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NFGRO POLITICAL CULTURE rots should attempt to develop that •f political culture which Is ideal in Is and conservatives. V mg system of collective action, all ettons and many others have their concert. The intelliger see this An America wants to take his 1 k» ep his eyes wic ty that other Neg Myrdal Star Fullback For San Francisco 49'ers WcjhMl W "VI { ¥ J * - jr > ■ *S V ;L Joe Perry, pictured above, is the 175 pound plunging hard hit ! ting fullback of the San Francisco 49'ers pro football team. He ran j 78 years for a touchdown against Green Ray last season Perry will ■ see action in the Catholic Welfare football game at the new Parade! Stadium Wednesday night. Sept. 12 Finley Wilson’s Slate Is Winner As Usual; Elks Throng Buffalo, N. Y. Buffalo. N Y Ailing J Kinley Wilson, <*all<-<i the ”Mit-i aclf* Man ’ the day before by Dr. Ralph J Biniehe. now is bring i called ’hat by the entire Eikdoin populace, after his .successful' campaign to get his men in office as grand treasurer, grand, secretary, and commissioner of education. In addition to the interest centering on the election of! these officers, the honoring of Dr. : ; Bunche the colorful parade, the Grand Lodge Ball, and the cham pion ba.-* ball game held the spot light at t.h< 52nd annual conven tion of th» Improved Benevolent Protective Order Elks of the World which met here last week Th" itizens of Buffalo went all out in extending to the more than 40,000 Elk officials, delegat* s. and visitors a K»nuine welcom» The may ’ N' gro and white Driers and .sta* fficials join'd th huge welcome Whatever fireworks had threat ened to explode within Elkdom ov» r th- < -.w trd positions of grand treasure!. grand secretary and grand commissioner of »-du- t tion w.«r» stopped d- ad by the j ■ A ' : * •< jST I J ’ ? J FINLEY WILSON clcv. r maneuvering of J Finley Wils. r. grand exulted rul-r Top .mmand posts in th. world > arg st Negro fraternal org r z.,t ■ > ■' er- til . d by th. men ■'-jjim Wils-n had h< s- nt. step ,r.’ thi sho. sof officers Wh> died this car Illicit.,n inied Secretary Jude- W-:: ■<. C H i.-t n -t Washing* n be am, grand -- r t*l ceding the. la K cipal '' rt Jtidg-’. p. rry B Jack sor- elected gnu. r. .sur. r succeeding the Ute Th. ■ . r- S Gr - lie Of Xkron Georg W L. Memphis v is ap point* . grand commissioner of edu< •..* • • * .J dg H >econd L- v. T. y M-dal tn Di Bum he director of the UN Trust- •>h : L: - . n f* r h s ■ .’ star, mg w rk in th** :■ . 1 f * Wheat i»y H • br it, n..h- Sept 4 SIOO in prizes grand *n tert Inr • r.‘ 1 •t« n'y $1 Übrarlan Minn. Historical -o- Zona I man relations during the past year. Gov Alfred E. Driscoll ot New Jersey, received the first award last year Shifts In Official Family Shifts in the secondary com- ; mand of the Elks this year found • lb.b» rt Johnson <*f Philad-Ip-hia I moved to grand leading Knight second in command to J. Finley Wilson succeeding Joseph A. Brown of New York City. Bert ram V. Gregory, Detroit, is the new grand loyal knight, and Dr Bernard Harris. Baltimore the new grand lecturing knight Her bert Jones of Washington was ap pointed grand organizer. Other officers elected were John Cobb, Morgantown. XV Va grand tyler: Daniel R. Houchins. Northfolk W Va. grand inn«-r guard; and Henry Davis, Ixis An geles. Calif., grand < squire. Dr C M Cain Atlanta City. N J was appointed assistant, gland comin:ssi-.ner of education and Bona B Snell. Boston, named chairman of the Shrine Commis sion Also on this < ammissc>n are Joseph A. Brown and Harvey Harris, New York City, and Gus Bradley of Los Angeh s. Richard Rogers 15. from Mor ristown Pa was the winner in the 26th annual Elks Oratorical contest. He received the J Finley Wilson trophy and a cash award of $l5O Second place winmr was Mis- Ethe’rine Shaw. 18 • f Locland O She and the five other c. nt* stants received SIOO each for their ha! T'-cived a SI,OOO college scholarship. In Good I inancial ( ondition R*p< rta ■ f Elk offU mS- n al* j ed a growing organization of more than 500.000 members; pro and d. f< n-‘ b< nds ir the imount | Trezzvant Anderson presid-nt • s'x-: ition pr* sent'd an honorary’ I n . mb< rshif In *' ig if zit n to Wilson for his efforts in behalf . -■f i’l ■ •t- - the firs! ♦;m» a N.