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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-19
Northwest Senators und Poll Tax

As expected the southern
Senate had their the antpo which would
have permitted million southern whites
vote a o right.
The Bbo the Georges the
aided and aetd of noherne like Henrik Shpstead
(R) Minnesota political urn-coa Gerald ( North Dakota
bedfeow of the American F Bushfeld (R)
Dakota all of whom refused cotu which
mitted the refreshing
Senator Joseph Ball. (R) of Minnesota William
of North Dakota Senator Chan Quincy
for
The reactiOnay that killed the soldiers bill
months behind the the DISTINGUISHING poll
Sooner later the people of this nation will type poll
tcians and sweep political northwest
of Minnesota and North day
they elected men like Shipstead Nye and Bushfeld.
Who Who's Who? It's what's doing
When the they'll expect the
people who stayed home have the h-ovd along
road and helped establish right
class citizenship
Read thy neighbours paper thy
others!
Youth largely of mind and the freshness
advertisement Well certainly
and we wondering about u vigor!
Only guilty editorial specter
plants keep this dingbused
ts We'd like take
the best from the minds other
day.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-19
My Mothers Mother"
By CLARA PETTIFORD

By CLARA PETTIFORD
I've never seen my grandmother
I've pictured her inside,
Why, wasn't even thought of
When my grandmother died
She never gave me cookies,
Never even combed my hair,
But she taught my loving mother,
The sweet blessedness of prayer.
She taught her gentle ways,
Put Heaven in her smile,
Made her walk the narrow path,
And do only things worthwhile.
Gave her the gentle habits,
That make me love her best,
That mothers soothing quality,
That makes you know you're blest.
Here's one thing Pm sure of,
That in some way or other,
I'd like to thank my grandmom,
For SHE gave me MOTHER!
In the Zion Baptist
Church Bulletin.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-19
Men on Bouqoinville Offer the Proof


ucen few months ago the Negro combat soldier The demon
of sodery qualities of
sion the oath Infantry and the 54h Artillery
in battle with the Bouganv
evidence that the War Department chief
in his winter criticism made in the letter addressed
gresham Hamilton Fish rep, N. ".
1t that high of the
drafted deficient formal education but
lack Of opportunity for schooling civilian e
southern states where there marked disparity expenditures
and facilities for races.
On the other hand many competent Army certify that given
opportunity and sympathetic training these
those whose education and opportunities generally
them for participation in that is largely mechanical
making good notable extende the discouagements
inevitable strains their morale interest.
The the great degree from the
that educational
opportunity But they making with chips speak
Their under has wanting
all Americans find qualification know
the Negro and his
his country held to despite the things
crticizng-hs demonstration Bouganvile surprise.
1t IS no surprise Just that the Negro
pilots engaged against the Naz through
the first volunteers unload ships dangerous
beachhead Negroes who did well they officially
mended
Nor when engineer troops bridges
der fire. when trucking companies deliver supplies
despite the attacks of their foes when Sabee Guardsmen
Navy sailors and others
respective services.
All the American
goodwill and cooperation of his fellow Americans although that
MED and he often feels the sting discrimination
forces during struggle for very existence a
Our and by the signs
brighter day for them but theyas do cvansnow
lennum still Meanwhile they will fight
foes those
which should be the brght every Nor
Guide
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-19
Urges Support for Bill
to Admit Indiuns

Editor: Bills which authorize i'm
migration and naturalization of ma
tionals of India are now pending in
both Houses of Congress. Passage
of the bills would mean % that
nationals of India may become citi-
zens of the United States, and (2)
that about rs nationals of India
may enter the United States under
a quota.
A foundation for the democratic
postwar world we are seeking can be
built now in better understanding
among different peoples, which must
include the end of racist theories
implied in the exclusion of Asiatics.
Recently this was recognized when
the Chinese, as part of the United
Nations, were given the privilege
of immigration and naturalization.
Indians, too, are fighting for their
freedom. A powerful blow for de-
mocracy and against Japanese
propaganda can be struck by legis-
lation which recognizes their equali-
ty.
Among the prominent Americans
who have given their support to
this bill are John Dewey, Bishop
G. Bromley Oman, William Ben
ton, A. Philip Randolph, Pearl Buck,
Albert Einstein, Rabbi Abba Hillel
Silver, Marshall Field, Father John
LaFarge and DR.. Alvin S. johnson.
May we have your support for
this legislation?
Hearings on the bill, which has
been introduced by Clare Boothe
Luce, Republican, and Emanuel Gel
Ter, Democrat, will be held soon by
the House Committee on Immigra-
ton and Naturalization. Your ap-
prevail would be valuable in arous-
ing other Americans to an under
standing of the situation and the
wide support for the bill which can
secure its immediate passage.
India League of America,
J.'J. Singh, President.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-19
ELKS HAVE ACHIEVED!
DID YOU KNOW?

