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AUTUMN BY SPfNSfR
Then came the Autumn, all in yellow clad.
As thought he joyed in his plenteous store,
Laden with fruits that made him laugh
full glad
That he had banished hunger, which before
Had by the belly oft pinched sore;
Upon his head a wreath, that was enroled
With ears of com of every sort he bon-.
And in his hand a sickle he did hold.
To reap the ripened fruit which the earth
had yielded. Spenser.
TWENTIETH YEAR, NO 12
St. Paul Citizens Urged
Vote Help Get Out Big
On November Nov. 3
St. Paul citizens were urged today to join in an intensive
efort to obtain a large vote at the bond issue-charter amend
ment election Nov. 3.
The request came from Harold J. Cummings, chairman of
the committee heading the campaign for support of the im
provement plan.
"The election for the bond issue
and charter amendment is all im
portant to every man. woman,
and child in St. Paul," Cummings
said in a statement for this news
paper
"If the improvement plan is ap
proved, St. Paul will have the
schools and playgrounds to which
its children are entitled. It will
have adequate health, police and
fire protection. It will have good
streets and a good sewer system.
The election will answer the
question: progress or decay. A
city either goes forward or back
ward."
The bond issue proposal calls
for 538.954.000 for:
Sewer construction and rehabili
tation. new schools and rehabili
tation of others, needed fire and
police equipment, a health center,
parks and playgrounds projects,
street lighting improvements,
auditorium repairs additional
libraries. a civic educational!
center and a civic athletic and re-
Massey Appreciation Day
At Pilgrim Baptist Church
Sunday; Morrow Speaker
By Mildred Jordan
Rev. J. T. Morrow, executive secretary of the St. Paul
Council of Churches, will be guest speaker at the 11 a. tn. ser
vice at Pilgrim Baptist church. West Central Avenue at Grotto
on Sunday, October 25th, when the church will observe *'Massey
Appreciation Day” in tribute to its pastor. Rev. Floyd Massey
Jr., who has served the church and community for nine years
Rev. Massey, who accepted the
pastorate in September, 1944. has
given outstanding service to the
church and community. Under his
leadership, the full membership
has grown to over 1000 with 700
residential members.
Among the numerous improve
ments and advancements made
under Rev. Massey's leadership
are: the erection of the three
story Educational Unit, well
equipped with new furniture and
oil burner at a cost of $80,000;
the establishment of a budget
system; creation of the Board of
Religious Education and the So
cial Action Committee; launching
of an Educational Building Fund
Campaign; removal of $5 000 debt
on the Sanctuary and burning of
the mortgage: installation of a
Public Address System, and many
other physical improvements to
the church structure.
A graduate of Johnson C Smith
College. Charlotte, N. C. and Col
gate-Rochester Divinity School.
Rochester. N. Y. Rev. Massey has
served, not only the church and
the community, but the city of
St. Paul by his wide interest in
civic aetvities. He has appeared
as a speaker at Macalester Col
lege, Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran
College. Hamline University.
Carleton College and Bethel Col-
lege He has appeared on radio
and TV panels for the National
Conference of Christians and
Jews, the Minnesota Welfare Con
ference and has appeared for such
other organizations as the Minne
sota State PT A the Brotherhood
of Sleeping Car Porters and the
Twin City Baptist Union Institute.
Bev. Maaaey has been an In
structor for the Minnesota State
Baptist Youth Fellowship Rum
mer Camp of the American Bap
tist Convention since IMS and has
been Bible Teacher and Camp
Pastor of the Family Summer
Campa since IMO.
One of Rev. Massey* major
achievement* »-as the successful
campaign he spearheaded by the
Maxfield PTA and other commun
ity organisation* for a new school
to replace the aged and inade
quate Maxfield School from De
cember 1952 through May 1953
Largely a* a result of his effort*
and vision, the School Board vot
ed
to purchase an
entire city block and have an ar
chitect draw up plana Upon a
favorable vote tn the cornin*
Bond Issue election a new struc
ture will be erected on the site
Rev Maaaey u president of the
Baptist Convention National Bap
tist Convention. ÜBA . Inc.;
vico president of the .National
Baptist Convention, vice presi
dent of the interracial Minnesota
State Pastors Conference nee
chairman of the Board of three-
i Continued on pace <)
CEdar 0922
creation center.