-n v bat ’/fit h.i 1 I ever voted a civilian a member-1 Grand Tempi* Ma ting On the female s.de of the con- ; officers Mrs Elizabeth Gordon of i ■ predominance of Republicans at I t r. ’ <r. vn E'k • ’ :■ • r.• SEE ELKS CONVENTION St. PallUecorder Urban League Delegates-Visitors Registered at tne 41st Annual conference of the Urban Leaguu, Sept. 3 to 8 are: Joseph F. Albright. Washing ton. D. C., Alolabi Adenekan. Washington, D. C.. Alexander Al len, Pittsburgh. Po., Harry Alston. Atlanta. Go., Mrs. Alice J. Archi bald. New Rrunswick. N. J . Joel P Archibald. New Brunswick. N J.. L. W. Arrowood. Jacksonville. Fla.. Mrs. Mary A. Ashby and William Ashby, Elizabeth. N J. Thomas Augustine. Akron, Ohio Also Mrs Nana Reed. Milwau kee. Wis.. Enid C. Baird, New York City Warren M Banner. W H Bass Jr. Little Rock. Aark . George A Beavers Jr Los An geles Calif Charles C. Bentley. Providence. R I Leo Bohannon St. Louis. Mo . William H. Boone. Detroit, Mich . Raymond R. Brown. Akrofi, Ohio, Robert S. Browne. Chicago, 11l . Nathan L Burnett. Brooklyn. N Y. Arnold K. Cameron. Chicago. Eric B Chandler. New Brunswick N .1 Mrs Eric B. Chandler. N< w Brunswick. N J . Mars Carl Cole man. Grand Rapids Mich Mrs Alice G. Collum, Cleveland, Ohio Mrs Beatryce H Coward. New York City. Comer L. Cox, Milwau- SEE DELEGATE LIST- (Continued on Page Two) Conference Personalities Joe Albright of the Veterans Administration arrived at th* confab in fine fettle as usual. Joe forked over a ten spot to pay for his subscription to this paper A Minnesota product. Joe plays quite an important part in creat ing favorable public opinion for the U. S. Veterans Administra tion. • • • Chas. W. Washington had a homecoming. The executive secre tary. now of the Dayton. Ohio Urban League he has grown just a little stouter and grayer. He still is a jolly fellow and is abb to keep friend convuls»‘d as h< tells of experiences in the various cities where he has served in the Urban League movement. Lester Granger, urbane boss of th" hagu< movement was m usual fine fettle as he greeted d< legates and hi< many lo< al friends A p;irt of his power is his ability to be an important and national figure .md still maintain the common touch Thu local < ommittee threw a arrivals on Sunday evening Gi kins, Owens and Talley’ who do not have bartenders union cards, nev. itheh-ss filled the jobs in fine spirit. • I was in town for the convention as a. Il as Rey P Gill, spit- of Cai Leo Bohannon, former Minne ap.’litan flow St. Loins s»-< r. tary arrived Sept. 3. He was areom panied by’ Henry von Avery om • ed the University of Minnesota as did Bohannon wined and dined at a pn ss confer • nee and luncheon by *he St Paul I’rban league. Newspapers rep resented included th. Chicago DAILY NEWS the Milwauke* NEWSPAPER. the Pittsburgh COURIER, th" Twin City OB SERVER. th" Minneapolis ( ORDER St. Paul PIONEER PHI D’.--PAD’H M-nr ipohs TRIBUNE and others. • • • Deb-gates got as much fre* < old Co. i-Cola as th-y could consume [through the court*, sy of the Coot i f ; i 1. rthnj < ’ < f *• ■ *Dvir Citi- > M'e-rs Thoma- Moor* Sr firm presidt nt and Thomas Jr. g.neral manag-r win »n hand to -••e that "verytx.dy got plenty 1 C ‘ • r ’ ’. ’ ■ • ■’ • < Cola employ*» was n d: f y at the bev. rag-, b-x.th A display ard announced the publuatinn dab of Carl Rowan s b«.'k ’ South of Fr. - dom” by Al . -.-i Kt t 1 r lar . -<■. Rowan as vice-president of the Minneapolis Urban League will ‘ tk- ■ .er as pr. s.d nt wh< n J-hr Much favorabb- , nt w; ,, h- ard < n the manner in wh.- h r>oth the St Paul committee and I f ,r th" conference I’RATTIS SLUM XS \ND SI USE S HL XU OS' XX( < O >1 SIhXY XT 12 SOOS ■ f th< P.’.