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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-05-02
COPY OF LETTER SENT TO
GOV. HAROLD STASSEN

NONs nAnOLD = ASSEM-
915 Aldrich Ave. NJ,
Minneapolis, Mimi,
April 4, 194l.
Honorable Harold E. Stassen,
Governor of Minnesota,
State Capitol,
st. Paul, MINI.
Dear Governor:
The members Of Ward Two of
the Sumner Field Housing Project
at it's regular meeting expressed
deep concern and disappointment
over the treatment your office has
given the Minnesota Negro Defense
Committee in its righteous and
courageous effort to obtain a
square deal for the Negro citizens
of Minnesota. Following this dis
cussion unanimous vote was re-
corded in favor of a letter being
sent you that our position in this
matter would be known.
AS you know, Honorable Gov
ernor, this committee represents a
group of citizens whose loyalty and
patriotism is beyond question by
any one and has shown to the
world the meaning of true Ameri-
canism.
We sincerely regret that you saw
fit to appoint a special committee
to STUDY" this fine group of
citizens, instead of recognizing
this defense committee whose only
desire and program is to join with
other loyal groups to make our
state a real working democracy.
We are very much concerned
over the plan you must eventually
adopt relative to the Minnesota
Home Defense Forces and the
Negro citizen. Our members, like
all other Americans, will be salts
fed with nothing less than the Con-
stitution provides, and we feel that
it is our right to expect you, the
governor of this great state, to see
that the Negro citizen is given full
equality under the law.
Respectfully yours,
Mrs. Mary Crump,
Chairman of Ward Two.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-05-02
WELCOME HALL NEWS
THE VARIETY HOUR

The Wide Awake Girls and Girl
Reserves Clubs are featuring "The
Variety Hour" Tuesday, May 81,
at p. m, at The Ober Boys Club.
Everyone is invited. The program
will be composed of Drama" and
special music.
PARENT WORKERS COUNCIL
On Thursday, May l, The Parent
Workers Council will render a very
special program. Their guest for
the evening will be DR.. Earl Weber
who will talk on The Annual Health
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-05-02
Not To Public Interest


Of the size Of St. Paul and Minneapolis but certainly not to public
interest
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things free press supposed to offer
The public always for its when than
completes patronage Having newspaper city
like having only department store grocery
This has always felt responsible the public
that has always had competition public
what it in the program editorial
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With both Minneapolis "onepaper towns the c
will not be able elsewhere They'll have take
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ested in people and community.
Mr.. Rohschds influence his employees great
exude the friendly spirit of interest the they
Too Much to Fight on Two Fronts
the training of Negro soldiers in the South be
government might
sy of training these other country
presentday Negro drawn the armed services of his
frame of mind endure Southern brutality
officers and others who become when they Negro dressed
in the uniform the United States Army Navy There will
tany be trouble and plenty unless Southern communities
the United States officials cognzane
certain people Negro
too much them fight fronNofok Journal
Guide
Up to Decent Level
Cooperative buying and selling like cooperative farming
way winch the home and living conditions OF people in the lower
income classes may be brought decent evOuiana Weekly
Worse Problem
Worse problem is kids of
Negro kids brought into Cden Court has increased
while white kids have decreased 81 Negroes
tribute the largest crime and disease statistics Negroes
inherently inferior but because factors ~ The
muniy has failed provide Negro social
agencies have persstenty segregated Negro kids refused
them at ALL (3 Simply because there other place for them
delinquent Negro children tossed the State institution
wy when actually their problem calls entirely different
From Study of Juvenile Conditions Among New York Youth John
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is not found-W. E. B. Du DOis.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-05-02
By VIM. ]

