Show Ebony Mag Gives ives W Wrong ong Slant In Story Ebony magazine to the colored col ored people what Life maga rime zine is to the white folks in its Feb issue tells a wild and rand extremely ex extremely imaginative e tale of the adventures of one Augustus Maxwell colored prospector Max Is alt t least a millionaire one is led to believe in the lurid descriptions of the adventures of the colored boy As near as we weare are able to find out many of the statements were from sent In by Max himself buto changed that as Max said They changed it all around and it aint the story I J sent in at allIve allIve allIve all Ive I've been awful sorry about the whole thing and Id I'd like to have folks know how I feel I did didget didget didget get bit by a rattler but they made too much of everything I Isaid Isaid Isaid said and twisted it all around said the colored boyI boy I even had fellows write me wan tin to Ita come out and work my claims and I 1 got to write them and tell them no he con eon eluded The claims Max staked he is still holding unsold and he is currently doing odd jobs about town This type of publicity Is bad for the that puts i it out for the people who read these handled facts fads and particularly for far the people who read them and are led to believe that In unclaimed un claimed riches are to be found in inthis inthis inthis this area waiting for th the taking It is too bad that Ebony had to follow the lead of Life Look and other publications in this picture tory story Instead of giving a more factual report which could have been just as Interesting though harder to do There has been far oaT too much of this sort of thing which just sets the scene for tor the promoter We all love to chase rainbows and such tales tale's serve the crook promoter promoter promoter pro pro- moter with just whet he needs to 10 sell worthless stocks to those who want to believe his glib tales Too many of these thee called so-called of what Is coiner on In Uranium Land at Moab where Charlie Chril Steen Struck It Rich Richi have sold too much worthless stock Too many people have mortgaged their future for a adream adream al drea dream of riches and tand it Jt appals one to think of ot the suffering which may come COrne to those In Harlem for Instance If df they sacrifice future on one wild gamble gam gain ble by disposing of ot their all aH tocoma to come coma to Moab for the he prospecting prospectIng prospect prospect- ing for tor uranium is no picnic all aU stories to the contrary What Ebon Ebony neglects to tell teU tellIs tellIs Is of ot the hardships There is no section for tor colored folks in Moab There will wUl be no place to camp on the streams stream In the area for maintaining a semblance o of sanitation makes it necessary to clamp down restrictions The cost of living Jiving here for one with no means of ot support would soon goon eat up meager capital There Is no one ona to spon sponsor or a group though it is already reported that a local lo Ic 0 cal promoter promote Is trying to get backing to take advantage of ot the setup set which has bas been provided and from which he and h his backers would or could expect to profit This must not happen and Ebony ca can do its readers a great service by telling them the truth Much tuC ing and pos poe sible tragedy could be by such action action- What oat do you say Ebony |