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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-10-23
Perry Howard
Heckled by St.
Paul Citizens
By Wylie Eastman

st. Paul was favored with a STIR
ring example of Repubicanism
Saturday night, October 18th, when
the Hon. Perry Howard of Missis-
sippi and party with Jesse Owens
Of sprinting fame spoke at the
Halle @. Brown Community
House.
The meeting was scheduled to
begin at $3.50 P. M. Promptly at
$3.50 P. NJ, Mr.. S. E. Hall, leading
Negro Republican Of this city and
presiding chairman, opened the
meeting by having prayer after
which he coached the audience how
to greet Jesse Owens, provided
he came. The audience was taught
to say-"Jesse Owens, Jesse Owens,
our hero, our hero, we are proud
of you'll" This was to be said, in
the words of Mr.. Hall, with en-
thusiasm and emotion. Following
this timely bit of instruction, Can
didate Melvin J. Mas spoke. Be-
coming excited, he twisted his
thoughts and reminded the Negro
of past services. About that time,
our hero, Jesse, arrived with his
wife, Perry Howard, and four other
individuals. Meanwhile the audi
ence had been kept pacifed with
Spirituals sung by H. Hall, A. Hall,
M. Rhodes, and B. Murphy.
Mr.. Perry Howard spoke first.
He complimented the Twin City
Negro on his ability to retain his
Southern speech and Characters
tics after which he amused the
gathering with preacher jokes"
ending with very risque one
the audience being properly in
spired, he launched forth his politi-
cal intelligence on them.
Choice extracts: Negroes love
one Capitalist, but two better. -.
Negroes best friend is the Repub-
ican Party. Negroes tradi-
tionally Republicans. Negroes
Disseminated against by Demo-
Gratis. Negroes have been in
the back woods for over $50 years.
Roosevelt has kept them in
the woods ii. e., 80 Negroes ap-
pointed to work with the CCC
units). =. All Negroes from the
South vote Republican. Only
foolish Negroes vote Democratic"
Following this enlightening
speech the other members of the
party spoke. Mr.. Jesse Owens,
who has a pleasing personality,
was introduced by Mr.. Howard,
and the audience greeted him as
previously instructed.
Political extracts from his
speech-"I am not politician. :.
! urge you to vote November Bird.
Ballots not bullets count. s.
Republican Party the hope of the
young Negro. Roosevelt did
not send me congratulatory
telegram after what I did for
America. ;. What will he DO to
the Negro is reelected?
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-10-23

Mrs. ALlCE STEWART
General chairman of the Autumn
Recital committee for the Jolly Six
teen Club is Mrs. C. F. (Alice)
Stewart, wife of the pastor of St.
Peter A. M. E. Church of Mime
apolis.
The Jolly Sixteens, a newly Or
gained club of popular young ma
irons, will present their first annual
Autumn Recital on Friday evening,
October 80, at the st. Peter
Church. Some of the most out
standing personalities in the must
cal world will entertain. A few of
those to appear on this program
are: Mrs. Eva Carr, Miss Louise
Neal, Miss Dorothy Pittman, Mrs.
Alma Freeman, Anne Pearl Horris,
The Famous Musical Notes Sex
tette, and Miss Bernetti Cason.
Many of the prominent citizens
of the two cities will serve as pa
irons and patronesses at the affair.
Tickets are on sale by club men,
bers.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-10-23
CRISPUS ATTACKS HOME
ASSOCIATION MEETS

The second fall meeting of the
Crispus Attacks Home Association
was held at Halle @. Brown House
last Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Monjoy Jones, who as
membership chairman has secured
more new members than any work
er, reported eleven dollars in new
memberships. These memberships
included: Mrs. Rose Green, Mrs.
Birdie High, Mrs. Thomas R. C.
Taylor. Mrs. Queen Ransom and
Mr.. J. D. Anderson, dollar member
ships; Minnesota Chapter No. 4,
$500, and a one dollar donation
from the Junior Credjafawn Club.
This raised the total raised in
the drive for 1886 to $132.75, max
ing it necessary to raise Sits to
attain the proposed quota of $3.50
by December Is. John Lawrence,
president, urged all members to
work diligently to reach the quota
in the prescribed time.
Next meeting of the Association
will take place on Tuesday, No
vember IL.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-10-23
Political Camps
Striving For
Voters Favor
BY Cecil E. Newman

