their daily tasks to speak
for a moment of their most precious
national memory. Lincoln Is immor-
tal. So long as the Republic lasts
his name will last. So long as his
memory remains the Nation will
remain. Tou and I perhaps are
merely Incidents along the way as
the spirit of Abraham Lincoln moves
staunchly onward generation after
generation . into the ages. Customs
will change standards may alter
faces will fade and new ones will
appear but the story of Lincoln
will always appeal and bind each
new era securely . back to the man
and the ray that made our Union
sure.
"It must have been a wonderful
thing to live when Lincoln lived
to be his contemporary. It Is a
wonderful thing to be only a little
way removed to be able still to
talk with persona who talked with
the Great Emancipator persons who
saw him and knew him and wit-
nessed the acts which assured him
to us all and to those who will fol-
low. It la a wonderful thing to be
able to say: "Lincoln was a Repub-
lican and I am a Republican.' Of-
ten there is a very real penalty at-
tached to greatness. Almost always
to Immortality. First we idolize
and then Idealize. It Is then that
we strip from the memory of a man
all that made him human his flesh
and blood and bone and leave In
their place mere marble and bronze
and careless praise. There are many
memorials to Abraham Lincoln. He
sits In silent splendor close to the
banks of the Potomac He Is remem-
bered In granite and bronze In many
places.
"But none of these things how-
ever beautiful however inspired are
Lincoln. We must not permit our-
selves to look upon them as suoh.
The things that are Lincoln cannot
be wrought from metal or shaped
In stone. Humility of heart! home-
less of mind and gentle patience
with lesser men these were the sim-
ple attributes that made Lincoln an
Immortal memory. Without them
he would still have been great
but he would not have been the Lin
coin we love to recall. Because of
these attnnutes ne Drougni a ru" Itectlves.
tured Nation through the horror ofi A carefui investigation showed
internal war with Its soul single andithat Walter ha)i been itruck on the
Inact. Because of them he cleansed jnead by a bIunt inum render-
victory of vain glory and gave dig- ng. hm unconscious and Inflicting
nlty to defeat. I
"Lincoln was a Republican ana wet0
are RepuDiicans. inn is wny
are here togetner. wever Derore p
It been more of a privilege openly to
reassert our faith In our party. But
It Is not enough to say merely that
we are Republicans. We must aspire
to that sterling Republicanism which
was laid down for us so clearly by
the man we remember now. i
"When the Nation - was new
when none could reasonably have
dreamed of the America of today
a mere handful of men brought Into
existence a document so fundamen-
tally sound so thoroughly American
that no man or movement or plot
-.i. HI mi m .ii..ii..i.i.-.iih .i . i " "" t' " 'I '. i.i.in.i li - umu--mn I -"I J ." .' - ...1..I. . '
AS REPUBLICANS A
not duly elected by party Conven-
tions and where as all of the alleg-
ed members of the so-called Re
publican State Executive Committee
have been appointed to some federal
office and whereas under fhe law
of Texas no office holder can serve
as a member of a political commit-
tee and whereas the so-called regu-
lar Republican State Committee is
functioned only as a patronage
clearing house and Is used only to
hand out federal jobs and not to
build a strong vote getting Republi-
can organisation. Therefore be it
Resolved that we call upon and re-
quest the Honorable Harry Beck the
regular and duly elected State Chair-
man of Republican Convention May
27th to be held at Dallas Texas for
the purpose of electing delegates and
Alternate delegates to the National
Republican Convention which con
venes at Cleveland Ohio June 10th
and to do everything proper to per
TWO DIE WHEN OVERCOME BY
GAS FUMES WHILE BATHING
(Fred Morgan 18-year-old youth
of 2834 Runnels street and James
Toung 18-year-old youth of 2316
Santa Fe avenue victims of car-
bon monoxide poisoning.
They were overcome by the fumes
of gas from a heater while bafhlng
In a small room at the rear of the
building occupied by the Folsom
Company electrical supply dealers.
at 2315 Santa Fe avenue Saturday
afternoon. The windows and doors
were closed excluding fresh air.
Doctors explained that gas fumes
Inhaled Into the lungs probably re-
sulted In what Is known as carbon
lde
fatal
The men were found on the floor
of the bath room when Clay Folsom
went to the- rear of the building to
close the doors preparatory to clos-
ing the place for the night He tele-
phoned for the emergency hospital
ambulance.
