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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-05-21

soldiers and natives. In Aus
tralia, in India, in East Africa,
in North Africa, in Central Africa,
the germ is planted. And let no
body forget South America.
Certainly, Negroes resent being
traduced by their fellow Americans
throughout the world. The Ameri-
can motion picture has done a bad
enough job showing the American
Negro as only q buffoon, clown or
cook and bottle washer. The burden
we must bear is very heavy. But
what about the burden America
must bear as she tries to rally other
peoples to the cause of human free
dom! How are black and brown and
yellow people taking Americas
professions of idealism as they
emanate from the White House in
the light of the day-to-day depreea-
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-05-21

He compared spring and Christian
life, both beautiful. Appropriate
music was rendered by the senior
choir. Flowers were donated by
Mr.. /. M. Hooten for his mother,
Mrs. G. S. Hooten, and Mrs. AL
berta Crump for Mr.. Lonnie Lat
timore.
Visitors included Mrs. o. C. Driz-
zle Of New York, N. Y, Mrs. Ar
zona Shannon, st. Paul, and Mr..
Barnett Smith, student at the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin.
Sunday morning Rev. Ware will
preach from the subject, Father
the Hour Has Come" In the eve
ming his topic will be 1.-THE Four
Horsemen."
The anniversary services for the
pastors second anniversary viii be
held during the week May %
through May 30. All members are
urged TO attend as many meetings
as possible.-Mrs. G. d. Milligan,
Jr.
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our appre-
citation and thanks TO all who were
so thoughtful and kind during the
illness and death Of our sister and
aunt, Mrs. Missouri Anderson Bell.
And for the kilograms, cars, flowers
and messages Of sympathy.
We especially thank Rev. B. N.
Moore, the choir, Biddle Circle,
Ladies of the G. A. R., The Ladies'
Aid of Pilgrim Baptist Church,
Stewardess Board No. l, Monogram
Circle, St. James A. NJ. E. church.
In the love of our sister and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. E. Il. Robinson,
Mrs. Cora Anderson Carr, 0detta
Kemp, James Ray Anderson.
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Darling. I'll Alw0Ys
Love You


Even though we are far apart,
And loneliness hangs deep in our
hearts,
Darling, I'll always love you.
Even though 1 have gone of to war
And may be cast upon some far-off
shore,
Darling, I'll always love you.
Even in the rage of battle,
In my worried mind these words
will settle,
Darling, I'll always love you.
Even if Pm fallen by some un-
known might,
And left there too weak to fight,
And there would die for this great
cause
For which give my life,
Remember these few lines 1 have
spoken,
Darling, I'll always love you
Even though some day over our
heads
Our flag will fly, showing for what
we die,
Look up in the deep blue sky
And there you will see with your
own eyes
The words I have spoken with my
last sigh,
Darling, I'll always love you.
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MESS IN MUFW
. looked at the raw recruit,

The sergeant looked at the raw recruit,
In his open-toed shoes and long draped suit,
Attention." he barked and he didn't say please,
The rookie stiffened but his clothes hung at ease
The top-kick said, "Son in my time
1 have soldiered in almost every cline,
But that killer hat, if may get slangy,
Would look like hell on the worst Ubangi."
But the thing that got the sergeant's goat
Was the short station-wagon and long zoot coat,
eff yours are the toys Of the modern dandy,
Well, pin up my sheet and call me Gandhi"
The old Sarge frowned as he lamped the pants,
With room in the seat for two elephants,
"For sixty-four bucks, the questions no toughie,
Ny son, you're a mess in the messiest mutt"
The non-com looked with a whitening eye
At the blaze his chest that passed for tie,
"As sure we're out to give Rising Sun spots,
You're wearing the flag Of the wild Hottentots."
"The Army has lots of the stuff called decorum,
It first takes the clothes you bought to floor 'em,
It drills out your SLOUGH, cuts down your noise,
Makes you walk straight, and act with some poise"
Though war is a blight on the flower Of Nation,
II can't be all hell, there is some compensation,
It's bound to be part Of q we'll ordered plan,
II we can take jerk-and turn out a mani"
james T. Logan
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ton of other peoples, particularly
dark-skinned Americans by the
white American soldier and sailor!
What do the East Indians, the Bur-
mese, the Malayans, the Chinese,
the Africans, think Of thatf How
can we curse one yellow people be-
cause they are yellow and bless an
other and not be accused of self
interest, rather than idealism.
The import of the traduetiOn of
black American citizens all over
the world by white Americans is
that America is irrational where
color is concerned. This irrational
ism is the weakest point in our
armOr. It undoubtedly lessons the
regard Of some people for the
American Negro, but, unless cor
rected, it may cost America her
future.
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St. James A. M. e. Church News:

st. James A. M. e. Church News:
Despite the unusual weather a
large number of faithful worship
ers were present at our 10:45 a. m.
service May 16. Rev. B. N. Moore
gave a clear and vigorous presen-
tation Of his subject, Watch Ye
Therefore" Because Of the trend
of the times, the lack Of enthusi-
asm for Christianity and the gold
en- rule, we must be vigilant.
The Matrons Of Note rendered
two selections. Members are Mines.
Cora E. Moore, Viola Alsup, Allie
Ballsnger accompanied by Mrs.
Bertha King.
Visitors were Messrs. John Midi
by, Duluth, Mimi; A. v. Boedin,
Thief River Falls, Mimi; Mrs.
Rose Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. o. A.
Johnson, G. B. Halves and Mr.. C.
Mccall, representing the Gideons
International.
At the close Of the morning serv-
ice, Sunday, May 16, a mems club
was organized with the following
officers: Messrs. Ewell Galloway,
president; Frank Alsup, vice pres
ident; B. C. Archer, secretary;
Clarence c. Anderson, assistant
secretary; James R. Jones, treas
urer.
At 8 p. m, the nurses unit, in
GLIDING Mines. Gertrude Boldly, L.
wellington, Fannie Smith, Bonnie
Vivian and Gloria Roberts gave
their version Of the Negro spiritual
in song and acting. Mrs. Bride
Mead was the accompanist. Mrs.
Berlinda Washington is the presi-
dent.
Sunday, May %, the fourth Sun
day night musical will be spon-
sored by the senior choir. Wayman
church choir will sing.
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BACK UP THE FIGHTING FRONT

Victory Tunsia has brought praise American soldier
resOuefuess his initiative his courage
ton
One thing the American lacks experts
abiding faith which alone soldier
yve Dunk Stalngrad men, they say
looked beyond the fighting and the victory pictured future
which they willing to die.
The further the fighters fault He like
American people neither better who in this
threat to their life not the birth Of relations
the material overshadong the spiritual the fighter amounts
skill and equipment do whereas would
like SO Russians before Sangrad who seeing the doom for the
land SO attacking tanks broke through undertook
them, and did stop them, against one tank.
The American people capable Of devotion
and the Philippines prove that But
defense The idea of service to mankind generally
the The soldier has knhp of thought brought
and nbo throw before he will spiritually ready
pion democracy and establish freedom.
We decide here and which have peace
with its clashng classes within the armed
that twice generation have
must step up If wish fighting
America Is great nation but win be greater
finds his satisfaction in being right presdentK
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Army and Navy Spread
American Color Prejudice
Courier Editor CHARGES

II this were an isolated case, its
importance would not be great. But
almost every Negro editor has clip
pings and letters in his desk from
all over the world which tell the
same story. The process of dis
seminating race prejudice begins at
home. The Army and the Navy
start by adopting segregation as a
policy. It is discriminatory policy
lifted out of practices sanctioned
by law and custom in our southern
states. 1t is a policy which violates
the letter and spirit of the consti-
tuition of the American state. The
deadly poison is first spread in
northern camps and communities.
Residents of these northern COM
munities are advised to treat black
soldiers as interiors. Beyond the
tier of northern states, the virus
is taken into Canada. Canadians
are told that American Negroes are
second-class citizens.
Ieelanders Warned
Early in the war when black men
were first sent to Iceland, white
American sailors told the Iceland
ers that American blacks must not
be served in the restaurants and
bars. These were some Of the same
white American sailors who were
later convicted Of wholesale rape
charges against Icelandic girls. AS
soon as our boys and white Ameri-
cans landed in England, the ugly
missionaries Of color prejudice went
to work. The English in a thousand
towns and villages were told that
they must not treat Negro soldiers
as equals, that they must not So
cialize with them. White American
officers were, in most cases, respon-
sible for the issuance Of these cor
ders" to the English. White soldiers
fought black soldiers in the res
taurants and bars. The situation
finally became 80 bad that it was
taken up as an issue in Parliament.
But let no one think that this
sowing Of prejudice has been re-
stricted to white countries like lee
land and England. Boys in Hawaii
write back the same story. There
are other stories from South Sea
Islands where our boys are sta
toned detailing the extreme
lengths to which officers in the
Army are going to establish q diff
ference between white soldiers and
black soldiers and between black
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-05-21

