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According to a recent survey made for
the Texas Bar Association, more than 115,
000 citizens summoned for jury duty asked
to be excused. Of these, only 18,400 act
cx7,s<!d indicating that the
n. r ’ ff t rPd w, re considered either
nr trivial. More than 62 per cent
askin & to be excused were busi
nessmen, with white-collar workers and
craftsmen running a close second. The ex
cuse most frequently offered was “pressure
of business. ’ -Saturday Evening Post
EIGHTEENTH YEAR, NO. 47
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Star & Tribune Set
Precedent; Fair Job Ad
Premise Set Forth
It was revealed this week that the classified advertising
columns of the Minneapolis STAR and TRIBUNE now carry
the statement:
"Advertisements in these columns have been accepted
on the premise that jobs offered will be filled on the basis
0 without discrimination because of race, color,
religion or nationality in accordance with Fair Employ
ment Practices and with the generally accepted qualifica
tions. ’'
This marks another "first” for
the Minneapolis daily papers. No
other general circulation daily
newspapers have taken a step to
advertise the community policy
of employment on merit regard
less of race or nationality.
Even before this new departure
the Star and Tribune papers did
not accept classified ads which
specified race or color. This policy
was changed several years ago at
the behest of the then executive
•ecretary of the Minnesota Jew
ish Council, Samuel L. Scheiner.
The Minneapolis papers were the
first daily papers in the nation to
institute such a policy.
Most big-city daily papers are
filled with offensive classified
ads mentioning race, nationality
and even skin color. The Star and
Tribune were among the first
papers in the country to drop
racial designation in news stories
unless the nationality or racial
background of individuals were
pertinent to the story or had news
value.
The arrangements for the latest
policy change were worked out
with the newspaper by the Min
neapolis Fair Employment Prac
tice Commission.
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They grew out of a request by
an advertiser to state that he
would welcome all applicants
without discrimination.
The newspapers said that they
always act on the principle that
all advertisers will carry out the
established community policy of
employment on merit.
They agreed with the Fair Em
ployment Practice Commission
that the clear statement of this
policy in the newspaper's adver
tising columns would be of sub
stantial value in helping to make
sure that non-discrimination is
actually practiced in all Jobs
throughout the city.
As in its decision not to ac
cept race designated advertising,
the new notices inserted daily
will cost the papers several hun
dreds of dollars yearly. The space
allotted to the notice will consume
quite a few tons of newsprint an
nually.
Participating in the dsicussions
leading up to the policy imple
mentation was Robert Witte,
manager of the classified adver
tising department of the Star and
Tribune, and Wilfred C. Iceland
Jr., executive secretary of the
Minneapolis FEPC. Mr. Witte al
so attended a meeting prior to
the paper's decision.
Paper goes to press early next
week because of July tth Holiday.
Get news and ads in by Tuesday
noon. July I
To Give Piano Recital At Pilgrim Sunday Eve
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School of Music in Washington will be presented In recital Sunday
night, dune >9, at Pilgrim Baptist church, St. Paul. Clark, who has
been commissioned a lieutenant In the C. S. Army will Irate soon
for duty.
PRESSURE Of BUSINESS
Below is clipping of the no
tice which runs now in the Star
and Tribune classified ad sec
tions.
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Classified Ad Seotlon;
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New Busses Go On
Rondo Saturday
The new 51 passenger Twin
City Rapid Transit busses will
be placed in service on the Rondo-
Stryker line Saturday, June 28.
it was announced this week by
the transit firm.
The busses, said to be the latest
and most modern passenger bus
ses in the country have proved
popular with St. Paul street car
and bus riders.
Mrs. C. M. (Mother) Vassar
Succumbs At 85
Mrs. C. M. Vassar, 491 St. An
thony Ave., died Thursday, June
19. Funeral services were held at
St. Mark’s Catholic church, Day
ton and Moore, Monday morning,
June 23. Prayer service by Rev.
Derail Carty, rector of St. Phil
lips church. Burial in Elmhurst
cemetery.
