ACTIVITIES AMONG NEGROES BY DELILAH L. BEASLEY lies, and made donations one of $10 and another of $5, to worthy causes. Mrs. O. M. Ruffin, of Oakland, reported. for the Young Mother's club, which she said made an annual survey Christmas time of the needy Oakland families. This year they discovered five mothers and 25 children whom they supplied a dinner through the kindness of Mr. Curtis, A business man of Oakland. GREETINGS. EXTENDED. Greetings were then read from Mrs. Irene Ruggles and Mrs. Esther Jones Lee, both past presidents, and from the San Joaquin club of Stockton. After which Delilah L. Beasley, extended greetings from Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsey Davis of Chicago who wished the clubs a New Year of and harmony, and called atsuccess tention to the receipt by the Phylis Wheatly association of Chicago of a cheek for $10,000 from the estate of the late Mrs. Blackstone. She also called the attention of the club women to the recent honor bestowed upon the national president, Mrs. Sallie Stewart, being elected of the vice-presidents of the "International Council of Women.' She will sail early in May to attend the quinquennial meeting of this organization in Vienna. The speaker was followed by Mrs. Lydia Smith Ward who told of Mrs. Charlotte Hawkins Brown being, elected a delegate by the • Congregations church to attend the International Sunday school convention in June in London, England. Visitors were (then' Introduced, among whom was Bev. Fred Hughes, pastor of Bethel A. M. E. church, San Francisco. He delivered a brief but forceful address on the value of a Juvenile colored worker in lance aisles. He is a trained social worker and told some of his expertencos in California in such work. He urged clubwomen to seriously consider such work in their programs. He was followed by Rev. Wesley I. Sledge of Chicago who is the guest of Attorney and Mrs. Lawrence Sledge of East Oakland. He is the pastor of Jenefer A. M. E. church of Chicago, on a three months' leave of absence. He is the executive secretary of the National Republican Colored Committee, having been elected to that position in Cleveland, Ohio, In 1920, re-elected in Kansas City, Mo., in 1929. He has served as a sergeantat-arms in the National Republican Party convention since 1908. At present he is president of the Colored Division for the World's Fair Commission for 1933 to be held in Chicago. Short addresses were then delivered by Mrs. Theo Purnell, representing the Swasteka club of Berkeley and the chairman of Exchange. She spoke on the value to clubwomen of the Exchange day which this year will be held June 12 in Oakland. She was followed by Mrs. A. M, Smith who told something of the yearly program for the Fanny J. Coppin club of Oakland. They are studying the "Home and Its Soul," believing that the first should consideration for clubwomen be to study the home and its influence upon society. She was by Mrs. Hettle B. Tilghman, who represented the Alameda County She League spoke on the petition being cirof Colored Women Voters, culated by the National League of Women Voters to be sent to the Five Power naval conference in prayer pronounced by Rev. Wimberly, pastor of the church. CLUBWOMEN MEET. Sunday was observed all over California as Clubwomen's Day at the request of the state president, Mrs. Z. Otey Smith. In Oakland, the clubwomen held its observance in North Oakland Baptist church, Mrs. Ceola Brown having charge of the program. After singing the Negro : National Anthem, she introduced Mrs. L. Sledge, who in turn introduced the speaker for the occasion, Mrs. Ethel Clark, executive secretary for Booker T. Washington Center of San Francisco, who spoke on pioneer colored women, Phylis so Truth and Harriett Tubman. She told the value in any movement or organization for cooperation and abolishment of prejudices. After the address Mrs. C. Brown called upon many in the audience for n word of expression on women's work. Among response were the Rev. A. M. Ward of Parks chapel, Oakland; Rev. Wesley Sledge Delilah L. Beasley, who spoke briefly on Phylis Wheatly, who as a slave had been educated by her mistress for a house e servant, and encouraged to write poetry, her poems were accepted and historians speak of her as the first woman of any race in American letters to write poetry. This alone makes her life of value to Negro women. HOLD ELECTION. William E. Watkins, executive secretary Filbert street Y. M. C. A., states these will be held tomorrow, Monday, January 20, the annual election of board members for this branch. Polls will be open in the building from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. During the past week he has collected for the branch in new members and donation $100. The branch is continuing its drive for new. members throughout this month.. WOMEN'S DAY. Today Women's Day at North Oakland Baptist church. Mre. Allen O. Newman will preside at the services this morning where a well balanced program will be given, and this afternoon Mrs. Saddler will preside. -The public will be welcome. The Dorcan Society of the Market Street Seven Day Adventist church tonight will render EL pageant in the church. It will be a musical called "Candie Light.' The public will be welcome. Corralitos to Have New Assembly Hall WATSONVILLE, Jan. 18.