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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE
THE HOUSTON INFORMER, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1981
Will W. Alexander Accepts Presidency Of New Dillard University
ty.
FARM NEWS AND HINTS
o—
By C. H. WALLER
State Leader of Negro Extension Workers
FALL PLANTING
Rains are frequent in September
and farm and home agents are stress-
ing the necessity of fall gardens.
Turnips, mustard, rape, kale, pars-
nips, onions, lettuce, beets, carrots,
collards and cabbage can all be plant-
ed in Texas at this season of the
year and will give you a garden
worthwhile. To get the best results,
thorough preparation of the soil and
two hundred pounds of commercial
fertilizer to the acre will give a quick,
succulent growth ef these vegetables.
-Commercial fertilizer will give much
better results than cow-pen or barn-
yard manure, due to the fact that
commercial fertiliser becomes avail-
able as soon as you place it in the
ground. Cow-pen or barnyard is not
available at once. Constant cultiva-
tion of the plants will repay you for
the time spent in your garden and
will furnish you with fresh vegetables
the winter through. Give it a trial
and you will not regret it.
From the agents’ reports many
farmers have already started their
gardens and some have seeds up. An-
derson county reports that 150 wom-
en in the county have started plant-
ing. Nacogdoches County reports 110
gardens as a result of demonstrations
in preparation of soil, planting' and
cultivation. There is a 50% increase
this year in fall gardens in Houston
County. The agent has made 28
demonstrations and farmers have al-
ready planted lettuce, rape, English
peas, potatoes, onions, mustard, spin-
ach,. turnips, beans, cabbage and rad-
ishes. Dallas County agents have
been busy giving demonstrations but
due to a lack of rain the actual plant-
ing has been held up. With 42 wom-
en and 17 girls reached through six
demonstrations in Dallas County there
need be no fear of a lack of fall gar-
dens just as soon as it rains.
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POULTRY
Demonstrations in poultry culling
that are being given now will mean
much to the farmer in knowing how
to guard against the feeding and car-
ing for un-thrifty and non-self-sup-
porting hens during the winter. It
is far better to have two good hens
than a dozen worthless ones who don’t
even pay for their keep. In four
demonstrations in Falls County 578
birds were handled and of this num-
ber 357 were discarded. In Lime-
stone County 500 were culled and 150
were discarded. Of this 150, 90 were
sold and the money was used to buy
35 pullets and one cock. These were
pure bred chickens. The rest of the
150 that had to be discarded were
canned for winter use.
Waller County reports 540 chicks
hatched during the month of August.
Sanitary conditions of poultry houses
and premises were stressed to ward
off winter diseases. Navarro Coun-
ty reports 140 dozen eggs, 271 baby
chicks, 15 baby turkeys, 89 turkeys,
66 fryers, 22 guineas, and 19 hens
sitting on 21 dozen eggs.
In Harris County, Mrs. Pope of
the Acreage Home Community rais-
ed 287 fryers from 310 baby chicks.
She has built two new poultry houses,
10x36 feet, with cement floors. Her
poultry yard, houses, coops, hoppers,
etc., are all built on modern plans
and her entire outfit is the model of
Harris County.
DAIRIES
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Seven communities have been reach-
ed in the interest of better practices
in home dairying. Demonstrations
in the care of butter and milk were
given. Sanitary care of milk vessels
was stressed. The agent showed how
to make iceless refrigerators and
screened sun racks for milk vessels.
—o—
NAVARRO COUNTY
Mrs. Willie Thomas of the Hester
Grove community is reaping the bene-
fits of good dairy cows. Every Satur-
day she sells from $5 to $8 worth of
milk, butter and cheese from her
VICTORIA COUNTY
Victoria club women and girls have
been busily engaged in preserving
and canning all available fruit and
vegetables and report that 621 con-
tainers of marmalades, preserves and
jellies, 832 cans of vegetables, and
751 containers of fruit juices were
made, making a total of 2404 con-
tainers put up during the month of
August.
In getting ready for the fair exhib-
its a number of quilting and sewing
parties have been held with much suc-
cess by the Canaan Hill and Suttons
Mott and Collette clubs.
