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NfGKO'S DOGGED FAITH
Tile Negro's dogged faith In con
tinuing to fight for this country in
face of his treatment sometimes
looks like a miracle to me. And I
hope he will continue. Constancy will
one day be rewarded and retribution
win as surely overtake the con
scienceless and the unjust.—J. A.
Regers.
SEVENTEENTH YEAR, NO. 26
BRIEF
NEWS
SCENE
“High and Lewdowa”
BY BAILEE THOMAS
NATIONAL SCENE: If you
read Governor (former Sec'y.
State) James J. Byrnes of South
Carolina remarks as reported In
a New York Times editorial on
page four of this paper, you will
understand why Byrnes could
not well represent this nation in
Its parleys with the Russians.
Only America would be so
foolish as to send a man to rep
resent this great democracy who
really did not believe in demo
cracy-ex cept for white people.
Every time Byrnes would
cry sut about democratic elec
tions In Bulgaria at the Inter
national council table, Molotov
would sneer about democratic
elections in Mr. Byrnes home
state of South Carolina.
No wonder Truman had to ditch
Byrnes! The real wonder is that
we Americans still think we can
get away with preaching one
thing and practicing another!
The February 5 edition of
Quick Magazine on the news
stands Feb. 1, has “Sugar” Ray
Robinson, welter-weight king
who seeks the middleweight
crown, on its cover. The maga
zine article says Robinson fights
for gold, not glory. Smart boy,
Ray!
SUCK TRICK: Coca Cola,
chairman of the board of the ex
port division politico James J.
Farley went down south a few
weeks ago. While basking in the
warmth of the Dixiecrats, he let
out a bleat in a speech about the
Truman civil rights proposals.
When Jim got back to New York,
he found that a leader by the
name of Bruce, through the po
tent N. Y. Amsterdam News had
advertised Mr. Farley’s slip of
the tongue and a full scale boy
cott was on against Coca Cola
in Harlem.
RESULT: Parley got Steve
Hannagan’s public relations boys
on the job. Before you could say
‘•Jack Robinson” editors of Ne
gro papers were deluged with 3
column photos and mats of Sugar
Ray Robinson talking to Joe
Joe Louis and guess who?—Jim
Farley! Another shot showed Mr.
Farley smiling with champion
Ezard Charles. Many papers not
smelling the rat ran the photos.
Our boss tells us that Tom (soft
drink-hotel tycoon) Moore says
Jim Farley is alright but any
northerner who goes down in
Dixie giving hope and relief to
the Dixiecrats is on our "don't go”
list. Did someone say Amen?
YWCA branches all over the
country are holding their annual
meetings these days. The girls
who keep the Y. W.’s going all
over the country deserve more
praise than they have received
for the most wonderful manner in
which they have cleaned up their
racial policies. . . In practically
every city of any size on this side
of the Mason-Dixon line. Negro
women serve on the Y policy
making boards. In most cities the
program is integrated as to mem
bership and staff. The women of
the movement havn’t talked about
democracy but have put it to
work with a thoroughness that
makes the organization a shining
light In America.
In contrast to its counterpart,
the YMCA, the YW Is just
about a million miles ahead.
Give the boys time though and
they’ll get around to Justifying
their use of Christian In their
association title.
A Negro singer. Mary Robbs,
has been chosen as guest soloist
with the Chatanooga Symphony
Orchestra, something unheard of
before in that area . . . Import-
ance of fighting for individuals
who have records which will
stand harsh attack is demonstra
ted by the case of the first Negro
admitted to Louisiana Law school.
Roy S. Wilson, war veteran who
applied to the school and was ad
mitted under a federal Injunction
as the result of the Supreme
Court decisions on equal educa
tion returned to his home in Rus
ton recently after cancelling out
of the school.
