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man. no man’s rights are inviolate.
Stassen’s Housing Attitude Not Clear
It is difficult to understand what Governor Harold Stassen thinks
about the subject of low cost housing, especially after listening to hi
treatment of it in his inaugural address on Wednesday of this week
He said that he favors some action on this problem and expressec
the hope that the legislature would do something about it by making
appropriations. He added, however, that there should be a minimum ol
Government interest in the actual control. All of this sounds very gooc’
but none of it is a hard and fast endorsement of the housing prograr
as administered by the United States Housing Authority.
Certainly there is no one who doubts the evil effects of poor hous
ing and the cost to taxpayers for services to people who live in such
dwellings. The program of the U.S.H.A. is not altogether perfect, but
it is the best that can be had at present. It is the product of years of
study by interested persons throughout the world. It has raised the
living standards of millions of our citizens who otherwise would have
deteriorated morally and physically because of the homes in which
they lived.
During this session of the legislature a bill will be introduced to
permit this state to share in the benefits of the housing program as
carried on by U.S.H.A. This is the most immediate way of doing some
thing about our local problem. Perhaps the state can do some experi
menting when the need is less acute, but right now it would be criminal
to delay correction by attempting to set up a new and altogether dif
ferent program.
We urge the citizens of St. Paul and Minneapolis to support the
passage of a housing bill which will permit our state to set up housing
authorities and share in the benefit of funds from the Federal Gov
ernment.
We Have the Organizations
This city has its share of organizations doing worthwhile things
to improve the social, civic and economic status of the colored people
of the communty. From observations made elsewhere, they compare in
program with those in other more favorably situated communities from
the standpoint of income. t
The chief need of the organizations which vie have is that more
people join in the work the various organizations are trying to do.
It doesn’t take much courage to stand outside the various civic move
ments and fling half-baked criticisms. It doesn’t take much brains to
try to hinder the progress of some group which seeks to accomplish
something for themselves and the community, BUT courage and fore
sight is required to get on the bandwagon and pick up a horn instead
of a hammer.
Perhaps the Twin Cities are not cursed with more critics with
hammers in their hands than other communities but we could probably
get along with many less.
We have some fine organized -groups in these communities. Let
us look up in 1941 and boost everyone of them which has for its pur
pose the advancement of its members or the community.
The unaffiliated people of the community have a right to look to
those who are in the organizations whether they be civic, religious,
social or fraternal for leadership. ,
During this new year, if you must carry a hammer around, use it
to drive nails in the House Which Co-operation Can Build.
Judging by what radio has been offering during the last couple of
days, the BMI product will prove an unsatisfactory substitute for the
more popular composers, who are nearly all under ASCAP’s banner,
and for the familiar tunes that listeners have known and loved. The
public, if it doesn’t relish being put in the middle of what is at bottom
a horse-trade between a couple of hardboiled bargainers, has only one
weapon. It can turn its radio off and leave it off until the deadlock is
broken.—Chicago Daily News.
Detrimental to Some
A member of ASCAP receives an honorarium of $7 each time a
tune of his composition is played over the air. Musicians, not members
of the ASCAP, receive no manner of pay or recognition, but there was
a chance for his tune to become known. Now the BMI has broken with
the ASCAP. The BMI has a catalog of old favorites, such as “Annie
Laurie,” “Home, Sweet Home,” “Old Black Joe” and others. No tunes
outside the catalog may be played over the air. This move will be de
trimental to such well-known colored composers as Duke Ellington,
Andy Kirk, Count Basie, Jimmy Lunceford, Gene Renne, etc., and others
who have given to the music world such compositions as, “Mood Indigo,”
"Sophisticated Lady,” “Until the Real Thing Comes Along,” “One
o’Clock Jump,” “Rhythm Is Our Business,” “Dream of You,” “When
the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano.”—Louisville Defender.
Challenging Statements
“Just as Rome was not the final chapter, so Hitler is not the final
chapter . . . The case has not been closed yet” . . . Martin L. Harvey,
Director General of AME Zion young people.
“People are advised to keep well away from Nazi agents whose
aim is to embarrass the (British) Government in this prosecution of
the war” . . . Bantu World, African newspaper.
“The Bantus have four representatives in Parliament.”
“The War Department and the government do not intend thus far,
to use the Constitution as a road way to induct the black man into
the armed forces of the nation. He will be utilized as a sort of ‘foreign
legion’ ”... Lucius C. Harper, columnist in the Chicago Defender.
“God gave us big mouths and there is no better time to use them
to holler for our rights than right now” . . . Charley Cherokee.
“The worst houses of prostitution in Milwaukee closed their doors
when Negro women got WPA jobs, because the women would rather
earn an honest livelihood by the sweat of their brows” . . . Emmett
Reed, Jr., of Milwaukee, speaking as symposium on gambling versus
jobs in Middle West.
