St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-10-20
I. B. Carey VS..
Frank Boyd in
Lively Meeting
BY MARJORIE CURRY

The Minneapolis Branch NAACP
political meeting held October Is,
at the Phyllis Wheatley Auditorium
was an enthusiastic jam packed
session with both Frank Boyd and
Talmage B. Carey really "send-
ing" on the subject "In November
l am going to vote for president. "
Frank Boyd pointed out in a
dramatic manner the gains Ne
groes had made in the past twelve
years under Roosevelt. He advised
that they vote intelligently and on
the basis of what they knew to be
true by their own experience. 81
can point to my experience with
the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters and our fight for recogni-
ton by the Railroad Labor Board
which was not won until Roosevelt
became President" he declared.
Briefly he outlined the Brother
hoods fight and how much they had
gained in actual wages as one ex-
ample of what the working man
could expect from Roosevelt.
Talmage Carey stated that he
thought it was "fine thing that
the Negro jumped on the Demo-
cratic Bandwagon. But we're going
back to the Republican party be-
cause we are tired of holding hands
with the Bilbos and Rankins," he
declared. Cary caused quite stir
when he challenged Boyd's state
ment that most Negro politicians
were bought. 81 want Mr.. Boyd to
know that 1 haven't been bought"
At this, Mr.. Boyd jumped to his
feet and interrupted Carey to point
out that he had not meant any
thing personal by the remark. A
verbal tilt followed while the audi
ence listened with interest until
Rev. Robert W. Kelley, acting
chairman, restored order.
Carey went on to say that in the
United States there was a two
party system. Voters must use the
ballot wisely and register their ap-
prevail or disapproval at the polls.
"All credit for the FEPC should go
to Randolph" Carey said. "Be-
cause Randolph threatened to
march on Washington and Roose-
welt was forced. to make this con-
cession."
According to Carey "the working
man is only a small segment of the
population" and the people should
vote for Dewey who was interested
in more than just the working man.
He also named several outstanding
Negroes who had received appoint
ments under Dewey as Governor of
New York.
In rebuttal, Boyd dramatically
swayed his audience when he point
ed out the gains the working man
had made in money as compared
with salaries given to a few politi-
cal appointees. The audience was
apparently satisfied with Boyd's
presentation. They fired question
after question at Carey until the
question period was over.
In the discussion period that fol-
lowed, Cecil Newman and Erma
Clardy pointed out that Negroes
should take as much interest in the
elections of their aldermen and
other legislators as they did in the
Presidential election. If they would
take such an interest the Parker
case would have never come into
being.
Other business before the body
was the election of a nominating
committee composed of Mrs.
Marshall, Jonas Schwartz, Rev.
Robert W. Kelley, Talmage Carey,
Allie Glenn, Curtis Chivers and
Beulah Mitchell. The election Of Of
fcers will take place in November.
Rev. Kelley gave the final de-
tails of the Parker case. The case
went before the Grand Jury. Jens
Christensen, the alderman; Parker