McCLENNAN COUNTY
The problem of food preservation
has been uppermost in the minds of
the club girls and women this month
and the following products were can-
ned: 103 quarts lima beans, 816 quarts
black eyed peas, 610 quarts fresh
peaches, 510 quarts fresh pears, 585
quarts of soup vegetables, 205 quarts
of tomatoes, 416 quarts of relishes,
510 glasses of jellies and 810 jars of
preserves.
--o—•
DALLAS COUNTY
“It is encouraging to see the in-
terest the club women are taking in
food preservation,” so says the agent
of Dallas County. The following re-
port of canning done during the month
of August was sent in: 682 cans of
corn, 226 quarts of okra, 202 quarts
gumbo, 742 quarts of peaches, 816
pints of jelly, 315 quarts of fruit juic-
es, 213 quarts of black eyed peas, 82
quarts of chow chow, 242 quarts of
pickles, pears and cucumbers, 91
quarts of marmalades and 96 quarts
of butters.
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NAVARRO COUNTY
The following canned products were
put up by the women and girls of
Navarro County: 1,372 containers of
peaches, 300 pickles, 45 of soup, 808
of preserves, 28 gallons of fruit juic-
es, 177 of relishes, 4 of grape, 2 of
ketchup, 14 of cabbage, 3 of cherries,
10 of marmalade, 2 of carrots, 755 of
corn, 264 tomatoes, 74 okra, 12 figs,
207 jelly, 47 peas, 13 plums, 30 beets
and 18 beans. There were also 320
gallons of syrup, 100 pounds of dried
fruit, 600 pounds of dried peas and
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tries full of canned vegetables, fruits,
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has created a deal of interest. It is
the Society for the Preservation of
Spirituals. The society has announc-
ed an essay contest among school chil-
dren to awaken interest in this type
of religious music. Persons from all
sections of the country have been con-
sulted concerning the venture.
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As fall approaches and the canning
season shortens, thrifty farm wives
use every possible chance to can what-
ever is available. During the month
of August a number of women and
girls have been busy canning products
to be used in exhibits at their coun-
ty and state fairs.
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NACOGDOCHES COUNTY
During the month, according to the
reports of the club women, 750 quarts
of peach, pear and watermelon rind
preserves, 791 containers of corn, 128
containers of soup mixture, 981 quarts
of peaches and 22 quarts of relish
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Washington, D. C.—(CNS)—A call
for volunteers to play roles in a vast
historical pageant play to take place
at the base of the Washington Monu-
ment five nights next June as a part
of the George Washington Bicenten-
nial Celebration was announced last
week by Mrs. Marie Moore Forest, in
charge of the arrangements. An em-
barrassing situation has presented it-
self with respect to players to take
the part of Negro slaves in the pa-
geant Walter Mazyek, has already
called attention to the fact, that Ne-
gro slaves are not the only colored
persons that should be portrayed in
the pageant Many gallant Negro
soldiers fought to free their country
from the yoke of British tyranny, he
pointed out
Whether Negroes can be secured to
play slave parts was a matter of open
conjecture here last week. While the
historical play would certainly not be
complete without slaves, it was fear-
ed that Negroes of the present day
would not wish to debase themselves
by portraying their previous lowly
condition. Fear was also expressed
that a true picture of the Negro dur-
ing this period would not be honestly
portrayed in the play. It might even
be necessary to use black face make-
up on white players in order to secure
the characters. At any rate up un-
til the present time, the advertise-
ment: Wanted Negro Slaves, still re-
mains unanswered despite unemploy-
ment.
NEGRO HISTORY
GROUP TO MEET
Washington, D. C.—The annual
meeting of the Association for the
Study of Negro Life and History will
be held in New York City on the Sth
of November and continue through the
12th. This conference will give op-
portunity to get first hand informa-
tion' from those who are making a
scientific study of the Negro that this
race may not become a negligible fac-
tor in the thought of the world.
The topics to be discussed will deal
with the Negro at home and abroad.
Out of these will grow the discussion
of three important problems or ques-
tions. Liberia will be given much
consideration. Among the discussions,
too, will be that of the contribution of
the West Indian Negro to the history
of the race, the estrangement between
the West Indian Negro and the Ne-
gro of the United States, and a pos-
sible “rapprochement" between these
two elements of the same race. An-
other topic will he the discussion of
the contribution which the Negro
church has made, whether that
achievement would have been greater
if the churches had been united, and
whether the United Negro church is
PREACHER HELD FOR MURDERf feasible or desirable.