COMM ENCEM T is just
around the corner. Soon the great
verbal barrage win begin. Thou
sands of young men and women,
eager, earnest and ambitious, will
be bombarded with long speeches
full of sound and fury signifying
little or nothing. The air will
vibrate and platforms will be
strewn with morals, conclusions
and other over-ripe fruits that
have been shaken from the tree of
wisdom since the days of the first
commencement.
Negro graduates will receive
their share of these sermons and
addresses. They will be preached
to, by full-throated orators, who
will give the impression that the
world is waiting with bated breath
and open arms, ready to reward
them according to their worth and
ability, which is not true. "The
color of your skin has nothing to
do with it." they will be told, "if
you are prepared, the world will
make a beaten path to your door"
This is not true. "The world is
waiting for you, the harvest is
abundant, the laborers are few"
these orators will declare. But
these are only half truths. The
whole truth will not be told on
Commencement Day. For only
those who can be trusted to say the
right thing" will be invited to
speak to graduating youth.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-05-02
THE GENERAL TREND of the

THE GENERAL TREND of the
sermonizing will be, eve oldsters
have given you youngsters a
chance to drink from the fountain
of wisdom, now how are you going
to repay US? What are you going
to give US in return for this world
we are turning you out in? We've
been doing the job of running
things a long time. :. While you
played and studied, we worked.
You tackle things now. Wiring
victory from defeat. "Atta
boy You can do it. What
do you say?"
BaIoney! That is what l
would say were l youngster COM
ing out of school in 1889. E. "You
old folks stay on the job" Because
of your selfishness, laziness and
stupidity, you've gotten things in
an awful fix. Don't try to
dump the load on me. Get busy
yourself and do something about
the mess we are in. 1t won't hurt
you to carry things a while longer.
After a bit, l will jump in and
help, but just now don't bother me
for l am going to kick up my heels
and play"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-05-02

Day Program. There will be spe-
cial music. Public is cordially in
vited to attend.
SUNDAYS ASSEMBLY
Sunday, May 4, The Fishermen's
Club of Welcome Hall will have
charge of the service from 8 to 4
p. m. Everyone is welcome.
THE FISHERMAN'S CLUB
All men interested in living q
better Christian life, are invited to
join this club, which has a very
definite aim, that of fishing for the
souls of men. We need men who
have an urge to work out in a
practical way the teachings Of
Christ. Watch this paper for our
summer program.
MARION BROWN, Pres.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-05-02
ChiVers
Pleases In Song
Recital Debut

Lorraine Chivers, Minneapolis,
mezzo-soprano was presented in
recital Monday night by Wayman
church choir at Seton Guild.
The singer pleased the large au-
dience which generously applsuded
her rendition. She was accom-
panied by Ethel Anderson. Bernice
Lund, violinist, won applause with
three selections.
LORRAINE Chivers is a pupil of La
Garfield.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-05-02
gard to width.

Years ago vans were horse-drawn,
And they'd clatter from morn till
night,
Working overtime was in order
To get everyone settled right.
But with the advent of the motor
truck,
A new era has arrived,
For speed in transportation was
certain
Which competition horses
couldn't survive.
The world moves at a quicker pace,
That-which cannot compete,
Is relegated to the has-been class,
And unfortunately takes a back
seat.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-05-02

SUCH AN ANSWER from the
youngsters might serve to shock US
oldsters into a true sense of our
responsibility to Negro youth. If
Negro youth would thumb it's nose
at US and tell US to ego whistle up
a stump" we might begin to real
ize how far short we have fallen
from the high mark set by our
fathers. Our fathers shortly after
slavery gave a better account of
their time, talents and opportuni-
ties than we in the last thirty years
have given of ours.
THOUSANDS OF NEGRO
GRADUATES this year will face
the world. The young people Of no
other group have so much work
to do as they. They must hurdle
every barrier placed in the path
Of all youth q. . then the addition
al barrier of being a Negro.
They must fight for a place to
stand in the social, economic and
civil life Of the Republic although
it is guaranteed to them, as it is
to other citizens, by the Constitu-
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-05-02
Moving Day
By Morris Gibbs, Sr.

