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FOUBEAJtANCf
Everything has two handles: the one soft
and manageable, the other such as will not
endure to be touched. If then your brother
do you an injury, do not take it by the hot
hard handle, by representing to your
self all the aggravating circumstances of
j l ?f} : but look rather on the soft side,
and extenuate as much as is possible by
considering the nearness of the relation
and the long friendship and familiarity
beteween you obligation to kindness
which a single provocation ought not dis
solve. —Epictetus.
NETEENTH YEAR, NO. HO
San Francisco Urban
L League Secretary Refutes
Rosy Colliers Article
San Francisco,. Calif.—ln very clear and strong language,
Seaton W. Manning, executive secretary of the San Francisco
Urban League, released a three-page statement. Feb. 16, refut
ing an article that appeared in the Feb. 14 issue of Collier’s,
titled “Racial Prejudice How San Francisco Squelched It.”
‘ ‘Our greatest criticism of the article is that it paints too rosy
a picture of conditions in San"
Francisco. It is a slick piece, a
jazzed up combination of truths
and distortions to achieve a dra
matic best-of-all - possible - worlds
impression,’’ the statement said
The statement charged that the
magazine had not been truthful
when It stated that Negro doctors
enjoy the same facilities as white
doctors In all of San Francisco’s
hospitals, public and private.
"The number of hospitals which
admit Negro physicians to prac
tice is still a minority of the to
tal,” the statement claimed.
Hospitals Still Jim Crow
Manning’s statement also said
that ward segregation has not
been completely abolished and
that the Urban League along with
other civic and human relations
organizations is currently con
ducting a drive to get the South
ern Pacific hospital to abandon its
long standing policy of segregat
ing its Negro patients.
The statement goes on to say:
"The article’s conclusions re:
the Sheng housing case are, unfor
tunately, inaccurate. After de
scribing correctly the essential Is
sues that were involved It con
cludes: ‘Though Sheng bought
elsewhere, his failure In South
wood had a good effect: no sub
urban development wants to risk
the scorn and wrath heaped upon
the voters of Southwood for rais
ing the race issue!
"The fact is that a week after
the Sheng incident, the newly pur
chased home of a Negro family in
another all-white suburb was
stoned and sheriffs deputies had
to be rushed to the scene to pro
tect hit person and property.
"The article’s author (John Ger
rity) was told of this and other
Incidents but chose not to mention
them.
"The Sheng case is typical of
the attitude of most suburban de
velopments toward the entry of
non-whites.
"Even in San Francisco proper,
where there is a heartening trend
toward residential distribution of
non-white families, refusals to sell
or rent to non-whites are com
mon.”
The statement said there were
other examples of “downright in
accurate or elastic reporting.”
Several months before the arti
cle was published, Gerrity, a free
lance writer, appeared at the San
Francisco Urban League office
seeking information pertaining to
the article.
League Helps Author
The league gave what assistance
it could and referred to other or
ganizations which could give him
additional information on the sub
ject.
In return the author promised
to submit the manuscript to the
league for any necessary changes
before submitting It to the maga
zine for publication.
Fails to Keep Word
Manning claims that he never
heard any more about the story
until he received a letter from
Madeline Aik from the research
department of Collier’s that con
tained Gerrity's manuscript.
“Part of the letter said:
"In the interest of accuracy we
would appreciate your reading this
article both in terms of factual
content and interpretation."
Gerrity had sent the manuscript
directly to Collier’s, by-passing
Manning, to whom he had prom
ised he would submit the manu
script first.
Manning said that several other
organizations and individuals had
also been contacted by the maga
zine and they were of the same
opinion as Manning that the
proposed article was full of inac
curacies and distortions and had
wired the magazine as such.
Two weeks later, Gerrity, Ed
Howden, director of the San Fran
cisco Council for Civic Unity, and
Manning went over the article and
changed the story, "substituting
fact for fiction,"
They were under the Impression
that the galleys would be sent
back to them for further revisions
if necessary.
The next he knew of the article.
Manning claims, is when he
learned that it was already in
print.
The published article contains
only part of the corrections and
the interpretation, "while turned
down from the blinding purity of
the original, was substantially out
of focus," Manning charged. -
Midway 8340 THREE SECTIONS
Rowan Has Won
National Acclaim
After only a few years of resi
dence in Minnesota. Minneapolis
TRIBUNE staff writer, Carl T.
