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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-28
Half Police Force
Quits in Protest

PHENIX CITY, Ala, Dec. %
-lP)-Half the police force of
this town, which has an estimat-
ed war-swollen population of
$1,000, quit last night in pro-
test of l5-day suspension of a
patrolman, w. NJ. lowers. accus-
ed of roughly treating a Fl. Ben
ming soldier.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-23
st. Paul NAACP
Branch Elects
Four Delegates

Clarence T. R. Nelson, president,
Pearl Sklar, Dorothy Schultz and
Alverta Corum were elected dele
gates to the National Convention
at the st. Paul Branch meeting,
Tuesday, June 20. Ruth Gage Col
by was named to the executive
committee to fill the vacancy Gre
ated by the resignation of John M.
Patton.
A resolution was passed to be
sent to the convention, recommend
ing that election of members to
the national board be held at the
national convention. At present
nominations are made to the ma
tional board and the election is
held by the board.
Major Ransome and Rev. Nelson
made reports on the recent court
case in which Mr.. Ransome was the
plaintiff in a case of discrimination.
Mrs. Corum reported for the COM
mittee who interviewed Senator
Ball on his recent visit to St. Paul.
Fifty-six memberships were re-
ported.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-23
Central Labor
Union Endorses
NAACP Program

Central Labor Union, Mime
apolis, voted to endorse the pro-
gram of the NAACP on June IA,
after listening to Mona Jensen,
NAACP field representative, speak
on the "Role of Labor in Race Re-
lations." This was the last speak
ing engagement filled here by Miss
Jensen before leaving for Des
Moines, Iowa, on June Is.
Volunteer membership drive
workers of the Minneapolis branch
will meet Friday at 7:30 p. m. at
Phyllis Wheatley House. Curtis
Chivers pointed out that the drive
should end July list, so that all
membership dues and Crisis SUBJ
scriptions will be due at the same
time. Workers are urged to keep
this in mind and to turn in all
memberships by that date.
Clifford Rucker and Irving Blum
berg were elected delegates to the
National Convention at the month
ly Branch meeting, June 10. The
convention will be held in Chicago,
July IL to Is. Three other men,
bers, Jonas Schwartz Mrs.
Schwartz and Mrs. Lillian Penn
have offered to go at their own ex-
pense. This branch is allowed five
delegates.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-23
Plan to Stem
Poetic Coust
Race Prejudice

NEW YORK - After a months
tour of the Pacific Northwest, with
intensive work in Washington and
Oregon, Edward Dudley, member
of the legal staff of the NAACP,
said last week plans were under
way in Seattle, Portland, Tacoma,
and Spokane to combat the wave
of Jim Crowism which is sweeping
the once-liberal section on the
heels of the great migration of
southern Negroes and whites.
Dudley conferred with Governor
Langlie of Washington, with Attor-
ney General Neuner of Oregon,
Mayor Riley of Portland, Mayor
Johnson and City Prosecutor
Grimm of Pasco, WASH. also with
State Senator Henehan of Wash
ington. In Portland, Mr.. Dudley
met with Edgar J. Kaiser at his
huge shipyards and reports that
although there is no Jim Grow in
the Kaiser works, or cafeterias for
workers, or housing projects, the
boilermakers' union is forcing Ne
groes into a Jim Crow auxiliary as
a price for working. Those who re-
fuse to join the auxiliary are fired
under the closed shop contract.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-23
Negro Doctor
Gives $1,000
to NAACP

NEW YORK ON D-Day, DR..
Walter ]. Crump of New York
City, sent a personal check for
$1,000 to the National Office - in
appreciation of the great work be-
ing carried on by the NAACP.
at gives me great pleasure, "
wrote DR.. Crump, ito send you my
personal check for $1,000 for the
NAACP. May it assist in the strug-
gle to obtain for the Negro equal
rights and equal opportunities for
service in this land of ours, and in
our activities in this World War
for the liberation of all peoples.
at is my humble opinion, that
the NAACP is the most aggressive
stabilized and rational group for
establishing and maintaining in the
U. S. and the world, the rights of
our most underprivileged group,
the Negro"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-23
HiIda Moses
Wins Acclaim
i'm New PLAY

