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BAKER ~
0bHEREiON' VISIT

Pfc. Samuel l.. Baker of the
u. S. Army, son of MIR. and Mrs.
]. Ronald Baker, 319 Grinnell ST.,
arrived in the city Friday
Samuel is on 40-day furlough
after 26 months active duty over
seas, where he served with the
Third and the Seventh Armies
in Africa, Sicily, France and Ger
many.
He holds the Good Conduct
Medal, the American Defense, A.
T. O., E. T. o. and Presidential
Citation Decorations. Also one
Silver Battle Star and one Bronze
Battle Star.
At the expiration of his fur
Tough Pfc. Baker will report to
Fort Mcpherson, Ga, for further
orders.
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:: SOCIETY =:
COMMENCEMENT WEEK OF HIGH SCHOOL :,
WILL BEGIN NEXT SUNDAY AFTERNOON

Guaannemceuaeu week Of the
kef Mess Hleh School win begin
- = eisisek next Sunday after
$3.50 in the school auditorium
mtswm khH barcalaureate sermon
~ - preached By the Rev,
wlli.sm Mundy. pastor Of the
fEmine Street Methodist Church
Wednesday. May 80. class night
mNnrNams win BE- conducted in
llsx aslditorian. beginning at 9
eslaxA: THURSDAY the graduating
rIesa wiii attend the Rotary
faznheon. and Friday evening,
5nnw (. beginning al Q o'clock
aFatszafsng exrrelses will be held
n nayKiew PARK. with an adj
alem - Dr. w. s. Allen. presi-
esns - Sietson University.
pFaaEan ~ Class Night Exer-
Nsnom Wednesday evening. May
al = o'einck:
Massos unlon Makes Strength.
CelaEE Crimson and Gray.
FloMer. Cladioia.
RFegEsm Of Dedication
Ffsmusaionnk - Aud Lang
&sne~
salsztatmy--Jane Johnson.
Il parenfs-Mixed Quartet:
Nifzlnia tlasnlin. Linglee Scrib-
nNf. uemeR Jensen. Elmer Ben
mklf
Class ilissosy--virginia Ham.
- sshssl-senior Glass.
EFus heey-lluth Boza.
- naYs I'm Class Who viii Be
im Service - Duet: Florence
uNsAA3e. Jane johnson
Cas- ruem--Jennie johnson.
t. nuys In Service - Girls
tfse Joan Elbertson. Shirley
ksnlth. Klhel May Roberts.
hnat Will and Testament -
GEmfe CaFFer0.
u 1anioEs-Senior Class.
taiessictory--Jennie Johnson.
y Farnliy - Male Quartette:
psaeaaa Fsafiman. Harry Russell,
fhmT Russell. George Jensen.
Fse4ntation of Honors--Horace
OFEExans.
Alua Mater Senior Class.
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I. In August.
2. No
3. Apparently, Bavaria. War.
tenberg and parts az Baden ansi
Hcsec; an area about the sixn 90
Ohio.
4. The Secretary Of State. Mr..
Stettinius.
8. That the holder of patent
be required To permit is uze ~
anyone 90 payment Of a reason.
able royalty.
9. Around i.500.0s)0.
Z. Frank Walker.
9. New York.
.. he was 80 last month
TO- Commander la chief. pa
cific Fleet
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Red Cross Services
Will Still Continue

With the cessation OF hostilities
in Europe, American Red Cross
services will nevertheless con-
tinue there on a large scale, ac-
cording to a statement of Fredcr-
lex N. Van Der Linden, field di-
rector, here last week.
He added that armed forces in
the Pacific will be served on a
larger scale than heretdfste and
that homie facilities Wilt operate
as usual "Red Cross workers, |"
Assy llsss M n cam CAMPS 81 Sa a IL =
last soldier and sailor is dis
charged" az
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Guaranteed PLUMBING WORK
and SUPPLIES: Toilets, Lava
tories, Sinks, Brass Fittings and
PRE-WAR BATH TUBS = All
sizes Of Water and Sewer Pipe
and Fittings. Free Estimates.
Jos. d. Lopez, Plumbing and
lgzeuppliess 0q8a EStUu 81. none
1897. may2-MW.F.tf
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Announcement has been made
of the birth of a son, weighing
eight pounds, to MIR. and Mrs.
Charles Pent at the Municipal
Hospital on May l6.
The Pents reside at 628 Francis
street.
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GAS RANGE. good condition;
day bed with new mattress, 4
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WEDNESDAY
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at First Baptist Church.
THURSDAY
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children Q 10 Q years OF age.
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for girls Q 10 Is years Of aae.
FRiCAY
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ALL WEEK DAYS
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FURNISHED HOUSE or apart
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SOLID magnolia bedroom suite,
including innerspring mattress,
light natural finish; drop Leaf
table, chairs, three-way floor
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MONDAY

