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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1934
Page
3
Dr. Beamon the Negro Charter leader appeared with a committee of his race and urged wider recognition for Negroes in the Charter. The Cincinnati Enquirer notes his strong plea and eloquent arguments during the session.
Beamon urged including a Black candidate on the Charter Council ticket and requested removing Civil Service provisions that force candidates to disclose race on examination applications. The exchange highlights tensions over affirmative participation and race in local governance.
The piece recalls Amos and Andy as a WebH radio act who filled in for absent artists at Chicago station WGN. The duo switched from black face singing to patter, joined full time on WGN as Sam and Henry, earning a combined hundred dollars a week.
Of 500 ministers surveyed, 48 percent would teach junior high pupils that judgment day is coming while 39 percent doubt it. Forty-one percent want heaven deleted from church instructions and 74 percent disagree that God keeps a record of bad deeds. A majority also think there is no devil, and most pastors oppose having children in church programs.
The passage explains how Amos and Andy won their WMAQ contract after Chicago Daily News owner Walter Strong consulted the Chicago Urban League. A survey of thirty to forty leading Black people, including the speaker, showed strong support for the act, helping secure the contract. The duo also supported Negro charity benefits.
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