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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-01-21
Twin City Daily Press
EditOrialiZes on Red CAPS
How Does Negro Red Cop Get Justice

Fortfve recaps at the St. Paul Union Station chose the United
Transport Service Employees of America their collective bargaining
agent
But the national mediation board ruled that the station poe
craft of employees and could select their
they by the Brotherhood of Railway
Tranmn And the Brotherhood refused admit them members
because they Negroes.
federal district The agreed with em
aside the ruling the mediation This decision affirmed
the United States Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia
Then the court reversed the decision ruling that settlement
urisdctiona disputes between railway the
awy mediation board the unions
Monday the supreme re-affirmed decision.
Although is hard for laymen understand the
did controversy,
OF doing in such cases Said Justice The conclusion is
irresistible that carved of the field Of concao mediation
problems ready
place in the adjudicatory channel"
So the blame redcaps dilemma
blame be placed upon ruling
made in full knowledge of the fact that the union which they advised
rdcap did them they
But the basic fault lies with the unions themselves.
Twenty national exclude Negroes either by explicit
provision practice
railway unions. the unions obeyed Constitution
President against drmn
on the dilemma would be removed But they donand they
the only
Meanwhile, how does a Negro redcap get justice?
Out on Limb
Redaps at the st. Paul Union have good reason to feel
u Supreme denying them the right to
choose their bargaining leaves them out the end
of limb
The merely followed its established practice of refusing
review decisions railroad labor
ced that edcap do not form employees under the
Railway Labor therefore
nzed in that The only such union that could fill
the Brotherhood Railway Steamship Clerks organization
which draws the color line will
members.
The result according to editorial in the ST. Paul Recorder
the porters condition
not be strictly definition of the nobody will
the injustice and absurdy of the situation resulted
could be easily remeded in either ways simplest
best solution would be for the mediation
permit the rdcap exercise bargaining
Automatically the clerks brotherhood could
its list of membership qualifications
willingly and under pressure probably the
station porters.
The bargaining representation they would
stances would be unenthusastc and unsatisfactory.
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Card of Thanks

wish to thank our friends and
neighbors for their kindness and
sympathy during the illness of my
beloved mother and for the beauti-
full floral offerings and their SYM
pathy and aid at her death. Espe-
cially am l grateful to the Eastern
Stars and St. James church and af-
fiiated organizations for their
wonderful assistance. - Mrs. Jua-
nita Russell, daughter.
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Visit State College

center for Negroes as well as for
whites.
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Iowa Paper Does Not Understand

Sam Reed.
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Guest Editorial By q Soldier

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cost nearly $9OO,OOO.OO. On July 8,
1921, the deal for the purchase of
the "Old Commercial HoteP prop
erty, for the site of the new build
ing was closed and in January, 1928,
the foundation of the new structure
was started.
Completed in 1925
The building was completed in
1925 and dedicated on April 25,
1926. The mortgage was paid on
Nov. 5, 1912, and Baptists from all
over the nation were present for
the extra mortgage burning session
of the National Baptist Convention,
U. S. A, Inc, for three days, Dec.
Gil, 1912. 1 had short visit with
DR.. Townsend and l was shown
through this large publishing plant,
which is said to be the largest
owned by Negroes in the country.
The members of National Baptist
Convention, Inc, of which DR.. J.
V. Jemison is the president, are to
be congratulated on this great
achievement of building and paying
for this building in about twenty
two years in spite of one of the
greatest depressions in the history
of our country! The business that
took me to Nashville naturally took
up most of my time and l did not
have the opportunity of visiting
the publishing houses of the Ma
tional Baptist Convention (known
as the Boyd Faction") or the A.
M. E. Church. l hope to visit these
outstanding business enterprises
when am in Nashville again.
Saw DIR. Waldo Turner
l had a two hour visit with DIR.
Waldo Turner, who was for many
years a resident of St. Paul, and
his associate, DR.. Alleyne. DR..
Alleyne is former teacher at Me-
harry Medical College and one of
the outstanding physicians in Nash
vile. DIR. Turner gave me some
information about the early history
of the st. Paul Branch of the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People. He served
for several years as the chairman
of the Board of Directors (Execu-
tive Committee) of the local branch.
He wishes to be remembered to his
many st. Paul friends, including
Miss 1. Myrtle Garden, ]. E. John
son, S. E. Hall and many others
too numerous to mention here.
also met Mrs. Turner.
Many Business Places
There are many business places
operated by Negroes in Nashville.
Several of them are noteworthy
One of these business establish
ments is Gardner Funeral Homes,
owned and operated by Mr.. and Mrs.
Kossie Gardner, Sr. This firm has
two places, one in Nashville and
the other in East Nashville, and a
large fleet of cars and ambulances.
l am indebted to the Gardeners for
courtesies extended to me on Thurs
day evening. Mrs. Gardner is a
first GU sin of Mrs. Benjamin N
Moore.
Says Race Relations Improving
Being a minister and interested
in the work of the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement of
Colored People l will give some
observations about race relations
in the South. My general impress.
sion is that race relations in the
South are improving. l wish to cite
the following incidents to support
this contention.
No Travel Trouble
First: was fortunate in being
able to secure Through the gen
erosity of the general Board Of
Education of my denomination
Pullman accommodation from Chi
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join in to improve our public
conduct :"
Yours for better conduct,
i" A Broader View
Of Life"
January II. 1914.

