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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-03-23
Negro Woman to
Planned ParenthOOd
National Office

NEW YORK.-Miss Mary E.
Langford, former personal service
worker with the Urban League of
Greater New York, has recently
joined the staff of the Planned Par
enthood Federation of America, ac-
cording to announcement from the
Federation's national offices at sol
Madison Avenue, New York %,
N. Y. Together with Mrs. Marie
B. Schanks of the Federation's
staff, Miss Langford will assist in
initiating and carrying out pro-
grams in various areas throughout
the country to demonstrate the
contribution of planned parenthood
to better health and living condi-
lions.
"The Negro birthrate is high"
Miss Langford pointed out in dis
cussing her new work, "but far too
many of these babies do not live
to grow up. 10000 each year are
either born dead or die before their
first birthday. The planned parent
hood program is aimed at giving
each baby a healthy start under
favorable conditions, for it is not
the mere number of babies which
are born, but the number who live
to grow up to healthy, useful adult
hood that is important. / feel one
of the best ways to accomplish this
is to provide parents with the
means to space their babies so each
will arrive when the parents are
in good health and able to care
for it."
Miss Langford will leave shortly
for Columbus, Ohio, where, begin
ming March 22nd, she will assist
the Columbus Planned Parenthood
Clinic to develop an educational
program similar to the one recently
completed in Washington, D. C. The
Washington demonstration was
highlighted by a formidable discus
sion of community health needs at
tended by 800 of Washington's citi-
zens, including a number of health
and welfare workers.
Miss Langford is a graduate Of
Hampton Institute from which she
received a Bachelor of Science De-
gree in Education and Administra-
ton, and, following an additional
year of study at the University of
Minnesota, she enrolled in the New
York School of Social Work for her
masters degree.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-03-23
Navy Policy
Hit in NAACP
Letter to Sec'y

New York-In a letter to Secre-
tary of the Navy, James V. For
restal, the NAACP urged speedy
revision of the Navy departments
policy governing the promotion of
Negro personnel. NAACP Acting
Secretary, Roy Wilkins, charged
that the principal cause of dissatis-
faction among Negro enlisted men
and the Negro public in general
was the reluctance of the Navy "to
recognize training and merit and to
reward it as it does white per-
sonnet"
Citing complaints from overseas,
mainland bases, and particularly
the recent two-day hunger strike
of the Bath Construction Battalion
at Port Hueneme, California, Mr..
Wilkins said in his letter, at is now
almost two years since the Navy
announced it's so-called new policy
on Negroes. We understand that
at present there are some 100000
Negroes in the Navy. We also
understand that the number of
commissioned officers is less than
"a and that in this total are in
cluded some warrant officers.
at is asserted by the men of the
34th Seabee Battalion that they
have more than so men in their
unit who are college graduates,
whose scholastic training and ex-
perience in civilian life make them
eligible for consideration for the
rating of CPO and for commissions.
Negro personnel in other units at
other bases make the same asser-
ton. We have other information
indicating that in some units there
are men who have been graduated
from the best universities in the
country, several of them with ad-
Vanced degrees, who were response
BILE citizens in their communities,
running their own businesses or &C.
cupying positions demanding in
telligence, initiative, resourceful-
ness, judgment and leadership. It
is discouraging and destructive of
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-03-23
Minneapolis Hears
Report of FEPC
Delegation To DC
BY MARJORIE CURRY

