JUL 1930 ست Mr. Hile THE SLANDERER ESTABLISHEDER 1912 The Workman THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS IS THE PALLADIUM OF OUR RIGHTS. JUNIUS PUBLISHED EVERY SATUR DAY VOL. 18, No 61 THE WORKMAN SATURDADY, July 5, 1930.
PRICE CENTS Crane Students Win Sensational Case Tragic Death of The Graduation of Of Extradition Jamaicans at Cuba Tilt With Jim Crow Colored Students Force Chicago Hotel to Lower At Cristobal School Attended by Color Bar Distinguished Visitors Discrimination was struck another blow by education Friday, June 20, when Crane college refused to let the Southmoor hotel, 67th St. and Stony Island Ave. dictate to it as to how Race students should be served at the senior class dinner dance.
Crane college has always gone on record as putting its foot down on any attempt or movement to discriminate against its students because of color or creed, and Acting President Heritage upheld the standard of the school.
Last Thursday Robert Bostick, a student at Lewis institute, and a member of the Beta Omega Phi fraternity, a local Crane institution, received an anonimous telephone message that the Southmoor hotel had cleverly planned to separate the students by ushering Race students up to the mezzanine where there would be a table set for them, and they would not know what itwas all about until they found themselves all together on the mezzanine floor.
This information was quickly relayed to Raymond Walton, president of the Beta Omega Phi fraternity and after the report was confirmed by the manager of the hotel a conference was held between Raymond Samuel Shepard, former president and charter member, and John Crawford, one of the founders of the fraternity.
On the following day Raymond Walton and John Crawford called on Dean Harry Wood, who is faculty adviser of the fraternity, and was referred to George Heritage, acting president of Crane college. After listening to the fraternity representatives Dr.
Heritage called the manager of the hotel and the discrimination movement was discussed for ten minutes.
The hotel refused to agree to serve both races on the main floor without discrimination and threats of calling off the dinner dance were made, but was of no avail.
Mr. Heritage then called the class night committee to the office and the contract with the hotel was read through thoroughly. It was reported at this time that the committee had solicited the Morrison hotel for the class night dinner dance, but this hotel flatly refused to serve Race students, and that before this contract was signed with the Southmoor hotel the question of serving Race students was asked an the hotel agreed to serve them and there was no discrimination clause in the contract. Shortly after the contract was signed the Southmoor hotel changed managers and the new manager refused to obey the contract to the letter.
Mr. Heritage wanted to call the affair off, but it was only eight hours before the dinner dance was scheduled to take place, so he decided to let it take place and sent the committee to Judge Fisher court to get a writ of mandamus to compel the hotel to live up to its contract. The committee called on Judge Fisher and after conferring with the master of chancery a writ was promised in case of necessity.
In the meanwhile, the attorneys of the Southmoor hotel were called and notified that the writ would be served if the hotel insisted upon violating the contract and the civil rights act of Illinois, which reads: That all persons within the jurisdiction of said state of Illinois shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodation, advantages, facilities of When the students arrived the waiter asked how many were in the party and if there was any preference to where they wished to sit, and they were mixed in at all tables.
This is the second time in the school year that the Beta Omega Phi fraternity has had to step forward and protest against the discriminating treatment about to be given students. The Belmont hotel attempted to discrimnate last January when the junior senior prom was held there until President Bartholf flatly refused Race fraternity at to show the students of Crane college and Chicago high schools that education can wipe out discrimination.
An interesting case of extra. correspondent writing to diting a Jamaican by name James the Jamaica Gleaner from OriGraham back to Cuba where it is ente, Cuba, says: alleged he stole about 10, 000 On the 2nd of June after a worth of jewelry, is at present pleasant shower of rain, a slight occupying the attention of the wind sprang up and destroyed a police court of Kingston. cotton tree which marks (By The Scribe)
the It is stated that Graham was graves of the Jamaicans who The annual graduation of colored students of the arrested in Jamaica recently, on lost their lives in Cuba during Silver City School, took place in the auditorium of the information Sworn to by the the revolution of 1917.
clubhouse on Monday night, June 30th. The hall was full Cuban Consul at Kingston and On the following day a Jamaito capacity with as many more who could not be adwas taken before the resident can, Joshua Stratter, mitted. The Principal, teachers, and graduates looked was shot Magistrate where he was given dead by a Cuban soldier at the particularly bright and happy, the latter being almost a preliminary hearing. Evidence same spot.
uniformly dressed, boys in flannel, pants and black disclosed coats, and girls in white. There were many distinguishthat Graham had Stratter had been working pawned several articles of jewel with the Lieutenant of the Proed visitors in attendance, and the affair presented an Ty with a pawn broker in Kings. vince and, according to reports, appearance of dignity befitting such an occasion.
ton, who gave evidence to that so hard working a man was he, The chair was very ably filled by Mr. Cecil Mareffect. The Cuban Consul testi that his Services were greatly tin, and his powerful and scholarly address will not fied to having received cables apprciated by his employer. So soon be forgotten. The Commencement address was which were read in English re faithful a servant was he that again delivered by the Rev. Claude Cousins in his usual questing the extradition of Gra when he left his job the lieute impressive and masterly manner, and as before, the ham.
nant found work for him at anfuture of this address was its instructiveness and the point that graduation from an elementary school was After listening to all the evid other place.
not be taken as the close of an educational career, ence, the presiding magistrate Some time passed and Stratter but rather, the very commencement.