Hilda Moses Simms, Minneapo-
lis girl, got very favorable notices
from the critics of the n. Y. Times
and P NJ for her role in Gamma
Lucasta," a new play by Phillip
Yordan which had its New York
tryout Friday, June II.
Lewis Nichols, n. Y. Times,
wrote
The American Negro Theatre,
which has a somewhat heated
headquarters on West 135th Street,
last evening turned its attention
to the tryout of a new play. 1t
was anna Lucasta," by Phillip
Yordan, with adoption credits to
Abram Hill and Harry Wagstaff
Gribble, and the group of players
gave it a finished production. As
play anna" may not be fully
ready for downtown, but with it
the American Negro Theatre
showed that it knows its business,
that it is honest and that it num-
bers among its members several
actors who are excellent. As
tryout, the evening was one of the
best of the year.
Mr.. Yordan's play is about a
young prostitute who tries to
abandon that life. There is moth
ing novel about it, and some of the
writing is a little heavy. Enough
good material makes up the rest,
however, to give the players their
chance, and that is all they need.
In the role of the girl there is a
young actress named Hilda Moses
Simms, who in addition to being
something beyond pretty has a full
command of her part. There also
is Fred O'Neal, who is wonderful
as pompous and scheming
brother-in-law. Earle Hyman, Lee
titia Toole and Alberta Perkins
have other roles. Mr.. Gribble d.
rected the play we'll, obviously with
actors willing to do everything he
wished.
The P. NJ. theater writer said of
Hilda Simms, an the title role in
deed-a beautiful girl-gives
beautiful performance, one that has
both the insight to sustain a
Characterization and the born
authority to make her felt from the
moment she comes on the stage"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-23
Bishop John A.
Gregg Tells Of
Visit Overseas
By c. T. r. NELSON

More than a thousand people at
tended the interracial mass meet
ing held last Sunday in the thea
tire section of the st. Paul Audi
forum and heard a thrilling ad-
dress by Bishop John A. Gregg, of
Kansas City, Kansas, as he praised
the contributions being made by the
Negro soldiers in all parts of the
world. Bishop Gregg, who was a
chaplain in the Spanish-American
war, was absolute master of his
audience as he made a resume of
his trip to the battlefronts where
Negroes are stationed throughout
the world, as the representative of
all of the Negro churches in Amer
lea.
Bishop Gregg highlighted his ac-
count of the $4,000 mile tour with
incidental stories that were very
funny, and illusions that were
touching. He lived a week in Cen
eral MacArthur's home at Port
Moresby and he met native chiefs
in the Fijis. He told about two
white girls who asked to be placed
in Red Cross unit that was super
vised by a Negro woman, partly
because they liked her and partly
because they wanted to prove how
seriously the men and women at
the front accept the principle of
the brotherhood of man.
Everywhere, the bishop reported,
Negroes are doing their full share,
even when they are engaged in du-
ties technically rated under the
non-combat head. Graphically, he
described their activities as engi-
neers in the Pacific area, North
Africa, Italy, Burma, India and at
the Iranian bases from which
American Supplies are sent to Rus
STA. He told of their courage and
skill in general, and described nu-
merous particular instances of it.
He pointed out that members of the
engineering outfits have to go
ahead very often and prepare the
way for the combat troops and
that these engineer and service
troops are in constant danger. He
told about seeing Negroes handling
buildozers and otheE intricate ma
chinery without difficulty and he
told about a white employer in
Kansas City who told the bishop
that such machinery was too COM
plicated for Negroes to handle. In
speaking about Australia, Bishop
Continued on Page A.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-23
Stricken On
Way to Church
Sunday, Dies

Zachariah Taylor, HOO Fourth
Ave. NJ, "a, died in the receiving
room at the Minneapolis General
hospital, Sunday, June 10, where
he was taken after he became sud
denly ill on his way to church.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday, June 81, at 2 p. M, at
Bethesda Baptist church, with Rev.
A. F. Martin officiating.
Mr.. Taylor, a retired city en-
ploye, came to Minneapolis from
Rock Ridge County, Virginia, and
lived here twenty-four years until
his death. Surviving are a son,
Harry, of Cedar Rapids, Ia, who
came to attend the funeral, a
daughter, Mrs. Julia Williams,
Minneapolis, and a host of nieces
and nephews and other relatives.
Interment was at Crystal Lake
cemetery.
Woodland Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-23
Minnesota Baptists'
Annual Session at
Pilgrim Rest Church

