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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-04-26
The Dilemmos of Horold E. Stussen

As hard Ty Cobb steal a Owens
set world record harder Harold running
at this early date for the Republican nomination
1t than likely that this be wasted
party gaze upon fondy He for than
ideal Republican candidate " $3.50
In his State Minnesota undoubtedly the top DO
eo Even here there Of
porters Thye and Youngda defeated coming primaries
defeat OF either would be check Stassen
Presidency II amusing note that these Republicans oppose
assens political leadership the state proclaim
for anything but they that local pride
favorte in the running will
sofa Republican who mpedes Sassens House
Sassens two leading for the Republican
Dewey and Beker their respective possible probable
OF the two however Bker chances being
Dewey is certain Of hard fight Staen while favorne
the victory OF Republicans in the coming elections
badly Dewey defeated in New York suffered the
same fate in Ohio This only the confronting Harold
Sassen. 'N
Staen will undoubtedly support to the Republican cam
ddaes In the coming elections but his dilemma hope
ior 700 much success for his party II the Republican
assured Of winning the Presidential they will be
inclined to nominate weak candidate who keeping with
the traditional Republican President
that the race they might stronger candidate
IN order TO win even though this candidate
Harold H. Stasen liberal however profess
progressed bea would cost him the nomination can and might
happen The Republican leaders like anything that even
q hbeay Harding Coolidge Mckinley Hoover were Pres
an VINO We're IN keeping with the traditional Republican concept
who did what they told 30
AS hard as II Is for dummy be Intelligent Il even harder
for an intelligent man to be dummy Sassen whatever faults he
nay nave Tins paper thinks he has penty Mccarthy
they think they can win with Harold will return to
Minnesota wiser and sadder - ~ ' w
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Birthday greetings in St Paul: May /
Mrs. Mckinney, st. Paul: Margaret Moore,
$50 lRlehArt Ave. May 3-Miss Joscelyn
Jones, ga Fuller Avenue. May Mrs.
Sally Weddington. 74l St. Anthony Ave
Marilee Thomas. 423 Rondo Ave. May s.
Jane Elizabeth Lee. 1872 Iglehart Ave. Mr..
James Hayes. ll6 Eaton Ave.
Out of town greetings TO Sgt. Joseph Al
bright, U. S. Army. May 3.
Birthday greetings in Minneapolis April
2S-Elmer Childress, 1881 Bryant Ave. No,
April 29-John Shepard. S52S Fifth Ave.
So. Edward Hubbard, 5ll5 Irving Ave. No,
MatteRl Knight. 1910 So. 9Th St April 80
Martha b. ClRyburn, 3S43 Smelling. II.
MassenEill 2sl6 18th Ave. So, X. H. Early.
SSl7 Chicago Ave. So. Lucy Jones. 3732
Fourth Ave SO. May Robert Chatham.
Jr., S945 Fourth Ave. So, Mrs. c. l.
Anderson. 1913 Bryant Ave. No. Evelyn
Escue. 3S24 Fourth Ave. So, Dorothy
Brown. 1851 No. Bryant May 2-Hardy
White. S6l5 Fourth Ave. So. Mrs A. Bur-
ress, 2slO 10th Ave. So. May 3-H. Carter
2SIS Fourth Ave. So, Edward Carr. 623
Fremont Ave. No. Mrs. Donald Allen. s7s
Bryant Ave. No.
Out of town greetings: R. o'Hara Lanier.
Washington, d. C., April IS: Mildred f
WardlAw. Philadelphia. Pa. April 80 : Mrs
Bertha Digs, New York City, and Robert
l.. Hearns, Rockford. H.. May 2: Robert
W Hainsworth, Houston, Texas, May I.
VISITORS
Visitors TO the st. Paul office: Mrs. Rus,
sell T. Gale. $50 ST. Anthony Ave. Mis-
| Arlee Harris, 500 Iglehart Ave. LaVell'
W Stafford, $50 2Srd Ave. N. Seattle
Washington Maceo V. Littleiohn. S23 KEN
| St.
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mist and proved his ability under
Hillman.
After the USES was transferred
to the VINO by executive order the
section became a part of USES.
But before the transfer was made,
Bob was gradually shorn of his
authority until he quit in disgust.
Ben Wilson, an Indiana lawyer,
was appointed sometime after Bob
resigned. He repeatedly asserted
that he was never given the author
ity promised him by Paul V. Nc
Mutt, former chairman of the VINO
who appointed Wilson to the job
with one eye on the White House.
For that reason Wilson also quit.
The VINO was abolished on Sep
TENDER 10, 1915, and the USES
was transferred to the Labor De-
partment. A few days ago a bill
was approved by the Senate Labor
Committee to return the USES to
the States, effective next January /.
The interest of cOlOred people
in the USES centers primarily
in the contribution it is able to
make in maintaining a high level
Of employment of colOred work
ers.
Strong political pressure is being
eXerted in behalf of one of the
applicants for the job, although the
position is under the classified civil
service. Merit appears to be a
secondary consideration. Politicians
evidently learn little from expert
ence. The Pauley appointment
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should have taught them that po-
litical debts and their payment by
appointment to public office some
times conflict with the public in
terest.
Unless a competent person is
selected to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Wilson and
is given adequate authority to do
the job, from now on very little,
if anything, may be expected of the
USES in promoting the efficient
use of coIored labor.
The Fair Employment Practice
Committee is folding up at the end
Of this month. The abolition of race
and religious discrimination was
basic in President Roosevelt's pro-
gram and has been carried forward
by President Truman, who asked
for definite legislation from the
Seventy-ninth Congress. Reaction
aries in Congress blocked action on
this legislation and made certain
the death of the agency by halving
its appropriation.
In these circumstances, it appears
that the person selected to succeed
Wilson should be one who is inform
ed on employment opportunities for
cOlOred workers in various indus
tries and occupations, the oppOr-
tunities for advancement in prin-
cipal industries, industries and oc-
equations that are shrinking and
those that are expanding, and the
number and characteristics of I'M
employed colored workers. In short,
the appointee should know the labor
market.
But neither training nor ex-
peTience will be the determining
factor in selecting Wilson's sue
cessOr. Under the spOils system,
the party chairman of the party
in power controls federal patron
age. Bob Hannegan, chairman of
the Democratic national commit
tee, is said to be backing for the
post an employee Of the Demo-
cratic headquarters in the last
Presidential election. His recon-
mendatiOn will be controlling.
Areas of federal patronage in
elude the diplomatic service-am-
bassadors and ministers post
masterships, United States attorneys
and assistant attorneys, United
States marshals and deputy mar
shals, and internal revenue collec-
tors. Why do not the politicians dis
tribute some of these patronage
jobs within the continental United
States to colored party workers and
win votes?
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-04-26
Dear Joe
Inv JAMES II. HICKS

