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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-09-15
Mr.. Hill Thanks
Us for SURPRISING
His Communications

Sept. IL, 1914
Editor: I think 1 ought to thank
you for suppressing so religiously
every contribution l ever submitted
to your paper. Many editors all
over the nation including those of
TIME and NEWSWEEK are pub
fishing my articles. Through out
my travels over Europe, Canada
and the U. S. A. 1 have been
known as a liberal and friend of
your race and frankly 1 cannot see
that you should favor Republicans
to such an extent that you refuse
the honest opinion of a Democrat.
Certainly a stand against Labor's
best friends is not in the best in
terest of your race.
Yours very truly,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-09-15

In ever loving memory Of my dear wife.
Helen Allen Ross, who passed away six
years ago, Sept. Is, 1888.
Faithful and honest In all her ways,
Devoted and true 10 the end Of her days,
A loving wife, gentle and kind,
What a beautiful memory she leaves
behind.
HENRY P. ROSS,
S7b st. Anthony Ave.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-09-15
Now, Mr.. Gardner!
Gardner Decries Great
Influence of Whites on
Negroes Throughout World
Rv Dan Gardner

Although he may have slipped up in many other things
the thing the white hasn't slipped up teach
ing the Negro to respect him, first and above all else 1t
appears that the Negro has learned nothing thoroughly
fear and respect the white permeaes his think
ing motivates him his acts it controls his place in life
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-09-15
letters to the editor
Cite POstOffice
Jobs Held by
Minneapolis Men

Sept. II, 1914
My Dear Mr.. Newman:
A part of your Editorial, min
nesota Negroes Have a Chance in
'44,'" was brought to the atten-
ton of the North Star Branch, Ma
tional Alliance of Postal En-
ployees, which is as follows: "The
Democrats have not appointed a
single Negro to a substantial U. S.
job in Minnesota during Roosevelt's
three terms, and the government
agencies controlled by them can
not produce a Negro above the
clerk level"
If the Postoffice is taken as
part of this group, then you have
made an error, which the following
information will sustain. There are
among the Negro employees of the
Minneapolis Postoffice, Two Super
visors, and eight Special Clerks.
These appointments were all made
during the present administration.
In fairness to all concerned, we
are asking you to rectify this error
in the next issue of the Spokesman
and Recorder.
North Star Branch
National Alliance of
Postal Employees
Paul S. Curry,
Acting President
Wendell C. Jones
Secretary-Treasurer
EDITORS NOTE: 1t is our understand.
ing that the United States Post Office sys-
| tenn is under Civil Service and that promo
tons are based on merit ratings rather than
political connections. Our last weeks edi-
torial had no reference to the post offices
OF either city since such jobs are not sup
POsSu " pc DAseu on political patronage.
We did, however. have reference to the
scores of permanent United States agencies
and wartime agencies not covered by Civil
Service where Negro-Americans are con-
spicuous by their absence. Since the Postal
Alliance poses the question of the two
| supervisors and eight special clerks" we
might remind the organization that three
years ago it was this paper which COM
planned about the lack Of promotions &C.
in Minneapolis.
Naturally, we are glad that promotions
are being made, even If they are in the
the Democratic party can hardly claim
special clerk Classification. However.
credit for postal upgradings since post
office personnel are supposedly political
capons.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-17
Quick Questions

ST. Patrick was 81 birth
Scotch IRISH, Italian Eng
hSh2
, Franklin y. and Eleanor
Roosevelt were married on
81 Patrick's Day 80 years
ago today What was her
mal0cr name a.?
; What famous bachelor in-
~tutcd the custom of Civ
inE the single ladies the
privilege of proposing matri-
Wony I'M Leap Year.
s vessel named Holland No.
% made L. s. naval history
on March II, 1898. How ?
5 And so years ago today,
III ohn J Montgomery a
teacher M Santa Clara Col
lcgc made the historic first
successful flight in what
kind OF aircralt balloon,
drIgiblc. airplane. glider?
6 Literally speaking there is
mo- such place as Mexico.
What do or southern neigh
bors call their country?
Answers on Opposite Page)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-17
political.
PARADE
BY @. R.
Brown

