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Bvrnes Appointment Unpopular

Trumans of James Bynes OF South
Secretary will certainly be received with
avowed and outspoken critic full
citizenship Negroes racial segregation His
unacceptable those who recognize
steady progress toward full citizenship for the Ne
groes of
opinion well be served its foreign
field by who has openly his color prejudice record
Millions the people by the United Nations charter eoord
black leaders know how Byrnes
his nonwhe fellow Americans What must they think OF
Secretary State who himself avoring the Hit
lerian racial theories?
the darker peoples of the world will trust
Department headed by Byrne also nconceivabe
such nations her when she puts
foreign dealings diverse peoples the hands of such
representative
Supporters of President Truman defense Of his appointment OF
Hugo Black southerner
former Kansman Our reply that plea that Brnes is not
Black There public record Black having uttered
before his the Supreme
Court bench.
nothing the record of the clever South Carolina
Jimmy Byrnes indicate likely change his
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-07-13
The Promoters of Disunity
Editorial in MINNEAPOLIS Daily Tines

Editorial in Minneapolis Daily Times)
Employment Commission has been Unanswered
temporary grave opponents justice and fair
play the FEPC life and vgo but for the time
being they blocked minority the house and senate has
cheap and shoddy victory.
But the fight nothing else,
to the country against
prejudice
Such elements are by no means limited to congress-
they conspcuou vocal there The of Senator
already columns; of fill
buster and obstruction were aruy dedicated
shameful
But Senator Eaand Mississippi anything,
this field Mr. Eaand who the floor in the
FEPC and scurrousy be-
smhed reputation of American Negroes fighting the
country charged soldier
abysma failure the With rrespons
bic disregard of he undermine the nations unity with
alley all bitterness
Fortunately did remain unanswered From
military position the TRUTH there immed
emphatic reutaton Thus General Eisenhower sad
egro did their duty exeeny under fire Normandys
beaches OF heavy combat and suffered casualties
proud the accomplishments
Undersecry of War Patterson sustained General Eisenhowers
judgments He said that the proud of its Negro soldiers and
ranking general had condemned their performance
charges spread wide
before the truth oVakes them Already they have helped to SOW the
seeds of national duniy time when unity and crying
need
Eastand offender against national
unity only substantial body of Americans who Willingly
unwngy conpe drive ugly wedge of racial prejudice
between
keep permanently
under heel They would mnOes the right fight
battefelds
play society,"
thing approaching decent and equitable conditions they will
And they to keep alive little racial prejudces They
retail ugly SANDERS will the
who good enough die for America battle good enough
when he partake of the fruits democratic living regardless
of his color
America has many minority problems but there of them
be solved by intolerance goy Nor them
which will not be quickly solved by such fundamental decenc
embodied in the FEPC.
later will
will help unity the nation by respecting the fundamental rights
of these mnOres will contribute to the dsunng Of the nation
by denying them.
When the bgotry abroad there such thing
proper neutrality either fight actively positively
inevitably by bland indifference
ousa and explosive issues which they seek to raise
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-07-13
Mayor Should Hove His Choice As Chief

Hubert Humphrey has nominated William Ed Ryan for
superintendent Minneapolis Police The city council
should confirm his appointment
Mayor Humphreys choice of Ryan would do well
MnneapOsno the city council is
responsible Minneapolis This being
chief executive should be given reasonable latitude in the
selection o a chief of police.
crime is kept down in Minneapolis the citizens will blame
it Humphrey not the city Council
1t is quite possible that Ryans critics honestly oppose him
which might make unsatisfactory their
standpoint However, them have advanced the charge that
he is a capable law enforcement officer.
This has observed the work of William Ed Ryan
for several He has by deed exhibited
which would believe
of any class of awabiding citizens.
hope city council will eonsdera-
that his responsibility entities him confirm his
pointment of Mr. Ryan
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-07-13
Lets Continue Our Leadership