-nirgh COURIER Mr- Elizabeth Porter president of rhe • ar 1 <’* I N» a-r an '• Il b- i■ai l m 1 *( a) , ) . .. j • WEsoT Welcomed League To St. Paul wife •'•W* <■- Three St. Pauht'-s. friends of the St Paul Urban League are I shown Tuesday it the NUL sessions with Maurua- M s mnfet• nc* chairman They an left to right. Harold Wood, president of the i Gn r St. Paul n.ty Ch. st i-.d ( 'iin. >1 Mis I.< r> i Winnei ( hairman of th< St Paul conference committee Mrs Barbara Davis. [ president. St. Paul Urban L< ague Guild and Mr. Moss assoriat* ex ocutivr s. . r* tarv of the Nt’L ■ ■ ' . ' ■ ‘ s ? : 1. ■ ■ • . EDITORS THREE: Shown nt the St. Paul Hotel looking over a news releas- on th* 1 National Urban League are, left to right, P L Prattis executive editor, Pittsburgh COURIER Louis B Seltzer, editor. Cb veland PRESS and <'«*<•’.) Newru in. SPOKESMAN and RE<’ORDER newspnp* rs. Minneapolis and St Paul . ' I * I » - ' -FWL I - seM m yy. y ■ . aHHr- THRU X< 1l \ r I RBXN 1.l XGI » I E XDERx n Ih. ab«iV' photo an thn »• members of th- S’ Paul Urban !.• (gu -vh < - Mrs - f’lan n<» Rop. r. Mrs L'ona Winrp ; I tl comn t’e» < ’i.iu u.a n an«l Mrs M K (Inta* M< Kn ght ■F'' wsL fc- r, Uf ■ L N \ I IHI < <>M XB itl : ' >s> ronf.-r. r.< ..ft to r:ght M’ J W Crump St Paul B.ulxh Wt..tl,v Howard Barksdale Dies Sudde.'.ly At Detroit, Mich. Servi< s for H.sard Bars.-: il- '"I Friday August 31. ,v- h»4 i ‘ in L' Ui>’. Ji" Kv \S« ' ** Paul and had r c- ntl'. nov : H. ia; ■ H tran.’Mt"d th*r" frur. ■> uos’ B • • r. r • 11 Mr BarkvMb ..s -ur- .» 1 b% C h - w.f»- Ila Mrv ot L » ■- • ' Jr 4 TH a -ist-r I A. FlilllAY, SEPT EM HER 7. 1951 ■ ■ • : • i.-.J hr .’ ■ Mil; • ip- . »n 1 nd. i i. . • . ! !ri"; . « n the T’.x : ’ x *•( i.d ( .at**« ration S»rvi«" Xnd i:»-< "king < • rt f.' at* •f • it Bap’ -t (4iur< h • • . lat. >• GotqrH song* Th. J s.ng'-rs uall he ron*"- rated by iHoux minuVra of th" Twin MjF of th" Twin (’itl"S S(<U>int of »h" Twin (’iti-s ■ fWISOTI John G. SimnumiL.\2 Testimonial Next Thursday, Sept. 13 The testimonial banquet for I John G. Simmons. Minneapolis civic leader and president of the Minneapolis Urban L<*ague wilt be . held at the Hotel Nicollet at 6 3o j p. m. Thursday. Sept. 13. York Islington, general chair i man of the affair innounced that ' Michael Dillon, Hennepin county i attorney will preside as master of * vrvmonirs Sp<‘akers will inrlud** Gov Luther W. Yuungdahl, George Jacobson, of Group Health. Rab bi Albert Minda. Judge Edward < F Waite. York Langton, Harry I Leonard, and Cecil Newman. All will d< scribe Mi Simmons contri- « butions to the various areas of community life and activity. Ticket* for the dinner are $1 i per person. i Mr. Simmons will leave around October 1 to assume the pastorate >f St Matthews Lutheran chun k m North Hollywood, Calif. Mr Simmons became pastor of ot St Mark’s Lutheran church at ■ 1922 25th Ave. N in June, J 942 and served in t hat capacity until [Jan 15. 1949. lb- was graduated from Drake t’mvisity in 1939 and comphted his theological training at the ; Northwestern Lutheran Theologi- , i d Seminary at 100 !■' 22nd St Minneapolis, Sept. 1942. Ik is serving his second term !as pr« sidrnt of the Minneapolis , t iban Leagu<* Mr Simmons has been a civic ; It ad' r in Minneapolis and in the! [ 1919 campaign was drafted as a i < andidute for mayor During th- | : i.ist year hr has been a radio vom j in* ntator at Radio Station WDGY ■and luad of the Humboldt Busi ness college on Lakt* St. ! Ik resides with his wife and ! two children. John and Virginia, at 3334 N. Humboldt Ave , in ! Minneapolis. He plans on leaving ' MinnrH|M»lis for his n« w post about Oct 1 or as soon as he ran ban up his affairs in the city Only Five AFL Unions Still Bar Negroes < Julv five intel nationals (Switchmen, Boibrmakers. Rail road telegraphers. Cannon and Air Line Pilots! in th« American F» d< ration of Labor have Jim (‘row clauses barring Negro memberships. Dr George W Snowden, Executive Director of the YLouisiana St.att Conference f«»r Labor