Close scrutiny of Wilson's life
found three factors which would
automatically cancel his fitness
for a law degree. He did not show
in his application the fact that he
had received a "blue" discharge
from the Army. Or that he was
dismissed from R us ton College
after a fight In which he used a
soft ball bat and a shoe. He had
been arrested and Jailed for per
jury growing out of a divorce
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Boat Operators Stand
Trial For Bias In
Ramsey County Court
WITNESSES TELL OF EXCURSION
BOAT BIAS BY OWNER AND BOAT
CAPTAIN DURING SUMMER OF 1950
Witnesses for the state of Minnesota in its criminal case
against Ernest Meyer of Cincinati, Ohio, owned of the ex
cursion steamer, Avalon, and the boat captain, Charles Hall,
presented their testimony before Ramsey County distrist Judge
Albin 8. Pearson and a jury Tuesday and Wednesday of this
week.
They theialfed that four Ne
groes, Mr. and Mrs. E. Mitchell
Rhone, now living in Oklahoma
City, Okla.; Alphonzo Horton, re
siding in Gary, Indiana, and Mias
Dorothy Monaen, 290 St. Albans
St. Paul, were turned away by
operators of the steamship and
told, "this is whites' night only,”
last July 2, 1950.
The four persons, Mr. and
Mrs. Rhone, Mr. Horton and
Mlae Monson testified Tuesday
stating they were barred by a
guard with outstretched hands
from going on the beat.,
They further stated after an ex
change of conversation with Capt.
Hall and Mr. Meyer they were told
they would be admitted if they
agreed to two stipulations—not
drink or dance. The four people
stated in their testimony that they
were then told to accept those
terms or get off the gangplank.
They returned to the shore.
Wednesday afternoon attorneys
for the defense questioned Capt.
Hall who denied he discriminated
against the four nor did he have
very much to say to them. He
stated the conversation was car
ried on mainly by Meyer. He
further stated he thought the
group were intoxicated and talk
ing loud.
When cross examined by the
state's attorney. Hall admitted
he was hard of hearing and the
two couples were standing about
St. Paul Council Of
Human Relations Group
Hears Dr. Erickson
By Myrrhene Allen
Members of the St. Paul Coun
cil on Human Relations and
guests heard Dr. E. E. Ericson,
head of Gustavus Adolphus Eng
lish department and a pioneer in
civil rights legislation, state that
“race superiority is antiquated
and the white race must be cog
nizant of the fact that there are
more colored people than white
statistically." Dr. Ericson spoke
at the annual dinner meeting of
the council held Tuesday, Jan. 30
at 6:15 p. m.
Dr. Ericson further emphasized
two salient points: 1. Hate breeds
hate. He said in the beginning it
is directed at one minority but it
works in concentric circles con
stantly growing.
Ericson, in summing up his
speech believed Americanism
should be as voiced by Franklin
D. Roosevelt. “Americanism
should be a matter of the mind
and heart, not one of race, re
ligion and ancestry.”
Other highlights of the meet
ing which was presided over by
James Oppenheimer, president,
was the tribute paid to Mrs. Ruth
Gov. Youngdahl Guest
Speaker at St. James
Jubilee Rally Sunday
Gov. Luther Youngdahl will be
the guest speaker at the $35,000
Jubilee Rally to be held Sunday,
Feb. 4 at 4:30 p. m. at St. James
1 AME church in St. Paul. Mini
sters from both Minneapolis and
St. Paul, their choirs and con
gregations will also participate.
Honor guard for the rally will
be furnished by the Gopher Elks
The ministers who will be on the
program are Rev. M. L. Simmons,
St. Peter AME; Rev. H. W. Botts
Sr., Zion Baptist; Rev. W. L.
Johnson. Wayman; Rev. W. P.
Grossley, St. James AME; Rev. L.
C Harris, Bethesda; Rev. C. M.
Sexton of Border Methodist, all of
Minneapolis and Rev. I. D. Dor
sey, Camphor Methodist: Rev. W.
Williams. Carter Chapel and Rev.
B. J. Hunter of Mt. Olivet Bap
tist in St. Paul.
L. E. Boyd is chairman of the
affair and Rev. B. N. Moore the
pastor of St. James. Everyone is
invited to attend.
Leon T. Lewis, 313 14th Ave.