That there oneha million Es Daughter Es America?
2 That the Medical Department organized in 1928?
That the
and training of Purple Cross Nurse Units?
That the Es Medical Department has funcong
Nurse Units?
s. That than 5000 Negro
first aid to the needy?
g. That the Es Educational Department 1922
That the Es Order has
of $4,000 since the establishment the
g. That this department committed the following the
granting of scholarship aid the college level N the
of the study States (c
That since 1927 the E Educational
nation wide oatorcal for high
TO- That 10000 bona de high participated
these contests
complete their college training?
H. That the Junior Elk Department
directed
supervises organizations known herds in his
h. That 135 herds have been beginning
parment with total approximate membership 5000 boys
tween the of twelve and twenty?
IA That the Junior E today the
To- That the E have Civil Liberties
fighting for the civil rights of Negroes?
IT, That fraterna and therefore
to the grave?
on charity iuste rotbrlv and
sisery live and fidelity?
49, That believes brotherhood of man
and exemplifes what it believes?
49, That has given unstnngy
lion dollars worth bonds
America?
70 That has the youth its
to fight for the freedom of the world?
IL That every boy and the
branches of this great order?
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-19
Wartime Advantages to Be
Lost Unless Leadership
Can Control Masses

complete indignation into American
life of the Negro would be brighter.
The efforts of Frederick Douglas,
W. E. B. Dubois, James Weldon
Johnson, Walter White and others
along this line would not have been
put forth needlessly.
Color Ban Holds All of Us
However, we are bound together
by the one link we cannot change
color. The Jew can join the Baptist
church, change his name from Fin
kelstein to Jones, eat pork and be
as white and indistinguishable in
the white world as the German who
renounces his fondness for sauer-
kraut, hogshead and beer. In such
metamorphosis the Negro hasn't
chance. He can get a degree from
Oxford but he will still be a Negro.
He can invent the perpetual motion
machine, run the 100 yard dash in
8 seconds fiat, the mile in minutes,
build rocket and ride to the moon
and back, but he will still be a
Negro.
AS such, it would seem that he
would recognize his predicament or
status and seek to improve every
phase of it until it meets and beats
down all competition. We have the
individual abilities. We have the in
tellect, the individual strength of
character, the numbers with which
to work, yet we are seemingly as
far from that goal as when the
first boatload of US was dropped at
jamestown in 1919.
The Jews have mass discipline,
an iron-clad system of family life
and parental control and an intense
sense of racial loyalty toward one
another. They are one of Americas
smallest minorities, but also one of
its most potent. We have no mass
discipline, our system Of family life
hasn't been nurtured and brought
to full bloom. Racial loyalty among
US is distorted. We are Americas
biggest minority, but its weakest.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-19
CAMPHOR CHOIR TAKES
PART IN ANNIVERSARY
OF MIDWAY CHURCH