Education and repre senting the AF of L at the Urban league Conference, stat'd at the Labor Lun* boon h'ld at the N*ic olb t Hotel Wedn-Sday. Sept. 5 lie went on to say that “While th' AF of L has played a magmfi < 4 nt rub' in assuring Negro work er . «b « ent pay, decent jbb oppor tunities, and de«. nt treatment as citizens there <an b»* no doubt that w» dill have i bmg way to go I submit that this bat th front hie be. n and still i < important, Lowvr. there looms on the hori zon a Very present major problem for th" AF of L in ds fight io se< ure th" gains which all Ameri can workers whit- and black, Op.u Hous. Dam- at th* Phyl- Wh» all- y H , !i b-> th- Hugh'* and his band D;« k Mayes, •eb ist September Hi, 800 until. $1 00 plus tax at do<.i advt. R« turning bx popular d< rnafid. I.drib (Mr (han Head) X ir»M>n, Saturday. **• pl« jolm r ’! Minne apolis I.airor I • mple - Xdvt. Talent Parad* a! Phylhs Wheatb-y H<hi- Friday night. t. Cain/.r- nt Tuk- ts only $1 Dayton Office Secretary ’---W WK- r-W IK . p Tfe, 4* *' s.*' **WSM*** • v ' j .MARGA.RHT HIDE Is th- office »•< n tary of the . Duyt< n Urban le ague iihe 'tr nk M-r> a; I t and 9t Paul .an 1 nu kown.< The vicious circle of job rest fictions, poverty, and all that follows with it tends to fix the tradition that Negroes should be kept oyt of good jobs and held down In un skilled, dirty, hot or otherwise undesirable work. Residential segregation and segre gation at places of work hinder whites from having personal acquaintance with Negroes and rwognizing that Negroes are much like themselves.—Myrdal Mldway 8340 rban League Conference Meets Fine Welcome In Minnesota; Many Speakers 1 he list nnntial conference of the National Urban League ene<l its delil>erations Labor l>a\ in St. Haul, and the session continuing its iiieetinps until today Friday I September 7. Fhe meeting attracted over 900 delegates, staff and board I'inhers to the meeting. Some of the top figures in Amerienn e have addressed the luncheons, dinfier meetings and the con- fcrcnce work shops. Hospitality of both St. Paul and !. Minneapolis uh«»r»‘ the conference convened All day Wcdn« sday has i been gr«-at Local people have at- | tende«i m considerable number* ail • < of the sessions open to the public, i I r»*tary of the National Urban Lague said the conference was one of the most auccemful in in terest and convention aeeomodn tinns in league history. Lloyd Garrison, national presi dent was happy over the intt rest ! by the genctf/l public in th- Erban j League movement as dvmonstra- i ted by the large attendance Ht ail i sessions. Wednesday, James R. Carey, seen laiy-ti'usurer arrived by plane 50 minutes after the lun <h« on at which h< was to sp. a\. He was escorted by motor cycle police to the Hotel Nicollet where he arrived in time to speak to the I audience for the National (’IO. 1 Preceding him on the program j was Dr. (.Jcorge Snowdrn. vice ’ president <»f 1h» Louie.uni State Federation of Labor, AFL. Cecil Newman prxsided at the luncheon i D< legates were present from prac tically every state in the union John G. Siiqmona, president of the Minneapolis Urban League, presided at the evening dinner mei ting and lister Granger, Ex ecutive Secretary of the National ; Dr ban League and Loyd K. Gar rison, President of the National Urban League were the two principal speakers Granger said, “Race relations have improved marlodly in the past ten years, but there are still bad spots’’ and that “It does no - ood to condemn Cicero and atop there, we have got to root out Cireronlrtn psychology wheiwer w find it in Anu roan life If we get discouraged in our job, who h D -h fending and build • for democrat ivs hen an any where else in th" world ”, Granger concluded Garrkion point«'d out that as the Negro migrates moi" and more to the cities th" job of th" Dague has become more complex. As an I in the ernploynent policy of the L .u'in At one tine it was n - "ssary to find Jobs on a mass j al" largely unskilled But today . in cities, “it is est filial that, open ings be created based on merit only'’, he said. Enid <’ Baird, pr-sid* nt of the A rminist rat iv* and Ch ru al Coun cil of the Urban. I? o " and Granger's administ rativc s*gr"- it.»n L" igU" a check for $3 090 from the Administrative and Clerical Count iI The mon-y was d by i popularity contest’ «>f ployees. ( M.M til. Uks I -!. . rn ■■ of \rk S: 1 • • r *< • nual Meet ..