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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-05-18

the Difference given one of our
soldiers. liked the display of fine
spirit shown by his buddies. He ac-
copied it all as nonchalantly as he
wore his many ribbons.
We went to NAACP meeting last
night. One white person present.
They were quite concerned over an
appropriation of money by the
state legislature to make Prairie
View College a state university.
They are Directing because a uni
versity should be located near a
city, where students can make use
Of public documents and get the
necessary patients for the medical
and dental clinics. Prairie View
College is located out in a rural
district.
Will try to give you a picture
of the two colleges here next time.
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Study of Indignation of Negro
Worker in Transit System Issued

A study of the introduction of
Negro workers into the Phila-
delphia, Chicago and Los Angeles
transit systems has just been is
sued by the American Council on
Race Relations, 80 W. Randolph
Street, Chicago.
Titled NEGRO Platform Work
ers," and prepared by the Ameri-
can. Councils Community Services
division, the pamphlet compares
the union and company's attitudes
and results in the three cities.
The study emphasizes the fact
that the placing of Negro workers
in platform jobs is significant be-
cause ''it has implications for the
immediate future for if real
progress is to be made in establish
ing racial patterns in the postwar
era there will have to be further
infiltration of Negroes in those
industries which are sure to ex-
pand at the close of hostilities."
NEGRO Platform Workers" re-
veals that the Philadelphia "hate"
strike had its roots in the history
Of the transit company and in the
attempts of an independent union
to regain power after its defeat by
the CLIO Transport Workers Union
in a labor board election. The con-
clusion is that the race issue was
deliberately used to create a crisis.
Although Detroit, New York and
Cleveland had already hired Ne
groes as operators, public carrier
officials in Philadelphia and Los
Angeles claimed employment of
Negroes as operators would meet
with strong public opposition.
The study asserts that in Phila-
delphia, as early as February, 1913,
the United States Employment
Service had filed a form with
FEPC indicating that Pic (Phila-
delphia Transit Company was re-
fusing- to consider qualified Ne
groes for conductors for its street
cars, buses or subway trains"
Leading up to the strike, the
pamphlet points out, was a series
of delays on the part of the indie
pendent union and Pic officials as
we'll as a few members of the
TWU, which had won the right to
bargain for PIC employees or
March IA, 1914.
The week-long strike, which was
opposed by TWU, flared up on Au,
gust /, 1914, and, according to the
American Council study, was
engineered by less than 200 bitter
men," The pamphlet also declare:
that there was no attempt on the
part of Pic management to pre-
vent or minimize the stoppage, anc
that public officials, including
Mayor Bernard Samuels, refused
to make any effort to terminate thu
work stoppage.
"The strategy of the strike lead
ers," declares the pamphlet, eva
a blatant appeal to anti-Negro sen
timent among the operators and
reiteration of the untruthful state
ment that the upgrading of Ne
groes would endanger the seniorit
of white operators, including thos
in the armed services"
West Coast Variation
In what is termed a "West Coas
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Lieut.. Norman Light
Athletic Instructor

IAACuls 1NOA
Athletic Instructor
In Army's Program
Allied Force Headquarters, Italy
Second Lieutenant Norman P.
Light, husband of Mrs. Emma Lou
Light, GIL w. Central, st. Paul,
recently completed a course in
coaching at the Central Sports
school sponsored by Special Ser
vice Mediterranean Theatre of
Operations. Glasses are held in
gymnasiums and stadiums once
used by Mussolini to train Fascist
troops.
Immediately upon completion of
the course men are returned to
their outfits to begin expansion of
the units athletic programs, in
which they will serve as instruc-
tors and coaches.
Lieut.. Light, overseas seven
months, is a Gun Platoon Leader
and Company Athletic Officer in
an Anti-Tank Company of the
365th Infantry Regiment. He is a
graduate of the University of Min
nesota. Before entering the Army
he was dean of men and athletic
director at Albany State College,
Albany, Ga. He is a former Boys
Worker at Phyllis Wheatley House,
Minneapolis, and former Play
ground Director at Sumner Field,
Minneapolis. He wears the Medi-
terranean Theatre Ribbon with one
battle participation star and the
Good Conduct Medal. His parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hosey P. Light, live
Ms-.
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THIS YEAR, the 9TH War
l. Loan has to raise just
about as much as was raised
by fSOO loans up to this time
last year.
You can see in the picture
above one reason why. why
that boy and millions like him
must continue to have every
advantage money will buy to
do the job and get home again.
War bond money buys
food, clothing, weapons and
ammunition. War bond
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-05-18

