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COLU.MBJA. a C.. SAT]
PRESIDENT WILLIE
The trustees of Shaw Univei
step that they have taken in th
cy. For many years agitation
?-and friends of Shaw To"the end
stitution. At last a Negro hat
been elected is not of such gi
NWro vvhn i< tn vimr.mH tn
I)r. Willinm S'fmiiM WLw.n
with him to the Shaw preside
rounded Shaper of the destinii
~*er~ embody. He fiasf youth, peri
gence, experience as an exeeutp
the past year Dr. Nelson has >s<
Johnson, president of Howard I
the chair of religion and philo
a graduate of Howard, Yale- an
D., and Ph. D.. respectively. 1
is refreshing to discover that b
are no longer demanding that
recognizing in him thveapabilh
-?- We predict that Div Netsbif>r t
waters that surround Shaw, a
__ lightnnment and truth will be-h
administration.
- THE HAH1.K.M
Among the many-eniigitlt'iiei
papers -is-thfe HaYlem Sketch'
The author of this column is T
be depei^Hed on to give his reade
__ Lewis POOS} not tU,,? IP
inflicted biting, hence never
ever he believes he says; at le
not believe. y _
A It hough .one does not agree
m the Harlem Sketch; Book it
one would train a nroner nersiie
ican life. What is true of I Ik
many other columns conducted
tion for this tribute to Mr. Lew
newspapers in the Harlem Sket
News linger the title "Newspa
Mr?1 pwin: rontind. that "
mended for the" tidpvq'ip^ thw
??-?"ty those wnose opinions are oft*
itorial policy.- Hq claims that
T"easily the peer of the most uc
... way of illustration he cites >-e
"TherPittsburgh Courier," say.
permittCtLGeO'i g ft ScIlUVlhLi_u_
the edrtdrlal policy nr. the pa
i'ln"11 I'Offiiifl in tiniM-rmh-?ft-TiT
a warning tug of the check rei
bit recondite, I will restate th
I mean that nope. ul'.JJfebig s
departments of the paper has n:
Book' to pull its punches. -In
- permitted to say what I want
Lewis has. informed us anent t
impression because of a statem
- News sometime back, that the "!
to stick to discussion of thi
_ wa^-mere-^esLH?? ? " 7~
Mr. Lewis also mentioned C;
who "gets loose from some ih
preherrsible or anathema to A
then would "add to these unc
Bois. who is too.big to be rpuz>
thews, Dean Pickens and fL_A
?? umnisfs7 impressions'kdd varie
papers "even when their ideas.i
- The columns and columnists
i.v cuiu t-ungmenrrieni ro our r
" them there are others that Ne
Digest, by FlovrlTah-in in tho
. the Chicago Defender, whose s
us to believe that that matchle:
mons, is'its author BetweenIn
the PalnioTtb Leader and the
in# It Over by Roy Wilkins. in
The News, by .Clifford Mitcheil
Post, by Rjchard H. Bowling ii
and Pointed Points, by Georg
Leader and the Louisville Lea
Carter Woodson's weekly releas
_1 _-ju -There is no excuse for yournr
opfch knowledge of .matters afft
-* nfl ttiQ nf th*.
religious, political and economic
fvithout all the Negro papers it
IrherNegro PressThat a fair repc
is to be had* Mr. Lewis has
calling^our attention to the rel
E- newspaper. /
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UR1MY, AUGUST T, 1931.
lson
sity are to be commended for the
e matter of that school's pre'sidenhas
-been rife among the alumni
that a Negro should 'head the~hT>
been elected. That a Negro has
eat importance as is the type of
influential a positiun: ""?
tho |irt^ulent rice I . should cdlTy
ncy the reijuirements that a1 well
2s of youth might 'be^expected iu
sonaljty, visio.n Intellect, intelli:e,
moral courage and health. For
erved as assistant to Dr. Mordecai
Jriiversitv. Since 1924 he has held
sophy at Howard. Dr. Nelson is
d Columbia Universities, A. B., B.
Te is thirtyj-nine and riiarried. It
oards of trustees of Negro schools
a man be an octogenarian before
ties of directing education centers,
lection will lubricate' the troubled
md that the historic craft of enm
ne r.afely into'port because of his
' . 9'
SKKTCH HnnK
d columns carried in Negro newsBook
of the Amsterdam News,
'heophilus j.ewis, who always may
rs something to think about. Mr.
i- twngiic iviiill adapted i'ui st'lfindulges
in that practice. Whatrast
he does not say what he does
with all of t he conclusions reached
is well t<hat one should read it if
ctive of what is going xm in Amert*
Harlem Sketch Book is true of
in'our newspaper.s The inspirais
is a tribute paid by him to Negro
ch Book of last week's Amsterdam
pers Become of Age."
