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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-07

reported in the service.
eff we need them" said the Cen
eral. And while he was saying it,
the radios and newspapers were
pleading for 10000 nurses to en-
list with the Army Nurse Corps,
and rumors of a nurse draft was
drawing a War Department denial.
Cup to now" the General con-
tinued, 1--WE have tried to use Negro
nurses only where we have Negro
troops. It has not been our policy
to mix colored and white nurses
throughout the Army"
These were the sentiments Of
General Kirk-the man who sets
Army policy in this regard, and
who was hailed as such an improve
ment over his predecessor, Surgeon
General McGhee. 1t was McGhee
who established the Army policy
reflected by the Red Cross Of &C.
cepting no blood from Negroes
when plasma banks were first
started.
And all this happened in a week
during which public announcement
was made that DIR. Charles Drew,
a Negro, had been awarded the
Spingarn Medal by the NAACP for
creating the blood plasma tech
nique now saving thousands of lives
on the battlefields of the world.
1t makes General Kirk look
pretty small, despite the two stars
on each shoulder. And, in the eyes
of our enemies, it makes quite o
joke out of Maj. Gen. Ulio, Ad-
jutant General of the Army, who
announced last week that complete
elimination of Nazi discriminatory
legislation and regulations in coun-
tries liberated by the United Ma
tions is a basic policy Of the United
States Government.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-07
By ]. W. Pate

According to a press re-
lease issued by J. w. Pate,
Miss India B. Allen, only heir
to the estate of her aunt, the
late Mrs. India Scott Collins
of Seattle, Washington, has
been located in st. Paul, Minnesota.
Nation Wide Search Made
Mrs. Collins died in 1912 and
since her death a nation wide
search has been made by the Miss
ing Persons Bureau of st. Louis,
Missouri. Mr.. and Mrs. Collins
were pioneer residents of Mime
sofa, the Collins moved West and
purchased land in Alaska on which
oil was later discovered.
Heiress Former Theatrical Star
Miss Allen is former theatrical
star of the William and Walker
Musical Comedy fame, and has
travelled throughout this country
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-07
Porter?s Union Head
Defes Threat Made
;;: ;;;:$ by Memphis Boss
G. O. p. Names
Hall ElectOr
Third Time

Minnesota State Republicans
meeting in St. Paul, Saturday,
April l, selected for the third con-
secutive time a Negro citizen as
one of the presidential electors.
The man chosen was S. Edward
Hall, 996 Iglehart Ave, business
man and Ramsey County G. o. P.
faithful who has served as elector
twice previously. He was named
to similar posts in both the Landon
and Willkie campaigns.
Others named to elector posts
were: Judge William Erickson, Red
Wing; George S. Hage, Madelia;
A. l. Hickman, Osseo; Morton
Breiseth, Minneapolis; Ed Rogers,
Walker; W. R. Werring, Morgan;
DR.. W. C. Merkert, Duluth; Chester
G. Rosengren, Fergus Falls; Lawr-
ence Paulson, Rothsay, and John
Harvey, Virginia.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-07

the confirming announcement of
Secretary of War Stimson that the
famed oath Infantry is being used
in actual combat in the Southwest
Pacific at Bougainville and that the
93rd Division has arrived in the
South Pacific and is in jungle train
ing.
General Kirk made his statement
at a press conference in answer
to an inquiry from this CORES
pondent. He was asked "Does the
Army still insist on its policy Of
separating the blood of Negroes in
the plasma banks? And if so, is
there any consideration being given
to changing this pohcy?"
He replied: 81 don't know that
it will be changed. I don't know
why it should be, do your"
He was reminded Of the findings
Of scientists that there is no diff
ference in the blood of Negroes and
any other persons, to which he said:
There is no difference. l perfectly
agree with you. But we might
get in worse water than we are in
now if we swap around too much"
That the policy is one catering
to the prejudices Of a few ignorant
and bigoted individuals was en-
phasized when the general told
story in connection with his answer.
He said: 81 remember out at Wal
ter Reed hospital one time a lady
was given some transfusions. The
soldier who furnished the blood was
always AWOL, and they wondered
what effect that would have upon
the woman"
Everybody laughed, but it wasn't
funny.
Still, the general was not
through. He was asked whether
the Army plans to use more Negro
nurses, and told that only 2O2 are
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-07
News Letter" Slunders
FDR, NEGROES, Relief