IL AhEA4SC NAN4G w
The delegates who went to Wash
ington to urge the passage of the
Fair Employment Practice Bill
with enforcement powers were
guests of the Minneapolis Branch
of the NAACP, Sunday, March 10,
1915, at Phyllis Wheatley Audi
forum.
The delegates present were:
Talmadge Carey who acted as
chairman, Rev. Hazelden, Messrs.
Frank Boyd, Jonas Schwartz, w. C.
Jones, S. v. Owens, Hall, and
Mathews, DIR. Chas. Williams, Rev.
C. R. Nelson, Mesdames Colby and
Ethel Williams. Absent delegates
were: Miss Garden, Mrs. Steefel,
Rev. Moore and Rubin Late.
Cecil Newman gave the back
ground of the F.E.P.C. Bill and the
necessity for making the trip to
Washington to urge its passage.
Rev. Hazelden and S. Vincent
Owens summarized the two-day
trip to Washington. Rev. Hazel
dyn delighted the audience with his
story of how he recaptured his
broad southern accent to thank
Bilbo's secretary for the use of the
Bilbo suite. He wanted them to
know that a Southerner had made
the trip and that there were a
"few southerners who are trying
to do right"
Mrs. Colby told of the interview
they had with Mrs. Roosevelt and
how gracious she was. Mrs. Colby
also described the room in which
they were received by the first lady.
Mr.. Schwartz reported on the
finances. $1,093.64 was taken in
and $1,045.S4 was spent. He also
received $25 from the Women's
League for Peace and Freedom at
the meeting. This left a balance
of $3.50. Additional money was
requested to continue the work of
getting the F. E. P. C. bill passed.
Miss Norma Jensen, assistant
field director, for the National of
fee, gave a brief report on her
weeks activities in the Minneapolis
schools.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-03-23
W YOU HEAR ITDONT REPEAT IT.
CALCIUM
The Greet Human
Need

People of all ages need calcium
and few today get a sufficient
amount of it for the greatest of
most abundant health.
The best and the cheapest source
of calcium is in dairy products.
The lower the income for food
the greater the need for more of
dairy products in the regular every
day diet of all of US.
Fresh fluid pasteurized milk daily
in some form should be used, either
as a beverage or in cooked food.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-03-23

truman n. gibson, DR., clVlll'
War.
Mr.. Gibson, a Negro attorney
from Chicago, who has been in
Italy since Feb. % on a trouble
shooting mission that will take him
to other Negro units in other war
theatres, said he had found no
reason to believe that Negroes as
a race are any less courageous
than other people. The 92nd Divi-
sion labors under the handicaps of
excessive illiteracy and inadequate
training, he said, while Negroes are
always sensitive to incidents which
revive race prejudices, and many
of them lack a clear conviction of
what they are fighting for.
A Postwar Factor
Mr.. Gibson said the War Depart
ment is especially interested in the
problem because it is a stumbling
block to the departments hopes for
postwar universal military train
ing legislation. "If we have uni
versal military training, Negroes
have to be included" he said. Zone
of the keys to defeat of the nurse
draft bill is that out of 5000 regis
tered Negro nurses it (The Army
has taken only a few more than
2OO."
The problem cannot be solved
merely by legislation, but it can
and will be solved by determine
ton on the part of the Army" he
added. Mr.. Gibson will report to
the War Departments Advisory
Committee on Special Troop Poll
cies, of which Assistant Secretary
of War John J. McCloy is chairman.
Talking frankly at a press con-
ference, Mr.. Gibson said he had
tried to find out why Negro troops
so often melt away" in the face
of the enemy. Similar things have
happened in white units, he said,
but not on such a large scale.
Where few stragglers will fall by
the wayside in other units, a whole
Negro platoon will sometimes get
panicky, particularly at night when
the individual soldier feels he has
been left alone with no one around
to support him in battle. Not all
Negro troops melt away under fire,
he said.
He cited numerous instances of
personal courage and of companies,
battalions and regiments which had
distinguished themselves.
Where the Trouble Lies
Mr.. Gibson found the answer to
the 92nd's problem largely in the
divisions history. 1t was activated
three years ago, before the Army's
special training program for litter
ates was developed, and many in
the division did not benefit by it,
he said.
Negroes were drafted to fill the
division, instead of being classified
and sent to whatever branch of the
service they were best suited for
many went straight from the re
ception center to the division with
out preliminary basic training.
Similarly, many replacement!
have been sent to the division with
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-03-23
Hines Claims He Will
Seek Negro Veterans
Wishes in Hospital Policy

