Brownsville Weekly News

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=< sln-he midst of @: ar session, Representative Arthur. w. Mitchell.
{D.) of Mlinois, only Negro. member. of the house, hurls a charge that

the Republican ~party~ is

~trying to buy back the Negro vote~ with the

be, antilynching bill which was passed by the house last Wednesday 252 to
131. Shown with Mr. Mitchell, right, is Representative Joseph Gavagan
4 of New York, sponser of the antilynching bill, passed by the house pre.

wously enly to encounter a sonthern filibuster in. the senate.

once by the people back home.~

jas SEDO. ~We're pole to~ have a. tought: fight to pas
) the Anti-lynching bill in the Senate.
this fight-depends entirely on the pressure that can be e*erted al.

This was the statement nfade by Walter White, executive sec
retary of the National Association for the Advancement of Col
ored people, as a forecast ~of wis
is to happen to the Gava
Fish, Anti-lynching bill w ich
passed ~the House~ on_ Wednesday,
dan. 10; by a-vote of 252.to 131,
and has been sent to the Senate.
CONNALLY MAY LEAD ~FIGHT
The NAACP secretary, pointing
out what is necessary to be done
how, in the fight. to pass the bil!
in the Sénate,; said he believes
~hat Sighator, Tom Connally, of
~Texas, an avowed enemy of the
bill, will. insist on. holding heuarings. Although Senator Henry F.
Ashurst (D) of Arizona, chairman
of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has not announced -the names
of members.~of the sub-committes.
which will hold hearings, jf is understood: that. Senator Connally

will probably be a sompert of *he
committee.

Mr, White urged ndividua'

and ~ org tions interested i
pushing the passage of the bil
through to::

~Write to your Senator and tel
him that you want hearings to b
held at once, and that you want
him to exert his influence tc
bring this about, and that you
urge him to vote forscloture Mimi.
tation of debate) if a filibuster ~is
started against the bil.~

PLAN TO CORRAL WITNESSES

The secretury or te NAACP said
that the association plans to cor-; ral witnesses from many of th>

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_ $.C. Police Cracking

Down On Ku Klux Klan

ANDERSON, = o~ (ANP) ~
With~ the:: combined forees of the
's. constables, the ~gouth

"state Patrol, the county.
~ days

nitilt and battery, and intimidation
while wearing ~~masks. Bond ~fer
each was fixed at $5,000.

Johnson remained in jail three
before friends from the
neighboring city of Greenvilic
(Klan headquarters for the upper
section of the state) signed a bond
for his release.

During his stay in jail Juhnson
made no statement. The Grand
Dragon of Klan, however, from

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ST.. LOUIS~-~S N 8&~The
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
this week filed suit in Federal
Court for $120,000 in wages said
to be due 93 red caps at the Union
Station here from the ~ Terminal
-Railroad: Association under - the
Wages. and.Hours Law..

The Brotherhood declared - it |
Wag acting in- behalf of the 93
red. caps: -Similar suits. haye been
filed. in variots cities by the International Brotherhood of: Red

Red Caps in Suit For
$140,000 Back Wages

Caps.

The luggage. cacriers said they
had. been forced. to. work for tips
only and contended thgt they had
the svatus of employes and were
entitled to wages from the as~sociation: ~Tips, they -pointed out;
could not be considered as wages.

The suit also asked an addtional
$120,000 under ~& provision of the
law. that the smount of
found. due by 2 curt might be
doubled ag i~qridating damages.

Honored ~

ae
Ss

Whether or not we will wit};

~CHARLES H. MAHONEY -
Commissioner of Labor. Charles
H. Mahoney left the city this. week
for New York, where he will be.
ciccted to the Southern Education
Foundatien Board. Mr. Mahoney
will fill the. vacancy on the Board
caused by the death of the: late
Father E. W. Daniels, A dinner héld
at the Hotel Astor, ~N. Y.,. Monday
night by the Board was attended. by Mr. Mahoney. He will return to

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Two Year Old Baby
Dies; Heart Attack

WATERLOO, Ia.~(HNS)~

J. Craig. Davis, two year olc,
son of Ruth Cooper Davis, of 20%
Ash street, toppled over as a re-sult of a heart attack while playing at. home Monday, Jan, 15, at
10:45 a. m.

The mother hearing the child
fall -went to it, thinking. that: he
was unconscious. from striking
his head in falling. A physlelgn
was called, who declared tha~

Detroit Friday.

F

death was instantareous as _~
of a heart attack:

(TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, Ala~
(SNS)~Ground was broken here

City, and work. will start immediately on the erection of: the
infantile paralysis center made

National Infenly. Parse

Friday by Peter Cusack, New York.

~Tuskegee -
[SoS aot ee |
situcatiot, and Deo. N.

Ground Broken For New
| Tuskegee Paralysis Unit

~these trained workers would pe |

able to return to their communi~ties. and wage a continuous battle
against the disease, the speaker

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i'| vote of the Negro~ in the North is:
} {now more. valuable than that of 8
I | the white man in the South.~ -

Southern Newsman
Cites Value Of

Graves compared the South's
three recordeq lynchings for 1939
with the 500. Juomicides ei New
York, calling these figures to the
attention of the Anti-lynch _ bill
sponsots, Mr. Gatagan and Repre~entative Hamilton Fish; He furcher deplored. the poverty of the
South, pleading a development of
_ regional spirit to offset this,

Mississippi
Tops All States
For Lynchings

WASHINGTON (CP)~Mississipe led the nation in the lynching

of colored people since 1882 with
a total of 522, Rep. Arthur W.
Mitchell told the Housg of Representatives last. Tuesday.

Georgia followed closely with a
total of 478. Other states listed by
Congressman Mitchell are Texas.
which lynched 375, Louisiana 333,

Alabama. 296,..Florida. 248, Arkan-.

sas 226, Tennessee 200, South Carolina 154, and Kentucky 141. There
have been 3,884 lySchings of colored people zince 1882.

Fire Kills Three;
Inefficiency Is
Laid To Firemen

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Fest inibsulite effort ~je landowners, siaieatepiatG, Federal and
State officials ~to alleviate~ distress of poor whites arid Negroes pushed
off their: land.(as pictured at top) by the tractor. invasion of the South
began~ through the initiative of Governor Stark. (hott pm: right).of Missouri. Representatives of all interested parties were called to the conference-in Washington as 1,500. Missouri - families sece eviction
notices agaib this year. Owen H. Whitfield (bottom Jeft) organizer of
fast year~s @emonstration and vice president of the \cannery works,
was selected as ote of the ~croppers~ principal spokesmen. (HIN).

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Eviction Notices Are

representing the farm workers | ~are
hopeful that: intervention. by state
and federal. authorities may. yet
at Senith $ibedetn Lave: Toned~

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'~} sic for the dance..

~| fair. The admission will be 35~ per

tended ~that-land owners have -tak
LANSING, ~Mich (WN) ~Every-.
~one. is looking forward: to: the gala

~Kings, - A
dnestrn, Meagan~ will furnish mle.

Invitations will be sent to. varlous'| a.
clubs throughout the state. The
~public is invited~ to attend this, af--|

person. From 8:30 until 12. I

Bandit Leaves His
Name And pirical.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.~Leaving
a liquor stere after a $30. holdup,
a bandit heeded~a colored delivery
boy~s plea to leave his. emptied
~bet: it sa ie