Rowan first Negro to become a
member of the news staff of a
Twin City daily newspaper of al
ready a national figure.
Rowan, whose book, “South of
Freedom,” is a best seller, is in
v 7m
raWa Ms ;
CARL THOMAS ROWAN
demand all over the country for
lecture dates. His book, an exten
sion of articles titled "How Far
From Slavery,” written for the
Minneapolis TRIBUNE.
Despite the attention he has
attracted, Rowan remains a crack,
hard working reporter for his pa
per. He finds time to head the
board of directors of the Minne
apolis Urban League and was for
one year president of the Fron
tiers Club.
Rowan graduated from Oberlin
College, historic Ohio school, and
received his master’s degree in
journalism at the University of
Minnesota in 1948.
During his study at the Univer
sity of Minnesota he served as a
staff writer for the Spokesman
and Recorder papers. For a pe
riod after receiving his degree he
worked on the AFRO-AMERICAN
papers.
In the space of two years Rowan
has won a half dozen local and
national awards including the
Minneapolis Jaycees "Young Man
of 1951" award.
First Can Pickup
In St. Paul Saturday
St. Paul's first tin can pickup
of 1953 will start at 8 a.m. Satur
day, Feb. 28.
The city-wride, curbside pickup
is for the benefit of 39 local Red
Feather services and the USO.
Cleaned and flattened tin cans
should be placed in cartons at
curbsides, where they will be
easily accessible to members of
General Drivers’ Union, local 120,
who will conduct the pickup.
EBONY EDITOR ONCE
WORKED ON MINNESOTA
WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
Era Bell Thompson, associate
editor of EBONY magazine and
author of "American Daughter,"
once worked on the Twin City
HERALD, forerunner of this
newspaper.
Loafer’s Club to Have
Matin** Dane* Sunday
The Loafer's club is going to
hold their annual matinee dance,
Sunday. March 1, at Krueger’s
Haymow.
Oscar Frazier's combo will sup
ply the music. Tickets are $1.25 in
advance and $1.50 at the door.—
adv.
MOUNT OLIVET CHURCH
NEWS
The Mount Olivet Baptist Church,
comer West Central at Mackubin,
celebrates its 31st anniversary
Sunday, March Ist. At the 11
o’clock hour Rev. Elijah L. Mc-
Intosh will fill the pulpit.
At 3:30 p.ra. Rev. Floyd Massey,
Jr., Moderator of the Minnesota
and South Dakota Baptist Associa
tion and Pastor of the Pilgrim Bap
tist Church, this city, will be the
guest speaker. The Pilgrim Gospel
Choir will sing. On Wednesday,
March 4th, 8:00 p.m. the Anni
versary Banquet will be held in
the church dining hall. The public
is welcome to worship with us on
Sunday and dine with us on Wed
nesday.
Each member is asked to give as
an anniversary gift 10c for each
year of the church’s existence. The
banquet is SI.OO per plate dona
tion. Calvin L. Taylor is general
chairman.
Librarian
Uinn. Historical Soc.
St. Pifi«cioßßßß,
N. W. AIRLINES MAN HAS ARTISTIC BENT
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William “Rill” Little sketches a new wallpaper design as his wife, Sylvia, and three
year- old daughter, Matthea (giving Bill the eye) watch. The picture was taken in the
nursery of the Little’s home at 2,300 10th ave., S., which Bill has painted a circus theme.
Note clown, background. Mr. Little is a equipment serviceman for Northwest Airlines.
Wayman Church To
Pay Off Mortgage
Wayman A. M. E. church, 619
Fremont Ave. N., was able to
liquidate the mortgage on the
church when the Queen contest
sponsored by the church closed
last Sunday.
Each of the various clubs of the
church sponsored a contestant, to
be selected “Queen” of the church.
The lady selling the most votes
would be chosen Queen.
Leoma Morrow won the contest
by raising $262.50 and the runner
ups were Emergehe Patterson,
who turned in $150.50, and Louise
Freeman, who reported $129.10.
In less than two years the
church has paid off a mortgage of
$2,500 and when the contest closed
Sunday the church was able to
make the final payment on the
mortgage of approximately $785.
A total of $1,183.15 was raised
by the contest and the balance left
after paying the mortgage will be
used to pay off other bills owed by
the church.
