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25, 1953
South Will Accept Integrated Schools?
The lively debate and dire predictions of trouble in event
the U. 8. Supreme Court outlaws Jimcrow schools in the south
have called forth many varied prophecies. An article on this
paper’s front page this week from the pen of Benard Erick, a
visiting English professor who teaches in the South in the
summer reveals that many southerners are prepared to accept
the decision of the U. 8. Supreme court if it is against the tra
ditional southern pattern of race segregation in public schools
Added confirmation of the English teacher's views are
found in a pamphlet issued recently by the Southern Regional
Council, an interracial organisation of church, labor, business
and professional people from some 13 southern states. The
group includes many of the leading white and Negro citizens
of that area.
The report predicted that the South would accept any de
cision offered in a peaceful manner, and that attempts to cir
cumvent a ruling outlawing Jim Crow schools such ns abolish
ing public schools—as suggested by Gov. Jainca J. Byrnes of
South Carolina would be unworkable.
Other pertinent observations by the pamphlet made these
predictions:
1. That In the event the high tribunal orders the end of seg
regation, Integration will not come overnight; the transition
woukl be gradual.
Z. Thai If the court upholds the •epnrste-but-equal system,
the financial strain to provide “equal” schools would force many
many southern counties to abandon the system.
S. That a decision against segregation would affect only
those areas involved In the five school suits. Other suits would he
necessary to get decisions affecting other areas.
4. The end of segregation would not mean the end of Negro
teachers. The general shortage In this profession would make
any mass discharge of colored teachers unlikely.
We are much more willing to believe the Southern Region
al Council for it represents the beat thinking in the south which
does not stem from the politicians who have waxed fat for
years from “keeping the Negro in his place.’’
The expensive, unequal, unfair Jim Crow school system in
the south is a mockery of the democratic system of government
and the time has come for its abandonment and the removal
of one more relic of the “white supremacy” theory which ia
today proving so embarrassing to the United States among the
nations of the world.
Let’s Get That Big League Team
The whole Twin Cities should get behind the efforts of
Gerald Moore, president of the Minneapolis Chamber of Com
ineree, the St. Paul Association, ami others who are working
hard to attract a major league franchise to Minnesota.
We hope the St. Louis Brown franchise, which is available
will come to the Twin Towns. 11 w ill take a lot more doing than
talk and such pieces as this in the papers tn bring the club
here, but we think the two cities can get the nod from the
Browns ownership if we get up off our seats ami get out and
back the efforts being made to sell the team owners on our
towns as the place the team should move 10.
With no reflection on cither the Winter Carnival or the
Aquiitenuial, a big league baseball team would bring more visi
tors to the cities in a couple of days than both our festivals
put together bring in a week, and the guests would repeat
those visits many times during the summer. This would mean
more business for our stores.
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Hundreds of readers of this paper, living in these two
cities go down to Chicago or Milwaukee once or twice a year
to see the big league teams play. This is especially true since
the Negro players like Robinson, Campanella, Satehvll Paige.
Doby and others have put a little “color” in the National Pna
time.
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C. D. Doty Energized Masons
The retirement of Charles 1) Doty as grand master of the
Prince Hall Masonic Grand Lodge of the Minnesota jurisdiction
brings to mind the fine work which Mr. Doty did to energize
the Masonic fraternity in this area.
A tireless worker and a competent leader of the craft Doty
aroused the lodge in this region from a lethargy and made it
a group synonymous with fraternal and civic progress.
Perhaps his most significant contribution was the public
relations program by which he identified ths Masonic lodges
with all of the worthwhile civic programs Formerly the Mas
onie lodges had for some reason appeared to remain aloof from
the important movementa which had to do with the progress of
the Negro group outside the lodge hall. Under Doty's admin
istration the various lodges supported and took part in such
movements as the NAACP, the Urban League, the United
Negro College Fund, and every public event which they could
under their rules participate. As a result, many members were
attracted to the Masonic lodge by its assumption of civic
responsibility who would not have been otherwise attracted
The pattern launched by grand master Doty in Minnesota
has been followed by other jurisdictions. A number of grand
lodges make substantial financial contribution* to the legal
department of the NAACP which ha* been carrying on the
fight for equality in the high courts of the land
Charles Doty’s efforts in the direction of the erection of a.
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Masonic temple in the Twin Cities did not bear complete fruit
but there ia evidence that the program will go on to successful
completion. Certainly Doty’s work has laid the ground for the
building of Maaonic home to further add to the prestige of the
order.