January II, 1914.
Editor: l enjoy reading your
paper. 1t opens the gateway to
ones mind and offers a broader
view of life. 1t teaches that your
good and my good will benefit all,
providing they come together on
the common ground of understand
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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-01-21
Imagination

It's seldom that one frame can house
The lions heart with soul of mouse,
The little mind with large physique
Too often roars when it should squeak.
And scholars frail discard all realism
To prove true manhood lies in pugilism,
Thus many broken heads are nursed
When Natures will becomes reversed.
AS vines we human beings climb
Against the crowding threat of time,
Despite ambition all have limitations
And so we ease the letdown by imagination
Men are not equal just by saying so,
Two clenched fists don't Joe,
Nor can each singing voice enthrall
The world as Marian and Paul.
It's great to dream and wander high,
And set our limits in the sky,
If when we wake and come to Earth,
We ask no more than we are worth
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-28
Wallace Warns
Of Native Foscisfs

Jobs for those able to work, good food
and housing, enough hospitals, extension
of rural Identification, and better schools
are what the American people want and
are determined to have when victory is
won. vice-Pres. Wallace said last week in
West Coast speech.
He warned the people to be on guard
against american fascists." whom he
defined as "those who believe that Wall
Street comes first and the country sec
Ond and who are willing to go to any
length through press, radio and dema-
gOgue to keep Wall Street safely sit
ting on top Of the country"
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-28
Votes for Soldiers
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will get a chance to exercise their right
to vote. Countless thousands of letters and
wires, and scores of CIO delegations have
poured in on Congress asking for Federal
voting system.
The House and Senate are trying now
(Feb. 49, to resolve the differences between
the Federal voting bill of the Senate and
the states rights measure of the House.
After this is done, both Houses must pass
an identical bill and send it TO the President
for signature or veto.
In the 1912 elections, . States rights
voting system was In operation. Under
b. only $4,000 service people voted
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-28

Washington, Feb. 19-Deaths from indus
trial accidents in the United States from
Pearl Harbor to Jan. l. 1914 numbered ST.
800 the owl reported recently.
In the same period. 100000 industrial
workers were permanently disabled and
100000 temporarily disabled.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-28

The Order of the Purple Heart has been
awarded to Irving Grant,, member of Local
65, United Retail. Wholesale & Dept Store
Employees, New York City, who was wound
ed in New Britain and when last heard
from was recovering ia a base hospital in
Australia.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-28
Kills 6 NiPs, Decorated

Decorated for wiping out a Japanese
machinegun nest sinslehanded and killing
its six-man crew Guadalcanal. Corporal
John T. Yaksich of the Marines is now
back on the job at Packard Aircraft, in
Detroit wearing the Navy Cross.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-28
Stretching
SIS Further