Dr. Boyette Randolph and Eddie
Addlngton worked for more than an
hour with the two men. Toung was
soon revived and taken to the hos-
pital where he died Sunday at 6 p.
m. but all the efforts to save the
life of Morgan failed.
Young when able to talk told the
doctors and his employer that he
did not have any idea what had hap-
pened. The men had bathed and
were putting on their clothes he
said. "All at once everything
went black and I felt sleepy" Toung
said. "I tried to call to Fred but
could not speak. That Is the last
I remembered until I woke up and
you men were working with me."
"I was taking a bath one night
last week and I got sick while J.
was putting on my clothes but when
I got into the fresh air everything
got all right" he said.
Morgan had only been working
for the company for about four days.
Clay Folsom told the doctors.
The two men went to the bath
room about 6:30 o'clock. They had
been In the room about thirty min-
utes when discovered by (Folsom.
PAY GONE; BODY OF MAN
FOUND IN FURNACE
(P. N. 8.)
Homestead. Pa. March 1 Render-
ed unconscious by a blow on the
head which crushed his skull Jo-
seph Walter 28 years old of Ala-
bama was dragged beneath a fur-
nace pit In the Homestead plant of
tha Carnegie Steel Company and
burned to death. He was robbed of
$69.26.
The man's body was found the
next morning when workmen were
adjusting the damper of the fur
nace. They notified the police. Walt
er received his pay envelope Wed
namnav ttnit fminit If in hit mlNAlna'
from nla ciothng the County De-
probable fatal Injuries. In an effort
cover up tne crIms tne murder.
draKg.eJ tne body beneath the put
covering It with newspapers and Ig-
nited them.
has been able to displace It. That
document was the Constitution of
tile united Btatea. And thus It was
with Lincoln and the Republican
party. By word and by deed he es-
tablished a Republicanism so true
in principle and purpose so right
and so strong that It remains to-
day the well of Inspiration for all
who believe In party governmen
a Nation supreme."
fect and organize our party In ac-
cord with Texas Law and the time
honored principles of the Republican
party.
Resolve that we call upon all law
ful chairman to call County Con
ventions and cooperate with State
Chairman Harry Beck to the end
mentioned.
Resolve further that a copy of
the resolutions be given to the press
with the request that It be given
widest publicity.
Respectfully
Jno. McDanlel Dallas County.
O. C. Crook Tarrant County.
E. H. Givlns Travis County.
Nathan Johnson Tarrant County.
R. A. Hester Brown County.
S. W Armstrong Dallas County.
Wm. Anderson Smith County.
Wm. Tan
R. B. Groosby Brazos County.
W. H. Mitchell Travis County.
N. A. Kirk McClellan County.
BLACK VENTRILOQUIST
v MAKES COPS THROW
BOMBS
Washington Feb. 29 An unarmed
wegro wun a gin oi ventriloquism iundown order to wlthln their
a supply of whisky and a taxlcablh wr -...i. sin .
for ourDoses of retreat nroved too1.
much for the Washington police.
A watchman found him in the
basement of a drug store and a
squad of police who tried to cap-
ture him retired under a fusillade
of half-pint bottles of prescription
liquor. Intermingled with a rain of
threats that seemed to come from
various parts of the cellar. Tear
bombs were ordered but some of
them exploded prematurely at head-
quarters and produced general con'
fusion.
Finally captured the Negro Jump
ed from a patrol wagon scaled
high wall hailed a taxi In the next
street and got away.
& O.P.WILL TRAIN W0M
EN OF COUNTRY FOR
CAMPAIGN
Washington. D. C March 1 (L.
N S.) To prepare Republican wom-
en for work In the campaign next
fall "political Plattsburgs" are to
be opened according to an announ-
cement made by Mrs. Harriet Taylor
Upton vice-chairman of the Repub-
lican National Committee. There will
be three classes for speakers one for
the study of party fundamentals
another In which practical politics
and organization will be taught
while national Issues will be dis-
cussed in the other. The first "train-
ing camp" will be held in New Tork
beginning March 3 under Mrs. Ar-
thur L. Livermore a member of the
executive committee of the Republi-
can National Committee and origi
nator of the courses.
