Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1932-07-30
This World
zIEeFIELD.
r. r. Wright Jr.
Paper Prestige and Organization.
N. A, A. c. p. and Haltl's Ruins.
Cecil e. Newman

Florenz Ziegfield, white, theatrical
producer who first shattered age old
precedents and upset theatrical ira
ditions by starring Bert Williams with
an otherwise all-white cast is dead at
g.. His action opened great OPP
portunities for hundreds of Negro act
ors and actresses. If Ziegield never
did another single thing, that one de-
parture made the Negro stage artistic
his perpetual debtor.-Bon voyage,
Florenz!
1t Is to be hoped that DR.. R. R.
Wright, Jr., Philadelphia, editor of
the Christian Recorder, will accept
the presidency of Wilberforce Uni
versity. A man of ability, modern
minister of the gospel, a business ex-
ecutive and scholar, he is eminent
ly fitted for the difficult task at the
A. M. Il. school IN fOnlO.
A woman active in Republican poll
cal club work for several years re-
marked at meeting this week that
the women have always been organ
lied and active in political endeavors
in Minneapolis.
Well, that might be true but in the
past IL years I have found only one
Negro woman in Minneapolis Gre
beque Foree) who was actually doing
real outstanding fundamental political
work for the Republican party. There
may be others but doubt it. If the
women have been organized as the
speaker stated, why have not our peo-
pie participated is Republican pre-
clint, ward, county and state caucases
before? The trouble heretofore has
been that most of the so-called political
leaders derived their support and in
fluence such as it was from paper
organizations and paper organizations
are no longer going to be considered.
The movement instituted by Talmdge
Carey gained more prestige and party
recognition in four weeks than all
previous abortive paper organizations
and complimentary affiliations have
IN the past thirty years.
1t would be a good thing if the Ne
gro Democrats and Farmer-Laborites
of the state would duplicate the work
being formulated by Negro Republi-
cans in Hennepin county. If the col
ored people are going to divide their
votes with all parties they should OBJ
tain representation in the party coun-
ellis.
With a large portion of Americas
black population hungry, jobless and
worse the National Association for the
AuNduCcucuI VI SOlOlCu COplO Ill v
their press service have broadcast a
plea for subscriptions to help Haitians
rebuild the Citadel La Ferriere Of
Christophe, famous fortress. Just what
material or even spiritual benefit a
Negro American could get out of Civ.
ing his hard-to-get money away to
restore Henri Christopher's fort is
beyond me. 1t would be for better for
the N.AA.C.P. to beg funds for its
own maintenance What good are an
cient forts any way? Thousands Of
home owners can't pay taxes on hab
liable dwellings and have no money
to throw away rebuilding ruins
Somebody at N.A.ACP. headquarters
must have lot of spare time to ever
consider such a request worthy to
broadcast to the country. We Negroes
have our hands full rebuilding our
own ruins. Look around at our
dwellings, lodge halls and churches.
Leaders in superstition believe wha
they say. That makes them danger
ous.-Arthur Brisbane.