At the oath Annual Session of
the Minnesota Baptist Association
and the auxiliaries, the Women's
Baptist State Convention and the
Sunday School and B. T. U. held at
Pilgrim Rest church, Humboldt
Heights, on June Is and 16, the
following officers were elected:
Rev. A. F. Martin, moderator;
Rev. J. W. Phelps, vice moderator;
Mrs. Fern Helm, secretary; Rev.
]. ]. Clayburn, treasurer. Officers
of the Women's Auxiliary are:
Mrs. NJ. Burrell, president; Mrs.
Lydia Brown, first vice president;
Mrs. Mamie Battles, second vice
president; Mrs. Fern Helm, record
ing secretary; Mrs. Alberta Bell,
corresponding secretary; Mrs.
Mabel Pierson, assistant secretary;
Mrs. Sally Mae Williams, treasur-
er; Mrs. Effie Larkins, statistician,
Mrs. Ella Golden, historian; Mrs.
Mae Marshall, pariamentarian.
Mrs. Dessa Gresham, was elected
director of young people of the
Sunday School and B. T. u; Rev.
H. W. Bolts, Jr., president; Mrs.
Bertha Johnson, first vice presi-
dent; Miss Leatrice Dodd, second
vice president; Miss Beulah Baines,
third vice. president; Mrs. Carrie
Wallace, recording secretary; Mrs.
Estella Sims, treasurer; Miss
Gwendolyn Schofield, assistant sec
rotary; Miss Juanda Cuff, choris-
ter; Mrs. A. Holloway, parliament
tartan; Mrs. Ella Golden, historian.
In his annual address, Rev. A. F.
Martin, moderator, recommended
that the Baptist churches in this
association join together in build
ing a Baptist home for "our aged
people that they might have a place
to spend their last years in COM
fort" A committee was appointed
to start work on this project under
the Craftsmanship of Mrs. Golden.
Rev. Bolts, Jr., will deliver the
Introductory sermon at the Ma
tional Sunday School and B. T. U.
Congress in Birmingham, Ala, this
week.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-23

WASHINGTON, D. C. (NNPA)
disappointment, of Mrs. Velma G..
Williams to the District Board of
Education was announced here last
week. Mrs. Williams, one of the
three Negro members of the board
and the only Negro woman mem
Der, was returned to her post along
with two white members by the
justices of the District Court. All
three will serve until June 80, 1947.
A member of the board since
1889, Mrs. Williams headed the
boards committee on student ac-
tivities. Prior to her original ap-
pointment, she was president of the
James Monroe Parent Teacher As
ISOLATION here and before that had
taught 10 years in the schools of
Mississippi.
Mrs. Williams and the other Ne
gro members of the board voted
with their white colleagues against
the admission of Negro boy, Mi
chael Davis, to white school here
recently, when the boys father ap-
piled for permission on the grounds
that the Negro school nearest the
Davis home was too distant for
convenience and safety.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-23
Gerald L. Porter
Resigns Post at
Halle @. Brown

Gerald L. Porter, director of the
athletic department at Halle @.
Brown House, St. Paul, for the past
three years, has resigned his posi-
ton for one as executive secretary
of a community house, The Home
Service Association, at Toronto,
Canada. He will assume his new
duties Immediately.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-23
Graduates to
Be HOnOred
at Pilgrim

The 1914 high school graduates
of St. Paul will be honored at a
testimonial sponsored by the Pill
grim Baptist Sunday School, Sun
day, June 20, at 8 p. M, at the
church.
Fred Truax, Commissioner of
Education of st. Paul, will speak
on "The Value of Education" and
Rev. Jackson Wilcox, pastor Of the
Park Baptist Church, will talk
on what the Church Is to the
Graduates"
This meeting is open to the
public.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-23

adopted his amendments to pro-
hibit use of the 100000 appropri-
alton to pay the salaries of any
persons on the staff who % init
ate, investigate, or otherwise work
on any complaint where the per-
son accused of discriminating does
not have the right to appeal any
ruling to the President; ~ work
on any case which might result in
seizure of the plant by federal
authorities; or (3) violate any act
of Congress by orders or directives
or recommendations of the FEPC.
The Senate then, after being told
by Senator Ebert Thomas and by
Senator Dennis Chavez of New
Mexico and Senator James NJ.
Mead of New York that it was kill
ing FEPC after voting to continue
it refused =" 1ssells amend
ment to Jnsideration or
investiga-- nplaints where
in these might be an existing con-
tract between a labor union and an
employer.
1t likewise defeated another in
which Russell sought to limit the
FEPC to use of not more than 25
per cent of the funds for employ
ment of persons of minority groups
which represent less than Is per
cent of the total population of the
United States.
The debate in the Senate sank
today to its-fowest levels Of dig
nifty, honesty and democracy in
the vicious speeches of Bilbo and
Senator John L. Mcclellan d., of
Ark and the white superiority"
interjection of Senator ]. o. East
land Cd. of Miss.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-23
George Johnson
Buried June Is