Negiu newspapers are to 0e nini
how tlu if lulumniSts, especial?n
at variance with the papers' edin
this mabter the colored press is
.... -.l:.'.. ) ! . >. r?
i\ciiiL~i;ii i upuiiian uuuies. ny
veral columnists and newspapers:
; Mi1. Lewis, "led the \Vny when it
say--nu to p-vmry-yes expressed^try
per. - i he Amsteednni News is *
tie 'Sketch Book has not once fert
in. Lest the last sentence seem a
idea in Evening Oraohie words
hots uf tiie eilitorial or bltsinesyf
lade.any effort to induce the Sketch
even- plainer words, I have been
to say."' \Ye~are glad that Mr.
his matter for We were, under the
ient appearing in the . Amsterdam
Sketch Rook author was requested
ngs" theatrical. That, we take it.
f . _
rril Wilson, of the-New York Age
it ions that must lie either incomIderman-Editor
Fred Moore." He
urlied lightweights W E. R. Duded,
and J. A. Rogers. Ralptr Mat Jones-.--.-He
savs that: these colty
to-'the columns of Negro newsdo
not increase enlightenment."
mentioned hy Mr. Lewis add-varielewspapers
we believe, and beside
groes should read such as Calvins
LdU.-Jiurg-h-Courior. The week. "lIT
tyle and, clearness of analysis lead
ss historian, Roscoe Concklin SimTim
Lines by Cordon Br.JJancoclT
Norfolk Journal and Guide; Talki
the'Kansas City Gall; Digesting
, a syndicated column; The Guide
a the Norfolk Journal and Guide;
;e A. Singleton in the Palmetto
del. ' And, yes, Kelly Miller and
es to the colored press in general.
Ngroes To grow bp mfhus a thoricting
their welfare for these col
papei s for Which they write disevery
possible phase of our social,
life. No Negro school should he
xan aifordr4'or it is-onb^thTOTTgti
trting of our progress and failures
performed a valuable service in
ation the columnist bears, to the
. THE
"PREPARING FOR
??Writing in the August Amen<
Claiborne Pell,-former United ?
York, Chairman of the Democi
York 1921-1926. and 4r
the international predicament of
Germany prior to the great war 1
his title "Preparing For The Next
readers would derive much profit
It has many startling conclusion
to be very sound to us.
His thesis may be found in the
ele. "There is a good deal of tall
United States. In the great war:
on one side a group of . static n
they are, anxious to preserve thei
"worlds,i uniting against a dynan
.threatens their place-and their p
the. intruder interferes with the
and which they call civilization, f
"ting oil' somehow, and supported
-The excuse foi^ each"struggle~is
are exactly rm*> samp in ouf-d
fought off the challenge of Gen
end wai\. and "make the world saf<
bination headed by England a 1
Corsican ogre in the cause of
XIV in the interest of the balanc
to protect Europe from the Scar
Hooking back to 1900 and cor
that within twenty years therp
"many and its friends Mr. PeTTpo
manufacturing, banks, and finan
to silch extent as to arouse the 1
fear" was based on the fear that
to be a dangerous commercial co
ropean industry coiildJjejjdureolT!
down b.v GormttrrTTnTTpetftion in tl
in Europe feared the demandsio
to serve big business interests <
geeond fleet nolle u Oljdj.;'' All u
-cave uf Germany and Che Allies.
Mr. Pell says: ''Most of tlrese 1
-relations of the United States . . .
iticians thought of the United St
of Bolivia. ...... when our navy
Hit* more astute and observant p
that the United States had becon
Tracing the economic history
comes to the period (>f the World
the' great civilized nations of Km
resources of the United States w
and its allies with war materials
been imported from Germany i
power " now engaged in wart art
fJnited States-customer entilry tin
-war:?Ail"tfits made" Uncle Sam t
Mr Pell contends that present An
Germany, before the war and t It:
very likely to result because of t
-tiou ul1 lilt1 I'Hiieii Slates of Ami
Mr. Pell conclusion is that for t!
has offended every great nation>i
of-stupid and selfish citizens, and
the country of its proper means
tives, t^ay have been, we have sue
''lIMlki' Mid we must do one of lv
friendship and respect of ten year:
a United Kurope,' which 'is tlie
continuation of our present* polic;
nuances of discussion that we Par
ing this article. "We recommend
about Americas foreign relation
SPK( I AI
Mo Out Reporters And Contributors:;
1 hi inn tn the Pn1-1 t Ubce t??t Walt 1
._l.ni.') month-,, The Falnnttu I.c-adii goe;
have your news in, the office im later
it will .he. tj>u late tu appear in the.pa}
I BETWEEN Till' ~ t
lAMtH
. HV (."OKDON B. HANCOCK
ILcrd-But- FuiH?