“Liberal attitudes, the results of which are as important as Justice
Black’s have been, could hardly have been adopted simply to impress a
group of dubious people or to embarrass an opposition party” . . .
John H. Sengstacke, columnist in the Chicago Defender.
“My closing prayer for 1940 is this: May my country, through the
blessings of God, practice real democracy without discrimination, be
ginning with the New Year, 1941” . . . Congressman Arthur W. Mitchell.
“Pilate tried vainly to wash from his hinds the blood of Christ.
Unavailing and futile also will be the prayers of those who today ask
God to do unto them what they have failed to do unto others” . . .
Roscoe Dunjee, editor Oklahoma Black Dispatch.
Friday, January 10, 1941
Turn Off Radio
THE
MILE-POST
By Samuel A. Reed
Minnesota Defense
Force
Over a month ago two boys re
quested applications for enlistment
in the Minnesota Defense Force
(Home Guard). The extremely em
barrassed recruiting lieutenant
fidgeted, hardly knowing what to
say. Then he blurted out meaning
less words of commendation for
the boys* fine patriotic spirit, only
to follow his words of praise with
a curt refusal to permit them to
fill out application forms. He said
that he was simply carrying out
orders. THE BOYS WERE NE
GROES!
As a result of this incident
strong letters of protest were sent
to the governor of the state re
questing an audience with him in
order to discuss this problem and
urging him to exercise his execu
tive authority to end discrimina
tion in the Minnesota Defense
Force. The heavy silence which
emanates from the office of the
governor is the only answer the
Negro people have received.
Apparently our state adminis
tration does not consider this
fundamental violation of citizen
ship rights of sufficient “political”
consequence. Or perhaps the pres
ent administration feels that it has
discharged its obligations to the
Negro people by employing a few
“Negro political leaders” and by
opening up summer camp oppor
tunities for a few Negro children.
TWADDLE! Pure unadulterated
twaddle!
Now the Minnesota Defense
Force is in no way connected with
the U. S. Army. It is strictly a
state organized and state operated
organization, and there is absolute
ly no excuse for the institution or
existence of a policy of racial dis
crimination . . . unless it is the
policy of the state administration.
Let me here inject a word to
those shallow-thinking people who
smirk at the Negroe’s desire to
participate in state and national
defense. They say that Negroes
should be thankful for the discrim
ination and segregation in our de
fense units—that because of it Ne
groes won’t have to fight or die
on the field of battle, if it comes
to that. With those words they
wash their hands and their con
science clean of this vital problem.
But is it as simple as that? Can
we that easily forget that a citizen
has certain obligations to his gov
ernment which are as sacred and
as inviolable as that government’s
obligations to him? Balanced one
against the other, these two com
plementary responsibilities form
the warp and woof of a true de
mocracy.
We cannot justifiably demand
equality of opportunity from our
government if we are not willing
and equally insistent in our de
mands to share in a fair distribu
tion of the responsibilities of citi
zenship. On principle there can be
no equivocation on this issue either
by a government* or its citizens.
Having established the serious
ness of this issue, we must decide
how to combat this particular evi
dence of racial intolerance on the
part of our state administration.
We have seen that the ordinary
and orthodox methods of voicing
our disproval have failed dismally
to even arouse a response. Words
have had no effect. Letters of pro
test have been disregarded or
thrown contemptuously into waste
baskets.
Let there be an end to time-con
suming dalliance! Let every Negro
rally behind the banner of free
dom! Let there be a general mobil
ization for action! Let us prove to
all that we will fight as viciously
for the right to be of service as we
have for the right to be served!
Negroes throughout the nation
shall know the attitude of Minne
sota’s governor toward his colored
constituents. We will see to that.
We, as Negroes and Americans,
if we be men and women worthy of
the names we bear cannot let this
threat to democracy . . . this insult
to our race . . . pass unchallenged
or unanswered.
Being A-l Worker
No fault in our surroundings,
neither employers’ prejudice nor
the competition of workers, relieves
us of the necessity of being A-l
workers as the price of a job.—K.
C. Call.
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CHILDREN OF ONE FATHER
January 2, 1941
Editor: I have just finished read
ing the Crisis Magazine for Janu
ary. I wish every Negro home and
more white homes could read the
Crisis monthly. Its editorials, arti
cles and stories have a wealth of
information, which should inspire
every Negro and every white per
son who believes that all of us are
children of One Father to work for
the development of true democracy
in this country.
As a white man who believes in
justice for all and as a weekly
reader of your fine paper, I was
also pleased to note that the Crisis
carried an excerpt from one of
your pertinent editorials, in its
current issue.
john Farnsworth,
Minneapolis, Minn.