Funeral services for George
Johnson, SO, 1O6 Royalston Ave. NJ,
Minneapolis, who was found dead
in bed at his home, Friday, June
16, were held Wednesday at 2 p. M,
at the Neal Funeral Home Chapel
with Rev. E. R. Thomas officiating.
Mr.. Johnson was born in Mem
phis, Tenn, and had been a resi-
dent of Minneapolis for the last
thirteen years. His sister, Mrs.
Jessie Coleman, of this city, sur
wives.
Interment was at Crystal Lake
Cemetery.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-23
UncOvering
Washington
By Harry S. McAlpin
(White House Correspondent
NNPA)

Wendell Willkie, the burr next to
the skin of the Republicans, has
spelled out the Negro issue in
no uncertain terms in his current
series of articles on what should
be in the Republican platform for
the 1914 Presidential campaign.
Stripped of it's partisan political
slant, WILKES challenge to the Re-
publican party as to its sincerity
is a challenge to America and to
Democracy as practiced in this
country. "Our adoption or rejection
of these principles" he says, twill
be the test of our sincerity and of
our moral leadership in the eyes
of hundreds of millions all over
the world"
What is so impressive about the
Willkie statement on the Negro is
the keen insight it shows of the
flames that gnaw at the hearts of
100000 of Americas citizens who
are relegated to a second class citi-
zenship solely on the basis of their
color or identification with the Ne
gro race.
What is equally impressive is the
fact that those statements are made
and this challenge thrown out with
out any pressure being applied to
get them. That is new experience
for Negroes, who have seen every
progressive step toward their ad-
vancement to full citizenship, and
every effort directed along that
path come as result of pressures
applied or axes to grind. Mrs.
Roosevelt would qualify for SINH
lar compliment-but few others
would.
Consider the challenge in Will
kie's words when he says that Ne
groes will not be satisfied "by the
counsels of patience and the as
surances of kindly men that pro-
gress has been made, that eventual
ly, through fair treatment and CO.
operative effort, Negroes will in
some distant day obtain the rights
which the Constitution itself guar
entees to them"
There are some so-called Glib
erals" in the New Deal who might
we'll read those prophetic words and
ponder the advice they pass on
to Negroes and to the administra-
ton.
Indeed, WILKES statement on the
Negro is a challenge not only to the
Republican Party-it is an equally
effective glove-slap in the face of
the Democratic Party which is faced
with an unwelcome squabble over
the "race issue" at its convention
in July, when the rebel delegations
from Texas, Mississippi, South
Carolina and possibly Arkansas
will insist on the elimination or ex-
punging of the very planks that
Willkie urges be put into the Re-
publican platform.
Negroes will be watching both
the convention, armed, as they
know, with what might we'll prove
to be the deciding ballots in a
hotly contested November election.
They will not be fooled by any
passivity on the part of the Re-
publicans who might feel they can
rely on the negative approach of
letting the Democrats "tear their
britches" on the snags presented
in their Forthcoming trace issue"
fight Willlde has made the bed,
it is up to the Party to lie in it
or stay out.
If they accept WILKES challenge,
what a spot that puts the Demo-
Gratis on!
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-23
Lena Cobb Delegate
to A M E Meeting
at st. James Church

Lena Cobb, 534 Girard N, was
the Stewards delegate from Way
man AME church, Minneapolis, to
the District Conference held at
st. James church, Minneapolis,
Monday and Tuesday, June 10 and
20.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-23
EDDRESS GOODEN
PLEADS GUILTY

Mrs. Eddress Young Gooden
charged with first degree man.
slaughter in the fatal stabbing of
George Atkinson, AZ, June 8,
changed her plea to guilty.
She was sentenced to serve 2 to
10 years at the state reformatory
at Shakopee,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-23
st. Peter Church
WOmen's Day on
Sunday, June Is

Mrs. W. D. Brown will be the
guest speaker at the morning SER
vices, Women's Day, at St. Peter
A. M. E. church, Sunday, June rs.
A musical program has been ar
ranged for the afternoon services
at p. m.
Mrs. Celia Boyd, chairman of the
planning committee, asks each
woman to bring a guest.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-23
Visitors

