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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-02-12

While American Federation of La.
Dor officials were holding conferences
with British labor leaders in Miami
Franklin D. Roosevelt was circling
half the world to talk with British
leaders, with Brazilian leaders and
others. 1t was easily the most dash
ing gesture president ever has
made
In those conferences there were de-
cisions that will change the course of
history. The whole episode was
breath-taking. 1t had about it a gal
lantry of the type almost entirely
obliterated by modern warfare.
1t is easily possible to criticize
Franklin Roosevelt, but it would be a
sad thing indeed if it were not he who
holds down the presidential chair in
these parlous and fateful times.
Stacked alongside what the presi-
dent is doing and the way in which he
is doing it, the petty politics and snip
ing attached to the Flynn nomination
comes pretty near being bit revolt
ing.
If there were little more evidence
of something honest and big about
the opposition that forced Flynn to
ask that his name be withdrawn it
would be different.
Just about the cleanest criticism of
Flynn came from columnist Raymond
Clapper. Pretty much all the rest of
it can be stuffed into the laundry bag
which holds little more than dirty
politics.
What we need more than anything
else in this hour is more men and
women who keep selfiessly seeing
eye on the ball and forget about
whose bread gets buttered thickest.
1t is or should be automatic that in
eHlo 1iiliictiI oLI uSSlS, Win Iue stakes
so high that they piece the clouds, we
should have no time and no place for
selfishness.
But there is selfshness, some in
high places, some in places not so
high. The New Leader, for example,
publishes facts about amazing and
profits, revealed off
cially in reports compiled by the OPA
under Leon Henderson, who did NOT
make public those facts.
The New Leader reports that there
are four volumes in the reports on
profits, with names, dates and places. |
Since Mr.. Henderson now is
private citizen it may be pre-
sumed proper to ask him why
those facts were not made public
and to ask further if anything
was done about them.
The rubber situation becomes more |
cloudy and confused because of bick-
ering and struggling for power.
In too many places we have cross |
purposes, bungling and selfishness.
The president flies the ocean and
about that gallant move there is
vividly inspiring. The very
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-02-12
Court Receipts $1,5S7.55

Receipts of the Hamilton Municipal
Court in January amounted to ST.
587.55 including a 5000 cash bond for
feiture and civil case costs of $258.50,
Harry limerick, clerk, reported today.
READ THE PRESS EVERY WEEK.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-02-12

The appointment of Robert Harmon
and Ralph Lenehan, as chief and as
sistant chief respectively of the Ham
ilton Fire Department, meets with the
approval of all who have known them
as real fire-fghters.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-02-12

Maybe after they get through driv-
ing wells south of Hamilton, we will
all wish we still had that lazy canal
and the ripping waters of old Craw-
ford's Run back with us once again.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-02-12
WISDOM

Despotism can no more exist in
nation until the liberty of the press
be destroyed, than the night can hap
pen before the sun is set-C. c. Col
ton.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-02-12
PERMIT TRANSFER GRANTED

Transfer of beer permit was
granted Elmer Sorber doing business
as Casino Cafe, 800 South Monument
avenue to Elmer Sorber doing bust
ness as the Grand Hotel Bar, Fourth
and Maple avenue, d..
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-02-12
Industrial Safety Meeting

An Industrial Safety Meeting will
be held for foremen, supervisors and
key men Wednesday, February II, at
8 p. m. in the assembly room of the
Hamilton Foundry and Machine Com
pany. The speaker will be DIR. w. E.
Obetz, medical adviser, Industrial
Commission of Ohio.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-02-12
OhiOan Named to Board

Middletown, Ohio. - Edward T.
Gardner, President of the Gardner
Richardson Paper Company, has been
named member of the Board of Di-
rectors of the Diamond Match Com
pany, New York.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-02-12
Institute Is Scheduled
For Y Corps Chiefs

Oxford, Ohio. Faculty leaders of
Victory Corps units in high schools of
Southwestern Ohio will come here
February % for a physical fitness
training institute at Miami Univer-
sity, George L. Rider, director of ply
sical education for men at Miami, an
nounced.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-02-12