--At a mass meeting which drew practically the entire community, school patrons of Corralitos completed plans last night for a new community assembly hall, work upon which will commence at once. The trustees called the meeting to consider a plan to remodel the old school building into a meeting place. The group, however, decided In' favor of a new building and 15 men donated $100 each toward the project. It is now planned to sell the old building, re• cently abandoned when a fine new structure was completed and occupled. The money thus realized will be added to a balance in the school treasury and with the money donated the building will be erected. LABOR NOTES Patil Scharrenbarg, secretarytreasurer of the California State Federation of Labor, will address a public meeting under the auspices of the Central Labor Council of Alameda County tomorrow evening at 8 in of the temporary Labor haemple, 480 Twentieth street. Scharrenberg recently attended convention of the In1 stitute of Industrial Relations as one of the delegates representing the Commonwealth club of San Francisco. His subject will be "What I Saw and Heard in Japan." William P. Fee, president of the local Central Labor Council will preside. Admission is free and the public has been Invited: An announcement has been made by Thomas E. Burke, general secretary-treasurer for the United Association of Plumbers and Steam Fitters of the United States and Canada, that a national five-day agreement, with five and one-half pay, has been signed by the officials of the organization with the National Automatic Sprinkler Association. According to Burke, the agreement affects thousands of sprinkler fitters and their helpers who are members of the association. State Senator Daniel C. Murphy, chairman of the committee on education of the California State Federation of Labor has appointed Gebrge Durand, Charles R. Gurney, S. M. Jacobe, local labor leaders, as members of a special committee to act with representatives of the State Board of Education for the purpose of considering the coop-1 erative education movement. Durand will serve as the chairman of the committee which will meet at an early date. Miss Minnie Sarge, an official of the local Cooks, Waiters and Waftresses' Union is in a local hospital | following committee an operation. The workers sick of the culinary reports that she will soon be able to resume her official duties for the organization. William E. Franklin, an old time member of the organized labor movement in this district died last week, He was actively identified with the movement during its early history in the Eastbay district. William E. Franklin, a son, is a member of the local Milk Wagon Drivers Union No. 302, which organization was represented at the funeral services by William P. Fee. business' representative, and Fred Silverthorn, secretary-treasurer. The union also sent a floral offering to the services as its expression of condolence to the family. The Printing Pressmen and Assistanta Union, Local No. 125 of Alameda County, will give a dinner today at 2:30 p. m: at the Hotel Oakland. Paul Cleu, chairman of the affair announces that the celebration will be one of the most elaborate in the history of the local organization. State Senator Daniel C. Murphy, a member of the San Francisco branch of the organization will be the principal speaker. Many prominent people have been invited to attend the affair as the guests. Emil Muri, general executive board member of the Internatienal Union of Brewery, Flour, Cereal The following interesting news was received, from the national headquarters of the National Association Advancement of Colored• People in New York: "Following long the vigorous protests by the N. A. A. C: P. and other bodles, the department of has decided to cancel the contract bY, which 200 Negro convicts Atlanta federal penitentiary were t to be boarded in Chatham county, Georgia, to do road work." When the plan first became known, the N. A. A. C. P. on 0c- tober 31, 1929, wrote to Attorney General William De Witt Mitchell, protesting against what it termed a discriminatory practice" in singling out Negro convicts and con+ demning the system of convict leasing 'or boarding. The association also wrote to Senator Arthur Capper, of Kansas, a member of its board, enlisting his interest. During, ensuing correspondence with Sapford Bates, U. S. superintendent of prisons and at a personnel conference. in Washington between him and Messrs. Arthur B. Springarn, Walter White and Judge James A. Cobb, the N. A. A. C. P. maintained its position that convice boarding of Negroes, despite assurances that they would be well treated, was discriminatory and the practice a dangerous and undesirable one. DENOUNCED IN CONGRESS The project was denounced in congress Senators Wagner and Borah, and Representative La Guardia of New York. On December 14 the N. A..A. C. P. wired Superintendent Bates restating its objection to the convict boarding plan, and on December 27. the N. A, A. P. C. telegraphed Senators Wagner, Hawes, Vadenburgh, and Norris, objecting to a bill which would have reorganized federal prison administration on the ground that it would "perpetuate a system by which colored prisonerg will be virtually leased out to southern communities." Superintendent Bates suggested a conference in New York with representatives of the N. A. A. C. P. in an effort to arrive at some workable plan to prevent discrimination against Negro convicts in n the plan to relieve over-crowding in federal prisons. Walter White, acting secretary of the N. A. A. C. P., made the following statement on the contract cancellation: "The N. A. A. C. P. is highly gratified that the contract to board federal colored prisoners in Georgia has been abandoned. We are not unmindful of the problems created by over in federal prisons. But we are against solving problem by creating another. Sanford Bates has shown himself eager to cooperate with the N. A. A. C. P. throughout.' UNVEILING OF TABLET The annual mass meeting of the N. A, A. C. P. was Sunday afternoon in St. Mark's M. E. church, New York. Over a thousand people were in attendance to witness the unvelling of the lite membership tablet bearing the names of full paid lite members. Dr. DuBois, who addressed the meeting on the function of the N. A. A. C. P. In American life, traced the history of the movements for the emancipation of the Negro In America from pre-revolutionary times. The N. A. A. C. P., he said, was part of this long development and in its twenty years had profoundly altered the tone of race relations in this country and throughout the world. Continuing, he said: "Twelve million -Negroes are organized to contend for emancipation from discrimination in America. China