NEW YORK, March 1.-THE
A stopping of Mr.. Willkie in
the Republican national conven-
ton in Chicago next June-thus
preventing repetition of the
debacle of 1910 lis no longer a
problem for the responsible
leaders of the party.
The only problem connected
with the man who was the
partys candidate for President
only four years ago is whether
or not he will support the nomi-
nee of the Chicago convention.
Even that is not much of a
headache.
After the convention has
made its choice, the 1910 cam
didate viii be simply zone Man
Willkie," with one vote.
4 POLITICAL survey OF II
"A states during the past two
and half months has con-
WINGED this writer that few Re-
pubhcans would follow Willkie
out of the party that has so
signally honored him. if he
should desert il in a huff.
a case of Willkie sulks IS the
most that is expected from HIM
when the Chicago convention
turns him down, as it surely
will.
Mr.. Winkie blew up with
loud bang IN the New ffarnp-
shire primaries. This in a state
where he claimed 10 be very
strong.
He made sorry showing,
Notwithstanding he went per-
sonally into the state on the eve
of the primaries TO bolster his
failing cause.
Perhaps he had been tipped
of as 10 what was likely 10
happeU-a surprising Demon
Stration of strength on the part
of Thomas r.. Dewey, nOthWlth-
standing the New York gov
ernor was not a candidate.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-17
knowledge Test
By DIR. SABINA II. CONNOLLY

bN I'm t'tp'ANN hf' ,O"f@'''%,
If you met an expert in
choreography, would YOU
say: (a) VIII you print these
cards for me- Cb)-Will you
direct our choir? tc) VIII
YOU dance with me?
2-One Of these Jobs would need
an awl: (a) Making holes
for nails: CO. making holes
for graves; (c) making holes
for wells.
3-The northernmost Of Japan's
main islands is: ta1 Hon
Shu; CO. Hokkaido. (c) Sh' 4
koku.
4 The BeSSemcr process is
used: (a) 10 extract radium
from ores; tb) 10 make syn
thetic rubber; (c) to convert
iron +Hte-steei.
5 Label these pairs correctly
y Some of them mean the
same; others mean the op-
poSite. (a) Solomon and
Simple Simon: (b) Dick
Turpin and Raffles: tcb
CroesuS and Cinderella; I'D
Gorgon and Medusa; eel
Adonis and Narcissus.
ANSWERS on Opposite Paga)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-17


TODAY we celebrate the life
4 of an ancient race and the
illustrious st. Patrick.
We weave the shamrock into
a garland of glory for Emerald
Isle, the home of scholars, the
abode Of poetry, the nursery of
patriots and the isle of the saint.
We recall the history of the
Irish people, whose courage is
without limit and whose honor
is without blemish.
We rededicate ourselves to
the philosophy of st. Patrick
who found his strength in rea-
son. his success in tolerance and
his faith in God.
TO REMEMBER ST. PAT
RICK is TO REJOICE IN
FREEDOM.
He was born in Scotland;
was sold at an early age into
slavery; escaped and returned
to Ireland through the inter-
vention Of vision to preach
the gospel of Christianity.
He taught among the hills
and dales, and used the high
ways and hyWays as his pulpit
and classroom.
To illustrate the Christian
principles of trinity, he would
pluck a shamrock from the
roadside and use the three
leaves on the stem to symbolic
his religious concepts.
X
EOR more than 1,400 years
L the Irish have held aloft the
torch Of human and spiritual
freedom lighted by st. Patrick.
The shamrock is a symbol
of unity and marks the union
of one God and the three divine
persons.
What an example of red
blOOded courage and unflinch-
ing spirit the sons and daugh-
ters of Erin have given to the
world!
Their stirring saga abounds
with the deeds of the bravest
people who have ever lived;
whose proud spirit no power
can ever crush.
Indeed, their names are
emblazoned in golden letters on
the pages Of civilization.
The Bible says: "BY THEIR
FRUITS YE SHALL KNOW
THEM
The battlefields of our re-
public have been cr1mS0ned
with Irish blood.
They have fought under
Washington in the War for In
dependence and under General
Meagher, at Fredericksburg,
for the preservation of the
Union.
They were at the Alamo in
Texas and at Clusters Last
Stand at Little Bighorn in
Montana.
Indeed the Fighting Irish"
have barred their breasts to shot
and shell in the First World
War and are now adding new
glory to "Old Glory" as fighters
for freedom in the far-flung
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-17
I NEWS
BEHIND
The NEWS
BY Paul
MaiIon

