St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-11-26
This World

the presence of over a hundred of
our st. Paul neighbors, black and
white, at the meeting had us re-
newing acquaintanceships of other
years.
There was the beauteous Cora
Moore. Ministers usually win the
most attractive women for their
wives. With her was Viola Alsup,
wife of Frank. Mrs. Alsup seems
to have grown younger and more
attractive during the past year
or maybe we didn't use our eyes
before. W. S. Butler, quiet, digni-
fled real estate man, kept his usual
poise during the proceedings.
Frank Boyd, acknowledged radical
and long time critic of the CAPT
talistic form of government, got
the largest vote for board member.
He didn't want to serve on the
board, but was nominated despite
his loud protests.
Strange about St. Paul, its Ne
grOes and those whites interested
in interracial cooperation. They
make up a peculiar mixture of
Stalinists, TrOtskyites, Socialists,
Farmer-LabOrites, Democrats and
Republicans. John Patton and Vim
cent Owens came in too late to vote.
Patton kept quiet, but Owens pro-
tested-reminding the meeting that
he was against closing the polls for
it reminded him of the pOll-tax sys-
TEN down south! The crowd en-
jOyed laugh, but Mr.. Owens didn't
get to vote.
A. V. Hall, the businessman who
at heart is poet, seemingly en-
joyed the meeting. Della Holsum-
back, whose famous question ad-
dressed to Governor Harold Stassen
caused countrywide comment some
months ago, made a plea for the
organization to help the Duluth
N.A.A.C.P. She spoke of the four
lynchings in that city-something
many Minnesotans would like to
forget to remember.
]. Nathaniel Smith, a happy mix
ture of the practical and the ideal
list, supervised the election. Hazel
Butler, new treasurer, helped out.
When a motion was made to pay
William Dad" Walker, retiring
treasurer, $40, Dad arose in
righteous indignation. He wanted
no financial Tip" for services so
generously performed. dad" is a
good guy and he is another one of
those lucky fellows in the selection
of a decorative life-partner. Will
bur Williams, a booster of ours
during the days when it wasn't so
fashionable, was present with his
Missus. Alert, Intellectually sound,
Williams is an avid student of the
contemporary scene. Richard l..
Stokes and his grand family are
the kind of people that make st.
Paul stand out. His sons are all in
the service of their country. Their
father has always been a good citi-
zen and a supporter of the best in
community endeavOr.
The meeting applauded Rev. Ben
jamin NJ. Moore's announcement
that the st. Paul Ministers Coun-
Gil executive committee had pro-
tested Red Cross Jim Crow blood
plasma practices. They also gave
a surprisingly liberal free will do
nation to the Inter-Cultural Asso-
citation and a gift of SIS was sent
the Southern Society on Human
Welfare.
The wife suffered as we fidgeted
In our seat, seconded motions and
as usual took an active part in the
proceedings. Trying to keep us out
of the middle of moving things is
full-time job.
William "Bill" Heron and Maceo
Littlejohn stood up for youth. Bill
is perhaps feeling pretty good since
Ben Davis, Jr., an avowed Com
munist like Bill, was elected to the
New York city council. A strange
transition from Ben Davis, ST., old
line Negro COP. stalwart, to his
Harvard trained son who joined up
with the Communists after the cele-
brated Angelo Herndon case. For
ty-year-old Davis remains the most
valuable Negro convert to the Com
munist Party. Odd that N. Y. Ne
gro weeklies soft-pedaled Ben's
Communist affiliations before the
elections. Now that the election is
over and N. Y. dailies are yelping,
the sepia sheets must acknowledge
his political affiliations!
Elected to the board of directors
was pretty little Elizabeth Moore,
~" librarian and AKA. sorority
basileus who will well represent
youth on the N.A.A.C.P. steering
committee. ]. E. Johnson who can't
quite get over the fact that we
seem at home in either of the Twin
Cities. Well never forget the kind
ly, verbal spanking given us by his
wife, Mrs. u. E." 10 years ago
about our chewing gum as we sat