The prizes were a SSO Defense
bond for the Queen; $25 Defense
bond for the runner-up, and $lO
Defense stamps for third place.
Contestants for the title of
Queen and their collections were:
Leoma Morrow. $262.50; Emer
gene Patterson, $150.50; Louise
Freeman. $129.10; Zelma Johnson.
$103.91; Leila Mae Stewart, SBS;
Marie Collins, $68.76; Annie Joe
Collins. $55.80; Atherleen Cums,
SSO; Theresa Jones, $36.54; Luve
nia Lane. S3O; Lena LaFaucette,
$27.50; Eula Mae Richardson,
$25.59; Doris Anderson, $24; Dolly
Vaughn. S2O; Irene Schaffer,
$17.50; Ida Mae Burrell, $12.25;
Ruby Bobo, $10; donation, $75.
Winners In Waymans Queen Contest
Rev. Nelson P. Patterson, pastor of Wayman A.M.E. church,
Minneapolis, is shown with the winner and two runnerups in the re
cent Queen contest sponsored by the church clubs. The church was
able to liquidate its mortgage as a result of the money raised by the
contest. Reading left to right, is Emergene Patterson, who placed
second; the Queen, Leoma Morrow; and third place winner, Louise
Freeman —Buzz Brown photo.
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1953
Local 516 Elections Are
Expected To Be Hotly
Contested This Year
For the first time in several
years, it appears that the coming
election In Dining Car Employees',
local 516, will be a hotly contested
batUe.
The primary election which
closed Tuesday, showed that two
of the Incumbent officers were
running second. The run-off will
close March 14 and the ballots will
be counted March 15.
Due to the nature of the indus
try, the elections last about a
week so that all of the members
will have a chance to vote.
Maceo Moody ran twelve votes
ahead of incumbent Richard Hall
(73 to 61) for the job of assistant
general chairman and Leonard
Carter nosed out incumbent Wil
liam L. Collins by 13 votes (112 to
99).
The opposition to the present
Administration, now headed by
Hector Vassar, general chairman,
claims that the incumbents have
been negligent in settling griev
ances and have been lax in enforc
ing the contracts with the carriers.
Vassar stated in an inter-
view that the charges of the
opposition were completely
unfounded and further that
the “local has almost a 100
per cent record of settling
grievances.”
Another issue that will undoubt
edly be raised in the election is
that of taking the white cooks
into the local. Most of the Negro
cooks employed by the railroads
belong to 516.
Recently the union has been con
ducting an organizing drive to get
the white cooks in the local.
They formerly had belonged to
the Order of Railway Conductors
(ORC) that has a Jim Crow
clause.
It was learned that there is a
small section of the membership
of the local that is opposed to the
merger of the cooks and went so
far as to ask the international for
a separate charter for the cooks.
The key issue in the organizing
drive is that Sl6 claims that din
ing car employees, irrespective of
the work done on the can, will
gain more benefits if they are in
one union.
20,000
By Curtis C. Olivers
In reading this issue of this
newspaper you are reading one
of 20,000 copies being circu
lated and distributed.
This is the first time in the
more than 100-year history of
the Negro in Minnesota that a
Negro publication has reached
the 20,000 mark in circulation.
We hope that you will re
ceive information In this issue
that will be of benefit to you.
We hope that you will read all
the news in this issue.
Read straight through every
column, including the ADS.
You will find some outstanding
business firms, organizations,
and labor unions, all interested
in the progress of you and your
family.
SCHUNEMAN'S FIRST
ST. PAUL STORK TO
KMPLOY SALESLADIES
Schuneman’s department store,
pioneer St. Paul merchants, was
the first of the large loop firms to
employ Negro girls and women as
sales persons. Schuneman’s inau
gurated the policy in 1948 and has
since hired sales women without
regard to race or color.
Carl Schuneman, president of
the firm, and his wife are active
In the work of the St. Paul Urban
League.
NEGRO PROGRESS
EDITION
Additional copies of this 20
page edition are available at no
advance in price. Many persons
will want to mail copies of this
edition to friends and relatives in
other states. Extra copies may be
purchased at our office.
la Bt. Paul the people will tell
you that the leading Negro paper
serving the community Is the ST.
PAUL RECORDER.
If you have something to sell,
you can eel It In the advertising
columns of this paper.