Moving day is on the First of May,
Universal it is everywhere,
Spring has arrived in all its glory,
Bringing a freshness in the air.
Many are the tasks to be done,
Transferring of new names to
new addresses
Is in itself a large job,
A lot of men into work it presses.
Many are the conveyances
Which some move with,
Trailers, trucks and occasionally
wagons,
Some constructed without re-
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-05-02

stone in this dream-structure which
we had built and with a mental
chisel we cut these words: THE
GLORY OF MAN is HIS WORKS,
NOT HIS COLOR"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-24
Book Review

How do Negro youth live IN q
small hut flourishing manufactur-
ing city in North Carolina. Is the
busy center q rich Illinois farm
county. and in Pennsylvania
manufacturing town,
Though widely separated geo.
graphically and culturally. Greens
horo. Nc. Galesburg. III. and Mil
ton, Pa have one thing in CONNER
they are liberal communities: in
fact. two Greensboro and Gales
burg. were important stations on
the underground railroad OF pre-
Civil War days.
THE studies az the personality
development OF Negro Youth which
have heretofore been made for the
American Youth Commission have
dealt with large cities or with a
rural region IN which a large part
81 the population Is Negro. This
volume attempts 10 show briefly
how Negro boys and girls grow up
in three small cities. town OF liber-
al traditions in both the North and
the SOUTH saws Robert l.. Suth-
erland assoc rfe director for stud
les ~ Negro nth for the American
Youth Commission. in speaking OF
Thus BE Their Destiny" which IS
the NTH and last OF the studies in
Negro youth personality develop
ment made by the American Youth
Commission.
Thus Be Their Destiny" takes It's
place With Color and Human Ma
ture" study made In Chicago. as
indicative OF environment in an
urban northern cimmunity: Grow
ing Ip IN the Black Belt" which pic
lures the rural South: Negro Youth
al the Crosswsys." which tells OF the
life In the BORDER states. and Chill
drcn ~ Bondage" which describes
The urban South. The hrst four pub
LEGATIONS were regional studies
Thus BE Their Destiny" compares
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-24
Defense Heads Plans
Hospital Mobilization

Plans 70 mobilize hospital facili-
ties against the possibilities 81 in
dusirial sabotage. bombardment or
attack. shortage Of nurses. techni-
clans and other hospital personnel
as demands OF the national de-
Tense program call these people
from civilian duties. and rapid
growth OF hospital and medical
service plans 10 national member
ship of s5000O0 subscribers were
the principal topics OF discussion
as the twelfth annual Tri-State
Hospital Assembly closed today at
Tie stevens Hotel In Chicago.
Four thousand executives. medi-
cal officers. trustees and auxiliary
workers fr m 700 hospitals
throughout the states OF Illinois.
Wisconsin. Indiana and Michigan
have been attending the Assembly.
three-day program of lectures
and demonstrations covering every
phase OF hospital operation
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-24
WHY | DISLIKE
WORD NEGRO
By ISAAC JONES

THIS WEEK your writer mas ~
ceived a number OF letters anu
telephone calls from persons wno
heard a religious broadcast Ns'
Sunday morning over looal ..
do station by visiting mlnis'e,'
who no doubt. was from the Sousa
anyway. he told one OF tnos'
~ stories"--something about
colored man being tried before
judge for stealing chickens-pIvv.
ably you know the rest you m''
have heard the broadcast, Wne'a',,
you did or not Il bears out VIVA.
have stated In this column Io-
time to time. we. the colored pev
pie OF America should do away WIZ
the word Negro" and thai siar,
word that Is so closely related WI,
follow. II is useless to say wa,
impossible. Anything Is poss'''s,'
when our determination Is 80
enough, OF course. the big ques'y,
is. are enough OF us IN favor "
fighting TO push the word Nes',
in the background. or wouia n, nv,
OF us prefer things to stand a. WV
are?
You may not be aware on A.,
fact, but this writer WORKS ~
and night on this subject ans~
ing letters. making personal ca
facts. etc. and my finding n.s -,
reaied that It is in most cases "a "a
educated people who VIII na.s s,cs
he convinced about the dins's 80.
In the two words. the class Of ".
pie who are commonly Know. m
the laborlng class. which maAs 800
our poor families viii as'' lied
per cent that We should be 80 49,,
"Colored" and will express 'u "ot
dislike for the word Negro .,,srs
only that, Of the scores OF 'ssd.
received by this writer from ,his
ers Of The Detroit Tribune on ,, AN,
subject. they all have been lei
the so-called little fellows. les.
me hear from some Of our ~
sional and business people Co
my Office address 10 80 h'
lumbia avenue.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-24
Our Domestic Relationship
BY Henry Jones