Dear Joe:
At the emergency conference on
minority veterans problems held in
New York recently, one of the re-
solutions passed urged that major
veteran organizations integrate
minority veterans into their regu-
lar posts and chapters instead of
forcing them to set up Jim Crow
posts and chapters Of their own.
Robert J. Funabashi Of the Jap
anese-American Citizens League
and Phillip kOrn of the Jewish War
Veterans stood up and proudly told
the conference that thus far no
separate Japanese American or
Jewish chapters of any Of the ma
tional organizations had been or
ganized among their respective
groups because Japanese American
and Jewish veterans had absolutely
refused to join any veteran organ
ization in which they would not be
integrated with all other veterans.
Colored veterans were strangely
silent as the resolution was passed
they were shamefully thinking of
the hundreds of Jim Crow chapters
of the Legion and the Veterans Of
Foreign Wars which they have al
ready been induced TO organize and
join.
When the Japanese Americans
and the Jews take stand like that
against separatism, it makes the
colored veteran look pretty weak 10
find him fostering and supporting
it.
We salute the 40 veterans of
Louisville, KY, who last week walk
ed out on the American Veterans
Of World War ii when that organi-
cation tried to set up another Of its
Jim Crow chapters in Louisville.
We call their attention to the
American Veterans Committee who
proudly announced last week that
il now has three migrated chap
tiers in Georgia and Florida. (And
We are not a member Of the AVC.)
Selectlve service handed down a
ruling last week that if a man is
given his honorable discharge from
the army and Immediately reenlists
without applying for his old Job
he is not entitled to unemployment
rights under the Selective Service
Act when he completes his new
hitch in the army.
Colonel Frank W. Forsythe OF
the Selective Service System says
that in such a situation the veteran
has failed to comply with one OF
the conditions Of the act which
states that he must apply for hi
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old job within 80 days after dis
charge.
But the army is badly in need of
men and somebody had to dig up a
loophole for GPs who wanted to
"reup" but who couldn't see giving
up their job rights, so Colonel For
sythe dug up the loophole himself.
Here it is.
Since the discharge of an en-
listed man for the purpose of re-
enlisting will not result in a physi-
cal separation from the army, the
army simply holds up giving the
man his actual discharge papers
until he has completed signing all
his reenlistment papers, then he is
handed his discharge.
Thus, says Colonel Forsythe, the
man only has a Change in status"
without any break in his military
service and is therefore entitled to
all the benefits of the act which
assures him his old job when he is
discharged. Nice going, colonel.
ROLL CALL: Former Lieutenant
Vernon Bailey Of the Eighty-second
Chemical Smoke Generator Com
pany, Lieutenant William Carpenter
of the 366th Infantry Regiment and
Lieutenant Jimmy Woods Of the
Ninety-second Quartermaster Rail
head Company are on their way
back in the army.
Lieutenant James B. Morris,
former intelligence officer with the
army's G-2 section in New Guinea
and the Philippines, is now working
on his masters degree at the Uni.
versity of Iowa. He and two other
tan vets are the first colored stu
dents ever to live in the dorm at
Iowa University.
The former Nola Cox Of Durham,
n. c., who reigned as queen of the
CTS in New Guinea for IS months
while serving with the American
Red Cross, is now married to that
lieutenant in the 13l2th Engineer
Regiment, whom she met at Orc
Bay, New Guinea.
Captain Bob Galloway of the 4Sth
Quartermaste Truck Regiment and
the S94th Port Battalion is on term.
inal leave and heading back home
in Indiana"
Major Hugh Simmons, who ruled
the 26Sth station hospital in New
Guinea with such an iron hand, is
now chief executive officer al
Freedmen's Hospital and still pull.
ing no punches.
And the tan CT who told the army
caste system board what he thought
Of the whole blooming mess was
Marion F. Greene who used e
''boot rubber" with the hard driving
boys Of the 29th Quartermastel
Truck Company on the Birdum road
TO Darwin. Remember
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-04-26
Disease and Race

