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Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-10-24

1929 when prosperity was at its
height. The Negro will continue
to suffer in any prosperous age
SO long as he remains under the
dominance of handkerchief-headed
leaders who bow to wealth and
sell their very souls to the greed
and SelfishneSS of the capitalist
system. The Negro must work for
a redistribution of wealth through
such media as the income tax, the
inheritance tax and the Occupa-
tional tax.
l am speaking this evening as
Chairman of the campaign commit
tee of Walters Local No. GA.
Our whole international is pledged
to support Roosevelt as all Inter-
national unions are. Our local is
pledged to support the state Far
mer-Labor ticket, as all of labor
is. Local No. GA is the only Negro
union in this state. We are inter-
eSted primarily in lettering the
standards of our work and in secur-
ing more jobs for our people. Re-
Gently one of the largest hotels
in Minneapolis was organized for
labor. Our union played an inte-
grail part in this move. Two weeks
ago, we procured jobs for eleven
men at another large hotel. Once
upon time all work of this type
was reserved for the Negro, the
depression killed that Now as
prosperity returns, as business
reaches its normal scale, many
of these jobs will be given back
to the Negro. However, today it
it fundamental that the Negro be
organized for his own protection
and that he be labor in
all of his activities. Members of
Walters Local No. GA know what
can be accomplished through a
good organized unit. They realize
also that unless they have govern
mental officials who are friendly
to labor their unit will not mean
a thing when it comes to carrying
out its purpose; that of creating
better working conditions which
make for the happiness resultant
from secure job.
Negro labor had a friend in
Floyd Olson, it has a proven friend
in Ernest Lundeen. The Farmer
Labor party is interested in the
Negro because it knows that if it
is to be the true representative of
labor it must circumscribe group
differences to embody all labor,
white and black, Catholic and Jew.
The Negro is interested in the
Farmer-Labor party because he
knows that a united labor move
ment is the surest bulwark against
retrenchment and the greatest
guarantee for higher wages and
better working conditions. The
other day 1 had letter from a
man in Washington, D. c. This
man said he was a member of a
national party, yet he was willing
to come out here at his own ex-
pense to help campaign for Ernest
Lundeen because he, as clerk on
the Congressional committee of
Labor, had met Ernest LUndeen
and has been impressed with the
sincerity of the man and knew
him for what he was-a friend of
the Negro people. Day after day
I meet staunch Republicans say
staunch because I believe that
there is no better adjective to des-
ignate the narrowness, the dogma
tism of the Republican who still
votes for his party because
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-10-24

the state of Minnesota, men VINO
are pledged to aid labor, men who
understand the plight OF the work.
ingman and who will bend every
effort toward making this the
land of plenty that it potentially
is. Every candidate on the FARM
er-Labor ticket is pledged to this
platform. To the youth of Mime
sofa, both white and black, let me
remind you that Elmer Benson,
as Senator, introduced in the
United States Senate, the Ameri-
can Youth Act The Youth, who
are the citizens of tomorrow, must
rally to the cause of Elmer Ben
son because it is vital that we
have at the helm of the State of
Minnesota a man who is fully
aware of the problems of Youth.
In conclusion let we warn the
Negro people that they should not
expect too much from either of
the two old parties. Both have
had opportunities before to demon
strate their attitude toward the
Negro and both have been woe
fully weak. The Negro should and
must be interested in new fore
es making for progress. The
Negro must unite behind a party
that is not tied down by tradition,
a party that is interested in the
Negro for what he is: A COM
ponent of the great mass of labor
ing people, This party is the
Farmer-Labor party of the state
of Minnesota. Let every Negro
think clearly on the true issue:
Progress versus reaction. Let
every Negro vote the straight
Farmer-Labor ticket.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-10-24
SICK

