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ALARM FOR T HI DISTANT
Although only a minute fraction of the
people have any influence over the course
of national or international events, it la
far more satisfying to be alarmed at what
is going on in Asia or Russia than to look
into what is wrong with our domestic life,
or with the city hall, or the schools of our
own towns and communities. It is easier
to tolerate unhappiness and misrule at
home when there are in remote countries
more dramatic violations of the laws on
which human conduct should be goverened.
—Saturday Review of Literature
NINETEENTH YEAR, NO. 29
UNCF COLLEGE HEADS GET TOGETHER IN SAN FRANCISCO
One of the greatest examples of
cooperation among colleges to
meet a common need is the United
Negro College Fund. Under this
program 31 private colleges
catering to colored students work
together through the UNCF to
meet their needs for finances. Re
cently the presidents of all 31
colleges met in San Francisco for
their 10th annual board meeting.
This is the first time Frisco has
ever greeted so many top Negro
educators at one time. Shown
above are the 31 prexles as fol
lows:
First row (1. to r.): W. J.
Trent, Sr , president of Living-
Rowans Book Is
Named By American
Library Association
Chicago—Carl Rowan's book
“ South of Freedom” was selected
by the American Library Associa
tion as one of the "notable books
of 1952." The announcement was
made here early in February at
the annual meeting of the as
sociation.
Annually since 1944 the associa
tion publishes a list of books,
that contained 53 titles this year,
Intended to provide adult readers
with “recommendations for good
reading of a broad and general
character.”
The list was distributed to 1.-
400 librarians attending the as
sociation’s midwinter meeting.
It was compiled by Katherine
E. Drumine, librarian of the cen
tral lending department, Carnegie
library of Pittsburgh and chair
man of the notable books commit
tee.
Miss Ruth Rutzen of the De
troit Public library and president
of the association’s public libraries
division said, 56 libraries of vari
ous sizes throughout the nation
participated in the vote that led
to the final selections.
Rowan is a staff writer for the
Minneapolis Tribune and president
of the Minneapolis Urban League
and was named the “Outstanding
Man of 1951” by the Minneapolis
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Sterling Club To
Give Civic Award
James Griffin, chairman of the
civic committee of the Sterling
Club, announced Wednesday that
in November, 1953 the club will
give its first annual Sterling Club
Civic award to the man who has
contributed the most to the com
munity during the year.
An active program in civic af
fairs is being planned for 1953 by
the committee. On March 12, 1953
the first civic meeting will be
held at the club. 315 N. Dale, and
Dr. Forrest E. Connor. Superin
tendent of St. Paul public schools,
will be the speaker. This meeting
is open to the public.
Members of the civic commit
tee are James Griffin. J. W. Lee,
Woodford Mills and Thomas Tal
ley
Frot Suspended
For Accepting
Jewish Member
Wilhamstown. Mass —(ANP)
—Religious prejudice—the twin
social evil, along with racial pre
judice—reared its head last week
when a national fraternity sus
pended its local chapter for pledg
ing a Jewish student
The parent organization of Phi
Delta Theta fraternity suspended
its local chapter for what it term
ed a violation of a clause in the
fraternity constitution restricting
membership to “full Aryans.”
The suspension follows a campus
controversy that started last
spring when the fraternity voted
to pledge the youth despite the
objections of the national body.
Three fourths of the membership
voted to keep the 19 year old Jew-
Mi resident of Brooklyn who was
not identified by name.
Midway 8340
stone college, Salisbury, N. C.; J.
S. Scott, Wiley college, Marshall,
Tex.; D. R. Glass, Texas college,
Tyler, Tex.; Miss Florence M.
Read, Spellman college, Atlanta;
F. D. Patterson, Tuskegee insti
tute; Harold L. Trigg, St. Aug
ustine’s college, Raleigh, N. C.;
W. R. Strassner, Shaw university,
Raleigh, N. C-; M. 8. Davage, Hus
ton-Tillotson college, Austin,
Tex.
Second row (1. to r.): John H.
Lewis, Morris Brown college, At
lanta; Harold G. Warren, Touga
loo college, Tougaloo, Miss.;
James A. Colston. Knoxville col
lege, Knoxville, Tenn.; A. D.
