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nr i i s. rrt alto rally, A War Opciaj EnplojEcnl Chances To Negro Seana ice. It ha com the attentioa ef th Katioaal Urhaa League' ptrmeat of Industrial Itelatioa that th ihippin iadustry is being crippled by th leu of teamea wh kav goa th armiea of th variou eountriet new at war. Th shortage of stewards 1 being felt kaly suek grest shipping centers as Beaton. New York, Philadelphia.

Baltimore, Narfolk aad Jacksonville. As a result ef this condition, Negroes who lira it thss cities might and it profitable inquire into the possibilities of employment in the shipping industry, lt wis suggested this Arnold Hill, dire tor of thi department 5f tha League, Belhune Cookman College To Opes For 67th Year DAYTOXA BEACH. Fla. Bethune Cookman College will open her doors for the 07th scholastic vi ofl Friday, September 22nd i.ie opening exercise will he held in the college auditorium at 11: iO a. n.

Freshman students hav been requested to set on the campus for their week of orientation activities and tests, September 18th. Classes will begin at eight o'clock cn the morning of Thursday, Sep tember 21st. "porta of Th Aft' aa ip te tao Binuu nana of cum tyecta keOBBem 8 File For Entrance White Universities Pushes Drive With eiiht tenon rSIin applica tion for entrance to graduate schools three states for the fU term, lb National Association for the Advance. merit of CoUrad People announced this sveek that it will push it drive at one to ope college southern nd border states to Negroes, in Mis souri. Tennessee aad Maryland.

Alt the nersons fctea aoucht the aid of the N. A. A. P. in press According Aasoaurira.

application are listed in thsj following categories Law, biology, 1: so education, chemistry, 1 journalism, I. The names of tha students and the universities to which they seek ad mission follow University of Tennessee, KnoxviUe: P. L. Smith, Joseph Michael, law; Clinton Marsh, sociology; Homer L. Saunders, education En Totten, chemistrr.

all residerrts of Knoxville: and Walter S. E. Hardy, Charlotte, N. chemistry. University ef Missouri.

Columbia: Miss Lucille Bluiord, Kansas City, journalism. University of Maryland. Balti more: William Murphy, Baltimore, la. The K. A A.

P. announcement aid that L. A Ransom, professor of law at Howard University and a member of the Association's natioaal legal committee, till handle the University of TenneMce case will be assisted by the law firm of Com an and Looby, of Nashville. Rap mm is scheduled to go to Nashville September 19 to prepare the ground for court action. Charles H.

Houston, special of the N. A. A. will han. tle the case, of Miss Bluford at the University of Missouri.

He is expected to leave shortlv for Columbia, Me. It was also rtsted that Houston otant to seek further court action in the Lloyd Qainet ease. The U. S. Supreme Court handed down a deci sion December 12.

19J8. ordering the Unirersty of Missouri to open its law school to Gaine offer him identical training within the tte. Since that time the Supreme Court ef Missouri hss reversed its former ruling TO FIGHT NAZIS big to the hght on Hiileriairl. Many the Virgin Islands, United States possession, expressed strong sympathy for tha democracies, while in the French and British islands large ausnbert acre volunteering for over Mas service. Th war was brought home sharply to the West Indian people by reports ef activities of German submarine in the Caribbean Sea, Curacao Dutch West Indie, reported that three German submarines were cruising in the 'vicinity of that island.

It was rumored that the Or mas boats were planning an at tack on the French Island of Mar tinique. la Jamaica. British West Indies, the government ordered all enemy aliens on the island interned and their business turnM over to an of ficial receiver. Food ancet were soaring as local merchant began war profiteering. In Nassau.

the Bahamas, labor onion and former service men pledged unstinted support to Britain for trie durauoa 01 the war. noenc defense forces were reported over enlisted, while hundreds of men were damorirtf to Jom the foreign serv Patraniaa aha tLUtXTOO KXO TIOV as Th Tork Age at in tcSBpi wa TUB NEW YORK AGfe Scenes From National Beaut? Colhirbts League Session In Kansas City, Last Week "Chief TIams Remains Silent As Grand Central Red Caps Hold Labor Representation Electicns agror Daioiicratic Leadership 0( 13th Assembly District Is Predicted icieat ill AEiirew d. iveaii liti sninutn attemOt I i. Ar a( the 13th fanblv District. Andrew B.