Willie O'Anna Scoddy Vassar
was bom in Mobile, Alabama,
June 25, 1867. She was married
to Carol Vassar in 1884, and they
came to St. Paul In 1887 to make
their home. Survivors are her hus
band. Carol, 15 children, 25 grand*
children and 15 great grand chil
dren. Also a brother survives.
Three daughters came from
Chicago to attend the services.
Mrs. Evangeline Hinton, Mrs.
Machael Carr and Mrs. William
Brantley and her husband, Mr.
William Brantley.
The other daughters were here
from California a short time ago.
The Vassars were married 68
years.
Brooks Funeral Home was In Plymouth Ave. No., became ill
charge. suddenly Friday, June 20. in Mil-
delegate to the Baptist eonven-
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BRIEF
NEWS
SCENE
“High and Loudoun"
BY BAILEE THOMAS
Rumor: The rumor continues to
spread around that Macy's of
New York is negotiating for pur
chase of one of the top depart
ment stores in the Upper Mid
west.
Book Off Press: Carl T. Rowan
has Just received first copies off
the press of his book, "South of
Freedom.” . . . Jimmy Lee may
become the first Negro boxing
referee licensed by the state of
Minnesota. Members of the state
boxing commission asked him
to apply months ago.
Ailing: Vincent Owens, ailing
executive secretary of the St.
Paul Urban League can only
spend a few hours a day in his
office . . . The St. Paul Elks
drum and bugle corps has some
snappy looking uniforms ... St.
Paul is gossiping about a wrathy
wife chasing her businessman
hubby out of the house with a
business-like butcher knife. Tis
said the rascal deserved it.
Kefauver Backer: Joseph Al
bright, well known in Minnesota
and former Veterans Administra
tion laison official is beating the
drums for Estes Kefauver for
president. Albright, a partner in
a Chicago public relations firm
is said to be doing alright in
softening the colored populace up
for the Senator from Tennessee.
George Holland, a St. Paul boy,
who was formerly Albright’s as
sistant is now the top Negro with
the VA in D. C. .. . Holland was
in St. Paul a week or two ago.
AvertD Gets Support: Averill
Harriman's slam-bang, all out for
civil rights was quickly rewarded
by the support of Washington. D.
C. Negroes who voted in the elec
tion to designate six Democratic
delegates from the district of
Columbia. Such a well known,
life-long Republican as the aged
and distinguished Mary Church
Terrell left the GOP to vote for
Harriman, because, she said, that
she never thought she would
"turn my back on my be
loved Republican party,” how
ever, she said, "as of a few days
ago, I am a Democrat—an Averill
Harriman Democrat—because he
is the sole candidate I can sup
port and still be faithful to my
race.”
Precedent: Another precedent
was established when six Negro
students received Master’s de
grees from the University of Ar
kansas last week. As late as six
years ago no southern educator
would have predicted Negro citi
zens of a southern state like Ar
kansas would be attending and
graduating from the tax-support
ed state university in 1952. Time
moves on.
Ill: Mrs. Bertha Smith, 836
waukee, Wis., where she was a
NIGHT, SATURDAY, JUNE 28
Twin City Fun and Talent night
will be held at Mount Olivet Bap
tist church Saturday night, June
28. The program begins at 8 p. m.
The Committee in charge cor
dially invites all Twin City youth
to come and have fun.
A large number of members of Mackubin and West Central Ave of Gopher Lodge of Elks. Mem- the Buzz Brown Studios photo. Host to the St. John's Day ob-
Prince Hall Masonic lodges and St. Paul. Sunday evening, June 22 bers of the Eastern Stars followed The march to the church was servance was Perfect Ashlar
chapters of the Order of Eastern Masons marched from the Per- in autos. led by the grand master of the Lodge No. 4, of which William
Stars of the Twin Cities attended feet Ashlar lodge hall at 744 St A portion of the lodge and Minnesota Jurisdiction Ohas D. Sayles is worshipful master,
th annual observance of St. John's Anthony to the church accompan chapter members assembled at Doty and grand lodge and grand Mrs. Mable Harris, Worthy
at Mount Olivet Baptist church j led by the drum and Bugle corps the church are shown above in
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1952
Fishing Is So Relaxing
One Reclines In His Boat ..
