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OL. XV, NO. 23
GEORGE HOUSER, CORE LEADER
HERE FRIDAY; TO TELL OF
GANDHI'S FIGHT ON INTOLERANCE
a ISC IHCMI UIV
bringing to Minneapolis to speak
at the CIO Hall, 4th Ave. and 7th
St., Friday, Jan. 14, at 8 p.m., is
a minister, author and social or
ganizer combined.
George Houser, of New York
City, was bom in Cleveland, son
of a Methodist minister. A grad
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GEORGE HOUSER
uate of the University of Denver,
he attended Union and Chicago
Theological Seminaries, and was
ordained a Methodist minister in
1943.
In race relations, he was re
sponsible for setting up numerous
interracial workshops in various
cities, and has planned and direct
ed summer workshops in Chicago,
Washington and Los Angeles.
Houser was the organizer of the
Journey of Reconcilation. con
ducted in the Spring of 1947 in
the upper South, through which
policies of interstate buses and
trains as regards segregation of
passengers were tester under the
Irene Morgan decision of the
Supreme Court.
In recognition of the contribu
tion of this Journey toward end
ing travel segregation, he, with
Bayard Rustin, was cited for a
Jefferson Day Award by the
Council Against Intolerance in
America.
Houser has also written a book
let, ' Erasing the Color Line,” and
was co-author of the pamphlet,
“We Challenged Jim Crow.”
DO POLICEMEN MAKE RESOLUTIONS?
ANYWAY, THEY GET THE JOB DONE
The St. Paul police must have made strict resolutions New
Year’s Day to detect and catch all minor offenders.
And it’s been more than a notion for them to keep that
resolution. What with sluggers, traffic violators, brawls and
the like, the boys in olive drab had their hands full before baby
New Year could shed his diapers.
Police are investigating a St.
Paul man’s story that he was
robbed of $2 by sluggers who also
took his cap, suit coat and over
coat and left him unconscious in
near-zero weather.
William Davis, 62. of 416 Ron
do Ave., was found shortly before
1 a. m. Monday at Western and
Carroll. On being questioned, he
said all he remembered was that
‘‘someone hit me on the head.’’
Several stitches were required to
close gashes on the left side of
his head at Ancker hospital.
Over the weekend, police ar
rested Lucian Newborn, 23, of
299 Rondo Ave., who was
charged with stabbing Thomas
Lee, 35, 288 Rondo Ave., on the
left side of the nose with an ice
pick in a knife brawl.
Dee was found bleeding in front
of 306 N. Western Ave. Newborn
said he threw away the knife af-
She Will Walk
Patricla is at ths Asheville, North Carolina Orthopedic Hospital. In
I>4t polio struck her and approximately 26,000 other unfortunate
victims. Thsir cars and treatment was made possible by the March
of Dimes, held each year by the National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysia Join the March of Dimes January 14-31.
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At the meeting today, Houser
will speak on Gandhi's methods
in race relations as applied to
Minneapolis.
ALABAMA SENATOR
ASKS NATL PROBE
OF RACE PROBLEM
WASHINGTON (ANP) A
startling proposal that Congress
undertake a nationwide study of
racial and other discrimination
before adopting any civil rights
legislation was advanced here
last week by a Southern senator.
Such a suggestion is surprising
because southerners usually claim
to “know all about Negroes and
the race problem.*'
The proposal was made by Sen.
Sparkman (D. Ala.) in a radio in
terview, and is looked upon as a
southern strategem to delay any
move to write civil rights legisla
tion into law.
The senator said he was draft
ing a resolution calling for a
congressional inquiry with par
ticular attention to the "resolu
tion between discriminatory prac
tices and economic conditions in
the north and south.” He indicat
ed he would support any action
necessary to end such practices if
the survey disclosed them.
His proposal was based on the
belief that "economic competition
between Negroes and whites in
the south is at the root of racial
difficulties there.
“If we could raise the econ
omic level of the south to the
point where this economic com
petition would be cut down,
then a great part of the race
problem would disappear.
“The reason the race problem
in the south is particularly acute
is because there are two races
trying to live side by side in a
country where economic op
portunity has not been sufficient
to give satisfactory support to
both,” he added.
ter me ngnt. i>ee was sent lo
Ancker hospital for treatment.
Starling Jackson, ’7, of 318 N.
Grotto St., paid SSO for leaving
the scene of an accident. He was
arrested at home after an acci
dent at Hamline and Charles. The
driver of the other car got his
license number.
James C. Otis, judge in the
Municipal court, had a case left
over from last year to finish.