rutiM. Democratic leader, i hiv taueht trace in gtil Negro paper which last week ttAru fhlt hat Caused lB thi know to laugh out tv. itArv predicts keatirtt I ittetiea his refd Ut Assemblyman William Shel iV.ek, eUimiff tnat tnt tatter is wsetoing tne voters in mt IH" Tv. tirv auote Keating at ttl "SheldritkV i trying to ir in the back and loo! the rsf the simi time. But my jf itsr record a leaner oi Viftnct is unblemished in any riv.

the attack on kieldrick, the story goes on to ir that Keatinr. was re.jponi for many jobs given Xegroe U. I ttni itin 14 the olf'CC n'w Mr, I Attic, eic nner in the office of the Fresi rt of the Board ol Mis. Bessie J. Biardert.

vector in the Internal Ienue pepirttnent. Third District, and iate rax re, corpora tor, inspector. It is a wU known fact that Lie onl job now held ii that Mrs. and he doe not it in the 13th District, heirg a at 50 Morningsitle ave in the IKh Mrs. Jack.

on lost her job lien present citv administration icok ovtr and New bold Morris, president of the City COun elected president of tne Jurt of Aldermen snar Fa.Tie. who was tamed tor famous "pork chopology" po jki' preches. was not even an iffholdr when he died tome trtr jears ago. Hyn loit hit as corporation inspector some rr years before he died and ariing to those in the know. Keying could or would do noth to get him reinstated.

When P.tne died, a call was made to Siting advising him of the fact ri asking for assistance to raise ufiicem money to give him a ietint funeral. When all other wees failed and Keating would he'p, the United Colored Democracy through Civil Service Csmmitsiener Ferdinand Q. Moris, its head, got Rodney Dade, adertaker, to bury Ptyn. "There is no discrimination in Andrew B. Keating Demo cfitic Club," the atory oi on m4 cite; that the club officers Lt nixed.

The stery fivti as Negro officeholder Ellsworth rtertv assistant teeretary, Mrs, I uty ooiiii, memcer ci 1 xne tr i i anizing committee, and Ifrs, irt. ajsiaut4ecrf Tit local paper, bow ever) kled to itate that RobWa re ir from Keating'! organiaa wncn anciartcic nrl an 'weed bis intention of rurmini is the Mr. Mary also rasifnod from Keating' to pack her ton, Ttadore Bolin, former Keatinc ituin ho is now one of th fj men in the Sheldrick organ, utien being teeretary of th tib. Bclin Is" one of the tevea N'po captain ho quit Keating join the fight being made by the present AV.ut t'ne boMeit attempt to i rtdt for a kV lioerer. to nas the 'rire''.

torr that "Faloh hu band of Justice Jant ti n( a solicitor the rot ce Department. alo obtained petition indirectly through Keatint." Whether it wit f'aust the writer of the story not know or didn't care to wk en his facts it is known Miiflle was a resident of 22nd AD. nhen he tot hi and it a not threueh iMtirg'i influence, directly or cm rematelv indirectly. Pr mrr Div is next Tuesday. Tterber 19, and when the vott i east in the 13th Assembly Dis Deniofratic orimarr elec.

w. it is freely predicted that cwty committe of Andrew a Mitmr wj) overwhelm rsK d'feited br those support. Sheldrick. And mest his riith tnviw hoasi. ftr eigh 1 1 1 1 I ll iii iag one Negro joh ff'Cr.

COLONIALS EAGER Ir Crutii, ki. by bitter memories of 1 wmnnptuou tbeoric of Ut mfenonty ttives of trench ctt eoieniei this week wer flock up tor military service in 1 West Africa, native TV rfyid besieging ttxernmert ntarilT offenng their er V' one provision that they to Friiir jM Tj' IV1 scitivc agaiiws Ljj cportcd that Senegalese tlready had taVen nart in on the Western from, where vn we said to be attacking roregm umce an hat one million Senegales it. i and enroute. acres jts i Cbralter, to Marscilks 'tm France.) goUd, chiefs visited the eov seat en maiM te tvp. ilar ther FrMS, vvMim, una.

i me t.te bscii wwr so aeai a oeata ST and it bestial race I to WMJCTl in Or a .1 rnwon us uic umreea thrT have wees, fri. fopulif Front America, native I In Southern As N. A. A. C.