Editor’s Note: True to tradition, three Minnesota nlmrods,
looking for the best In fishing, hied themselves way up north.
The three, Wayne Gtanton, Clyde WlUiums and John Gian ton
had some laugh provoking experiences, Included being stranded
for three days on a peninsula. John Glanton. photographer, des
cribes a part of the trio's experiences on a stormy lake and with
a taciturn Indian guide.
★ * ★
By JOHN OLANTON
Fishing is a relaxing sport. One reclines in his boat, shades
his eyes with a big straw hat, lets his line and bait drift with
the currents, musing about things of the past and a few hopes
of the future.
Now, if a fish gets eaught on his hook, hooray. If not, okay.
So in pursuit of this trouble-free state, we dash up to the
Utopia of fishermen, Lake Nipig
on. Canada
Our enthusiasm was magnified
by our conversation during the
465 mile drive from the Twin
Cities. The fish got bigger, the
lake larger, the woods wilder as
each mile sped by. Whereupon
arriving we could scarcely re
strain ourselves from dashing in
to the lake and dragging a 100-
pound Sturgeon from the bay
barehanded!
However with the proper res
traint and proper license ($6.50)
we managed to secure a boat,
directions and one (1) Indian
guide, named ‘•Chicken" and we
were on our way.
As is the custom the guide
operated the motor, and is the
custom since our Red brethem
don’t hold an extended conversa
tion we sat back and viewed the
scenery, chatting all the while
with great delight. Boy, oh boy,
this was the life!
After and hour of this, we cas
ually asked our guide and boat
driver. “How much more, Chick
en?” He only pointed straight
ahead. All we could see ever
where we looked all around was
water, more water.
By this time we were In the
main body of the lake and the
waves carried us up and down as
a merry-go-round would. This
alone, with the feeling of helpless
ness that comes from being on a
60 mile lake made us rather un
easy.
So it wasn't long before we be
gan to question said guide with
all of our assumed tones of un
concerned query absent, we al
most demanded, "How much more,
‘Chicken’ ?". He only grunted and
pointed straight ahead.
After repeating the afore men
tioned performance at rapidly
diminishing Interval* in which our
casual aplomb faded Into down
FISHERMEN THREE, ARE THEY
Three Minneapolis fishermen reading left to right John Clanton
city employe, his brother Wayne an i Clyde Williams, real estate mar
ear shown up at I-ake Nipigon with part of a day’s catch of fish.
Either in this edition or next
trip across the lake, a guide nan
right mute fear we finally arrived
at a little river called Pipestone.
As we were about to land, I
was to jump on shore and tie the
boat up. This was my job because
I wore water proof shoes. So as
we approached. I leaped toward
shore being glad and happy to
touch land once again. The land I
touched was covered with five
feet of water. As I floundered
happily and the dense woods
echoed the laughter of my cohorts,
"Chicken" began to scan the skies
with his expressionless eyes.
Then we were all quiet as he
turned pointing to the sky, saying
"Storm, go back."
We all climbed wearily back In
to the boat and headed back, Dis
gust was somewhat supplanted by
our old friend Mute Fear, because
the strom was all about us.
It took four hours to buck that
strom. we probaly lost a few
pounds, but as everyone In Min
nesota knows; fishing is such a
relaxing sport. One reclines in
his ....
IU At Home: Mrs. Josephine
Bailey. 3845 Fourth Ave. So., Is
still confined to her home.
House Guests Leave: Mr. and
Mrs. Jesse Bell of Hannibal, Mo.,
who have been the house guests
of Mrs. Bell's brother and sister
in-law. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Eacue,
3662 Fifth Ave. So., left Friday
night for their home.
College Student Arrives: Miss
Nellie Roberson, a student at
Langston University, Langston,
Okla., will be the house guest of
Mrs. Ella Golden, 456 St. An
thony Ave., for the rest of the
vacation season. She is expected
about June 29.
■k's John Glanton tells of a boat
‘Chicken’’ and Mute Fear.