Tuesday morning, Jan. 11, he
sentenced Adam (Good Daddy)
Hall, 72, of 299 Rondo Ave., to
20 days in the workhouse on a
charge of illegal sale of liquor.
Last November, Hall was found
guilty of this charge, but was
given a 40 day stay to appeal the
case to the Supreme Court. Tues
day, however, Hall announced
that he was not going to appeal
the case.
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DESPITE THE EFFORTS OF GLEN WHITE of Mechanic Arte,
Lloyd Kasai of St. Paul Marshall high school's basketball team geta
poss<>ssion of the ball. In this game, Marshall barely edged out over
Mechanics with a 43-41 victory. Herschel Garrett of Marshall comes
up on the play to aid his fellow-player, Kasai, but Kasai evidently does
not ne<*d the help.
CHRISTENSEN RENAMED CHAIRMAN OF
MAYOR'S COUNCIL ON HUMAN RELATIONS
—F. FAGER RESIGNS TO TAKE CHI. POST
The Minneapolis Mayor’s Council on Human Relations re
elected Dr. Bernhard Christensen, president of Augsburg Col
lege, chairman at its annual meeting Monday at the Hotel Dyck
man.
Hyman Edelman, attorney and Cecil Newman were re
elected vice-chairmen. Mrs. Lawrence Steefel was named sec
retary. I ——
Fager Resigns
The Council accepted with re
gret the resignation of Frank W.
Fager as executive secretary.
Fager leaves Feb. 1 to take the
position of director of the depart
ment of Education for the Chica
go Mayor’s Commission on Hu
man Relations.
Six Members Reappointed
Acting Mayor Hoyer announced
the reappointment of six members
of the council: Dr. Bernhard
Christensen, Douglass Hall, Brad
ley Morison, Mrs. Lawrence Stee
fel and Aiderman Glen Wallace.
Other members of the council
are Raymond W. Cannon, Mrs.
Kyle Haselden, Rev. Raisuke Kita
gawa, Emmet O’Brien, Mrs. An
drew Shea, Judge Edward Waite,
Charles E. Spring, and Rev. Reu
ben K. Youngdahl.
The council has greatly widened
the interest of Minneapolis citi
zens in the problems of the racial
and religious minorities.
STUDENTS MAY FILE
APPLICATIONS FOR
CLUB SCHOLARSHIP
Applications should be in by
Jan. 31 for the SSO scholarship to
be given this year by the Adelphai
club to some high school senior
or college freshman, according to
an announcement made by Miss I.
Myrtle Carden, chairman of the
scholarship committee of the club.
Requirements for the award are
efficiency in scholarship, need and
recommendations. Each applicant
should file with Miss Carden three
recommendations, one primarily
from the school, one from the
minister of the church to which
the applicant belongs, and one
from a person the applicant him
self chooses.
The Adelphai club, a philan
thropic organization, and one of
the oldest women’s organizations
in the Twin Cities, is observing
its 50th anniversary this year.
The theme this year, in celebra
tion of its 50th anniversary, is
“Outstanding Contemporary Ne
groes.” Organized in 1899, the
club members meet once a month
to discuss outstanding contempo
rary Negroes.
SEEK SUPPORT FROM LEGISLATORS
FOR STATE FEPC MEASURE
In several group meetings Tues
day, Jan. 11, support of the Min
nesota Fair Employment Practices
bill was sought from members of
the Legislature.
Rev. Francis J. Gilligan, chair
man of the Governor’s Interracial
commission, said the bill is being
submitted again because it places
the emphasis on concilliation as a
solution to unfair employment
practices.
Meeting with the legislators,
Father Gilligan said. “I believe it
is unwise to add restrictive claus-
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14. 1949
Helen Lawrence
Matron St. Paul
Chapter O. E. S.
Officers for the St. Paul chap
ter No. 1, 0.E.5., P H.A, were re
cently elected and installed at the
annual meeting of the organiza
tion The election was conducted
by Past Patron James Green and
installation was by the Worthy
Grand Patron, John R. Lawrence,
Jr. and Past Grand Patron, James
R Lynn.
Officers elected were Helen A.
Lawrence, worthy matron; Robert
Williams, worthy patron; Dorothy
Payne, associate matron; Laper
cell Greene, associate patron;
Louise Walker, treasurer; Kate
Neil, secretary; Dessie Clemons,
conductress; and Eula Watson,
associate conductress.
Appointive officers are: Ruth
Henderson, Adah; Corinne Grif
fin, Ruth; Anabelle Jones, Esther.
