Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1934-11-03
Oscar Youngdahl
COP. Candidate For
AttyCeneraI, Insults
Legion Workers
BAKER POST REMEMBERS IN
SUIT TO OUR WOMEN. VOTES
AGAINST YOUNGDAHL FOR
COMMANDER.

John Baker Post No. 291 of the
American Legion's long memory pre-
vented the 9Th District American Lee
gion from presenting a solid front
in behalf of the candidacy of Oscar
Youngdahl of Minneapolis, for state
commander Of the American Legion
at the annual state convention at
Crookston last week.
American Legion from presenting
a solid front in behalf of the can
didacy of Oscar Youngdahl of Min
neapolis, for state commander Of the
American Legion at the annual con-
vention at Crookston last week.
Baker Post aided in the selection
of Abe Kapplin of Duluth. Only one
post, out of the 81 posts in the 9Th
district opposed Mr.. Youngdahl and
that was Johnny Baker post repre-
sented by Isaac L. Moore, Jr., post
commander.
The story of why this post, the
only Negro post represented at the
state meeting was not for Youngdahl
dates back many months ago. Dur
ing the time that Oscar Youngdahl
was commander of the 9Th district he
asked Baker post auxiliary as well as
all the other auxiliaries to aid the
Disabled American Veterans in a
poppy sale. AS usual Baker post &C
coded to the request for assistance.
Several women worked from early
morning until noon selling peoples on
the streets. At noon they were given
luncheon tickets by Mrs. A. A..
Schall, white, head of the American
Legion auxiliary in this district.
These tickets were supposedly good
in any of the larger downtown cafes
and restaurants. Two of the women,
Mrs. Mae Marshall and Mrs. I. L.
Moore went to Powers department
store where the manager refused
them service, violating one of the
state laws. The two women went
back to the poppy sale headquarters
and recounted their experiences to
Mrs. Schall who was highly non
plussed and indignant. She accom-
panied them to Wrigley's restaurant
where they met with the same treat
ment despite Mrs. Schall's protest to
the manager. He stated that it was
the policy of Wrigley's to refuse SER
vices to colored citizens.
In the weeks following Commander
Moore, assisted by Mrs. Schall a.
tempted to get action from the coun-
ty attorneys office. Conferences
were held with Joseph Poirer, assist
ant county attorney, and as usual
nothing ever came out of that office.
Mr.. Moore went to Mr.. Youngdahl,
his district commander, and asked
him to take some steps to avenge the
insult to the Legion workers. Mr..
Youngdahl passed the buck to the
D. A. v. That organization made
no attempt to rectify the matter. Mr..
Moore attempted to have the 9Th dis
trict go on record as resenting the
insult in a resolution drawn up by
Raymond Cannon, ]. Carl Freeman,
Joseph Jennings and himself. The
9Th district finally passed the buck
by accepting another resolution to
the effect that the 9TH district could
not afford to NEEDLE in such affairs.
All this went on while Commander
Youngdahl sat supinely by, as justice
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to the colored women auxiliaries was
denied. Because of the treatment
many members of Johnny Baker quit
the post. But the men who stuck
by the post including 'Ike" Moore
did not forget the case.
This year Minneapolis Legionnaires
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