MONDAY
Mothers Club. $50 .. "a.
Sunbeam Band. $50 p. ~. Fta
children 2 10 . years of age.
TUESDAY
Royal Ambassador Chapter. 2
b. IN. A club for boys . 10 ~
years Of age.
49, Woman q aszzs3911> xjf4>. q
D VI. Meets every seeond Tarn.
day night.
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WANTED to rent; electric re-
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rem. S. M. Slate, ia White st.
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per hour. Phone 1901.
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SIGNS-"For Rent. Rooms for
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rope shoes from Cuba, SITS
$500; cotton frocks, $685.
$10.95-$1695; bathing suits,
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SMALL electric floor sander,
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BAPTIST GOODWILL
CENTER
ll22 Watson Street.
MISS ELIZABETH TAYLOR
Director
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Recreation, Teaching aud Worship
Especially for Cuban People
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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-29
Pittenger's Lume Excuse

Congressman William Ptenger of Duluth offers his
for signing FEPC discharge petition the rather startling
that Minnesota delegation which visited Washington
behalf the FEPC Communists fellow
the group.
Thus Ptenger resorng the cheapest political
hack tricks and attempting the delegation Instead
succeeded only smudng the herring his
rerogressing tracks.
Pttenger investigate he would have
backed by section the population composed
responsible affiliated with the three political parties active
the The delegation included persons embracing religious
faiths and denominations Catholic Baptist Epscopaan
Methodist and Unitarian opinion delegation
will take kindly Congressman Pengs that they
Communists and fellow However, Pttenger
Congressional immunity there nothing the delegates
his charge despicabe fasehood
Ptenger would offer the people this the pecious
that because of delegation which he suspected had Communists and
fellow traveller members he would discount program
fair employment practices having merit worthy of his
tion Were the Penger charges would us
cation his refusal FEPC legislation which
ment of his pay platform and the of the religious
ward thinking labor groups of Minnesota.
That representative from Minnesota would the low
of redbang public spirited citizens who carried letters
from the the and the council the Capital
prominence plenty of evidence Pttenger
would have thought of him he had simply
in the FEPC better STILL 81 do believe Negroes Mexan
and Catholics should have equal employment opportunities
Pttenger fraud those organized labor leaders
minority and who helped him 1914 realize
that they favored who does
for which this nation has been fighting
clear that Congressman Ptenger been Washington
too long.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-29

can do. For example, my personal
experience has been that those of
US who slip or are led into improper
public behavior will heed sugges-
lions without an argument when
properly approached. Consequently,
every person who regards himself
as his brothers keeper ought to
evolve some definite way of helping
out in this matter Of public conduct.
But warn you-be careful to make
your approach sympathetic and
persuasive. A reprimanding atti-
tude is dangerous except for min
listers.
Finally, it must be remembered
that when ones conduct interferes
with the comfort aand peace of
others, then one becomes a nuis-
ance. It is therefore very easy for
one to become a nuisance in a big
city, much easier than in the coun-
try or some small village. One
should never forget this, because
few people actually want to be a
nuisance, no one wants nuisance
around.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-29
Black Boy" In the News

Gunnar Myrdal, the distinguished
author of the American Dilemma"
once declared that the Negro needs
more publicity for his cause.
Happily, the Negro is getting it
more abundantly than formerly.
And we cannot avoid sharing the
view, also, that regardless of the
lack of immediate effectiveness of
more publicity for the Negroes fight
for first class acknowledgements
ally it will come.
1t will come, because all progress
sive Americans will be made more
aware of the plight and more artic-
ulate and responsive to the need for
an equitable extension of democ-
racy to all citizens. This aroused
energy will prevail against anti
democratic forces.
The June a issue of Life per-
formed a useful service and af-
forded an interesting portrayal in
copy and pictures of Richard
Wright's autobiography (years A.
~ related in his latest book,
"Black Boy"
Millions of people who would
never have otherwise come into con-
tact with .Wright's plant against
the southern environment that
early blunted his outlook, were
made wildly aware of what it
means to be Negro-growing up
or living in the South-thanks to
this publicity given to "Black Boy"
Of course, Wright's family life
may have been typical, nonethe-
less, his contacts and experiences
with whites in the South faithfully
depict what millions of Negroes
have felt but could not describe.
So Life, in spite of whatever tech
nical criticisms that might be of
fered, has performed a beneficial
service in helping to draw the Ne
gro's plight closer to the heart and
consciousness of America. - Chi
cago Bee.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-29
Home Town GIs Want Home
Town Paper