money buys medical supplies
and convalescent care. War
bond money helps bring him
home faster.
That much for your con-
science
This much for your pocket:
81 for every S. invested, at
maturity; guaranteed secur-
ity-the same security that
backs the dollars you put into
the bonds; the worlds best
investment.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-05-18
DARKER RACES AT ST
Continued from Page II

says that anything can be done if
the territory is not well admin
istered.
1t is ironical that the British
spokesman on the Colonial issue,
Lord Cranborne, has pictured the
United Kingdom as the all wise
solicitous shepherd and champion
of peoples swelling in the Colonies.
French Viewpoints
There was considerable question
after the last war as to the legal
citizenship of inundated peoples.
They were awarded a rather
anonymous international status.
This time the French have indi-
Gated that they are willing to grant
full French citizenship to the people
of their trusteeship areas and col
onies.
This would achieve a double OBJ
jective. 1t would bind those people
closer to France, and it would also
grant them the civil rights that
citizenship implies. No such guar
antees are available in the general
trusteeship proposals.
South Africa
Probably the most blatant affront
to democracy was the declaration
by the Union of South Africa,
which announced that it will ask
the later Peace Conference to in
corporate the Territory of South
west Africa within the Union itself.
Southwest Africa, a German ter
ritory before the last war, was
inundated to the Union of South
Africa. Despite South Africa's
reputation as the cradle of white
supremacy" her petition to the
U. n. c. l. o. said: For twenty
five years, the Union Of South Afri-
ca has governed and administered
the territory as an integral part
of its own territory and has pro-
NOTED to the utmost in material
and moral well-being and the social
progress of the inhabitants.
"The Union has introduced pro-
gressive policy of native admins
tration, including a system of local
government through native councils
giving the natives a voice in the
management OF their own affairs;
and under Union administration
native reserves have reached a high
state of economic development.
I'm view of contiguity and SINH
larity in composition of the native
peoples in southwest Africa, the
native policy followed in southwest
Africa must always be aligned with
that of the Union, three-ffths of
the population of which is native"
The matter of the complete in
corporation within the Union will
not be discussed here, but it is a
first hint of things to come when
the Peace is written.
Led by the three American Negro
consultants, a number of groups
genuinely interested in world peace
have been agitating for the rights
of these inundated territories.
These groups want to know how
proper administration of the terri
tories will be insured, how they can
work towards self-government or
ever be assured of getting it, and
whether they can have a voice in
their own political or economic life,
At present, there are no answers
to these questions.
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variation of the Philadelphia
strike" the American Council
blames the same basic factors for
the incidents" preceding the
eventual employment of Negroes as
operators in the Los Angeles Rail
way system.
Negroes were not considered for
jobs as operators, even when an
estimated twenty-five to fifty per
cent of the company's vehicles were
idle because of lack of manpower
Finally, under pressure of public
indignation, the Los Angeles Rail-
way system agreed to consider hir-
ing Negro operators.
The FEPC at Washington re-
quested the Los Angeles War Man
power Commission office to "con-
Germ itself with the problem" In
January, 1913, after defending its
policy and predicting serious re-
percussions," the Los Angeles Rail
way system stated that it would
hire Negroes in all capacities and
upgrade them to skilled jobs.
On February II the company up
graded two Negroes to the position
of mechanics helpers, and 80 white
workers struck for two hours. The
Negroes were ordered back to their
old jobs and the whites resumed
work. Another such attempt was
made, on February %, 194S, to up
grade three Negroes, with similar
results.
Public opinion continued, how
ever, to demand additional plat
form workers, the American Coun-
Gil study relates, and finally the
FEPC conducted a public hearing
of the case on August 8, 1914. At
the request of both management
and labor, FEPC issued a directive
ordering the upgrading of Negroes
to platform jobs. By August 80,
1914, fifteen Negroes were operat-
ing street cars in Los Angeles.
Summing up the Los Angeles
case, the pamphlet states: "The
willingness of the company and the
union to accept a government di-
receive, and the orderly Indignation
of Negroes into platform jobs in
Los Angeles which ensued, must
be attributed to the determined
federal handling of the wildcat
strike in Philadelphia"
Direct Contrast
Almost in direct contrast to the
situations at Los Angeles and
Philadelphia was the relative ease
with which Negroes were promoted
to platform jobs by the three indie
pendently owned transportation
companies in Chicago.
In this instance, the study re-
veals, no FEPC action was neces-
sary, nor did the city officials have
to intervene.
On October 5, 1913, the Chicago
Surface Lines agreed to accept ap,
pications from Negroes for posi-
tons as trainmen, and the Chicago
Rapid Transit Lines and the Chi
cago Motor Coach Company fell il
line shortly afterward. The latte
company was quoted as saying
''We just put them to work ant
nothing happened"
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Negro and White
Musicians Can't
Play Together
SAN FRANCISCO LOCAL UP
HELD BY PETRILLO