Approval of the charter amend
ment is necessary to give the
community the funds it does not
have at present for essential ser
vices through 1954. The amend
ment would increase per capita
taxation limitations.
Although St. Paul needs more
teachers, about 240 teachers and
other members of the educational
staff must be dropped unless the
amendment is passed. The com
munity should have 100 firemen,
but instead is threatened with a
reduction of 28 men because of
lack of funds. Similarity, unless
the amendment is approved, at
least 18 policemen must be drop
ped.
Passage of the amendment also
is necessary to assure sufficient
personnel for the city health de
partment. including the nurses for
innoculation services for all
school children.
Standard Club
Athletic Director
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■J \ JLfe
W"' A
JESSE MAYS
Jesse Mays is the new Athletic
Director of the Standard Club.
Mr Mays a native of Chatanooga.
Tenn., where he received his early
education, is a graduate of New
England Institute of Anatomy,
Boston. Mass. His laboratory
work was done at Harvey Medical
School. He also studied for one
year at the University of Wis
consin.
He is a World War II veteran,
having spent 2H years in Europe
and was wounded in the second
invasion He is a member of
Johnnie Baker Post No. 291 of
the American Legion; is an ac
tive steward of St. Peters AME
church and is also connected with
the Woodard Funeral Home.
He resides with his wife, Mrs
Susie M Mays at his home. 3301
25th Ave S.. Minneapolis
C. 1.0. Leader To
Be Principal Speaker
At NAACP Confab
Russell Lasley. international
vice-president of the United
Packinghouse Workers of Ameri
ca. CIO (UPWAI. will be the
principal speaker at the fourth
annual state conference of the
Minnesota NAACP to be held
Saturday. Nov. 7.
The conference was originally
scheduled for October 31. but was
postponed for one week
The Confab will be an all day
affair with registration to begin
at 10 a m. and will wind up with
a dinner that evening
The Mill City branch is the host
branch this year and the confer
ence will be at the Phyllis Wheat
ley house
FALL CONCERT SUNDAY
AT ZION BAPTI.IT
The Senior Choir of Zion Bap
tist church Fall Concert. Oct 25
1953 Bpm Come, bring a friend
Mr W B Hale director
Mrs Ruth Moms president
Rev H W Botts pastor
’ i4n
So*-
St.
Official Family Of Dining Car Employees Union
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Harmony reigned Monday night, Oct. 19. when the new general chairman of Dining Car
Employees I’nion Local 516, Robert Patterson wan installed at the local home at 525 Rondo,
St. Paul Officers of the local with Mr. Patterson posed for the above photo.
In the photo, seated in front row is Nathaniel Oalloway, president; Robert Patterson, the
new general chairman; Leyton Weston, international representative ami Leonard Carter, aee’y.
treas. Standing, Maceo Finney, assistant general chairman, Lionel Allen, recording secretary
Leon Smith, trustee; Cleat Oliver Sr., chairman house committee and Wilbur Cartwright, vice
pres. (See story elsewhere in this edition.— Buzz Brown photo.
TB CONSULTANT VISITS MINNEAPOLIS
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Phoebe Hoff, right, was a Minneapolis visitor this week
at the Mississippi Valley Conference on Tuberculosis held at
Hotel Nicollet. She is rehabilitation consultant for the National
Tuberculosis Association, New York.
