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TWO NEGROES LYNCHED in LeHfisburg, West Virginia, on December 10 bring the fotal for the year to thirteen. This is badsenough, although it is vastly better than the total of twenty-five for 1930. This improvement, indeed, is surprising'in view of increasingly depressed economic conditions in the Southland a corresponding increase in animosity toward the N^gro wherever he interferes with white men's jobs. Gov«fnor Conley of West Virginia has issued the by now ustfal statement of horrified indignation at the lynching and'a promise, also to be expected, that the lynchers will be- speedily apprehended and summarily dealt with—if they can be identified. We do not wish in any way to disparage the Governor's statement or to imply that we are skeptical of his sincere desire to bring about the arrest and cortviction of the mob leaders. We merely await results, as We are still awaiting them from Maryland, where a lynching occurred on December 4. Governor Ritchie also issued a statement denouncing the lynchers and calling for their blood; but so far the only blood that has been spilt has been the blood of the lynched.
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