So., formerly of Neal Funeral
Home, Minneapolis, ts now as
sociated with Woodard Funeral
Home, 1103 Lyndale Ave. No., as
South Minneapolis Representa
tive
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ten feet away from him. He fur
ther denied saying anything about
'This la whites night only"#and
that any guard stopped them on
the gangplank.
Appearing also Tuesday were
two witnesses to the incident
They were Mrs. Eva Be lisle and
her daughter, Yvonne, 15, both
of 202 Goodrich. Defense attor
neys questioned Mrs. Be lisle
closely as to why she was in the
party asking if it wasn't truefhe
was sent as a “detective” from
the St. Paul branch of the
NAACP. Mrs. Belisle admitted
she was sent to "observe but not
detect” as the defense asked.
She stated she and her daugh
ter met the four people at a cafe
across the street from the road
leading to the boat landing. The
group left for the landing about
ten minutes later after each man
had one beer and the women soft
drinks, according to the witness.
Defense asked Mrs. Belisle if
she could smell beer on the two
men's breaths. She said she
couldn't. When asked if she
couldn't notice their breath even
in a closed car. She stated due to
the warm evening (July) the car
windows were open and she was
driving.
At press time (Wednesday
night) the defense was to call up
their next witness, the owner of
the boat, Ernest Meyer for
questioning.
Abernathy who resigned as ex
ecutive director Sept. 1, 1950.
Thanks was also given to Mmes.
Theresa Lucker and Lue 11 a
Miles for keeping the organiza
tion functioning during the in
terim between Mrs. Abernathy’s
resignation and the appointment
of Russell Meyers as executive
secretary.
James Oppenheimer gave a
brief report on the council activi
ties for 1950. Particular atten
tion was given to the Prom Ball
room incident. Mr. Oppenheimer
said the situation was cleared up
by the council. Officers for the en
suing year were also nominated
and elected. Those elected were
J. Oppenheimer, president; War
ren E. Burger, Rev. B. N. Moore
and Frank Martizelli, vice presi
dents; Mrs. Sam Reed, secretary,
and Robert Smith, treasurer.
Reelected board members are
Warren Burger. Rev. Francis Gil
ligan, Rev. B. N. Moore, Mrs.
Luella Myles, Mrs. Helen Mud
gett, Mr Charles Turck and Mrs.
Irving Levy.
Racsivas Trophy of Fete
For Winners of Ford
Plant Hobby Show
John Banks, Jr., 705 Iglehart
Ave., was awarded a loving cup
Wednesday, Jan. 31 at a dinner
given for all winners of the Ford
Plant Hobby Show held last
spring, 1950.
Banks received first prize for
photography. In preceding years
he had won the first prize in the
photography division only but
this year he annexed the top
honor over all divisions in the
show.
John Bonks Elected
President of Crispus
Attucks Directors Board
Three new officers were elec
ted at the joint meeting last
Thursday of Crispus At tucks As
sociation and the board of direc
tors.
John Banks. 837 Iglehart Ave.,
was elected president and Mrs
Bailey L. Morris, 411 Mackubin
St., was elected secretary of the
association, which is composed of
individuals and organizations in-
terested in the home at 489 Col
lins St.
Louis P. Moore, 862 W. Centra]
Ave., became rice president of the
board of directors of the old
people’s home, a Community
Cheat agency.
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, PR IDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1951
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Nina Toliver, IS year old Mar
shall high sophomore was crown
ed Miss Hallle Q. Brown of 1961
Friday, Jan. 34. Mias Toliver la
shown being crowned by St. Paul's
popular mayor, Edward Delaney.
The new queen was sponsored by
APPOINTMENT SOUR GRAPES
The current criticism aimed at Senator Humphrey on
appointments of price control officials for this region by
Republicans Ed Thye and Langer and the Minneapolis
STAR should be taken with a grain of salt.
Humphrey was approached by Price Stabilizer Di-
Salle and asked for recommendations for the jobs. At
least three conservative business men in this area were
asked if they would be available. They said no.
This newspaper was informed by telephone from
Washington that Neil Measick and Emmett Salisbury,
both Minneapolis busineak leaders were offered jobs as
was Arthur Lampland, St. Paul lumber dealer. All three
of these men were supposed to have made it plain that
they were not available.