Joyce Underwood To Receive
Scholastic Key Award
Miss Joyce Underwood, grand
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bertram
Slaughter, 2906 Portland Ave. is
a student at the Minneapolis Art
Institute. Her portrait paintings
have won for her, three scholar
ships and she was chosen to com
pete for a scholastic Key award
in the 1953 Regional Contest. Her
entry will be sent to Pittsburgh,
Pa-, to be entered in the national
contest in May, at the Carnegie
Institute. Miss Underwood will
receive her Gold Key award, along
with other awards, Friday, Feb.
20, at 7:30 p. m. in the Sky Room
at Dayton’s.
Joyce, a young lady of great
promise and ability, is fifteen
years old, in the eighth grade at
the Phillips Junior High School.
Golden Anniversary: Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Shackelford, who re
sided in St. Paul for many years
and who are now living in Chula
Vista, Calif., will celebrate their
50th wedding anniversary on Mon
day, Feb. 23.
Parents of II
Observed Golden
Wedding Feb. 12
Mr. and Mrs. Herndon Reasby.
462 Rondo, celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary on Lincoln's
birthday and repeated their wed
ding vows before their children
and friends at Mt. Olivet Baptist
church.
Following the second wedding
rites, a reception was held in their
honor in the undercroft of the
church.
Both Mr and Mrs. Reasby had
this bit of advice to pass along to
young married cuples. “First you
must remember that it is not al
ways going to be nice and rosy,
but stick it out and remember
that it takes two to make an
argument.”
Mr. Reasby also said “married
life agrees with me” and if he
had it to do over again, he would.
With that statement one must
agree with him because he is the
picture of health— he is still very
active and as a matter of fact is
still working full time
Mrs. Reasby is the mother of
11 children. 11 grandchildren and
four great-grandchildren and is
raising her “third set of children”
her great grand-children.
Mrs. Francos Jonos
Restaurant Proprietor
Dios Remains To K. C.
Mrs. Frances Jones, 1300 South
Bth St. died in General Hospital.
Feb. 13. She had been a resident
of the city for about five years
Mrs. Jones was bom in Kansas
City, Mo
She was the owner and proprie
tor of the Tiger Room Barbecue
at 1502 East Franklin Ave.
Funeral services were held Mon
day, Feb. 16. at Bethesda Baptist
church. Rev. C. L. Harris officiat
ed.
Surviving are her husband. Wal
ter Jones; father, Austin Mc-
Ashan. Kansas City, Mo., brother.
Ossie McAshan; two sisters, all
of Kansas City, Mo.
Her remains were shipped to
Kansas City, Monday, Feb 16.
Woodard Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
S'J. l>M3l|^€CMU)Ell
Gray, Talladega college, Ala.;
Charles S. Johnson, Fisk univer
sity; Alonzo G. Moron, Hampton
institute; David D. Jones, Ben
nett college, Greensboro, N. C.;
James P. Brawley, Clark college,
Atlanta; Rufus E. Clement, At
lanta university.
Third Row (1. to r.) A. W.
Dent, Dillard university, New Or
leans; J. A. Bacoats, Benedict col
lege, Columbia, S. C.; Horace
Mann Bond, Lincoln (Pa.) uni
versity; Hollis F. Price, LeMoyne
college, Memphis, Tenn.; C. A.
Kirkendoll, Lane college, Jackson,
Tenn.; Hardy Liston, Johnson C.
Smith university, Charlotte, N.
Dixiecrat Objects To
Booklet; D. C. School
Funds In Danger
Washington (ANP) Rep.
James C. Davis of Georgia, last
week, sharply criticized school of
ficials for what he considered
“premature" planning for integra
tion in the school system of the
District of Columbia.
The Georgia legislator, who is
a member of the House District
Committee, also called for a copy
of the publication “Handbook on
Intergroup.” now being printed
for distribution to District school
teachers.
Davis hinted that he might even
seek to have the District’s school
appropriation slashed if the money
is being used for printing the
pamphlet on Integration.
He branded the Americans for
Democratic Action as a "left
winged" organization because it
is promoting what he considered
propaganda on the subject of in
tegration in an effort to influence
the Supreme Court’s decision on
the pending school segregation
cases.