Servicemen's dependents. low-paid sal
aried workers. and others receiving rela-
lively fixed incomes are vitality concerned
with CLOS campaign to keep down the
cost Of food. which is the major item in
most persons budget.
Sample Of what rising prices mean
to poorly paid workers was testimony
this month before o Senate committee.
Two government girls, members Of the
CLIO United Federal Workers Union, told
Of their troubles One was S2650 In
the hole at the end Of three months and
the other had only Sis left Of her
high" wages-AFTER borrowing S1l5
to help meet expenses. She still owes
the $1I5 too.
CLOS program to aid such people urges
Congress to keep food prices low to con-
sumers by using subsidies which would
be paid to farmers. The subsidies would
allow the farmers to produce more food at
prices the consumers can pay. Funds for
the subsidies would come from taxes on
inflated incomes and war profits.
VETS BACK CLIO
Backing up CLOS position. Omar B.
Veterans of Foreign Wars. put it this way:
1.-The average monthly payments to
recipients of allOtments and allowances
are less than $50, while monthly pay.
ments to veteran recipients average
about $40. At least half Of the income
of these groups goes to purchase food.
Every time the price Of food increases
it means real and definite hardship.
$50 far as we know, the only sound
method yet advanced to absorb any in
creased production costs without pass
ing them along in q vicious spiral to
consumers, is through use of subsidies
The same position applies to industrial
workers food budgets. Despite talk OF
INFLATED wages" there has been no general
wage increase since 1911 beyond the Is
percent in the Little Steel formula"
adopted by the government as q base for
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-28
u. s. Sets Output Record

A united front of American workers,
their trade unions and industry, have
done q bang-up war production job that
has furnished the guns and tanks and
planes and ships needed for Americas
fighting men to smash the enemy.
Here's the score from Al 10 43 as an
nounced by the U. S. War Production Board.
One month before Pearl Harbor the index
was 100-now it's more than six times that
muchi The figures follow:
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-12-21

Mr.. B. j Iiagedorn, Scout Exec
utive of the Washington Area Coun-
Gil, Boy Scouts of America was an
honored guest at the annual meet
ing Of the Harrisburg Area Council,
held on December IA at the Civic
Club in Harrisburg, Pa Mr. Hage-
dorm was associated with the Har-
risburg Council before coming to
as Scout Executive last
During the meeting, Brentwood s..
Deputy Council Commission
er, on behalf of the Commissioners
Group of the Harrisburg Council,
presented Mr.. and Mrs Hagedorn
with a beautiful plate glass mirror
for their new home in Hagerstown
and added personal gift for Mr..
Hagedorn, in the form of a very fine
wallet.
Other highlights of the meeting,
which was presided over by Colonel
Lynn G. Adams, Council President,
were an address by DIR, Ray o. Wy
land, National Director of Relation
ships, Boy Scouts of America, who
will be remembered by Washington
County Scouters for the fine address
he gave at the 1913 annual meeting
if the local council; special recog-
milton of Scout leaders, and the pre-
sentation of Silver Beaver awards
to three Scouters fro mthe Harris
burg Area Council
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-12-21
Guard Against
Xmas Tree Fires

We are again entering upon the
Christmas Season. In our homes, in
stores and in many public places,
Christmas trees will be lighted and
decorated by ornaments. The trees
in many instances will be wired and
lighted. The trees become dry and
are highly inflammable.
Because Of the great danger of
fire, State Insurance Commissioner
Lawrence e. Ensor has called at
tetsTbn to the highly flammable
character Of the Christmas decora-
tons and Christmas trees, and has
urged that every precaution be
taken to safeguard against fire.
Wherever possible, use decora-
tons that will not burn. Have your
fire extinguisher checked and keep
in close proximity to the tree. Dec
orations which are fammable should
not be permitted in public build
ings. Waste material should be re-
moved and the aisles and exits kept
unobstructed.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-12-21
City Tax Rate To Be Cut To Fifty Cents
Salary Increases To Be Given Employees

