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T. R. And Campaign Funds
The need foe collecting large campaign
funds would vanish if Congress provided
an appropriation for the proper and legiti
mate expenses of each of the great na
tional parties, an appropriation ample
enough to meet the necessity for thorough
organization and machinery, which re
quires a large expenditure of money. Then
the stipulation should be made that no
party receiving campaign funds from the
Treasury should accept more than a fixed
amount from any indivilual subscriber or
donor.— President Theodore Roosevelt.
Story Of The NAACP:
Handful Of White Citizens!
Formed Militant Rights
Group 47 Years Ago
By CALVIN KYTLE in CORONET for August
Yes, the woman told polici
was a man named George Riel
the neighborhood. A colored ma
A special grand jury was
said it hadn’t been George Ric
she wouldn’t give his name. Thi
In spite or her admission, a mob
went after George Richardson.
Warned, an alert and fearful
mayor whisked Richardson and
his Negro cellmate, an accused
murderer to a nearby town. When
the mob found out what had taken
place they felt cheated and there
was no stopping them.
First they wrecked the restaur
ant of a man whose car was sup
posed to have carried the Negroes
to safety. Then they proceeded
methodically to destroy Negro
businesses and drive Negro famil
ies from their homes.
They set fire to a barber shop
and lynched the Negro barber in
his back yard. They were drag
ging his body through the streets
when the state militia stopped
them with gunfire.
The next night a fresh mob de
cided to make an example of an
84 year old Negro; he’d been
married to a white woman for 30
years. They lynched him within a
block of the State House.
By the time order was restored,
5.000 militiamen were patrolling
the streets. They counted six dead
(two Negro, four white) and 70
injured.
In its cause and casualties, the
race riot of 1908 was like a num
ber of others that rocked Ameri
ca during the early part of this
century. It differed, however, in
two important particulars:
First, it had taken place In
Springfield, Illinois, the home of
Abraham Lincoln, the Great
Emancipator.
Second, it shocked a handful of
white people into organizing the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People.
Today, the NAACP is one of the
most talked-about organizations in
the country, though comparatively
few have any knowledge of Its his
tory. its motives or its methods
For 47 years is has been a ml 11-
flvu Status Kuy:
Northern Negro Vote
May Be Balance Of
Power, Colliers Says
New York City.—Tn a tight Presidential election this year,
Northern Negroes could hold the balance of power, political
expert Theodore H. White writes in the current Collier’s.
White points up the phenomenal concentration of Negroes
in the queen cities of the five biggest voting states in the coun
try: New York, California, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Michi
gan. These states cast 156 elector
al votes, or just 110 short of a
Presidential majority.
In the great cities of these
states, the Negro population runs
from a high of 21 per cent tn Phil
adelphia through 19 per cent in
Detroit. 17 per cent in Chicago. 11
per cent in New York and 11 per
cent in Los Angeles.
For almost 20 years the Negroes
have voted almost solidly Demo
cratic. At the moment the Collier's
expert finds Republican chances
of gain best in New York, indif
ferent in Philadelphia. Chicago
and Los Angeles, and wont in De
troit
"In many states, this (Negro)
vote is absolutely indispensible to
Democratic strategists.” White
says.
In the 1954 race for governor in
New York. Averell Harriman car
ried the entire state by only 11.-
125 votes, while just one of New
York City’s five Negro districts
gave him a majority of 20.221.
Gov. G. Mennen Williams of
Michigan won his race in 1962 by
a statewide margin of 8.600 but
three Negro wards in Detroit gave
him a margin of 28123 votes
alone.
Reporting on the aroused mood
of the American Negro. White
says that for the past two years
since the Supremo Court decision
on desegregation, "there has been
a flare-up of Negro emotions un
precedented since the days of the
Reconstruction. ’
"If .the Republicans choose to
make Negroes Target A from coa-
e—yes, she knew who did it. It
isrdson who’d been working in
in. He’d beaten and raped her.
called. Now the white woman
hardson but a white man. Only
at’ she said, wouldn’t be proper.
tant defender of Negro rights. Yet
outside its own membership, its
name had little public significance
until, ruling on cases NAACP’*
lawyers had brought, the U. 8.
Supreme Court in 1954 outlawed
segregation in the public schools.