Gov. Visits Mound
Bayou, For First
Time In History
Mound Bayou, Miss.—(ANP —
Gov. Hugh White established a
precedent when visited here Feb.
12.
The Mississippi chief executive
addressed more than 5,000 per
sons who attended the 11th an
nual celebration of the Taborian
hospital. The occasion marked the
first time a governor of the Mag
nolia state has ever visited an
all-Negro town.
The Taborian hospital was built
11 years ago by the 27,000 mem
bers of the Knights and Daughters
of Tabor, a fraternal organiza
tion. It is a 42-bed hospital.
Each year since the completion
of the hospital, a gala affair is
held in commemoration of the
opening of the hospital. Both Ne
gro and white leaders are invited
to address the affair.
Besides Gov. White, other per
sons scheduled to speak at this
year’s observance were:
B. A. Green, mayor of Mound
Bayou; the Rev H. H. Humes,
president of the General State
Baptist Convention of Mississippi
and editor of a weekly newspaper,
and P. M. Smith, chief grand men
tor of the Knights and Daughters
of Tabor.
Birthday Party: Mrs. Albert
Wallace, 1517 Olson Blvd.. gave a
party in honor of her husband on
his birthday, Friday Feb. 13. A
social evening was spent in danc
ing, reminiscing and refreshments
were served Mr Wallace received
a number of gifts. Those who
helped him celebrate were Messrs
and Mmes. Robert Carter, Ken
neth Mason. Mmes Wanda Barks
dale, Marlow Peterson, Ernestine
Young and the Messrs. Louis Sea
ton. Ejner Christensen and Mr.
John Moore.
CLOCK CLUB DINNER
The Clock Club, newly organized
club of Bt. Peters A.M.E. church
will give a ham and chicken din
ner. Saturday. Feb. 28, at 3809
Fourth Ave. 8o , beginning at 12
ItaXM.
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1953
C.; M Layfayette Harris, Philan
der Smith college, little Rock,
Ark.; E. C. Peters, Paine college,
Augusta, Ga.; Richard V. Moore,
Bethune-Cookman college, Day
tona Beach, Fla.; W. J. Trent Jr.,
executive director of the UNCF.
Not pictured are Harry V.
Richardson, president, Gammon
Theological seminary, Atlanta; J.
M. Ellison, Virginia Union univer
sity, Richmond, Va.; Mother M.
Agatha. Xavier university, New
Orleans; Richard K. Curry Jr.,
Bishop college, Marshall, Tex.;
and Benjamin E. Mays, More
house college, Atlanta .—(ANP).
Medical Lobby
Wins Victory In
Minn. House
The medical lobby won a victory
in the Minnesota House of Repre
sentatives Feb. 11 when the Com
munity Health Bill was voted
down 76 to 52.
The bill is similar to measures
passed in other states with the
help of the medical societies It
would allow people to organize
health care plans to provide need
ed services, and to pay for the
services by regular monthly pay
ments instead of by fees at the
time service is given.
Although indications had been
that a majority favored the bill,
several legislators who had
pledged support deserted to the
opposition.
These included Twin Cities
legislators Leonard Johnson, Carl
G. Hagland, Clifton Parks, and a
number of out-state legislators.
Other Twin Cities representatives
who voted against the bill were
Ted L. Biemat, George A. French,
Harold J. Anderson. P Kenneth
Peterson, Vernon Welch, Laavr
ence Haeg, Alf Bergerud. Sheldon
Beanblossom, Alfred J. Otto,
Peter Popovich, and Claude Allen.
Supporting the bill were Ed
ward Tomczk, George Murk. John
P. Skeate, Sally Luther, Edward
J. Volßtad, H. P. Goodin. Leo
Mosier, Arthur T, Gibbons, Joseph
Prifrel. Jr. A 1 Podgorski, Don D.
Wozniak, Joe Karth, and William
Shovell.
Leading the floor fight for the
bill. Richard Silvola of Virginia
argued that the issue was simply
whether to allow people to do
things for themselves He warned
that if the legislature did not
permit and encourage such action,
we would be in danger of getting
“socialized medicine."