Mrs. Katherine L. Smith, 2441
Fifth avenue south, is confined to her
home
MIR. st. Elmo c. Vinigar, GOA
Eighth avenue north, is in a critical
condition at the General Hospital
Mrs. America Sims is somewhat
improved at the General Hospital.
Mr. Abe Newsome is much i'm
proved at Parkview Hospital.
Mr.. William Walker is confined
to bed at Fairview Hospital.
Miss Allie is ill at the University
Hospital.
Mr.. Phillip HUMPHREY is much bet
ter and very cheerful at Parkview
Hospital.
Mrs. Carrie Meyers, 300 Fifth ave-
nue. north, is able to be up again
Mrs. Elnora Walker, sol Aldrich
avenue north, is suffering with the
flu.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-10-24

A large crowd attended the rally
meeting at the Fourth Ward Head
quarters, 629 Sixth avenue, Tuesday,
October %. The speakers were Mr..
Talmadge Casey, Mr.. Boisco Lewis,
Mr.. Coffee, Mr. Arthur Johnson. Mr..
Ernest F. Jacobson was the princi-
pal speaker.
Music was furnished by Mr.. Pa
letti, accordionist Community sing
ing livened up the meeting.
Four women'S prizes and four
mems prizes were given away. Re-
freShmentS were served.
Don't miss our next rally meet
ing, Tuesday, October u, at 629
Sixth avenue north. Mrs. Tracy
Mitchell, Topeka, Kansas, will be the
principal speaker, at 8 p. m. Mrs.
Margeruette c. Washington, man.
ager. Miss Octavia Meyer, secretary.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-10-24

Lincoln, Republican, freed the
slaves. Permit me to dwell on this
a little longer. The other day
Martin Nelson spoke of the
range and in his mad flight over
played his hand to let out one of
the guarded techniques of the Re-
publican party. Martin Nelson
openly advised the people to use
vlgllanteS ii the tax rate on these
mining firms forces them to leave
the state. 1t is funny to us who
wonder whether or not these firms
VIII be able to take the mines,
with their ore deposits, out of the
state. 1t is tragic to Negroes who,
of all the people in America, should
know best what vigilantes mean.
We know that after these vigil
lantes tire of kicking around the
Farmer-Laborites they will go to
work on the Negro, unless he is
a good Negro, the Jew, unless
he is good" Jew, the Catholic,
unless he is a good" Catholic.
And all Of us know that in order
to be good Negro or Jew or
Catholic you will have to sell your
very soul to wealth and that you
will have to betray your own
brethren. Lincoln was a progress
sive man-if he were living today
1 dare say he would be lined up
with Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
the Farmer-Labor party and any
other force making for progress.
Lincoln's philosophy is as far re-
moved from that of Alf Landon
and his sponsor, William Randolph
Hearst, as is the philosophy of the
late Governor Olson from that of
Colonel Knox. Now to get back
to those staunch Republicans who
admit bravely but cautiously that
they are going to vote for Ernest
Lundeen for United States Sen
ator. Of course this is not
enough-Ernest Lundeen cannot
do everything alone. He must
have men with him who will aid
him in the struggle for human
rights. Negroes should vote the
straight Farmer-Labor ticket to
get full dividends.
The Republicans have done
great deal to cover up the true
issues of this campaign. They
have gone to great expense to send
speakers to Minnesota in order to
confuse the voter.
I have met them ALL and have
found them quite willing to talk
until they find out that I dis
agree with them politically. From
these first instantS of confidential
exchanges I have found that nine
out of ten of them are on tour
because of the money they receive
for doing so. Well, you might say,
I can't blame them for taking what
they can get.
Let me tell you this, that so
long as our leaders go into politics
for personal gain the whole mass
of Negro people will suffer eco
nomic starvation. God give us
men like A. Philip Randolph, who
refused a life of ease so that he
might carry on the fight for the
Sleeping Car Porters' Union. Don't
give us these leaders who would
lie on their own Mother in order
to gain little pittance, that at
its best is a poor imitation of the
white mans system of CAPITALISM.
Those of us who are members
of a union know that in the COM
ing struggle between reaction and
progress it is going, to be all-im-
portant that there be in office in
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-10-24
The Negro Faces the Election
Continued from page u