Luana Williams, Martha; Lamar
Smith, Electa; Maude Hoage,
Chaplain; Mary Wilson, warder;
James A. Green, sentinel; Ger
trude Greene, Ruth Henderson,
Helen Goins, May me Green and
Bella A. Shelton, auditors; Ger
trude Greene, marshal; Willa Ma-
Barber, organist; and Fanny
Lynn, sunshine chairman.
Minneapolis NAACP
To Install Officers
The Minneapolis branch of the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People haw
a full program outlined for its
next meeting, to be held Sunday.
Jan. 16, at 4 p. m., at the Phyllis
Wheatley house, 809 Aldnch Ave.
No.
Newly-elected officers and mem
bers of the Executive Board will
be installed, a group of men sing
ers will provide musical entertain
ment, and a memorial will be giv-
en in honor of Irving Blumberg,
active NAACP member, who died
a year ago, Jan. 7.
All members and friends are
urged to attend this meeting
es to the bill. They would only ir
ritate employers who now have a
good labor policy.
'The bill declares it to be an
unfair labor practice for an em
ployer, union or employment
agency to refuse to hire anyone
because of race, religion or na
tional origin.
“An appeal to the court is em
bodied in the bill only as a last
resort, and a violation of a court
order would be handled as any
contempt case," he said.
Credit Union
Declares 3%
"48" Dividend
The 12 year old Associated
Negro Credit union at its annual
meeting Monday announced a
1948 dividend of 3%.
Despite the cold weather a fair
sized crowd of members attended
the annual meeting at Hallie Q.
Brown House, St. Paul.
The members heard reports,
elected officers and heard a dis
cussion of methods to secure a
larger membership during 1949.
Elected to serve on the board
of directors with term'expiring in
1962 was Harry C. Brown. W. B.
Walker and T. B. Carey.
Eugene Harris was elected to
fill a vacancy as was Whitney
Young. Elected to the credit com
mittee were A. B. Cassius, Clif
ford Smith and Julius Clemmons.
All membera of the supervisory
committee wefe reelected. They
are James Crowder, James T.
Wardlaw and Eli Martin.
A message from the union
president W. B. (Dad) Walker
who was confined to his home
with an illness was read. Cecil E.
Newman, vice-president presided.
Whiteny Young led the discus
sion which followed the regular
business session. John Whitaker
played two piano selections.
Appointed to
Housing Body
CHARLES L HORN
Monday acting Mayor Erie Hoy
er announced the appointment of
Charles L. Horn, president of Fed
eral Cartridge Corp., to the Min
neapolis Housing Authority.
If confirmed by the city coun
cil Friday Hom will take the
place on the body vacated by the
resignation of Emmett Salisbury.
Hom is president of the Min
nesota Emergency Conservation
Committee and was appointed by
President Roosevelt to the war
time FEPC in recognition of his
successful operation iwthout em
ployment discrimination of the
Twin Cities Ordnance Plant at
New Brighton. Minnesota.
Mr. Hom has received nation
wide recognition for his interest
in the conservation of human and
natural resources.
Services Held for
Baby Linda Smith
A short funeral service was
held Wednesday, Jan. 12. at
Brooks Funeral home for iJnda
Jaunita Smith, infant daughter
of Mr and Mrs Glen Smith. 479
St Anthony Ave.
Linda died rather suddenly of
pneumonia Monday, Jan. 10. She
was born June 20. 1948. Rev. B.
N Moore of St. Jamea AM E.
church officiated at the funeral.
Linda is survived by her par
ents; four sisters, Inez, Marcella,
Gladys and Charlotte, and one
brother, Glen.
U. S. NEEDS ANTI-LYNCHING MEASURE NOW
AN EDITORIAL
On ]>age one of this paper is found a story which tells why
this nation must have federal anti-lynching legislation. On page
four is the story of a valiant attempt by intelligent southerners
to avert such legislation by cleaning up lynching themselves.
Page one tells the story of a travesty of justice wherein an
all-white jury in Georgia acquitted a white man indicted for
murder, who was positively identified by the slan man’s widow.
Two jurors who were deciding the case were allowed to serve
as CHARACTER WITNESSES FOR THE DEFENDANT.
There is hardly a federal court in the most backward sec
tion of the nation which would allow jurors hearing evidence
to serve as witnesses. The same two jurors who shared in the
acquittal gave public notice of their racial bias by openly as
serting in court that they would not believe the school teacher
widow of the murdered man under oath. What a mockery of
justice I
It has been apparent all along that despite the growing
sentiment in the southland against the crime of lynching, the
local courts, sheriffs, and law enforcement officials cannot cope
with the lawless mobs who desire to take the law in their hands.