temporaneouSly, although she had a
prepared speech, was quite en-
phatic in declaring that declared
policies, laws and constitutional
provisions against discrimination
were not enough. Equal oppor-
tunity must cease to be words used
as window dressing for democracy"
hshment of an FEPC within the
JAW, and the 100 percent record
of NMU in its Negro-white brother
hood as examples of CLIO achieve
ment in the specific field of Negro
employment.
Captain Mcdowell stated his
belief that the Negro wants and
is entitled to the right to compete
on an equal basis with the whites
in terms of training, experience,
and ability for employment. He
also disclosed an opinion that the
responsibility for the solution of
race problems lies outside the field
of industry. 1t rests in part on
the schools, the churches, social in
situations, labor organizations"
Captain Mcdowell continued, land
upon individual members of each
community, and to a large extent
on the Negro himself"
Attorney Poses, who spoke ex-
she stated, but must become part
and inherent in the process. AS a
people we intend to protect the
right of minority groups to equal
employment. AS a result, We are
prepared to penalize those who
thwart equal opportunity"
League Specialists Predict
Increased Tensions
The evening was highlighted by
reports from the League specialists
from the various tension spots in
the country. Bell, in discussing
the South, stated that contrary to
some of the thinking of many ele-
ments in the South, the southern
Negro is not adjusted to his situa-
ton, adding that, I'VE hardly ex-
pect him to be if for no other
reason than that for the past four
years, he has been exposed to a
constant barrage of governmental
propaganda calling for a bright
new world of four freedoms i
he has come to accept these ideals
as his own"
The Detroit situation was out
lined by Valentine, who accented
the tensions in that city on housing,
asserting that $1,000 Negroes had
moved into the area in the past four
years, up to last summer; that A.
900 applications for housing which
had been presented by Negroes last
year had yielded only 1000 filled;
that there were only three areas
left which can be utilized for hous-
ing, but they cannot be used until
the Mayor and the Common Council
reverse the policy that the racial
composition of these neighborhoods
must be kept.
st. Louis tension spot was en-
ployment, Jefferson indicated, with
more than one hundred of the city's
employers still refusing to hire
Negroes. He also observed that
St. Louis record of twelve to
fourteen all-Negro strikes led the
country.
Allen of Baltimore predicted
serious conflict in employment after
the war, but emphasized the fact
that with 10000 Negroes having
moved into a residential area with
out an appreciate expansion of the
area, early, serious conflict was
likely.
Gould was the sole optimist in
the group. He expressed himself
as not too pessimistic about the
progress of race relations efforts
. L. : .roo- -, Tb;canO
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-03-23
lliteracy; Inadequate Training
Given as Reason for 92nd
Divisions Combat Showing
By JOHN CHAB0T SMITH
By Wireless to the Herald Tribune
CnnNright lQ4S- New York Tribune Inc.

ROME, March 1.-THE War Department is making a
special effort to find out why the 92nd Infantry Division and
other Negro combat units have made unsatisfactory show
ngs and work out methods for dealing with the par
ticuar problems of Negro troops revealed today by
Truman K Gibson Jr civilian advisor to the Secretary of
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-03-23

Ever notice how, when person gets to work
on the snow, shOvels start scrapg all up and down
the street?
A good example works wonders on a telephone
party line, too. One of the users begins by keeping
his calls short spacing them out not to monopo-
lie the ne being careful to break in on Others
conversation answering promptly and on. First
thing you know, another party catches the idea and
begins following the same pattern.
Result, smooth working arrangement that gives
all parties ample of the line, helps build friendly
relations between telephone neighbors.
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Evening star., 1945-07-28


moving into Washington during ano
Immediately following the Civil
War. In 1865 Martin John Spald-
ing, seventh Archbishop of Balti-
more, had taken note of the grow
ing numbers of Catholics in what
was then the suburbs of West Wash
ington and counseled the Rev. DR.
Charles Ignatius White, pastor o.
st. Matthews Church, to start g
new parish.
Despite the growing population
the section around the present
church was chiefly rural. Further
along the Avenue bystander coulo
see the old iron toll bridge that led
over Rock Creek to Georgetown
The section covered by st. Stephen
parish was generally known as
"Foggy Bottom" though the exact
limits covered by this term are even
today a matter of discussion.
The cornerstone of the present
church was laid on June 3, 1866.
A statement concerning the start
of the new parish, copy of the
Catholic Mirror and the Visitor, the
latter a Washington newspaper of
the period, were placed in the
cornerstone with some United
States coins. The statement noted
that Pope Plus TX was governing
the church, Andrew johnson was
President of the United States and
Richard Wallach was Mayor of
Washington. No particular reason
was given for naming the church
st. Stephens, save the remarks by
Father B. A. Mcguire, S. j., re-
corded in the Catholic Mirror of
June 16, 1866, that "the name of
the church had been happily Sc
Evening star., 1945-07-28
Special Church
Announcements