People of thia area no doubt will join the Masons in saying
to Mr. Doty, "Congratulationa on a job well done!”
Note to Senator Ferguson (Rep. Mich.) Dear Sen.; We’ve
got a chance with those liberals you_call "egg heads" but the
flood Lord save us from the "bone-headed" conservatives who
don’t know the world hits changed.
That North Korean Red flyer who flew into UN lines with
a Russian MIO and did not know he was flying SIOO,OOO into
his pockets claims he doesn’t have much education. Boy, with
that kind of luck you don't need much education!
Hancock Comments On
Stevenson’s Observation That
U. S. Prestige Is Declining
Richmond. Va.—When the inimitable Adlai Stevenson returned
from his world tour and reported that the prestige of our nation was
waning, hia was not a revelation but a confirmation of what studious
persons had long known One of the current tragedies of the hour
Is thin selfsame decline of our once mighty prestige. It is enough to
till with consternation the heart of the patriot.
When World War I ended in 1918 ours was the most popular
nation in the world Our prestige was boundless and powerful and
for good. We had just thrilled the world with our slogan. "Make the
world safe for democracy," and the nations of the earth worshipped
at the Invisible shrine of our glory. There was a world-wide halo
about the diadem of our nation's greatness and the name. America
stirred in the hearts of the nation’s dreams of democracy and brother
hood and practical Christianity.
Hut. today, how changed. Not only are our Integrity and fame
being assaulted by the godless Russians with their wicked ideologies
of atheism; but the nations we have fed when they were hungry, and
clothed when they were naked, and defended when they were attack
ed, are shewing signs of disbelieving in us and our way of life.
What is the secret of our friendlessness among the nations’ The
sooner our statesmen ascertain this fact the wxmer we hall be ready
to go all out In our drive against the Communists. We have never
put our heart into the war In Korea which Is a war against Com
munism. There has never been that enthusiasm that swept our land
when the Kaiser was marching in 1914.
For one thing the people are not as certain of our ultimate ob
jectives as they were in World War I. When the nation broke faith
with their Negro soldiers in 1918 and conscripted them to fight for a
democracy that was subsequently denied them, it weakened the
faith of many in the Integrity of the nation's promises and pledges.
When a nation cries liberation and democracy on the highway of
the nations and knows deep down in its heart that such liberation and
democracy are for whites only, there is a moral weakening and divi
sion that have a debilitating effect on the morale of the nation We
are currently divided in this nation with half craving justice and
equality and integration for all the citiiens and the other craving these
for whites only.
The loss of our national prestige Is not nearly so important as our
loss in our struggle with Russia Russia has one objective and that
la to concentrate on defeating the United States The United States
has three objectives, namely, the segregation of the Negroes of
America, the perpetuation of the doctrine of white supremacy
throughout the earth and lastly, the resistance to Russia and its
Communism.
Just whether we. with three objectives can defeat Russia With
one. la a matter which history must declsre But herein lies the cause
of our decaying prestige Whether a nation divided can match a na
tion united, remains to be seen We may as well face the ugly facta,
we who love America must speak plainly'
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Just as a man does not have to be perfect to be great, so a
nation does not have to be faultless to Im* a great nation. Our na
tion with all Its faults In a great and mighty nation. The Ideals
It espouses are worth fighting for, even though these ld<-als are
short of fulfillment, especially as concerns the nun-white elements
of our population.
We have spent and are still spending billions, but our pres
tlge kia'ps on declining and it has come about that we are the
most unappreciated and hated of all nations. Great llritaln. which
has profited moat from our generosity, seems more Inclined to
give comfort to our bitterest enemies. It all goes to show how
truthful is the adage that bought friends are never paid for
WHAT’S THE ANSWER?
Then. too. everybody seems to understand that in the back
ground of our foreign and domestic policies Is our subtle com
mittment to the cause of white supremacy and that the said com
mittments an- coaling ua billions in taxes and untold sacrifices In
a hundred ways.
AMERICAN MAI.AMSM
Mitlanlsm In South Africa has its counterpart here In Ameri
ca so manifest in the pernicious coalition between the reactonary
Democrats of the South and the Republicans of the north led so
effectively by Harry Flood Hyrd of Virginia and the late Robert
Taft of Ohio.
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PRAISES GREAT BOOKS PROGRAM
Editor: Bigotry result* in the setting of group against group. Ne
gro against white. There can be no real prejudice wher Negro and
white work together, or play together, or share their ideas together.