America Is the amount Of money
which they can accumulate. This
may seem to be q cruel Indictment
Of n generous freedOm-lOving peO-
pie. But Is true.
So we must get some money. And
to get money we must have access
to jobs that pay more than just a
living wage. But these jobs de-
mand skill, 50 we must acquire skill,
exceptional skill, uncommon and
extraordinary skill. And we must
learn to pool our money and pre-
serve it. But this is not enough
either. It's too slow.
We got OF to 4 late start The
material resources of the country
were all gObbled up before we came
into the picture. The foundation of
great fortunes no longer exists for
the individual enterpreneur no mat
ter how hard he tries unless he is
an inventor or a scientist who hap
pens upon some great new diseov-
cry and even then his chances of
getting big money are small. So
we must devise new methods and
improve on old ones if we are ever
to get in the money" either as in
dividuaEs or as a group.
Now while the war is being
fought corporations are being or
gained and plans developed by
white men to make more money by
exploiting the untouched wealth
Of Africa and South America and
the East Indies. The longer the war
Lasts, the greater will be the need
for raw materials. For a significant
part of the world will have been
destroyed. Experts on Wall Street
and in the great trade marts Of the
nation are planning what to do
when Peace comes.
Can we get into this picture? We
must-sOmehOw, some way. A new
world is in the making. What part
shall we playf What part can we
play? Next week I shall submit
few ideas on this tremendously i'm
pOrtant subject.
FAC.
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Needed for the Young People

The south central district of Minneapolis needs community house
reona for the people Of that The need
this before and
repetition of the indicative Of
This need pressing and important than at
other time pabe people street corners with no
organized and supervised place for wholesome recreation
young people which appeared in these columns
appeal which should be answered by
unselhsh czenr who the need Of such center
All values the district is sum
smoke for those who allow their personal
ambitions pretensions with the welfare of
the youngsters face the future
opening that supported by the community
Community will remedy problem which
alarming each day.
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Negro Priest
Holds Mission

Father C. Howard, S. v. D., a
Negro priest Of st. Augustine's
Seminary, Bay st. Louis, Miss, will
conduct a Mission for one week be-
ginning May % at St. Leanord's
Church, 10th and Clinton. A cor
dial invitation is extended to all
Catholics, to Protestants and all
other friends by st. Leanord church.
Camphor Memorial Methodist
Church Notes: "The Evacuation
and Resettlement of the Japanese
Americans" was the subject of
very interesting address by Mr..
Earl Tanbara last Sunday during
the morning worship service. Mr..
Tanbara filed the pulpit in the alb
sence Of the pastor, Rev. Clarence
T. R. Nelson.
Officers Day will be observed
Sunday. Pastor Nelson will preach
his first sermon of the new confer
ence year on the subject eve Have
Charge to Keep" All officers
who were confirmed at the fourth
quarterly conference will be in
stalled after the sermon. Mrs. C.
T. R. Nelson, who was the lay dele
gate from the church to the annual
conference at Indianapolis will
make a brief report. Several Of
ficers will speak and Pastor Nelson
will give some instructions at the
evening worship service at 7:45
p. m.
The Woman's Society Of Chris
tian Service has taken on new life
under the leadership of Mrs. Alice
Williams, the new president. A
bag social will be held at the meet
ing on Wednesday, May &c, 8 p. M,
in the home Of Mrs. Levissa Roland,
531 Aurora Avenue.
The fifth annual graduates ser
vice will be held at IL a. m. Sunday,
June 20. All Negro high school,
college and university graduates of
the year will be honored at this ser
vice. Rev. Nelson will deliver the
sermon for the service on the sub
ject Things That Are Not Ra-
toned"
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By P. L. Prattis, Executive Editor,
In The Pittsburgh Courier

