Daily Exposes Pro-Raters
HERALD-POST EXPOSES PRO-RATING RACKET; WORKING PEOPLE VICTIMS Frightened Into Toils Of Operators By Threats Of Garnishments And False Promises Of Protection, Says Report The expose of the pro-rate racket is the latest addition to the splendid service the Herald-Post has rendered the citizens of Louisville, all of them, without regard to race, since its publication under the present management with Mr. John B. Gallagher of New York, who formerly did newspaper work in Louisville, as its president and publisher. The Leader welcomed Mr. Gallagher in an editorial following his salutatory issue and admonished the citizens that they need not worry about the class of newspaper, and the kind of service the Herald-Post would render all, under his supervision, and every since that week, by the cooperation of a most capable staff the Herald-Post has been such a newspaper as any community would be proud of, and has tackled one big job after another, and rendered a service of inestimable good. The Pro-Rating Racket The pro-rating racket in Louisville was uncovered by the Herald-Post in its issue of Thursday, January 21. "Pro-rating--a new racket--is flourishing in Louisville. It is bleeding white the working man and robbing merchants of hundreds of thousands of dollars annually," said the Herald- Post of that issue. "It is driving employes with families from their jobs under threat of (Continued on page 5) [Photo] MR. JOHN B. GALLAGHER Publisher Herald-Post 
Race G. O. P. Weekly In Hoover's Home State Opposes Renomination
MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR ROSENWALD Memorial service for the late Julius Rosenwald, noted philanthropist, will be held Sunday, February 7, at 3:30 p. m. at Quinn Chapel. A part of the nation-wide observance in tribute to one of the world's outstanding benefactors of humanity, this special service will be sponsored by the Chestnut Street Branch Y. M. C. A. with the co- (Continued on page 8) 
How Pro-Rater Operates Facsimile of Pro-Rating Statement Note that the physician got nothing while the money leader received $14 out of a claim of $24 against the pro-rater's customer. Another money lender in the list with a claim of $35 got $12 of the customer's payment to the pro-rating company. The pro-rater took ample care of himself. He charged $31 for pro-rating $41 to creditors of his customer. For obvious reasons, actual names of merchants and individuals in the above account were substituted for the more general descriptions. Each, however, is in accordance with the originals. Bait for Pro-Raters' Trap
Garnishee Notice Garnishee Notice is Step No. 1 The above garnishment notice shows how workmen are frightened into seeking "aid" of the pro-rating companies. An "adjustment bureau," linked with a pro-rating concern, scares up the victim for the pro-rater.
SPRINGMAN MARKET THANKS LEADER PATRONS A letter from the Springmann Market at 123 East Market street expresses the thanks of the store for the large number of Leader readers who bought groceries and meats there after reading the advertisement which appeared on page 8 last week. Springmann's is a high class place, nothing but the best of things is sold there, and the prices offered last week, in some cases two items for one price, could not help but attract Leader readers. Springmann's ad appears again this week on page 8, and as it will be found there every week, it will pay the readers of The Leader not to forget.
NEWARK AND DIXIE SHOE FIRMS WITH US The advertisements of the Newark Shoe Store at 209 S. 4th street and the Dixie Shoe Store, 216 W. Market street, appear in this issue of The Leader and will be seen weekly. These stores have always had a large colored patronage and we therefore do not need to go into detail about what kind of shoes they always offer at the most reasonable prices. Leader readers, however, are asked to turn to the advertisements of these stores on pages 4 and 5 and see what these stores are now offering for $1.98. Watch the ads of the Newark and Dixie stores.
CHEST LEADER [Photo] Rev. J. M. Williams Rev. J. M. Williams, chairman of the division leaders and workers, and the colored population were highly commended by Attilla Cox, campaign chairman, for the splendid showing made in the 1932 Campaign. Mr. Cox's letter, addressed to Rev. Williams, reads as follows: "Dear Rev. Williams: On behalf of the Community Chest I wish to thank you for serving as chairman of the Colored Population Division. In the face of existing conditions, your division has made a remarkable record. The complete success of the campaign, although deferred, seems assured. Will you please thank the members of your committee for me. Sincerely yours, (Signed) Attilla Cox, Campaign Chairman." That the entire quota of $5,000.00 would be raised seemed more evident as additional reports are received at campaign headquarters. Half of the deficit of $300.00 has already been subscribed and division leaders are continuing their efforts to secure the balance. The following  contributions of ten dollars or more are gratefully acknowledged: $75.00 Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; $60.00 Mr. and Ms. E. J. Evans; (Continued on Page 4) 
$100,000 For Business Course
President Atwood Answers Charges
WRITES LETTER TO AUDITOR THAT REAL FACTS MIGHT BE KNOWN Report About Duplication Of Salaries And Excessive Expenditures Of Funds Incorrect And Incomplete, Says He In a letter to State Auditor Dan Talbott President R. B. Atwood of the Kentucky State Industrial College denied the charges made in a letter to the auditor from Ben Johnson, chairman of the State Highway Commission, who wrote the auditor about salaries and expenditures at the Frankfort institution as information he received from a source which he did not name. The letter to the auditor from the chairman of the State Highway Commission charged that there was a duplication of salaries and excess expenditures of state funds at the school, named the several teachers who received salaries ranging from $150 to $275 a month and charged that in addition to these salaries the said teachers, M. P. Carmichael, E. M. Morris, S. S. Morris, A. J. Richards, H. B. Couch, H. C. Russell and Dean James Bond, received added pay for ext  ension course and summer school work of from $400 up to $900. The letter further charged that President Atwood is paid $375 a month plus a residence, heat and lights, that his wife is assistant to the music teacher, and adds "that all of those named are out of state men except H. C. Russell and James Bond." Incorrect And Incomplete Information, Says Atwood Charging that the information received by the auditor was incorrect and incomplete and informing him that "the records of the Kentucky Stae Industrial College, including the audit by the state inspector and examiner, were always available and would be gladly shown to him or any member of the commission." President Atwood replied to the Chairman Johnson letter to Auditor Talbott in the following letter, which is printed in part: "Hon. J. Dan Talbott, "State Auditor of Public Accounts, "Frankfort, Ky. "Dear Sir: I have read in a Louisville newspaper, under date of January (Continued on page 5) 
Democrat Leader Hits Race Friend
Democratic Chieftian Slanders Negroes' Friend in Jackson Speech
Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 28.--In cutting approximately $1,250,000 from the expenditures of the State over the last two years, Governor Ruby Laffoon sliced the annual appropriation of the Kentucky State Industrial College here, the West Kentucky Industrial College at Paducah, the Red Cross Sanitarium and the Kentucky Home Society for Colored Children at Louisville. It was hardly expected that the Kentucky State Industrial College and Red Cross would be included in the Governor's economic program, notwithstanding the fact that something had to be done to meet the state treasury deficit.
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