Since then, the five initials have
come to stand for almost every
thing connected with the integra
tion movement and the resistance
to it. The fact that many times
the NAACP has only participated
after the fact, or merely been loud
in the cheering section, makes no
difference.
To thousands of whites in the
Deep South It has become the un
mistakable enemy. A network of
White Citizens Councils (300
chapters in Mississippi alone) has
sprung up to fight it South Caro
lina has passed a law prohibiting
public employees from holding
NAACP membership. In Louisi
ana. a 1924 law originally aimed
at the Ku Klux Klan has been re
vived in an effort to suppress
NAACP activity altogether
The president of the U. S.
Chamber of Commerce charges
that its "meddling" has brought
to "a jarring halt the encouraging
progress that was being made
toward good will between the
races." Almost every newspaper
editor below the Mason-Dixon Line
and quite a few above, laments the
NAACP’s "extremist position" and
pleads vaguely that It not "push
too hard" or "move too fast.”
Also, at least one White Coun
cil leader has tried to pin rock
and-roll music on the NAACP.
"A plot to infiltrate and corrupt
teen-agers." he called it.
Among the writers covering
that Springfield riot back in 1908
was a well-to-do Kentuckian
named William English Walling.
Sickened and outraged, he wrote
an impassioned article for a popu
lar liberal weekly. The Independ
(Continued on page 6)
vention through campaign, no
thing can protect the Democrats'
vulnerable moral flank from a Re
publican break-through.” White
says.
'T don’t know how we can go
about persuading these people that
Eastland isn't a Democrat." one
Tammany leader told the Collier’s
i writer.
Discussing today's Negro lead
ers White reports that "rarely
have I met a more impressive pool
of talent and ability.”
White also praises the "constant
and effective indignation" of the
Negro press.
Montgomery PTA Hoad
Resign* Because Of
Integration Proposal
Montgomery. Al*.—(ANTI — A
Montgomery white wom/n resign
ed her post as president of the
County Council of Parents and
Teachers last week because of an
announced policy of the National
PTA to support integration.
The woman, Mrs Betty Baldwin
McLaurine. in a meeting high
lighted by a sharp debate on inte
gration. said tn resigning
*T cannot be any part of an or
ganization that has an Integra
•Jon statement or policy as its
jtlunate goal"
-C 11 dag." Little Waiter and
orchestra a* Friday. August 16.
I Mtaaeapoßs Lahar Temple —Advt.
ST. PAUIiWCOKDKIt
BRIEF I
NEWS ;
SCENE
"High and Lowdown" )
By BAILEE THOMAS j
Of the 52 national conventions
of the country’s two major politi
cal parties since 1856. including
this year’s meeting of Democrats
in Chicago and Republicans in San
Francisco, 12 have been in what
is generally called "the West” and
40 in Chicago or eastward. Chi
cago is the champion host, select
ed by the Democrats nine times,
including this year, by the Repub
licans 13 times.
Philadelphia is second with
seven conventions, two Democratic
and five Republican; St Louis is
third with four Democratic and
one Republican. Of the four Re
publican conclaves in the west.
Minneapolis entertained the first,
June 1892; the Democrats had
been in St. Louis In ’76. and 'BB
and the Republicans went there in
’96.
The 1,800 delegates in Minne
apolis nominated on the first bal
lot Benjamin Harrison with the
New York newspaper man. White
law Reid, for vice president; Mln
nesota went Republican, but the
Democratic candidate Grover
Cleveland won the Presidency.
Insect Bites: Suggested treat
ment given in a health column
from the National Tuberculosis
Association is:
"Keep the bite area clean, apply
calomine lotion, Epsom salts, or a
wet paste of equal parts of baking
soda and water. This will soothe
the sting, and the bites should dis
appear shortly."
The Golden Anniversary of auto
racing at the Minnesota State
Fair will be celebrated this year
It was announced by D. K. Bald
win, secretary of the exposition
Highlighting the 10 days of
speed at the fair will be five
speedway-type racing meets with
the grand championship scheduled
for Labor Day. September 3,
when the Minnesota dirt track
king win be crowned along with
the over-aD champion. Prize
(Continued on Page 8)
Albert Allen Sr.