First Services Held in New Church, Sunday
Shown above is part of the congregation of 600 that attended the regular worship
services held in the new St. Peter’s A.ME. church last Sunday Feb. 15. While waiting for
the new building to be completed the church has been holding services in Bryant junior high
school and Central high school. The old church located on 22nd Bt. and Elliot Ave. was de
stroyed by fire arnost two years ago. Services are being held temporarily in the basement
of the new structure until work in the auditorium is completed. The new building U located
on Fourth Ave. So. and 41st St, —drover Ingram photo.
Noted Inventor To „
Be Special Guest
At P. W. Dinner
A Minneapolis man who la one
of the outstanding modem in
ventors will be a special guest at
the annual Phyllis Wheatley Au
xiliary dinner on Thureday night
Feb. 26.
He is Frederick B. Jones, chief
engineer of the Numero Co., of
Minneapolis. Jones is known all of
the world as one of the top refrig
eration engineers and holds a
large number of patents Few
know Mr. Jones la of Negro de
scent.
He and his career have been
the subject of articles In the
Saturday Evening Post and re
cently he was featured in a Ebony
Magazine article.
The principal speaker at the
28th annual dinner of the auxil
iary is to be Rev. Denzil Carty
of St. Philips Episcopal church,
St.. Paul. Mr. Carty la president
of the Minnesota NAACP.
Reservations for the dinner may
be secured by calling CHerry 3654.
Dinner is $2 per plate.
MakuTs Racist Policy
Has Failed, Is Claim
Off Opposition
Capetown, South Africa
(ANP) —Prime Minister Daniel
F. Malan la wading in trouble up
to his neck, Parliament last week
began debate on what his foea call
the prime minister’s seemingly
utter failure to dominate the
African races of South Africa,
keep down racial unification and
to discredit the opposition party.
As Parliament debated the suc
cess of Malan’s rule, even Nation
alists members agreed with op
position party members on many
vital factors. The point that the
opposition pounded on inressantly
during the debate was that des
pite nearly five years of Dr. Ma
lan's policy of racial segregation,
more Africans were being drawn
into the economy and society of
"white South Africa.”
The Nationalists, gave no an
swer to the figures quoted by the
opposition showing that the num-
.ber of African males in
the* cities alone had Increased
from 165,000 to 220.000 and that
was actually being proven was
ployment of natives in industry
had been more than double that
CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING
Mr. and Mrs. Herndon Reaaby, 462 Rondo, are seen Joking at
mementoes of their wedding that took place on Feb. 12, 1903, in
Buxton, lowa. The couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary
last Thursday, The Reasby's have lived in St. Paul for over 30 years,
coming here from Buxton, trover Ingram photo.
Funorol Ritos Arm
Hold For St. Foul
Pioneer H. J. Shelton
Funeral services for Mr. La
fayette Shelton. 940 St. Anthony
Ave. were held Tuesday morning
at St. Phillips Episcopal church.
Mr. Shelton was a pioneer resi
dent of St. Paul moving to the
city in 1893 from Charicon, lowa,
where he was bom in 1870.
Mr. Shelton was a retired postal
employee and was a charter mem
ber of St. Phillips Episcopal
church and was senior warden
of the church for over 16 years.
He Is surrived by his wife, Mrs
Deppie Lillian Bhelton; four
daughters; Mmes. Ethel Dunning,
Mary Jane Williams, Lillian Early
and Zethra Hatcher; two sons;
Lafayette Shelton. Jr. and Alfred
Shelton.
The Rev. Denali Carty officiated
at the services and was assisted
by the Rev. Louis Johnson, SL
Thomas Episcopal church. Burial
was in Forest Lawn cemetery and
Brooks Funeral home was in
charge of arrangements.
DELORES GRIGSBY RECITAL
TICKETS MAY BE SECURED
AT WHEATLEY HOUSE
Tickets for the Delores Grigsby
Benefit Recital at Zion Baptist
church next Friday Feb. 27, may
be secured at Phyllis Wheatley
House it was announced by George
Gates, president of the Zion Usher
board.
Mias Grigsby a promising young
dramatic soprano is being pre
sented by the Zion Usher board.