New York-President Roosevelt
and Negroes on relief rolls are the
targets in a new piece of political
propaganda which made its appear
ance last week.
It is a confidential" news letter
by Samuel B. Pettengill, syndicated
by Americas Future, Inc, 2O5 East
42nd Street, New York IT, New
York. The bulk of the release pre-
tends to be a "true conversation"
with a Negro maid in a Detroit
hotel. In dialect the maid is
made to say that she only started
to work recently and that she and
her husband had been "on Mr..
Roosevelt's relief for nine years."
The news letter also makes the
maid say that she is only working
now because Mr.. Roosevelt wants
"us folks" to work during the war
and that he is going to put them
back on relief after the war and
they won't have to work any more.
In protest to Americas Future,
Inc, the NAACP letter stated:
eff the people who complain so
loudly about the amount of relief
doled out to Negroes would use
one-quarter of their energies in
trying to see that Negroes receive
a fair share in employment, the
proportion of Negroes on relief
would change. But the very same
people who are using the Negroes
on relief argument against the
present Administration are also OPP
posing the Administrators efforts
through the Fair Employment
Practice Committee to do away
with discrimination in employment
and give all persons a fair chance
to secure a job regardless of race,
creed, color, or national origin.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-07

this day and time only"
Justice Roberts reference to Gin
tolerance for former justices" is
evidently an implication that the
more recently appointed justices
are more liberal in their attitude to-
ward social legislation and issues
affecting the welfare of Negroes.
This decision, with its far reach.
ing implications bearing on the
problem of the southern Negro and
the vote, is one Of the most impor-
tant since the advent of the New
Deal.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-07

refused the right to vote in the
1910 Democratic primaries. JUS
tice Stanley Reed read the decision
for the majority. He stated:
"The court has ruled out the doc
trine that the Democratic party as
a private organization has the right
to make rules on who should vote
in Texas primaries. Texas elections
are part of the Federal election and
therefore subject to the Federal
Constitution"
With the words of Justic Reed a
vital blow has been struck to the
undemocratic policy Of ily-white-
ism so long practiced and enforced
in the South, political observers de-
clared. New hope springs up in
the hearts of millions of disfran-
chised Negroes.
The case was argued before the
high tribunal last November by
Judge William HASTE and Dean
Leon Ransom, counsels for the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People.
Roberts Dissents
Justice Owen Roberts, the lone
dissenter, said, "The court has
shown an intolerance for former
justices. The instant decision tends
to bring adjudication of this tri-
bunal into the same class as a re-
stricted railroad ticket, good for
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-07
Henry G. Turner,
Former North
DakOtan, Dead

Henry C. Turner, grandfather of
Robert Turpin, Francis L. Lazen-
berry and Donna Turner, St. Paul,
and Henry Turner, Minneapolis,
died Sunday, March 2, at his home
in San Diego, Calf. He was the
father of Mrs. B. Turpin, st. Paul.
Mr.. Turner moved from Mem
phis, Tenn, to Grand Forks, N. D.,
in 1906, where he was employed as
a passenger brakeman on the Great
Northern R. R. until his retire
ment a few years ago.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-07
SERGEANT JOHN DANFORTH
CONVALESCING IN IOWA

The Des Moines BYSTANDER
reports Sgt. John M. (Joe) Dan
forth is in that city convalescing
from an injured ankle suffered in
a fall at LACEY, Va. Danforth is
stationed at Selfridge Field, Mich.
He is well known in Minneapolis,
having resided here for two years.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-07
Ethel Smith
To Hospital

