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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-11-22
ST. PAUL N. A. A. c. p.
ELECTION NOV. q

The st. Paul branch of the N. A.
A. C. P. will hold its election of
officers Nov. 20, at Halle Q. Brown
Community House. The election
was scheduled for Nov. IL, but IN
clement weather prevented a large
attendance and the election was
postponed.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-11-22

st. Louis, Mo. He was convicted
at the second trial and again he
sought relief from the Court of
Appeals. His motion was denied
and he was given 80 days to move
for another hearing.
This week he retained the serv-
ices Of the law firm of Callahan,
Kodiak and Kodiak Of Minneapolis,
to take the case to the U. S. Su-
preme Court.
"The Neal Funeral homes are
and viii operate as usual" Mr..
Neal said Tuesday, "all rumors to
the contrary. There has been no
change in ownership or manage
ment."
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-11-22
New Market at 38th
and Fourth Ave.
South

The newest business to open in
the 38th st. and Fourth Ave. So.
district is the Wonder Market Gro
Gerry, S4S E. 38th Street. l. S. Ras-
nick is proprietor and he solicits
the eommunity's patronage.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-11-22

Negroes were barred from residen
division of this city.
The high court ruling which re
held that territory extending from
Goth to 63rd streets, and from Cot
tage Grove to South Parkway
could be closed to Negroes, is re-
garded as signal victory in the
fight to outlaw residential barriers.
See Removal of Bars
1t means, observers pointed out
this week, the ultimate breaking
down of restrictive covenants, and
makes possible the subsequent i'm
PRODUCTION of Negroes into areas
heretofore denied them in viola
ton of the rights under the 14th
amendment.
Its Importance is seen in the
fact that no longer can unscrupu-
lous property owners and real es-
tate people get together and col
lusively agree that restrictive
covenant is binding upon the per-
son who signed it.
Nor can judgment rendered in
one suit, involving one piece Of
property in a restrictive agree
ment, bind all other properties and
parties in all other agreements.
The case, widely known as the
Lee VIZ. Hansberry restrictive cove
nant suit, has been fought in city,
state and finally the national court
over a period of three years. It
broke into nationwide prominence
in 1887 when Carl Hansberry,
prominent Chicago business man,
purchased home at GAO Rhodes
Ave.
Immediately Anna M. Lee, white,
and the Woodlawn Property Own
ers association, protested the sale
of property to Hansberry as viola
ton of restrictive covenant pact
of 1927, which barred Negroes from
living in or owning property in the
area involved.
The case was taken to the Cir
cult Court where a charge Of con-
spiracy against Hansberry, the Su-
preme Liberty Life Insurance COM
pany, its president, Harry Pace,
Joseph j. Burke and Israel Katz,
white property owners, was up
held.
The Circuit Court ruling, handed
down by Judge George w. Bristow,
enjoined Hansberry from continu-
ing to live in the premises he had
purchased and the Supreme Liberty
Life Insurance company from max
ing loans to persons seeking to
purchase property in the so-called
restrictive area.
The United States Supreme
Court victory is being attributed
to the astute handling Of the case
by Attys. Earl B. Dickerson, alder
man Of Chicago's Second Ward;
.LOring B. Moore, Assistant Attor-
ney General of Illinois; Truman K.
Gibson, Jr., Irving Mollison and G.
Francis Stratford.
First Case Of Kind in % Years
Their appearance in the nations
highest tribunal October ~ marked
the first time since 1917 that the
question Of residential segregation
had been argued before that court.
Although the United States SUI
preme Court did not rule on the
validity Of property holders agree
ments barring Negroes from hv-
ing in areas bounded by them, 1t
was considered highly significant
that its decision held that such
agreements were in violation Of
the constitutional guaranty Of due
process Of law, under the 14th
amendment.
From its decision, therefore, is
expected ultimate abolishing Of
such residential barriers, and the
protection Of the rights Of all men,
the most important Of which is the
right to live where they please.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-11-22
US. Supreme Court Rules
Against Restrictive Covenant
Barring Negro Residents

CHICAGO, Nov 2Oof far-reaching Importance to minority
the Negro particular the United States Supreme
Court ruling which voded the Illinois Supreme Court holding that
Negroes residence old Washington
division of this city.
The high ruling which the decision which
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-11-22
Squire Neal Will Take Case
tOU.S. Supreme Court Now

was learned Tuesday that W. Squire Neal funeral
Federal Prison sentence theft of $4,000 bv his
brother John from the First National Bank will take his case on to
the u Supreme Court effort verdict set aside
Neal sentenced TO prison years ago. petition for
trial granted by the U Circuit Appea
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-11-22

Prominent st. Paul Men Will
Model WOmen's Clothes at the Re
versia Style Show December g.
Advt.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-11-22
High COURT STRIKES At
ALL WHITE COVENANTS.