While we can appreciate the theory that price and
wage control should not be bound by partisan political
alignments, we also realise that if the controls are not ef
ficiently and effectively operated, it will be a political
liability to the Truman administration.
The fact that Truman had selected for two of the
three most important jobs at the national level, Charles
Wilson and Eric Johnston, members of the Republican
party is brushed off by the Minneapolis STAR and other
critics as not worthy of consideration in a discussion of
the political implications of the Humphrey influence in
the regional appointments. With this we cannot agree for
if political influence is to be an issue in criticizing ap
pointments in the price control field, Democrats have a
right to criticize the administration for putting Republi
cans in top posts.
No such criticism has been made because the Demo
crats know each man has great ability and experience and
therefore political considerations are disregarded. How
ever, political parties are pretty much alike. We have
never noticed either party falling over itself in the matter
of passing out plums to members of other parties. When
Humphrey was mayor of Minneapolis, he made a reputa
tion for using men of calibre, no matter what their party
affiliations, to get the community tasks done.
In setting up these emergency agencies all we have a
right to hope for is that the appointees have honesty,
ability and loyalty to the government. We don’t care
whether they are Republicans, Democrats or Socialists.
Some mistakes will be made, but, in our opinion, all this
howl about the right of a Senator of the majority party
influencing appointments is a lot of sour grapes.
L. A. MAYOR SIGNS
ANTI-BIAS LAW
Los Angeles— (ANP) — Mayor
Fletcher Bowron, of Los Angeles
last week signed the city’s anti
discrimination measure, thus
making it an official city ordin
ance.
Prominent Negro leaders from
all over the city were guests at
the ceremony.
This law outlaws segregation
or discrimination because of race,
creed or color in any re-develop
ment planned by the city of los
Angeles.
Mr. cutd Mrs. G. D. Ingram and Wadding Party
Shown in the above picture are
the bride and groom. Mr. and
Mrs. Grover D. Ingram and mem
bers of their wedding party. Left
to right they are Mmes. Louise
the Teen Deb Club. She received
an engraved compact and a
queenly bouquet of gladlolas and
mums.
Runner-ups were Dana Wood
and Peggy Fulbright who won
second and third places respect-
CHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE TO
FORM 25 YEAR CLUB
Chicago (ANP) An or
ganization for persons who have
worked 25 years or more for the
same firm is being sponsored by
the Chicago Urban League, ac
cording to an announcement made
by Lounneer Pemberton, indus
trial secretary, here last week.
The "25 or More” club will hold
its first meeting March 17.
The RECORDER Is on the job
24 hours a day to give you the
best paper possible every week.
Hughes. Claine Mayes. Thsodosia
Martin, bridesmaids; Mrs. Bar
bara Cyrus, matron of honor; the
Ingrams; Fred O. Ingram, best
man, Edward Harrington, John
Cyrus, Percy Hughes end Jack
MISTTMICAL
ively. Other contestants were the
Misses Shirley Patterson. lona
Douglas, Charlotte Robinson and
Joyce Henderson, all of whom are
shown In the above Buss Brown
photo. A dance followed corona
tion ceremonies.
Halite Saaks Naw
Board President At
Dr. Crump Resigns
A successor to Dr. James W.
Crump, president for 30 years of
the board of Hallle Q. Brown
Community house, will be chosen
at the monthly board meeting of
the agency monday evening, Feb.
6.
Dr. Crump annuonced his deci
sion to resign his position January
26, at the annual meeting of the
Community Chest sponsored cen
ter.
New member of Halite's board
of directors were welcomed at the
annual meeting, the agency’s
twenty-second. They are Chief of
Police, Charles Tierney, Archie L.
Olngold, Daniel D. O'Connell and
Mrs. Charles Park.
In her annual report, executive
director Mrs. Alice S. Onque
pointed out contributing member
ships at Hallle have increased
300 percent during the past year
and now total 793. She also cal
led attention to the high profes
sional qualifications of the
agency’s almost completely new.
staff.
Main speaker of the evening
was Dr. Charles J. Turck, presi
dent of Macalester College, whose
subject was “Safeguarding our
Heritage."