The only group which has united
the strength of Roosevelt, Benson
and Lundeen is the Minnesota
Negro Democratic League. Among
other groups there are the COM
binatiOn of Roosevelt and Benson
but the only three-way combina-
ton is the Erwin group. Evident
ly the brethren can give the eau
casians lesson in getting together
for the liberal side of the fence.
The Negro Old Guard Republi-
cans will never learn. Perry How
ard came up here to the Twin
Cities only to spoil the heart
breaking efforts of Minneapolis
and st. Paul Republicans to corral
votes for the G. o. P.
Howard should know by this
time that the old bunk, "Any Ne
gro who votes for a Democrat
ought to have his head examined"
is Outdated. The Minnesota Negro
with all of his shortcomings is
highly iterate and is interested
not in the old "Abe" Lincoln brand
of politics but in what the future
holds. Political pie-wagOn follow
ers of the Perry Howard stripe
civilized communities such as ours.
ought to be kept away from highly
st. Paul should convince the G.. o.
P. powers that be, that the speak
ers the national bureau sends here
had better be prepared to talk cam
paign issues when they come here.
Supporters of the Roosevelt side
of the fence point to the fact that
in Minneapolis Negro women do
mestics who could get jobs during
the Republican administration
and they were few-seldom were
paid over $40 per week. The sew
ing projects on which a large num-
Der of the domestics are employed
have minimum wage of $60.50.
During the COOlidge-HoOver re-
CINE it was very difficult for the
Negro woman, who had to work, to
secure employment. Strange to
say, more women are working
since the advent of Roosevelt than
ever before.
A waiter in a Minneapolis hotel
told this correspondent money
seems plentiful now" The country
may be going to the dogs but from
the standpoint of the hotel and
dining car walters, things are Is
per cent improved.
LandOn's statement, eve must
find some legal means to end the
crime of lynching" gained many
votes.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-10-23
FATHER JOHN LA FARCE
-~-, ..... COMING TO ST. PAUL

The st. Paul Interracial commit
tee announced this week the COM
ing for lecture of the Rev. Father
John La Fargo, one of Americas
outstanding liberals.
Father La Fargo will speak at an
interracial meeting to be held at
St. GATHERINGS College, Randolph
and Cleveland, st. Paul, Sunday
evening, November 1. Admission
will be free. Further announce
ments in next weeks paper.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-10-23
WATERS UNION
MASS MEETING

Workers education department
and Local GA of Curtis Hotel will
have Mass Meeting Monday, Oct.
26th, at 8 p. M, at Phyllis Wheat
ley House.
Speakers: John Thomas, Rev. D.
P. Young, Frank Boyd and A. B.
Cassius.
The purpose of the meeting is to
formulate a plan leading to the es-
tablishing of a walters school.
This will be the first effort of
this kind in the northwest.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-10-23
What A. E. Nelson
Thinks About
the Negro ??

The truth about the past record
of Arthur E. Nelson, Republican
candidate for lieutenant governor
on the Republican ticket, and his
present attitude towards the Ne
gro citizen will be told in next
weeks issue of this paper. Watch
for it.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-10-23

Who brings her popular and en-
tertaining dance orchestra back to
the Twin Cities Monday night,
Oct. 26th, for an engagement at
the Minneapolis Coliseum, Lake
at 9th Ave.
At the bands last appearance
here in September the good music
and entertainment created a verita-
BILE sensation.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-10-23

Covers were laid for eleven. In
cluded in the party were Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesse Owens, Cleveland,
Ohio, Perry Howard, Washington,
D. c., Bert Cumiley, Chicago, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Talmadge B. Carey,
Raymond Cannon and Pete That
cher.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-10-23
John Thomas
St. Paul Youth
Forum Speaker

John Thomas, boys worker at
Phyllis Wheatley House, graduate
student at the University, and an
outstanding leader in the Mime
apolis Youth movement, will be the
speaker at the Halle @. Brown
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-10-23

Young Peoples Forum on Sunday
afternoon, Oct. rs, at 4 P. M.
He has chosen as his topic, "The
Effective Use of the Ballot"
A lively discussion following the
talk may also be anticipated.
The Halle @. Brown Young
Peoples Forum which made it's
initial bow on Oct. II plans an ac-
tive winter in which it hopes
to help crystalline community
thought and to put that thought
into practice. It soGcits the sup
port of both the young and older
citizens of the Twin Cities.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-10-23
WE'RE SORRY