Tickets are available at Phyllis
Wheatley House office.
Alert to the needs of the people
for nineteen years. That’s the rec
ord of the SPOKESMAN In Min
neapolis and the RECORDER In
St Paul, two outstanding medi
ums of news and expression.
for white workers.
But as the debate became in
creasingly gloomy on both sides
of the House of Assembly, what
-luj ui aesaj.mt ire-J.MO am
not so much that the Nationllsts
government had the wrong policy
or the opposition the right policy,
but that "white" South Africa
was falling to maintain Its su
premacy and was fighting a los
ing battle agatnst the constantly
increasing native population which
already out-numbers then nearly
6 to 1.
Yes, political freedom or political equal
ity is the very basis on which you build
up the other equalities. At the same time
political equality may cease to have mean
ing if there Is gross economic inequality.
Were, let say, people are starving the vole
does not count. They are thinking In terms
of the next meal and not of the vote. Bat
leaving that out for the moment political
equality is the basis for the other equal
an —Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nekm
Midway
F.E.P.C. Supporters Stated
Case Before Minnesota
Senate Committee, Tuesday
By Ed Blackwell
(Staff Writer)
The first of several hearings on the current FEPC bill that
was introduced in both houses of the Minnesota legislature two
weeks ago was held Tuesday morning before a packed gallery
by the senate judiciary committee.
Headed by George Jensen, chairman of the Minnesota Coun-
ployeas alike."
Howard Seesel, president of
Field-Schlick, St Paul, stated the
bUI had great merit and that It
has been proven that there has
been no detrimental experiences
resulting from the bill.
Ralph Sommer, personnel direc-.
tor of the Midland Cooperative
Wholesale, cited the example of a
Negro woman supervisor who is
employed by the co-op. That prob
ably would not have happened if
the firm hadn't changed its em
ployment policy.
FEPC
(Continued on‘page four)
N«w Senator It
Key to FEPC
Whether or not the senate judi
ciary. committee recommends the
FEPB this session of the legisla
ture depends a lot on how the new
est senator on the committee
votes.
The freshman senator, Robert
Dunlap, Platnvlew, former Waba
sha county attorney, la the only
new senator In the 58th session.
He was elected to fill the unex
pired term of Sen. James A. Car
ley, also from Plain view, who was
an opponent of FEPC, who disd
since the last session of the legis
lature two years ago.
Since Dunlap is an attorney, he
automatically becomes a member
of the judiciary committee that
has 22 members.
At the last session of the legis
lature, the judiciary committee
spilt 10 to 10 on approval of the
house amendment-ridden bill and
thus killed it.
At the time of the final commit
tee vote, two urban senators were
absent and observers commented
at the time that if they had been
present the outcome of the bill
might have been different. The
absent senators were Archie Mil
ler of Hopkins and George Siegel
of 8t Paul.
Siegel had voted earlier to rec
ommend passage and Miller, sen
ate majority leader, was absent at
that vote too.
The Carley-Dunlap change is the
only new name on the committee
and Dunlap may cast the deciding
ballot If he votes for the bill, pro
viding no one else switches his
vote.
While the committee recommen
dation is no guarantee of senate
approval, It does have quite a bit
of Influence.
Tuesday Dunlap said that he
hadn't made up his mind.
He also stated, ‘1 don’t know if
you can solvp such problems by
legislation, but of course the wit
ness' testimony this morning that
it has worked in Minneapolis and
in other states and cities is strong
evidence of it.”
Since there are no discrimina
tion problems in his home town,
he was under no pressure to act
one way or another, the freshman
senator said.
He said that he personally has
no prejudices against minorities.
Those voting for the bill at the
final committee vote In 1951 were
Senators Feldt, Julkowski, Mssek,
Mullln. Root, Roeenmeler, Schultx,
Welch. Wright and Wefald.
Voting against the bill were
Senators Carley, Sletvold, Erick
son, Grottum. Johanson, Lauer
man. Llghtner, Mitchell, Sullivan
and Wefald.
Baptist* Board To
Moats Sunday Tab. 72
The State Board of the Minne
sota So. Dakota Baptist Associa
tion will hold its meeting Sun-
day. Feb. 22. at Pilgrim Baptist
church. 732 West Central Ave.