WASHINGTON, D. c. (NNPA)
There is discrimination going on
in San Francisco during the United
Nations conference, according to
columnist Drew Pearson, reported
in his syndicated column, Washing
ton Merry-Go- Round, last week.
Says Pearson:
while San Francisco delegates
attempted to build a framework to
carry out the four freedoms Of the
Atlantic Charter, the minions Of
Music Dictator James c. Petrillo
were denying the right of one Of
Americas foremost Negro singers
to make music recordings if &C
companied by a white pianist or
any other white musicians.
The Negro, Hubby Ledbetter,
better known as Lead Belly is
probably the Nations most out
standing folk singer, has made hun
dreds of recordings for the Library
of Congress. But in San Francisco,
Petrillo's Musicians Local Union 6
denies him the right to make re
cordings with three white mu-
sicians-Ellis Horne, Squire Girs-
bach and Paul Lingle.
ED Moore, vice president of Lo-
cal s and Secretary Jack Haywood
telephoned Petrillo in Chicago to
ask whether Ledbetter could play
with the three white musicians and
got the word No
There has been a long standing
rule in the San Francisco Bay area
that Negro musicians cannot play
in public with whites. But Local G
once before stretched this rule to
discriminate against Negroes ever
on private recordings where the
public has no idea who the mu-
sicians are, and whether they are
white or black.
The other notable case was that
of 64-year-old Willie Bunk John.
son, legendary trumpet genius sup,
posed to have been dead but dis
covered working in a cotton field
He was one of the inventors Of
jazz in New Orleans at the turn
of the century, and the teacher Of
Louis Armstrong. Time Magazine
devoted a whole music section t
him, but when brought to Sal
Francisco by the Museum of Art
Bunk johnson was forced to return
East after Local 6 rules on it's owl
Interpretation of the four free
doms."
WAYMAN A. VI. E. CHURCH NEWS
. Sunday, May 10. services were well Al
tended. the pastor. Rev. L. P. Ashford
| preached from the subject Mothers c
Great Men" He pointed to three Bibles
women who became great women throug
prayer and great women of our day VIII
rose to prominence by the method {
prayer. Visitors present were Mr.. WilliaI
Landrum. Mrs. Elizabeth Threat. Mr.. an
Mrs. W. Carter. Mrs. E. Moore, Mr.. G. v
Doughty and Mrs. Winifred Williams, a
of Minneapolis.
The Pastors Aid Society met at Il
home of Mrs. Lucille Woodland on Frida
May 18th, after the meeting the hostes
served refreshments. The pastor and fam
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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-28
1000 People
At Auditorium
Hear McFarlin

Pruth McFarlin of New York,
one of Americas outstanding radio
and concert tenors, entertained over
1000 people, Saturday evening, at
the Municipal Auditorium, when he
appeared as a featured singer at
the youth for Christ" rally.
He rendered with beautiful eff
fectiveness, the moving spirituals,
"Were You There" "Steal Away to
Jesus" and precious Lord, Take
My Hand" He also sang, "The
Lost Chord" by Sullivan, and
Joshua Fit De Battle of Jericho"
by Burleigh.
Mrs. McFarlin accompanied him
on the piano, with Theodore Berg
man at the organ. The featured
speaker for the evening was DR..
Watson Argue of Winnipeg, Can
ada. George Wilson acted as mas
ter of ceremonies, and George Ed
strom as song leader. Other mu-
sicians featured were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Tom Bridges at the piano, and
DR.. and Mrs. O'Neil, harpists, from
Ireland. DR.. H. B. Prince is head
of pastors committee.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-28
The Gallup Poll On FEPC

