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Evening star., 1942-09-10
Full Reorganization
Is Recommended

We recommend a complete re-
organization and consolidation of
the governmental agencies con-
cerned with the rubber program
These changes should include:
ta) A directive by the President
ordering the Rubber Reserve Co. and
all other Government agencies to
act in all matters relative to the
rubber program as directed by the
chairman of the War Production
Board.
(b) The appointment by the chair
man of the War Production Board
of rubber administrator, delegat-
ing to him full and complete au-
thority in all matters related to
rubber, including research, develop
ment, construction and operation of
plants. The chairman of the WPB
should divest himself of all direct
concern with these matters.
(c) Establishment of an adequate
technical staff, properly stated
under the immediate supervision OF
the rubber administrator, funds to
be provided for these purposes.
& Centralize Oil Operations.
That the petroleum co-ordinatol
be directed by presidential order
to act on specific directives from the
rubber administrator to explore al
methods for the production of buta.
sdiene from petroleum and natura
gas products and to recommend
new proposals to the rubber ad
ministrator for consideration anc
action. However, to make certain
there are no construction delay
because of conflicting authority, tn,
construction of all plants and equip
ment concerned with the production
and publication of butadiene from
oil shall be under the direction o
the rubber administrator
8 The petroleum co-ordinator shal
supervise the operation of thes
plants, after construction, but h
shall not change the presently au
thorized program (or plans for oper
tom except as approved by tn
rubber administrator.
Able Executive Needed.
In delegating this added respon
sibiity to the petroleum co-ordina
tor of the butadiene- from oil pro
gram with other petroleum an
natural gas requirements, especial
for aviation gasoline and for toulen
for explosives.
AS the situation develops 1t ma
Evening star., 1942-09-10

esses Of tomorrow and tomorrow's
by those of the next day. However.
our need for rubber quickly Is too
great to wait upon perfection and
If this committee were to advise the
newly y-appointed rubber administra-
tor it would say. Bull the present
program through"
In drawing up these recommenda-
tions the committee has sought to
find basis upon which the entire
Nation can 60 forward together,
uniting our energies against the
enemy instead of dissipating them
in domestic wrangliing. 1t appre-
ciates that it is asking the public
to make sacrifices because of mis-
takes that have been made and for
Evening star., 1942-09-10

postwar industry and that different
groups will be contesting for a
share in this postwar industry.
This struggle should not be allowed
to obscure the basic facts of our
situation as regard the war and
rubber. No matter what processes
were provided in the program there
would be the same uncertainties
as to the future, the same huge re-
quirements, the same threat to our
essential civilian economy, and the
same necessity for conserving the
rubber We have until our new rub
Der comes in
The committee recognizes that
there still is room for reasonable
scientific disagreement over many
OF the processes for making rubber
that are being developed 1t is
quite possible, even likely, that be-
fore much of the synthetic rubber
now planned is produced, better
processes will have proven them
selves.
Unity for Victory.
In any new industry the processes
OF today are outmoded by the proc
Evening star., 1942-09-10
little expenditure OF critical mate
No Food Shortage.


rials.
No Food Shortage.
The Secretary of Agriculture has
assured the committee that no con-
Germ need be felt that an expansion
of the alcohol and butadiene from
grain will interfere with our food
supply. After all food requirements
that can be anticipated now are
met, there still will be upward of
1850 100000 bushels of wheat left
on this continent.
If by the end of 1943 the actual
production of synthetic rubber
measures up to schedule and If
synthetic rubber can be used read
lily, or If military or export need for
rubber prove less than now antici-
pated, it should be possible to relax
the restrictions somewhat on civilian
driving. Before that can be done.
however there must be an assurance
that at least $50 900 tons of buna-S
rubber year will be available, in
excess of military needs, for civilian
purposes.
More Neoprene Required.
Under the rubber rationing pro-
gram recommended by the COM
mittee, civilians will continue cut
ting into their capitalize rubber
on their tires-although at a much
lesser rate than now. BY 1914 a
further expansion of tire replace
ment for civilians to repay this
borrowed rubber" will be necessary.
One of the impelling reasons for the
committees recommendation that
the synthetic rubber program be ex-
panded is because we desire to see
the rubber turned out that will
keep America on wheels.
AS margin of safety on the mill
tary side, we recommend the con-
struction of 10000 tons a year of
additional neoprene capacity.
Neoprene is the one synthetic
rubber which has been shown to be
the full equivalent in quality of
natural rubber for combat and
heavy duty tires, either by itself
or in combination with buna-S.
The relative high cost of neoprene
in terms of critical materials and
electric power needs are offset by
the fact that it is an insurance
against the possibility that our i'm
ports Of natural rubber, already
reduced, may be cut off or that the
production of buna-S in l943 be de-
layed, forcing us to cut deeply into
our crude stockpile.
Evening star., 1942-09-10