The outstanding speakers, who have
already agreed to address the confer-
ence, are Prof. Albert Porter of
Hampton Institute; Mr. Charles S.
Johnson of Fisk University; Dr. Chas.
H. Wesley of Howard University; Dr.
Raymond Leslie Buell of the Foreign
Policy Association; Dr. S. George
Payne of New York University, and
Prof. Evarts B. Greene of Columbia
Thibodaux, La.—(ANP)—Caledon-
ia Griffin, who was accused of hav-
ing killed her little foster-daughter,
pleaded guilty of manslaughter and
and a half years in the penitentiary.
The child was forced to stay in a
chicken coop last winter as a means
of punishment.
Institute of Chicago.)
((). 1931, Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for October 18
PAUL IN THESSALONICA AND
BEREA
GOLDEN TEXT—Open thou mine
eyes, that I may behold wondrous
things out of thy law.
LESSON TEXT—Acts 17:1-15; I
Thess. 2:1-12.
PRIMARY TOPIC—How We Ought
to Hear.
JUNIOR TOPIC—Two Kinds of Hear-
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP-
IC—Two Kinds of Hearers.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP-
IC—Winning through Love.
I. Paul Preaching In Thessalonica
(17 :1-10).
1. His method (vv. 1, 2). He ob-
served the divine order, to the Jew
first, and was exceedingly anxious for
his kinsmen in the flesh, but when they
proved themselves unworthy, he turned
to the Gentiles.
2. His message (v. 8). It was that
Jesus Is the Christ. In order to prove
that Jecus is the Christ, he expounded
unto them the Scriptures. Concerning
Christ he set forth three propositions:
a. That Christ must needs have suf-
fered (v. 8). The suffering Christ
was not welcomed by the Jews. They
had explained away such positive as-
sertions as are set forth in Isaiah 58.
They were looking for a Messiah of a
different type. This is common today
in our churches and Sunday schools.
The cross is an offense.
b. “Risen again from the dead”
(v. 3). This he also proved by the
Scriptures.
c. “That this Jesus whom I preach
unto you is Christ" (v. 3). He de-
clared that the historic Jesus whom
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Greenwood, Miss.—( ANP )—Rev.
Henry Gatewood, is held in the coun-
ty jail on charges of murdering his
wife, Mary Gatewood. Rev. Gatewood
stated that the shooting was an acci-
dent and that the shotgun which he
held in his, hand “just went off.”
Sheriff Coleman says that .Gatewood
is insane and will probably be sent
to the state hospital. He was form-
erly a Baptist preacher, but has not
had a pastorate for some time.
GEORGE WILLIAM COOK
DRIVE PLANNED BY ALUMNI
OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY
Washington, D. C.—(CNS)—The
executive committee of the Howard
University Alumni Association held a
special meeting at the alumni head-
quarters here last Tuesday and made
plans for a financial drive in a num-
ber of large cities.
The meeting was presided over by
Linwood G. Goger, alumni secretary.
The drive will be known as “George
William Cook Appreciation Cam-
paign” in honor of the late Dean Cook.
Among those in attendance at the
meeting were: Dr. A. Maurice Curtis
of Paterson, N. J.; Dr. George C. Bell
of Montclair, N. J.; and Dr. Sherwood
M. Catlett of Orange, N. J.
University.
The citizens of both races in New
York are showing their appreciation
by cooperating in every way possible
with the staff in making preparation
for the conference. To do this effic-
iently they have organized the general
committee with Dr. William Lloyd
Imes as chairman and Harcourt Ty-
nes as secretary.
BABY BURNED TO DEATH
Corsicana, Texas.—(ANP)—An 8-
month-old child of Rasmus Brown was
burned to death when fire destroyed
the two-room house occupied by the
family on the L. Banks farm, in
Browns’s Valley, eight miles east of
Roane. The family was picking cot-
ton and the baby had been left at the
house in the care of two other small
children. The origin of the fire was
not learned.
he had proclaimed had suffered and
risen from the dead. Therefore, he
is the predicted Messiah.