Miss Ethel Smith, 9O5 Marion
St., st. Paul, secretary to C. E.
Newman, Twin Cities Ordnance
Plant official, will enter a hospital
next week for a serious operation.
She expects to be in the hospital
for several weeks.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-07
TO DON UNCLE
SANS UNIFORM

SANS UNIFORM
Among the Minneapolis men who
passed their pre-induction physical
examinations at Fort Smelling this
week qualifying them for military
service were: Curtis C. Chivers,
4013 Clinton Ave-; Bert Dawson,
3715 4th Ave. So; Claude Mason,
1924 4th Ave. &c., and Leroy
Martin, 1928 9Th Ave. So. Clarence
W. Smith, 3725 4th Ave. &c., was
accepted for limited service.
Others who were indicted into
the armed forces Wednesday, April
s, are: Charles E. Miller, 1901
Bryant Ave. No.; David C. Turner,
1882 Fourth Ave. &c., Minneapolis;
Lester Watts, of Omaha, Neb.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-07
Keeps Jim Crow
Plasma and Limit on
Services of Negro Nurses
By Harry McAlpin for NNPA

Washington, D. C.-The announcement last week of
Maj Gen. N T. Kirk SurgeonGeneral of the Army that he
knows why change should be made in the pol
icy of labelling and separating the blood of Negroes for blood
and colored nued encouragement contained in
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-07
DIR. Scruggs, Lincoln ~"
President, Principal Speaker at
Halle Q.'s 18th Birthday

DR.. Sherman Scruggs, president
of Lincoln University, jefferson
City, Mo-, will be the principal
speaker at the 18th anniversary
of the Halle Q. Brown House,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-07

"All types of propaganda, of
course, are to be expected in a
political campaign, but it strikes
US that this release represents
something near the bottom"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-07
Supreme Court Outlaws
Southern Democrat Ban on
Negro Primary Voting

Washington, D. C.-In precedent-smashing decision
the Supreme Court of the United States Monday upheld the
right of Negroes to vote in the Texas Democratic primaries
By an to VOTE the Court decided in favor of Lonnie
E. Smith of Houston Texas Smith sued the Harris County
election officials for damages and Judgment because he
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-07
Randolph Defies Crump
Machine & Negro Henchmen
Speaks i'm Tennessee City

MEMPHIS, TENN.-With courage and having enough
moral spunk to that of the basic provisions the
United States Consuton-tha the right of free speech
upheld though it might cost him his life A. Philip
Randolph, international president of the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porter addressed public mass meeting here
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-07
DIR. CARVER CALLED FAMOUS
Darby" OVER STATION WOR

DAnh ONCh . 1A11ON WIN
New York-The late DIR. George
Washington Carver was referred
to as "a famous darby" over radio
station WOR in a broadcast March
"a, by one DR.. Eddy on a food
program.
Telephone calls of protest flooded
the switchboard Immediately so
that a special person had to be
assigned to answer the complaints.
The station said DR.. Eddy made an
unfortunate slip" and that he had
the highest regard" for DR.. Car
yer. Protests were sent in from
all over New Jersey and New York,
one coming from DR.. w. G. Alex
ander of Orange, and an official
letter from the national office of
the NAACP.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-07

OL' dul1 cI1udSy ApIh 10 al o
p. m.
A veteran of World War I and an
outstanding figure in the field of
education, DR.. Scruggs is active in
Baptist church circles and a men,
Der of the Alpha Phi Alpha fra
ternity. He has said Democracy
is the highest ideal in government.
Weak people administer it and we
should not criticize the democracy,
but it is our responsibility to see
to it by our effort and competence
that it shall include all people
and benefit each man accordingly
as he has contributed. The Negro
has a large stake in this democracy
too great to stop now"
The public is invited to hear DR..
Scruggs.
The distinguished educator made
such a fine impression at his last
address in st. Paul he was invited
to come again.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-07

