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THAT CONSCIENCE
A man's first care should be to avoid
the reproaches of his own heart; his next,
t to escape the censures of the World. If the
last interferes with the former. It ought
be entirely neglected; but otherwise there
cannot be greater satisfaction to an honest
mind, than to see those approbations which
It gives Itself, seconded by the applauses
of the public.—Addison.
NINETEENTH YEAK, NO. 7
Eisenhower Vs. Stevenson To
Be Debated At Sunday’s
Minneapolis NAACP Meet
The Minneapolis NAACP Sunday afternoon will hear a
discussion between Eisenhower-Nixon advocates and Steven
son-Sparkman supporters at the regular branch meeting at
Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House in Minneapolis.
P. Kenneth Peterson, legislator and chairman of the Re
publican State Central Committee and Talmage B. Carey, civic
figure will speak on "Why I
Shall Vote For Eisenhower and narve
Nixon." rKlit CATwH
Douglas Hall and Howard Ben
nett, Minneapolis attorneys will
speak on "Why I Shall Vote for
Stevenson and Sparkman.”
Peterson led the fight for en
actment of a state FEPC law in
the last session of the legisla
ture. Carey is a former member
of the NAACP board, treasurer
of the Minneapolis Urban League,
secretary-treasurer of the Asso
ciated Negro Credit Union, a
longtime civic figure and formerly
active in Republican party circles.
Douglas Hall is a labor attor
ney, a member of the Mayor’s
Council on Human Relations and
helped lead the fight for the en
actment of the Minneapolis FEP
ordinance.
Bennett is a former field secre
tary for the American Council on
Race Relations, a trustee of Fisk
University and is active in the
civic and political life of the com
munity.
First voters are urged to come
out to the meeting by the commit
tee in charge. A large crowd is
anticipated because of the wide
interest in the presidential race.
At the same meeting delegates
will be elected to the annual Min
nesota State NAACP conference
In St. Paul on Oct. 11.
A report on the participation of
branch delegates at the national
convention in Oklahoma City will
adso be given.
Gerald Dillon
Takes Stand For
State FEPC
Gerald R. Dillon, young Min
neapolis businessman, is now a
nominated candidate for the Min
nesota State Legislature to rep
resent the 30th Legislative Dis
trict.
Dillon, in a statement to the
GERALD DILLON
Minneapolis Spokesman, said. “I
want to tell you about my stand
on civil rights: We must adopt an
FEPC law on a state level. It is
a piece of “must” legislation and
I think should be the first piece
of serious legislation to be adopt
ed by the next Minnesota legisla
ture.
"This Fair Employment Prac
tices law should have enforce
ment provisions, should be set up
on a workable basis. We have
waited long enough for this kind
of legislation
"Beyond that, we must have
legislation to Increase workman's
compensation; to remove the pre
sent unfair persona! property tax:
to provide better care for our old
people. In short, we must have
government that is actively in
terested in the needs of ALL the
people.
WHEATLEY KIDS GET
FREE TICKETS FROM
HONEYWELL LOCAL
Earl Cluka. financial secretary
of the Honeywell Local 1X45
strolled into the Minneapolis
SPOKESMAN office Tuesday and
handed the paper 35 tickets for
the Green Bay Packer and Pitts
burgh Steelers games, which he
asked to be given to the kids at
Phyllis Wheatley.
As one could imagine, Henry
Thomas, head resident of Wheat
ley was happy to have the tickets
for his boys.
GENE AMMONS DANCE
WELL ATTENDED
The Gene Ammons dance at the
Minneapolis Labor Temple Sun
day night. September 14 was well
attended. Promotors Webster and
Black are all set to give the Twin
Cities another season of name
attractions.
Midway 8340
When Richard Anderson, 510
16th Ave. So. Minneapolis caught
his 11H pound Northern Pike last
week at Brown's Bay on Lake
Minnetonka, he said that at first
he thought his line had snagged
a log
But that was short lived and
he knew that he had a fish and at
first he didn’t know what to do.