P. On Racial Barriers in line with the high court's deci. tion. The State of Mfssouri has appropriated some $200,000 in an effort to establish a law school at Lincoln University at Jefferson Cr gro students. Houston will seek a hearing in the State Supreme Court in an effort to determine whether the state of Missouri has complied with the high court' decision.

Thurgood Marshall, apecial legal counsel for th N. A. A. mill handle the case ts Willi Mufphy, involving the University of Mary land, the K. A A.

CP. stated. Murphy's case, if he ia denied admission, win represent the second time that the Association has gone to court in an effort to force thi border state to admit Negroes to it law school. In 1935 the K. A.

A. P. won a victory at the hand of the Stat Supreme Court of Maryland the Murray case. The court ruled at that time that no adequate training in law was available for Negroes in Maryland comparable to that offered by the state university, and ordered the school to admit Donald Murray. The University complied and Hurray was graduated from the school, June This week he passed th Maryland State bar, the N.

A. A. P. learned. Arthur Spingarn, chairman of the N.

A. A. national legal committee, ia a statement issued oer said that William H. Hast, former federal district judge for the Virgin Islands, now dean of the Howard University Law School, and Edward P. Levett, attorney connected with the United States Housing Adminis tration, would be associated with the organization's defense Of these esses.

"This is our answer, declared Mr. 'to the question a to how shall follow up the Supreme Court decision in the Lloyd Gaines' case. Urging the public to tend funds for carrying forward these and other case in the association' educational program, Mr. Spingarn added: In our fight to correct th evil in our educational system both at they affect the ability of Negro citi ten to gain an education and to be paid equally for their services when they become a part of the teaching personnel in the school system, it is necessary to be realistic about the coai 01 mis 0711. "Because we carried the Gaines case to the U.

S. Supreme Court the same time other education case were being fought, we are now faced with a $4,000 deficit in thi phase of our work. Within the next six week we will need to spend than11 SI. 000 court costs. printing and travel expense.

All of our lawyer except Mr. Marshall, who is a regular member of our le pl ttsff are rvwf without 1 pay. With mis fin example before us, and the excellent cooeeratioa of our member and the public a a whole. we feel that all win understand the pressing need which make a come forward again to ask that funds be sent immediately to the N. A A 69 Fifth avenue.

New lork City, order that this fight which affect million of Negro youth and bring thousands of dollars wages to Ne gro teacher, may be carried on with rigor." a inrpAio luucaumovi Cider a T7alt4 lava, awbUasw mailing aasc Medioaia ajktar yeetage mat not earaf vaaaai aaav acrlati asmgtt the eat yaw tor etiratje. Bee or tola lav, ww ar etatv 9U4 out a sober ef eM Meada Vhoaa MtosrtUMU we vaia. If you are lawhsdad among tftec who have bee dr typed free ma auIUag list, you sua can be by Hram at kUL i 5 rf Vf rs National Negro Baptist Hall Of Religion At By CAXT B. LEWIS Dr. L.

K. Williams, president of the World's Baptist Alliance and pastor of Olivet Baptist, Chicago, 111 was principal speaker en Monday afternoon at the Hall Of Religion at the World's Fair. The convention which was in session last week at Philadelphia, Pa, where there was an attendance of 1S.000, moved on to New York City, to observe Negro Baptist Dav at the Fair. Dr. Williams wsa presented to th vast audience by the Rev.

Thorn B. Bartea, Brooklyn, X. vie president of th Ntieaal Coaveatlea. After payiag a high trihnt to those responsible for th tmiUiag of th Fair aad th grand eur la every respect, ur. ntiuami tid: "Th "group which repr.

seat csanot be eliminated from th oeeatioa. They bar give unselfish, lv their best. haloed to eon vert all her deep deise swamp and verileu wilderness into laughing productive Held. Thi group ha freely givea it con to protest wainat any foe, every right aad claim of thi country." Dr. William Praia) Baca hav faraiihed a quota of laveatars.

scientists, dcatora. art ists, sculptor, musielaas, historians, mechanic, laborer, firmer aad etc whose hand helped to produe all that thi I air tymftoii." 'W gather here today whsa war elouda are eacueung avurope ana casting their somber shadows across th thresholds 01 America, mnatiai Negroes will pray that oar eoaatry will be saved from participation ia aaotatr worm war. ana 11a hoaor aad aafaty will ateidfaat ry preserved. also hope aad pray that th pc that will fol low thi Europe a atraggl will giv jutie to all raeea aad aa tioaa." Aaothtr speaker for th oeeaaioa waa v. J.