CLARENCE SMITH SUFFERS
APPENDICITIS ATTACK
Clarence Smith, 1927 Fifth Ave-,
Minneapolis, one of the chief con-
tenders for the mayor of Bronze
vile Office, suffered an attack of
appendicitis Monday morning and
is at present confined to the hospi-
tai under observation. An opera
ton may be necessary.
BULLETIN!
Clarence w. Smith underwent an
appendectOmy at Minneapolis Gen.
eral Hospital Wednesday morning.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-11-22

Bring your family to annual
Twin City Reel and Trigger Club
Dinner at Wheatley House, Nov.
SO.-Advt.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-11-22

TIE FOUR INK SPOTS
The four Ink Spots appearing in Minneapolis beginning Friday
win judges determine outstanding local mems vocal
quartet
The famous Ink Spots will judges additions held at radio
WDGY The quartet which initiates the style of the Ink Spots
will all performances at the Orphum Theatre
Thursday November g.
Quartets would like the may calling
Zimmerman Cherry 4417 director of Minneapolis Beau
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-11-22

You Must See st. Philips Church
Reversal Style Show December 6.
Something DiHerents--Advt
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-11-22

Tickets soc for annual Reel and
Trigger Clubs Dinner, Nov. 50,
Phyllis Wheatley House.-advt.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-11-22

Meet the Mayor of Bonneville,
Thanksgiving Night, Nov. q, at
the st. Paul Auditorium. Music,
dancing, fun for all.-Advt.
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Of jurisdictioial strikes and othe,
interunion disturbances.

of jurisdictioial strikes and other
interunion disturbances.
Mr.. Pressman's argument was ad-
vanced in connection with the C. 10.
defense IN the celebrated Apex case,
IN which arguments have Just been
completed before the Supreme Court.
In this litigation, Federal Dis
trict Court in Philadelphia ordered
a $7l2,O00 Judgment against a
G. I. O. hosiery workers local for
damages growing out Of a sit-down
strike In the Apex hosiery plant.
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals
reversed the judgment, holding that
the interference with interstate COM
merce caused by the strike was in
cidental. and that the Sherman Act
penalties did not apply. The COM
pany has appealed. and the C. I. o.
Is setting up a defense that the
antitrust act cannot be invoked as
a punitive measure where a union is
engaged in the struggle to establish
collective bargaining.
The ruling in the third circuit. in
cidentally, has been followed in Fed
eral District Court in st. Louis, which
has sustained demurrer to a con-
spiracy indictment obtained by the
Justice Department against William
L. Hutcheson, international presi-
dent, and other officers of the car
penters' union as the outgrowth of
dispute with the machinists'
union over the installation of ma
chlnery at the Anheuser-Busch
plant. In direct contrast to the
opinion here by District Court JUS
tice Peyton Gordon in sustaining the
indictment against the teamsters'
union for causing a building tie-up,
the Federal court in Missouri held
that the interference to commerce
was "only incidental"
The Apex case is coming up at an
opportune time. The decision of the
supreme Court there should set at
rest all doubts as to how far union
activities are subject to the Sherman
Act, and with the Government in the
midst of Nation wide prosecutions
under this statute such Qualification
Is highly desirable.
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Labor and the Law

An interesting angle has been in
jected into the dispute over the ap-
plicability of the Sherman Act to
labor by the contention of Lee Press
man, general counsel for the c. I. O..
that unions fall afoul of the anti
trust law only when "they become
part of combination of employers
which commits acts in violation of
the law"
This clashes head-on with the ar
gument Of the A. F. of L. that labor
is freed from the prohibitions of the
monopoly statutes by the Clayton
Act, because, If the Pressman conten-
tion were followed by the courts, the
Federation building trades unions
would be subject to prosecution when
indicted jointly with employer
groups for restraints in the building
industry in the Governments current
antitrust compaign. But it would
free labop from charges growing out
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Mr.. Curron Takes Over