accept the impossible" instead Of
trying to overcome it.
The military men must decide
what things come first in war pro-
duction; but 1t is the duty of this
committee to point out that unless
the flow of materials for the con-
struction of these synthetic rubber
plants is insured, there will be no
rubber in the fourth quarter of 1943
with which to equip modern mech
sniZnd army
Evening star., 1942-09-10

which the people are not to blame.
But wrong things done in the past
cannot be cited as defense for
making mistakes in the future. The
war demands that we do these
things Victory can be won In no
other Way.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1942-01-16
Joseph B. Levy
Elected President
Omaha r. r. 400

White and colored employees on
the crack Northwestern Omaha
400" train recently organized a
club.
Joseph B. Levy laid the ground
work in the forming of the Coma
ha R. R. 400 Club"
The club is strictly a charity or
ganization for the benefit of sick
members. Its membership is COM
posed of employees of the Chicago,
st. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha
Railroad Dining Car Department
and includes superintendent, stew
ards, stewardesses, walters, buffet
porters, and parlor car porters.
In a recent meeting in Chicago
the following officers were elected:
Joseph B. Levy, president; Peter
Kromy, vice president; Burie Car
michael, financial secretary; Wal
ter Lawrence, assistant financial
secretary; Edward McMoore, re-
cording secretary; John L. Cook,
treasurer. Trustee committee:
Joseph Ball, Manly Rhodes, Pascal
Todd, Earl Williams, C. D. Jones.
Sick committee: Fred W. Lewis,
Adam Lauterbach.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1942-01-16
Death Takes
A. w. Frazier,
Pullman Vet
Buy Defense Bonds

Alexander w. Frazier, $50 W,
Central Ave., died Tuesday, jan
uary 13, at 1 a. m. after being in
failing health since June. Born in
Staunton, Virginia, in 1876, Mr.,
Frazier had been a resident of this
city for the past thirty years.
He was a veteran Pullman en-
ployee, having been retired in 1887
and at the time of his death held
membership in the Pullman Por-
ters' Benefit Association.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Mamie Frazier, a sister, Susie
Jackson of Staunton, Virginia, a
cousin, Esther Stevens, also of
Virginia, and brother, Cromwell,
Harrisburg, Penn.
Funeral services were held Fri
day, January 16, at 2 p. m. from
st. James A. M. E. Church, Dale
and w. Central, with Rev. B. N.
Moore, pastor, officiating, assisted
by Rev. S. E. Ware, pastor of Pill
grim Baptist church.
Arrangements by the Neal
McGavock Funeral Home.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1942-01-16

nifty Center in a Alice Reynolds
War Set G" is the subject of Miss
Reynolds address. The skit which
is written and directed by Beatrice
Vassar Coleman follows the "Home
Front" theme. An especially good
meal has been planned. The An
nual meeting has become the one
time during the year when the en-
tire community comes together to
consider new trends, emphasis-the
staff groups opportunity to inter
pret the work of the house to the
larger group.
Miss Garden says, parents must
be very happy that there is such
a fine public spirited group of non
parents in the community. 95 per
cent of pledges for the new gym
nasium are from non-parents.
Practically the entire membership
list is likewise constituted.
81 believe, however, that our
greatest service has been to par
ents up to this time. Greater par
ticipation is anticipated for the
coming year."
Minneapolis spokesman., 1942-01-16
Nelson Lauds
Joe Louis