AasUa, putor of the Pilgrian Baptist Church. After a apUadid iatroduetiea. Dr. Austin said ia parts "We, the Nsgro Bap usta, ar eoaesrasd ta taose eur al prineipl, la thoco baaia thiag apoa wksck awa can rsst a per maaeat eiviiixatloa supported by a righteous citlaeaekip which reeog aises the Tatherhaed ef God. aad presaot th Brotherhood ef Man." Dr.

Auttua opok ef th Negro be ing deaied equality ia aad religioui worship aad edaea tioa aad worship, ia face ef oppo sitioa, th arst Negro Baptist chares waa formed ia 1773 at Bil ver Bludd ia the Colony ef South la th (truggl for the veritie of citisensbip, Net Tarnar, a egr Baptist preaektr 14 a rebellion on hundred year tgo, aimed to gaia freedom which aatie. ipated th Civil War. A a eiti sea, Booker T. Washiagtoa ia oae the examples of tb contribution th Negr BapUeta make ia th far ef prejadie aad diacrim iaatioa. Bar.

Aastia the a made aa appeal for the Chriatiaaiaatioa ex tha world aad aaid that the wy eat "th New Birth ef ChrUt." Said he. I'Th flssl word froor gro Baptist to all of Let a snareh ea to th falflllment ef our highest possibilties aa children ef Ged. Let aa rvra oarsclv aad backward th level ef the lower life, which ttrikea at aa from the jungle a we march ea te a latr social order which will be foaad.waea the Kingdom ef Christ, a kingdom ef Love, beeosn the riling iafleeae ef the world." Bar. Adam M.O. Th lev.

Jam B. Adam, paa tor ef th Concord Baptist Church, we master at ceremeai. Bis ehirea choir, aadr dieeetWa ef Prof. Edward Boatar, readered high class lectio. The eel work in "IafUmmatas't waa auag baw tifalry by Miaa CathrU Smith.

Th plaaiat wa Blawerth Patterson aad the erraaist waa Deeadrel Chareh. "My Lord, What a Morning" was the epiritaal that wsa ap plaa. Monat Olivet Chair wsa iU retd by Lerey Maawell. Bev. O.

Jfatwoll la paster. The eriptra lessoa wsa br tv. Alk ies, Atlavle City, K. 2. brttt, tmatuer, ei the eoaveatloa, a ia ef be lo, it At 1 IV.

"1 Day Observed At World's Fair Monday and other Baptist lesdera ut on the platform. The Chicsgo "President Special" left Monday night aad will stop at Buffalo and Niagara Falls ea routs home. The traia was under direction of Rev. J. H.

Brsnham, trans ports tion commissioner of the convention and aasistaat pastor of Olivet Churta. Insurance Companies Hope To Set October Collections Record CHICAGO, IIL Having set a precedent in Negro Insurance by producing over $20,000,000 worth of new business during one week in May of this year, forty four member companies of the National Negro Insurance Association are now looking forward to setting a precedent in collections during: the month ol Uc tober, according to a statement issued this week by.J. G. Ish, Jr, agency officer of the Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Company and chairman of National "Negro Collection Month. Mr.

Ish stated that 1939 had been very good year for most companies and that as a matter of course this year's National Negro Collection Month should be the best ever experienced by member companies during th three yer that they hv sponsored the drive. Ia order to promote active competitive participation the National Negro Insurance Assocation offers a trophy each year to the company having the largest collection percentage for the Last year the trophy was won br the Pilgrim health and Life Insurance Company of Augusta, Ga. This year in addition to the trophy, individual awards will be made by President r. Crueaot ot National Negro Insurance Association to agents who make outstanding collection, records during the month. Cooperating with Mr.

Ish on the Collection Month Committee arc I R. William. Pilgrim Health and Lsf Insurance Company, Augusta, J. E. SinUi, AJi ana Accident Insurance Company, Louisville, B.

G. Olive, Universal tJf Insurance Company. Memphis, Emerson Brown, Southern Life Insurance umpny, oannmre. A. Preetwood, Excelaior Life fmurinre ComDenr.