Edward M. Curran. who was sworn
IN yesterday as United States Attor-
ney for the District shortly after his
predecessor, David A. Pine, had taken
the oath as a justice of the District
Court assumes duties in the dis
charge Of which he may be expected
to render a service of the greatest
Importance to the people of
Washington.
Experience has shown that the
prosecuting attorney occupies a key
position in the endless struggle
against the depredations of the
criminal element. Police may make
arrests in abundance, but unless the
suspects are speedily and efficiently
prosecuted. where the evidence Jus
tifles a prosecution, the activity of
the arresting officers will have little
erect as deterrent to crime. It is
the knowledge on the part of
criminal or a potential criminal
that he faces the certainty of a
prompt trial and probable conviction
that makes him hesitate before over
stepping the bounds imposed by the
law. Without doubt, Mr.. Curran, by
virtue of his experience on the Police
Court bench and his active associa-
ton with local groups interested in
improved law enforcement, is fully
aware of these facts.
1t is to be regretted that, upon
taking Office, Mr.. Curran loses the
services of John j. Wilson, who had
been Mr.. Pines assistant in charge
OF the criminal division. The loss of
the services Of Mr.. Wilson, who
resigned to enter private law prac-
tice, is minimized to considerable
extent, however, by the fact that
Mr.. Pine had built up a staff of
experienced assistants, who are
entitled to much credit for the envi-
able record of prompt and compe-
tent prosecutions which has been
established by the district attorneys
Office. Mr.. Curran. in undertaking
his important new duties, is fortu-
nate in having this staff at his
disposo1
Evening star., 1940-04-03
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Traceuell.

The white-breasted nuthatch is about
inches long, whereas its red-breasted
cousin is only 4A inches. which make :.
1t pretty small, as birds go.
So utterly aside from coloraticn, there
Is no question Of which Is which. The
red-breasted Is q small bird, a very
small bird, whereas the white breasted
nuthatch is average, rather on the fat
side. Until you get good head d-on view
OF the bird, flattened on a t1ee, you do
not realize just how broad it is.
The white-breasted is really comically
broad. truly fat. It looks about as wide
as 1t is long. description often applied
to human beings, but rather stretched.
whereas 1t really fits the white-breasted
nuthatch.
Both nuthatches are classed as song
birds, mainly on account of their possess
sion OF true vocal cords, rather than
because Of any pretty strains they utter,
AS matter Of fact, the white-breasted
nuthatch makes very nasal sound,
perhaps best rendered as "yank, yank,
yank, yank." 1t is somewhat like one
OF the distinctive utterances Of the blue
Jay, out more nasal in quality. Both
species have long straight bills. There
are many types Of nuthatches, cousins
TO the creepers and the titmice.
Neither the woodpeckers nor the
creepers can walk down a tree head
first.
Other common names of the white.
breasted bird are white-bellied nuthatch.
Carolina (of courseD nuthatch, common
nuthatch, tree mouse, and devil down.
head.
The red-breasted is sometimes called
the red-bellied nuthatch, and the Canada
nuthatch.
Both species are incorrectly called sap
sucker, In some parts of the country.
The brown creeper looks a great deal
more like a mouse on a tree than the
red-breasted nuthatch. Such is the
vagary of popular nomenclature.
The white-breasted nuthatch is not a
curiosity in these parts, but everybody's
friend. Indeed, many bird observers feel
that this is their favorite bird. Not op,y
is 1t beautiful and interesting, but it is
friendly IN peculiar sort Of way. Per-
haps 1t is this feeling Of friendliness.
which 1t manifests, which stirs up an
Intense feeling in return in some human
breasts.
Not all persons are built alike, either
mentally or physically. Some seem to
have great deal more need for friend
ship with their own kind than others.
Some seem to get all the friendliness
they need in this world by being kind
to animals.
There is just enough about the white
breasted nuthatch to cause some persons
to confuse it with the downy woodpecker.
Really they do not look anything alike.
Nuthatches and chickadees are classad
as "upside-down BIRDS" and all you have
to do is watch them awhile to find out
why.
Evening star., 1940-04-03
War of PoIiteness