Within veeent months. the Nation,
al Urban League has..been unu'uullv.
Hfti-ve in bringing Q.e Mtt-eiuLu.i. \,f'
the couiitry the . economic: "situation
that faces the Negro race.; Factual)
' representation lias been made con-}
cerning. the extent of 'unemployment
and its. allied, disordered among Negroe>
thl'QUghopt ^tho -count*y .?T he
facts have been ugly indeed that there
is crisis in the affairs of tlie*^ T^egro
that is due to-the peculiar position
the Negro occupies ye a submerged
group and the peouliar attitude the
country and the world takes concerning.
iiur racial"-group. Very 1 i-oeht.ly '
the League' attitude on the situation1
has . been vigorously assailed and;
questioned ha- been raised as to the'
propriety of exppfing th(e Negro's-j
leal status in "the present depi't.-.sioji, j
The niticisnu. directed against tlVc
Urban League ar,. so-stniiliar to those j
I IMS wriffry LHa.t. .LtiteLUt-.
!.".. iiro'ta?tba-b ntr orfianntrv tTiTeri -1 j
nv the whole matter. Although the;
League presents an irrefutable array \
of facts, JLhtiT,- is?u?- objection""tTT"
TEese faets-receivrng tdu wide puEliei
ty. For many months and even years \
this writer has been pleading with the
Negroes to face the facts even though
thy be ugly. Ignoring problems that '
are ns real as the Negro's economic|!
problem is the poorst of all ways..In ,1
solve them! Attention is invariably I
called to those Negrops upoii whom 1
gooff fortnne Tias snTfFet! is smiling 1
now?and there are many, we must
admit: hilt f""'""" i'"11;' ' *" 1
culated to blind many of us to the f
hardships that many thousands of '
Negroes are facing daily. These un- i
derpriyij^ggd?and?inipovi'i i dKol" NT7- i
groes are the ones who are going tn <
swing like mill-stones about the necks
of those who strive to rise. These/
are they who ar(. going to bring down '
the "general average" of the race in
the eyes of the world! Some are tak- h
cLMETTO LEADER? ?
THE NEXT WAR"
L'an Mercury Magazine Herbert
?tatou Congressman "fronr-^few"
atic State Committer in ^New
avoter since that time, compares
Uncle Sam today with that of
10 end war. Mr. Pell chooses as
t War." We believe that all our
from a reading of this article,
s based on reasons that appear
? opening paragraph of the artii
of- a possible war against the
s of -the past, wo usually can see
atiohs, satisfied with things as
lie challenger, whose expansion
reeminence. The new power of
comity in which they all live
ounded on'the necessity of geU
ov a Daiance of Mate and-fear,
different, hut the circumstances
ay, Rprope headed* by England
nany in the war which was to
2 for democracy. Another cornhundred
year3 ago, fought the
legitimacy, as it fought Louis
e of power, and Philip of-Spain
let Woman,"
isidering what indications were
would be a Union against Ger lints
out that German shipping,
cial organization had developed
lostility of Great Britain, which
Germany had suddenly begun,
nipejatoi^__4^ktTTTaTe^: No E.UtTTfAvas
not going to be struck
te near future, Every politician
f a Foreign Office desirous only
>f Germany and backed by *'hp
t us Know what happened in the
What of the United States!
hings exist today in the foreign
. Thirty years ago European polates
less than today they think
annihilated two Spanish fleets,
eople in Europe began to realize
u- a power to be considered."
of thf? TTriifoH ^tnfoa A.TPnll
War when the manufactures of
ope.having ceased the economic
ere called hn to supply England
, and also with what had either
previously or produced by man
*. ' South America ^lso \vas a
. to lier former erpditnr Nation
he world's only creditor Nation,
lerican prosperity is analogous to
il a United States of Europe is
. :ir of tlit' rmnmornnl "rgnvdrn"
riea. ^
lie last ten years our government
n the world to placate one group
to placate another has stripped
of defense. "Whatever-^om^ moIt'll
in arousing suspicion and
10 things: either reestablish the
s ago, or prepare to fight against
?unsuitable eonsetrttence of'drhe
There are many interesting
i not go into to be found oh readit
to all who would know more
s. .