Members of Local 516, dining
car employees union, served the
dinner and Hallie singers and
dancers provided the entertain
ment.
Interviewed following the meet
ing, Hallie director Alice Onque
said she and her staff were highly
appreciative of the excellent co
operation the community has ex
tended the house program.
Whito On St. Raul
Golden Glove Team
Gene White, a promising
young golden glover will be
among the mem
bers of the St.
,Jp Paul team In the
Midwest Golden
1 Glove tourney In
Minneeapolis, Feb
5. fi 7 and 12.
White recently
iSSfe,''' |r won the city Mid
dleweight title.
White White, until he
left the University was considered
a fine freshman boxing prospect.
Rainey, groom’s attendants. Ro
bert Mallory, another member of
the party was not present when
the photo was taken. —Buss
Brown photo.
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Owens Charges Saintly
City Firms Practice
Wide Job Bias
By 0. H. Newman
Manufacturing firms of the city of Bt. Paul were charged
with Anti-Negro bias Monday before the Minnesota house
Labor committee by 8. Vincent Owens, executive secretary of
the Bt. Paul Urban League.
Owens and nine others appeared before the committee to
urge the passage of a fair employment praceice bilL
In a prepared statement, Owens
told the group “there are MO
manufacturing firms in St Pant
and only IPS employ Negroes.
Only Id use them In aooordanoe
with their skill and abtUtles,’*
which, according to Owens, leaves
many competent Negro workers
employed under a Job calling
which restricts fair chances for
any up-grading.
The Urban t eagne easonMve
told the eomadttee that oat e«
U St Paul high etheel grade
a tee la INS, eaty 14 reeeteed
fuU time employneeat. He oea
trtbuted this ie the fact that
way deers are dosed to the
Negro you the because ef their
otter.
Survey Shews Need
Owens' report showed the com
mittee facts about a recant sur
vey conducted by that agency In
which SOT firms wen contacted
for future possibilities of em
ploying Negroes. The survey re
vealed IA7 or M percent did not
employ Negroes. 83, or M par
cent had never employed them.
Owens further stated M firms
employed Negroes hut only eight
of them employed Negroes hi
semi-skilled positions and four
■killed positions.
The firms which had no Ne
pOM were quaetloiMd u to their
future policies toward employing
them. Owens said, “there an 40
or II percent who said they would
not employ Negroes. Nona of
these firms hsd employed Negroes
la the post and previous exper
ience could not be used os an ex
cuse.
NAACP URGES
CONGRESS PROTECT
NEGRO TROOPS
Washington (ANP) A
three- point program to proUct
Negro draftees from segregation
and discrimination In the armed
services was laid down last week
by Clarence Mitchell, director of
the Washington bureau of the
NAACP, In testimony before a
subcommittee of the Senate Com
mittee on Armed Services.
Appearing before the subcom
mittee Mitchell said that the new
selective service law must provide
that:
1. All new units be organised
without racial segregation;
2. No privately-owned jtmcrow
establishment be used for the
housing or feeding of armed ae> •
vices personnel; and
3. Racial designations be elim
inated from all forms and records
of military personnel.
In his testimony, Mitchell cited
the continuing segregation of Ne
gro troops In the U. S. Army, the
humiliations and mistreatment
Imposed upon Negro soldiers as
signed, to the south for training,
and the increase In the number of
racial designations In the army
records.
"The overwhelming majority of
NAACP members," Mitchell told
the committee, “believe that the
government does hot give suf
ficient and necessary protection
to colored members of the armed
services when they are In the
South ... It Is a frightful thing,”
he continued, “to contemplate
that their Government will call
upon young colored men to risk
their lives in war and at the same
time fall to protect them against
undemocratic practices if they are
stationed in the south.
“If the government has power
to draft a man, it also has the
power to protect him wherever he
may be stationed in the United
States."
W. VA. NUMBER KING FINED
HALF-MILLION DOLLARS
Blue field, W. Va.— (ANP)
Franklin Callaway, 44, described
os the king-pin of the numbers
racket in this city, was nicked to
the tune of a half-million dollars
for failure to pay Income taxes
here last week. In addition he was
given a two year sentence to
federal prison.