necessary se the NAACP adult Negro
membership just important Mr. Average American
Negro his life policy Just the life insurance
policy protection the individual his benefciares the
safeguarding the Negroes collective security Because the
battling the civil rights of the Negro America taking
yearly membership the organization should be routine
regularly the insurance premium which no IN
telIgent citizen Intentionally neglects.
membership for individual to indicate
he organized for the Negro full citizenship
postwar period will in all probability be the most crucial
history American Negro The NACP among the
well prepared help maintain gains made by Negroes
during past years. therefore Negroes support financially
the whose it is insure their gains
and protect their rights.
Ces) branches of the National Association for
Cod People conducting their annual
membership which should all records Last the
Minneapolis reached high total membership when
1900 Negro persons joined the ST. Paul membership drive
ned year Paul branch ought increase its
1900 and the Minneapolis branch should wind its drive
wi al least 1000 persons enrolled
cities indicate substantial increases member
Minnesota branches have the basis Of population
the memberships during the
years obligation continue that leadership Let
every and child take NCP membership this
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-07-13

problem, it can be safely said that
the American Negro stands in dan
ger of losing every social advan-
tage he has won or been granted
unless ne pulls himself together
right away and gets rid of his own
burden. That burden is, lack of
mass discipline, lack of respect for
the rights of others, and true pride
in honest race achievement.
The war is going to end some
day and when it does, many of the
temporary advantages we have
won in the midst of national hys-
terra are going to be taken away
from US by the white man flushed
with victory and with enhanced
pride in the abilities of the Nordic
to rule the world; including its
darker peoples.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-07-13
Race Relations Workshop
At Fisk University

Editor: l wish more Twin City
people were here for the Race Rela-
tons Workshop. Fisk University is
pleasantly located and the buildings
very comfortable. Jubilee Hall,
1878, was the earliest building. The
new, very beautiful, modern-style
library and administration building
is handsome.
There are 60 people enrolled
about half and half Negro and
white. The white members come
from Texas CYWCA), Florida,
South Carolina, st. Louis, New
York, Detroit, San Francisco, three
from St. Paul and Minneapolis, Chi
cago, and elsewhere. The Negroes
are from Southern states where
they are teachers or Urban League
or YWCA Race Relations secre-
taries and some are from the North.
The Institute lasts three weeks
and has started off with well planned
lectures and discussions. The faculty
is distinguished. DR.. Charles S.
Johnson is an able director and a
distinguished scholar. He is a mod
est man, but has outdone all his
guests heard so far in this field.
Mr.. Edwin Embree, President of
the Rosenwald Fund, is here and
has spoken well. Mr.. Edgar Thomp-
son, Professor at Duke University,
has been here discussing "Planta-
tions as Authoritarian States" Mr..
Helen Mclean of the Chicago In
stitute for Psycho-Analysis has
constituted an excellent paper on
frightened People," discussing
unconscious fears of Negroes and
whites in relation to race tensions.
Allison Davis spoke at a panel to-
day-simply, sincerely, and power
fully.
This is a great experience where
we all live, eat, think and talk to-
gether and, best of all, we get into
many other topics than Race
the ice-breaking topic for all of US
at first. We are finding mutual
interests and discovering like
tastes in books, travel, art or music.
Genevieve F. Steefel.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-07-13

ognition of our abilities; the social
prestige we are attaining on the
exploits of our Marian Andersons,
Paul Robesons, Joe Louises, Ben
Davises, George Washington Car
vers, and so on-those leading us
haven't seen the fact that the great
mass of Negroes-the 20 million
and over of US who make up Ameri-
cas- biggest minority group, are
being criminally neglected.
1t would be lovely indeed. if that
small minority of the American
Negroes who have had the advan-
tages of schooling, exposure to cul-
tural influences were the only group
We have to be concerned.
The problem then would be bas-
ically changed. The possibilities of
complete Indignation into American
life of the Negro would be brighter.
The efforts of Frederick Douglas,
W. E. B. Dubois, James Weldon
Johnson, Walter White and others
along this line would not have been
put forth needlessly.
Color Band Holds All of Us
However, we are bound together
by the one link we cannot change
color. The Jew can join the Bap-
fist Church, change his name from
Finkelstein to Jones, eat pork and
be as white and indistinguishable
in the white world as the German
who renounces his fondness for
sauerkraut, hogshead and beer. In
such a metamorphosis the Negro
hasn't a chance. He can get a de-
gree from Oxford but he will still
be a Negro. He can invent the per-
petual motion machine, run the 100
yard dash in 9 seconds fat, the
mile in 4 minutes, build a rocket
and ride to the moon and back, but
he will still be Negro.
AS such, it would seem that he
would recognize his predicament or
status and seek to improve every
phase of it until it meets and beats
down all competition. We have the
individual abilities. We have the
intellect, the individual strength of
character, the numbers with which
to work, yet we are seemingly as
far from that goal as when the first
boatload of US was dropped at
jamestown in 1919.
The Jews have mass discipline,
an iron-clad system of family life
and parental control and an in
tense sense of racial loyalty toward
one another. They are one of Amer
ica's smallest minorities, but also
one of its most potent. We have
no mass discipline, our system of
family life hasn't been nurtured
and brought to full bloom. Racial
loyalty among US is distorted. We
are Americas biggest minority, but
it's weakest.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-07-13