Issued Weekly at s2s Market Street
Telephone 1896 Hamilton. Ohio
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-02-12
UNIONS PRESENT IRON LUNGS

st. Louis (ILNS).-Local 63, Milk
Wagon Drivers and Inside Dairy
Workers, has presented an iron lung
to ST. Johns Hospital, this city. Previ-
ously Local 600, Teamsters Union,
had given an iron lung to DePaul Hos
pital. More than so iron lungs have
been given to hospitals in all parts of
the nation since a California Teams
ters' local started the practice in 1941.
The first "iron lung" for the use of
troops was made in India in 1929
from two empty tar barrels, powered
by two vacuum cleaner motors.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-02-12

Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton,
Ohio, as Second Class Mail Matter.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-02-12

About the only difference noticeable
in regards to liquor from two months
ago, is the price and the labels.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-02-12

The only affairs that interest most
people are the other fellows.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-02-12

Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-02-12

Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middletown, o.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-02-12
THE -
CHERRY TREE

Where with our Little Hatchet we tell
the truth about many things, sometimes
profoundly, sometimes fippantly, some
times recklessly. :. +.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-02-12

Whatever is intended for insertion must be
authenticated by the name and address of the
writer, not necessarily for publication, but as
a guarantee of good faith.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-02-12

Subscribers changing their address will
please notify this Office, giving old and new
address to insure regular delivery of paper
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-26
Says CLIO Didn't
Win Election
February %, 1913.

Dear Editor:
In the February issue dated Feb
ruary 10, 1913 of the Spokesman
and Recorder, an article on the
front page under the caption of
(UTSEA) CLIO. stated that 95 per
cent of the dining car employees of
the Milwaukee Railroad voted in
favor of the CLIO. on a labor cleo
ton conducted by the National Me-
diation Board. 1t also states that
the employees were formerly affili-
ated with Local 351 of the A. F.
of l.
being a member of Local S51
"a. F. of L. do refute and deny
this statement.
An election was held by the Ma
tional Mediation Board, Local 351
"a. F. of L. vs.. UTSEA (CLO0
from January 18th to the 25th in
elusive, 1913. Results were A F.
of L., 100; UTSEA (C.Lo.), 100.
If you will kindly correct this ar
ticle you will greatly oblige.
Respectfully yours,
HACO A. SMITH.
2214 18th Ave. So,
Minneapolis, MINI.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-26
Jim Crow Comes to WOId- Chamberlain
Navy Base

Jim Crow that nasty bird which mudde the neacia
many American communities has been slowly approaching the Naval
Base at field Negro youths exhored by
recruiting join the Navy found Void Chamberlain field
democratic place when they first arrived there
Slowly incidents usually guided by the peudices
officers but hardly the white Sailors have begun be
The latest Jim Grow trick which bound
Negro enlisted is the segregation of the enlisted
other enlisted the hail. This Wednesday morning
We don't to tell the Navy how handle
since have cooprated with
cty and sections their recruiting
them that such action being taken at Void field
reason has been so hard to recruit Negro youths.
The Minneapolis and St. Paul branches of
Veate this latest morale wrekng episode and
the Navy department The the newspaper
pointed out before expect the civilians who believe in democracy
fair play for the the service do the of securing
Men the service be easily ashered mmed the
imprisoned when they dare protest nes The
the armed services have right expect protect and
by protecting them keep their morale high for the job which they
do against the enemy
1t to national ded that the Negro sailor
prepare to fight both of his fellow
and TOjos of the enemy countries.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-26
4 p. m.

Mr.. Horn, operator of the huge
Twin Cities Ordnance Plant at New
Brighton, Minnesota, is the largest
single employer of labor in Mime
sofa. Of special interest to the
Negro community is the fact that
Federal Cartridge Corp. was the
first war plant in this area to open
wide its doors to Americans Of all
nationalities and creeds.
Negroes at this plant work in
eleven of the principal divisions and
work in 20 different job categories.
In this respect and others the
plant leads the entire war produc-
ton industry of the country and is
known as the plant where "democ-
racy in action" can be seen. Credit
for this is given Horn who carried
out to the letter Presidential Ex-
ecutive Order 1902.
Mr.. Horn, a native of Iowa, grad
uate of the University Of Mime
sofa, has been one of the outstand-
ing Industrial leaders in this area
for years. He is chairman of the
Minnesota Emergency Conserva-
ton Committee. He has made it
a practice to do his work quietly
and without publicity.
The Halle Q. Brown Community
House Forum, Geo. Brooks, Jr.,
president, was happy to obtain his
acceptance and has invited the peo-
pie of both cities to attend the
meeting.
The Col. Charles Young Auxil-
iary No. IL, Spanish War Veterans,
will present a beautiful American
flag to the House. Mrs. Eva Neal
is president of the patriotic or
ganization and Mrs. Mamie Burwell
will make the presentation.
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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-26
Observations i'm
Baltimore
By Rev. Clarence T. R Nelson