We believe that it is good for the democratic ideal, therefore, when
ever men and women of all groups associate in a common purpose.
The Great Book discussion groups offer to any adult a chance to
read and discuss classic books with other sympathetic adults. In
fact, the theory behind this adult education method is that the mem
bers will come from different backgrounds. Of course such an idea
would be anathema to a Jimmy Byrnes, but not to one interested in
the democratic ideal This is a program that offers a good opportun
ity to do something constructive about group relationship. You will
also learn a lot, and maybe have some fun. We think that the Min
neapolis Public Library should be congratulated on sponsoring Great
Books. Is-noil Drel, Minneapolis, Minn.
A "Welcome** To Minneapolis
A newcomer to Minneapolis, a young Negro with an advanced
degree from one of the top-rank engineering schools, has been trying
ing for several weeks to get satisfactory living quarters in the city.
Because of his color, he has found the odds running heavily against
him. Certain areas are closed to him. There is a neighborhood chill in
the air as he looks for housing. Rents in the so-called Negro districts
tend to be excessively high, and the available accommodations shabby
and unattractive The young engineer has a responsible job in the
community, but forces of long standing make is difficult for him to
find decent housing.
We cite the case merely to give point to a leaflet just released by
the governor's interracial commission titled "The Negro as a Neighbor
in Minnesota.” Thia leaflet acknowledges that the Minnesota Negro
has made much progress in 15 years—in employment, in the armed
services, even in his unquestioned acceptance by moat of the better
hotels. Yet he still lives largely in segregated areas, and when he tries
to escape from the blight and dilapidation of those areas, he finds his
way blocked, much too often, by prejudice and high-walled custom.
Minnesota has a law against restrictive covenants passed by the
last legislature. But the real heart of the segregation problem is the
prejudice of the white citizen, of which such covenants are only one
small manifestation. Very often that prejudice fades quickly when
community—or neighborhood—leadership is exerted against segrega
tion. The individual can do much to alter the particular climate of
opinion which fosters segregation simply by having the courage to
speak up against it when the lines are drawn. It is surprising—or is
It T—how far a good example throws its light.—Editorial In Sept. 21
Minneapolis TRIBUNE.
"The Shame of Sunday Morning"
There Is more Jim Crowlsm In America at eleven o’clock on
Sunday morning than at any other,” a clergyman charged at a recent
church convention in Cleveland.
Now, after covering a considerable portion of the country to
Investigate the charge. I know just what he meant. We American*
have fought race discrimination In sports, in labor unions, in edu
cation and have scored great victories. But one place where we
can't seem to put the idea of human brotherhood across Is, ironically,
in church.
If Jim Crow's gaunt specter eventually is to be driven from the
temple, young members of our church must do it, for they are the
ones with the strength and the desire for fair play. And make no
mistake the fight already has begun. But progress is pathetically
slow.
Jim Crowism is hitting us and hurting us—with a Sunday punch.
In Minneapolis, two Negro children came to church and were
admitted to Sunday school. Nothing was said until they were leav
ing. Then a deacon of the church drew them aside and said, "I don't
think you'd better come back here any more. This really isn't your
church, you know.”
In Portsmouth. Ohio, a Negro woman prominent in civic affairs
was Invited to speak at a "white” church. Two weeks before the event
was to take place, It was called off. The minister of the church halt
ingly explained that "some of his people" objected and two women
had threatened to quit the church if a Negro came to speak. The
occasion for which the speech had been planned was Brotherhood
Week!
In Detroit, at a large downtown church, a young girl member
took a friend of hers, a Negro girl, to a Friday-night church movie.
They were stopped at the door. The Negro girl was handed fifty
cents and told, "Please take this and go to some other movie.”
In Indianapolis, a group of Negro boys asked if they could use
the gymnasium of a neighborhood church for basketball practice.
They were told no, the gym was unsafe The gym was not unsafe,
however, when white boys asked and were granted the same favor
Jim Crowism in churches wears a kid glove on its hand. Its
operating slogan is: "Tell them in a nice way . . . "Tell them in a nice
way that they're not wanted here. They'll take the hint.
By sheer weight of numbers, the problem is primarily a Protest
ant one. A ISMS study estimated that 8.300.000 Negroes belonged to
some Christian church, approximately 8.000.000 of them Protestants
and 300,000 Roman Catholics.