In remembrance of our dear mother,
Mae Burnaugh, who departed this life one
year ago. July II, 1914.
A mother who gave US the best of her life,
Who cherished our secrets, our sorrow,
our strife;
Who taught us to love, who taught US to
pray
A mother in heaven-God bless her to-
day.
Sadly missed by your children, Inez
Clark, Claude and Earl Burnaugh.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-07-13

The all-time favorite Mayor of
st. Paul for our money is John ].
McDonough.
While we're on the Irish we
might repeat what a woman said
about a certain cleric. She said,
Father Gilligan is more than a
priest. He's an institution"
A reader complaining about lack
of accommodations on Minnesota
lakes for Negro fishermen said,
what prejudiced whites have
failed to completely accomplish in
bringing about unpleasant refusals
of boats and facilities, the rowdy
Negroes have finished"
A white reader wants to know
why some Negro doesn't shoot
Bilbo or Eastland. What, make
martyrs out OF two skunks?
Our motto on the Bilbos and
Rankins is, "Let 'em rave" Every
time this class of cattle makes a
public attack on the Negro as a
group, friends are actually made
for Negroes among the thinking
white people.
After all, we are for letting peo-
pie say what they please as long
as what they say doesn't violate
truth and common decency.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-07-13
CHESTER RUSSELL AND
WIFE GUEST ARTISTS

Mr.. Chester Russell, a dramatic
baritone, accompanied by his &C
complished wife, Evelyn, appeared
as guest artists at the Temple Bap-
fist church, Sunday night, July 8.
Two of the numbers he sang were
broadcasted, and he also sang
sacred songs and request numbers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Russell will
be guest artists at the Salvation
Army, in Minneapolis, Sunday eve
ming, July Is, at 500.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-07-13

If the day ever comes in this
country when tolerance gives way
to internal enmities and persecu-
tons and determinations, it will be
the end of American civilization
Eric Johnston,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-07-13
Dark Future Looms

The prejudices which we fight at
home so valiantly are going to be
more vicious, and necessary to the
white man as he settles down to
reconstruction of his domestic So
cial order. First and foremost
among the reasons that will be put
forward why the Negro must be
kept in the status of a second rate
citizen or inferior being is that he
cannot control his own people. 1t
will be claimed that he must con-
stantly be supervised by whites
whether by policemen, lynching
mobs, or Jim Crow rules and regu-
lations) to avoid serious conse-
quences to the overall pattern of
American domestic social and eco
nomic values.
The white man is going to point
to all the outward manifestations
of our lack of control as a basis
for his superior attitude; he is 60
ing to illustrate his case with the
increasing incidents of our juvenile
delinquency, pointing out cases
which he will contend stress char
acteristic racial tendencies. He is
going to show that Negro children,
masses of them are almost COM
pletely ignorant of the disciplinary
controls that go with American
family life and run wild through a
thousand streets of as many
American cities until they either
settle down of their own accord or
are disciplined by the prison cell,
gallows or electric chair. He is
going to point out, in his argument
for his reason for putting increased
pressure on the Negro, that Negro
leadership is demanding and get
ting more economic and social ad-
vantages than the Negro public or
is ready to receive, that the Negro
of earlier generations (reared in
the fear of the white man, taught
by example to accept the inferior
status in which he was placed) is
typical of the kind of Negro to be
desired to live in the midst of the
NEW white" civilization the white
man intends to build in this coun-
try, after the war.
We Suffer Too Much Haste
1t is strange, indeed, that in our
rapid acquisition of better places
in American life-the outstanding
Jobs that have come to US in rec
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-07-13
Americas Biggest Minority
Is Its Weakest
By Dan Gardner