THREE BECTIONB CEdar 0922
Maxfield Parents
Moot With School
Board, Tuosday
Tuesday, March 3, parents and
residents of the Max field school
district will meet for the third
Ume with the St. Paul school
board to ask the board to replace
the present 33-year-old building.
The Max field PTA and other
civic organisations serving the
area claim that the school board
promised them a new building out
of funds raised In a bond Issue
over two years ago and is now
trying to get them to settle for a
rehabilitated Job on Maxfleld.
They further claim that a sur
vey made by the University of
Minnesota for the school board to
determine the public school needs
of the city recommended a new
consolidated Maxfleld - McKinley
school.
In their first appeartnce In De
cember before the board there
were delegations from both schools
and now It has apparently settled
down to Maxfleld.
For the past three months Max
field school has been the center of
great community interest In the
Rondo-Dale area.
Spokesmen for that campaign
to get a new building say they
will not be satisfied with anything
less than a new building.
They hired an architect who
said the building was beyond re
pair and who also cited some of
the dangers that confront the chil
dren that attend the school.
Some of these dangers listed
were a fire escape door that would
not open, exposed wooden beams
and unsafe drinking fountains.
Rowan & Granger
Spook To Urban
League Guild
The Minneapolis Urban League
guild held their board meeting pre
ceding the regular monthly meet
ing on Monday, February 23, at the
YWCA and there were about thirty
persons present.
Shelton B. Granger, executive
secretary of the local league, sub
stituting for Cedi Newman sched
uled to speak but who was unable to
attend, spoke on the National Ur
ban League, and Carl Rowan, presi
dent of the Minneapolis league, on
the local giving a perspective of
how the two organizations work to
gether.
Mr. Rowan said that the Urban
League is not to serve any special
group, but to serve the community.
He further stated that there is
no such thing as security and part
time equality. To have security,
there must be full time equality.
Newman sent word to the meet
ing that he wanted to leave one
thought with the group and that
was, he is continually encouraged
with the degree of citizen partici
pation in programs of this nature
and the growing interest of a larger
number of pepole.
The next meeting will be held
on March 23, at the YWCA and a
movie will be shown entitled, "Does
It Matter What You Think?" A
discussion will follow led by Mr.
Granger.
Thaotlor* Brod*n Rit*s
Hold Tuesday, Feb. 24
Mr. Theodore Broden, 86V4 Hoag
Ave. N., died Friday, February 20,
at the age of 77 years. He was born
in St. Paul, Minn., and had been a
resident of Minneapolis for many
years.
Funeral services were held Tues
day, Feb. 24, at the Woodard Fun
eral Home. Rev. H. W. Botts of
ficiated.
Surviving are two sons, Phillip
and Leonard, and one daughter,
Mrs. Cecelia Lewis, all of Minne
apolis.
Burial was at Crystal Lake Ceme
tery. Woodard Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
Youth Rally Saturday
Night at Graham Tomplo
In Minneapolis
Youth Rally Saturday night.
Feb. 28. at 7:30 p.m., Graham
Temple, 524 Lyndale Ave. N.. fea
turing Willie Hale, Mrs. Thelma
Buckner, McDuffie Twins and the
Northwestern Bible School. Fel
lowship dinner at 9 p.m. A 45-
minute film entitled "Design for
the Future,” will be shown during
the dinner hour.
Everyone is wecome. Call Lo.
7796 or At. 9157 for reservations,
adv.
STEPHENS GETS
RESULTS IN ONE
DAY IN WANT ADS
Leon Stephens, 2838 31st Ave.
S.. got resuts in less than 24 hours
when he used this paper's classi
fied ads.
He Inserted an ad one day in
this paper to sell a piano. By the
end of the next day he had a
buyer.
Mr. Stephens says this paper's
classified ads pay.
rrtday February 27. 1963, St. Paul RECORD**
Two prlndplaa govern the moral and in
tellectual world. (me is perpetual progress,
the other the necessary limitations of that
progress. If ths former alone prevailed,
there would be nothing steadfast and dura-
ble • • • and the whole social life would be
the sport of wind and waves. If the latter
, ■ i p had exclusive sway •• • everything would
I WNt OTA I petrify or rot The best ages of the worid
I MM? i i are always those in which these two prin-
I SO ciples are equally balanced. —Geos.