CLAIM PERRY HOWARD AND MULVIHILL SPLIT OVER PARTY
RONAGE IN MISSISSIPPI
Jackson Miss. Feb. 29 The sec
ond big split ln the ranks of the
Republican ranks in the south oc
curred last week when the Perry
Howard faction and the Mulvlhlll
fuction In this state ceased to get
along harmoniously together. The
occasion was the meeting of the
State Executive Committee here last
week. The other split Is the one
existing In Georgia between Henry
Lincoln Johnson's faction and the
Phillips' faction.
As a result of the split two dele
egatlons will be sent to Cleveland
next June both Instructed for Pres-
ldent Coolidge. According to Infer
mation obtained here the Howard
faction has the best of tha situation
In the state so far. M. H. Dally of
the Howard faction Is state chair-
man and therefore controls the
works.
There will be quite a contest be-
fore the Committee on Credentials at
Cleveland as both factions will be
Ik
TA Republican Party Is Tha Skip. All Els
TUB DALLAS EXPRESS DALLAS
HOUSTON RIOTERS GO BE-
FORE CLEMENCY BOARD.
BLACK KLAN SAID TO
EXIST IN NEW ORLEANS
1 (P. N. S.)
New Orleans La. March lf-Hu-mors
are widely circulated in' this
city and vicinity about the existence
of a "Black" Ku Klux Klan and It
Is causing a great deal of annoyance 8tlr was manifested among the al-
and worry among the employing tache around the courthouse dur-
class of well-to-do white house- nT the week .following an occur-
wlves. In fact It Is causing busi-jrenc Judge Calhoun's court
ness men to leave their offices andiwnen the Judge summarily dla-
go home early in order to get a
warm meal cooked by the servant
girl who alleges that she must be
at home before dark for if they ar-
rive after the sun goes down trouble
is bound to be experienced.
It is claimed that things have
reached such a stage here that some
housewives and their husbands have
decided to adopt the farmers day-
light day. .
Rumor Is rife among Negroes
here of the existence of a black Ku
Klux Klan which Is held respon
sible for the kidnapping of a Ne-
gro woman and her daughter and
threats against Negro women and
girls who are out after dark. Black
robed and hooded men according to"01 want such a Jury In his court
the story lurk along the streets andiHe ftI stated that such Is done In
grab them. many cases by different Judges on
Investigation by the police has1
failed to establish the truth of the
reports In any particular but the
year has gotten in its work with
the Negro house servant and onlyof rro $5000 to $10000 would not
a southerner can appreciate tha ef-ihave bee excessive. He stated that
feet of it.
One wealthy lady told newspaper
men that she had had five servants
within the last few days and that
all of them had refused to stay af-
ter dark for fear the black ku klux
would get them. They simply walk
ed off the Job a half hour before
ir
como from various parts of the city.
COLORED BUILDERS
FORM ORGANIZATION
(L. N. 8.)
Washington D. C March 1 Col-
ored mechanics in this city engaged
in the building trades have organ-
ized a Washington branch of the
Hampton Builders' Association orig-
inally formed at Hampton Institute.
Va. In this manner local trade ar
tisans expect to stimulate interest
and efficiency in the Colored work
man as a factor in local industry.
Roscoe I. Vaughn the well known
archltect who designed and erected
the New Prudential Bank at 716
Florida Avenue N. W. was elected
president of the local branch which
will disseminate knowledge of build-
ing changes and materials and urge
the training of Colored mechanics
as well as the fostering of trade
schools for Colored youth.
AFRICAN QUESTIONS AT
PARIS PEACE CON-
FERENCE (L. N. 8.)
New Tork March 1 Writing un-
der the title of "African Questions
at the Paris Peace Conference" an
ambitious Anglo-Saxon author has
published a book which deals with
the condition and needs of the Afri-
can people. The author has de-
scribed the German policy as advo-
ably represented M. J. Mulvlhlll
who heads one faction Is National
Committeeman from Mississippi
while the Howard faction Is headed
by Perry W. Howard who la Special
Assistant to the Attorney General
and Is supposed to have much in
fluence in Washington.
The two factions declared an ar-
mistice July 7 1922 when Perry W.
Howard and M. J. Mulvlhlll signed
an agreement that was supposed to
have governed political affairs In
the state. The agreement divided
the spoils as well as the manage
ment between the two factions. The
reading of this agreement which was
signed in Washington D. C. threw
a baseball in the meeting.