Miss Goff took part in a panel discussion this week on re
habilitation. at the University of Minnesota and is shown with
Borghild Hansen, director of the , ——————————
University’s occupational ther- j The Duluth ordinance, which
apy department, who conducted i was passed in June, applies to the
the panel. j city and its departments, divisions
She also attended the Minne- , and bureaus, and to private busi
apolis Urban League annual fall j nesses with two Yir more em
tea and the monthly meeting of ployees Although the ordinance
the NAACP Sunday. I provides for a five member, non-
Her job which takes her all salaried Commission on Job Dis
over the country, is to help state : crimination, charged with carry
and county TB associations set up ’ ing out the purposes and terms
rehabilitation programs for tuber- ' of the ordinance, it fails to pro
culosis patients. She also conducts ■ vide the Commission with the
studies and surveys. legal means of enforcement Du-
“I almost never get a chance to luth is the second city In Minne
see my own back yard. I’m so sota to ban employment dis
busy," she says, "but the work is 1 crimination.
interesting enough to make up ■ " -
for the small amount of home oMEiiA FRAT. TO MEET
,if *£ ... . The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
"The biggest need in the re- ..." , . ,
. ... . »to . ... wlll hold *t« regular bi-monthly
habihtation of TB patients is to . , .
\ . meeting Sunday. October 25th at
make employers and the com- 3 at the home of Th,,™,
mumty accept the fact that a dis- 4M N<jrth WeJltern AvP
charged TB patient, whose "cure" ... . ....
; , . j ’ . . All members are requested to
is completed, can work and do a
good job." she continued. ‘There ■ presen .
is also need for more community "National Loaque” Teams Headed
" « y ••prMid-*" B«tah p<u.n
Miss Goff is now completing The eight “National League” teams in the Minneapolis
work on her doctor’s degree in NAACP membership drive are headed by league “President
vocational rehabilitation and Beulah Peters. This league, Mrs. Peters said, is raising its bat
holds a master’s degree from Col- ting average every day as the member drive nears the ninth
umbia University. She studied ! inning.’’ She said she expected her league to make a good re-
fer her master's on a National ■ port this week when the workers meet Thursday at Wheatley
Urban League scholarship and House
also has been a student at Fisk Regional Secretary Bernard
University
Brown is scheduled to return Oc
tober 29 for the fin*! report meet
ing So far only 202 new member*
Duluth Raises have reported and the branch
Total Of FEPC goal thl * year thereby ,hort
YJ. 198 member* to date
CftKS To 30 Membership* will be accepted
Duluth iJLC Service) — With by thl* paper at it* Minneapolis
the adoption of fair employment office. 314 Third Ave. S . chair
practice* ordinance* in Clairton man Mose* Blackwell announced
Pennsylvania and Duluth, Mlnne- last week.
•Ota. the total number of cities The "National League" team*
which now bar employment di*- and captain* are a* follow*: St.
crimination ha* reached thirty. Louis Cardinal* Henry Thoma*
The Clairton ordinance which captain: Irma Bowien and Sarah
was passed in April of thia year, is Vaughn, players. Brooklyn Dod
regarded a* one of the best of its Ken — Harold Combs captain;
kind It ha* broad coverage ap- Tel* Burt. Jim Ward Dori* Miller
plying to all public and private and Thoma* Hibb* player* Mll
busineeee* with one or more em- waukee Braves-- Wenxel Miller,
ployees. Violations are punishable captain. Zora Languma, Otis
by fines up to *IOO and an FTP Spencer and Zrolom* Abernathy
Commission has been set up with players
power to investigate, adjust and Pittsburgh Pl rats* Etherleen
rule on complaints of disen min* Curns. captain Dell* Ross and A
tk>n Clairton is the sixth city in B Wright players New York
Pennsylvania to enact such an or- Giants- William Cratic, captain:
dtnance luiur* Thoma* and E*rl Stewart.
ST. PAUL. MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, OC
OBER 23, 1953
Dr. Ralph Bunch*
To Address St. Paul
Council January 18
Milton V Bergstedt. board
chairman, and Russell K Myers,
executive director, of the St Paul
Council of Human Relatione an
nounce that Ralph J. Bundle has
agreed to apeak at the 10th Ann!-
veraary Dinner of the Council,
January 18.