Probably greatest need today is to give the
lasting lesson in the fundamental values of life beyond
the routine of getting the job to the money with
which buy food pay the rent and purchase clothes.
Without going into the long argumentative passages of
profound sociological whyores and whereores of the
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-07-13

urably strong.-Eric Johnston.
Let's not apologize for the amaz-
ing variety of our human material
here in America. Let US rather
glory in it.-Eric Johnston.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-07-13

The American fuses in his blood
and his spirit the virtues and
vitalities Of many races, creeds, and
cultures-giving US an amalgam
that is new, unique, and immeas-
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-07-13

Regularly scheduled advertising
in this paper acquaints a friendly
product and frm.-Advt.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-07-13
We Suffer Too Much Haste

1t is strange, indeed, that in our
rapid acquisition of better places
in American life-the outstanding
jobs that have come to US in rec
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In MemOriam

Genevieve F. Steefel.
Evening star., 1945-01-28

Grace Stone Of Boston reported finer skin tex
ture after trying the Palmolive Plan for just IA
days. The IS doctors reported 63H Of I'll the
better tone. Reason enough for every woman
who longs for lovelier complexion to start
this new proved way Of using Palmolivel
Evening star., 1945-01-28
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s.Skin frssherl'' reports Pauline Youne q
Chicago, listing her conp1exion's eains iron
testing The A-Day Palmoliys Plan. Ths $ -
amining doctors report this sauls npssians
inproyenent for skins ost 81 , anong ~
l28S women. Ses II Tho Palnoliye Plan woat
Evening star., 1945-01-28
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s.Skin smoother!'' reports Helen Brooks Of ST.
Louis. .Fewer hemishes!'' says Loretta Martin
Of San Francisco. The s. doctors found graft
fying evidence Of increased smoothness. in
almost two-thirds Of the women who tested the
l4Day Palmolive Plan. And over son Of the
skins had fewer hlemishes il Just II days time!
Evening star., 1945-01-28

koS3 0seostoSSs koS8 Osyuo3SI
LESS oily" says Helen Anthony of Detroit.
''Less dry!' says Angel Della Of New Orleans.
or the 1885 women who tested the new l4-Dsy
Palmolive Plan, 696 had too oily or too dry
skins to start, according 10 examining doctors.
But at the end Of IA days, 566 Of these women
actually showed definite, positive gains.
Evening star., 1945-01-28

MY complexion had lost
its soft, smooth look, . says Mrs. Stanley
Nash Of Rego Park, NY. $50 ! said
yes when ! was invited to try the new
l4Day Palmolive Plan along with
1894 other women Of oil ages from fifteen
to Fifty! My group reported to New York
skin doctor. Some Of Us had dry skins;
some oily; some average. After careful
examination, we were given the Palmolive
Plan to use At home for "a days.
Evening star., 1945-02-10
BY CASPAR NAMES.

Fifty years ago Capt. and Mrs.
John F.. Linscott were sent to Wash
ington by Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy to
found a branch of the Christian
Science Mother Church, the First
Church of Christ, Scientist, Bos-
ton, Mass.
Previous attempts, particularly one
by II persons in 1893, had failed
The Linscotts succeeded, forming
the First Church on October S, 1895
with 16 charter members. Initial
services were held in their home al
1911 Twentieth street NV.
Capt. and Mrs. Linscott both held
the c. S. D. degree, indicating they
had taken the primary class ano
advanced class work under the per-
sonal direction of Mrs. Eddy. The
primary class degree, C. S., indicates
a practitioner. instructed by Chris
tian Science teacher. The C. S. B
holder has had instruction in the
normal class in the Mother Church
This class meets once every three
years and is limited to 80 persons
at each meeting. Teachers can only
instruct one class of 80 pupils each
year. Students of successive classes
form what is called an association
of the pupils of the teacher.
The first public meeting place OF
the group was at Willard Hall, l4Of
F street NV. In February, 1896
they moved to the Scottish Rite Hall
1920 G street NV, now a part OF
Palais Royal The question of prac-
Evening star., 1945-02-10
Canon WedeI 10 Lead
Cathedral Service
Tomorrow Mornino