Third Baptist-Mrs. Elizabeth G.
Bowye will be the guest speaker at
Missionary Day services tomorrow
morning and evening.
First CongTegationaI-The Rev.
Phulip M. Widenhouse will again be
the guest speaker tomorrow at II
am. His topic Is "The Illusions of
Life"
Lincoln Congregational-Dr Al
bert E. Fozzard of London, England,
will preach tomorrow morning on
Life and Life Everlasting"
Calvary Methodist-Dr. Orris @
Robinson, the pastor, will be the
speaker at the vesper service con-
Quoted by the youth groups. A picnic
for young people and young adults
will be held Tuesday. The place
will be announced on Sunday.
Chevy Chase Baptist-The Youth
Fellowship picnic will be at Fort
Barnard Park tomorrow. John Cor
don Mein, son of missionaries to
South America, will make an ad-
dress.
Chinese C0mmunity-An outdoor
service and picnic will be held at
Palisades Park at 4 pm. tomorrow.
The Rev. Philip Widenhouse of the
Federation of Churches will speak
The Rev. c. C. Hung, pastor, will
preside.
Peoples CongregationaI-T Rev
A. F. Elmes will give his final SER
mon tomorrow before his vacation,
speaking on "Life's Finest Hour"
Guest preachers during his alb
Sence will include the Rev. w. W.
Blocker of Howard University, Aug
ust 5; the Rev. David Thomas OF
the Washington Federation OF
Churches, August IL; the Rev. Har-
vey Goddard of First Congregation
al Church, August 10; the Rev. Leon
ard z. johnson of Howard Uni
versity, August 26.
Petw0rth Baptist-Sunday will be
Junior emphasis day when the jun
iors and their parents will be honor
guests. DR.. James P. Rodgers will
speak.
First Colored Baptist-The Rev
w. w. Blocker will be the guest
speaker at missionary services at II
am. A pew rally will be held at
$3.50 pm. and musical program at
7::30 pm.
Polish Mass-A Polish mass will
be held at the Sacred Heart Acad-
emy, 1719 Massachusetts, avenue
NV, at IL am Sunday. People of
Polish extraction are invited to at
tend. Confessions are heard from
l0:30 to IL am.
Evening star., 1945-07-28
ChapIains' Corps
170th Anniversary
Will Be Observed

At the IL o'clock service at WASH
ington Cathedral tomorrow special
recognition will be given to the
10th anniversary of the founding
of the Chaplains' Corps by the
United States Army in ITS. The
anniversary sermon will be preached
by the chief of chaplains, Brig. Gen.
Luther D. Miller, who is an hon.
orary canon of the cathedral. There
will be special prayers, and during
the service the chaplains' hymn
will be sung by the choir.
The Rev. George j. Cleaveland,
rector Of the Church of the Good
Shepherd, Parkersburg, w. Va, will
preach at the o'clock service on
THE Power of an Endless Life"
On Tuesday evening Lewis At
water, organist and choir director OF
All Souls Unitarian Church and
the Eighth Street Temple, will give
a recital on the great organ.
Evening star., 1945-07-28

Father Walker S. Caughey, 1896 to
1910. and Father George H. Har-
rington, 1927 to 1912.
The present pastor is Father E. J
Winter, who came in 1912 from st
Joseph's Parish, Texas, Md. A ma
tive of Baltimore, Father Winter is
a graduate of st. Charles Prep Sem
mary, Ellicott City, Md, and of st
Mary's Seminary in Baltimore He
served as assistant pastor at the
Shrine of the Sacred Heart in
Washington from 1918 to 1922 and
as assistant pastor at st. Cecilia s
Church, Baltimore, 1922 to 1885. He
went to st. Joseph's that year.
His two assistants are Father Law
renee Gatti and Father John j. Nc
Shane Father Gatti came here
from st. Mary's Seminary, Balti-
more, in June, 1941, and Father Nc
Shane from st. Mary's Seminary at
Emmittsburg, Md, in 1943.
Evening star., 1945-07-28