Mr. Bunehe la director of the
United Nations Truateeship Coun
cil w Hih engagement to apeak la
conditioned only by the unfor
aeen possibility of an assignment
out of thia country. The subject
of his talk and announcement ax
to reservations will be made later
Further plana for the 10th an
niveraary of the Council of Hu
man Relatione include a member
ship drive starting November 1
under the chairmanahip of Mrs
Richard H. Ruaselll and a pageant
to be given on the evenings of
January 20th and 21at, at Cen
tral High achool, under the
general direction of Mrs Lloyd A
Hatch, chairman of the 10th An
niversary Committee.
The Council is also sponsoring
two city-wide contests for pub
lic. parochial and private school
children from 7th grade up. with
prize* of $lO and $5 for first and
escond in each contest, and
awards for honorable mention.
Children in grades 7. 8 and 9 will
compete in making the finest
poster depicting the work and
objectives of the Council High
school students In grades 10. 11
and 12 will compete in designing
an emblem suitable for the
Council's stationery or other use.
Rules are being mailed to all
schools in St. Paul and vicinity
i Judges will be Malcolm Lein of
| the St. Paul Gallery and School
of Art. Peter Lupori of St.
Catherine's College, and Miss Ig
nore Linehan of the St Paul l*ub
: lie school* Awards will be made
at the Anniversary Dinner Jan
! uary 18.
Bachelor of Arts with a major In
player.. Cincinnati Red. Ger- ; ArU Bnd B mlnor
trude Palm., captain; Judge Ed (n th<
ward Watte. Bernice Henry and Mrg Tucker hBJ| B(BO at tended
Laura Grow, player. Chicago th< Art In , titute of for
Cub.- Flora Pattern captain; yeßn| H „ dutl „ , t th<
Edna Haydon. Burie Carmichael Community Houw will carry di-
Marie Reddick, Charle. Wexler. , rßct re«pon.ibilltiea for work in
G Marity and F Hanwm players
Lorraine Curry
Makes Debut In
"A Twia Is Bent”
Ix» Angeles Mis* I-orralne
Curry. daughter of Mr. and Mr*
riharlea Currv 383 fl Fifth Ave S
made her debut as an actress In
the play "A Twig la Bent." a
new play bv Jewell Adam*, with
an all star Ne—ro cast. on October
fl at 8:30 p m at Ben Bard'a
Playhouse Hothrwood. Calif The
play had Its w-r M’s premiere on
Oct fl here
Mi Ha Cure" nHv* the part of
fleida" in *h» tlon Rhe la
associated ’he Camargo Al-
lied Arts (d--—' 'Vorkahop The
"Twig" <a *•- ' major pro-
Big Maxfield PTA
Mass Meeting On
Monday, Oct. 26
>*ull success of all paat effort*
tn behalf of the Maxfield School
will warrant the presence of
everyone in the community at a
big mass meeting on Monday, Oc
tober 2fl at S p m. at Maxfted
school. conducted by the PTA
The community will be well in
formed by Frank Starkey, repre
aentative of the Tradea and La
bor Assembly, on all item* cover
ed in the bond issue and charter
amendment. namely: schools,
streets. flood control, sewers,
bridge*, educational centera, ath
letic center, parka and play
ground*. auditorium. library,
street light*, garbage, traffic con
trol. etc.
The long awaited actual sket
ches and plana for the new aehool
will be shown and explained by
the school architect* A review of
the work done by the Adviaory
Building Committee over the
summer months, will be given by
Rev. Floyd Massey Jr, chairman
Remember, every well Informed
person will vote “yea" twice at
the election November 3rd
Crispus Attacks
Ass’n. Holds Its*
Annual Meeting
The Criapus Attucks Asxocln
tion held its annual meeting
Thursday night. Oct. 15 at Pil
grim Baptist church.
Hyland Stokes was reelected
president of the association. Other
officers elected were: Calvin Tay
lor, vice-president; Mrs. Nelson
Speese, secretary
Board members elected were as
follows: Mr and Mrs Clyde Allen.
Frank Boyd. Mrs. Bailey Morris
Rev. J. W. Junell. Mrs Charles
Park. Mrs Pierce Atwater. Ran
som Goins. Mrs. Kate Neil. Dr J.