*4.00 PER YEAR, 10 CENTS PER COPT
FEPC Opponents Predict
Dire Things if Measure
Is Passed By Legislature
By ED BLACKWELL
Staff writer
Chief spokesman of the opponents to PEPC admitted to
the state senate judiciary committee last Thursday, when the
opposition to the bill was heard, “there ia nothing new we
can add" to the reasons why the Minnesota Employers’ as
sociation (MEA) is against the bill.
Otto F. Christenson, executive vice president of the MI&A,
and s half dosen speakers testi
fying against the bill based their
reasons for being against the bUT
on two things.
The were: it would discourage
new businesses and industries
from coming into the state and
predicted a dire outlook if people
of different racial and religious
groups were “forced” to work to
gether.
The highlight of Christenson’s
testimony name when he charged
that Wilfred C. Lelaad, executive
director of the Minneapolis FXPC
commission, had Influenced the Bt
Paul Urban league to oppose a
plan sponsored by some St Paul
employers to guarantee jobs to
ail skilled St Paul Negroes be
cause "Lelaad said he feared It
would hinder the chances of get
ting a state law."
Leland stated after the hearing
that Christenson's accusation was
not true.
"I told him I knew that those
who are discriminated against
would not agree to go before a
board composed of people they be
lieved and in a few instances
knew, were discriminating against
them.
"If the employers had been sin
cere In their efforts, they would
have selected an Impartial board,"
Lelaad said.
Christensenaon's charge against
Leland came when he was citing
the progress that has been made
in employment for minority groups
and was trying to show that
in spite of efforts by employers
certain groups would not cooper
ate with the employers.
Thomas Talley, executive secre
tary of the St. Paul Urban league
denied Christenson's statement
that there was very little dis
crimination in employement for
Negroes in St Paul.
“Thsrs Is dtsnhndsslinn and
there are impliyers whs admit
they discriminate," Talley staled.
“It's not skilled Negroes who
are the major placement problems
—it's those who must first be
come employed before they can
become skilled.
“And they are the ones who
are discriminated against.” Tal
ley charged
Praises Governor's Commission
Another part of Christenson’s
testimony that raised some eye
brows was when he praised the
governor's Interracial commission
and urged that their approbation
be increased. His contention was
that “education” was the only
way that the employment bias
problem could be solved.
After the bearing, some people
who have beta observing the pro-
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gress of RPC. questioned Christ
enson's Intent and sincerity eon
cernlng the govei uoris inteemelnl
This also brought up again the
question of Samuel Ransom's testi
mony before a house committee
two weeks ago when appropia
tlons for the commission was
asked.
Ransom, a member of the com
mission, has been quoted by some
members of ths legislature, who
are opposed to RPC, as saying
to ths oommlttee there is no assd
for RPC in ths state.
Ransom and Clifford Rather,
executive secretary of the oeewntn
slon, both deny that Ransom testi
fied against RPC and pointed
out that the rnmmleelsn In an
record favoring an FBPG leer
with teeth.
Christenson said that the MBA
was made up 1,115 oonoerns doing
business in the state and that he
was the spokesman for manage- •
ment at the state capttol.
Last Wednesday, ha said that
the board of directors of the
MBA met and voted It to X
against RPC legislation.
‘"That is approximately the oon
aenus of opinion of any business
man you can name,” the manage
ment lobbyist said.
He also said that ths state
should be wary of enacting lawn
that business doesn't Uke Base
ths stats already has “heavy oor
porata, personal hmuftf tuns
and freight rates and its work
men's compensation law is one
of ths most generous and costly
In the nation.
Negro Lawmaker Qeitel
Christenson presmtsd the com
mittee with a batch of telegrams
from various midwest arn states
and one from Nebraska was rani
that said the lone Negro ssmßbar
of the Nebraska legislature was
opposed to RPC.
In respect to states that have
RPC laws, Christmtsa argued
that they were seaboard states
and have large minority popula
tions but that no udd-westom
states have such laws.
He wound up hie testimony be
fore the committee by pleading
with the committee to "Please let
us continue to go along with our
employees, neighbors and friends
without threatening to send us
to Jail.”
He then Introduced six other
speakers who spoke briefly against
the proposed bill.
The first of these speakers wss
M. J. Galvin, 8L Paul, former
state senator and now legislative
counsel for state railroads, who
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