He was fishing from the shore
and before he could land his prize
catch he said that he had to get
in the water with him.
He used a daredevil and said
that it took him about 20 or 25
minutes to land him and that it
was the largest fish that he has
ever caught.
Traffic Smashup
Proves Fatal To
Arsenal Supervisor
A Minneapolis man, A. J. Wilk
erson 38, died Friday Sept. 12,
from injuries received Thursday
night Sept. 11, when the car which
he was driving was struck by an
other car at Marshall St. and
Eight Ave. N.E driven by Gerald
Frank.
Others in the Wilkerson auto
who were hospitalized were De
Etta Perryman, 818 Aldrich Ave.
No.; Mrs. Dorothy Lawson 26, 705
Aldrich Ave. No. and Katherine
Thornton, 29 of 98 Highland Ave.
No. All have recovered and left
the hospital.
The Wilkerson party was en
route home from the Twin Cities
Arsenal where all were employed
Wilkerson was a custodial super
visor.
Wilkerson who was thrown
from the car and crushed against
a utility pole lapsed into uncon
sciousness shortly after being re
ceived at the General Hospital
Doctors made valiant attempts to
save his life but his life ebbed
slowly away. Friday morning in
a last effort to save him an opera
tion was performed to ease the
brain pressure from the multiple
skull fractures. He died a few
hours later without regaining con
sciousness.
Funeral services for him
were held Tuesday Sept. 16, at
Border Methodist Church with
Rev C M Sexton officiating.
Prior to the regular service Ames
Lodge of Elks performed the lodge
Burial was at Lakewood ceme
Wilkerson is survived by his
wife Gloria, three children Della
and Alfred Wilkerson and a step
son Charles Smith; three brothers
Calvin of Texarkanna, Ark., J. W.
of El Centro and James Wilker
son; two sisters Mrs. Paralee Pett
is of Chicago and Miss Augusta
Wilkerson of Ruston. La.
The Woodard Funeral Home had
charge of funeral arrangements.
OIL STATION FOR
LEASE BY PURE OIL
In the classified section of the
Minneapolis SPOKESMAN there
is listed under business opportun
ities a large service station. A
reporter discovered it is located
on an important intersection and
ought to be a good proposition for
one or two mechanically minded
men to go into a lucrative busi
ness.
It is understood the Pure Oil
Company is anxious to base the
station to Negro operators
Librarian
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WE WANTA GO BACK TO SCHOOL!
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The Misses Massolonla Pruitt, Christine McKine
and Joyce Ta
bora shown above were appointed to teach in the Minneapolis public
schools this year are three reasons why we want to go bark to school.
When we were going to school almost too many years ago to remem
ber, we don't remember any teachers as attractive as these three
charming school marms Or it may have been that we were too young
to appreciate some of the finer points of our educational system.
Miss Pruitt teaches at Warrington, Miss McKlne at Hamilton and
Miss Taborn at Hay.
Minneapolis Teen-Agers
Up To 1
Three Minneapolis youths were
sentenced to indeterminate terms
of up to 20 years and placed In
the custody of the Minnesota
Youth Conservation commission.
Their sentencing by Judge Paul
Carroll of Hennepin county dis
trict was the climax of their plea
of guilty to a first degree man
slaughter charge in the death of
Albert Hendricks. 70 year old man
who was fatally slugged July 2.
The three youths are Madison
Norwood, 15 of 1415 Seventh St.
So., Ernest L. Armstrong, 17 of
5015 Humboldt Ave. No., and
AME Editor To
Speak Here Sunday
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DR. GEORGE SINGLETON
Dr. George A. Singleton, editor
of the AME Review and a na-
tionally known preacher and
scholar will give two sermons in
St. Paul Sunday. At the regular
11 a. m. morning service at St.
James AME. St. Paul, he will
give the morning message.
In the evening all of the AME
churches will hold joint services
at the same church to hear the
distinguished connectional leader
and editor
Rev. Singleton is the author of
several books The latest work is.
"The Romance of African Metho
dism."
Postal Auxiliary Met: The Post
al Auxiliary to the North Star
Branch met at the home of Mrs.