Charles Dover is still confined to
the Veterans Hospital at Fort
Smelling.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-02

ence has been that gained with respect
to the operational technique in such fields
as air combat, amphibious operations
and the escort of conveys"
Our lack of preparedness at the time
of Pearl Harbor was aggravated, surely,
by Army-Navy jealouSies and by diStrust
in both forces of the value OF air power.
But there was no room for jealousy in the
desperate situation that our forces were
in during the early months Of the war.
Unified command was one of the lessons
learned early and brilliantly, and it has
paid impressive dividends. A system OF
command that is good enough to win bat
ties is certainly good enough to incor-
porate into our long-range military plan
ming. The new House committee prob
ably had that in mind when it made dis
cussion of a unified Department of Ma
tional Defense the first item on its
agenda. Other vitality important ques-
lions, such as universal service, will be
considered later.
AS Brig-Gen John MICA. Palmer told
the committee, "In all our wars it has
been the actual military policy of the
United States to extemporize its war or
ganization after the war has begun or has
become imminent. It would be impoSS1-
BILE to conceive worse national military
policy" The Postwar Military Policy
Committee seems to have good start
on a program which will avoid in the
future the almost fatal dalliance with
which we approached this war. More
power to them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-02
Getting Ready

Back home from Italy, Lieut.. Ernest
Childers and Sgt. Charles Commando
Kelly gave the press in Washington an
account of the heroic soldering that won
each of them the Congressional Medal OF
Honor
What they said was made all the more
inspiring by the modest, straightforward,
undramatic way in which they said 1t.
And perhaps the most memorable state
ment of all was the offhand remark with
which Sgt. Kelly finished his story: "That
was about all of that battle. We went
back and got ready for the next one"
Lieut.. Childers and Sgt. Kelly are on
21-day leave. When that is over they'll
go back and get ready for the next one.
After that there will be another next
one and another, until the war is won
or as long as they can help to win 1t.
There isn't much time off for fighting
men, even when they're heroes.
That might be something to bear in
mind when Saturday sunshine or Mon
day hangover tempts us to forget that
most of us here have a small part IN
getting ready for the next one," too
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-02
Unified Defense

In the course OF its first set of hear
ings, the House Committee on Postwar
Military Policy will hear lot OF persua-
siVe arguments for uniacation OF our
armed forces under one Jurisdiction. But
none OF these could be more potent than
that advanced by Admiral King, not in
testimony before the committee, but In
his report on the war at sea 10 Navy
Secretary Knox. Admiral King showed
c0ncluslveIy that unified operations,
born OF necessity In the moves and coun-
teFInoves OF day-to-day tactics, have
played vital part In our victories He
stressed the firm establishment OF Army
Navy teamwork; he spoke OF land. sea
and air fighters as zone national mill
fnry force" And, In reciling the lessons
that we have learned the hard way. he
sid, The most valuable OF all expert
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-02

In other words, you can step
out of an aircraft factory or a
synthetic rubber plant and go
to work in a barber ship or at a
bootblack stand, or just loaf at
home. They are not essential
industries. But If you want to
switch to a munitions plant, you
can't-without a certificate of
availability (which you probably
can't get) or without waiting the
required cooling-off period of so
days.
SENATOR "PAPPY" O'DANIEL
Sen. Pass the Biscuits Pappy"
ODaniel has devised a unique in
come-tax proof method of getting
money for his anti-adrninistration
radio broadcastS in Texas.
Before he became Senator, he
used to get contributions by pass
ing small wooden flour barrel
thorugh his audience after putting
on a show. Now, however. he
gets contributions for a cam
paign of education for the pur-
pose of disseminating truthful in
formation regarding Governmental
matters"
This, according to Txans, is just
a high-falutin' way of saying
that the money is going to pay
to help "Pappy". O'Daniel say
what he wants on the radio. And
since the money is for "educa-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-02
CRIME AND MYSTERY STORIES
New York Times