WASHINGTON, March IL
W The Germans have been
able 10 get together enough
bombing planes ia stage new
campaign against London.
The number Of planes Al their
bases back IN from the French
coast indicates they may be able
to scud over 80 10 100 planes
three or four nights a week.
= That is all there seems To be
behind their heavy scale $50
10 200 bomber attack on the
British capital early this week.
our best check lends confidence
10 the conviction they cannot
sustain even such A moderate
scale offensive as that one, and
have no facilities tSexpand their
newly opened air front
Stories have been circulated
that the bombingS Of London
have been more severe than Of
ficially reported, There may be
some truth in this general SuS-
pieion since il is not considered
good military custom TO divulge
bombing damage. But the more
significant truths Of the Situa-
ton are simply these:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-17

THE Wllkie candidacy was
i discounted by Republican
leaders as early as Jan. 10, when
the Republican national COM
mittee met in Chicago.
A careful check revealed that
his convention strength at no
time would exceed 200 dele
gates. Subsequent events have
caused most .positical Wiseacres
10 revise this estimate down
ward.
Since the January meeting in
Chicago. as Willkle has failed
to make Roadway, the TWO most
conspicuous of Republican pres
idential possibilities have stead
lily gained ground.
These are Gov. John w.
Bricker of Ohio and Gov Dewey.
If the national convention were
held today one or the other Of
these two would b. nominated,
probably with Gov Earl War
rem Of California as the vice
presidential candidate
DRTCKER has gained most
- ground with the people
Republicans and independently
minded Democrats Dewey has
gained with the politicians, the
men and women who will make
up the national convention when
the roll is called on June 26.
For example. this WnteL I
learned in Durham. on March
z and so reported, that a re-
sponsible Republican leader in
that state said that Gov. Dewey
would have double the number
of North Carolina delegates he
had in 1910. which was 9. Dewey
AZ that time had ALREADY been
informed he would have this
time OF least 20, and probably
more.
That has now been confirmed
in statement by Sim a Delapp.
Republican state chairman The
state convention in Charlotte
today will back II up.
In many respects n most pc
culiar and unaSlal Republican
pre-conveutiun campaign. the
present one is characterized by
an exceptional harmony.
Aside from such pouting as
Mr.. Willkie may indulge himself
in when he finally learns he can
not have the stick Of candy.
there will be no hard feelings
within the party growing out Of
the Chicago convention.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-17

- ~ -G 4feGt me -qQtCFllHCtLI. -
That question covers almost all of
the domestic questions that will be
decided by the people next fall at the
polls
Bureaucracy is the disease of
America today, as it is, and always
has been, the disease of European
and Asiatic governments.
Bureaucracy, simply defined,
means that the people are governed
by bureaus and commissions APP
pointed by executives instead of
being governed by Congress, which
must do the will of the people or face
a political overturn
A BUREAUCRACY, such as we
"A have in Washington today, is not
answerable to the people.
It's answerable only to the Presi-
dent and his appointees.
Bureaucracy is, therefore, totali-
tartan and dictatorial.
1t is anti democratic.
AS Gov. Bricker says by implica-
ton, today the Washington govern
ment directs the lives of the people
This is precisely what govern.
ment does in Russia, Germany and
Japan.
The completest expose of govern
ment by bureaucracy with figures
and facts to support-that exists to-
day Is to be found in Lawrence Sulli-
vans book, Bureaucracy Runs
An1uck, just published by Bobbs.
Merrill.
Mr. Sullivan is a former ASSoci.
ated Press worker magazine writer
and director of competent and reli-
able economic news service in Wash
ington
He Is not partisan He is FAC
TUAL.
WE PRESENT a few Of the ex.
w travagances and dangers to our
institutions Of the bureaucratic oil.
garchy that rules us as unearthed by
Mr. Sullivan.
I The federal government now
L carries on its civil pay rolls, one
person for every three men in the
military service and one person for
each group Of Al persons in the whole
population
y Between 1888 40 total blank
- check appropriations to the ex
ecutlve departments were almost
TWENTY BILLION DOLLARS.
psqs I6-Frjdsy Noreb ~ lq44
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-17
IreIamd's Glory
St.lPdtrick Typifies Liberty
BY HARRY H. SCHLACHT