W. Crump, Dr. Earl Weber. Mrs.
Edward Moore, Mrs. Raymond
Bledsoe. Mrs Ben Alexander.
George Brooks, I<eroy Caleman,
Marion Brown. Rtephen Maxwell.
Mrs. Hyland Stoke*. Rev. Denzil
Carty. Frank M Hmith and Mrs
James Hughes.
Appearing on a brief musical
program was Harriet Byrd Gor
don, Richard Murphy and Harriet
Belle Smith
Rev. Denzil Carty, rector of St.
Philip's church spoke on "The
New Science of the New Age "
Attends Funeral: Miss Leo
Sparks of Chicago, niece of Mrs
Jessie Allison, arrived in the city
on Friday. October Pi to attend
funeral services for her uncle,
Mr Everett Allison Miss Sparks
is a teacher in the Chicago aehool
system. She returned to her home
on Monday. October 20.
New Hallie
Staff Member
ANITA TUCKER
A recent addition to the staff
of the Hallie Q. Brown Commun
ity House la Mr*. Anita B Tucker.
1045 Carroll Avenue, St. Paul.
Mrs. Tucker is a native of Chi
cago. 111. and a graduate of Fisk
University, Nashville. Tenn.,
where she received the degree of
the teen age department. Mrs
Tucker has been a Scout leader,
member of the Flak University
Stage craftear and on the staff of
the Ada Park In Chicago She ia
also a member of the St. Paul
Urban league Guild and the Al
pha Kappa Alpha Soronty.
duction She ia a teacher in the
school syatem of Los Angeles
Mias Curry during her early
teens, wrote, directed. produced
and acted in her own summer
stock. Her bark yard In Minne
apolis waa the theater for such
productions
This paper does not charge for
news. However It does not run
advertising disguised as news
free!
To us in America the debate Itself is not
the thing. Our overriding concern is that
German soldiery be brought into the de
fense of the West. France must make up
her mind, and soon, whether Germans are
to wear a common European uniform or
their own field gray. If she stalls much
longer or rejects the army treaty, leaving
no hopeful alternative, we Americana will
have to work out our own arrangements
which, as France knows, means some kind
of U. 8 military accord with West Ger
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Masons Active:
Inter City Gang Fight
Rumored; Police Ready
To Jail Participants
Masonic lodge officers were still investigating Wednesday
a report that a group of Twin City teen-agers have been plan
ning a gang fight on Friday, October 33.
Some St. Paul youths admitted that the friction was be
tween them and boya from the Minneapolis Northside. The
Minneapolis youths were reportedly chased from St. Paul last
week end. They told me Saintly
City youths that they would be
back thia Friday, Oct. 23, in great
numbers.
A St Paul father discovered a
long switch-blade knife in the pos
session of hla eon. Further in
quiry revealed that a number of
St. Paul youths were collecting
weapons for the proposed gang
Hght.
Masonic grand lodge officials
who became interested, have alert
ed both the Minneapolis and St.
Paul police. Youths In groups Fri
day and Saturday will be stopped
and questioned Those who have
weapons on their persons will be
arrested. Parents have been urg
ed to warn their teen-age chil
dren against such behaviour.
Years ago there were sporadic
outbreaks between Twin City
kids usually started by quarrels
over girls but in recent years
gang fights have been out. Such
rivalry which has existed has
been on the football field and the
gynin.
Henry Thomas, head resident of
Phyllis Wheatley said ho had
learned that the chief trouble
started between youths IM to 19
years old nt a donee
He stated emphatically that any
member of any of the Wheatley
teams who participates in any
type of gang fights will tie barred
from the house and athetlc acti
vity.
Both Minneapolis and St Paul
police say there is not going to be
any gang fights even If they have
to haul a lot of people to jail.
Alice Onque, executive direc
tor of Hallie Q Brown House
said when apprised of the threat
ened gang ruckus said:
"It has come to our attention
that a number of teen-agers are
Implicated In what might become
an ugly gang fight with teen
agers of Minneapolis. The result
of such a situation, if It developed
would have disastrous consequen
ces.