Negroes in Washington, D. c.,
comprise about one-fourth Of the
population Of that city. The Group
Health Association by a vote of
/ ,l33 to 528 has opened its doors to
the Negroes Of that city. Belatedly
the Group Health Association Board
admits that susceptibility to disease
is an economic not a racial factor.
Now they are confronted with the
problem Of breaking down the
racial-segregation policy Of Wash
ingtOn hospitals.
1t is indeed odd how prejudices
cling to the minds Of men so tena-
ciOusly. Scientists know and have
known that racial characteristics
are not a basis for susceptibility to
disease. There are still very few
scientists who will speak out
against a racial policy based solely
on superstition and prejudice.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-04-26
Veterans for Democracy

The Cook County Council Veterans of Fore9 War. bos al
htng rebuke to those
use exservcemen wedge
postwar life Noting efforts
es from Chicago temporary housing project the counI
protests against discrimination Of kind against anv
on ue grounds OF color matter of ecr
ing housing Tor himself and his family evidence that
" winch every citizen take to Sun
you discriminate against am uncoub can bo
maIneTy II ostracze because am unclean can
myself II you egregate because knowledge can
educated But discriminate because Of INV
can 40 nothing God color no possible
against race prejudice but refuge in cynm Bit
'e'"sS' ana natred-Andrew Hatcher
The natives Of Angola Africa must dress decepv and M
appear naked or wearing leaves such primitive
20 cover parts their bodies villages the Ministry
Angola.-AP ''' !" ICING u''e'oPeu IN
TO- Court Order forbddng the school children
creed or color has been issued States Judge in
HIS decsionwhich has appealed the Santa Ana
ehidren to be unconshtutional-The Nation
few months the clio that would soon launch
70 organize the South One George supposedly
Sr tne AFo said the South already organized Nov William
AFoL president has called labor
see NJ o. OF May lll2 The AFofI beIated discover
th south needs more organizing since entered the
rivalry Will be the poll-axers of the South ~ e
The fighting the JAW affects seems Mrs Eleoror
roosevelt her syndcated column euther leaders S
union th hey should try to along
ever PROBABLY try to get along completely Reuther
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-04-26
LETTERS
SAYS NAACP Meeting
Criticism Was Wrong