By Rev. Clarence T. R Nelson
List month when Irving D.
Blumberg and l were sent to New
York City and Washington by the
Minneapolis and st. Paul branches
of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People to
urge a congressional investigation
into the demotion of Sergeant Sam
uel Reed and Sergeant Clemmons,
at Camp Lee, Va, and into the i'll
and discriminatory treatment Of
Negroes in the army, we were in
Baltimore for two nights and day.
We left Washington to come to
Baltimore on the second night Of
our visit in Washington Baltimore
is about a forty minute ride from
Washington to be sure of having
place to stay, after a very un-
comfortable night in the Capital
city, and to secure some confden-
tial information about the Camp
Lee situation.
We are indebted to Mr.. William
Gibson, managing editor Of the
Baltimore Afro-American, Miss
Betty Murphy, city editor, Mr.. John
Murphy, the "nestor" Of them all,
and Mr.. Levi Jolly, Philadelphia
correspondent of the Afro-Ameri-
can, for helping US to secure some
very valuable material for our case.
This outstanding newspaper en-
ploys something like 200 people.
Their printing press is one Of the
latest. 1t is to be remembered that
it was a story in The Afro-Ameri-
can that brought the Camp Lee sit
uation to our attention here in the
Twin Cities. Miss Betty Murphy is
a former student of the University
of Minnesota and knows Sam Reed
| personally.
We are indebted to Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Bell, 1924 Ivy Avenue,
Baltimore, for taking US in at 1890
midnight, after we had exhausted
ourselves trying to find a place to
stay. We were told by the Y. N.
C. A. that there had not been a
vacancy there for three months and
other hotels that we tried were
filed or undesirable. So we were
fortunate that Cousin Matte (Mrs.
Belly took US in so graciously with
out any advance notice! A rather
humorous incident occurred at the
breakfast table. Mrs. Bell did not
realize the fact that Mr.. Blumberg
was not a Negro until some chance
remark revealed his racial identity.
Everybody had a good laugh and
Continued on Page Al
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-26
Bowling Teams
Contest Monday

Phyllis Wheatley Settlement
House and the Halle Q. Brown
House bowling teams will meet in
a contest on Monday night, March
1, at 8 o'clock at the Polar Bowling
Alley, 2OO4 Plymouth Ave. No.,
corner of Newton and Plymouth,
Minneapolis.
All eight alleys in the establish
ment will be reserved for the con-
test which promises to be plenty
''hot" in spite of Hallie's one-year
edge of bowling experience over
Wheatley.
Johnny Williams is the instructor
for the Phyllis Wheatley House
and formerly worked with the
Halle @. Brown House team.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-26
Crystal Bird Fausett, OCD
Official, Coming to Twin
Cities for Several Talks

Negro women. Her schedule for
the three-day period to be spent in
this area is crowded.
On Friday night, March 5, she
will speak at Halle Q. Brown
House, St. Paul, under the auspices
( the St. Paul Women's Council.
At 1890, Saturday, March 6, she
will speak before the Saturday
Lunch Club at Miller's Cafe, South
Seventh St., Minneapolis.
Mrs. Fausett will be the guest OF
Roy Dunn, majority leader in the
Minnesota State House of Repre-
sentatives and chairman of the
Committee on Rules, Friday after
noon, and will address the entire
Legislative body.
On Sunday, March Z, the Mime
apolis Urban League auxiliary will
sponsor a forum at Phyllis Wheat
ley House at $3.50 p. m. Mrs. Fauset
will be the principal speaker there
and will then go to Hennepin Meth
odist Church where she is scheduled
to address a youth group at $50.
Plans for Mrs. Fauset's appear
ance here were begun a few weeks
ago when Mrs. Peavey Heffelfnger,
chairman of the Women's Activi-
ties Division of the local Civilian
Defense Council, went to Washing
ton for that purpose. She also ar
ranged for Mrs. Fauset's appear
ance before the Legislature.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-26