By +. L. PrattfS, Executive EdlLOfy
In The Pittsburgh Courier
Although the high commands Of
our Army and Navy resist any and
all impulses to consider the services
in their role as missionaries, it can
not be denied that peoples through
out the world are receiving their
introduction to America and Ameri-
cans through our soldiers and sail
ors. The kind Of America most Of
the world is coming to know is the
kind of America our soldiers and
sailors make it seem to be.
Our Army and Navy are taking
the American brand of racial preju-
dice all over the world. Wherever
American white and American
black soldiers serve together and
wherever white American soldiers
serve in countries populated BY
dark peoples, white Americans lose
no time informing these peoples in
other lands of their color preju-
dices. When reference is made to
the soldier and the sailor, there is
no intention Of excluding the Off
GERS in the Army and the Navy.
And when it is written that enlist
ed and commissioned men in the
Army and the Navy peddle color
prejudice abroad, there is no dis
position to overlook the thousands
Of white enlisted men and officers
in both services who deplore the
practice as much as we do. But the
existence Of some fair-minded
friends does not alter the fact that
emphasis is given abroad TO Ameri-
can color prejudice.
Attack Dutch Soldier
The writer is in receipt Of q let
ter from Aruba, Netherlands West
Indies. It tells the old story. Some
white American soldiers were in q
barroom. A Dutch colonial soldier
(blaek) entered the barroom. The
American said to the black soldier,
I'VE don't want any so-and-so black
guys in here" The Dutch soldier
demonstrated that they had no
right to force him out. Thereupon
the white American soldiers
grabbed him and elected him.
Afterwards a row developed with
other black Dutch soldiers who
were on the outside. AS a result Of
such incidents as the above, numer-
Ous complaints have been fled with
the authorities against American
soldiers.
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Cord of ThunlEs

We wish to thank the many kind
friends for their expressions Of
sympathy during the recent be-
reavement Of our husband and IA
Their, Arthur Jeffrey. We wish to
thank especially Rev. Benjamin
Moore, members Of the Eureka
Lodge No. 6, Stewardess Board No.
2, of st. James A. N. e. Church,
Princess Ozeil Lodge and the many
friends who contributed flowers and
cars.
Mrs. Kittie Jeffrey, wife;
Mrs. Harriet Harris, Miss
Laura Jeffrey, daughters.
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Night Letter to NV Country
u. 8. A.-MIDNIGHT

U O. A-M1DNIGHT
Only one Folk from oversee
Came 10 us unwilingly:
Only one our Family
Welcomed roughly with a chain,
And sold him down the river, 10 multiplied pain
Turning our '1and Of the free and brave"
Into the land Of the slave
All the nations could see
The stain our life, but we.
At last it, Mother,
And turned to kill another,
As if blood were better than kindness
To wash a country in.
But the spot has clean.
The chains have torn away,
But the thons and the barriers stay;
The ghetto street and the peon farm
And the lynchers' autoda fe.
Mother Of all the children here,
Why they not all loved and dear3
Why are the palsfaced loved the best?
Why are they lords above the rest?
All the nations can see It still,
The old stain settling hardening in.
Mother! Refuse to hate and kill
Wash lfel Let that be clean
Wash it in all sunny rivers and seas
Mixing our brotherly sweat and tears with these;
Air it in morning mountain wind
Blowing our sOrrowful past behind.
Who knows we leave of to be
The proud, superior Pharisee
And face home truth like the publican,
But may save in spite Of ALL the wounded life Of mani
For compassionate, humble love
Our fellow-snners' hearts may move
To cleanse from our hatreds all the seas
Welcome home all the refugees:
To Wars whole starving multitude
Rush all our navies, heaped with food.
Mother, see
Some naton-and soon!-must do this;
May not we?
Sarah Ceghorn in Magazine Fellowship.
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In Menori0I1n