Declaring that "a great need of
the times are people who will live
Christianity rather than talk it,"
Rev. Clarence T. R. Nelson lauded
Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis,
as an example Of true Christian liv-
ing in many respects, in a sermon
last Sunday in the Camphor Me-
mortal Methodist Church. The
Camphor pastor said that the
champion set a real Christian ex-
ample by living a life of temperate
habits, in that he did not smoke
nor drink intoxicating liquors. Mr.,
Nelson said that as "far as he had
heard or read, Joe Louis has been
the husband of on. wife. He
has not permitted money and pop
ularity make him untrue to the girl
he married"
"Joe Louis did more than a
patriotic thing when he fought
Buddy Baer, risking his worlds
heavyweight million dollar title
and giving his entire purse to the
Navy Relief Fund. He did real
Christian deed by going more than
the proverbial second mile with
your : enemy. He literally
turned his cheek (Baer probably
wished that he had turned his fists
in some other direction) and for
gave those who despitefully use his
people by discriminating against
them in the Navy"
"Joe has heaped Goals of fire.
upon the Navy by his unselfish
deed and by so doing he has prob
ably done more than anyone in
ultimately breaking down the bars
of discrimination against the Ne
gro in the Navy and all branches
of armed service of the United
States," Mr.. Nelson concluded.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1942-01-16
NEGRO LEADERS
SAY RACE COOL
TOWARD WAR

New York.-According to Judge
William H. HASTE, civilian assist
ant aide to Secretary of War Stim-
son, the 100000 Negroes of the
country are not "wholeheartedly
and unreservedly" supporting the
war effort.
This conclusion was reached by
a poll of Al prominent Negro lead
ers meeting in Washington who
took the position by a vote of SO
to 5.
These leaders emphasized, how
ever, the belief that Negroes were
not disloyal to America or SYM
pathetic to Hitlerism.
Negro apathy and lack of CO.
operation they asserted resulted
from numerous determinations in
defense industries and the jim
Growing of Negroes in the Army,
virtual exclusion from Navy and
barring from the Marine Corps.
The announcement by HASTE
caused a nationwide sensation.
Local Negro leaders polled by
this paper agreed the poll in the
East was correct.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1942-01-16
Four Named
To Civilian
Defense Groups

Minneapolis Negro citizens have
received representation in the fol-
lowing committees of the Mime
apolis Civilian Defense Council,
Serving on the Women's Activities
Committee is Mrs. Mae Marshall,
representing the Phyllis Wheatley
House Auxiliary. Mrs. F. Peavy
Heffelfnger is chairman Of this
group.
Mrs. DeVelma Newman has been
appointed to the committee on
Consumers Interest of which Mrs
A. N. Satterlee is chairman. Mrs
Newman, representing the Urban
League, has been named secretary
of that committee.
Chas. w. Washington, executive
secretary of the Minneapolis Urban
League, serves on the committee
on Recreation and Physical Fit
ness. This committee is headed by
Karl Raymond, director of Recrea-
tion for the Department of Parks
and Fairgrounds.
The committee on Human Re-
sources and Skills was organized
prior to the Civilian Defense Pro-
gram but is now a part of the de-
fense set-up. John F. Thomas of
the National Youth Administration
is a member of this committee.
Cecil E. Newman, president of
the Minneapolis Council of Negro
Organizations, addressed a COM
munication to Mayor Marvin Kline
last August calling the Mayors
attention to the fact that Negroes
of Minneapolis were desirous of
participating in all phases of the
Civilian Defense Activities.
The Council is taking additional
steps to secure representation on
several other important commit
tees.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1942-01-16
CassiuS Named
New President
Business Group

