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124 THE CRISIS [[4 columned table continued from page 18]] Lincoln Univ........ |45 | 315 | 0 Los Angeles ........ |59 | 413 | 7 Louisville ......... |128 | 896 | 1203 Macon .............. |34 | 238 | 0 Maywood ............ |6 | 252 | 5 Minneapolis ........ |110 | 770 | 1 Moline ............. |29 | 203 | 3 Memphis ............ |118 | 826 | 852 Montclair .......... |34 | 238 | 0 Newark ............. |46 | 322 | 7 New Bedford ........ |66 | 462 | 252 New Haven .......... |135 | 945 | 2 New Orleans ........ |310 | 2170 | 0 New York ........... |542 | 2710 | Brooklyn 145 New York 63 N. California ...... |266 | 1862 | 13 Norfolk ............ |39 | 273 | 11 Oklahoma City ...... |40 | 280 | 0 Oberlin ............ |19 | 133 | 0 Orange ............. |51 | 357 | 0 Philadelphia ....... |261 | 1827 | 470 Pittsburg .......... |163 | 1141 | 683 Peoria ............. |22 | 154 | 0 Portsmouth ......... |25 | 175 | 0 Portland ........... |48 | 336 | 45 Providence ......... |190 | 1330 | 690 Quincy ............. |45 | 315 | 0 Raleigh ............ |29 | 203 | 0 Richmond ........... |106 | 742 | 95 Seattle ............ |23 | 161 | 25 Savannah ........... |78 | 546 | 0 Shreveport ......... |43 | 301 | 26 Springfield, (Ill.). |23 | 161 | 50 Springfield (Mass.). |26 | 182 | 305 Springfield (Mo.)... |25 | 175 | 0 Springfield (O.).... |44 | 308 | 208 St. Louis .......... |615 | 2460 | 0 St. Paul ........... |82 | 574 | 0 Syracuse ........... |52 | 364 | 27 Tampa .............. |132 | 924 | 0 Toledo ............. |110 | 770 | 116 Topeka ............. |50 | 350 | 0 Toronto ............ |40 | 280 | 0 Va. Union Univ. .... |20 | 140 | 0 Washington (Pa.) ... |55 | 385 | 155 Wilmington ......... |94 | 658 | 182 York ............... |62 | 434 | 0| [[/table]] Total new members ................. 16,011 Membership of New Branches ........ 1,593 Old Members ....................... 9,869 Total reported membership, June 1 .. 27,472 A MILITARY ANTI-LYNCHING MEASURE. REPRESENTATIVES of the Military Intelligence Bureau proposed the following measure as a substitute for the Dyer bill mentioned in the June issue of the CRISIS at a special hearing before the Judiciary committee of the House on June 6. A BILL. To punish the crime of lynching in so far as such crimes tend to prevent the success of the United States in war. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled: That, whenever the United States is at war, whoever shall participate in any mob or riotous assemblage whereby death or mortal injury is intentionally caused to any man or woman employed in the service of the United States, or to any man liable to service in the military forces of the United states under the act approved May 18, 1918, entitled “An Act to Authorize the President to Increase Temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States” or under any present or future statute of the United States or to any person held under arrest by or as a prisoner of or in internment by the United States, or to the wife, husband, brother, sister, father, mother, son, daughter, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, or first cousin, whether of the whole blood or half blood, of a person in the military or naval forces of the United States or liable to service therein, as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of a capital offense against the United States, and shall, upon conviction, be punished in accordance with the punishment prescribed for the crime of murder under the United States Criminal Code. LIBERTY AND DEMOCRACY BUT, some people are saying, why should the National Association undertake a drive for membership at this time when the government is floating liberty bonds, when the Red Cross and the Young Men’s and Young Women’s Christian Associations are doing such invaluable war service, when the government makes so many calls upon the people of the country? Our answer is that this is a war for Liberty and for Democracy, and that the National Association since its inception has stood pre-eminently for these two things. In our first statement on Lincoln’s Birthday, 1909, we said: “We call upon those who believe in democracy to join a national movement for the discussion of present evils. the voicing of protests, and the renewal of the struggle for civil and political liberty.” To-day the world is astir with the gospel of the right of every man, no matter how poor he may be or what his race or color, to determine his own destiny, to have a part in the government under which he lives. The United States is the leader in such democratic thought, and the colored men and white men who believe in justice can show no finer patriotism than, while defending democracy abroad, working wholeheartedly for democracy at home. At our many meetings held during these two weeks of our drive colored men have again and again agreed that a membership in the National Association means membership in the world cause of liberty.
