Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1934-08-31
HERE and
| THERE
BysW. N. Smith

one evening last week, when the
door was suddenly pushed open; an
unkempt youth (white) entered
without ceremony and asked, "Say,
Mister, can yop let fellow have q
dime for . Cup of eoffee?"
The City Mission. q community
fund epprorted organization, makes
il unnecessary for any man to beg
for cup Of coffee, or . full meal
for that matter. Z didn't give The
dime Vet many and many a time
II have br0ieh the community fund
injunction not 10 give money in
this way. Ihad just been reading
Ed. HOwe's comments ON begging
Gin his Howe About" column pub
lished In this PSper), and / was
feeling somewhat vexed, because
in the six inches Howe used in his
comment half Of II had been de-
fvOted to the glaring faults of poor
| underpaid Florida Negroes who
annoyed him by begging. And,
| naturally, 1 did not give that white
beggar q dime. =
=.
Begging is just as bad in Min
nesota as in Florida. In either
place it is equally sdisagreeable,
be the beggar black or white.
/ was not perturbed because Mr..
Howe was annoyed by black beg
gars, but / was provoked that he
should make it appear that all Ne
groes we've beggars. 1 would be
equally justified in thinking that
all white people were beggars be-
cause Of the times without num-
Der one Of them has asked me for
a hand out.
Mr.. Howe might have remem-
bered, too, that Florida and the en-
tire south supports the attempt to
make beggars Of the whole Negro
group. Even the MIRA has not
been able to keep il from the diff
fereRtisl wage scale favOring
whites, and the aPPOrtiOnment for
Negro education is 80 evidently un.
fair IL should scar the conscience
Of the nation.
\ Workers, black and white, must
have equal and living wages for
the same type of work; Negroes
must be permitted the opportunity
to do any and all kinds of work for
which they are prepared, just as
they were forced TODD before the
war. Education must be made
equally available to all groups
without regard for the amount of
direct taxes any group pays.
| When this is done there will be
no more begging Negroes. Until
it is done it will be demanded by
Negroes called radical" because,
like Lincoln, they believe, nothing
is settled, until it is settled right"
People have their own reasons
for coming late to, church, or to
public entertainments of one kind
or another. Without knowing these
reasons one can not quarrel with
the habit. But folks who do come
on time have their rights; among
them, not to be disturbed by those
who choose to come late. There.
fore abate the nuisance Of the fell
low who comes in walking on the
fat Of his feet like an elephant
on parade and making as much
fuss, drawing all eyes his way, in
lterrupting the speaker or the music
or what mot, instead Of walking or
his toes, softly, making his late
entry ~ unObtrusive "a possible.
Comment has frequently beer
made Of the folly Of small commun.
ties like those of Minneapolis anf
st. Paul giving so many programs
on the same day or evening. They
must count upon the. support Of
the same group of people for theii
success, yet make it impossible be
cause the same people can't be ir
two places at once. A case in
point comes to mind in the excel
lent programs given in Mime
apolis last Sunday. One Of thess
programs was attended by more
than 800 persons most Of whom. ]
am sure, would have gladly
gone to the other two had it been
physically possible.
A remedy for some Of this
would appear to lie with the Twin
City Ministers Alliance which
should certainly he able "a arrange