Listen To This
By
Hobart T. Mitchell
(Copyright)
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMA
TION
That on the first day of Janu
ary, in the year of our Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty
three, all persons held as slaves
within any State, or designated
part of State, the people whereof
shall be in rebellion against the
United States, shall be thenceforth
and forever free, and the Execu
tive Government of the United
States, including the military and
naval officers thereof, will recog
nize and maintain the freedom of
such persons, or any of them, in
any efforts they may make for
their actual freedom . . .
The Proclamation was issued as
a war measure and emancipated 3,-
120,515 slaves; 832,000 SLAVES
WERE NOT AFFECTED BY THE
ABOVE PROVISIONS.
* * ♦
HAIR—JANUARY, 1855
Hair of the different races are
divided into three classes or the
hair reveals three fundamental
types—the round or leiotrichous,
the oval or cymotrichous and the
flat or ulotrichous. Round hair is
straight or course—oval hair tends
to be curly—flat hair is kinky or
wooly.
Doctors Newton and Comer, of
Ashley Arkansas, in 1855,
stated that physiologists are of the
opinion that in the head of the
mulatto there is sojne Negro hair
and some white hair and from gen
eration to generation the Negro
hair never runs out.
The doctors were also of the
opinion that the Negro hair would
run out before it passed the sec
ond generation—it may in the third
generation have waves. The doc
tors further stated that the hair
never becomes straight until after
the third descent from the Negro,
from either the father’s or mother’s
side.
(If anybody asks about this
columnist’s hair, tell them it’s
ulotrichous.)
JANUARY 22, 1738
The oldest will ever filed by a
Negro in Philadelphia, and perhaps
the oldest in the United States, lies
in the City Hall in the above city,
made on the 22nd day of January,
1738, by Negro Cuffee.
Totalling $250 (expressed in
English money), the will lists an
estate including apparel, an old
bedstead, “a barrel! of peese, and
3 barrell of pickle” among other
things.
Written in the flowery hand writ
ing of the 18th century, the will
is valued at SSOO, according to
Joseph T. O’Neil, chief clerk in the
register of the wills office. The pa
per was recently re-enforced with
silk at a cost of SSO.
LEST WE FORGET
January 1, 1863 Proclamation
abolishing slavery in the United
States became law under President
Lincoln.
January 2, 1831—The Liberator,
abolition paper, began publication,
Boston.
January 6, 1884—Harry H. Pace
(Supreme Liberty Life of Chica
go), bom in Georgia.
January 8, 1922 Col. Charles
Young died, Liberia, West Africa.
LISTEN TO THIS •
Congressman John E. Rankin,
of Mississippi, stated in a speech,
Wednesday, January 10, 1940, that,
“The white people of the South are
not enemies of the Negro. They
are the best friends he (Negroes)
ever had.”
JANUARY 18, 1853
Baltimore Sun—Mention is made
of a marriage license for Negroes;
also an application by a colored
woman for a divorce.
(Mr. Jose Sherwood, of St. Paul,
Minn.—The answer to your letter
will appear in next week’s issue of
this paper.)
Dance Group
Recital Sunday,
January 19th
The Negro Dance Group of the
Modern Dance Center will be pre
sented in the St. Paul Concert
given on January 19, at 3:30 p. m.,
in the Auditorium of the YWCA,
123 W. sth St., in St. Paul. The
Modern Dance Concert is to be
sponsored by the Health and Rec
reation Department of the YWCA.
Appearing will be Bernice
Brown and Beryle Cockrell in “La
ment from the South,” a move
ment accompaniment to “Deep
River.” Lewis Williams, St. Paul
singer, will sing the accompani
ment.
The “Lament from the South”
is part of the group of Dances
called “American Scenes,” for
which Meridel Le Suer has writ
ten an original script, which she
will read.
The director of the Modern
Dance Center is Gertrude Lawton
Lippincott, who also teaches the
classes in Modern Dance at Hallie
Q. Brown House. The Group will
be remembered for its performance
of American Scenes at Hallie Q.
Brown House last April. Miss Myr
tle Carden of Hallie is one of the
patrons of the Concert, as is Mrs.
Hazel Butler.
No Appeasement
By Morris Gibbs, Sr.
When the forces of evil
Appear to make their assault,
There can be no appeasement
For evil has itself in thought.
There can be no middle ground
For that is what evil wants,
The world to be wishy-washy
Then easily influence people by
its taunts.
Wake up, America!
Stand up for democracy,
You birthed and nursed it in in
fancy;
Let it not die because of a Nazi.
America is criticized at home and
abroad,
Worry not what the world
thinks,
As they’re all looking for a saviour
Who’ll redeem them from Nazi
tricks.
Americans now can’t help but
realize
Many who are pacifists,
Belong to isms that mean no good
And are breeding places for fifth
columnists.