Many of the usual features, such
as "Inquisitive SAL" DR.. Browns
Health and Hygiene" w. M.
Smiths "Here and There" had to
be omitted this week because of
lack of space. We're sorry!
Editor.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-10-23
JUANITA ODEN O.
GRANTED DIVORCE

Mrs. Juanita Oden was granted
a divorce from her husband, Mr..
Chester Oden, in District Court
last Tuesday, October 20. The
Odens have three children.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-10-23
HALLE @. BROWN
TO ENTERTAIN KIDS
ON HALLOWEEN

Halle @. Brown Community
House, in cooperation with all
other civic bodies, are sponsoring
"safe" Halloween celebrations for
the children.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-10-23

The Jesse Owens party was en-
tertained at dinner at Bells Cafe,
200 South Third St., Minneapolis.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-10-23

Have your lunch at the Sumner
Sweet Shop, 642 Sixth Ave. NJ
Adv.
The Washington times., 1936-01-04

tends that despite the Govern.
ment checks received by the
farmers they dislike the fact
that so many persons are receiV-
ing Federal funds for which they
know they must eventually pay
Coming from Senator Capper'
the statement Of the change In
conditions is extremely interest
ing to his colleagues.
They know that of all the men
in Congress-, Senator Capper'
more than almost anyone, has
his pulse on the rural situation.
With his farm papers he is able
to keep in close contact with the
farmers.
Since the last Congress ad-
journed he has spent much Of his
time in personal communication
with the men Of the Farm Belt.
On his return he declares that
the attitude Of the farmer has
changed-and he should know
the facts.
Senator Capper may be a Re.
publican but it is generally con-
ceded that his statement is not
based on party politics but on a
careful study Of the existing
situation.
Such statements from Senator
Capper may have a material ef-
feet on the views Of important
gentlemen around Washington.
The Washington times., 1936-01-04
Marry-Go.
Round
By HELEN ROWLAND

Face-lifting has enabled many
a woman of forty to look like
twenty-and to make a fool Of
herself all over again.
Just at this moment many a
man is unafraid to undresS in
the locker-room of his club be-
cause he is so decked out in his
wife's Christmas gifts that he
looks like a yacht on a holiday.
The main difference between
an unmarried woman and a mar
ried woman, says Reno Ruth, Is
that one longs for the impossible
and the other thinks that she
has married it.
Next to knowing when to stop
talking, the average husband be-
lieves that his surest way of pre-
serving the peace Is to know
when to stop listening.
Ever since Adam awoke from
a beautiful dream with a pain
in his side and found Eve there,
the chief cause of mans insomnia
has been a WOMAN.
A girl should be extremely care
full about setting her mind on the
kind of man she wants to marry;
because, according to the psychol-
ogists, what she really wants, she
will GET.
A woman may have been mar.
ried to a playboy, a philanderer
or a wife-beater: but she has not
tasted the ultimate suffering until
she has been married, at least
once, to a window,shade snapper
upper.
Reno beckons, when the incor-
rigible philanderer meets the in
durable married flirt.
Copyright, 1895. King Features
syndicate Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-01-04

LONGING. WORTH THE FIGHT
ING.
So today America stands, a
thing as yet only half born. A
great, blundering, clumsy, chaotic
thing-the product Of OUR weak
ness as well as our strength, our
failures as well as our successes
her feet in the mud because
the feet of her makers are still in
the mud. BUT HER HEAD,
THANK GOD, AMONG THE
STARS!
And because she is what she is,
thousands are rich and happy,
powerful and safe. But, also be-
cause she is what she is, children
are kidnapped in America. and
men are killed. and mothers and
fathers doomed to broken hearts.
STANDING BY
And because I have taken that
which is good from America, and
profited by that which is strong
Il AM GOING TO STAND BY
AMERICA TODAY. AND I
SHALL CONTINUE TO STAND
BY AMERICA IN THE FACE OF
ANY RISK, ANY LOSS,
With all my heart 1 pity those
two poor, racked souls who have
gone, and sympathize and un-
derstand. But this is my answer
to those who say they, too, would
like to go. This is my answer to
that thing within myself which
sometimes longs to escape it all
longs to flee forever from the
pressure and penalty Of American
life.
I SHALL NOT LEAVE AMER
ICA! NOR SHALL I FORSAKE
HER EVEN IN MY MIND. FOR
GOOD OR EVIL-THROUGH
GAIN OR Plaintiffs IS MY
COUNTRY. I SHALL SEE HER
THROUGH.
Copyright, 1896. by King Features
SyndicatS)
The Washington times., 1936-01-04
Parole Expenses