lHc NcSTO races Tie EleCClOn
Continued from page u
who, after achieving the greatest
victories an athlete could ever
hope to attain, was deliberately
snubbed by that fascist fanatic,
and then returns to his native
land to take up for the represent
tativeS of the strongest fascist
forces, cannot know what he is
doing. The introduction by Perry
Howard of Jesse Owens should
complete the picture, one Of the
Republican forces buying out the
Negro voter to sell him short on
the open market of race prejudice
and religious hatred. l am thank
full that Jesse Owens came to the
Twin Cities-I am pleased in the
face of tragedy, because it showed
the Republican party up for just
what is it-a protecting agency for
wealth using age-old technique to
camouflage the true issues from
the masses through the use of
sugar-coated pills. These Repub-
licans perhaps feel that some
Negroes may think that they are
voting for Jesse Owens instead of
Aft. Landon. These Republicans
still think that the Negro voter
is pretty dumb creature. Nothing
is more disgusting than hypocrisy.
Saturday 1 walked past the Repub-
lican headquarters on the North
Side. I saw and heard woman
who is on one of the w. P. A.
projects condemn the spending
policy of the Roosevelt administra-
ton. She belittled the w. P. A.
project that was providing her
S6O.5O each month as "boondog-
ling" This same woman was starv-
ing to death in 1882 and now she
has her own car! These people,
who in the words of our President,
now that they are cured of their
illness, want to turn to throw their
crutches at their doctor. These
are the people shouting for states
rights and less governmental inter-
ference. Do they realize what they
are asking for? States rights!
Let me ask every Negro to recall
where he has heard of states
rights before. Then let me ask
him if he has ever read any of the
speeches of John c. Calhoun or of
Jefferson Davis, the President of
the Confederacy; if he has he will
well remember that it was the
solid south who gave their very
lives for states rights. Just let
the States administer their own
relief. Imagine the Negro getting
a break from the state officials
in Mississippi, Alabama or Georgia.
Imagine these states enforcing the
Costigan Wagner Anti lynchlng
bill, a Democratic measure, mind
you, should it be passed. The Negro,
like any other minority group, re-
ceives his best opportunities when
the central government is strong
and favorable. No one can deny
that under Roosevelt this is true.
Individuals may gain in shift
in the administration but along
the whole line the Negro people
will be set back 20 years by the
election of Alf. Landon. A minor
ity people such as the Negro must
always swing with the progressive
element. The Negro suffered in
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-10-24
BORDER BRIEFS

Sunday morning, during the morn
ing worship hour, the pastor, Rev.
D. P. Young, will discuss the theme:
''The Ballot, My Sacred Right and
Obligation" This being "Pre-Elec-
ton" Sunday, we invite our friends
to hear this message. We will still
be at the Beacon Light S. D. A
Church, GIG Lyndale avenue north.
The Masters Queenly Reserves
will have a Silver Tea at the home
of the secretary Mrs. Theodore
Woodland, 1103 Lyndale avenue north,
Sunday afternoon, from 400 to 500.
Music will be furnished by some OF
the city's best talent, and they
cordially invite their friends to come
and enjoy the afternoon with them
Last Monday evening Mrs. Weller
White, president, was ably assisted
by Mines. Roy Austin, Pauline
TIutchcraft, Theodore Woodland, Net
tie Mcdonald, and D. p. Young III
serving a chill dinner at the par
Sonage.
Friday, the thirtieth, our church
school will have its annual pre-Eaf-
lowe'en Masquerade party at the
parsonage, COS Eighth avenue north.
The beginners and primary children
will come from four to six o'clock,
all others from seven to nine. Re-
freshments and prizes will be free
for our children. If the weather per-
mits we will have outdoor moving
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-10-24