In 1776, John Barry, first
commodore of the United States
Navy, was appointed to COM
mand the Lexington. "
The Lexington today is a
glorious name in our American
history.
1t is noteworthy to observe
that the ancestors of Gen.
Douglas Macarthur dwelt in
the same region of DumbartOn-
shire which gave birth to st.
Patrick.
On land, on the sea and in
the air, the gallant men and
women of Irish blood have writ
ten their names on the mex
tinguishable pages of Ameii-
can history.
THEY have been honored
l. with the presidency Of the
United States. Let us call the
roll of honor:
James Buchanan, James X.
Polk, Andrew Jackson, Chester
A. Arthur, William Mckinley
and Woodrow Wilson.
Irish blood flowed in their
veins.
Add Robert Fulton and his
Clermont; Samuel Morse and
his telegraph; Cyrus McCor-
mick and his reaper; John H0f-
land and his submarine; Victor
Herbert and his immortal COM
positions; John Mccormack and
his magic voice-and you have
merely a few Of the great lead
ers in the educational and cul-
tWral worlds who have en-
nobled the life of our nation.
GlamOrOus as have been the
exploits of the Irish at war, in
craftsmanship, in commerce, in
the arts and literature, none
has been more glorious than
the accomplishments of Irish
women in the gentler virtues of
mercy, love and motherhood.
God bless them for their lovelness,
their radiant smile, beneath which
lies the steadfastness Of the oak
caressed by the beauty of budding
flower, whose delightful fragrance
rises to greet the morning sun.
Who has not been thrilled by the
tunes of "My Wild Irish Rose"
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling and
Mother Macree?'
N TRUTH, the most beautiful gift
L that ever came to the Irish people
was the lovely spiritual Irish mother.
There is no figure in Irish annals
which persOnifes so majestically, and
yet so serenely, her love and courage,
her patience and faith.
The people of America have taken
increased sustenance from her
through the years.
Generations of her children have
gone forth from the land of their
birth under the benediction of her
benign gaze.
1t was from her that they have
imbibed the richness Of soul that has
made them equal to the tasks of the
world.
May the Irish mother ever remain
enthroned in the hearts Of her chill
dren and may she ever enjoy the
smile Of God.
In this dark hour, when American
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-17

significant truths OF the Sltua-
ton are simply these;
4 BOUT six weeks ago the
"A Germans renewed small
scale night air attacks using
about 80 planes one or two
nights week tone week five
attackS). They hit some south
England cities but concentrated
mainly upon London.
Their raids necessarily were
pot-Shot hit-and-run bombing on
large area targets. No accurate
attack on a war industry center
has been made. They may have
hit some military detectives,
hut their main objective plainly
was TO offset pSychologically the
effect of British-American raids
on Germany with some show of
encouraging retaliation.
If they could get the planes,
they might make il hurt, be-
cause their bases arc closer 10
their detectives than ours are.
But great stores and replace
mentS are needed for sustained
air campaigns and these the
Germans obviously do not have.
They got these few planes to-
Gether apparently by sacrificing
them from the Russian front.
and saving from their dwindling
production for some months
past
The most they can do. there
fore, is To knock down some
buildings, start fires and cause
suffering and death 10 the
British civilian population. They
cannot impede concentrations
for the second front by precision
raids, or bring decisive con-
sequences of any military
nature.
incidentally our bonn pin &
ventures over Germany the past
week significantly have en-
countered little or no German
fighter plane opposition. Hit
ler'S fighter force was weakened
by the previous two weeks OF
battling.
THE Chinese have shown on
L the north Burma front
what they can do If armed,
trained and fed
They routed the famed 18th
Jap division famed as far as
the JapS are concerned for hav-
ing taken Singapore, killed
$500 and dispersed into the jun
gle those who were able 10 run.
In this. they beat all kinds of
Jap fighting, frontal assaults.
iungle-circling, tree-hanging and
what not.
Their n1d1n- Ob1GCt1Np- waS-f0-
destroy the Jap threat to the
new road into China from India,
Stlll nearing completion.
The Chinese used American
tanks and equipment well. fight
ING under a solitary American
officer. Col. Rothwell II Brown,
son of George Rothwell Brown,
chief Washington correspondent
tor the Hearst newspapers. IN
charge of planning the opera
ton was Gen. Stilwell, who
somehow always seems able 10
produce strong. moving action.
Although the British have
mSt about come out even IN
their south Burma campaign
this north. Burma experience
should impress Lord Mountbat-
ten as TO what may be possible
IN the Burma jungleS
Distributed by King Eeatnres sxnd Inc.
Reproduction 10 whole or IN part
strictly prohibited
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-17


