St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-03-09
Testimonial Dinner
rendered Frank
Boyd, Liberal
BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT

BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT
Three hundred persons from all
walks of life gathered Monday
night, March 5, at a banquet at
the Junior Pioneer Hall to pay
tribute to Frank Boyd, veteran
liberal leader and secretary-treas-
urer of the Twin City unit of the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Port
ers.
The banquet, testimonial affair,
was the aftermath of the honored
guests recent trip to the Presi-
Dental inaugural as Democratic
presidential elector.
Among Those at Speakers Table
Planned by a volunteer commit
tee composed of political associates
and labor union, 10 per cent of
those in attendance were white per-
sons. In the audience were some of
the best known figures in the state.
At the two speakers tables were
seated Mayor John McDonough,
former governor, Elmer Benson;
James Robertson, chairman Ramsey
County Russian Relief; Jerry
O'Donell, president St. Paul Trade
and Labor Assembly; George Phil
lips, chairman Minneapolis Central
Labor Union Council; S. Vincent
Owens, st. Paul Urban League;
Gordon Conklin, president Team
sters Union No. 120; Pat Dermott,
st. Paul city finance deputy COM
missioner; B. L. Morris, prominent
B.S.C.P. member; Mrs. Naomi Beck,
president Local SIG Auxiliary;
Cyris Lewis, secretary st. Paul
N.A.A.C.P.; Arthur McQuillen,
business man and active Demo-
cratic-Farmer Labor party figure;
Mrs. Suzanne Tudos, district
deputy Daughter Elks; Florence
Wallin, secretary joint board Anal
gamated Clothing Workers; Rev.
Carl Zietlow, National Confer
ence of Christians and Jews; Rev.
C. T. R. Nelson, president St. Paul
NAACP; Viena Johnson, secretary
of the Farmer-Labor Association;
Pat Nevens, chairman of the Min
nesota electoral delegation; Nellie
Stone, vice president Local 665,
Hotel and Restaurant Workers
Union; Maceo Littlejohn, general
chairman, local SIG Dining Car
Employees Union; Mrs. Mabel Har-
ris, president st. Paul Women's
Council, and Cecil E. Newman.
Paul Tinge Presides
Paul Tinge, secretary of the state
D-F-L party organization, was in
troduced humorously by William o.
Heron, general chairman of the
committee on arrangements and
vice-president of Local 2742, United
Steel Workers, CLIO. Mr.. Tinge pre-
sided for the evening.
Brief addresses were made by
Mayor McDonough and Rev. Ziet-
low.
Viena Johnson knowingly read
Langston Hughes poem "Let Am
erica Be America Again." accom-
panied at the piano by Mrs. Isabelle
Teller.
Frank Boyd and his fellow elect
or, Pat Nevens, were presented
flowers for their lapels, and Mrs.
Boyd was presented lovely cor
sage.
After being introduced by Elmer
Benson, Mr.. Boyd gave an interest
report on his trip to Washington
to attend the inaugural ceremonies.
He pointed out that many were
amazed to learn that Minnesota
with a relatively small Negro popu-
lation had elected a member of
that group presidential elector.
At the opening Rev. C. T. R. Mel
son led the banqueters in the "Star
Spangled Banner"
Byron Allen, November D-F-L
candidate for governor, was in the
audience and said a few words.
The affair was enjoyable and
thoroughly Minnesotan-interracial-
intercultural and to some extent
inter-party. The people present
were there to honor the veteran
liberal leader Frank Boyd.
They're trying hard to make
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