Fl. Francis E. Warren, Wyo.
Editor: We are just four of many
lonely CPS who have been away
from home for a short period of
time, during which we have been
fortunate to have received, from
friends, few copies of your news
paper.
While in civilian life we were at
tentive readers of your paper. Since
our induction into the armed forces,
We have found that the few copies
we have received have brought US
much closer to home. Believe US
when we say that in these trying
times we find that a little news
from home can be very uplifting.
We would like to secure the in
formation in regard to cost of
subscription.
Having been away from home
while, we find it hard to recognize
the initials used in the gossip
columns. We would appreciate it if
it were possible for you to desig-
nate some one person to pencil in
full said initials. We hope that
won't put you to too much trouble
and We will appreciate your i'm
mediate response.
Thank you for your time and
effort because we realize you are
very busy and don't have much time
to devote to trivial matters.
Sincerely yours,
Pvt. Herbert F. Foster,
Pvt. Norman H. Rawlings,
Pvt. Claude E. Brown and
Pvt. Robert E. L. Simmons
Editors Note: Believe us when we say
we'd like to comply with the letter writer's
request for initials in the gossip" columns
but that's more of a job than the soldier
writers realize. Maybe the column con-
ductOrs ought to stop using initials any,
how,
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-29
Five Times the Graduates

There only ten miles from city hall to city hall the cities
of Minneapolis and St. Paul. but the distance
students doing St. Paul schools
apois secondary schools is a thousand miles
With just about the Negro population each city, St. Paul
high schools 35 students this Minneapolis
The comparative figures onedd that exploration of
behind the small number finishing high school Mill
should be the of and civic organizations
Certainly Minneapolis realize that boy girl without
least high school lequipped
pick problems of adult life.
There be economic why high
schools graduated five times Negro
Minneapolis schools To find that the
encourage children high
while community project for Minneapolis.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-29

the Catholic Interracial Confer
ence; to Father McCann in Harlem,
who Constantly takes a public
stand on any issue contrary to
Catholic principle regarding Negro
and minority rights" He told US
that in the United States there is
an order of priests called the jose
phite Fathers whose entire life and
work is dedicated to the spiritual
uplift and material advancement
of the Negro.
When our host pointed out that
there are no barriers in the whole
of the diocese of Brooklyn in insti-
tutions of higher learning, we
asked him about jimcrow and bars
in other sections of the country.
He answered: Any Catholic educa-
tor who bars a student because of
color who can fulfill all scholastic
requirements, is acting in an illogi-
cal manner as regards Catholic
principle"
Father Leedie pointed out the
distinction where states force seq
regation by law. However, he re-
called that in spite of state laws on
segregation, in New Orleans,
Xavier and Tulane and billiard Uni
versities hold interracial meetings.
The state forbids Negro and whites
studying together.
To our question whether the Ne
gro priest commands the same re-
spect that a white priest receives,
he said, "In the Catholic Church
a priest is a priest, regardless of
color" He pointed out that he is
assistant to white priest in this
mixed parish, predominantly Ne
gro. He said that Father Grau, a
Negro priest now with the 92nd
Division in Italy, was formerly
stationed in the Cathedral in
Lackawanna, New York. While in
Lafayette, Louisiana, a Negro par
ish of 5000 was entirely manned by
Negro priests and nuns.
When asked why Catholic laymen
are less militant than members of
Protestant Churches, he said he was
not aware of any hesitancy on the
part of Catholics to participate
with organized action on race mat
tiers. He said the apparent mac
tivity was possibly due to the in
conspicuousness of Catholic Ne
groes, due to their fewness in num-
Der as compared to Protestant
Negroes. He said the fallacy of
Negro priests hesitancy to speak
out is due to their small numbers.
There are only seventeen Negro
priests in this country.
Father Leedie, ordained in 1941,
is a Yonkers, New York, boy. He
studied in the Yonkers parochial
schools; at Bay st. Louis, Miss;
and in East Troy, Wisconsin. He
has served in southern parishes,
and is in Asbury Park for the last
seven months.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-29
Scott Steadman Services Held