This agreement approved by W
C. Adams National Republican
chairman was read and Mr. Mulvl
hill admitted when called upon to
do so that he had signed It but
that he could not live up to the
terms because he was not getting
Is Tha Sea."Frad Douglas.
TEXAS SATURDAY MARCH 1
CONV
JUDGE REBUKES JURY
WHICH GAVE NEGRO
$25000.00
St Louis Mo. Feb. 29 Quite a
charged and rebuked a Jury who
brought in a verdict in favor of El-
liott Washington for 12700.00
the Amorlcan Car Foundry for in
juries sustained while working- in
the plant.
The opinion is freely expressed
by the Colored attaches around the
courthouse that because the plain-
tiff was Colored it had some In-
fluences on the Judge's action.
Judge Calhoun stated that the col-
or question never entered his mind
when he discharged the Jury which
brought In the verdict He stated
that tne verdict was contrary to the
evidence In the case and as it was
hls Perogatlve he stated that he did
benchs.
Earl M. Plckey attorney for
Washington stated that under the
circumstances In the case a verdict
ne tnought-the Judge was actuated
by race prejudice.
BLACK SHRINERS LOSE
CASE IN TEXAS COURTS
(A. N. P.)
Houston Texas March 1 As was
expected Arabia Temple iAndeat
Mystle Shrine white and the nation-
al white shrine body were created
a permanent Injunction today
against "Doric Temple Ancient
Egyptian Arable Order Nobles ef
the Mystic Shrine" ami the National
Negro "Shrine" organisation pre-
venting the costumes and Insignia
being nurd by the latter la Texas
similar to the white Shrlaera. Dear
nlsen Watklna and White of Chi-
cago Grand attorneys say they ex-
pected to lose la Texaa and that the
ease will be taken to the V. 8. Su-
I """ Coart where they are eonfl-
neni oi reversal. They say farther
that knowing the Impossibility f a
fair trial la Texaa they built their
case np for the purpose f taking Kjlnqulrles of local officials failed to
to the Supreme Court The white reveal any other legal action beyond
Shrlaera Introduced evidence to ahw fruitless grand Jury Investigations
that their ahrlae was termed la Hew The difficulty of securing evidence
Yerk City la the early 7' and was and convictions In such cases says
based la a vague sort ef way aa thethe Commission Indicates the need
ritual of BehrtashH aa Arable r-!ln several states of special proven-
der tlve legislation. Among the sug-
The Colored "Shrlaera" claim suggested measures which have
that their "shrine originated CM 'A.
D. la Egypt.
cated for Africa and states that It
was Germany's plan to establish
"new Germanles" In the African
continent The author handles his
subject ethnologlcally politically.
and economically and works out a
number of conclusions aa colonial
expert to the American commission
of Inquiry on the African situation
which were later accepted and writ-
ten Into the Paris settlement.
his share of the patronage.
The Mulvlhlll faction bolted rath
er than carry out the agreement and
held a meeting of Its own. The How-
ard faction accepting recruits In
those who were willing to carry out
the terms of agreement proceeded
to hold its meeting with Dally duly
elected chairman of four years ago
presiding. Dally was formerly avlth
the Mulvlhlll faction.
The agreement which caused the
trouble was as follows:
1. The Mulvlhlll faction to have
two-thirds of the membership on the
sts' committee and the Howard
fac.vn one-third.
t. The Mulvlhlll faction to have
one-third of the membership to re
sign and the vacancies to be filled
from the Howard faction.
3. The Howard faction to have
the chairmanship.
4. All county and district com-
mittees to be consolidated on the
same personal basis.
6. The construction carries with
1924
Coolidge Makes Good Promise Hada to 120000 Petitioners
And Sends Board to Review Cases of Military Prison-
ers of Twenty-fourth Inf antry Now in Leavenworth
Leavenworth Kans. Feb. 29
Twenty-four military prisoners In-
cluding twenty-two of the Hous-
ton rioters were heard at the Fed
eral penitentiary here Friday by
Major James Stanfleld and Major jF.
K. Ross members of the special
clemency board appointed by the
War Department. Prisoners appear-
ed before tho board one by one and
told why they sought clemency and
their plans for civilian life.