Anthony B. Cassius, cafe pro-
prietor, was elected president of
the Minneapolis Business and Pro-
fessional Association at the annual
meeting of the group Tuesday
night.
Miss L. o. Smith, attorney, was
elected vice-president; Cecil New
man, recording secretary; Jasper
Gibbs, corresponding secretary;
Chester Johnson, treasurer.
Elected to the executive board
were R. B. Lynch, Jas. Miree, Mil
ton Shanks and Frank Peoples.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1942-01-16
Several Hundreds

Of your white fellow Americans
read this paper every week. They
range from bankers to teamsters,
from governors to members of the
city council School teachers, So
cial workers, college deans and COL
lege presidents are numbered
among the names on our subscrip-
ton lists.
Practically all of these people
buy the paper to learn better the
hopes, aspirations and opinions of
Americas Black One-Tenth. Many
of them are deeply interested in the
solving of one of Americas chief
problems, the sO-called race prob
lem.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1942-01-16
Jennie Roger.
Resident rIally
Years, Dead

Mrs. Jennie Roger, age rs,
widow of the late James Roger,
died January IL at the Central hos
pital.
Funeral services were held at St.
Peters A. M. E. Church with Rev,
A. J. Irvine officiating on Wednes-
day afternoon.
Mrs. Roger lived at 2815 Elliot
Ave. with the ]. Lewises. There are
no survivors. Interment in Crystal
Lake cemetery with Neal Funeral
Home in charge.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1942-01-16

Robert "Uncle Bob" Bolton, of
New York, singer and lecturer,
well known to thousands of North
west people appeared here sudden
ly last weekend after over a years
absence from Minnesota.
Mr.. Bolton is on a tour and has
filled several engagements in the
Twin Cities.
He will be heard Monday morn
ing, Jan. 10, at the Manchester Col
lege cOnvOcatiOn. His program will
be broadcast by station WLB. Con.
suit daily paper radio columns fol
time.
Mr.. Bolton will leave the city
again Monday en- route East.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1942-01-16

SNSoS oPCdhGT dL
the 18th Annual
Dinner Meeting
of the Halle @.
Brown Commu-
nifty House.
Thursday, JAN
uary %, at $3.50
p. m, is the time
set for the An
nual Dinner in
the new gymna-
sium building.
''The Commu-
Minneapolis spokesman., 1942-01-16
CORINTHIAN TEMPLE S. NJ. T,
HOLDS PUBLIC
INSTALLATION

The annual installation services
of Corinthian Temple S. M. T.
were held Sunday at 4 P. M. at
the Halle Q. Brown Community
House, st. Paul. The public was
invited. S. Vincent Owens, execu-
tive secretary of the St. Paul Ur-
ban League, was the guest speak
er. Mrs. Owens was also presented.
Mrs. Naomi Thomas, national
deputy princess, conducted the in
stallation, assisted by ]. W. Pate,
national deputy grand master, who
brought greetings from the Ma
tional Grand Master H. C. Russell
of Louisville, KY. Refreshments
were served.
Officers installed included: Effie
Larkins, W. P; Inez Ford, W. ";
Helen Lawrence, financial secre-
tary; Ora McMoore, recording Sec
retary; Lear Howard, treasurer;
and Martha Clayton, chaplain.
Other officers are Geraldine Mid
dlecoff, Dorothy Massie, Anna
Blair, Bertha Berry, Florence
Macklin, Lena Brown, Carrie Will
liam, and Lillian Brown.
Phyllis Wheatley vs.. AL Ber-
mans Basketball Game Dance
January 24th.--advt-
Minneapolis spokesman., 1942-01-16
ST. PAUL COMMUNITY COUN.
GIL MEETS IN JANUARY

st. Paul Community Council of
which John M. Patton is the presi-
dent will hold its monthly meeting
on Thursday, January 20, at the
Halle @. Brown Community House
at 8 p. m. S. Vincent Owens, ex-
ecutive secretary of the st. Paul
Urban League, will be the guest
speaker.
The Council is acting as a clear
ing house for all dates for meet
ings, programs, and the like in
order to avoid conflicts. Each Or
ganization member is asked to
send their club program to the
Council secretary at the st. Paul
Urban League office, 1873 East 9Th
St., room 8.
NJ
Minneapolis spokesman., 1942-01-16
S. ED. HALL
SERIOUSLY ILL

s. Edward Hall, 996 Iglehart
avenue, veteran st. Paul barber
shop proprietor, was stricken
i'll on Monday, January IL,
while at work and was removed
to his home. He is confined to
bed under care of a physician.
Mr.. Hall will be removed to the
hospital on Saturday of this
week for further examination
and treatment.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1942-01-16
Pastors Car
COIlides with
Milk Truck

