Minneapolis spokesman., 1941-12-19
THIS
WORLD
Press Pledges
Walter White Says
Soldier Boys Want
; Etc.


appeared from their columns the
billboard magnates got a break.
No matter where one turns today
in the Flour City you will find
whiskey bottle looking at you from
a billboard. Neither Mayor Kline
of Minneapolis nor Mayor John
McDOnOugh of the SANITY City
have found time to appoint Negro
to the civilian defense committees
which they have named THE PIO-
NEER PRESS editorial of last Sat-
urday on Mexicans and Negroes
and patriotism was very good. Late
Wednesday our efficient army re-
cruiting services in these two cities
have not found how an American
of Negro descent may join up and
offer his life for his country. The
STAR JOURNAL, socially con-
sciOus and patriotic daily, took cog
nizance of the Righteousness Of re-
fusing Americans who want to vol
unteer by reprinting the front page
editorial from this newspaper de-
nOuncing the condition on it's We'd
nesday editorial page. Many white
people who do not know that such
things exist learned about it from
the Star Journal paper. ...
Everyone of the 70 odd Negro
newspapers which reach our desk
weekly pledged their support to
Americas war effort as war came.
Every single one Of them pledged
their efforts, however, to keep on
fighting for the Negroes right to
enjoy some of this democracy he is
very willing to fight in defense of.
Many agree with Walter White,
NAACP secretary, who said, "In
this. moment of hysteria and peril
I urge Negroes to use their
brains and to avoid thereby going
overheard Historically. / urge them
to keep their eyes and minds open.
/ urge them to remember that dec
larations of war do not lessen the
obligation to preserve and extend
civil liberties here while the fight
is being made to restore freedom
from dictatorship abroad. Ad-
mittedly this is not going to be
easy to do. But we must continue
to be the spearhead and the acid
test of democracy in the United
States. If we fail we shall con-
tribute to dictatorship after, as
we'll as during the war;"
Henry Bannarn, one of the cOun-
try's most talented young artists
and sculptOrs, has an exhibition of
his work at the T. b. Walker Art
Galleries in Minneapolis, until the
end of this month. During No
vember 749 Minnesota motorists
suffered either revocation of sus-
pension of their licenses.
Odell Waller, the Virginia share
cropper who was railroaded to the
electric chair by jury of landlords
and who was saved from execution
by the Workers Defense League,
assisted by the NAACP, has been
granted another reprieve. Vir-
ginia's Governor, James H. Price,
stayed the execution until March
20, 1912. His case will be appealed
to the U. S. Supreme Court.
The Ramsey County Public
Health association reminds US that
the victims of tuberculosis are for
the most part the young, the ac-
tive-the men and women in the
productive years of life. Both this
association and the Hennepin Coun-
ty T. B. association, under the cap
able guidance Of Katherine Rade-
baugh, do a fine job of educating
the public against the disease
which takes such a large toll. The
public can do its part by purchas-
ing Christmas Seals.
Richard Wright's new book,
"12,000,00O Black Voices" pub
lished by Viking Press, N. Y, has
received very good press notices
from book critics.
What to give the soldier boys
for Christmas is a subject which has
perhaps worried many. We are
told that parents, sweethearts and
friends who would make the soldier
bovs happy are those who will Sc