Dallas, Tex. and George A. Beaver, Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company, Angeles, Calif. fcti Jcb DiwOTslica UipeTolIttlOaFridaj Ttja Anti Job Discrimination League will open Ite 13 10 ae ritlties with wie meeting ef it Ad riwry Coeaetl at the Betel Poaaayl. nail en September IS.

AH mem ber, ef th'ia council comprising people ef every race, creed aad color every borough ot the elty are requested to be present. Thi meet lag win oegia ai ilmfta Abaer C. Bur pleas. sssmber th Legislative Cowaeil th League will be the epeaker. Hit (object will be: "Should there discrimination ia employ meat a teeoaat of rc, ereed or color?" The monthly meetings or th Af vlsory Council will held at tha Pnavlvnia Hotel ea th follow ing date: September IS, October Wovemoer J.

iwwm aa, a ary 19, February IS, March IS, April IS, May 19 aad Ja 17. BOLT CBOSS CATHIDIAl Holy CrosCj Pro Cathedral founded by the late Archbishop Alexander McGuire, will observe anniversary this week. Thorjy, September it Holy Cross Pro Cathedral Day. a there wjll be lew mtst with corporate conyauniot oi th 4 UPPEE JXTT: Cunningly dreaa. ed In page boy eoatana 1 Bobby Harding of Sanaa (71 ty, shown tte llverlngsone of Marl Downing' In.

Tltatlona to her reeeptton. UPPER RIGHT: In front of the Mm. 0. J. Walker booth are abown Billboard Jackson, repr sating th Standard Oil Company and Mm.

M. A. Ford, manager of tha booth. LOWER LEFT: Maria Dsrnlng atanda beside a placard announcing ber new lln of Mart Downing coameues. Shown en tha placard are reproduction ef two of hr well known eotnmna, "Beaaty and Bo.

manet." LOWBB RIGHT: Arriving by plana at the Kansas City airport, Maria Downing is presented a bouquet by Mr. Haley Thompson, ptoo. ldent of the Kansas City local of fand hssd of the Haley Beauty BohooL (AKP) Pr. William H. Dean to Resume Bis Duties At Atlanta University ATLANTA, Ga.

Dr. William H. Dean will return to his post at I Atlanta University next week after spending two years in study and re search at Harvard University. A Rosenwald Fejlow lor three successive years. Dr.

Dean deferred his most recent award which was made for study during the coming acsdemic year in Sweden and France. Dr. Dean was graduated from Bowdoin College 'summa cum laude' in 1930. At Harvard University, where he won the degrees of master of arts and doctor of philosophy, Dr. Dean held the two most important fellowships in economics.

Portions of his doctoral thesis have been printed by Edwards Brothers in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for the Harvard University Press under the title, The Theory of the Geographic Location of Economic and are now assigned reading in class work at Harvard. During the summer of 19J9, Dr. Dean was visiting professor of economics the College of the City ef New York. He i a member of the Academy of Political Science, a fellow of the American Geographical Society, and a member of th South erst Sociological Society. According to an announcement from the office of President Rufus E.

E. Clement of Atlanta Unrvertitl, two new appointment have been made to the library staff. Succeeding James A. fiulbert at catalogue librarian i Miss Virginia Mae Lacy, a native of Clarksburg, West Virginia. From Hampton In stitute.

Mist Lacy veeefved the B. S. degree in library science snd the B. S. degree in education.

She hat also earned the M. S. degree in library science from the Library School of the University of Illinois. Prior to her appointment to Atlanta University. Miss Lacy served librarian at Louisville Municipal College in Kentucky, and as assistant in me Hampton Institute Library.

For two summers she ss chief instructor of lirsry science courses afforded for teacher librarians nnder the auspices of the American Library Association and the General Education Board at Prairie View State College in Texas. The sppointee is the 1939 chairman of the Kentucky State Librarians' Conference Louisville. Named as an assistant librarian 1 Ms Jennie Pritchard. of Atlanta, who was graduated from Seplman College in June, 1938. Mis Pritchard will assist in the cataloguing deportment.

parish. At 130 p. m. solemn vespers, sermon and benediction. The Canon E.