3. The attitude of the Jews toward
his preaching (vv. 4-10). While some
Jews believed and many Greeks, the
envy of certain Jews was so aroused
at Paul’s success that they gathered
together the worthless fellows of the
town and set on foot a riot They
said, “These have turned the world
upside down.” It is true that the
gospel is revolutionary, but not trea-
son to right government. They turned
the preaching of Paul into a specious
lie. He preached the kingship of
Jesus (v. 7). Jesus is most assuredly
coming to reign on this earth.
II. The Character of Paul's Min-
Istry at Thessalonica (I Thess, 2:1-12).
In this section we have exhibited
the temper of the apostolic ministry.
It becomes an ideal for such as would
follow in his wake.
1. It was courageous (vv. 1, 2). In
spite of shameful persecution, Paul
persisted in his ministry, demonstrat-
ing his devotion to the Lord.
2. Honest and guileless (vv. 3. 4).
He had no ulterior motive. As one
sent of God, he faithfully ministered
unto them.
8. Without flattering words (v. 5). Re-
gardless of the difficulty of his posi-
tions, the prominence of the persons
faced, he never resorted to flattery.
4. Without a cloak of covetousness
(v. 5)., The impelling force of his
life was devotion to God and interest
In lost men. Opportunity for personal
gain he waived aside.
5. He did not seek glory from man
(v. 6), his supreme aim being to honor
God.
& He was gentle and affectionate
(vv. 7, 8). So vitally did he enter into
the lives of the people that he dis-
played gentleness, even as a nursing
mother with her children.
7. Unselfish (v. 0). In order that
his motive be not questioned he la-
bored night and day for his support.
8. Irreproachable and blameless
(v. 10). He did not claim to be fault-
less, but he boldly challenged them as
to his blamelessness.
9. His lofty aim (vv. 11, 12). It
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III. Paul Preaching In Berea (Acts
17 :10-15).
1. His method (v. 10). He entered
the Jewish synagogue and preached
Christ unto them.
2. The reception of the gospel by
the Bereans (vv. 11. 12). It was with
gladness of heart. The message was
just as new to these Jews and just
as counter to their way of thinking as
it was to the Thessalonian Jews, but
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Washington, D. C.—(CNS)—Two
cases involving racial discrimination
in the courts and public schools of
Texas, reached the United States Su-
preme Court last week, when the 9
justices were petitioned to review the
case of Geronimo Ramirez and a suit
brought by the Mexican and Spanish
taxpayers of Del Rio. Both cases in-
volve segregation against Mexicans,
but the effect of the court’s decision
one way or another will have its ef-
fect on Negro citizens of Texas, it is
said.
Ramirez, through his attorney Geo.
E. Shelley, is appealing a five year
sentence for attacking a white man,
because of the failure of the Menard
County officials to include Mexicans,
otherwise qualified aside from race,
to serve on the grand jury and petit
jury panels. The court has been ask-
ed to review the case, which was up-
held by the appellate courts of Texas.
The Court’s decision in this case, it
was pointed out, will be of far reach-
ing effect in future cases where qua-
lified Negroes are barred from jury
service. Should the Supreme Court
reverse the Texas appellate courts in
this case, attempts to keep Negroes
off juries in Southern states will be
dealt a serious blow, it was said.
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The second case involves an injunc-
tion suit brought by Spanish and
Mexican taxpayers in Del Rio to pre-
vent the construction of a wing at
the white public school in which their
children were to be segregated.
Whether Mexicans are to be placed in
the same racial category with Ne-
groes is the interesting legal point to
be solved by the decision in this case.
JUBILEE DAY IS
GREAT AT FISK
UNIVERSITY
Nashville, Tenn.—When Fisk Uni-
versity last week bought a new seven
passenger Packard car in which to
transport the famous Jubilee Singers
from place to place, the representa-
tive of the university driving the car
to Nashville from Detroit brought the
happiest surprise Fisk has had in
many a day. In the big back seat sat
little Mrs. Maggie Porter Cole of De-
troit, one of the two surviving orig-
inal Jubilee Singers.