NOTICE!
:iulidav on SalimPm .In i
3 to press Wednesday night, so kindly
than Wednesday morning, otherwise
ierfoT Saturday.
.GEO. H. HAMPTON, Publisher.
ing comfort in _Uie_Qmught-il?W -many\vTiTv
lie "|>i'ii> ? ! i 0111?1 luu_.nul 111'11~
Negrufo have -ntwrrVs hacl it lough!
This comfort is of a very specious
nature and those who rest in it are
coddling themselves -Into a lethargy
of delusion.-1- The trmibV that faces
the Negroes In this country is not altogether
an economic one and even the
solution of the unemployment problem
uf Negroes would- not relieve the
Negro from the bitter "struggle that
must inevitably precede the enjoyment
of full: citizenship-?irr~ttiis country.
Negroes must be.made to understand
that facts at,, impartial apd hellwho.
-cannot I'Pee I hem ought to die' Things
are not right in Germany and Germany
proclaims her condition to the world
and 'tire-world 'sees in jGermany's
plight a threat to its* well-being;
When this country sees in ,the Negro's
plight a-tlmat to its future*, It
is go in,"; to inaugurate some construct-measures
for the Negro* relief.
Sooner or 1atf>r-..this government
muft have a Negro Bureau devoted,
to Negro welfare the^e are too
manv things involved to let things
drift much farther. When the door
of opnortunitv and hope is being clostuLdaily
in the- fuce of t-Welye^'mitHons
of Negroes hy the limitations that the
trior /pie^tion .iwe.^e'riV^s, tjhe Negri's
nor those ^sympathetically intern
stefUTTTlKelF welfare can cope with
suoli pernicious situations. Sooner
or later the United States Government
must take a more direct hand
.... i' - -*
. I ...r wriuuv r,t tne race. Hitherto
competition was not so hitterly keen
a? today: hut a new day has dawned
run) a vuhmerged group like th(. Necro
is faee to Tade with a terrible
struggle?t - is true that wp have
manv Negroes figuratively speaking
'sitting i.n top of the world" hut it
11 gome to he a dark dav for the Negroes-when
we give all of our attention
^o fho'-e rather than to the perishing
noor devils... uponwhom Vthe world's
ojttTng. and sitting hard! It is
luito easv for those on ton of tho
wrrld to vconVlude that, everything
vill ork out all right. But such
hinvs. as com,, out all right for the
Neero must be worked out and too
tmug. complacency will be a mighty
handicap for the Negro to overcma.
Nothing is going to be done for the
Negrd until the desperateness of his
condition becomes an embarrassment
to this nation! _It has ever been thus.
The task to which the Urban League
has get itself ia very tedious and
thankless one as this writer knows too
well; but it is a task that somebody
must perform if we are to move forward
into a fuller share of this country's
advancement. During the Great
War when the pandemic of influenza
was scourging the worlld, there
were two groups of victimes." One
group ignored the plague, spumed
suggestions to be very careful. These
died! The other group realized that
something was radically wrong; and
betook themselves to bed as thieir
physicians advised. These lived!
When the Negro is unemployed out of
all proportion to, his numbers/ there
is operating a factor, designed to impoverish
the race by and by. tSuch
-Boeiaband-eeonomic symtoms "tndtCSYes
that the plague of race prejudice is
nianisfesting itself in a sphere that
io close to the life of a race. It is
true that there are those who can
find irqmfort from "playing down" an
ugly- situation but patently somebody
ought to worry over it, and that the
Urban League is willing to worry over
the race's economic troubles is highly
t .rrmendable!
?-PtmrrarD^
JOINTS
George "A. Singeton
The weekly text: Love is-very pa T
tient, very kind. Love knows no jealousy;
love makes no parade, gives itself
no airs, it never rude, never selfish,
never irritated, never resentful;
love is never glad where others go
wrung, lO'VgTs'gTaTrdened by goodness,
: always slow to expose, always eager
to believe . the best, always hopeful,
always patient. St. Paul in.?l-Cor..
- T3:4-7. . ?
The weekly thot:
"The truly Superior Man
Is catholic in his opinions
His intellect broadly will scan
' The earth in its vastest dominions,
It's only the mean and inferior
' man
Whose thots are all shapt on a
partisan plan,"*
(ponfuciua.