(NeW YORK IlmeS)
/ Tomorrow there is to be a meeting
and debate on these premises Of au-
thors of detective and mystery stor-
les. These subjects are of high in
terest to the public, which, however,
will hardly expect that the writers
will disclose much of the secrets Of
their craft. We don't know how to
estimate, if it can be estimated, the
popularity of each branch. Some
three years ago the author of his
tory of the detective story reckoned
the annual output at three hundred.
The annual production of mystery
stories is mystery to us as yet.
Both forms are rich in suspense.
The presence or absence of the de-
tective marks the distinction.
Since the worship Of detective
runs to such a point that in the
case of Sherlock Holmes it has re-
suited in the obseurity and neglect
of his creator, 1t may be that the
marker Of the mystery or riddle
story has the advantage. Poe was
first and perhaps best in both kinds,
but he had the good fortune to stop.
If he had kept on as a writer of de-
tectiVe stories he might have eX-
hausted his whole bag Of tricks.
That is one trouble of the detective
story maker. Some old fogies never
tire of reading over and over their
faVorite detective stories. Father
Brown, that amiable, shabby, subtle
innocent, with a gift OF "ratiocina-
ton" that Poe would have admired.
is always new, always good; and
ChestertOn is one writer OF detective
stories who has style, grand style.
Wilkie Collins, an old master In
both subjeet-matters, was often
crude and flashy In his style. but
he was a born story teller. The
Woman In White" which appeared
In 1860. was an absolutely novel
type In us time In its clever use OF
incident 10 hide and then disclose a
secret. Count Foseo, the fat william,
leaves a permanent strong impress
sion upon the reader and makes
Professor MoFiarty look like a menu
Der OF the X. NJ, G, A The Moon.
stone Is another MASTERPIECES OF
construction that keeps the reader
guessing. It's Sergeant Cuff Is the
first detective IN English fiction.
The modern addict OF mystery
shouldn't neglect these Victorian
specimens.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-02
And Still No Help

The German people are getting enough
to eat, according to League OF Nations
report, by draining off fresh vegetables,
fruit, and other vitamin-rich foods from
occupied lands The report also states
that there are absolute Scarcities" IN
France, Italy, Sloyakia and the Baltic
countries, and that there was famine IN
1912 and "semi-starvation" last year IN
Poland, Greece, and parts of Yugoslavia
and Nazi-occupied Russia.
America, citizens and government
alike, would like to help these hungry
people. The well-fed western hemisphere
could do it, The exiled governments
could pay for the food. The distribution
machinery is available. The practical
difficulties are few.
But Britain stubbornly refuses to hft
the blockade so that even an attempt
NAV be made. This government has been
patiently acquiescent. 1t is time, by
every humanitarian standard, for firmer
insiStence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-02
Views OF The Press

to send food ships to France before
the invasion starts.
The Archbishop of York explained
to gathering OF Americans in New
York the other day the Nazi food
policy in the occupied countries. In
food policy in the occupied coun-
tries. In a country like Greece
which has little war industry to aid
the Germans, they care very little
whether the people starve or not.
So they provide no food allowances
for the local population. On the
other hand, in a country like Bel
GUM tie industry is important to
the war machine. and SO the Ger
mans dole out enough food to en-
able the natives TO work.
To countries like Greece. the
United States can send food and I'M
der proper supervision it is not like
ly to reach the Germans or to aid
them in any way. ut if we send
food into the industrial countries
like elgium, the Germans reduce by
like amount the allowance they
provide for those people. Thus the
equivalent of our food does benefit
our enemies.
The issue boils down TO a question
OF whether We shall tighten the bur-
dens OF the occupied peoples but ut
the same time add to German abil-
ity 10 prolong their serfdom. End
less arguments may be advanced 10
support both points OF view. The
ritinsh. who are closer TO the situa-
ton than We are, have resolutely
opposed any measure however hui
manitarian that would add TO Ger
man ability to resst. Our govern
ment has concurred In this view,
and 1t seems likely that at this late
date there will be no change in the
policy.