When Mrs. Cole left Fisk over fif-
New Orleans, La.—While continu-
ing his work as executive director of
the Commission on Interracial Coop-
eration, Dr. Will W. Alexander, of
Atlanta, has accepted the position of
acting president of the new Dillard
University in this city, according to
an announcement by Edgar B. Stern,
chairman of the university’s board of
trustees.
Dr. Alexander, it was announced,
will immediately begin to work with
the trustees in developing the new
institution, dividing his time between
the university and the Interracial
Commission, which he has directed
successfully for more than ten years.
The board of directors of the Inter-
racial Commission recognized in Dil-
lard University a concrete project in
interracial cooperation of great im-
portance to the far South, and there-
fore felt justified in making it pos-
sible for Dr. Alexander to assist in its
development.
Dillard University was formed by
a recent agreement between New Or-
leans University, Straight College and
Flint Goodrige Hospital, and is nam-
ed for Dr. J. H. Dillard, former pres-
ident of the Jeanes and Slater Funds.
It is expected that it will become one
of the great southern university cen-
ters for Negroes, the others being
Howard University at Washington,
Fisk University at Nashville, and the
new Atlanta University recently form-
ed by a merger of three colleges in
that city.
The first of the new Dillard units
to be opened will be the Flint Good-
ridge Hospital, which will be ready
for operation by the first of the year.
The school plant will be located on a
fine seventy-five acre site located on
Gentilly Road, and the main coastal
thoroughfare to the north. Construc-
tion of the plant will not be started
until the trustees have had time to
give ‘detailed consideration to the edu-
cational policies to be carried out.
ROPER FEELS HE
WITH NATIONAL
Washington, D. C.—(CNS)—Daniel
C. Roper, white receiver of the ‘Na-
tional Benefit Life Insurance Com-
pany, assured representatives of the
Negro press in a conference here last
ty years ago and was told that she _- .. SURUM-W
must board a jim crow car, she resolv- Thursday morning that he would de
ed never to come South again. The
opportunity, however, to ride down in
the new Packard made especially for
the singers proved too great a temp-
tation. Her coming turned the an-
nual Jubilee Day into a week’s cele-
bration of the sixtieth anniversary of
the time when a band of boys and
girls started out to win money for
the new university, and fame for
themselves and the music they gave
to the world.
On Tuesday, October 6, classes were
suspended and faculty, students and
alumni met in Memorial Chapel to
do honor to their distinguished guest.
A letter from the other original sing-
er, Mrs. Mabel Lewis Imes, was read.
A member of the first graduating
class of the old normal school, Mrs.
Susan Harris Lowe, for years the
head of the Tennessee School for the
blind, spoke briefly and feelingly of
the old days. There was a moment
for silent prayer, when members of
Fisk clubs over the country were ask-
ed to pause in whatever they were
doing to remember the faith and gal-
lantry of that honored band.
Mrs. Cole, whether talking to
crowds, to the faculty, or the student
choir, emphasized a favorite bible
verse of the original singers who be-
lieved that the “diligent in business
would stand before kings.” Some of
the early singers absolutely refused
% to sing the spirituals, called Negro
melodies at that time, at the request
of their leader. They never stood be-
fore kings. But “the nine” sang in
all the capitols of Europe, before all
the royal families, to brilliant audi-
ences who understood not a word sung
but burst into tears and laughter.
They sang on fifty-two consecutive
nights in Stockholm, Sweden, an un-
heard of performance in any capital.
Andrew J. Allison, alumni secre-
tary and the man in charge of all
Jubilee Day celebrations, is hoping to
have Mrs. Cole return to the campus
every year of her life. She is the link
between the old and the new, and
proves her greatness by seeing the
good and the best, the right and
wrong, in both the new and the old.
everything in his power 9o return the
company into the hands of a capable
Negro management at the earliest
possible opportunity. While his state-
ments as to the present condition of
the company were somewhat guard-
ed, he said that he hoped to have a
preliminary report from his account-
ants, who are now busily engaged in
examining the resources and liabili-
ties of the company by Oct. 15. From
incomplete returns, Mr. Roper indicat-
ed, there was every liklihood that the
company would be saved and that the
deficit now existing could be worked
out on the basis of earnings, thus as-
suring the policyholders that they
would lose nothing by keeping up the
premiums on their policies.
They searched the Scriptures
dally for the truthfulness of the mes-
sage which they had heard.