The
aon cannot be determned however, ignore implications
on the subject OF mterraca relations would
hcay than deserves Because this poll only opinion
maker
OF this so-caed public pulse to vote for against this vital gs
aon and will feel that they the
To the question: Do which
would require employers to hire he qualified for the job
regardless OF his COLOR 1870 favor such 44
against such opinion According
these national figures the result actually showed
against the law The New England and middle Atlantic returned
the largest sectional figures favong the The South
be expected the law large percentage
opposed to it 1870 to 4186.
the significant
ona The law itself primarily concerned with work.
and Professional opposed 1870
collar worker opposed the law 516
the law $40 to $780, is this latter figure which surprising
because the largest of farmers from Middle
Negro the limited therefore,
derived chiefly from the daily the MOVIES the radio
all of which generally picture the Negro unfavoabe
the other hand the occupaona analysis
favored the law $3.50 $780, and this the
have the largest proportion Here
on which chiefly frequent the
resulted in favorable this legislation
Although frequent contact between the educational
its desutory
educaive The Jim that
these people in their attitude toward the Negro Southern white child
from birth impressed by the fact that these laws the white
the black and his mpessonabe accepts being
because he is inherently better than a black child.
There Congress such Senator Robert Taft
FEPC that will be used primarily education Gaups
they will find for not supporting FEPC with
1t quite likely that combination
Democrats defeat the FEPC However, these Congressman
only evadng the these Congressman
ment that has educated the people America
more than the Constitution of the United States!
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Birthday Greetings

Birthday greetings in ST. Paul: Sept. 30
Mrs. Lydia Nelson, 53I st. Anthony /;
GwendOlyn Whitmore, 800 Rondo; Roxie
Anderson, es4 W. Central Oct. flames
Z. Cook, As Z. LsrpentsUr Miss l. Myrtle
Garden, Halle q. Brown Birdie o. High,
GA St. Anthony. Oct. 2-Mrs. Viola Gull
yer, 1883 n. Western Mrs. Georgia A.
Collins, 6S5 W. Central Alice Digs, 4s5
ROndO- Oct. arthur Burris, ST., 7O2
Carroll Mr.. Mckinney. Oct. Helen
Marietta Smith. 76l Rondo John H. Dodd,
725 ROndo Lillian Brown, 500 St Anthony.
Oct &C. A. Anderson. 7O7 Iglehart.
Belated greetings 20 N. Ethel Manning,
$50 n. Dale, Sept. 20.
Birthday greetings in Minneapolis: Oct.
Mrs. Tyre Elliot, 1917 Fifth St. So.
Riley Gilchrist, 37l2 Fifth Ave. So. Oct. p
Leonard COwan, 400 Lyndale Ave. No.
Mrs. Blanche Cooper, 705 Seventh st. n.
Oct. Margaret Lockett, 2s2s 3lst Ave.
So. Fred Frazier, 2sO5 Tenth Ave. So.
Oct. 5-Orville L. Drake, $500 Fifth Ave.
So Oct. 6-Marcus H Jackson, 1887 z.
Franklin, and Alex Jones, 1909 Clinton Ave.
So.
Out of town greetings-Oct. PVT. Early
Johnson, U. S. Army
Sept. 30-Paul Douglas Kelley, e4s Bryant
Ave. No.
Belated greetings TO Jane Stone, s5s
Bryant Ave. No, Sept q.
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it up. All this tommyrot about
laboratories and case histories,
hereditary instincts, economic OPP
preston and blah blah should be
thrown out the window and the
social workers and the do-gooders
should give back police work to
those who are paid to do it.
There is no gainsaying the fact
that many kids are victimized by
hoodlums who force them into un-
savory gang connections upon
threat of physical violence. In this
way, many innocent youngsters are
put in the position to enter a life
of active crime, and the homes of
many people who are decent, law
abiding citizens are brought to
shame. However, in cleanup, the
good go with the bad, unfortunate
as it may seem. The compare
lively few good people or children,
for that matter, who might suffer
as a result of a tight, hard-hitting
police campaign against hoodlums
is negligible compared to the good
that will come to the entire COM
munity. Something must be wrong
if the police themselves are re-
luctant to lock up or even to
handle roughly kids who have pis-
tolls and knives and other weapons
in their possession, for fear of
censure by the judge in court for
striking or mishandling a juvenile.
When we were coming along, if
the cops caught US doing something
bad, that was US, and there was no
expectation that mother or father
would take our side once it was
proven we were guilty of some mis-
demeanor or of disturbing the
peace. Somebody has got to teach
these teen-age "Dillingers" a les
son, and the best ones to do it are
the police who are paid by the tax
payers to protect life, limb, and
property. However, due to public
opinion, it is understandable that
the police are reluctant to use force
where force is necessary. The New
York City judicial system actually
protects the young hoodlum in that
he does not come to trial in the
usual way for even such serious
offenses as murder. Instead they
try to "talk" to him and make him
"see the error of his ways" by
gentle handling. If there is cause to
incarcerate him, he is sent to some
place where he will stay for a year
or so, and is then put back on the
streets again with no record
against his name and with perfect
license to resume his criminal
activities.
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The draft boards are hampered
by the apathy Of public opinion
and can't do anything about draft
ing the 17-year-olds into some
form of military training thus rid
ding the streets of main cause of
juvenile delinquency, and conse-
quently the young hoodlums had a
field day while far better young
sters over 10 and 10 were sent off
to war. All that is so much water
under the bridge, however. What
we are concerned with is stopping
the problem now.
To meet it, the police will have
to take the matter in their own
hands and start whipping heads
wherever they see these young
hoodlums congregating, for none
Of them gather for any good pur-
pose. There are far too many
Fairgrounds, gymnasiums, play
centers, and what not, almost
empty of patronage, for a revival
of the old howl for lack of recre-
ational facilities. The record is
replete with the thousands upon
thousands who have grown to
worthwhile man or womanhood
from the same New York that ex-
lists today without any of the frills
and fancies being added. There are
thousands upon thousands of boys
and girls right here in our midst
living under slum conditions, un-
imaginable in a city of this size,
who are almost to l bet to turn
out to be decent, law abiding, hard
working citizens of this great COM
munity.
1t is up to the community to form
the opinion that will guarantee the
police no interference as they go
about a duty that belongs solely
to them.
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COURSE IN CONTEMPORARY
TRENDS AT Y. w. C. A.