Wise Js the--Man, and bound to
grow,
1 Who knows he knows a thing orj3o
But who is nut afiaid to show
The many things he doesn't.know.
The lay delegates have all been
elected to the General Conference.
- Scanning the list the Writer concludes
that a splendid group of men and
women has been selected to represent
the church next May when the A. M.
E. General Conference meets in Cleveland.
South Carolina has put her
best foot forward. The delegates are
all oo rst.f "hiil i.hr.ln.. Pi Uft'Ssor
C. G. Garrett is the Dean of the
group.
Professor Garrett cannot be honored
too much. He, Professor Morris
and Baumgardner stood bv and made
Allen University -a school when the
days were dark. Whether they received
their salary or not they stuck.
vvnen they did receive it they had not
received much. He is the last of the
Mohicans. Then he has a head full
of brains. Prof. Garrett is the equal
of any man in his church. Altho this
Writer has traveled far and "Has studied'somewha*
he delights to sit at the
t'6ot of "Prof." 7~" "
Few mornings ago this writer was
aroused from his peaceful slumber by
'the presence of a very distinguisht
gentleman from Atlanta, who had.motored
to Kansas City and was returning-via
Chicago. It is an'honor to
be visited by the pastor of the largest
church, in African Mothodiaw. The
pei son in gno^tinn?u^f, driving a
PacKuid.^ lit? IS -a south Carolinian
and is looking the episcopal way.
Bojb Benedict, and. Allen are setting
their Jiouses in order. When the
scribe was in. Columbia one of the
main buildings on the campus of Benedict
was being brick-veneered. News
comes that President Sims is having
tfiie Chappelle Administration Building
converted into library space. This
is a great move for Allen. Bishop M."
H. Davis, Professor Cochran and the
entire Alumnae-Association are back
..of^the project.?No one must- stand
so. far back of it that he can't be
found when time comes to ante-up.
One does not' place himself in position
_to. appreciate--Preeident Sims
until he has workt with hipi and traI
vels in other sections, South Ca-rolinb
| the church, the race, appreciate his
ability, his worth. He has made good
Your scribe enjoyed working with
him, and serving in .the Piedmont together.
Those episcopal candidates
will have him to reckon with. Already
the connection is takintr hi nr serious! v
Meditate upon the "weekly thot."
Wesley, Wright, Williams?you say
alliteiatiun but 'Ihlk senbe says they
are before the church. Caldwell,
Tookes, Morris present topic lor every
discussion-group at Wilbtrfprct,
Norfolk, and Columbia, ihe brethren
talkt. They will talk some moie next
February in Tampa. * They win act in
Cleveland.
Howard flrom Texa^, Tylej from
Brooklyn, Clayborne from Arkansas, j
Haithcox from Ohio, Walker from
Cleveland, Gomez.,, from Kansas are
to be considered. 'Howard is u dignified,
brotherly, friendly type of-oian.
Stands out in any assembly,
In the offing is South Carolina.
After the ministerial delegates shall
have been chosen a primary Wilt" be
held to eliminate the unsuccessful
contenders. That is right,- you .can't,
wih with '"forces scattered. Drs.
Beard, Simmons, Miles and Sims?
who will it be? The layrrien arc in
position to speak now but will wait
for their spiritual leaders. A winner
should be endorsed. May the best
man in point of service, character and
preparation win.
*
Saturday, August i, 1931. 7
_ Some brother wrote the scribe to
Jtpow if he were still standing for
the Christian Recorder. Why he lias
never ceast to stand, certainly, lie??
has prepared himself and Jias tried ^
to demonstrate his fitness and ability.
-state tind" church Will be the
final judges.... ^
This space is dedicated to the memory
of Di A. Christie, D. P. Pender- .
arrass, I. J. Miller. Mas. T. C. Beckett,
McMahon, and '"Buster" Spears.
Out of the following group of min
isters how many will be elected delegates:
Drs. Logan, Adams, Lyles, Anderson,
JaAerette, Dent, Dueketf, Alston,
Lewis, Deas, Wilborn, Jennings,
Beard, Nichols, Simmons, Miles, Sumter,
Crawford, Nance, Sn^ith,. Gray,
Gar^ Addison, Benbow, Carolina,
Qttartes, ~ Bemrr -ifrr, McGilL M. T7
Sumter, Wells. J. R. Johnson, McClellan,
M. A. Williams,? Other names
fail to troop across the threshold of
the writer's memory,' but save this
list until after November then check
" "aiiiTlldbuble sheck it" This is not a
alate - but?intellectual ervmnastics.