The Globe Independent learns
from unimpeachable sources that
the Mayor and Council, recently sit
ting as the 1916 budget committee,
voted to cut the 1916 city tax rate
from sixty to fifty cents and also
voted to grant salary increases, to-
falling some thirty-hve or forty
thousand dollars, to city employees.
This will be the fourth cut in the
city tax rate made since the present
administration took office. Their
first cut was from eighty-flve TO
eighty cents. The next year they
reduced the rate to seventy cents.
The 1914 rate was set at sixty cents
and now IL looks as il the 1945 rate
will be fifty cents.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-12-21
WHERE DOES SANTA LTvE7

Santa's workshop might have been
in Timbuktu or deep in the Rocky
Mountains if Thomas Mast, an
American earicaturist, had neglected
to think about Santa's private life
He made a full page Of sketches
which appeared in Harper's Weekly
in 1866. At last, Santa had home
the North Pole Through his
spy-glass, he picked out the good
boys and girls, and he wrote down
the names of the good children in
his giant record book. He really
made toys in his workshop, and he
was human enough to take a we'll
warranted rest before his warm fire.
place.
Clement Moore created the origi-
nal Santa Claus. but Thomas Mast
made him more human and gave
him a home.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-12-21
HANGING STOCKINGS

To New Amsterdam the Dutch
settlers brought their old world
customs Ever people to play, they
chose burgher to dress as old ST..
Nicholas and distribute toys and
sweets to the children Of the village.
With him, came his helper, Black
Peter. The children shortened the
name of Nicholas to Ni'K'Laus or
Claus. The Spanish influence in the
Netherlands changed Saint" to
Santa" -hence Santa Claus"
The wooden sabots were left by
the fireplace to dry and Santa Claus
saw no better place to leave his
coveted gifts. From shoe to stock
ing is a mere few inches. Hence our
custom of hanging ''the stockings by
the chimney with care"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-12-21
SANTA CLAUS

Santa Claus is the invention of
great American. The scholarly
Clement Moore, who lived in old
Chelsea, New York, created our
magic fiction we call Santa Claus.
In 1922, he wrote "The Night Before
Christmas. Clement Moore's st.
Nicholas, for the first time, had
broad face and little round belly
that shook when he laughed like
bowlful Of jelly His eight tiny
reindeer, all named, appeared for
the first time.
After % years, this poem was
finally published under Clement
Moore's name and we may claim as
typically American the jolly little
fellow given an immortal place in
the Christmas traditions of our land.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-12-21
ST. NICHOLAS

st. Nicholas, who was the remote
inspiration for our modern day
Santa Claus, was Archbishop of
Myra in Asia Minor during the
Fourth Century. This kindly bish-
OPP devoted his life to the welfare
of children.
A once wealthy noble became des-
titute and was unable to provide
dowries for his three young daugh-
tiers. In answer to his prayers, St.
Nicholas appeared on three success
sive nights, leaving bags of gold for
each of the fortunate children /.
Thus to st. Nicholas, the patron
saint of all good children, has been
ascribed the Christmas custom of
parents bestowing gifts upon their
children.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-12-21
Red Cross Planning
Festive Christmas

Christmas preparations begun
months ago by Red Cross workers
here at home will help bring a ira
dItional Yuletide to our servicemen
all over the world in American Red
Cross clubs, in hospitals, at camp,
and at the front. Even those miles
out at sea will not be forgotten.
A special American Red Cross
Christmas gift package will be dis
tributed to every American service
man and woman hospitalized over
seas Those who visit Red Cross
clubs will find there, first of all, a
list OF churches in the community
where special Christmas services are
being held, plus a Christmas dinner
carol singing and holiday decora-
tions provided by the folks at home.
OF The more than 5000 Christmas
decoration kits shipped by the REQ
Cross for overseas use, 800 were
prepared by members Of the Ameri-
can Junior Red Cross.
These kits. with whatever Red
Cross workers can get together in
the way of native trees and mate
rails, will also provide decorations
for hospital wards and recreation
halls overseas and for outpost sta
tons. Sailors and marines who sit
down TO Christmas dinner aboard
naval vessels will have holiday
menu covers made for them by the
Junior Red Cross, and aboard many
transport carrying service men en-
route, Red Cross workers will or
ganize parties.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-12-21