Thomas will preach. Friday, September 15: 6 a. m. Requiem Mas for the souls of all who have ministered and worshipped in Holy Cross. At 4 p.

m. there will be grand tnnivesary rally and musical bv unit ed chorus, club and ewUtaadin art bu and choir will be hear! for the first time perhaps the nesrly two score years he has been head ot the red cap forces at the Grand Central Station, tames H. Williams, familiarly nown as "Chief Williams," refused to give a statement or opinion on a matter involving hit men. Usually, terse, positive but corr.modating in that respect, for once he was in a position in which he had to maintain a sphinxlike silence. It all happened because the red caps of the New York Central System were holding a labor representation election.

The election, under supervision of the National Mediation Board, O. F. Carpenter, mediator, opened at the Grand Central Station on Monday, and will embrace all ttation at which red caps are employed, until September 21. On acount of two stations ol the system which earned white red caps, who had joined the organization, the AF. of through the Railway and Steamship Clerks and Baggage Handlers claimed the right of jurisdiction of the redesps, although it had made no effort to organise the colored red caps.

lt was only after the International Brotherhood of Red Caps was formed and the red caps were given employee statu that the A.F of L. organisation got interested in the colored regiment So, the present election is to decide the question of representation. In this matter, however, every Grand Central red cap had a more weighty voice than his chief. AsA a matter of fact, the big chief couldn't say a mumbling word. He admitted that himself.

The admission was made when he was approarhed in the ttation with the remark that it wss observed that the red cap were holding; an election. Ye. but do not ask me anything about it. A supervisor I am not allowed to discus it. If you want any information about it.

see the man you were just talkink to, Bowers, or some of the others. Like President Roosevelt. I am neutral." The man he referred to were John Lee, president of the N. Y.C. system, and John A.

Bow ers. vice president of the I.B.R.C While not the slightest indication of intimidation marked, it was said, Monday's voting, it was reported, by one of the union officers that sme of the men not SPECIALSforSCHOOL AIID FOR THE DOTS 1 ON "etlABGE EASY PAYTSI1T PLAN VEGT 125th QTREE? Between 7tti and 81 Avenaea OPEN SATURDAY NIGHT A Wssgj i7 iEF" 'A ir 11 Give Your Hair This Good Dressing Watch It Give "Well dreaied hair tuia does help 70U to "food So if you want to givo your hair good treat ft to Black Mod Whit Hilr Drtsslag. Set how much eg tier It it (or jou to drug your hair in to many of this geaaoii smartest styles. Aik for Black and Whltt Hair Drtating. Two kinds Whits, 50c Amber, 25c Trial, amber, 10c Black tad Wbltt Uegto makes hair look longer.

Black Mad Whltt Poaad Dreu lag lays down jumpy hair. Black tad Whlf Glotsin girts your hair lustra and sheen. onlv appeared afraid to vote, bet were found to hav. made antrue st.tements, when asked if they had voted. Asked as to what he atributed that to, he replied: "The colored man's mental and fer psychology.

Even after the voting room was cleared of everyone but the mediator, tome el them were still afraid to vote. Some didn't know what they were even votin for." 1 0 N. Y. Slate American Legion Wcaen Ctd For Dkcriiniriaticn (Continued from yage eon) nsnees aad we must abide by fM rulea of the camp to which ea4 children. Personally, If I were h) charge of a camp th race, sole eg ereed of th children I worked wit) would make a difference to ate.

1 believe I might rather work with, colored children. They might better behaved." This only served' to add fuel th fir for than Mr. Themae, ta th name of these discriminated sgainst children wanted to know Just what discrimination wte, revested in aa interview with a reporter of Th New Tork Age. Some; of the convention member expteca ed th belief that the department should refrain from tending any) children to a camp which refuses to accept all of th children. are not asking' for oeelt life," Mr.

Thorn concluded. "We have plenty of that among eureehre ia the time for Amerlea, through the American Legion, te break down narrow prejudice. A burst of applause lastine several minutes marked the ead of her talk. Because of th argumeata aad remarks Inserted by the presiding ofirer and committee chairmen, which beclouded the issue, it ia aid, th resolutions were not voted upon at that tin) but tabled for discussion at the beginning of the 1940 convention. Thi waa th first time cine th admission of th colored uxiliria upward ef fiv years ago that tha question of diseriminatioa ha been openly discussed on the floor ef th convention.

Mrs. Bosalie Jackson, president ei th Mitchell Royal AuiUierv of the Bronx collaborated with th tab. mission of the resolutions opposing th practiced diseriminatioa. THE You'Good All dealers. 7 1.

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