from the Job that he has given US
for the maintenance OF his house.
or will We be honest 10 God and
ourselves, II We can visualize that
the life of cur Jobs as race men
and women. depends largely upon
the duration OF the present war and
the defense program. We would re-
member God and the Kingdoms
program also. while We have the
opportunity TO earn fair wage for
a days work Will We not remem-
Der that It is God that gives US
strength 10 get wealth. My last
question is Where are you going
10 spend God time. his talent and
his money? In domestic luxury. In
pleasure riding in the number
racket beer gardens, dance halls
and lodge halls or the church?
While We are thinking OF building
new homes letc.) for ourselves.
what about the house OF God7 There
are two great forces Al work in
our community IL the Kingdom
81 God and its constructive forces.
and t2l the world and It's desfruc-
tive forces Which one OF these
VIII you support After having been
blessed 10 emerge from the soup
line" and relief rolls" 10 enter
and receive BENEFITS from the great
national defense program. will you
spend time In the above places OF
destruction or viii you make
worthy contribution 10 society," ]
believe. that God is ready 10 give
the Negro another chance in this
great national economic commo-
fion. hut remember that the words
chance" trust" and "opportuni-
~ are very closely related. And
NAV | ask once again what are We
going 70 do with our chance. our
opportunity and our trust as they
relate 10 our stewardsh'p 10 Cod
Remember. The Lord 10 with Ms
while we are with Him.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-24
LOOK TO
YOUR LEADERS

FROM THE beginning OF tine the
fayoriie alibi OF a man. nation
or a race. for going astray has been
the detection OF the leader. He was
the one TO blame. His was the sin.
The others simply followed.
Bui that 10 one alihi that won't
hold water in democratic society.
For where the people determine up
on their leader-he Is their serv-
ant--their representative.
Wherever corrupt or dishon-
orahle leader is in authority he
stays there with the consent or
through the liberation OF those who
placed him In such a position-or
which is most usual. through their
indifference.
David Harum said. You can't
have an honest horse race until
you have an honest human race"
And you can't have honest and
honorable leaders unless the honest
and honorable people will get out
and put them into power and help
them In every way 10 carry out
their appointed tasks
The crying need Of the world to-
day Il leadershlp--in International
relations. in national affairs. in To-
cal ofhoes--and in all branches OF
our daily life. Good leaders are hard
10 find because the task of CON
scientious. honest. objective leader
ship Is difficult thankless one.
As people we are 100 apt 10 put
up with mediocrity rather than TO
get out and bestir ourselves 10 find
men who can properly represent us
We are too easily taken in by a glib
tonEue and easy confident manner
What we must DO Is 10 remember
that our leaders represent us-they
are the embodiment o, the things
for which We stand. OF the princi-
pies in which we believe We must
Re "a sure OF their integrity in all
things az We are OF our own. They
must measure up 10 our highest
standards. once we have found such
men we must hack them whole
heartedly in action as well as in
speech-for We are responsible for
them
II hey turn out we'll. we can take
the credit II they turn out badly
there IS no alibi, for we chose them.
AS long as We tolerate them we re-
main responsible. Let us look 10
our leaders,
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-24
EDITORIAL PAGE N
synopsis

synopsis
pAfllip lonrAd. proceeding
attorney. marries barbara Ar
mold to spite her brother, Bruce
Arnold who knows Conrad 10
NEGRO. Arnold, newly elect
ed governor, had many years
ago ruined Conrad's sisters
life. Meanwhile their political
associate. Tony Wallberg Is
murdered. Madeline bay, color
ed maid IL accused. Handsome
Barry Barton. young Negro
New spaper man, believes IN
Madeline's innocence and Sc
cures the services Of Attorney
Dale Weston. Weston inter-
views Fay Wallberg, widow OF
the dead man and Wallbergs
business partner. Peter Dean,
with whom Fay had been hav-
ing q secret love affair. Barry
finds himself falling In love
with Madeline whose charm
has not gone unnoticed by
Prosecuting Attorney Philip
Conrad. His reyengeful marri-
age TO Barbara has lost It's sig.
nificance and he thinks only OF
Madeline and her lovellness.
His old girl friend, Sandra,
threatens him because he de-
serted her for barbara. In the
meantime a private detective Is
planted on the Wallberg estate,
and Madellne's sister, Ruth. IL
hired as Mrs. Wallberg's per-
sonal maid. Believing that the
clue TO the murder will be found
at the scene OF the crime. Dale
and Barry head for the dead
mans home.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-24
Birth Control Federation