In loving memory of our beloved
husband and brother-in-law, John
Francis Coquire, who departed this
life May "a, 1912.
Some may think you are forgotten
Though on earth you are no more,
But in memory you are with Us
AS you always were before.
Katie Coquire, wife,
Belle Staples, sister-in-law.
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VI hAAAtC o0SSCoSCo bn0b VIC ~ 10 =
show. 1t was a long time ago, when
New York theatres INDUCED in raw
discrimination and the eOlOred the
atre-gOers invariably found them
selves behind posts, in the rear of
the balcony or segregated in some
section Of the theatre. We started
for the HippOdrOme and being low
in funds bought tickets for the gal
lery. When we got up there we
were so far from the stage that the
actors looked like dwarfs and we
couldn't hear anything distinct.
Away down in front there were two
or three vacant seats apparently
reserved. My friend who had more
nerve than / had said, Let's 20
down there. We can't see anything
here" And 50 we started down the
steps toward the vacant seats. In
those days the old Hippodrome had
girls as ushers and one of them
seeing us going down the steps
came swiftly and planted herself
directly in our path on the stair
way. hesitated-my friend kept
on until he and the usherette were
face to face. l saw his hand go out
and touch hers. She Immediately
turned and led Us down to the row
which contained the empty seats.
As we moved in, she spoke to my
friend under her breath. But all /
could hear was his polite OK"
I could hardly wait until the
show was over to ask him how he
had managed it. So when we got
in the lobby l said to him, "did you
know that young woman usher ?"
NO." he said, 81 never saw her
before in my life. ;" well, what did
you say to herr" asked. "Oh,
nothing, I just slipped a half dol
lar into her hand" he replied, "and
asked her if we could sit further
down where we could see." "But
what did she say to you when we
got to the seats?" I queried. AFT
anyone comes with tickets, you
would have to move said OK.
A half dollar, my boy" he contin-
ued, "can smooth a lot of rough
spots"
In my experience during many
years l have found that this obser-
walton is in many cases true and
the judiciOus use of a little money
will often save one from humiliat-
ing and petty annOyanees of the
color line. Not always-but more
times than you can imagine-a
quarter or half dollar will change
the sneering frown of some pref
udiee-ridden subordinate to a gra-
ciOus smile. For money has no race,
no color, no nationality. It speaks
the same language all over the
world.
But the Jew has money, some one
will say, and there is prejudice
against him. Ny reply is: well,
there would be a lot more if he
didn't have money and the problem
Of the Jew is fundamentally differ
ent from the problem of the Negro.
l don't say that money will wipe
away all color prejudice, neither
will the development Of great mu-
sicians, Of great scientists or Of
great poets and artists. We have
been able to smash big holes in the
walls of prejudice without financial
resources to amount to anything.
What we might do as a race in
America with some real money, no
one can foresee.
We know the deity before which
America bows down, the God before
whom she kneels with the greatest
reverence and devotion. II Is money
and the final test Of capacity or
worth Of an individual or group IN
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Cord of Thunlcs

wish to thank the friends and
neighbors for their kind express
sions Of sympathy, beautiful floral
offerings, donation of cars and
other acts of love and kindness,
during the death Of my brother,
Mack D. Carter.
Especial thanks to Rev. s. E.
Ware, pastor of Pilgrim Baptist
Church, and to the pallbearers.
Mym Carter, Sr.
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FAC.

Mrs. Pauline Walton, 542 Aldrich
Ave. NJ, received on Mothers Day
a poem written by her son, Pvt.
Russell Walton, which he dedicated
to her. The poem follows:
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The Real Spirit

Paul NAACP going after thousand members That's
spirit This business Of always aiming low instead of shooting for
the heights defeats local membership drives before they started
has evidently decided that the is the limit
St. Paul thousand members and have confidence that
Minneapolis shoot the Twin
City branches viii both profit
St Paul has estimated population of thousand Ne
thousand members ought be obtain especially
white people joining the NAACP each Negroes
unwilling support the NAACP with the small annual fee
ranges hold their
about and prescriptions with which the Negro constantly
bedevied.
will the this drive, because has
it, and he is