Within few days there will go forward to Congress
the budget for the coming fiscal year. with the estimates
for the District of Columbia occupying few pages of
the impressive tome
Washingtonians do not know what is in that budget
for the District they do not know how adequate will be
the provisions to meet the citys needs
But they have grave fears that in regard to many of
the departments and offices of the local government
there will be distinct shortage Of funds necessitatng
further economies Of operation.
In regard to some of the local offices and bureaus local
residents are resigned if not anxious for curtaiment
Of expenses
There is, hOweUer, no desire among our citizens
10 pretend to- saUe tax money at the risk Of edan
0ering the Ues and property of those WhO iUe here
or UhO Uisn here.
SUCH A RISK WILL BE CREATED IF THE NEEDS
OF THE DISTRICT PAROLE BOARD FOR ADD
TIoNAI. PERSONNEL ARE NOT MET BY THE
BUDGET OR BY THE HOUSE AND SENATE IN
THEIR SUBSEQUENT ACTION ON THE LOCAL
APPROPRIATION BILL
Failure to provide the Parole Board which is doing
q hard job WELL with adequate staff is creating
hazard for every resident Of the city, is building up the
expenses of the community by unnecessarily keeping in
penal institutions those who might well be released and
is stirring up public opinion against humane and sensi
BILE method Of dealing with those who have violated the
law
We have been and are asking the Parole Board to su-
pervise two hundred two hundred and fifty released
prisoners with an utterly inadequate staff.
This is an absurd and dangerous condition.
The Parole Board should have at least half dozen
parole officers and the two three secretaries and
senographers necessary to make the local parole system
proof against error
MEMBERS OF THE PAROLE BOARD, DOING A
DIFFICULT AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT PUBLIC
SERVICE WITHOUT PAY AND LARGELY WITH
OUT THANKS, SHOULD BE GIVEN A STAFF ADE
QUATE TO MEET THEIR NEED.
The Washington times., 1936-01-04
= = By Elsie Robinson
EVIL sTICKING WITH AMERICA

I'M STICKING WITH AMERICA
MY CHANCES WITH
AMERICA AND WITH AMERI-
CAN JUSTICE AND AMERICAN
Law ENFORCEMENT AGEN-
CIES.
For those very things which
make America larger and stronger
than England also make her
weaker. And in that very breadth
of vision which is our pride and
hope there also lies our constant
menace.
You cannot have the security Of
an isolated island in far-flung
empire. Nor can you have the
selectivenesS in a democracy which
you have in an autocracy.
That system Of liberty, equally
and prosperity for all, which is
an incentive to the intelligent
hard worker, must also fatten the
Shrewd, unscrupulous parasite.
And. it is obviously one thing to
enforce law within a few hundred
miles-and another to cover a
trail that stretches from sun to
sun.
America is more than a matter
of miles-or laws-or population.
America is a vision. a hope. "a
prayer. A hope still unexpressed
"a prayer still unuttered. "a
vision as yet but vaguely con-
ceived. But to that hope, that
vision and that prayer, men and
women have given their blood and
their tears. They have given
more than one child. one grave.
They have given many children.
They have given all their love, all
their pride. all their achievement
this side Of eternity.
NO COUNTRY WAS EVER so
DEEPLY LONGED FOR, so
DESPERATELY FOUGHT FOR
AS AMERICA. NO COUNTRY
WAS EVER so WORTH THE
The Washington times., 1936-01-04
'.NEW" BOMBERS