Visitors at the office this week
were Mines. Celia Boyd, Ann Walk
er; Misses Dorothy Payne, Mary
Esther Young, Messrs. John Moul-
trie and Courtney Torell, Mime
apois; Mrs. Viola Hall, and Miss
Bernardine Hall, Des Moines, Iowa.
Mr.. Dewitt Hunter, Chicago, and
T/Sgt. Eugene E. Schuck, N. Camp
Hood, Texas.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-23
Woman Falls Near
Home, Breaks Leg

Mrs. Pauline Hutchcraft, TIP Oak
Lake, suffered a broken leg Tues
day morning, June 20, when she
fell in the vicinity of Phyllis
Wheatley House. A physician was
summoned and Mrs. Hutchcraft
was removed to her home where her
leg was placed in a cast.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-23
Attend County
Democratic FL
Meeting at Lowry

Among the delegates attending
the Ramsey County Democratic
Farmer Labor convention which
was held at the Lowry Hotel, Sat-
urday, June II and Is, were Frank
Boyd, Maceo Littlejohn, ]. Louis
Erwin and Mrs. Della Holsumback.
Mr.. Boyd is on the State Central
Committee with Mayor John Nc
Donough and others.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-23
James T. WardlaW
To Move Family
Here From Ohio

James T. Wardlaw, executive
secretary of the Minneapolis Ur-
ban League, left for Youngstown,
Ohio, Tuesday night, to join his
wife and daughter, Lydia, who have
been living there with Mrs. Ward
laws parents since he accepted the
Minneapolis post several months
ago. Mr.. Wardlaw expects to be
there about month and will then
drive his family back to Mime
apolis.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-23
FEPC Saved By 80
to Fl Vote; Sen. Russell
Tries to Cripple Agency
1914
By Harry McAIpin

Washington, D. c. (By Wire)-The FEPC saved by
1921 vote of the Senate today when crippled by the adop
ton of three of Senator Russes farreachng amendments
called connving and subtle by Senator Thomas of Utah
After refusing to adopt Russes amendment to strike
FEPC from the War Agencies APPROXIMATION Bill the Senate
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-23
Recital

Mrs. Esther Roach, 1917 Fifth
Ave. S., will present her music
pupils in her annual recital at the
Schmidt's Music Center, 88 S. 10th
St., Sunday, July 2, at 5 p. m.
Guest artists to appear are Ber-
tina Johnson, soloist, and Avis
Ware Carter, reader. No admis-
sion charge.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-23

Follow the Crowd! Saturday,
July 20, st. Paul Auditorium, Twin
Cities Biggest Musical Extraya-
CANA, st. Paul and Minneapolis
Elks. J. w. Pate, General Chair
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-23
Eva L. Abbey at
Mason City, Ia,
O. E. S. Meeting

Eva L. Abbey, Ala W. 25th St.,
Minneapolis, left Monday, June 10,
to attend the Eastern Star Grand
Chapter meeting at Mason City, Ia.
Mrs. Abbey is the Past Grand Ma
iron of the Iowa jurisdiction.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-23
Publishers Reflect
Sengstacke; Local
Man Gets Post

New York, June 19-John H..
Sengstacke of the CHICAGO DE-
FENDER was reelected president
of the Negro Publishers Associa-
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-23

News Reports Improve
A great improvement in the
quality of news reports involving
Negro members of the armed
forces was reported as the result
of the appointment by the Army
and Navy of Negro public relations
officers.
At a cocktail party given by the
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Evening star., 1944-06-02

Torture TOTO with another bond.
He will feel the squeeze more than
you do.
Evening star., 1944-06-02
nee unless certain conditions are

nee unless certain conditions are
met.
Maryland Democrats met in Balti-
more today to select an uninstructed
delegation to the national conven-
ton.
Bricker Assails CIO.
Gov. Bricker, in an address at
Trenton, N. j., last night. demanded
that Congress take immediate action
to halt what he termed the CIO Po-
litical Action Committees sub
versive use of money to corrupt the
approaching election
Gov. Bricker said 1t is no. secret
that the strongly ro-Roosevelt
committee uses not only money
but intimidation to get votes" and
demanded to know when has it be-
come the legitimate function of a
labor organization to so interfere i.l
elections that it can make a minor
ity supreme over the majority of the
people?"
The National Socialist party
opened three-day convention in
Reading, Pa. The party's national
secretary. Harry Fleischman. assert
ed that Mr.. Roosevelt since the 1881
Little Steel strike has proposed no
important New Deal measures and
has lied the steady retreat toward
reaction"