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THE BRONZEMAN    Thirty-three.

Excerpts From the Negro Press

Our bankers look none the worse after having been to the "cleaners." For once, apparently, color was no consideration. Financial soundness was the key consideration, and in proportion the colored bankers seem to have fared much better than those of the white race. – Clifford C. Mitchell, in A. N. P.

Putting real Christianity into the hearts of the poor whites, and banishing from their hearts and minds prejudice and bigotry, is one of the New South's greatest problems. – New York Age.

The cold fact may as well be met face to face, that there is not now, never has been, and never will be, a Negro newspaper that could survive simply on "society news."

The "big guns" who want special write-ups on every occasion should be willing to dig down their pockets and help pay the freight.

The newspaper as a general rule gives full value for every dollar received. Few people ever pay for more than they get, while on the other hand, many get a great deal more than they ever pay for. We know of no earthly reason why this latter policy should be maintained. The sooner we get down to real brass tacks in our relations with the general public, the more self-respecting and substantial will our newspaper business become.

The day has long since gone by when a successful journal can carry a load of dead timber on its subscription list and give space after space to the socially inclined without some remuneration. – Colorado Statesman.

It must be confessed that in many instances when a program is rendered too many appear upon it to make it effective, enjoyable and profitable. Too many solos, too many preliminary remarks and too many introductions of this man and that who in turn will introduce the main speaker of the evening are indulged in. – Newport News Star.

The story of Judge Horton's conduct of the trial of the Scottsboro Boys will reflect credit on the state of Alabama in far places. He would, in our opinion, being ornament on the highest branch of the state. – Birmingham Reporter.

In view of the expose of deplorable conditions as they involve young Negro women and girls, social agencies of both races should renew their efforts to throw more protection around the many unfortunates that roam the streets and appear as ever ready victims to the snares and pitfalls that surround them on every side. – East Tenn. News.

Let us not quarrel over who should and who should not defend these boys in the Lynch courts of Alabama. So far as we are concerned, we do not care who saves them nor by what method these innocent boys are saved. The big job for us all is to save their lives. To this end, we pledge our unstinted support and call upon the liberty loving and just thinking people, white and black, everywhere, to join in a protest against the "legal lynching" of these boys. – St. Louis Argus.

Congressman Oscar DePriest is not only the representative for the First Illinois District but for all Afro-Americans. Recently I wanted some specific information that only a Congressman or Senator could well secure. I wrote to our congressmen, and in a few days the desired information was at hand. – Digesting The News. – Clifford C. Mitchell.

The Leader feels that a colored American citizen who has the right to vote to elect others to office also has it right himself to be a candidate for office. We see no reason why a colored man in Louisville should not be a candidate for the City Council, the State Legislature from a community overwhelmingly colored, and why said candidate should not seek and why he should not received the votes of whites and blacks, Republicans or Democrats, if he were the right kind of candidate and offered a platform of interest to the citizens and voters. – Louisville Leader.

Following the beaten path has never made pioneers who have been the blazers of trails in the development of our present civilization. – Newport News Star.

The Reds have Alabama on a hot seat. Alabama is yelling "Murder! Police!" We say let them yell until they are willing to put Negros on juries and regard them as human. – Afro-American, Baltimore.

Much has not been expected of women, in the field of business, because they have been denied an equal chance to train, and participate in the industry as those of the male sex. Yet, in spite of their handicaps, they have proven equal to the men. If I were to say that there is a difference in the achievement of colored men and colored women in business, I would be inclined to give most credit to the females. Cleveland Guide.

It is the opinion of The Newport News Star that at heart, Dr. Carter G. Woodson and Dean Kelly Miller are as one each striving unselfishly for the same end. They both desire full freedom for the Negro race unhampered by any consideration of color.

Believing this, we give them both. Godspeed and pray that their tribe may increase. – Newport News Star.

Conversation with the most enlightened Twin City groups will convince one of the lack of reading among our people. We have two or three women's study clubs to sixty odd bridge, whist club press era, Both the women and men should do more reading. Certainly should the youths in school or out be encouraged by example to read. The K. C. Call aptly pointed out recently that both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass got their inspiration and start from a few books read by firelight. – Twin City Harold.

Among the many lessons which the depression should burn deep in the hearts of the American public is the practical demonstration of the ease with which traditional racial barriers can be bridged. Relief organizations and self-help associations have demonstrated how readily, in great emergencies, distinctions based on race and color can be completely forgotten. – Colorado Statesman.

 Mr. Roosevelt gives promise of being president of all the people, and with such a president occupying the White House, Negro should show their patriotism by doing all in their power to compel the land of their nativity to dispense with her hypocrisy; and take her rightful place among the civilized nations of the world by according all citizens their rightful deserts under her constitution. The New Deal should do away with such barbaric institutions as segregation, disfranchisement, and lynchings. May Franklin D Roosevelt live up to the unparalleled opportunity that is his in leading his country out of its despair! – Palmetto Leader.

This is no time for talk or lost motion. If lives are now to be saved, money must be raised. NOW! It will cost no less than $6,000 to appeal this Scottsboro case to the United States Supreme Court. Records must be transcribed and printed; a transcript of the testimony in the long Patterson case must be made; and hundreds of pages of stenographic work must be typed and must be paid for – IN CASH! – Kansas City American.