William Carlson
Attacks Sonata
GOP-Dixie Group
William E. Carlson this week
filed for the United States Senate
seat now held by Senator Edward
J. Thye, announcing that "I ex
pect to be elected.”
Mr. Carlson, a member of the
Minnesota House of Representa
tives for the past six years, has
the official endorsement for the
Senate race of the Democratic-
Fanner Labor party of Minneso
ta. A former teacher of sociology
and economics, he is now engaged
in insurance work.
Declaring that he differs with
Senator Thye "on most of basic
issues beneficial to the fanner,
the worker, the consumer and
minority groups,” he said that he
hoped his candidacy would offer
to the voters "a clear choice as to
the kind of representation they
want In the United States Sen
ate."
Summarizing his stand on the
basic issues, he declared: “I think
the farmers of this state favor
strong price support and a full
soil conservation program. I will
support such a program and will
oppose efforts to undermine the
program by such devices as the
present “sliding parity" for price
supports.
“I will support a fair labor law
and will seek repeal of the venge
ful Taft-Hartley law now on the
books aa a result of the efforts of
the Republican party.
“I believe In freedom and Jus
tice for all people.
“I believe It la un-American to
deny employment, educational,
cultural or other opportunities to
any citizen because of his race,
creed of color. I believe It is the
duty of government to enact and
enforce laws against this type of
discrimination Laws guarantee
ing this freedom and Justice can
not be enacted in a Senate made
up as at present, while the un
democratic filibuster Is permitted.
I recognize that the Issue of fair
employment practices legislation
will first arise in the fight on the
filibuster, now permitted as a
result of the coalition of northern
Republicans and southern Dixie
crats.
“I favor price control measures
as long as we must continue the
present heavy military expendi
tures. Measures like the Republi
can- sponsored Capehart Amend
ment have raised prices unneces
sarily. more than one billion dol
lars in the past year. This is one
billion dollars out of the pockets
of the consumers.
"I favor the present foreign
policy of combatting the economic
sickness of the world by helping
all people to increase their pro
ductivity and their standards of
living, and of challenging aggres
sion wherever it appears. I re-
cognize that this policy requires
great economic sacrifice by the
American people, blit I recognize
also that whatever the cost it is
worth it. Only by such a policy
can we stop the spread of com
munism and correct the economic
causes of war."
Correction: It was incorrectly
reported in this paper that Mrs
C M. Sanders, 3009 Garfield Ave
I was at the Cornelius Nursing
j Home. 3813 Fourth Ave. South.
! We beg Mrs. Sander's pardon.
chapter officials.
Humphrey Predicts Strong
Civil Rights Plank &
Ban On Filibusters
By WILLIAM V. SHANNON, New York Poet Correspondent
Washington, June 21—Sen. Humphrey (D-Minn.) said to
day he was optimistic that the Democratic platform committee
would strengthen, rather than retreat, from the 1948 platform.
“I have hopes that the committee will include a recommenda
tion for majority cloture in the platform,” Humphrey told The
Post.
In 1948 Humphrey led a suc
cessful fight on the floor to in-
clude a specific endorsement of
President Truman’s civil rights
program which had been omitted
by the majority of the platform
committee.
Asked if he intended to lead
such a fight this year, Humphrey
replied, "I wouldn’t want to fight
that battle until I come to It. I
don’t think this year’s platform
committee will seriously consider
going back to the generalities of
the 1948 plank or to any varia
tion of it that would be weaker
than our statement four years
ago. I have hopes they will go be
yond It."
Humphrey Is not a member of
the platform group. But he plans
to make his views known to the
committee. Liberal leaders have
little doubt that if necessary,
they could win a fight as they did
in 1948.
Eyes Farm, Power Planks
Humphrey la also Interested In
strengthening the party's plat
form on agricultural and public
power Issues. He favors price
supports at 100 per cent of parity
In contrast to the present system
of flexible price supports at 70-90
per cant.
"Tinlike the Republicans, the
Democrats are not expected to
Do You Want A
Child? Adoption Council
Offers Its Assistance
The Minnesota Adoption Council is bringing before the
community a series of articles setting forth the need for foster
homes for children of minority groups. This is the first of the
series. The council is asking the community to share their con
cern for a group of children who are facing life without the
loving care of their own parents.