arrived" she said. Thus they
were welcomed as Americans by
the English. Then the English peo-
pie learned for the first time that
there are two Americas-one for
the whites and one for the Ne
groes."
Miss Strauss told the 32nd an
nual meeting of the National Ur-
ban League that American Army
officers have approached people
throughout Britain asking them
not to invite Negro soldiers into
their homes, not to drink or dance
with them in public, not to be too
friendly with them.
81 am in agreement with the
American people who say that In
dia is a United Nations problem
and should be discussed now" she
said. when Americans bring the
Negro problem into England it,
too, becomes a United Nations
problem. 1 feel right at home dis
cussing your domestic problems"
Miss Strauss also quoted from a
letter from a British soldier:
why should comrades not be
treated WIDELY as comrades? Can
there be any question of segrega-
ton on the battlefield? Can the
rule of the cocktail bar apply to
the second front ?"
Lester B. Granger, executive
secretary of the League, said that
with half million Negroes under
arms or in training, inter-racial CO.
operation has been carried out dur
ing the past year on a scale never
before reached. Largely, because
of this, he said, "the league has at
tanned an Importance unsurpassed
in its whole history"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-26
William HASTE
Coming to Address
Annual Meeting
FORMER WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICIAL SPEAKS HERE
IN MARCH

In mAhCh
The Seventeenth Annual meeting
of the Minneapolis Urban League
will be held on Tuesday, March %.
Judge William H. HASTE, Dean of
the Howard University Law School,
will be the principal speaker.
HASTE, the first Negro appointed
to a Federal judgeship, recently
resigned as Civilian Aide to the
Secretary of War because the
Army and the Army Air Command
refused to accept any of his recon-
mendations for improving condi-
tons for Negro servicemen and the
training of more Negroes for the
Air Force.
Since the University of Mime
sofa has been designated as a War
Training Center, the Coffman Me-
mortal Union is no longer available
to off-campus groups. The place
and time of the Urban League
meeting will be announced next
week.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-26

Crystal Bird Fausett, special as
sistant in the National Office of
Civilian Defense, Washington,
D. c., will speak to the Women's
Activities Division of the Mime
apolis Civilian Defense Council,
rIday, March 5, at l p. m. at the
citizens Aid Bldg. DR.. David Mel
on Beach of Plymouth Congrega-
ional Church, will present the
peaker.
Mrs. Fausett, since receiving her
higher education at Columbia Uni
versity, has served as Pennsylvania
State legislator; head of inter
racial activities for the Friends
Society in Pennsylvania; on the
Girl Reserve staff of the National
Y. w. C. A.; Assistant Director of
the Pennsylvania WPA educational
and recreational program; a men,
Der of the advisory committee of
the Philadelphia Housing Author
ity; member of the advisory COM
mittee on the Philadelphia Adult
Educational Council and on the
Board of Trustees of Cheyney State
Teachers College at Cheyney, Pa.
In January, 1889, Mrs. Fausett
was the recipient of the Meritorious
Service medal of Pennsylvania,
cited by Governor George H. Earl.
Other Twin City organizations
are taking advantage of the ap-
pearance, here, of Mrs. Fausett, one
of Americas most outstanding
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-26
BingO Party

A Bingo Party will be given by
the Credjafawn Social Club, Sat
urday, February 81 at 8 p. M, at
DAT Iglehart Avenue, St Paul.
Many useful prizes and cash
awards will be given away. The
public is cordially invited. Nilee
Luckie is chairman Of the Bingo
Party.-(Advt.)
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-26
1902 Blues
By John Beeeher in The New
Republic