The names of the prisoners who
appeared were withheld and the
the hearing Itself was behind
closed doors. The army officers
said their orders from the War De
partment were to consider the case
of each man In private without the
presence even of a stenographer. The
Majors made brief notes In long-
1 non ii a n nnmronn
idLO linu i lk lj
rUili I I LHllu Id lLrilifiLl
Atlanta Oa. March 1 That the
lynching record for 1923 numbering
28 victims Is the lowest in the forty
years during which the records have
been kept and Is only about one-
third as high as the average for
that period la the statement of the
Commission on Inter-racial Coopera
tion with headquarters In this city.
The next lowest record was 88 In
1917 the highest was 266 In 1892
to nine last year The Commission
believes that public sentiment and
faithful officials are determined to
put an end to lynchlnga.
On the other nana the discour-
aging fact la pointed out that local
courts last year failed almost ut-
terly to apprehend and punish the
members of mobs. In only three of
the 1923 cases so far as the Com-
mission could learn were any ar-
rests made or Indictments' returned.
In two of these cases no convictions
were secured. Results In the third
case have not been learned. Repeated
proved effective In other states are
provisions for removal of officers
who surrender prisoners the fin-
ing of counties where lynchlnga oc-
cur and a state constabulatory un-
der control of the gover.
A few years ago an Individual
with a good buggy considered him-
self fortunate. Later he considered
himself fortunate with an open
Ford. Today nothing Is really satis
factory except an enclosed well
heated and well lighted car.
PAT-
it the idea of consolidation for har-
mony. 6. The patronage In Mississippi
to be determined only after a con-
ference and mutual agreement be
tween Howard's faction and Mulvl-
hlll leader of the other faction. The
recommendations not to be made
either to tha president or to any
departmental head until both Howh
ard and - Dally had approved the
same.
7. The legal procedure to en
join the Muiviniu faction now
pending In the Hinds country court
to bo dismissed
8. The terms of agreement to be
carried out before the coming na
tional convention.
After the withdrawal of the Mul
vlhlll faction the Howard group
continued their meeting and before
completing their work passed reso
lutions endorsing President Coolidge
and assuring him of their support
at the coming National Convention.
ri mut
hand. Many of the prisoners sub
mitted written statements. Courts
martial and prison records are avail
able to the board members.
Majors Ross and Stanfleld said
they did not know who had taken
the Initiative In the present hear-
ings but assumed that the War De-
partment had taken cognizance of
appeals from the American Legion
War Mothers and similar organisa-
tions. Such organizations they said
have asked review of the military
cases pointing out that clemency
has been already granted all I. W.
W. and others convicted under the
sedition and sabotage laws.
The Houston rioters whose cases
were heard Friday were Ne-
gro members of the Twenty-Fourth
Infantry at Camp Logan. Houston.
Texas. The riots are said to have
started over the attempted arrest
t
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t li livriunuu m
COHEN DEFEATED
BOOTLEGGERS
BATTLE
BY
(A. N. P.)
Washington D. C March 1
Struck Indirectly by a Republican
traitor and a bilking bootlegger.
Walter L Cohen Harding and Cool
luge nominee for the position of
comptroller of customs at the port
of New Orleans was rejected Mon-
day In the United States Senate- by
a vote of 86 to 87. With one ex-
ception the vote was taken along
strictly party lines. Northern Dem-
ocrats Joined southern Democrats
in swelling the tally against
famous Louisiana politician. One Re-
publican Brookhart of Iowa fop-
sock his colleagues and Joined the
Dixie torturers. Another Republi-
can senator Green of Vermont lay
sick In the hospital the victim of a
bullet intended for a bootlegger.
Thus did John Barleycorn's heir In-
trude himself into the situation on
which a race had pinned its hopes.
Brookhart and Greene would have
deadlocked the vote leaving the de-
cision up to the Republican leader
Cummins.