The continued growth of the Ku Klux Klan is added reason
why Congress must enact federal anti-lynch legislation. The
federal government is the only force which cowardly mob mur
derers will respect.
Minnesotans should communicate with each of our mem
bers of Congress and insist that they help push along the anti
lynch program to end the crimes which shame America before
the world.
CANDIDATE
JOHN Q. SIMMONS
Announcement was made Wed
nesday that Rev. John O. Sim
mons. young Lutheran minister
had resigned the pastorate at St
Mark's Lutheran church and
would run for mayor of Min
neapolis in the June primaries.
Simmons, a dynamic force in
the Mill City has been active in
both city and state human re
lation fields as well as in most
every public improvement move
ment since he came to Minneapo
lis six and one-half years ago.
Wednesday’s ann o u ncement
carried the expected endorsement
of Senator Hubert H. Humphrey.
(See Percy Villas’s column, p. 6.)
SIX ON FIRST
NATIONAL BANK
HONOR ROLL
Six Negroes of St. Paul appear
ed on the honor roll of the bank
ing service of the First National
bank of St. Paul, and were guests
at the first annual dinner of the
Quarter Century Club of the bank.
They were among the 209 men
and women who had worked with
the bank for more than 26 years.
Each of the workers received gifts
at the dinner.
The six men are Harold E. Par
ker. who began working with the
bank in 1920, and received a Seth-
Thomas clock; Frank Slaughter,
who began work in 1922, and who
also received a clock. William C.
Blair began work with the bank
in 1918, received a clock; Frank
B. Wigington, began work in 1923
with the bank, and received a sil
ver tea set.
Junius Condry began work with
the bank in 1915, and received
some silverware at the dinner;
and Willis Hamilton began work
with the bank in 1922, and receiv
ed a Hamilton watch.
CASSIUS BAR
OPENS TODAY
On sale liquor became avail
able at Cassius Bar. 207 South
3rd Street in Minneapolis today.
Friday, Jan. 14. All popular
brands of liquor, strong beers and
ale are being offered at reason
able prices.
The addition of liquor to his
steadily growing restraunt bus
iness culminates a two year legal
battle by Cassius to secure the
license. He is the first Negro in
Minneapolis to be awarded an on
sale license since the repeal of
prohibition in 1932.
Cassius will begin extensive al
ter&tions in the rear room of the
establishment soon.
The formal grand opening date
for the entire place, including the
proposed cocktail room will be an
nounced later.
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« Nell Russell’s column alone Is worth*
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J St. Paul reader In a letter to this paper. J
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fL Local Legion Posts Will
Take No Immediate Action
On ABC Restrictive Clause
The two St. Paul American Legion posts, the Attucks-Brooks
port and the Leslie Lawrence post, plan to take no imme
diate action on the refusal of the American Bowling Congress
to let Negroes bowl in their tournament to begin here Feb. 26.
The final ruling of the ABC, and the American Legion
Bowling Association of Minnesota will follow that r»>ii» s
that "No local tournament can be
held without the sanction of ABC,
and ABC will not sanction any
tournament that admits Negroes.”
According to J. W. Lee, com
mander for the Leslie Lawrence
Port of the American Legion,
members of the Legion do not
want to bowl. "We have not been
able to get enough men who want
to bowl to participate in a
league," he stated.
A. J. Hannon, commander tor
the Attacks Brooks Post, said
there is not much that can be
done in a local organisation. Ac
cording to him, the district and
state organizations must act on
such cases.
GEORGIA JURY
FREES MAN IN
LYNCHING CASE
By Special Corrvspnndrat
LYONS, GA. Despite indict
ment and strong evidence, an all
white jury freed William (Spud)
Howell. 32, one of the two '•wool
hat" farmers who were indicted
two weeks ago for the murder of
Robert Mallard, prosperous Negro
business man.
Mallard, a casket and appliance
salesman, had amassed consider
able property and some of his
white neighbors are said to have
resented his prosperity. When he
purchased a new auto in early No
vember threats are said to have
been made against him which he
ignored.
On November 19, as he rode
with his wife Amy along a high
way, a robed mob of 20 whites
blocked the road, stopped the
Mallard car and shot him to death
as his widow screamed.
The country was horrified
and southerners who have been
fighting against passage of fed
eral anti lynching laws went to
work to attempt to bring the
murderers to trial.