An 8 weeks course in Contem-
porary Trends will begin Thurs
day evening, October 4, at the Y.
W. c. A. under sponsorship of the
Adult Education Department.
The opening lecture will be given
by Gideon Seymour on the subject,
Looking Ahead for America"
Other speakers and subjects to
be discussed are Latin America in
the World Pattern" DR.. Emilio La
Fort; "The Near East finder Box"
Watson Dickerman; "America's
Economic Outlook" Arthur Up
gren; "Our Russian Ally" DR..
Mary Shaw; and "Our Foreign
Policy" DR.. Alice Tyler.
The course is open to both men
and women.
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Page minneapolis Spokesman
Friday, September %, 1915

Visitors were: Miss Irene Cowan and
Mrs. NJ. Atkins Of the city, and Miss N.
Deuike, X. N, Of New York City.
Mn. Hester Jackson is in General Hos
pital. Her condition is poor.
The Hattie Dwyer Guild met On Thurs
day evening, September q, at the church.
Saturday, September 30, is rally day
in the church school. Every family of
the church is urged 70 contribute 70 the
educational interest of the district and
conference. The young people are sponsor
ing the morning worship. A youth choral
group will sing. Leroy Gardner, a young
man Of St. Paul, student of Bethel Junior
College, and a preacher at Camphor Me-
mortal church, will bring the message. He
is one Of the few young men of the Twin
Cities who is giving his life 10 full-time
Christian service. Come and worship with
Us.
On Sunday evening at 6 p. m, the
church lie having another Family Night
program The speaker will be Miss
Frances Quinton, who has had rs years
Of service in RhOdesia, Africa. She will
have thrilling message Of the family and
church in Africa. We are urging the
parents 70 come and bring their children.
Refreshments will be served.
The prayer band will meet at the home
Of Miss Irene COwsn, 524 Emerson Ave. N.