OF THE WEEK

"It's ridiculous, prepOster0us and
indefensiblew Rep. Murray (R.,
Wis., blasting at idea of raising
Congressmen's pay.
"Dishwasher wanted, S35 wk.
Saxophone player wanted, $50 wk."
Sign in New York employment
agency.
81 have cousin in Milwaukee; /
haven't eaten in three days" Ger
man surrendering to G. I. in Saar
sector.
soThe manufacturers of the United
States, together with their workers,
have provided the tools with which
great successes have been WON
Pres. Roosevelt, to Natl. Assn. Of
Manufacturers.
"Men are pugnacious, and women
are very pugnacious." George Ber-
nard Shaw, doubling women could
promote world peace.
"Jobs are created by capital,
know-h and opportunity" -
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., chairman Of
General Motors.
ALook! caught AZ v-s!s -
Wounded American bringing in rum
ny-nosed German prisoner, II
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-12-21
Father Kenny Says Mass In Shelltorn
Chapel While Allied Guns Blast Enemy

His letter also told of civilians be-
ing evacuated from the area where
he was when his letter was written.
Included in the evacuees were two
priests. One was the old pastor of
the church there, the other was a
Capuchin monk, driven out of his
monastery by the Nazis and taking
refuge in the town.
Father Kenny also mentioned that
the recent report of his accident was
very much exaggerated. He said
that he didn't lose a moments time
and the only inconvience was the
loss Of the windshield on his jeep,
which has since been replaced.
The letter concluded with de-
scription of his living quarters at
the time his letter was written. He
said that he shared a little room in
a house with two others. They had
a stove rugged up with pail of
water heating on it and that, by
turns, they took a sponge bath. On
the night of November IA he and his
two roommates dined in luxury, for
a sergeant brought them chicken
which Father Kenny said he fried
in real Maryland style. The next
day, he added, they had to come
down to earth again, with meal of
corned beef.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-12-21

In a letter to the Rev. Father j.
Francis Leary, pastor of st. Mary's
Catholic Church, dated November
16, Father Simon E. Kenny, former
assistant pastor of st. Mary and
now a chaplain with the 18th Corps
of General Patton's Third Army,
tells of saying Mass the day before
his letter was written, in a church
that had the first six pews blown to
pieces by an eight-inch shell, leav-
ing a huge crater in the floor. His
letter said that the men going to
Holy Communion had to go down
into the crater and up the other side
of it, to get to the Altar The next
day he moved to another church
that was unchanged except for
broken windows. but even there,
Father Kenny wrote, that during
Mass, the blast of our own guns
would jar pieces Of broken glass to
the floor with tinkling sound"
On another occasion the men in
the firing batteries could not leave
their guns to go to Mass, so Father
Kenny went out to them with the
Sacraments, landing there in the
midst of mild blizzard. He also
told that, even though the corps is
constantly on the move, he has been
able to get a fairly regular supply
of altar wine.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-12-21
THE FIRST GREETING

Over $50 years ago, the school
children in England, with a flourish
of beauty, wrote Christmas senti-
ments as an example of their pen
manship. These specimens Of writ
ing, called christmas Pieces" we're
carefully inscribed on large sheets
of superior writing paper, the bord-
er of which was engraved with pic
lures dramatizing events of the year.
From this school chore, we now get
one of our most gracious customs
the sending of greeting cards.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1944-12-21
CHRISTMAS CAROLS

Music was first created for the
dance. Then man found his voice
and he made music to sing. He
sang to express great emotion. At
Christmas time, he had great cause
to rejoice with song. At first, his
singing was confined to his Church
but this was not enough, so wand
ering musicians in Merrie England
led him in songs celebrating Christ
mas.
We now sing our Christmas songs
or carols not only in Church. but
wherever the spirit moves.