• / t th*- St Paul Urbah I." if '.- Thursday .. .•• j,,. f‘,. 1w i y H. ’■ I •>?. Sept' mher 6. ,<’noi M-Math wa mDo- M.f.n- >"ta and !•" "fitly appoint' d 1,, tip f. ral t•n- h M< '’ : <’h s • was unique and calh<l by some politically dang' rolls b« ause h< is gov'-mor of a so-calDd “dixi" ,M 'j pt d r.-iat \ -r - r • s, t an example for th- rest of the all of its citizens He cited as ex- CICERO OFFICIALS W C I 0., JAMES CA LEAGUE LABC ,L.n B U.'lH V S. • f '.<:■• ■ Treasurer National CTO anil I*.. .|.nt of th.- Internationa! Union <>f Electrical. Radio and .'.l ■ ■ ■ • 5 > of th«’ principal !>[»ak. ih at th.' labor luncb'on at th.- Annual t'ort. r i.of th<- National Urban la ague said about the .Cicero in- • took action before the trouble oc- Hotel Nicollet. ■ Working in conjunction with r.it r.al <TO :fc. io . r Io .1 < . ' authorities tn CH-iro before th -r-.iJJ- • -urr* 1 that th- J.ffi- VICIOUS CIRCL£ $4.00 Per Year; 10 Cents Per Copy admitted to the University’s Eaw School without any federal court action. He went on to state tliat sin. - i 960 Negroes have bwn re cognized as full-fledged members of th.- Democratic Party in Ar kansas "In the Sout|i we shall continue our efforts toward racial under standing and co.ip. ration until the coal of the Urban la-ague Equal Opportunity For all is a .real ity" M> Math said. Negro Business is Urged To Compete For Public Patronage a B' hvi im .ir chaimum cf the board of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance <’o . Lzis GEORGE A HEAVERS Angeles, California, said at the Industry Luncheon of the Nation al Urban Ix-ague Conference at the Hotel Lsiwry. in St. Paul Thursday, Sept 6. that most of the major problems confronting th.- Negro business man "were at tributable either indirectly or di rectly to th.- inequities and rac ial discrimination practiced in our Ani- rii an . .immy.'' Hi went on to say "The racial segregated patterns tend to keep N<gro Americans in small busi n< ss and severely restrict their '■mi'F.vment opp..rtunities in most luebative fields. These severe handicaps more than outweigh • might uccrue to Negro business people from common tai activi ties limited to the Negro com munity." lira vers pointed out that "Our economic problems cannot be sol? ved by economic segregation." And that - should encourage Negro business people to form more coiporations and business partnerships so as to more effec- iiv< ly ■ mp. t. f. ,r the pa*innage <<f th. general public. Prattis Urges Greater Use Of Dailies P I. Prattis, executive editor of tin I‘ittsburgh COURIER said at > tion Lun.tieqn held in the Lowry Hot.-!. i*u-sday, September 4 that "Whites must come to know the Negro better and more favorably if th>y -,r<- to grant him that ac- • ■ erm y and the acceptance of that - by the peoples of the world " lb w< nt on to say that th- Ne gro press Is important and should not be overl”. ked. trot that the ■ to better advantage. prat out 1 Urban 1.-ague is fortunate be , it .. ojv tak > t into ‘he an . that m< st. edit, :s consider is labor and economics ERE WARNED BY REY TELLS URBAN R LUNCHEON GROUP • i t. ■ : jsaip ahly But here again we ran into of ficial disinterest. .We knew that :la., a Jimnist ration -and police department of Cicero would .. t n nf.'i rn ■. < -vi' It .: i • fiar- d into the open, it was on our in sten- ■ that the National t ■n. •of d<<- n- y in the town of Cicero." Carey stated. He want op to p< int out that the CIO since its inception has ad as its first objective rhe or ganization of all working men .nd w .men rve.urdleM of race creed, or color