“The record to date of our Twin
City teen-agers has been of the
highest calibre Certainly Hallie
Q Brown House could never con
done or sympathize with Individ
uals who allow themselves to get
Into trouble or Involved In a sit-
uation that will embarrass the
citizens of both communities and
destroy the progress which we
are making dally."
Mrs Onque said Hallie Q
Brown House does not plan to
curtail any of Its week end ac
tivity Including Its Friday night
dance because she said that she
and her staff expect to receive the
continued cooperation of the ma
jority of the teen agers who avail
themselves of the recreational
facillltles of the house.
Twin City Masonic lodges are
reported also prepared to back
the Spokesman and Recorder
newspapers campaigns against
narcotics peddlers In the Twin
Cities who sell marijuana and
heroin to teen-agers.
Byrnes Fails To Reply
To Russian UN Delegate
Who Twits Him On Rights
Byrne* Prove* Liability
To U. S. in UN Debate
New York (ANPI The
first repercussions from the ap
pointment of Gov. James F.
Byrnes as delegate to the United
Nations occurred here last week
as a Rusalon delegate reminded
South Carolina's chief executive
that "people who live In glass
houses should not throw stones."
Byrnes. supporter of white
supremacy, had accused Russia
dominated countries with violat
ing the human rights provisions of
their post World War II peace
treaties.
Russia's Jacob A Malik rose to
defend his country and reminded
Byrnes of his own state of South
Carolina.
Malik took the floor In the UN
general assembly's political Com
mittee and told Byrnes:
"Look at your own state. I have
read in the American press that
you are called ‘racist No. 1’ —la
other words, one who is in favor
DfBATt NOT THI THING
Robert Petterson
Named General
Chairman 516
Robert M. Patterson, 35, Great
Northern Railway employee was
elected general chairman of Din
ing Car Employees Union, local
518 In a special election held to
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ROBERT PATTERSON
fill the vacant office created by
the resignation ot Hector P. Vas
sar. former general chairman who
had held the position for nearly
seven years
Mr. Patterson attended Fisk
University for four years and has
studied extensively at the Globe
Business College in St. Pau.
Mr Patterson served four and
one half years in the armed for
ces ns a Master Sergeant. He
took part in the campaigns of
North Africa. Sicily and Italy.
He has the distinction of having
been awarded meritorius service
plaques frojn the former gover
nor of the state of Illinois. Adlai
Stevenson and from the Com
mander-in-Chlef of the Allied Ex
peditionary Forces. General
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mr Patterson has been active
tn Local 516 since joining in 1938.
At present he la chairman of the
Constitutional Committee
Installation of the new general
chairman took place Monday. Oc
tober 19. 1953. at the Local's
Headquarters. In his inaugural
address, Mr Patterson pledged
his devotion to trade union prin
ciples and announced his program
by which greater improvements,
both economic and in improved
working conditions can be achiev
ed
Local 516 has Jurisdiction over
all Dining Car employees on the
Great Northern. Soo Line, Chi
cago and Northwestern Omaha
Division, and the Northern Pacif
ic Railroads.
The selection of the defeated
candidate. Maceo Finney for the
assistant general chairman post
Indicated that harmony reigns in
the local.
of violating the UN Charter. Yet,
you say human rights are not re
spected tn these three countries."
The three countries discussed
were Hungary, Romania and Bul
garia.
Malik went on to point out to
Bymes that in these countries
human rights are not based on
"race or color of skin.
Apparently the Russian dele
gate's answer stumped Byrnes,
for the South Carolinian, known
for his attitude on Negro rights,
refrained from answering.
Libera! forces throughout the
country objected to Byrnes' ap
pointment to the UN poet. They
said It would leave the U.B.A.
vulnerable to such attacks as
witnessed here last week.
In opposing Byrnes these
groups cited his long record of
opposition to issues of interest to
minorities, especially Negroes.
The Malik-Byrnes exchange
came during the committee's de
bate on the issue of admitting
new members to the UN.
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