Retires After 32
Years With M-M
Albert L. Allen Sr.. 3821 Third
Av. 8.. retired Tuesday, July 31,
after 32 years with Minneapolis-
Moline Company Mr. Allen began
with the firm September 1, 1924,
which was then the old Minne
apolis Steel and Machinery Com
pany
In 1929 the company was re
named the Minneapolis-Moline
Company He was driver of a mall
car from 1929 to 1953 In 1953 he
was made driver of the executive
car and chauffeur for W. C. Mc-
Farlane. president of the company,
a position he held until his re
tirement
Mr. Allen was born In LaGrange
Mo., and moved from there to
Hannibal. Mo’, as a young man
He came to Minneapolis with his
family in 1917, where he has made
his home since that time.
Shortly after his arrival tn Min
neapolis. he engaged in the gro
cery, coal and transfer business
with a store at Seventh and Lyn
dale Aves N. which he operated
for four year*.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen have four
sons. Leroy and Albert Jr., of
Minneapolis, Theodore, well known
insurance broker, and Reginald
St Paul; four daughters. Kather
ine Anderson and Margaret Louise
Adlln of Minneapolis and Sedalia
Clark and Carmen Davis of St.
Paul. 14 grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren.
Mr. Allen plana to just relax
and take it easy for a month. He
hope* to make a visit to his old
home town Hannibal. Mo., within
the next month.
His hobbies sre fishing, and all
types of sports.
BANK OFFERS FREI BANK
BY-MAII KITS TO AU
The Minneapolis bank which
pays the highest interest rates on
savings accounts (3%) is famed
Farmers A Mechanics, located
conveniently at Sixth St. and Mar
quette.
Farmers A Mechanics is offer
Ing a free Bank-by-Mail Kit AD
you have to do is clip the coupon
tn its ad elsewhere in thia paper
and th* bank will do the rest
Albert Allen (right), retiring after 32 years with Minneapolis Moline Company, reminisces
with W. C. MacFarlane, president of the firm, on Tuesday, July 31. Allen began with the firm
in 1924, two years before MacFarlane. MacFarlane returned from a business trip to Europe
anti the Near East "just in time to bid good-bye ” to his long-time friend.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen live at 3821 Third Av. N., and have four daughters, four sons, 14
grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He was born in La Grange, Missouri, August 29,
1888, and came to Minneapolis in 1917.
Suptumtoar I, I 4 3:
lowa And Minnesota
Shriners Plan Three
Day Celebration Here
Combining top features from two states, lowa—with its
“tall corn”, and Minnesota —with its "10,000 lakes”, delegates
from three Temples of the Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of North and South America ami
its Jurisdiction, Inc., Prince Hall Affiliation and all Prince
Hall Masons and their kindred bodies will observe “Gala Day’’
In Minneapolis the week of Sep- '
tember 1,2, and 3. 1956. accord
ing to an announcement by La
percell Greene, general co-chair
man of the event.
The first annual convention of
the organization will be conducted
in conjunction with the three-day
celebration.
Registration of delegate* and
visitor* 1* scheduled for 10 a. m.
on Saturday, September 1, at the
Minneapolis Labor Temple, 115 S
E. Fourth St. The three-temple
membership of the Order Include*
the following: Zeid Temple of De*
Moines; Bashir Temple of Water
loo. and Fezzan Temple of Minne-
apolis.
The priiclpal entertainment
feature of the opening day’s fes
tivities wil. be the Potentate’*
Bali to be presided over by the
Imperial Prtentate Booker T. Al
exander.
The music of the Rock-n-Roll
master, Try Bradshaw and hi*
band will tdd to the gayety of the
festivities.
The Fezsan Court Daughter* of
Isis are sptnsorlng a local beauty
contest anl a queen will be
crowned.
Temple* lave been invited front
MIDLAND BANK'S NEW CUSTOMER SERVICE
*1 fta shzzJx. I aiwm . i
Pictured i* fie exterior of the new drive-in banking aervice opened Monday by Midland
National Bank, 'he new faeillity is located on Fourth Street between Second Ave. and Third
Ave. S. Patron* tan do their banking from the seat of their ears.
the state* of Colorado, Indian*.
Nebraska. Missouri. Kansas, Wis
consin. Illinois, Michigan. Ohio,
lowa and Minnesota.