4 VIGOROUS campaign is being waged by
the Birth-Control Federation of America
TO call attention to the general public and
public health officials to the excessively high
death rate among Negro mothers and babies
also TO demonstrate that it can be consider
ably reduced by and through the extension Of
birth control service.
Among the leaders in the movement Claude Bar
nett Mary VI Betnune Frank r. Crosswaith Crystal Bird
Fauset Dorothy 3 Ferebee. NJ D.: the Rev A. Clayton
yergan. Claiming H Tobias. Eugene K. Jones and Fred
erick y. Patterson
national director of the Brth-Conrol Federation the
According 70 release issued by ID. Kenneth Rose,
death rate among Negro mothers and infants alarming
'Out Of 100000 Negro babies born alive each year.
p 900 die in their first year. This is almost wohirds
than white families lose. AT present there 6l2
birth-cOnrO scattered throughout the country
but they reach only small percentage Of mothers To
reach the great Of poorer mothers the Federation
Is seeking 90 the inclusion of this preventative
health service in state public health programs"
DR. W +. 3. Dubois, speaking on the subject, says:
THE extension OF birthcontrol services, of course
calls for a liberal attitude among Negro churches
Birth control organizations throughout the country ought
10 get their speakers before church congregations and
their arguments Negro newspapers As is the mass of
Negroes know nothing about the birth control movement
and even intelligent coored people have good many
sappehensions and good deal of fear at openly learn
ing about Like people with middle class standards
of morality, they think that birth control is inherently inn
moral They must learn that among human races and
groups among vegetables quality and not mere guam
tity really counts
:ribued by the BrthCo Federation II explains that
birth control is a safe and simple way to plan children
when wanted, that il is harmless and recommended by
many physicians and ministers.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-24
Cotton In National Defense

THIS IS National Cotton Week and America
is giving special emphasis at this time to
the vital role which cotton is playing in the de-
Tense of the nation. The cotton industry not
only provides employment for millions of
men and women engaged in farming textile
work and other industrial pursuits but pro-
vides national fiber from which clothing,
food, oil and many high explosives are pro-
duced
Ever since the invention of the cotton
gin by Eli Whitney, the American cotton
crop has increased in Importance. Cotton is
used in the manufacture of thousands of
products including medical dressings and
bandages, khaki uniforms hosiery, mat
tresSes. automobile cushions rugs. towels,
handkerchiefs. bedding. twine. thread, paper
and other articles too numerous to mention.
There was time years ago, when cotton
seed were considered of no commercial
value Farmers used to dump them in their
fields to rot. Now cotton seed are used for
making various valuable products The seed
are crushed and the oil extracted. The husks
are baled and used for feeding dairy stock
and the yellow kernels in the seeds are con-
verified into cotton-seed meal, which is also
used as feed for COWS and as high-grade fer
tilizer We therefore see that as a food for
dairy stock. cotton seed are valuable in the
production of milk and other dairy products,
while the cotton-seed meal helps fertilize the
soilvhich produces other vital food products.
In observing Cotton Week, however,
and calling attention to the many ways in
which this vital product aids in national de-
Tense and the economic progress of America
letus not forget the important part played by
our people in the production of cotton. The
cotton crops Of the Southern States are pro-
auced largely by Negro labor Negro men,
women and children pillow the land, SOW the
seed cultivate the growing plants pick the
feecy cotton from the boles and take it to the
mill where is ginned and baled. They then
take il to the great cotton warehouses of the
South. and later load it on ships bound for
distant ports And for the most part this la
Dor is performed under the blistering rays O.
the sun at pitifully low wages
Cotton is king but the forgotten" black
men and women who toll in the cotton fields
Of the South. have made cotton the king it is.