There Is now much talk of recon-
sideration. Negro political leaders
have not lost hope. They are deter
mined to push Cohen through. The
motive Is two-fold. Cohen a Negro
nominee is eer.lly regarded Ml
being the victim of prejudice. He
has served before In the position for
which the senate rejected him and
there haa never been a question as
to his competency. It is even said
that the people of New Orleans
stand solidlly behind him for the
Job. Thus his rejection turns on the
point of prejudice and a fight for
him becomes in principle a fight for
the Negro race. His gain la the
gain of the race hla loss the Ne-
gro's misfortune. So have the lead-
lers reasoned. Further a Cohen vic
tory would mean much to those who
have espoused his cause in particu-
lar. Negroes throughout the coun-
try have hoped that he would be
confirmed to the postlon. A few
leaders have worked frantically to
see that he would be. It would be
a stiff Job they knew and success
they reasoned would be of Immeas-
urable value to them. With Cohen
rejected they might stand discredit
ed. In fact It represents a definite
defeat for "old guard" Lincoln Lea
gue strategy.
There are a few conservative
people who although they are with
Cohen assert that they have reach-
ed the point where they regard with
no little disgust the effort to pit the
race against the government by pro-
jecting the issue of prejudice In mat-
ters where a mere Individual is con-
cerned. They are hesitant to admit
that such a rejection injures the race
as much as Is done by lining the race
up to fight for a little Job for a
Negro and thereby being belittled
and thrown In the light of Impa-
lent beggars at the master's table.
The picture of 12000.000 Negroes
maddened because one of them la re-
fused a puny position does not ap
peal te them as being big or
proper conception for a masterpiece.
These people hope that Cohen- will
yet get the position but they do not
'want any Republican white leaders
On
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of a Negro woman by a white po-
liceman and the ahootlng of one of
the Infantrymen-. Tha prison rec-
ords of the fifty-four rioters now
confined hore. Warden W. L Bid-
die said on the whole are excel
lent Several sentences were com
muted because of good behavior.
No effort is being made to re
try the cases. It was said as the
facts are on record. The prisoners.
who were called in numerical order.
appeared encouraged as they left
the hearing room.
Majors Ross and Stanfleld esti
mated that the hearings at the Fed-
eral penitentiary and at the United
States disciplinary barracks at Fort
Leavenworth will require ten days or
two weeks. The clemency board Is
reviewing the cases of all military
prisoners serving terms - of. five
years or more.
RATI AT WFIFARF. VMM
REQUESTED BY ME-
GKOEtfiiUID.
(P. N. S.)
Baltimore Md. March 1 A dele-
gation of more than 100 race men
and women of this city and differ
ent sections of the state went to
Annapolis last Wednesday afternoon
and presented a petition to Gover-
nor Ritche urging him to appoint an
unpaid commission of leading white
and Colored citizens of the state to
study questions In connection with
the welfare of the Negroes of Mary
land.
In the memorial presented to the
governor attention was oalled to
matters regarding housing and seg-
regation. It declared that attempt
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live are "inhumanly malicious" and
that the evil effects of such a pro-
gram would not be limited to Ne-
groes. The executive was told that the
Negroe population of Maryland was
a Valuable asset especially to the
Industrial and agricultural Inter
ests and that If proper leadership
and training could be provided there
is a splendid opportunity to make
southern Maryland a producer of
much larger portions of food not
only for the state but for the north-
eastern section of the United States.
States.
The memorial does not advocate
changing the policy for separata
schools for white and Colored chil-
but make a titong plea that
Maryland should either provide op-
portunities for higher education of
Negro youth beyond the elementary
grades or permit Negroes to attend
the Maryland University.
Governor Ritchie Intimated to the
delegation that he was In sympathy
with their petition and would con-
sider their request carefully.
COLORED BOY WINS
NEWS STORY PRIZE
Washington D. C. March 1 Mon-
roe Glover Gregory a first year
student at Dunbar High School won.
the second prize for tho third and
final contest week In the Washing-
ton Star's "best news story" con-
test It was announced last Thurs-
day by the committee of Judges
composed of editors of that paper.
A check for $16 the amount of tha
second prize was sent to young
Gregory with tha compliments of tho
managing editor.
Gregory is 16 years old and tha
son of Prof. Gregory of Howard.
University. He Is the second Dun-
bar High School student to win a
prize ln the contest Miss Dorothy
Maude Houston won the third prize
for the first contest week.
to believe that merely giving Co-
hen a Job will serve to assauge tha
pains of a race. They are confident
that thre are bigger thlnga to fight
for than Jobs especially one Job
and are hopeful that political leaders
ofiof the Negro race win call upon
Prextdent Coolidge to use his fine
and strong determination hi matters
of broader and more v;t:: Impor-
tance to Negroes.
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