Mr. Agar formally com left his second pob. He went to The Principal Mr. Johnston gave a resume of mitted Graham to be surrender a cane plantation and there peothe year work in a clear and lucid manner. He aned to the Cuban Government and ple noticed that the clothes he nounced that of 57 students submitted for graduation, ordered that he be kept in the St. was wearing were out of use, 54 had passed, and only failed. At this announceCatheine District prison until government clothes (which had, such time as his Excellency the in effect, been given to him by audience as evidence of their satisfaction at such a rement a tremendous applause broke forth from the Governor had finally passed the lieutenant. Stratter was not sult, and also in commendation of the very good work upon the case.
known to the people on the planof the teachers of Silver City School.
In the meantime, Graham se tation and being suspicious of The singing, recitations, and drama were executed cured the services of an attorney him they consulted with the govby the graduates in a maner which reflected the greatat law to handle his case, and ernment authorities, and two solest credit to themselves and teachers, and it would be according to late press despatch diers were sent to fetch him to es it is expected that matters are the barracks. But these soldiers impossible to say as much as has been earned of com mendation to both graduates and teachers. This has likely to take a sensational turn. knew Stratter well, and returned been the third year of graduation at Cristobal, and this The Hon. Smith who re to the barracks with him with(Continued on Page 8)
presents Graham has forwarded out having to use any force.
a communication to the Acting STRATTER SHOT DEAD Governor protesting against the manner in which the matter has town they met another soldier so far been dealt with.
who, after a few words with In reporting the case, a late Stratter, started to quarrel with issue of the Gleaner says: him, and, it is alleged, the solGraham, it will be remember dier, incensed by Stratter at(Continued on page Continued from page 1)
NEW YORK, June 17. Despite efforts by the National When they arrived near the Gold Star Mothers to Visit Europe in Jim Crow Groups Color Line Defeats people and The Chicago Defender to persuade our Gold Judge Star mothers fallen heroes in Europe in Jim Crow groups, the first contingent of the mothers will sail on July 12 for France.
These women are going to Europe on the liner American Merchant as the guest of the government for whom their sons and husbands died. They are not considered the equal of white women. This was plainly demontsrated when the war department refused to rescind its order for our Gold Star mothers to make the pilgrimage in segregated groups regardless their residences in this country. The white mothers went and are going to Europe in groups accord ing to the sections of the nation in which they live.
According to plans for the Jim Crow group of mr.
thers the entire 369th Infantry, national guard, known during the World war as the fighting 15th Infantry, will act as guard of honor at the City hall reception where they will be greeted by Mayor James Walker. Col. William Hayward, commander of the infantry in France, will take part in the ceremonies which are in charge of Deegan, chairman of the committee, and New York tenement house commissioner.
Busses escorted by motorcycle policemen, will convey the mothers from their hotels to City hall. Regular military units from Governors Island will also form an escort of honor. Music will be supplied by a municipal band. Representative Hamilton Fish of New York, who was a colonel in the 15th Infantry in France, Samuel Dickstein and Lieut. Thomas Walkers will serve on the mayor reception committee, WASHINGTON, June 27. Aspirations of another federal judge have been blasted by reason of his attitude toward people who are not white, it was reported here Monday. He is Judge Edwin Holmes, United States judge of the southern district of Mississippi, who desired aappointment to a vacancy on the bench of the United States court of appeals of the fifth circuit.
The. hite House took the position that the of Texas having 40 per cent of the business that comes before that court is entitled to representation on that bench, it is said. Neither of the two judges of the fifth circuit at present are from Texas.
Senators Pat Harrison and Hubert Stephens, Democrats, of Mississipi, have been active in the interest of Judge Holmes. They were among the Democratic senators who voted for confirmation of Judge John Parker, whose nomination to be an associate justice of the United States Supreme court was rejected by the senate. They are said to have hoped to be rewarded for their vote for Judge Parker by appointment of Judge Holmes as a circuit court judge.
that he prejudicial to the Race. It was ed that he had ordered a white man who came into his court represented by Attorney Ben Green of Mound Bayou, Miss. to employ white counsel.
hotels.
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