The Communists love it. Jim Crowism in America is ink for
their propaganda presses Perhaps, then, we ought to keep quiet about
it; hush it up and pretend it isn't there. "On the contrary," insists the
Reverend Janie A Pike. Dean of the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John
the Divine, in New York, "the Communists know all about it. So does
the whole world The best thing that we can do is to show that not
all of us approve of it. that some of us are dead set against it— and
that we also speak for America.’*
Above are quotes from penetrating article to appear in the
Redbook Magazine by Howard Whitman
In a letter to the Omaha Star the publisher of Redbook says.
"The article tells what is happening today in the church movement
against segregation.”
We recommend the article to all who enjoy reading the truth
even when it is unpleasant—Omaha Star.
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Page 2, St. Paul RECORDER, Friday, September 25 1953
PUBLISHERS CORNER
The Minnesota Press, official monthly publication of our Minne
sota Editorial Association had an interesting reprint in its Septem
ber edtion. The piece was by H M Sutherland, owner and editor of
The Dickensonian of Clintwood, Virginia. It struck so many re
sponsive chords in the mind of this column’s conductor that we are
herewith reprinting it, not in self pity, but in the thought that here
is proof that we have many fellow sufferers:
' “Looking lazily back over the last 40 hectic years, we have come
to the conclusion that there are three things in the world in which all
men are experts. These are (a) coaching a high school football team,
(b) raising the neighbor’s children, and (c) editing and operating a
country weekly newspaper.
"The average citizen may be slightly confused by the principles
of atomic fission, he may not exactly understand the marital status
of his favorite Hollywood star, and he may on occasion wonder what
has become of Harold Stassen, but when it comes to a crossbuck
with a three-man interference, and the proper defense against an
end run from a single-wing formation, he can give Alonzo Stagg
cards, spades, and big casino and lick him to a fare-you-well.
"It may be that his own children heed not his admonitions, but
he has no doubts whatsoever about what he would do with those little
brats next door if he had them under his control for just one day.
And furthermore, it would be utterly foolish to attempt to reason
with those kids. What they need is a thorough application of the old
time hickory switch properly placed.
"He is completely convinced that, if he had a newspaper all his
own. Hell would certainly pop, and the world would be saved in the
wink of an eye. In fact, if all these expert opinions about how to oper
ate a weekly newspaper were laid end to end, there could be no ques
tion but that they would bridge the gap that now lies between Joe
McCarthy and the Kremlin.
“Not that we have reached the point where we are refusing to ac
cept any of this expert advice! On the other hand, we welcome it in
the hope that some time something of worth may emerge. From time
to time we have been sorely tempted to follow some of these opinions
and suggestions, but lurking in the background is the specter of a few
libel suits which stifle that impulse. It would be an interesting ex
periment, however, and probably would attract unexpected attention.
"We have published lengthy accounts of marriages filled with
the purity of lilies of the valley and ivory satin, and we deleted the
shotgun that was hidden in the offing. We have helped to send the
departed soul directly through the portals of Heaven when we enter
tained the gravest doubts.
“Despite objurations to follow the truth always, we have pub
lished words of praise for the patriotism and high ideals of political
candidates when we knew that they would have little difficulty in
walking under a snake's belly in a wagon track, even while wearing
a silk topper. We have insulted the memories of the Thespian and
operatic greats by our effusions about amateur performances which
should have refunded the price of admission.
“But somehow we cannot help but think that by our elastic code
we have made things a little more smooth here and there for some
one who otherwise might have been hurt.
“In conclusion we would like to state that we continue to run
our newspaper much as we have been doing in the past years, and
we have a wastebasket that holds one bushel daily into which we ex
pect to continue to drop that which does not fit our creed. We lay no
claim to infallibility, but we stand four-square behind any unsigned
article we publish. We thank you. one and all. for your advice, and
we may come around one of these days and tell you how to run your
business."
WHAT MAKES A NEWSPAPER GREAT?: The editor of a small
weekly, which shall remain unnamed, near press time, was pouring
over 21 photos trying to write the names to go under the cuts in the
paper. For the life of him, neither he nor any member of his staff
could identify three of the 21 pictures.
In desperation he headed for the city room of a daily paper,
which shall also remain un-named. A check with six of the fellows
in the city room was fruitless, the photos did not ring a bell with
them. Thereupon the desperate editor sought the office of the vice
president and executive editor of the giant paper. This worthy, ob
viously with problems of his own. promptly not only identified the
three personalities but proceeded to correct the spelling of Walter
Cramond's moniker. It’s the little things like this, often time-con
suming that MAKE A GREAT NEWSPAPER GREATER.-Cecil
Newman.
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