STltlclSm was wrong
Editor: Your criticism Of the re-
cent NAACP sponsored meeting
was both unwarranted and unsub-
stantiated by facts.
1t may be granted that the main
speech Of the evening was too long,
a bit on the bombastic side, and
not too well connected. The spOn-
sors Of the meeting, however, can
hardly be blamed for accepting
with courteous forbearance the dis
course Of a guest speaker from out
Of the city.
Far from monopolizing the pro-
gram himself, Mr.. Allen, the chair
man, was refreshing in the digni-
iied and tactful manner in which
he presided over the meeting. We
are too often forced to submit 10
the antics Of platform chairmen
and speakers, who try to make up
for their lack Of good diction and
poise BY resorting 10 a crude type
Of buffoonery and alleged humour,
which leaves q sour taste In our
mouths.
II Is my understanding that the
meeting In question accomplished
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-04-26
The NAACp Membersb;p Drive

Inc Minneapolis branch Of the NAACP has goal of 1000
as us objective for 1896 This
the sy % Minneapolis there enough Negroes whites who
AASP vigorous membership campaign should set new all
time high for the local branch Of the NAACP. ~ an
On the national the NAACP several
during the past One fight against restrictive bnsnS
covenants IN California second
vote the Democratic primaries Of south These two fgSs
alone are ustabe reasons for asking for membership
ioSe only one year in the history Of the NAACP birth
says The National Association for Advancement Of Cored Pee
their struggle against eN' 0' WV '''sfoes III
America not country that high legal culture as far
e Negro concerned This true of
in the future This country suffering an III adjusted
economy politically ripe for the revival Ku
so S S5S1 The Negroes Of America
so when you asked join NAACP-remember that M
even more successful NAACP be by larger memberb
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-
in the War Man
power Commits
sion. Bob Weaver,
who served under
Sidney Hillman in
the National De-
Tense Advisory
Committee, W a s
the first chief of
the section. His
appointment was
based solely on
merit. He is a
first rate econo-
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-04-26
THE
TENNESSEE
uprising"
By Walter White

Executive Secretary, NAACP
On February 26th, the nations
press, charged with the RESPONSE
bility Of reporting the news fairly
and accurately, blossomed into an
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-04-26
Washington
Spotlight
BY Louis Lautier

The office of chief of the minor
ity groups section of the United
States Employment Service was
originally set I'M
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-04-26

The greatest length Of Virginia is
along its southern boundary line
and is about 440 miles. Its greatest
breadth from north to south is 1872
miles; its area is 1880 square
miles, Of which 1895 are water.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-04-26
Our Capitals Population

The population Of the city of
Washington, d. c., was 81 900 at
the outbreak Of the Civil War.
Latest figures place its population
at more than 665,00O.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-04-26

The city of Detroit, Mich, was
founded in 1901, by a French SOL
der.
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the purpose for which it was called.
The type Of editorial you wrote
on the subject was of no value in
forwarding the principles for which
your newspaper should stand.
VIM. Z. Cratic
1924 9Th Ave. S.
Minneapolis 8, Minnesota
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Is II True That
We Charge for News