Verne Flippen, 3943 Second Ave
So. Tuesday, Sept 16 Mrs Paul
Curry, the president, presided.
Chet Oden Jr.
Expected To Star
For Tommies.
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Given Sentences
fwenty Years For Killing
Frank M. Fraxier 15, of 1113
Lyndale Ave. No-
All three of the boys had be
longed to boxing teams at Phyllis
Wheatley House. Judge Carroll re
ferred to this phase of their lives
when in sentencing them he said
that there boxing training had
evidently made them brutes.
Carroll said he realized the
youth came from poor families
and few advantages and opportun
ities in life. "But nothing on earth
can justify the brutality you boys
visited upon the city of Minnea
apolis” the jurist said.
State Republicans
Convention Urges
FEPC Law Passage
One of the planks endorsed by
the state convention of the Re
publican party which ended Its
sessions in St. Paul Wednesday
was a plank urging the passage of
a state FEPC law forbidding dis
crimination by employers and un
ions against job applicants on ac
count of race, creed, color or na
tional origin.
Approval of the plank fulfilled
the promise of state party leaders
that there would be no retreat
from previous advocacy of FEPC
by Minnesota Republicans
Clifford Marity
Native Of Minneapolis
Dies at 50 Years
Clifford Marity, 50 years of age,
4959 Humboldt Ave. No. died Fri
day, Sept. 12 at General Hospital.
His funeral was Monday, Sept. 15
at the Woodard Funeral Home,
Rev. J. J. Jackson, pastor of Pil
grim Rest Baptist Church offici
ated. Survivors are Mrs Geraldine
Maritv and two sons. Clifford Ar
thur, Jr. and Gerald: a sister
Mrs. Anna Lewis and other rela
tives and friends
Mr Manty was born In Minne
apolis and he was the first Negr<
to drive a milk truck and he was
the first to drive for a legal cat
Co. He was a driver for the Navy
Cab Co. for three years.
Wife Of Pullman Instructor
Here: Mrs Barbara L. Pryor, wife
of Mr Aaron Pryor, Seattle Pull
man instructor, is the house guest
of Mrs. Sadie Williams, 2604 Four
th Ave. So.
Hallie Q. Brown
Opens For 24th
Year Of Activity
Hallie Q. Brown Community
House has announced the opening
of the 24th program year on Mon
day. September 29th. Registration
is scheduled to begin on Wednes
day, September 24th through Fri
day. September 26th. Registra
tion hours are from 3:30 p. m. to
5:30 p. m. for juniors (ages up to
14 years) and from 7 to 9 p. m.
for all others. Program plans in
clude many new ideas along with
the old established program
groups and activities.
Toward highlighting the after
noon program, a special movie
program is being planned on Mon
day, September 29th at 4 p. m.
All old members and prospective
members are invited to attend. To
launch the 1952-53 program year,
the evening membership is Invit
ed to attend a “Cinema Swirl” in
the auditorium of the agency on
Friday, Sept 26th. During inter
mission movies taken during the
past year will be shown. Of
special interest to teen-agers will
be the beautiful color film taken
during the June Prom.
The agency is cooperating with
the St. Paul curfew regulations
regarding minora. Closing hours
of the house Monday through
Thursday will be 9:30 p. m. The
Friday night social recreation
(dances) is restricted to those
members 16 years and over.
Plans will be announced at a
later date for the “Guys and
Dolls" Square Dance Group.
White Questions
ClO’s Unqualified
O.K. Of Spademan
Newark, Sept. 12 -The stra
tegy of the CIO in endorsing the
Stevenson-Sparkman ticket "be
fore the position of Senator
Sparkman with respect to civil
rights In made unequivocally
clear" was questioned here today
by Walter White, executive sec
retary of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People, in an address before the
New Jersey State CIO Conven
tion.