lected, suggesting as it did the
obligation of being firm in the faith
and actuated by spirit Of charity
and forgiveness"
Father John McNally was ap.
pointed pastor Of the new parish. anc
on August 4, 1867, he celebrated the
first mass in the old st. Matthew.
schoolhouse on Nineteenth, between
G and H streets NV. The begin
ming is unusual, church historian
pointed out, in that St. Stephens
began being a parish while cele-
brating its first mass one BLOCK
within st. Matthews territory.
During the following month:
Father McNally, who lived with
the James McGrann family in ar
apartment above a grocery store al
Twenty-first and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV, continued to say mass ir
st. Matthew'S Sunday school or
Sundays and holy days and to cele-
brate mass during the week at st
AIMS Orphanage.
The basement of the church was
completed in the closing weeks OF
1867, and holy mass was said for
the first time in the lower church
on December 90. The structure was
finished during the winter of 1868
the dedication taking place on De-
cember 81. According to. a church
historian on the occasion of st
Stephens 18th anniversary, the
general structure of the church
has not changed very much" In
that time.
The exact location of the first
st. Stephens School is not known
some placing the building on Vir-
ginia avenue near Twenty-third
street and others on Twenty
fourth near E street. Sadlier's Cath
olic Directory for 1869 shows 15C
boys and 100 girls enrolled. Lay
teachers were in charge, a Miss or
Mrs. Heath being head. She was
long remembered because she always
wore bonnet at her desk. The
school gradually died out.
Though Father John Gloyd tried
to resuscitate the school in 1892, it
was not until 1921, with the coming
of the Sisters of Notre Dame, that
a real effort was attempted. Father
Joseph H. Cassidy purchased a
building at 2408 K street NV for the
students of St Stephens. The new
school, at Twenty-fourth and K
streets NV, was dedicated in No
vember. 1924, and has since housed
the children.
Pastors at st. Stephens, in addi-
ton to those noted, were Father
John j. Dougherty, 1894 to 1896;
Evening star., 1945-07-28
BY CASPAR NAMES.

Some buildings, holy and secular
exert pull upon persons urging
them to return. st. Stephens Cath
ole Church at Pennsylvania ave-
Evening star., 1945-07-28

The Sunday school lesson for
July 20 is: Goods Promise of
Nation"-Genesis l7:l8.
Evening star., 1945-07-28
8Sfh Anniversary
|0f Fifth Baptist

The Fifth Baptist Church will
mark It's 88th anniversary with a
homecoming and reunion service
at II am. The Rev. j. Herrick Hall,
pastor, will preside and lead In hon.
oring the groups which have main-
tanned Fifth as Washington's his
toric Southern Baptist church.
The babies born during Fifth's
88th year will be dedicated and all
new members welcomed. An honor
roll plaque for the service men and
women is to be unveiled.
A birthday gift of $3.50 will be
consecrated by a pastoral prayer.
Evening star., 1945-07-28
A Lesson
For the Week
BY WILkIAM +. ELLIS

Here we come to the beginning of
"the Jewish question" The whole
romantic story of the Chosen Peo-
pie is wrapped up in this Lesson of
Evening star., 1945-07-28
TrtrttnH
Friends Meetinr of Washinrto

Friends Meeting of WASHINGTON,
gill Florida Ave.
Meetings for Worship First Day Sunday
at IL am. ALI interested are welcome.
young People $3.50 pm. S. s.. l0:45 am
FRIENDS MEETING (ORTHODOx),
II a.m.-Meeting for Worship Welcome
Evening star., 1945-07-28
Western Presbyterian

The Senior Young Peoples Chris
tan Endeavor Society of Western
Presbyterian Church will hold a
Galilean service at 6:15 pm. to-
morrow on the bank OF the Potomac
River with the speaker, the Rev
G. Stewart Mckenzie, and the lead
er, Delford Simmons in boat just
offShore.