National Democratic Committee
man John P. Erickson of Duluth in
an interview with Joseph Albright
issued the following statement last
Wednesday,:
.Post-election consideration shall
be dispensed from this office solely
upon the basis of merit and loyalty
irrespective of race, creed, or color.
AS far as my office is concerned the
Minnesota Negro Democratic League
shall be the medium by which such
consideration shall be rendered Loyal
Negro Democrats in Minnesota"
Negro voters throughout the state
will doubtless be elated at this fair
and encouraging expression from the
spokesman for the National Demo.
cratic committee. 1t brings further
conviction of the sincere interest tine
New Deal has manifested in the
Negro
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-10-24

Well old timers, have you triec
playing the new parlor game,
whats Your Business
What's your business?
I'm poet
How'S 'dere business
Verse and verse.
All right then, everything is just
too fine.
Got to be on my way. Be watch
ing next weeks paper for new
columnist So farewell to thee, my
old buddieS.
Adios,
Fare thee well again and again.
Just Johnnie La MARI.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-10-24
Mill City News

Mrs. Llama Scott Adams of Oma-
ha is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Arnold
Walker and Miss Edna Clark. Mrs.
Adams is domiciled at the residence
of Mrs. S. A. Steel on Dupont ave-
nue. north.
Mrs. S. A. Steel accompanied by
Mrs. Llama Scott left Saturday for
motor trip to the Retreat at
Lake Adney, fishing resort opera
ted by Geo. Gamble and Mrs. Steel.
Mrs. Dorothy Pool, eldest daugh-
ter of MIR. and Mrs. S. A. Steel left
Saturday for Chicago, after three
week visit with her parents.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-10-24

Mrs. Esther Johnson, 1912 Elliot
avenue, and her baby daughter are
at home from Fairview Hospital,
where Mrs. johnson was confined.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-10-24

Inserted and paid for by Hobart t.
Mitchell Secretary Minnesota NEGRO Demo-
cratic League. 1912 Elliot Ave. So.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-16
PWA FUNDS OF
STATE WILL BE
ALLOTTED SOON
30 Per Cent Of $5,765,317
for Outright Grants
to Be Apportioned.

Appointment of 30 per cent of
the $5,765,317 allotted for PWA out
right grants will have been made
within two or three days, Forrest M
Logan, state PWA director, with
offices in the Meyer-Kiser Bank
Building, said today.
Approximately 100 ALLEGATIONS,
with approval of contracts and
bonds, are to be made for construc-
ton of school buildings, waterworks
and filtration plants. School build
ing construction form the major
contracts to be approved.
Papers are on file with Indiana
PWA seeking 500 100000 for projects.
Outright grants TO begin these prof.
ects would have necessitated an es-
timated $27,000,00J to $4,000 900,
PWA officials say.
Some Held in Allegiance
With but $5,765,317 allocated to
the state, numerous sewage disposal
projects, estimated at $12,000,C00,
have been held in allegiance.
THE major portion of the $685.
BIT went to the states schools and
smaller projects in an effort to
spread the grants as far as possible, ("
Mr.. Logan pointed out.
He and other Indiana recovery
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-16
HIGHWAY WORK
TO BEGIN when
FROST DEpA
las Projects Affecting 800
Miles to Start When
Weather Permits.

Most Of the 145 projects in the
300 miles Of state highways to be
improved with funds advanced by
the Works Progress Administration
are to be started as soon as frost
is out Of the ground and weather
is suitable.
James D. Adams, State Highway
Commission chairman, said today
that maintenance engineers from
the highway commissions district
Offices have been engaged for a
week in the preparation Of plans
for the projects in their districts.
In the general program submitted
by the commission and approved by
WPA, provision was made for
shoulder and culvert widening,
elimination of hazardous curves and
grades, sodding of banks to prevent
erosion, general landscaping and
drainage work.
Shoulder and culvert widening
started in 1888 as an unemployment
relief measure, has been most eff
fective in reducing accidents and
fatalities in the widened sections
Of the state highway system, Mr..
Adams said. Plus increased sarety
for motorists, the new program is
expected to add MATERIALLY IN the
attractiveness of the highway sys-
TEN.
Several thousand men are to be
employed on this program, which
must be completed by Aug. l under
terms of the WPA approval.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-16