8. The wicked action of the Jews
(vv. 18-15). Wicked Jews from Thes-
salonica followed the missionaries and
stirred up the people against them,
making it necessary for them again
to flee.
Sin
Sin sprang Into life, and I saw my-
self a dead man. It is remarkable that
Christianity is the only religion that
produces this effect. There is no word
in any non Christian language for sin
as moral evil.—D. M. Panton.
Sticking to the Finish
Character is developed by fighting a
plan through to success and triumph-
ing over obstacles. Anyone can start,
but only a person with character will
stick to the finish.—Watchword.
PAYS VISIT TO DAUGTHER
BUT FAILS TO RETURN
Biloxi, Miss.—(ANP)—Jas. Doyle,
who left here Aug. 10, for Red Level,
Ala., to visit his daughter, has not
been heard from since.
NEGRO WORKERS SAIL FOR
5-WEEK TOUR OF RUSSIA
New York, City.—(CNS)—Three
Negro workers were among the dele-
gation of 14 American workers who
sailed Wednesday for a five weeks
tour of Soviet Russia under the aus-
pices of the Friends of the Soviet Un-
ion, a sympathetic Communist organi-
zation in this country. The occasion
of the visit of these workers is the 14
anniversary of the Russian revolution
to be celebrated throughout the Sov-
iet republic on November 7.
One of the Negro delegates is a
marine, worker, Morris Wikman of
New York, a member of the Marine
Workers Industrial Union. Another
is J. W. Jones of the Upper Monan-
gahela bituminous coal district of
Pennsylvania, who was elected by the
striking minors. A third is a Gary,
Indiana, steel worker whose name is
not yet known.
The delegates will spend about five
weeks in the Soviet Union, visiting
the chief industrial and agricultural
areas and observing the great prog-
ress that is being made under the Five
Year Plan of Socialist Construction.
The Negro delegates will be given
special opportunities to study the sit-
uation of the formerly oppressed na-
tional minorities and to compare the
freedom they have won with the per-
secution of the Negro people in the
United States.
' Company wm Not Be Sold
Mr. Roper was emphatic in his
statement that the company would
not be sold. Instead, he pointed out,
the policy directed by the court in ap-
pointing him receiver, would be car-
ried out. This policy called first for
an immediate survey of the company’s
assets to determine the amount of the
deficit and second for the reestab-
lishment of the company as a going
concern on a firm actuarial basis.
To Fight Receiverships
The possibility of staving off re-
ceiverships in a number of states
seemed remote, said Mr. Roper, be-
cause of existing state laws. This
series of receiverships, should, how-
ever, not cause undue alarm, he said.
He made clear that wherever there
was a state receivership, it would be
his policy to seek appointment as an-
cillary or cooperating receiver so that
all the funds and assets of the com-
pany could be kept intact as one unit,
even though temporarily held within
the state where the receivership was
obtained.
Urges Policyholders to Keep
Up Premiums
“Under the decree of the court ap-
pointing me receiver," said Mr. Rop-
er, “I was authorized among other
things, ‘to carry on the business of
the said corporation as a going con-
cern;’ and ‘as soon as may be to re-
oprt to the court with respect to the
condition of the said corporation and
the practicability of rehabilitating
and restoring it to a safe and sound
condition.’
“It is an exceedingly difficult prob-
lem to work out with sufficient celeri-
ty the problem in the respective stat-
es relating to the payment of prem-
iums and keeping insurance in force.
In this, however, we have the choice
of pursuing either the constructive
course of encouraging policyholders
to pay their premiums under the new
arrangement worked out in each state
or else not to do so. We prefer, to
pursue the constructive course. To
this end I am conveying to policy-
holders information as follows:
Message to Policyholders
“I have a deep interest in the Na-
tional Benefit Life Insurance Com-
pany, its policyholders and stockhold-
ers, and I shall endeavor to protect
their interests. To this end I covet
the cooperation of all concerned
enable me to carry on the business
a going concern and thus comply with
the court’s order.
to
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“To accomplish these results, there
must be cooperation all along the line.
My task is to look after your inter-
ests vigilantly, honestly and efficient-
ly. Your task is to create faith in
the management and thus work for
the company’s interest.”
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