St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-05-25
A Woman Reporter
Reports On San Francisco
By Geo. L. Lee
By Almena Davis in the Los Angeles Tribune


for making feel gauche bobbysoxer and as "new
world hot dog Coney Island. knew this and so it
sheer desperation which made approach small gray
haired gentleman in the lobby of the Mark Hopkins hotel
here gentleman made stngy conspicuous by reason of
a red line running vertically down his forehead.
He buying copy of the New York Times being
teetped here daily and had staggered phone BOOTH
stymied in effort to someone"
cussed world security conference.
81 most humby beg pardon for this intrusion Sir" began
and the he raised did
my boness went But aren't member of the Indian delga
ton"
81 ann he said with the resignation encountered
before brief meetings with countrymen doubt it's iust
fed by American stupidity about complicated of India
At rate encounter it often in the
with the Indian delegate in his suite.
His Sir Ramasswani was dumb luck
that brought me into contact with the head of the Indian delegation
ceived white attached
self taxcab and autograph hunting graciOusy
AS interview the session fencing match
Gid asked all the quesons about Indian reedm
about Gan about his Negro He succeeded
making feel like the weekly except
when paid delightful compliments
my fulsome companion.
independence his country Sir Ramaswam was most
sanguine about it. There England reward the
faithfuness Of her ward with full freedom now
the of his remarks.
Any discussion Gandh apparently panied him. that even
it He dismissed Gandhs influence gather is
vastly Overrated, with a of the hand.
Only Inds contribution wax eloquent
considerable he sad both active combat supply agency
British forces He himself supply minister British
for his country
Sir very polite about the American Negro but
family condesceng distinctly He had
Negroes the Ledo Road Burma doing very good
job The natives had received them WE'LL disturbances
but of any consequence
Though he spoke proudly being "cOored
peoples" though he twd companion mpigmented
n saying proudly that he felt he had something
not have and that nothing es would feeling
superior; didn't get the impression that anything
like blood brothers, though
cast of features.
The Indians position American Negroes
the Brishers attempts at domination
Indian the equal the SUPERIOR of the Brer
ground Unlike the American country his own
culture, his history, he said.
To his dreadful fa the American
equip himself to make contribution country and thus
equalize his status.
By this time, had realized wrong pew This was
undenaby the representative the
done little preaching being our country
and its culture and history of making
other of the population
diplomatic courtesy think I'll copy the TRIBUNE
instead.
don't want to sound disguntled tempta-
ton to observe that the last the delegates
American Negroes During efforts Ethopans
the berans the Haitans etc., felt about
black plague never will forget the Ethiopian delegate
in the hallway of the might an interview
with him member of his delegation.
Why" he asked looking with
What connection have with
we're brother and sister, bud and you'd better
tented myself with blowing State Dept office and
observing cat that they'd all better be glad
because dead cnh the white them
In though can't blame them
of the old who descended up
ing loudly around hotel lobbes, crying roth
they Everybodys here trying to get into
And the oudes the most ignorant the
most It's wonder
American MOVIES get bad impression of the Negro guess
could promote that looked like g-saw puzzle and
accent wouldn't hailed by
of the "words oppressed" either.