One of the groups participating
in the Goth anniversary celebration
of the Midway Methodist church.
Hamline and Charles Streets, last
Sunday, was the choir of the
c amphor Memorial Methodist
church. The Camphor choir sang
at the Sunday evening service and
was directed for this engage
ment by Mrs. Celeste Douglass.
Rev. and Mrs. Clarence T. R. Mel
son represented the Camphor
C hurch at the anniversary ban
quet on Monday night, at which
Bishop Ralph S. Cushman was the
principal speaker. The Rev. E. l..
Beckendorf, a former missionary
to the PHILIPPINES, is the pastor of
the Midway Church, which is the
oldest Swedish Methodist Church in
the Twin Cities.
st. James A M E Church Notes
Mothers Day, Sunday, May IA, was
a day of unusual splendor clad in
sunshine. CHIPPING Robins, green
leaves and grass paved the way as
crowds, adorned with the prevail
ing carnation or corsage honoring
mothers, wendell their way to the
house of worship.
At our 10:45 a. m. service, DR..
Isaac Fisher delivered a profound
and thrilling message in keeping
with the day-"Some Mothers of
the past" He said Negro mothers
of yester-years were the noblest,
grandest, sweetest and truest moth
ers in all the world. Special music
was rendered by the choir, direct
ed by J. H. Hickman, Jr. Flowers
on the altar were in memory Of the
late Cora Grissom from her sons,
Warren, George and Joseph Girls
som. Visitors included Mrs. M. E.
Bland, Louisville, KY; Pfc. Leon
Wagner, Jackson Air Base, and
many visitors from other churches
of the city.
Word was received from the
pastor, Rev. B. N. Moore, from
Philadelphia, that he and Mrs.
Moore are enjoying good health.
They expect to be enroute home by
May %. Mr.. C. o. Hall, lay delegate
to the conference, returned home
Monday, May Is.
Most of our class leaders are
awakening to the sense of their
duty, and congratulations are due.
Keep up the good work!
"Some Lessons From the High
way" will be DR.. Fishers subject
next Sunday, May &c. H. Mil
Ter.
Camphor Memorial Methodist
Church Notes: The second largest
congregation of the year, second
only to the Easter crowd, was pres
ent for the IL a. m. service last
Sunday. Special Mothers Day
music was rendered by the choir.
Mrs. Tessie Sonion sang eff Moth
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-19

in the goth century with all the in
ventions, discoveries, with democ-
racy on trial, and with rapid dis
Indignation of our material and
spiritual civilization is not under
standable to me. These prejudices
are illogical, inconsistent to a grow
ing democracy, impedes progress of
both races, and will finally destroy
our present civilization. This writer
believes that some people would
rather lose the war than give up
their prejudices.
Herbert Howell,
Minneapolis,
May II, 1914.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-19
What to Do With Bilbo and Ranlin

The been full of the rang
dore Blbo and Congressman John Rankin of Mississippi
These poll fellows who remain Office illegal
bar humber coored and white voting
men in Washington, but they the loudest
As chairman of the District Committee Bbo
for Washington people because oned of the capital
Bbo also fathers scheme of transporting people
Africa probably those
Jews
correspondent writes the AFRO asking
Bibo Rankin and other bugs like SOUTH
Dr. A Clayton Powell Jr of New solution says
floor of the House"
He would, too and would like
pastor with his eoquence putting
place.
That promise alone of New YOks Powell
votes to him in the fall campaign.
But the simplest method for handling Bbo
mttee Craftsmanship and yank him Of the spotlight
to the polls this November and elect Republican
Cored and white people be barred by poll
Mississippi but vote forty other poll
tax laws
the Democra can't silence Bbo the Republicans
the year to do it without noise squeamishness
The day the Republicans control the Senate
just wndbag Senator to whom (Bal
more) American.
spent internal pickering in the
Negro community build strong
business institutions.
BULLETS ASK NO QUESTIONS
bullet asks question about creed
Of boys the fighting fron-A Kappn
mander, Minnesota American Legion.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-19
Color Prejudice;
Some Would Rdther
Lose the Wur

Editor: A few years ago on the
campus of Hamline University, a
five-year-old daughter Of one of my
instructors asked me, "Why is your
face black" Considering the child's
home training and environment, the
writer replied, "God made it that
way" She emphatically replied Il
don't like God because he made your
face black"
Let me see inside of your hands
said a graduate student to me one
day. I wanted to see, said he, if
both sides of your hands were black.
In the Bruno Lasker book, Grace
Attitudes in Children" there is an
observation made of a Negro and
white boy playing together. The
small white boy remarked, Don't
you blow your black breath on me-"
None of these cases cited above
show that there were any trace of
color prejudice. But they rather
show that people possessing a diff
ferent physical feature arouse the
curiosity of many people. By con-
trast, let me relate briefly a few
others.
One reads in Lillian Smiths book
Strange Fruit" a Negro woman
objected to her son playing or be-
coming too intimate with white boys
and girls on the basis of color.
This writer has been told by
many Negroes that they would not
worship in the same church with
white people even though their
beliefs were the same.
A few years ago a white woman
living in Memphis, Tenn, sent to
Chicago, Illinois for the deceased
body of colored woman, who was
a close friend, to be buried in the
white" cemetery in Memphis. But
under no other circumstances could
Negro in the south have this
special honor.
Mrs. Herbert Hoover during the
administration of her husband gave
a tea for the congressmen's wives.
She invited Mrs. Oscar DePriest,
wife Of congressman Oscar De-
Priest Of Chicago. This caused not
only a stir in Washington but all
over the country.
Just why all this color prejudice
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-19
Horizon