The ruling was handed down
by Judge Ben Moore of U. 8.
District court after Callaway had
been found guilty of tax evasion
from 1944 to 1847* and also of
paying city officials for “protec
tion" for his number game. He
must pay back taxes totalling
$284,179.43, plus a 50 percent
penalty for fraud as well as in
terest.
Testimony of U. 8. Probation
Officer Finley Cook of Charles
ton. revealed that Callaway had
given SIO,OOO or SII,OOO to State
Sen. Billy Mitchell, a Democrat
from Welch, for campaign ex
penses. Large sums of money
were given also to Russell Payn
ter, former McDowell County
sheriff, and other officials.
Cliff MocKoy Nomad
Top Editor of Afro
Baltimore (ANP) Cliff
Wesley Mackay, 43-year-old
managing editor of the Afro-
American newspapers, was eleva-
ted to the top editor poet here
last week by Carl Murphy, presi
dent of the Afro chain of weekly
newspapers.
Mackay succeeds William I.
Gibson, who was named editor of
the Washington Afro-American to
fill the vacancy created by Ralph
Matthews who resigned last Octo
ber.
Mackay has been managing
editor of the Afro since 1940;
prior to that he served as news
editor of the Journal and Guide;
managing editor, Atlanta World,
and theatrical editor, Chicago De
fender.
Filing his shoes as managing
editor la Mrs. Betty Murphy Phil
lips, formerly his assistant. Her
late post has been taken by Vin
cent T. Tubbs, formerly editor of
the Afro's city edition.
HUVAT V MffSffltVfS
Up until very recently—and still
to a considerable degree—southern
Republican bosses, including some
national committee members, ex
hibited and exhibit chief Interest la
maintaining their southern bailiwicks
as special private preserves*** tor
the delivery of delegatee at the
party'* national convention.
Thomu L Stokftt.
When asked by a member of
the committee If the stats had
practiced discrimination against
Negroes, Owens ssM “yes” and
stated the league had ts work
with some departments to oar-,
rect this policy.
Abbott Washburn, who was on#
of the originators of the Crusade
for World Freedom and a General
Mills executive, told the commit
tee of hie experience while with
Oeneral Lucius Clay In Berlin last
year. Washburn quoted sxosrpta
from radio broadcasts and news
stories from Moscow controlled
newspapers, which he stated are
fed to the people, morning, noon,
and night, about the U. B.
Washburn said Moscow has
been waging an extensive hate
campaign against us. According
to him the people are told we are
a nation of War-mongers, have no
real choice of voting, that our
press Is In chains controlled by
McCormick and Hearst and that
autoe are owned by only a priv
ileged few.
Must Strengthen Democracy
The Oeneral Mills official told
the group the only way we’re go
ing to get anywhere Is to streng
then our democracy at home and
tell the world about It. Ha stated
the legislature should pass FTEPC
legislation as an effective means
to combat Communisms. Wash
bum said the beet answer to the
Communist slander that the
United States practices hypocrisy
by demanding world freedom
while enslaving Its own minority
groups, is laws like FEPC.
Detasrd Spanks
Amos Dei nerd, heed of the
Minneapolis FEPC, told the group
that during the three and one
half years of the city ordinance’s
existence, 139 cases were reported
stating that many of these were
later found to be without basis
and all of them settled by arbi
tration.
Others who appeared and ap
prove the passage of the Mil
were Robert Olson, president of
the Minnesota Federation of La
bor who stated be eras for the bill
and that the AFL la on record for
this type of legislation. Bradshaw
Mlntener. vice-president of Fills
bury Mills. Inc., told the group
passage of the bin would Increase
the purchasing powers sad also
ease the labor market. In an
swer to a labor committemaa's
question about his own firm's
policy, Mlntener stated his or
ganization had been hiring minor
ity group members for yean and
also stated the progress of
branches of his firm la dries
where the FEPC ordinance la la
existence as very good.
Twelfth >—■! George Wash
ing toa Ten. Febranry BE hrhr