Pagan and Christian Love" Is the
subject of Canon Theodore o. Wedel
at Washington Cathedral at IL am.
tomorrow. Holy communion will be
celebrated at 7::30 and $50 am. The
latter service will be In Bethlehem
Chapel, with Canon Charles w. F.
Smith celebrant.
Dean John Wallace Suter will
preach at evensong at 4 pm, when
the State of Massachusetts will be
specially honored. Following the
service. all persons in the congrega-
ton from that State will be invited
to an informal reception at the Ma
tional Cathedral School for Girls.
The monthly chapel service for
the pupils of Beauvoir Elementary
School will be at $50 am. Monday
Parents and friends are invited.
On Ash Wednesday Bishop Dun
will celebrate holy communion at
$50 am. At II am. there will be
Litany and the penitential office.
Dean Suter will preach. Evensong
will be at pm.
At II am. Friday one of ten local
world day of prayer services will be
held in cooperation with the WASH
ington Council of Church Women.
Mrs. Theodore o. Wedel is in charge
Of arrangements.
Evening star., 1945-02-10

Of pastors. Services are opened
with a hymn, the first reader then
reading Scripture selections. A few
moments of silent prayer are fol-
lowed by the congregation saying
the Lords Prayer in unison. A
hymn and solo precede the ser
mon, which Is based on material in
the Christian Science Quarterly for
that day. The first reader then
reads the Golden Text, the text of
the sermon, taken from the Bible
This is followed by responsive read
ing from the Bible, the leader speak
ing first and then the congregation.
A Bible quotation is next read by
the second reader, and a correla-
tive passage in Mrs. Eddy's Science
and Health" is read by the first
reader. A hymn, the Scientific
Statement of Being" is read by the
first reader, with correlative Scrip
ture verse from I John and the
benediction, chosen by the first read
er from the Bible, then follow.
Reading rooms are an itnegral
part of the church. The first in
the District was established in May,
1896 in the old Mclean Building at
Fifteenth street and Vermont ave-
nue. NV.
The Christian Science movement
was begun in 1866 when Mrs. Eddy
recovered from a serious injury after
reading an account of healing in the
gospel according to St. Matthew
ix.1-8. She founded the first church
in Boston in 1879. Mrs. Eddy died
| in 1910.
Evening star., 1945-02-10
Rev. Mr.. Dowdy Assistant
At First Baptist Church

The Rev. R. Edward Dowdy has
begun his duties as assistant min
lister at the First Baptist Church of
which DR.. Edward H. Pruden is the
minister.
He came from Hollins. Va, where
he was the pastor of the Enon Bap-
tlst Church. He holds an A. B.
degree from Roanoke College, Salem
Va, and a B. D. degree from the
Colgate Rochester Divinity School
Rochester, N. Y.
Before going to Hollins in 1910
Mr.. Dowdy was for three years STU
dent minister at the Third Presby-
terian Church in Rochester, N. Y
In his present capacity he will also
serve as director of Christian edu-
cation.
Evening star., 1945-02-10

ticing Christian Science in the Dis
trict arose in May, 1897, when a
member was arrested for practicing
medicine without a license. The
subsequent decision in December,
1897, holding the practice of Chris
tian Science not to be within the
field of medicine established the
legal right for Christian Scientists
to practice.
The First Church next moved to
its own building at Fifteenth and r
streets NV, holding its first service
there on February %, 1904. In 1912
the First Church was built at Co.
lumbia road and Euclid street NV
The Fourth Church, now located
at 3505 Sixteenth street NV, was
organized February 8, 1919, with
E. E. Ryerson, Mrs. @. F. Coonley
Mrs. E. S. Hart, Walter H. Moling
y. v. Gonzales, Miss Josephine
Adams and Mrs M. r. Mcguire COM
prising the Board of Directors.
The new church held its meetings
in the Arcade Building at Park road
and Fourteenth street NV. It was
incorporated on February 13, 1919,
with Miss Adams as first reader.
Roy l.. Harvey was chosen first
reader and Miss Josephine Adams
second reader for the first extend
ed period in those positions, taking
the offices on March l, 1919. The
church moved to its present site in
February, 1927.
Churches OF Christ. Scientist
have first and second readers instead