Acknowledging that the "woo
ing of Dixie” by General Elsen
hower makes understandable the
"dismay" of civil rights advocates
with respect to the Republican
candidate, the NAACP official as
serted, however, that “none of us
could be satisfied with Mr. Spark
man’s record as it is today. We
cannot—we must not- forget his
16 votes out of 16 on civil rights
. . . his statement that he and 21
other Southern senators are ir
revocably and eternally opposed
to any federal civil rights action.
Noting that the vice-president
is only a "single heartbeat away
from the White House,” Mr.
White added that as presiding of
ficer of the Senate, the vice-presi
dent, should he rule that a motion
to adopt new Senate rules and
abolish the pro-filibuster Rule 22,
is "out of order", he rould "sound
the death knell to amendment of
the Senate rules and the ending
of filibusters.”
"I do not charge that Senator
Sparkman will so rule.” the NA
ACP leader said. "But I seriously
question the strategy of labor and
liberal leaders in committing
themselves to the Democratic or
any other political party until the
record is made clear. Doing so vir
tually closed the door to obtaining
any further commitments from
the Democrats. It similarly
thwarts the efforts of a minority
of liberal Republicans ... in urg
ing the Republican party to take
a more liberal stand on basic is
sues."
Baptists Reelect
All Officers At
Chicago By Acclaim
Chicago (ANP) By the
motion of the body that rules be
suspended and all officers be re
elected which was passed, the en
tire group of officers of the Na
tional Baptist Convention. USA.,
Inc , was reelected
They are as follows:
Dr. D. V. Jemtson, Selma, Ala.,
pres.; Rev. E. W. Perry. Oklaho
ma City, vice pres, at large; Revs.
W. D. Carter, Pasadena. T. S.
Harten, Brooklyn and J. H Jack
son, Chicago, regional vice presi
dents; Rev. U J Robinson. Mo
bile, aec’y.; Revs. W. P. Whitfield,
Jackson. Miss. G. W. Lucas,
Dayton, T. Moore King. Joliet,
and M. K. Curry, Wichita Falls,
Tex, ass’t. see’ys; Rev W P. Of
futt Jr., New York City, sec’y of
Pub Rev Roland Smith. Atlanta,
statistician; Rev. T. S. Boone,
Detroit, historiographer; Rev. J.
Pius Barbour, Chester, Pa.,
“Voice” editor; Rev. B. J. Per
kins, Cleveland. O . treas ; Col A.
T. Walden. Atlanta. Convention
attorney.
Newspaperman Who
Will Address
Urban League
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DOWDAL H. DAVIS
Dowdal H. Davis, general
manager of the Kansas City Call,
will address members and friends
of the St. Paul Urban League at
their 29th annual meeting on
September 25th at 8:15 at the
Women's City Club.
Mr. Davis is a member of the
National Board of the National
Urban League: the Missouri As
sociation for Social Welfare and
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.
Some Guy Likes
Jet Plane Auto
Hood Ornaments
Sammie Miller, 508 Emerson
Ave. No., Minneapolis is indig
nant, and a wee bit tired of
furnishing some petty thief jet
plane auto hood ornaments.
Monday, Mr. Miller purchased
his fourth jet auto ornament in
the past 18 months, and its an
understatement to suggest that
Mr. Miller is really quite put out
about the whole thing.
It seems that some person or
persons unknown, at present
have been removing the said or
naments from the hood of Mr.
Mller's 1948 Ford. Mr. Miller is
really tired of buying these orna
ments after losing three of them
to parties unknown.
The ornaments are of no value
to the thief, after they are pried
loose from the car's hood, because
It Is impossible to use them be
cause they break when removed
by force.
Mr. Miller told this newspaper
Monday that he would guarantee
the jet plane ornament thief a
"real warm time” if he catches
him fooling around with this last
newly purchased hood ornament.
ST. PAUL NAACP
MEETING SEPT. 24
The St. Paul Branch of the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People has
planned a series of meetings at
which time tape recordings of the
entire 43rd annual convention held
in Oklahoma City. June 23 to 29.
1942, will be played The first
series will be at 8 p. m. Wednes
day, September 24th at Pilgrim
Baptist church, Grotto and W
Central Ave.