ACC~AGA IA AAAC ANC"
Republic
The South was unaccountably
silent when, back in June of 1941,
the President yielded to Negro
pressure and issued Executive Or
der 1902, banning discrimination
in defense industries and govern
ment with Lincolnian holiness Of
phrase that gave no hint of the
duress under which the order was
composed. Once again it was the
day of jubilee in the Negro camp.
But there were some who, remem-
bering that the Democratic Party
was a house divided, heavily dis
counted the executive orders
promise. "a. Philip Randolph
mugged the President with his
March-on-W Washington threat" said
the cynical. 'Now Randolph has
got the wallet, just let him try to
pass the notes"
Manpower Commissioner Paul v.
McNutt, at White House direction
as he later confessed, stopped pay
ment on the biggest of these notes
when he put the quietus on the
railroad hearing scheduled by the
Fair Employment Practice Com
mittee for January 1927 in
Washington. Not that the dis
elimination practised against Ne
gro firemen by the Southeastern
carrier-Brotherhood axis smells
any higher to heaven than other
ungodly stenches let loose by past
FEPC hearings. 1t was just that
Continued on Page 81
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-26
St. Paul Girls Aid In
Defense

A group of young girls from
Halle Q. Brown House assisted
Mrs. Mable Harris and Mrs.
Blanche Dawkins, Victory Aides,
in the distribution of government
rationing forms throughout the city
as a part of their Civilian Defense
activity. They were: Misses Eloise
Vassar, Carolyn Combs, Acenya
McElwain and Iris Brown.
Mrs. Harris is lieutenant and
Mrs. Dawkins is sergeant of Vic
tory Aides in their district. Other
Aides under Mrs. Harris super
vision are Mines. Ruth Grice,
Esther Slaughter, Gladys Callen-
der, Lady Hilyard and Viola Mon
son.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-26
Nelson Mccoy
Wins Tournament

Nelson Mccoy, member of Boy
Scout Troop No. 70, new Scout
Troop at St. Peter Claver Church,
won the championship in the Nov
ice Division 9 the Annual Scout
Archery Tournament, sponsored
annually by the st. Paul Area
Council, Boy Scouts of America,
The tourney was held at the
Catholic Youth Center and little
Mccoy was awarded a plaque for
his victory over more than 80 par
Elephants, 20 of whom were in the
Novice Division.
The champion is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Lawrence Mccoy, 2ss N.
Avon. st. Paul.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-26
Luther Molly Dies

Luther (Streamline) Molly, %
615 Girard Ave. No., died Friday,
February 10, at Glen Lake Sana.
torium.
Services were held February q
at 2 p. m. at Woodland Funeral
Home chapel. Rev. E. v. Streed OF
Plymouth Ave. Mission officiated
Interment, Crystal Lake.
Surviving are Mrs. Alma Molly
wife, three children and other rela-
tiyes.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-26
St. Paul Urban
League HOnOrs
Carver'S Memory

The Women's Auxiliary of the
St. Paul Urban League will hold a
memorial service honoring DR..
George Washington Carver on Sun
day, March Z, at 4 p. m. at the Hal
lie Q. Brown House.
A picture of the great scientist
will be unveiled and presented to
the House as ian inspiration to
Negro Youth" one of the Auxiliary
members stated.
Speaker for the program will be
the DR.. Isaac Fisher, well known
educator and writer who knew
Carver as a friend.
The public is invited to this
commemoration.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-26
1idd Dixon to. Be Tried
on Murch 2nd

The case of Iliad Dixon, 80, 4O7
W. Central Ave-, will be heard in
Ramsey County District Court,
Tuesday, March 2. Dixon is charged
with assault in the first degree, for
shooting his wife, Bertha Dixon,
447 st. Anthony Ave-, on her birth
day, Sunday, February z.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-26

ing " a 1 pLdAS
operators in the
U mite d States
Sunday W b e n
Charles l. Horn,
president Of Fed
eral Cartridge
Corp, speaks at
the II allie Q.
Brown Forum at
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-26
Binuo Purfy

The Altar Society of St. Peter
Claver Church, Aurora and Far
rington, will have a Bingo Party
Saturday, February 81, at 8 pm,
in the sub-auditorium of the church.
Ora Anderson is chairman of ar
rangements.-Advt.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-26
British Writer Charges u. S.
Army Officers Prejudice
English Against Negroes

York. Feb 22-Pacia Strauss British author and wife Of
member Of Parliament charges that American military authorities
attempting educate the English people the American
Of keeping Negro soldiers in their place
DESPITE empire with its colonial problems, only per
the English had Negroes before
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-26
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