Led by the Atlanta Constitu
tion and assisted by the Associat
ed Press public sentiment was so
amused that Governor Talmage
pressed for action which resulted
in the indictment of two farmers.
Tuesday’s trial was consummat
ed quickly. The jury found the
first defendant not guilty after 25
minutes deliberation. The prose
cutor then moved that the similar
charges against the other man,
Roderick Clifton, be dropped.
Jurors Are •Witnesses"
Two of the jurors hearing the
case were permitted to testify to
the good character of Howell, the
defendant. Each of the jurors said
they would not believe Mallard's
wife, a local school teacher, under
oath. The prosecutor made no at
tempt to prevent the jurors from
serving as witnesses He also
made no effort to challenge the
jurors statements.
Mrs. Mallard made a positive
Identification of Howell an one
of the men who shot her hus
band.
Howell took the stand and as
serted his innocence. He was not
sworn or was he cross-examined.
Under Georgia statutes the de
fendant is not put under oath or
cross-examined.
Mrs. Mallard, the slain man’s
widow, has put up a valiant fight
to help bring her husband’s mur
derer to justice. She has been
threatened and shortly after the
murder she herself was taken in
to custody ax having killed her
husband. So intense was the cri
ticism by Georgia's largest news
papers that the county authorities
quickly released her.
She has been repeatedly warned
by letters and phone calls that
her husband was killed because
he was biggety and that if she
pressed the murder case she
would meet a similar fate.
Observers on the scear here say
Tuesday's action will spur efforts
of even some of the responsible
southern leaders for a federal
anti-lynch law.
SHERIFF ED. RYAN PLACES
COMBS IN CHARGE OF ALL
HENN. COUNTY JAIL RECORDS
Sheriff Ed. Ryan of Hennepin
county announced thia week the
promotion of deputy sheriff Har
old Combs to clerk in charge of
all jail records
Combs has been in partial
charge of such records tor three
years. He Is well known and has
served as deputy sheriff since
1943.
Combs is a former businessman
and has been very active in the
NAACP and Phyllis Wheatley
Auxiliary. He has been especially
effective in securing memberships
for both of these organisations.
He Uvea at 2435 Fourth Ave. S.
with his wife Margaret Combs, a
Phyllis Wheatley settlement house
worker.
$4.00 a Year, 10 Cents Per Copy
"In the next meeting of the
state organisation.'* he said, "re
solutions will be brought before
the groups tc fight the restrictive
clause In the ABC constitloa.”
Other legion members seemed to
fed, also, that with the limited
funds they had at their disposal,
more effort should be used to get
things done in the community
that will affect more people.
Comic Books
Discussion Top
Hallie Forum
The question of the comic books,
what to do with them, and the
effects they have on children and
teenagers will be brought to the
public Sunday. Jan. 15. in the sec
ond forum held at Hallie Q. Brown
house.
This discussion. “The Conde
Book Menace," will be sponsored
by the Maxwell and McKinley
Parent Teachers Association and
will be held at 4 o'clock, with Mrs.
Godfrey Rawlings, presidsnt, Mo-
Kinley PTA. acting as chairman,
and Mrs. Jean Goins, Instructor
at the University of Minnesota,
introducing the speakers.
Speakers on the forum will he
Severin Mortinson, commiseionor
of PubUc UUhtlea, 8L Paul, who
will present the city's legal points
on undesirable comic books. Mr.
Harold D. Eastman, professor of
Sociology at Macalester coUege,
who has made studies on comic
books In St Paul, wiU present
parts of that study and his Ideaa
with regard to the effects of un
desirable comics on the Juvenile.
Mr. W. C. Rlatt of the St Paul
distributing agency, will present
the point of view of his agency
with regard to the control of com
ic books Mrs. Henry Kramer,
member, Minnesota State Board
of the PT A, will present the point
of view of a mother In regard to
the juvenile and the comic books.
Refreshments will be served
after the discussion.
CORRECTION
The first name of Mrs. Hoshour
that appeared in Jan. 7 issue of
the paper is Mrs. Harvey Hoshour
instead of Mrs. Howard Hoshour.
Also, other clubs and organiza
tions that contributed to the fund
for the movie-projector were the
Book Club No. II and Queen of
Sheba Chapter, No. 5, O.E.S.
BOY SCOUTS TO
BE INVESTED
Boy Scout Troop No. TO, organ
ized in December, will hold Its
first investiture at Border Meth
odist heuren Sunday, January 1«,
at 7 p. m.
The families of these boys and
the general pubUc are invited to
attend.
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