This Is a membership meeting
and is open to the public. Heard
on the recording will be Roy Wil
kins. Administrator, NAACP Na
tional offire, N. Y., and former
St. Paulite, in the keynote ad
dress Walter White, Executive
secretary. NAACP will discuss
how Rule 22 obstructs civil rights
legislation.
Clarence Mitchell. director,
Washington bureau NAACP of
fice, former executive secretary
of the St. Uaul Urban League,
leads a panel discussion on regis
tration and voting, participating
will be Kelly Alexander, repre-
senting No. Carolina. Rev. J. M.
Hinton, president 80. Carolina
state conference NAACP and
Emory O. Jackson, the fiery edi
tor of the Birmingham World
Browne Funeral
Services To Be
H#ld Saturday
William F. Browne, 70, 796
St Anthony Ave., died early Tues
day morning at Ancker hospital.
Mr. Browne had lived In St.
Paul for 10 years and was a re
tired waiter He was a member of
Carter Chapel Methodist church
and Perfect Ashlar Lodge No. 4,
F and AM.
Mr. Browne is survived by three
brothers and four sisters; John F.
Browne, W. C. Browne. Charles
Browne, Mrs. Della Misbttt. Mrs
Gertrude Jackson, Mrs. Clara
Mitchell and Mias Evelyn Browne
and several nieces and nephews.
Services for Mr. Browne will be
held Saturday afternoon at 2 p.
m. at Brooks Funeral home. Rev.
James C. Dixon, pastor of St.
James AME church will officiate
and burial will be at Oakland
cemetery. Brooks funeral home
is in charge of arrangements.
The most agreeable of all companions is
is a simple frank man. without any Ugh
pretensions to an oppressive greatasss;
one who loves life, and understands the
use of it; obliging, alike at all hours; above
all. of a golden temper, and steadfast as
an anchor. For such a one we gladly ex
change the greatest genius, the most bril
liant wit, the profound eat thinker.—Lean
tag.
“Ike” Makes Four Speeches
In State; Makes No
Mention Of Civil Rights
By Bdward Blackwell
Staff Writer
We traveled on the Eisenhower speeial train Tuesday
from Northfield. We heard Dwight D. Eisenhower, OOP presi
dential candidate, make four speeches in Minnesota and fail
to mention civil rights in a single one of his talks.
James Hicks, who is traveling with the Eisenhower party
and a staff reporter for the Afro-American chain, stated that
the general had made IS speeches
In 12 cities and had not mentioned
civil rights a vital campaign issue
In any of his talks.
CLARENCE BELL IS
SUED FOR $4,000
BY HELEN LEWIS
Clarence Bell. 2712 Clinton Ave.,
Minneapolis retired wealthy MIU
City businessman, was sued In
Hennepin County district court
Tuesday. Bept 18, by Miss Helen
Lewis, 2333 Chicago Ave. for
$4,189.70. Miss Lewis claimed
that she was Bell's housekeeper
and that he had failed to pay her
all of her wages.
Bell filed a counter suit In
which he stated that he had given
Mrs. Lewis $1,500 and had loaned
her another $2,000 that she has
never repaid and that she had
converted some of his property
for her own use (washing machine,
radio, etc.) Bell la asking for
his repayment of the $2,000 he
claims he loaned the plaintiff and
for return of hta property.
The trial opened Tuesday Judge
Reed presiding and reached the
Jury late Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Lewis testified that she
went to work for Bell as his
housekeeper in February of 1947
and worked for him until April,
1950.
Bhe said Bell Svaa supposed to
have agreed to pay her S3O per
week she testified that he only
paid her a total of S7BO.
Bell claims that he didn't know
her until 1948 and that she didn't
perform any services as a domes
tic.
Letters were introduced as evi
dence that were signed by Mias
Lewis, "Love, Helen.” It was fur
ther brought out that the couple
was contemplating possible mar
riage. but that Bell changed his
mind because he felt that he
couldn't trust the plaintiff.
Miss Lewis was represented by
Otis Prinkey and Bell's attorney
was Angus McQueen
They Jury hadn't returned a
verdict by the time this paper had
gone to press.