Each new war that comes along
not only brings forth new inven-
tions but scraps others that have
been tried In previous wars and
found wanting. In such wise have
been eliminated the sword, the ar
row, the shield and the contractor
selling spoiled meat to the army.
The latest to feel the ak, at least in
the French forces, Is the old-style
hard-boiled non-com. He is being
replaced by batch of lovely fresh
corporals and sergeants graduated
from a special school where they
were taught to handle privates with
mixture Of politeness and paternal-
ism, and with the same tender care
that they would use in handling a
grenade with the safety pin pulled
out.
The old-time non-com is naturally
Mortified at the very idea. It is in
deed possible that the necessity of
holding his tongue will induce apo
plexy, but, as he has learned to take
it as well as dish it out, he will con-
form even while continuing to be-
leve that politeness in the Army is
unconstitutional. The new depar-
ture is expected to do a lot toward
conserving a valuable military COM
modity-hatred. Under, the old sys-
tenn the buck private wasted nearly
all his precious supply on the top
kick, being careful to save reason
able amount for the mess sergeant.
Now 1t can all 60 to the enemy.
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Overture

Morning grown lovely that began 80 gray,
Stay by US with your warming smile.
Keep tryst
With fragile boughs, moon-white, that
lean through mist
To falter forth the words Of spring. Delay
This brief, delirious hour and sweetly
play
On far more pipes than lovers ear
can list
Faint pipes half heard through wells
Of amethyst.
And thrush notes falling like q Jet Of
spray.
For now the heart sends forth quick
shoots Of green
And greatly yearns for its full boon
OF summer,
Whose lengthening days shall yield
the rpened fruit
BY hedgerow, copse and wood, by Termed
ravine
The countryside plays host to every
conner
And new life stirs within times
ancient root.
MARY cAsTIEsk
-
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Writer Defends
F. b. /. Activities.
By Morgan M. Beatty,
Associated Press Feature Service Writer.

Writer Defends
F. b. /. Activities.
To the Editor OF The Star:
In recent address before the Delta
Kappa Gamma DR.. Mary Beard main
tanned that IAN Ogpu or Gestapo ap-
pears to be taking form" in the Federal
Bureau of Investigation. This is Ger
tainly most farfetched and unjust
criticism Of what is today the finest and
most efficient law-enforcement organi-
zation in existence, whose director and
entire staff represent only the highest
type Of American minds.
Our educators would do well to put
into practice their theory of teaching a
history Of creative intelligence" to save
civilization, but meanwhile let us not
tear down our very essential and unique
F. B. I. setup, whose only aim Is protec-
ton Of the American people against
dangerous criminal elements In our
country.
March -. q. 4
Evening star., 1940-04-03
"TAKOMA PARK, Md.


Dear Sir: One day last week strangers
appeared at my feeding station.
AFTER consulting my bird manual, I
found from the picture and description
given there, that no doubt was en-
tertaining a pair of red-breasted nut
matches.
''They were very familiar and fearless
and seemed right at home the few days
they were here.
"As had never heard them men,
toned In your column, and as the book
said they were seldom seen in the United
States except during migration, as their
breeding ground was much farther
north, I decided when they failed to
appear for several days that they only
had layover' in Washington on their
migratory tour, but hope they took my
number and will plan for a 'stopover'
on the return trip to the South next fall.
"As our radio brings in from the air
many beautiful things we didn't know
were there, so feeding the birds brings
in on the air many beautiful friends we
never knew were there.
Il tried handled soap saver, and it
makes fine suet saver. too, easy to re-
fill and safe from cats or dogs or any
thing but birds. Try it.
Sincerely, I. L. c."
The two nuthatches seen in this ter
ritory are the white-breasted and the
red-breasted.
The first Is the familiar friend of every
suburban gardener. AS far as we know,
this species seldom comes to city yards
The red-breasted nuthatch is rarely
seen hereabouts, and only on such flying
visits as our correspondent details.
You are fortunate if you see one. The
white-breasted, on the other hand, is
common hereabouts, remaining the year
around. 1t will not be seen much in
summer. however, preferring the woods.
All fall and winter and spring the
white-breasted nuthatch will come to
feeding stations, especially so If the
station is located on tree trunk. This
Is, 1t must be kept in mind, the famous
devil down-head," the only bird except
the chickadee which can walk down
tree. head down. Naturally it loves to
get its food that way. and If the feeder
Is placed on the trunk, say 10 or II feet
high. the nuthatch finds itself right at
home.
1t will eat either suet or seeds, snatch
ing one OF the latter by walking down
the trunk. dipping in its bill, and then
walking rapidly up the tree with its
catch. 1t never stays at the feeder to
eat
1t will use soap-dish suet feeder
readily. but is not bit fussy-it will
take suet from any other sort of device.
or no device at all, just from a piece
nailed on. or tied on. Some people use
mesh bags, such as those oranges come
IN, or did come in, which is it? It is
hard to keep up with things today.
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Washington Housing League
Comments on Slums.
To the Editor Of The Star:

Comments on Slums.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Your fine paper is to be commended
for Its interest in the serious housing
situation in Washington, D. c., as shown
by its. editorial entitled "Langston's
Tenants" Of March a.
The large slum areas, the fire traps
and the lack of adequate housing in the
District-which, as you point out, espe-
cially affects the Negro peoples a
problem which democracy must cope
with. It is as direct result of slum
conditions that disease-the District of
Columbia has the highest tuberculosis
death rate In the country-and crime
ensue.
The Washington Housing League has
a definite program of action, around
which It is uniting all other organiza-
tions and individuals to meet this press
ing emergency Of bad housing. Imme-
diately, 1t calls for construction Of low
cost housing under the Alley Dwelling
Authority, with provision to be made
for evacuated tenants Of homes which
are razed to make room for new projects:
a landlord-tenant commission to be es-
tablished to adjust grievances and to
place ceiling on the exprbitant rentals
which now prevail; rehabilitation Of
substandard buildings; adequate In
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Taking the Census

A veritable army of men and wom-
en- are now engaged in the gigantic
task Of taking the 1910 census.
Their job, needless to say, has been
made a great deal more difficult by
the outcry which has gone up against
some Of the census questions. In the
main, these protests were directed
to the income questions, but all rea-
sonable objections on this score have
been met by the decision to permit
objectors to hand census enumer-
ators sealed envelopes containing
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Discusses Present War
In Light Of History.

To the Editor Of The Star:
The pen is mighty. But "for best re-
suits" the human tongue. We could
quote dozens Of examples from Demos
themes down to Huey Long. And here
is Hitler. The effect Of his oratory on
"his chosen people" is apparently vast. It
reminds me of Louis Kossuth, the Hun
garian patriot d84s). OF him a poet
sang:
Behold the prophet! Him whose words
Leap from the tongue like flashing
swords.
Not Pitt, nor Burke, nor Irelands Dam
Have so disturbed the mind of man.
His body's just fragile shell,
But the voice spews forth the flames of
hell"
AS such Hitler appears to his aiders,
abettors and fellow visionaries. What
is his message? Brute force, blood and
iron for the redress of grievances that to
him are beyond patience, and, naturally,
while redressing these evils he visits the
same wrongs upon others. But about
others he is not concerned. No more
than the ancient Jews were troubling
themselves about the Boabites and the
Amalekites. They simply "liquidated"
them. Here sword Of the Lord, here
Gideon"
After all, what Of it? Twelve hundred
years ago 1t was. Allah is great and
Mahomet is his prophet" And so these
Arabs and, later, Turks, inflicted a new
religion on part of the world-with fire
and sword. In the present conflicts the
spiritualities are only mildly involved.
It's mostly about economic comforts.
Those who are we'll of want to be let
alone, and those who consider them
selves ill-used refuse to let them alone.
1t Is dollars-and-cents proposition.
'"Ireland's Dan," of course, is Daniel
OConnell, who at that time had q
European reputation.
The poem, the first stanza of which
I give In rough translation, is by Karl
Berk d817-1879). He was a German
Hungarian writer of Jewish parentage.
April /. FRED VETTER.
Evening star., 1940-04-03
written but unsigned statements Of

written but unsigned statements OF
their income.
1t is to be hoped, now that the
inquiry Is under way, that the bitter
ness engendered by the census con-
troversy will be forgotten, and that
every one will cooperate fully in an
effort to make the undertaking as
complete and accurate as is humanity
possible. To very considerable ex-
tent, the ability Of the Government
to deal in the future with such vital
problems as unemployment and relief
will be determined by the depend
ability Of the information now being
gathered. If, through failure of pub
lie cooperation, the census should
prove to be unreliable, no American
WILL escape entirely the resulting evil
consequences.
Evening star., 1940-04-03

The Reich would make it appear
that it has run into a veritable
treasure trove Of incriminating
diplomatic documents over In Po-
land. But, like many other treasures
which have excited people, 1t may
prove to be just fools gold" and
sprinkled with three grains Of salt,
at that.