Must apologize,
Each time lift my eyes,
1t can't have come to this:
No upward view from my abyss.
Can feign true enthusiasm,
Locked too deep within my chasm,
With my heart set and eager eyes on
So many bright and high horizons.
How may sing 'on solid rock stand
With weary feet in shifting sand;
Instead lift my voice higher,
I'll be no lesser mans pariah.
So!-you oft wonder how l creep
Up from the bottom of the heap;
Well, 1 simply cover all life's seams
With the glow of golden dreams.
1 have a rendezvous with Destiny
1 must expend the best in me;
No rest for me on any hill,
You see, horizons won't stand still!
James T. Logan
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Laurel outlook., 1944-05-10

One congressman did recently what all congressman ought
equently to do. He went home to his constituency to learn
that the folks back home are thinking about"
He found out a lot. In fact he found some astonishing
ings and he reported them all to his colleagues in congress.
Representative J. Harry McGregor of the Seventeenth Ohio
strict says that he arranged to be at the court house for two
avs in each of the six counties of his district to meet anyone
no cared to call. He had his visit well %pubicized. Then each
light he held an open forum or round table discussion in the
curt room. In addition he made Is speeches. He averaged
A interviews a day during the three weeks period. He dis
used government affairs with more than 5000 of his con-
stituents. In his report to congress he said:
Mr.. Speaker: believe l am in a position to report to
congress what the people of my district are thinking about and
to offer to you and to congress their recommendations.
my people:
1. Want to make every necessary sacrifice to win the war,
but they are opposed to any unnecessary sacrifices.
2. Want congress to retain it's rights and be a legislative
body, and not yield it's control to any Individual or group
They don't want a rubber stamp congress.
8. Want politics, jealousy, selfishness, greed and profiteer-
ing taken out of our war program.
A. Want to know the truth about our war production, war
policy, our gains and losses on the battle fronts. They want
the news to come from our government. They don't want to
be dependent upon some of our allies for this information.
5. Want immediate dismissal of all on the federal payroll
who are not needed and who are not giving performance COM
parable to their pay, Those not needed should be placed in
armed service, on essential production lines or on the farms.
6. Want the federal government to recognize state and
local rights and the rights of private and individual initiative.
7. Want policy forming departments to be headed by in
dividuals with practical experience; not theorists.
8. Want the right to work and the right to produce with
out unnecessary government red tape and interference.
8. Want congress to establish a definite postwar policy,
guaranteeing to the boys and girls when they return home,
employment and a lasting peace.
Then Representative McGIegor added: 81 am in complete
accord with the above wants of my people, and I believe
them to be the desires of the majority of the people of our
nation"
Most Montanans will agree that Representative McGregor
has something there.
The knowledge which he attained as a result of going
back home and listening to the people is information which the
nation has been endeavOring to impaIt to congress and the
government at Washington for a long, long time. The bureau
Gratis have been busy with their own game, and so have some
onapbou Of cOprIoCc +ba tho p1aip IF roc 5nciroc of
the nation have not yet been generally accepted at the capital.
-Montana Standard
Laurel outlook., 1944-05-10
100000 JewS Are
Held in One Camp
News of Huge Concentration
Learned by accident

STOCKHOLM.-The small Czecho-
slovakian town of Marie Theresien-
stadt, with a pre-war population OF
1900, now accommodates 240,00
Jews from all of Europe,
imprisoned there by the Nazis I'M
der the doctrine of Aryan superior
ity.
Some details of this huge concen-
tration camp, located between
Prague and Dresden, reached neu-
trail Sweden by accident. When the
Nazis ~deported between 500 and 600
Danish citizens of Jewish origin to
Marie Theresienstadt, they made
the error of sending away several
of pure Aryan stock. After four
months of unspeakable experiences,
the mistake was corrected" and
they we're returned to Denmark.
Danish patriots have since report
ed their experiences through the un-
foreground news network.
Jews from Holland, Norway, Bel
GUM, France, Greece, Italy, Ruma-
MIA, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary and
Poland comprise the population OF
Marie Theresienstadt. There are no
Russian Jews; reports say the Ger
always shoot them.
Two-thirds of the Jewish inhabi-
tants are forced to work in German
wal industries situated in the town,
mostly plants producing poisonous
chemicals. Others are employed on
works projects in the town, includ-
ing a sewage system to accommo-
date the enormous increase in popu-
lation.
Many Jews, d~espairing of any
.lessening of their load of misery,
are committing suicide by attempt
ing to escape. Two or three daily
take this easiest way of ending their
lives. Successful escape is almost
impossible in this concentration
camp, and failure is sure death.
Laurel outlook., 1944-05-10
| The News
A u
ms.nmn Hl

Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Barney were
hosts at a 5 o'clock dinner Sunday
for Mrs. T. ]. Hartley and daugh-
ter, Sharon, Mr.. and Mrs. j. A.
Hartley, Mrs. L. E. Kucera and Mr..
and Mrs. F. o. Hartley and children.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Fly had as
their guests last week Sergeant
Curtis E. Fly, on furlough from
Camp Williams, Utah, and his Sis
ter, Mrs. Charles Hill of Galen,
nephew and niece of Mr.. Fly.
Mrs. o. C. Jordahl, whose husband
left last week for the naval train
ing station at Farragut, Ida, has
moved with her children to Billings
to reside.
In response to an invitation to
sponsor a temperance lesson at the
Bible vacation school, the group de-
cided to give a Is minute period
on the subject several mornings of
each week. The afternoons pro-
gram honored Mothers Day and
when dessert was served there was
a bouquet for each person present.
Roll call was answered by an ap-
propriate verse or reading. Mrs.
Arthur Callahan read a paper on
the founding of the day by Anna
Jarvis. Mrs. A. L. Creighton read
a recent speech by Rep. Rees of
Kansas on the sale and use of
alcoholic drinks. The date of the
next meeting is June IL.
Mrs. Gerald Scammon of Byam
was elected vice president when the
rural school Parent-T Teacher associa-
ton conducted its final meeting of
the current school term last Mon
day at the Eastern Montana Normal
school in Billings. Mrs. John Nor
ris of the Eldergrove school was
reelected president; Mrs. Henry
Soelter of the Lockwood school, sec
rotary; Mrs. John Yost of the Can
yon creek school, chairman of the
publicity committee and Mrs. Doris
Murray, of the Eldergrove school,
historian. Each unit reported on it's
activities during the year.
Laurel outlook., 1944-05-10
Motion Picture Shows
Ability Of u. S. To
Meet War Demands

Unseen Strength" was the title
Of a motion picture exhibited Tues
day at the meeting of the Rotary
club. 1t was produced by I~nterna-
tional Harvester company and show
ed how that business as we'll as
many other manufacturers have
changed from normal peace-time
production to the making of war
munitions. 1t was exhibited by
George Wilson of Billings, who was
introduced by Paul Void Of o. NJ.
Void company, Laurel farm ma
chine dealers.
The unseen strength" was the
ability of Americans to meet a
emergency and accomplish
great results in a short time, as
illustrated in the present war.
Among guests at the meeting were
Lieut.. Dorothy Graft and Lieut..
Oliver Void, the latter a member
of the club who is now with the
navy.
Laurel outlook., 1944-05-10
REGIME for Dry Snds

Here is the formula for making dry
Suds: Measure five cups of water
into a saucepan and add a half
cup of soap-either shaved bar soap,
soap flakes, or soap scraps. Put this
mixture over the fire and allow it
TO come to a boil. Remove and let
the mixture cool. The result will be
q soap jelly. Then, whip up the soap
Jelly with an egg beaten until it be-
comes a stiff outstanding lather.
Laurel outlook., 1944-05-10
Fig Rubber

Rubber from trees of the fig fam
lily is not an altogether new develop
ment. One of the first sources of
natural rubber was the india rub
Der tree-"Ficus elastica." Even the
cultivated fig, grown chiefly for its
fruit, drips a latex containing nat
ural rubber, but the presence OF
resinous materials has made it COM
mercially Improbable.
Laurel outlook., 1944-05-10
Gardeners Squeeze

Squeeze a handful of soil before
starting to dig, garden specialists
advise. The condition of the soil
rather than the calendar or the
weather tells when TO start ground
preparations. Experienced garden
ers test soil with a squeeze. If the
SOIL sticks together after pressing
in the hand it is still too wet to
work, but if it crumbles apart it is
ready.
Laurel outlook., 1944-05-10
Independence Won

On October 10, 1881, Lord Corn
wallis with an army of 1000 men
surrendered at Yorktown to the pa
triot forces, thus ending the North
American war for independence.