HENRY VAN AUKEN
nUHB rat RAILROAD
A WAREHOUSE COMM
Henry C. Van Auken, 4025 Ne
vada Ave. No., Minneapolis, with
many years experience In the
transportation business, recently
filed as Republican candidate for
Railroad and Warehouse Com
missioner in the Minnesota Pri
mary election to be held Septem
ber 11.
Mr. Van Auken's committee
fwla, that the candidate's exper
ience tn the transportation busi
ness qualifies him to serve the
state of Minnesota well, as a
Railroad and Warehouse Commis
sioner.
He I* a member of Hennepin
Avenue Methodist church. Street
and Highway Committee and sup
porter of the Mississippi Upper
Harbor project.
Mt. Paul Urban league Guild
Presents .Second Annual Cotton
Ball. Arizona Room.—Prom Ball
room. Saturday August 4.
-l B’J"’
MEET
YOUR
MAILMAN
TYLER J. HOWELL JR.
Older brother of Richard, whose
picture appeared here last week,
Tyler Is a veteran of 10 year* In
the rank* of the letter carrier*.
Tyler is a regular carrier assigned
to Edina Station, where he, for
four years has “carried the mall”
to the residents who live from
r>7tli to 62nd Street, from Vincent
to Zenith Avenue South.
He la married, has two children
and attends tne Catholic Church
of St. Leonard of Port Mauries,
where he is a member of the
Usher's Club He Is a member of
Omega Psi Phi fraternity and a
graduate of the Dunwoody School
of Carpentry, but has chosen to
make the Postal Service his car-
RENT IT WITH A WANT AD
Major Irvokthroujlu
The long struggle for civil rights—that
to, for equal rights for all Americans,
whatever their race, creed or color, is
reaching a milestone this year There have
been major breakthroughs on this front In
the past ten years, and they have been
heartening to the vast majority of our
people- but now they appear to have in
spired tn those who have a vested Interest
tn the status quo a bitter determination to
defend to the last ditch the remaining
strongholds of discrimination and segre
gation Senator llerbtrt H L'-hnuui.
Howard Urges Families
Affected By Free-Way
Against Hurried Action
Timothy Howard, president of the Rondo-St. Anthony Or
gnnizntion, formed to cope with problems of the proposed St.
Paul freeway, urged residents affected to avoid hurried plans
and to resist any attempts by special interests to exploit their
situation. <
Mr. Howard's statement as
in the planning stage. He said if
it goes through a total of 1,523
persona will be displaced. This
total represents 373 families made
up of 757 adults and 379 children
In addition, a survey made by
the organisation indicates a total
of 20 businesses and clubs will
have to relocate.
Mr. Howard's full statement
said:
"As far as the Rondo-St. An
thony project to concerned, it to
still In the planning stage. That
to. nothing has been done definite
ly in establishing this area as the
route for the freeway.
"We are making the following
suggestions In order that the
directly affected Individuals will
not panic Into unfair dealings:
1. Be alert and sensitive to
possible exploitation if plan
ning to relocate soon.
2. Check prevailing list price
on houses for sale In the area
selected and make sure of get
ting the true value of the pro
perty being purchased.
3. By all means avoid high
pressure salesmanship, take
your time, buy what you really
want and think through cau
tiously financial and legal
transactions.
4. If possible, secure a reput
able realtor to help you In the
appraisal of the property In
volved.
5 Remember that the high
way situation has not actually
developed, so do not be exploit
ed."
A survey conducted by Charles
F Rogers, Vice Preaident of the
Organisation, the week of July 23.
to ascertain the number of people
living In the proposed freeway
route, on the north side of Rondo
and the south side of St Anthony
from Western to Lexington A van .
revealed the totals given In the
second paragraph. The figures are
the result of a door to door count
of Individuals. Mr. Howard pointed
out.
Messrs. Howard and Rogers ex
pressed appreciation for those vol
unteers who canvassed the area In
the survey for the organisation.
Until Ratio DecHaes:
Southern Liberal
Editor Sees No
School Integration
Toledo, Ohio.— (ANP)— Hod
ding Carter, the Pulitzer prize
winning Mississippi editor, pre
dicted here last week that public
school Integration would be a long
time corning to those areas in the
South where the ratio of Negro
population approaches or exceeds
that of white.