While these children are given
temporary care in boarding
homes, they are in need of homes
from which they will not need to
move. This may mean adoption
by the family or a long time
boarding home arrangement
where board payment Is made by
an agency. Some have come from
broken homes and others are chil
dren of unwed mothers who were
unable to keep them.
There are children of all ages
and of different religious faiths -
but all have this common need of
a family to which they can be
long.
We are especially concerned
about the lack of homes for chil-
dren of these groups: Indian. Ne
gro. Nisei, Chinese, Mexican,
Filipino, and mixed racial back
ground. We recognize that there
are reasons why many families
have not been able to take on the
responsibility of caring for a
child.
They may feel they do not have
enough financial security, or per
haps their housing is limited, and
then again they may not know
that tlfese children are available.
We feel that our community
should know about the needs of
these children and that they
Grand Matron spoke also.
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have any difficulty forming a
strongly worded foreign policy
plank. They are expected to de
fend vigorously the UN’s suc
cessful intervention In Korea and
to tndorv European rearmament.
economic aid and Point Four.
Humphrey la also likely to play
the role of the peacemaker as
well as the Warrior at Chicago.
He has consistently refused to
choose among the leading liberal
candidates, Averill Harrtman,
Gov. Stevenson and Sen. Kefau
ver, (D-Tenn ). He has been per
sonally friendly to all three and.
praised each one of them. He Is
eager to a veld a bitter falling-out
among liberals, such as the Taft-
Eisenhower civil war Inside the
GOP.
Wants Liberal Unity
Humphrey's view Is that if the
liberal forces are united they
make up a majority of the party.
If they squander their strength
In personal factionalism, a con
servative candidate may be selec
ted or an obscure darkhorae
whose views are not well known.
Humphrey Intends to limit his
peacemaking strictly to the liber
al fold. He Is not sympathetic to
the efforts of certain professional
who are willing to seek party
unity and surface harmony at the
price of compromise on issues.
would want to offer help in
working with agencies in meet
ing this problem. These children
belong to the community. As they
get love and security In a home
they also give pleasure and hap
piness to a family. The commun
ity needs normal, healthy, happy
children. This Is one way to make
this possible.
For further information, tele
phone or write the Division ef So
cial Welfare, 117 University Ave.,
St. Paul 1, Minnesota, CEdar
4721, or Hennepin County Wel
fare Board, 134 Court House,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, Fillmore,
1662.
MARGUERITE PAULEY
DIES SUDDENLY
Marguerite Pauley, 2204 Wash
ington Ave. No., died Monday
morning at two o’clock. Funeral
services were held Wednesday,
June 25 at two o’clock at a
local Funeral Home. Burial was
in Crystal Lake cemetery.
Marguerite Pauley was bom
44 years ago In Danville, 111. She
came to make her home In Min
neapolis in 1917. Miss Pauley was
to have been married next month
to Herman Grammol. Mr. Gram
rnei’s home is in Chicago.
Survivors are her mother, Mrs.
Ida Pauley, her twin sister, Mrs.
Marjorie Buckner, sister, Bernice,
niece, Betty Buckner, two aunts
who live in Chicago, Mrs. Ruth
Adams and Mrs. Ada Olden, a
brother, Harry of Chicago, and
two cousins, Mrs. Mary Ola Al
corn and Mrs. Bertha Hughes.
Herman Tate, Brother
Of Local Woman, Dies
Mrs. Ora Jones and daughter,
Mrs. Ora Williams, 1046 Bryant
Ave. No., have returned from
Chicago, where they attended
funeral services of Mr. Herman
Tate, brother of Mrs. Jonea, who
died at the Christian Science
church, while preparing to per
form his duties as usher.
Mr. Tate Is survived by Ms
widow, Inez, and two children,
Ms mother, Mrs. Salina Veasey,
sisters and brothers and many
friends.
The Illinois Jacquet dance Is
postpoeed until n Inter data,—
advt.