Enters Augsburg
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James E. Nichols Jr., son of
Mr and Mrs James E. Nichols
Sr., 528 Emerson Ave. No., has
entered Augsburg college to be
gin a four year major course in
music. Mr. Nichols graduated
from North high school with the
class of 1952.
Auto Crash Fatal
A. J. Wilkerson, 38, 912 Fre-
mont Ave. No., Minneapolis, <t
Twin Cities Arsenal. Federal
Cartridge Corp, custodial super
visor who was fatally injured
Thursday night. September 11,
when his auto was struck by a
car driven by Gerald Frank, 19, of
413 39th Ave. No.
Wilkerson died at Minneapolis
General hospital Friday. Septem
ber 12 from multiple fractures of
the skull. See story elsewhere.
MOST AOUtABU
$4.00 Per Year; 10 Cents Per
In Englewood, 111., a surburb of
Chicago, Ike spoke before 9,000
persona over half of whom were
Negro. Two Negroes were on the
platform with the general. Dr. J.
B. Martin, from Chicago and Rev.
Raymond Tucker who is publisher
of the National Negro Republican
Newspaper, from Joliet 111.
However, the general didn’t
make any reference to etvU rights
la his Englewood address.
Archibald Carey, Negro aider
man. a national figure from Chi-
Cannon On "Ike's"
Mineapolis Welcome
Committee Tuesday
A Minneapolis Negro Republi
can, Raymond W. Cannon, at
torney was among the five prom
inent Minneapolitans selected to
serve as the official welcoming
committee for Dwight D. Elsen
hower Tuesday.
Four others on the committee
which greeted the General and his
presidential campaign party when
it reached the Minneapolis city
limits were Desmond Pratt, active
Republican and city alderman who
represented Mayor Hoyer; Rev.
Reuben Youngdahl, pastor of
Mount Olivet Lutheran Church and
brother of former Governor Lu
ther W. Youngdahl Weston Wil
liams, Insurance executive and
Rev. Louis Forrey, pastor of Our
Lady of Oraoe Catholic Church.
Edina.
cago and very aptlve In Republican
circles around Chicago was not at
the Englewood speech.
Carey, who made a strong plea
at the OOP Convention for the
party to adopt a strong civil rights
platform, was not satisfied with
the party plank in regards to civil
rights, and his absence from the
Elsenhower appearance in Engle
wood, was looked upon by some
political observers as Indication
that there may be a disagreement
beteewen Ike and the alderman.
With the exception of hla talk
at Carle ton College, at North field.
Minn. Elsenhower lashed out at
the present administration.
He accused the Democratic ad
ministration of bungling the farm
program with the result that the
farmer is caught in the middle.
The general said that Minnesota
had set an example for the nation
when It elected Stassen governor
In 1938 and that the same thing
should be done on the national
level by electing a Republican
president.
In his Carle too talk which was
directed to the students Ike point-
ed out the
ahead for them when they reach
maturity.
All along the way Eisenhower
was enthusiastically greeted and
the school children were excused
to greet him.
Following his speech In St.
Paul, he was driven in a motocade
from the state capital through the
downtown section of Minneapolis
and out to the airport where he
caught a plane for New York.
At the city limits Elsenhower
was greeted by a delegation wel
coming him to Minneapolis.
PICTURES OF MILWAUKEE
NEGRO CAB DRIVERS
IN NEXT WEEK'S PAPER
John Williams, an advisor to
the Yellow and Checker Cab com
panies in Milwaukee In the
utilisation of Negro men and wo
men as taxi cab drivers has sent
the Spokesman and Recorder
photos of the workers on the Job.
In the September 28 edition, the
papers will reproduce some of the
photos. Twin City cab companies
do not employ Negroes as cab
drivers
Recently the Minneapolis Yel
low Cab Co., was cited by the
Minneapolis FEP Commission for
refusing to even give a Negro,
Shimeto M. Robineau, 3915 Port
land Ave., an application.
Camphor Church Choir sal
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