When Assistant Secretary OF
War Harry Woodring recently an
nounced the War Department
had agreed to reject two new
type pursuit ships he might have
added that the army has &C
cepted Martin bomberS originally
ordered in 1882 but not yet de-
uvered.
Within a short time, according
to reports at the Department, the
bombers will be flown to various
fields for operation.
Orders for the bombers were
submitted in early 1882 after the
Glenn L. Martin organization
had agreed to fulfill the specifi-
cations of the Air Corps techni-
cal staff at Dayton, Ohio.
Provisions in the contracts,
however, gave the Air Corps the
right of testing one ship Of the
new type before acceptance Of
other planeSA
After securing the first bomber,
the technical staff made so many
recommendations for changes
that the Martin organization has
been occupied in making altera-
tions since that time. The re-
suit is that the Air Corps is
now getting bombers they should
have had not later than the sum-
mer of 1882.
At present the Air Corps is
using Martin bombers which have
only slight improvements over
those used in the World War.
Recently ordered were 80 Doug
las bomberS of the so-called "l1ght"
type.
These ships are expected to
carry 1000 pounds Of bombs and
have a cruising speed Of 200 miles
per hour.
When these ships were ordered
the Army announced that it was
expected that within the next year
ships might be secured which
would be capable Of making 400
miles an hour with a four-ton load.
In the event that the technical
staff suggests as many changes in
the next ships to be delivered as
they ordered in the Martins, the
Air Corps might get them in 1889
or 1910, judging by the time it is
taking for delivery of the Martins
ordered in 1882.
1t is understood that there is
likely to be some question raised
by certain members Of the Con-
greSs in this session as to how the
development in the ships used by
the Air Corps compares with the
development Of ships in CONNER
cial use.
The Washington times., 1936-01-04
.WO-Minute
Journeys
ALEXANDRIA

Although this year the winter
season in Egypt will be somewhat
less glamorous and : successful
than usual, there still will be
plenty of tourists headed for the
Nile, perhaps because there might
be danger in Egypt and adjacent
territory.
Alexandria was famous and won
derful when Rome was in its in
fancy. Alexander the Great made
Of it an intellectual center that
far surpassed Athens in its prime.
Alexander chose well, for the
site of the city, with its harbor
and it's natural defenses, was and
is ideal. At the left of the
harbor is high beacon and the
lighthouse is said to stand on the
site selected by Alexander, a
lighthouse that stood 900 feet
hlgh. Ine present SCFuCCuEe ID
over 600 years old.
Today Alexandria prides itself
on being a pleasure center and is
pleased when visitors compare 1t
to Paris. French is the language
heard most, and cafes, restaurants
and cabarets are French as
can be.
The European quarter just
teens with amusement places OF
all kinds, so much so that it is
somewhat difficult to make q
choice. Sidewalk cafes are the
most popular and extremely
varied. The climate IS so soft
and balmly in winter that one
can be out of doors all day and
night as well.
The Washington times., 1936-01-04
World

Charles Lindbergh has taken his
family to England. Within a day
after he did so there came to this
office-aS to every columnist'S
office a flood Of excited letters
praising his act. Saying they
didn't blame him. If they were
in his shoes they'd go too. If
America couldn't protect people
they ought to go away. American
protection, American justice was
a joke. Any sensible person would
60 away. Any person who valued
his children's lives would go away.
Excited, almost hySterical let
ters. Criticism that might anger
were it not for the warm human
sympathy, the honest human in
dignation underlying it. Here
were people in fury against their
government, not because they
hated that government but be-
cause they wept with a broken
hearted mother, burned with a
broken-hearted father, longed for
a Justice which seems to have be-
come a mockery.
Hundreds of letters. For hours
I have been reading them my
own eyes filmed with tears, my
own blood hot with anger. For
I, too, had a boy once. And am
making a home for another little
boy now. And know what loss
means-and the endless nightmare
Of loss.
And, besides, 7 am a newspaper
woman. I realize the dangers Of
life as a sheltered wife and mother
cannot know them.
Yet, knowing all that, I wouldn't
leave America. Knowing all that,
I cast my lot with America.
IN SPITE OF THIS
It is true -undeniahly-that life
in America is not as safe as life
in England, nor justice as swift
IN SPITE OF ALL THIS,
The Washington times., 1936-01-04
The Greatest Show On Earth
Bv John Snure, T.

and was of the low, umder-slung
variety.
When 1t had been carefully
placed in the office Of the Federal
Reserve Board governor, one OF
the representatives Of a New York
paper called on Mr.. EccleS.
He waved a CHEEKY greeting and
sank into the center Of the red,
leather divan.
The scribe was portly, the divan
was weak.
It folded in the center so that
the scribe had to. be given conSid-
erable assistance before he could
struggle to his feet.
Mr.. Eccles' new leather divan
was returned to the factory for
repairs.