Gov John w. Bricker of Ohio.
o-Travel expenditures by federal
- agencies -" exclusive of all
military traveH for the fiscal year
1871 amounted to S67,398,21O.
during 1912 the grocery manu-
4 facturers of the u S. A had to
maintain almost daily contact in
Washington with no less than 81
federal agencies.
Out of more than a thousand
- civil airports built by CWA and
WPA in the years 1888 1889 only
THIRTY ONE were large enough to
land military fighter.
Harold L. Ickes is at the head of
" Is federal agencies.
THE bill for government public
lty comes to at least S69,20O,000
a year-the cost of $50 Flying For
tresses.
Q-The ukases of all bureaus have
y the full authority of law unless
invalidated by the courts.
Q-About the blank check habit of
~ this administration Mr.. Sullivan
further says;
Since 1888 zoe haze drifted into
dangerous method of blank-check
appropriations in billions, leaUing to
the department the expenditure of
public funds Without any limitations
s0hateUer as 10 purpose, scope or
audit From such appropriations
come funds to sustain hundreds of
federal projects about uOhich the
country knotOS nothing"
Those are only a few portentous
facts in the data that Mr.. Sullivan
has gathered.
IN COMPARING the present gov
eminent by bureaucracy TO our
free enterprise system, Mr.. Sullivan
rightly says
Free enterprise challenges ris-
ing prices with more production.
Bureaucracy challenges them with
more spending and more pay rollers
Free enterprise and increasing pro-
ductiou lead ultimately 10 StabiIizo-
ton. Subsidies and bureaucracy lead
only into the financial qudgn1ire Of
debt, infation and bitter bank
ruPtcy."
The answer must be given atthe
polls next November to this question.
Shall we 60 back to the American
system or lose the war at home by
living under the European plan Of
paternahstic oveTseers Of the minut.
est facts IN our private lives?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-17
.EBureauIcracv AHaluuck'

CHILL government tie reS people shall the people
y @dieet the qote1mel?' Gov John w Brcker of Ohio.
Evening star., 1944-04-24
Jury Due 10 Receive
Burton Case Today

The District Court trial of George
K. Burton of f1rst-degree murder
was expected to be given the jury
late today by Judge Harry Watkins.
Burton, a former hospital orderly,
is accused of Staying Paul Higgins
World War veteran, by running an
automobile over him in an alley in
the 1900 block of Kenyon street
NV. on New Year Day 1943. An
other defendant, Stanford Carrier
was granted separate trial.
In his final argument this morn
ing Bernard Margolius, assistant
district attorney, reviewed the testi-
mony of Ruth Lane, night super
visor at the Cedarcroft Sanitarium
Silver Spring, that the defendant
had told her he expected to be
implicated in cold-blooded murder
which he had witnessed. He also
recounted the testimony Of 1t. Will
liam Liverman of the police acci-
dent investigation unit in which the
| officer testified Burton had told him
he expected arrest when he was
taken into custody in Pittsburgh.
Edward Buckley, jr., defense at
torney, asked for acquittal and de-
scribed the evidence presented BY
the Government as flimsy and not
supporting the charge.
The prosecution contends Higgins
was taken to the alley for the pur-
pose of robbery and that Burton
ran his automobile over him to avoid
detection.
Evening star., 1944-04-24
Six 1echnicians Leave
To Advise Ethiopians
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Foreign Economies Admin
stration announced today that six
members of a technical mission
have left for Ethiopia to advise the
Ethiopian government on produc-
ton of farm and other products
for the United Nations war effort.
The group will be joined at Cairo
by agricultural specialists already
in the Middle East. Ethiopia pro-
duces considerable amounts OF wheat.
barley, millet, oil seeds, fruits and
vegetables.
The six technicians are Perry A..
Fellows of Washington, assistant
chief engineer of FEA and head of
the mission; John r. Higgins Of
Elmhurst, N. Y, construction en-
gineer; Sam A. Anderson of Louis
vile, construction and transporta-
tion engineer; DR.. Arne Barkhaus
of New York, public health officer;
Herbert Woolf of Hyattsville, Md,
transportation engineer, and Julius
Alsburg of Washington, industrial
engineer.
Evening star., 1944-04-24
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POWERS MODELS
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Bring Out The Natural Sparkling
Beauty In Your Hair

John Robert Powers - a foremost
beauty authority-always advises his
beautiful Models to wash their hair
only with Kreml Shampoo.
This remarkably beautifying CLAM
our bath" not only thoroughly
cleanses scalp and hair of dirt and
dandruff scales but it leaves hair so
much softer, silkier, fairly aglow with
natural brilliant highlights - easier
to set in any style.
There are no harsh caustics or
chemicals in Kreml Shampoo. It neuer
leaves any excess dull, soapy film.
Instead, its beneficial oil base helps
keep your hair from becoming dry or