In the tobacco buying season
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.
buyers will be found at Is mar
kets where the Bright type Of
tobacco is sold, and 46 markets
where Burley and other types of
tobacco are sold.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-16
A. F. OF L. UNION TO
ACT IN MILL DISPUTES
Fort Wayne Knitting Firm Notified
of Labor Board Decision.

rort wayne knitting Firm Notified
of Labor Board Decision.
By United Press
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Jan. 49,
Official notice has been received
here by the Wayne Knitting Mills
from the National Labor Relations
Board that the American Federation
of Hosiery Workers is the only legal
representative of production and
maintenance workers in collective
bargaining negotiations.
Notification was the final action
In long series of incidents which
led to hearing by the board and
plant election under its supervision.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-16
PIT. A. TO GIVE PLAY
Ladies for a Night" to Be Given by
Association at No. 81.

A play, Ladies for Night" with
an all-male cast, is to be given to-
morrow night at School No. "a by
the Parent Teacher Association of
the school. FifCy men are in the
cast. Ralph Fisher is to have the
leading role. w. A. Aldridge is di-
rector.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-16

officials hope that Congress will
budget funds for Indiana for out
right grants to municipalities. and
thereby augment the dwindling
funds.
Revolving Fund Is Aid
A revolving PWA fund for loans
to municipalities and corporations
will continue to provide money for
school cities ard towns. It is the
belief of PWA officials that money
from this fund might be used as the
funds are made available for out
right grants as well as loans on
projects that await approval of the
engineers.
School buildings in Warren and
Wayne Townships, the 500, 500
building to replace School 81 at Fall
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-16
Lieut. Perrott to Sneak

Lieut.. Albert G. Perrott, head of
the local police criminal identifica-
ton bureau, is to address the Hay
ward-Barcus Post, American Legion
tomorrow night at 1876 N. Delaware :
ct
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-16
WATER UNITS FUNCTION
New Additions to Anderson Plal(t
Go Into Service.

Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, Jan. 16. =
Water from the first two units of
the city plant, enlarged and mod
ernized with 5000, 900 of PWA funds,
is flowing to consumers here today.
Construction of the second part
of the project, a water treatment
plant, begins in few days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-16
FRIEND SOLVED
HEADACHES
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All-Vegetable

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Headaches were making her SSN 4
miserable. She felt tired, ~
listless, too. Then she found
that Natures Remedy (NR
Tablets) really corrected her q # -
intestinal sluggishness Mr.
Tablets are a combination ~
of laxative elements provid-
ed by nature in plants and M
vegetables. Try them to-. $M
night Note that they give -'''1'--
thorough cleansing action that leaves you re-
freshed and invigorated. This trial means SO much
toyou and is so simplet to make. mr. s contain no
phenol or min
eral derivatives.
Non-habit FORM ,O
ing. Only 25c- AAY1:lxl:llI:y.1AIN
all druggists.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-16

and q waterworks in the town Of
Lawrence are the major Marion
County projects awaiting PwA
approval.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-22
EVERY MAN A SUPREME COURT!

THE late Huey Longs slogan Every Man King"
seems now to have given way TO American
lied version: Every Man the Supreme Court"
First came the Liberty League, with its kangaroo
court of corporation lawyers offering parte de
cisions" against the Wagner Labor Act and other
laws and telling their clients to pay heed to these
laws.
Then came rash of injunctions against the
government issued by inferior Federal courts, many
of them out-heroding Herod in their thunders
against this and that law.
Now, it seems the business of deciding the con-
stitutionaty of duly passed laws has spread be-
yond the legal profession. Governor Harold c.
Hoffman of New Jersey has just handed down an
opinion declaring the unemployment insurance title
of the new Social Security Act unconstitutional"
and advising the Legislature not to cooperate in the
national plan Maj. Hoffman is down in who's Who"
soldier, politician and reator but he is that
Federal taxes for job security will be unconstitu
tonally levied and collected"
Soon may see every making his own de-
cisions, enabling the Supreme Court justices to re-
tire and live happily ever after