Carter, editor-publisher of the
Greenville, Miss , Delta Democrat-
Times. said, for that he
would not like to see Integration
come at this time In Greenville,
where seven out of 10 persona are
Negroes.
He was speaker at the closing
convocation of the annual Inter
group Workshop sponsored by the
Toledo Board of Community Rela
tions and the Toledo Teachers
Federation at the University of
Toledo.
Generally considered a moderate
white southerner. Carter admitted
that nothing would have been done
In the South about public school
integration. He said that he
thought the U. S. Supreme Court
decision In 1054 was morally right,
but was not made on sound legal
basis.
One solution he suggested that,
he said, might help ease the racial
problem In the South was that the
proportion of Negroes be reduced
to about 10 per cent of the general
population.
BOTH CONVENTIONS TO BE COVERED
FOR READERS
• Readers of this newspaper will receive first hand ac
counts of both national political conventions.
• The Democratic convention which convenes August 13
in Chicago will be covered for thia paper from the vantage
point of the convention floor by the paper’s editor
• Additional coverage by the Associated Negro Press,
leading newsgathering organization serving the Negro press
whose services in this area are this paper's exclusively.
e The Republican convention which meets August 20 in
San Francisco will be covered for this paper by one of the top
news correspondents on the Pacific coast tn addition to the ex
clusive dispatches of the Associated Negro Press.
lid the free-way project ia still
Congressman Diggs
Comes Out For Gov
Averell Harriman
Detroit. Mich— United States
Representative Charles C. Diggs
Jr., (Dem.), of Detroit. Michigan,
announced Monday his whole
hearted support of Governor A ver
ell Harriman's drive to secure the
Democratic Presidential nomina
tion. Tn announcing his support,
C->ng»eaaman Diggs, a delegate to
the forthcoming National Con
vention. and a member of the im
portant Committee on Resolutions
and Platform, stated, **l have long
been saying publicly that to win
In November, we Democrats must
have . , .
A. A strong civil rights plank.
B A candidate with a forth
right and inflexible position on
this Issue.
"In my opinion, the distinguish
ed Governor of New York. Averell
Harriman, to such a candidate.”
Diggs stated In hto announcement.
■'He has broadened and actively
enforced New York’s FKPC law.
"He has appointed New York
State's first Negro Supreme Court
Justice.
"He has a Negro member In hto
cabinet.
He has outlawed discrimination
in the sale of housing built and
financed with public funds. ,
"He supported legislation en
abling low income minority groupe
to obtain mortgages.
"He spoke of civil rights recent
ly In North Carolina In the same
language he used in New York.
"Governor Harriman's unequi
vocal attitude on civil righto to
similar to hto strong stand on
other vital issues. He has long
worked to expand the American
economy so that all may share Its
benefits. He wax among the very
first to publicly warn of the
post-war Russian threat. His ex
perience in foreign affaire to out
standing. He to on record in favor
of dynamic programs to aid labor,
the farmer and small business
"I feel that Averell Harriman
as a candidate will be a winner
and as a President will fight for
the things I believe in. Accord
ingly, if my great Governor G.
Mennen Williams releases the
Michigan delegation from Ito
pledgee to vote for him as a fav
orite son, I shall support the nom
ination of Averell Harriman."
Governor Harriman To
Speak At Alpha’s 50th
Anniversary Session
Buffalo. N. Y. (ANP) W.
Averell Harriman, governor of the
State of New York, and a candi
date for the Democratic pres!
dentlal nomination, will be the
main speaker at the public meet
ing for Alpha Phi Alpha's 50th
Anniversary being held in Buffalo,
N Y. August 7-11.
A good Intention clothes Itself
with power.--Emerson
Democracy is based upon the
conviction that there are extraor
dinary possibilities In ordinary
people.- Foedick.
This would mean, he said, that
Negroes would continue to mi
grate to other sections of the na
tions and the consequent transfer
ring of the racial problem else
where.
He said that southern lawyers.
In collaboration with legislators,
were prepared to offer a series of
legal maneuvers to prevent the
Supreme Court’s edict on public
school segregation from becom
ing a reality.