Editor: Is it true that churches
have to pay for news in the Spokes-
man and Recorder newspapers 7 I've
heard this discussed a number Of
times and / would like to get the
straight Of it.
WILLIS MORROW
ST. Paul. Minnesota
Editors Note No charge IL made for
any type Of NEWS in the Spokesman and
Recorder newspapers, Many people do not
diherenttAte between paid publicity which
Is a form Of advertising and news which Is
OF general interest 20 n reading public, The
church news which has been carried in this
paper for all the years Of lis existence L.
and has always been printed free. Churches
which use our advertising columns regular
~ naturally receive frat consideration, IN
our news columns. We charge ADVERT ny
rates on any publicity for any Organization
which is engaged In money or fund raising.
IL IL the tendency Of many individuals.
groups and organizations looking for free
space Tor their various money raising drives
70 expect the community Newspaper 10 carry
Tree A. news the advertising publicity which
they submit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-25
A Thought For Today
The President Speaks

Somewhat beatedly President Truman last mgnt showed ness and degree of courage Tn the race national disaster Whether his request to the strl ing engineers and tranmen the heads their eaoes to return to work will be needed is not yet known The instead of the thousands of striking engineers and tanmen Few private citizens the counys history have undergone as stngng public comment that which Preslden last night heaped on Messrs. Whitney and Johnston
 Congress seems now mood to pass antistrlke legls- laton no matter how strong -advsed it may be- In the face of aroused public opinion they have te 0tner choice than to take drastic action is to be hoped now ever that there still remains the Captos halls some degree of judgment which will hurried action invoking penalties on ALL strikes and strikers From such legislation only harm and trouble can result
 The truce in the soft coal industry expires tonlgnt While no word forthcoming from John Lews It IS prop able that whether Congress is able to force connua ton of mining the astute Lewis will not lead his miners into any such unenabe position the members Of the two striking railroad brotherhoods are now trying to hoo
 It may we'll be that within AS hours shall have as- of genuine industrial for the first time since VI Day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-25
Pedestrian Rights

In connection with the unfortunate accident in front of elderly woman several thoughts suggest themselves First of all of course is the sorry lesson that drivers generally are all ready force pedestrians to stop and allow them o pass even though those foot be half way across the street.
 For anyone using this particular crosswa the need for caution is douby needed From experience we know tnat private cars but particularly taxcabs which park nearby roaring down with intention of observing rights It takes than stout heart to insist on rgnt of way in the face of automobile traffic passing that par ticular spot.
 Painted crosswaks unguarded by police or ights give
 false of security to pedestrians using them AS m the of last nights victim they that markings them safe crossing but all too often the uneven con- test between pedestrian and driver goes to the mighty
 Two pleasanter observations are prompted by last nights accident The the thorough prompt considerate and skilled first aid given the victim by the policemen who arrived the with the ambulance Their work was commendab The other centers on an un Identified and attractive young who rushed to the victim as soon she fell and gave comfort and kindly help h the many tender ways which to be instnctve in good woman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-25
By Peter Edson

military That's one for every four cities and towns in the country. Half the counties in the country have no arports at all. Of the 4000 airportS now in operation only 800, in five, big enough to handle commercial transport planes And of these 800, some 800 Army and Navy bases.
 That leaves 300 airfelds to accommodate the 500 commercial planes now flying scheduled routes and the 300 planes now flying non-scheduled charter operations The best estimates are that within two years or so there will be from 1,2OO to 150O planes the big obstacle to airline expansion Of 678 cities named in new airline route applications 505 need new improved aiports before they can begin oper- attOn.
 CAA administrator Wright has estimated that flying activities in all categories are than 1000 percent above the 1885 status Air traffic geStion at some of the major airports has already reached alarming proportions Planes that come m for landings at rush hours often have to be stacked in the air-kept circng above the airport in layers until runways can be cleared.
 Airports at New York and Chicago handle more than 500 landings and departures day, and must average one movement Up or down every three mn- utes Actually, in the rush hours the schedules call for movements every 30 seconds
 Wright predicts that by 1855 there will be at least 100000 civil aircraft under qualification In 1945 the number was only 5000. To take care of this new air-age traffic, the CAA airport construc- tion program calls for the enlargement of 1893 fields in operation and the building ot S'OOO new ones.
 Only 16O of the new airports would be big class three and four fields for commercial plane operation The remaining 2DOO would be smaller class one and two fields for feeder line, short haul. and prvate planes.
 Private enterprise will probably develop thou sands of others But under this government program there will be q minimum of TO0e aiypras n orar9. ton by 1853. at an outlay Of an additional OOl