Don’t advocate peace at any price,
Sell your freedom for a song,
For if you do, you’ll be sorry
As a Nazi’s promise is always
wrong.
This rule of no appeasement
Which advocates of democracy
maintain,
Should be used against all forms
of evil
Then evil would be in disdain.
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Mt. Olivet
Baptist Church
“For a Spiritual Feast**
Rev. C. B. Wheeler,
Pastor
Cor. W. Central &
Mackubin St.
Let Us Swing Down the
Fair Ways of the New Year
With a Smile
Twin City Golf Assn.
U. G. CORAM, Pres.
FREDICK JONES, Secy.
CHAS. NOBLE, Treas.
CAMPHOR MEMORIAL METHO
DIST CHURCH NOTES
“We Must Pray for All Nations”
will be the subject of the sermon
by the pastor, the Rev. Clarence T.
R. Nelson, Sunday, at 11 a. m. The
Music Committee is pleased to an
nounce that Mr. John Hickman,
well-known St. Paul chorister, will
direct the senior choir, beginning
with the service on Sunday. Prof.
R. Nelson Barber will continue as
the organist for the choir, with
Miss Olga Anderson as assistant.
The Woman’s Society of Chris
tian Service resumed its weekly
meetings, after the holiday vaca
tion last Wednesday evening at the
parsonage. The interest groups of
the Youth Council will resume their
weekly meetings at the parsonage
next Thursday evening. Plans are
being completed for the monthly
Youth Sunday service, which will
be held on Sunday, January 19, at
11 a. m.
MT. OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH
Cor. W. Central and Mackubin St.
Rev. C. B. Wheeler, Pastor
The Sisters and Brothers are
running a close race in the rally
now in progress at Mt. Olivet. The
sisters led the brothers by less than
one dollar. Sister Henrietta Sim
mons is determined to lead her
forces to the front. Brother Boyf
Collins is trying desperately to ral
ly his forces in an effort to over
take the sisters. Mt. Olivet adopte
the budget plan presented to the
church by the budget committee a’
its last meeting. Great things arc
expected from the clubs and auxili
aries that are included in the budg
et plan. On next Tuesday eve
ning, at 8 p. m., at the church, the
choir will be presented in its first
musical concert of the year. The
public is invited to attend this
great musical treat. Mother Louise
Wilson was full of smiles on last
Sunday when she approached the
Supt. of the Cradle Roll Dept, of
the Sunday School and said, “I
have another baby for you to en
roll.” The superintendent turned a
listening ear to find that Sister
Wilson was the grandmother of a
ten-pound baby boy. We are glad
to have Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Mc-
Neal enroll their latest addition
with Mt. Olivet Sunday School. The
Deaconesses have charge of the
Prayer Meeting this month. Won’t
you join us for an hour of prayer
each Wednesday night at 8 p. m.?
We will be glad to have you wor
ship with us. We are glad to hear
of Sister Golden and Sister Nash
improving. Sister Sallie Alexan
der’s condition remains unchanged.
Attend Church next Sunday at Mt.
Olivet. Sunday School at 9:30
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a. m.; Morning Worship, 10:45;
8.T.U., 6:30; Evening Worship,
7:45 p. m.
Sunday Assembly:
Miss Constance Fisher will be
the guest speaker at 3:00 P. M.
The public is invited.
Macalester College is also ar
ranging a program for a series of
guest speakers to lead discussion
groups in religion, sociology and
psychology. Miss Fisher will also
give a series of talks on personal
ity.
Card of Thanks and
Appreciation
W. A. Benjamin, long active in
St. Phillips Church, St. Paul, who
was confined to Ancker Hospital
for several weeks, is at home now
and doing fine. He sends the fol
lowing message to his friends.
“I was so deluged by greeting
cards and flowers from so many
friends while I was in the hospital,
that I find it impossible to thank
them all individually and wish to
sincerely thank them through this
medium.”
W. A. BENJAMIN,
756 Iglehart Ave.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many
friends who so loyally remembered
us during the passing of our hus
band and brother -in - law, A. D.
Jones. Your kind expressions of
sympathy and friendship shall
never be forgotten.
MRS. A. D. JONES, Wife
MRS. LELA DE BERRY,
Sister-in-law
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many
friends for their sympathy and
kindnesses during the illness of our
beloved wife, mother and grand
mother, Mrs. Annie O. Jordan, and
also during our bereavement
caused by her passing.
Especially are we grateful to
Mrs. Elizabeth Hall for steadfast
friendship during this trying per
iod and also to all others.—Signed,
A. W. Jordan, husband; Mrs. De-
Quince Nelson and Mrs. Dolly
Crushshon, daughters; Albert B.
Jordan, son; Dolbert Yvonne, By
ron Crushshon, grandchildren.
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