The sessions will begin at 3 p. m.
and last thru nine o'clock. The
afternoon session will be given
over to the women and wil be
highlighted by a panel discussion
on human rights. This meeting
is In observance of Brotherhood
Week and the theme will be In
ter-Racial Understanding and In
ter-Church Co-operation. The
choirs of all participating church
es will sing.
Omission: Through an oversight
Mrs. Tyler Howell. 207 Elliot Ave.,
omitted the names of Mrs. Flor
ence Hargraves and Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Berry, footer Minneapoli-
tans who entertained her an her
recent trty to Loo Angeles, Calif.
NtHHU Off EQUAIfTY
.00 Per Tear; 10 Cents Per
behalf of the bill.
Jensen, who is vice president of
the Soott-Atwater Manufacturing
Co. and president of the Minneap
olis school board, said he was
speaking for the members at 65
organisations associated with the
council.
Robert C. McClure, professor of
law. University of Minnesota,
opened the testimony by explain
ing the various provisions of the
bill for the committee.
Jensen then went Into the ma
sons why the bill was necessary
and. If passed. It would be sound
legislation.
Ha pointed out that job discrim
ination was morally and ethically
wrong:
“The law states a basic prin
ciple of good business manage
ment to empoly those bast quali
fied to do the work required.''
In reference to the enforcement
section of the bill. Jensen stated
that in the event a case should
come to the courts, the penalty
Imposed ’ls not for discrimination
In employment policy but for defi
ance of our district oourt."
“Some of the opponents" of the
bill in past sessions of the legisla
ture "have tried to Intimate that
employment on merit 1s a Com
munist inspired idea," Jensen said.
Jensen said that the Reds do
not want “American free enter
prise to solve the problem of em
ployment discrimination."
He said that when President
Roosevelt established the wartime
FEPC the Communists warn
"among the loudest opponents.'’
Jensen also referred to the rec
ords of the seven states and three
cities which have FEPC laws and
ordinances which show in over
6,000 cases that have come to the
attention of the states and citlss,
there have bean only two that
have gone to court
In each case It was to test the
constitutionality of the law. And
only seven have gone so far as to
require public hearings.
The bill, as proposed la the sen
ate by Sen. Gerald Mullln, Mtaae
apolis, seta up a body to swsmlss
the facts in a dispute concerning
job discrimination and provides
for "conciliation and education"
where the facts warrant.
If the conciliation falls, a spe
cial governor's review board la
called upon to help out, and If that
falls, then the case Is settled In
district court.
Jensen also said that job dis
crimination weakens the nation
politically and economically.
"It should be clear that where
lack of opportunity exists—as It
does exist for those who fall be-
hind the discrimination curtain—
to that extent we reduce the abil
ity of large numbers of our most
productive citlsens to participate
in our free enterprise system,
which requires that every worker,
even as every entrepreneur be free
to work to the extent of his capac
ity and resources so that he may
be both a producer and a consum
er. To deny a man a job when he
Is able to and willing to work is to
undermine his faith in our system
of free enterprise.”
The speaker pointed out that
FEPC Involves more people than
the Negroes in the state. He said:
"We are not advocating a bill
simply to improve the employment
opportunities of our 16,006 Negro
citizens. There can be little ques
tion that they are victims of a
pattern of vicious discrimination
and consequently our entire soci
ety Is victimised.
"Even more severely discrimi
nated against are an even larger
number of American Indians, liv
ing in our cities and towns, la
rural areas and on gravely de
pressed reservations.
"And there are other racial and
ethnic minorities who suffer from
our pattern of employment dis
crimination Religious discrimina
tion. too, Is a serious problem In
employment.”
Jensen assured the senators that
“if race or religion Is legitimately
related to competency In any giv
en job. then one doss not discrim
inate If the employer Insists that
these criteria be met"
After Jensen finished his testi
mony he Introduced eight other
speakers who spoke briefly la Sup
port of the bill.
Stuart Leek, president at the
James Leek Go., top flight con
tractors, said the bin would ha
"beneficial to employers and SUt-