Rev. A. ]. Irvine, pastor Of St.
Peters A. M. E. Church, Mime
apolis, not only has the expense of
an auto license to take care of, but
also damages on his car. Irvine,
in a hurry to get his license, failed
to see the stop sign on the corner
of Fourth Avenue and oath st. and
collided with a milk truck travelling
down oath st.
The minister was shaken up
slightly but received no serious in
juries. The accident happened on
Tuesday.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1942-01-16
G.. A. r. Circle
Elects Officers

Biddle Circle, No. 3S, Ladies of
the G. A. R., held its annual cleo
ton of officers, Tuesday, January
13, at Welcome Hall.
Those elected to office include:
Mrs. Lola Edwards, president; Mrs.
Effie Wills, senior vice president;
Mrs. Carrie Lindsay, junior vice
president; Mrs. Emma Mosby,
chaplain; Mrs. Anna Blair, patri-
otic instructress; Mrs. Katie Ny
ers, conductress; Mrs. Bevecca
Godette, guard; Mrs. Nora Nc
Cracken, secretary; Mrs. Willie
Black, assistant conductress, and
Mrs. Annabelle Hunt, assistant
guard, the last two officers being
appointive.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1942-01-16
Margaret Combs
Is New Wheatley
Auxiliary President

The Phyllis Wheatley Auxiliary
held its regular meeting on Tues
day evening at the Settlement
House. Officers for the new year
elected were Marguerite Combs,
president; Alice Morgan, vice pres
ident; Sadie Paul, secretary, and
Mrs. o. B. Williams, treasurer.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1942-01-16
CLEF CLUB
RAID NETS
100 PERSONS

The Clef Club, 635 Sixth Ave.
No. (Olson Highway, Minneapolis
perennial victim of Mill City
cleanup" campaigns, was raided
early Thursday morning.
One hundred late stayer-uppers,
white and colored, were carted to
police headquarters.
Since a blast by Rev. Soltau two
weeks ago in the daily press ac-
cording to reports the "heat" has
been on and most after-hour spots
are reported to have closed pre-
sumably until the heat wave cools
off. e
Arresting Patrons Unusual
The practice of arresting pa
irons found in after-hour spots
which ceased several years ago
evidently is in vogue again-espe-
cially if the place is operated or
frequented by Negroes or both
races. No large raids of all-white
places where patrons have been ar
rested have occurred for years.
Eighteen months ago Sigmund
Couch, then purity squad chief, re-
inaugurated the system las far as
Negro spots were concerned) by
swooping down on the Maple Leaf
Club, and hauling everybody to
jail.
Held on 5000 Bail
All persons nabbed in Thurs
days raids were booked and placed
under 5000 bail. Whether the town
reformers will be satisfied with the
old formula of raiding a Negro
conducted spot "for headline pur-
poses" is not known.
Many bystanders and observers
of the various town cleanup
forays during past 20 years say
the old trick of raiding the Clef
Club is getting to be too familiar
as strategy.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1942-01-16
Stassen Names
Frank Alsup
TOLabOr Comm.

Frank Alsup, c. 1. o. labor or
ganizer and chairman of the Min
nesota Negro Defense Committee,
was named to the 3O-man labor
management civilian defense COM
mittee.
The committee is composed of
leading labor and industrial lead
ers of the state.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1942-01-16
Job Waiting
For You!