has abolish extraterritoriality, India has declared for independence, Ethiopia has entered the League of Nations and sent a minister to England. All those movements are disconnected, but significant of a world movement toward freedom for colored races." The next speaker was Bishop Francis J. McConnell, of the M. E. church, and president of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. who urged tolerance and understanding between members of various races, saying: *The problem 19 not racial but human." He urged Negro leaders for Nogroes, as leadership depended not upuon race but upon the training and background of the individual leader. He stated his' belief that more Negro bishops should be ap- pointed. LOCAL NEWS A large delegation of Oakland colored clubwomen chartered a stage last Thursday and motored to San Mateo, where they attended the second reciprocity meeting for northern district. of California, State Federation of Colored Women's clubs. The meeting was held' in A. M. E. Zion church; and attended by delegations from San Francisco, Palo Alto, San Jose, Stockton and Sacramento. Mrs. Lowrence Sledge, president for the district, presided. She. called into session the executive board, with twenty members answering the roll call. They discussed ways and means to entertain the state conJune and the biennial convention of the National Asso'ciation of Colored Women's clubs, which meets this year in Hot Springs, Ark. At the close of the session all delegates were invited to the club house of the Fleu de Lis club of' San Mateo, where luncheon was served. The beautifully furnished clubhouse is' the first one owned by colored clubwomen in the state. After lunch they returned to the church, where the meeting exercises. opened Be- | with short devotional ports were then called for and a ready response by chairmen of all the committees. There were 16 clubs represented with 30 accredited delegates, and a large delegation from each city so represented. One of the outstanding features of the reports was the spirit of cooperation of all the clubs in meeting their state and national obligations, especially In the service rendered to needy families this winter, the Fanny Wall Home and Day Nursery and the Home for Aged Colored People. AGED HOME AIDED Th report from the Phylis Wheatley club of debutants was most encouraging. They have annually given a dansant, the proceeds going to the Home for Agen Colored People. This year, because of the heavy street assessments for the home, they made an extra donation, making in all for the year about $96. The Madam C. J. Walker club of San Francisco was reported by Mrs. Dennis, who gave a list of needy families cared for besides hundreds of community children during the holidays. They are preparing to spend $14,000 in building an addition to, their home, She also reported a gift of $140 worth of bedding through the : San Francisco Community Chest. A club from Vallejo reported they had prepared and distributed six baskets of food during the holidays to needy fami- COUNCIL and Soft Drink Workers, with offices in San Francisco, left for Cincinnati last week to attend a special meeting of the executive council of the organization. One of the matters to be considered will be the selection of a secretary for the organization. The whist party given by the Gardeners' Union, Local No, 17847 last Thursday evening at the Pacific building proved successful according to a statement released by executive officials. It is understood that a special committee on entertainment will be appointed at the next regular meeting to provide special features during the coming months. The Ferryboatmen's Union of California announces the removal: of its headquarters from room 219 Federal Telegraph building, Oakland, to Room "J" Ferry building, San Francisco. It 18 stated that the new headquarters are more accessible to the members of the organization due to the fact that San Francisco is the terminal point for a. large majority of the membership. Clyde Denl is the present business manager. Robert L. Hesketh, general secretary-treasurer for the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' and Beverage D Dispensers' International Union, will soon make an official visit to the 1 local organizations. Hesketh prior to his election to his present position two years ago served as city councilman in Seattle for 19 consecutive years, and is well known in the Pacific northwest for activities in organized labor. Time of his arrival here will be announced through the -columns of the Oakland TRIBUNE. Local labor officials will entertain Hesketh upon his arrival here. John Casey, general organizer for the American Federation of Labor who /was recently appointed by William Green, president, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John A. Dale, will soon make his first official visit to Oakland, according to information received from local headquarters. Casey is the son of Michael Casey, second vice-president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, one of the pioneers of the western organized labor movement. Old time members of the Mustclans Union Branch No. 6 of the Eastbay district are mourning the 1058 of Art Hickman, one of their most popular members and associates who died Friday morning following a five-year Illness. | Hickman is given credit for being the originator of what is now known a8 "jazz" music. For many years he and his band were familiar in the St. Francis Hotel of San Francisco, and was also well known to the radio world, being one of the first organizations to broadcast over the air in this vicinity. William A. Spooner, secretary of. the local Central Labor Council has issued a statement- advising that the council will conduct no official business tomorrow evening, the organization having set aside its regular business in order that the full evening may be given over to Paul Scharrenberg, secretary-treasurer the California State Federa| | | tion of Labor who will speak regarding, labor conditions in Japan.