HARBISON AND ITS PROGRAM
OF THE FUNDAMENTALS OF
EDUCATION
* (Continued from page one.)
These rural boys know little of
libraries. Great literatute Has not
beep the inheritance of these boys.
In most cases their chief library has
been a Bible, and fashipn catalog*
- and perhaps ah^almanac,?They have *
been deprived of the biography of
great men and women. As Harbison t
introduces' its boys to good music/ ^ ^
so fdoes it introduces, them * ..to
good books. It givps all tha nppnr
tunity 'to have companionship with
the great men and women of history.
During the session from time to. ... ? .
time Harbison brings its students
into contact with great personalities
?men whose lives are crr?wr.od w!th
success, men who have traveled, men ?
" whose cultural heritage is rich and
who .stimulate (thinking, men who
throfv odTa challenge to each student
generation to live useful livee.
It is needless to say that Harbison
is measuring up the great educational
philosophies of our Southland
and our nation. That it is'succeeding
is determined by -the activities of the
graduates and others who have shgfed
its teaching. Following them, if you
please, into South Carolina, North
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, into the
North, Middje West?you will find
them playing the part of good citizens,
and passing on to those with
whom they eom& in contact, the bi'*;
of the culture which their Alma M&ter
has _shared -with them, whether by
farming, preaching, teaching, or in
whatever sphere ofdife their lots have"
been cast.
PftRMB.R VMTinVil, llli1 N1 li1 Ifl'l'
OFFICIALS ISUES FORMAL
STATEMENT . ? M
TO THE PUBLIC:
For a month, now, the Public Press
has been^JUled with much harmful
propaganda .-yul many?urMsponoible
' statements regarding ouifcelves as
the Founder and General Manager,.;and
as President of National Benefit
Life Insurance Company.
Under advice of counsel we have
refused to comment upon this paid
propaganda and these irrespnsible
'"statements, Le^t continued silence
on our part might, be misunderstood
we have secured the advice and consent
of our counsel to make the fol
lowing statement: It will be -'?*esented
.in such a direct, straightforwardmanner
that it will carry its "own
strength of conviction. ; - ?
. - It-is-nut qui pufpuLC at this time
to prefer charges % against any one.
In due season truth shall have a hearing.
It still is mighty and finally, as
ever, will prevail. In the meantime
we have a right to reouest our friends
the Agency forces of National Benefit
Life Insurance Company, and the ^
public generally, f I ' "
reaching oninioin or rirrhinpu, rn - <
: -gtu'ding uurSPtVffi* and our manage ment
of. National Benefit. Competent
counsel has been engaged. It. is
. .jtheir-unn'lfbrahlc purpose and deter1
mination, in'concert with ourselves,
to see that even handed justice is met- ^
ed out, and that. propa""inda shall
not in '.he end 'accomplish its purpose
of: destroying the character of mefi
who for thirty two years and more
have built up a'business institution
which has challenged the confidence
net only of fhe Negro public, but of
the business (world of the . United
hs.u'rtll,? ? ; ;
We have only this observation to
make. It is not to be suspected for
one moment that persons who have
put their all?morally, spiritually, and
financially?in building up an organization,
such as the National Benefit
is, would be the ones to seek ifa
ruin. -T?v who are now guiding^
the National Benefit have no, sucbr>
| investment interest in the concern
fas we haVeVand it is no' conceivable
that they could have greater interest
in the_success of National Bene- 4
fit than ourselves. . v .
? It is probable, in facyt, very proba- bk1,
in guijing the destiny of National
Benefit, some errors of judgement
have been made, but, in candor and
fairness, it should be said that in those
things which are now being
urged against us, we were ""ided and
counselled by some of those who are
now in control of National Benefit
and advising with the Management
of the concern. t wiv
anan hmsgm dete hgnatnii m
We embrace this opportunity ''o
tender our very warmest thanks and
our grateful appreciation fol th?
countrywide expressions of confidence
which have reached us. The same u
principles of conservatism and ileals
Zt service which have guided "thFTTTSTTagement
of National Benefit during
the past thirty-two_ years _have..iiQt_ _?
treerr Torgoflen "by us! Our characters
have not rhanged.' The principles-and
ideals to which we have referred
are a part of us. We cannot
change.
'Signed) S W. Rutherford
(Signed) H. Rutherford
Washington, D. C., ?
Julv 24, 1931/
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