Scott Steadman, 26, 469 Collins,
died Friday, June %, at Ancker
hospital. Mr.. Steadman was born
in Arkansas, and had lived in St.
Paul for several years.
His survivors include his mother
and father, Mr.. and Mrs. Willis
Steadman, a brother, Samuel, and
a sister, Mrs. Mabel Thomas, all of
Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Mrs.
Thomas was here to attend the fu-
neral, held Wednesday, June 27, at
Mt. Olivet Baptist church, with Rev.
C. B. Wheeler, officiating. Inter-
ment at Elmhurst.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-29
Negro Catholic Priests
Not MuZZled
BY Geo. I. Lee

plague the smiling priest with
questions about the church's atti-
tude on the race question. Without
losing his smile nor changing his
light and pleasant tempo for heavy
elaboration, he answered freely.
But before answering any ques-
tons he asked to make a statement
for Qualification of his position.
He said, eff the principles of the
church on race equality were clear
ly enunciated and stressed through
interracial collaboration, we would
have a solution to the problem"
Continuing his Qualification, the
young priest stated, "The principle
of the church is equality of all men.
We distinguish between principle
and policy" By this Father Leedie
meant to draw distinction be-
tween what the church believes and
teaches, and what is practised by
individuals within the church.
To this old and rather unconvinc-
ing argument, he gave a rather
convincing twist. He compared
church doctrine with the Consti-
tuition of the United States. He
said the Constitution proclaims
equality of men, while prejudice,
and inequality are rife in the poll
cies and practices in the country.
In some states, he explained,
there are laws fixing segregation
and jimcrow, while there are no
such laws in the church.
Answering specifically of the
church's present position on the
race question, he said the present
war has accelerated the work of
the church in its endeavor to uplift
the downtrodden Negro from his
inferior status in American life.
Before the war, explained Father
Leedie, many religious orders of
the church were able to send mis-
sionaries to foreign countries, but
with the coming of the war, they
have been forced to limit their work
to the homeland. This intensified
the work of the Negro apostulate.
Referring to my question as to
whether the Palm Sunday state
ments indicated an aggressive atti-
tude on the part of the church on
matters Of race, he answered:
"These aggressive statements do
indicate a more militant stand of
the church in keeping with its prin-
ciples."
Answering again directly our
question as to the church's restric-
lions on the Negro priests utter
ances on the race question, Father
Leedie said: 81 know of no restric-
lions put on the Negro priest pro-
hibiting his stand for Negro rights,
Negro rights are simply human
rights"
He called our attention to white
priests who had long since taken a
militant stand. He said: "Look al
Father Frances Gilligan of St
Paul, Minnesota, who wrote the
Morality of the Color Line This
is thorough condemnation of in
equality" He referred to Father
LeFarge of New York, founder OF
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-29
Democracy in Action

In Local Union
Editor: Sunday, June oath, I
witnessed an example of democracy
in action when Bill Heron was re-
elected vice-president and a men,
Der of the grievance committee of
Local No. 2742 CLIO. It was not
the fact that he had 2-1 lead over
his opponent for vice-president that
made it remarkable, rather that
reactionary forces within the union
had had a whole year in which to
campaign against him-not because
he wasn't qualified to hold office
but because he was a Negro and
Negroes shouldn't represent the
white majority. Sunday the liberal
and thinking majority repudiated
the fallacious reasoning of these
forces and gave an overwhelming
vote of confidence to a man who
had proven himself.
1t is interesting to note the para
doxical reasoning of these same
reactionary forces. While cam
paigning against him as vice-presi-
dent they were equally aware of
the wisdom of having him on the
grievance committee for he had
proven himself again and again as
fighter for all. Therefore, they
too cast their ballot for him to
make it unanimous.
I point to this election because it
clearly shows the present day trend
among the working classes. An
individual is judged on ability-not
race, creed, or color. It shows that
unions are becoming more progress
sive and that they clearly realize
that to progress they must use eff
fectively the abilities of their men,
berships. 1t should serve as an in
spiration and challenge to all Ne
groes who are in unions. It shows
that a union is for all people and