We have a job waiting for you!
All you have to do is register NOW
at the Citizens Headquarters, S45
East 38th St., for the catering
course which includes cooking and
serving in the home, dining cars
and hotels.
There is a big demand for
trained help, and those who COM
plete the course will secure jobs.
For further information call
Mallory at Colfax 4705.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1942-01-16
Council Negro
Organizations in
Annual Meet

The Minneapolis Council of Ne
gro Organizations will meet Sun
day afternoon, January 1S, at 8
p. m. at Phyllis Wheatley House.
Delegates from the 26 member
organizations will hear annual re-
ports and elect 1912 officers.
The Council meets quarterly.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1942-01-16
BUY YOUR LOCAL NEGRO
PAPER EACH WEEK
Advt.
TO GIVE FAREWELL PARTY
FOR HARRIS

Reginald Harris will be honored
at a farewell party given by the
st. Paul Branch of National Negro
Congress on Sunday night, Janu-
ary 18, at the Dining Car Local
SIC Employees Union, at 443 Ron
do Ave.
Harris will leave soon for the
United States armed forces. The
public is invited. Refreshments
will be served.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1942-01-16
Defense Bonds
JOHN ARMISTEAD I'LL

John L. Armistead, Jr., 976 Car
roll Ave., railroad waiter, became
i'll on a Coast train and got off at
Garrison, Mont, and came back to
the city on the train coming east.
At present he is still at home.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1942-01-16

Neither do we believe the social
philosophy behind the play left Mr..
McNally "cOld and unconvinced."
You can't dismiss the conditions
described by a book or a play like
"Native Son" by trying to prove
that society is not to blame for q
Bigger" Thomas. In such an at
tempt writer's like Mr.. McNally
initiate the well known ostrich
Cecil e. Newman.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1942-01-16
SAL INTERVIEWS
CANADA LEE

In this issue Helen (Inquisitive
Sal) Scott interviews Canada Lee,
star of the Broadway hit, ''Native
Son."
Minneapolis spokesman., 1942-01-16
MRS. JESSIE McELROY DIES

MRS. JESSIE McELROY DIES
Jessie Mae McElroy, age AZ, of
AHA Clinton Ayer-died on January
II at General Hospital, where she
has been confined for a short time.
Funeral services were held on
Monday, January IL, at st. Thomas
Episcopal church with Father M.
R. Hogarth officiating.
Surviving the deceased is her
husband, William, four children,
Alice, Robert, Walter and Angus
tus, and other relatives.
Neal Funeral Home was in
charge of burial arrangements
with interment in Crystal Lake
cemetery.
ARCHIE GIBENS BURIED
Archie Gibens, age SO, of 500
Olson Highway, died at General
hospital on Monday, Jan. IL.
Funeral services were held on
Wednesday, January IA, at the
Woodland Funeral Home Chapel
with Rev. S. A. Douglas officiat-
ing.
Mr.. Gibens is survived by a wife,
Mary, a son Archie, two sisters and
a brother and other relatives. One
sister from Kansas City attended
the funeral.
Interment was made in Crystal
Lake cemetery.
FORMER RESIDENT DIES IN
KANSAS CITY
Mrs. Minnie Lewis Owens, for
mer resident of Minneapolis, died
on January 2 at Kansas City, Mo-,
where she has been living for the
past years.
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday, January 6, and Messrs.
James and Sam Lewis, brothers of
the deceased, attended the funeral.
Mrs. James Lewis also accompa-
MED them.
Mrs. Earline Smith Trumand and
Mrs. Mateel VonSmith Of Chicago
spent a few days in the city last
week as the guests of Mrs. Homer
Smith of 1929 First Ave. So. Mrs.
Smith is the mother of the two
out-of-town guests.
SON OF MRS. FRED EDWARDS
DIES
Edward Mathews, 34-year-old
son of Mrs. Fred Edwards, died
suddenly on January 8 at his home
in st. Louis, Mo. His mother went
to st. Louis to attend the funeral
which was held on January IS.
Besides his mother and step
father, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ed
wards, he leaves a wife, son and
daughter of St. Louis, a stepsister,
Hazel Burrell of Minneapolis.
Mrs. Edwards returned home on
Wednesday.