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Organized Baseball and the Mexicons

baseball business. the
major league clubs monares The league also
higher salaries they have forced the minor leagues
agree called draft This socaed draft allows
them take players from the minor league clubs stipulated price
All in ALL they used their predominant position such
to control all of organized baseball.
Their doubt illegal control the
who really This
forced through the big themselves
which the
club the of that club throughout the
He also the the club when his
In other other club employ him. because all have
vousy II he
this particular club, play organized baseball This
monopoly capital its worst 1t probable that the
Supreme Court would such this
far organized baseball that player has dared attempt take
legal action against the
The Mexican League which affiliated with organized base
ball has offering players organized baseball higher salaries
The result has been that jumped their
with clubs organized baseball Mexico play 1t
hear these who have shown consideration
il carried Supreme
testing the which baseball
and the Supreme Court these their
would like nothing with the that
they will then let
unlikely present very
the the fact that country
until the Mexican League does collapse good watch the head
aches they Here's wishing
these headaches will last long time
do wish headache Branch Hickey for in our opinion
he We do wish that would
the Liberty Magazine of April about Branch Rickey
challenging jim Grow in organized baseball
The Negro at least testify that the War Department
Canouhare The Glem swallowed practically
all of The
the ntegrae the Negro soldier into all activities with
Minneapolis boy knows only well that the Gem is
complete fake
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a Plon for the Neqro Community

In jackson, Miss, Birmingham, Ala Miami, Fla and
other cities of the South Negroes fighting the
right
demanding the full citizenship that the
laws of the Southern For this
they making these demands of the
do not have full protection Of the law.
The Negroes the already
subtle form Of discrimination that
whatsoever 1t the result This established
mainly because there enough Negroes willing challenge
it. the Negroes Of the South willing eopae their lives
and property Negroes the Twin Cities should be willing lead
fight In which they certainly do not risk half much
The NACP the Twin Cities has done much constructive work.
but little Of it, unfortunately the community level The fight
FEC and the fight for the equalization Of teachers sal
aries the South both fights For these the local chapters
the NACP deserving of IT, however, they would
lead the community fight against local discrimination they would
Teawaken interest and faith the NAACP All Of should
be taken criticism of the leadership
NAACP directed Negro the Twin Cities for in reality
the leadership Of the NAACP but reflection of its Indifferent
members who bother attend meetings This vicious circle
30 the problem faced with how action be initiated?
uime paid whose salary could be paid
by both branches is needed help
discrimination the Twin Cities No divided
between leading this drive and earning living possibly do full
justice the job months the Twin City branches Of the
NAAcP joint council For another this council
has ceased function This is regretted for would
drfu instrument to start the type Of action that desirable II this
hiring futime secretary Even it did not favor this particular
should draw plan that would deliver heavy blow
discrimination in the Twin Cities.
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he let his colleagues forget that
HASTE was a Harvard man.
Il do not think his ability can be
challenged, certainly not by a fell
low Harvard man."
If Brewster felt bound by Har-
wards selection Of Bill as an editor
Of the Harvard Law Review and
would not challenge his ability, who
was there to do so?
Certainly not Eastland. By Har-
ward standards, he is virtually an
illiterate. He only attended" the
University Of Mississippi, Wander
bilt University, and the University
of Alabama, and studied" law. His
autobiography in the Congressional
Record does not show that any uni
versity ever conferred a degree
upon him.
Senator Allen J. Ellender, Demo-
crat, Of Louisiana, appears to be
better qualified. At least, he gradu-
ated from St. Aloysius College in
New Orleans and Tulane Univer-
sity with the degrees Of master Of
arts and bachelor Of laws.
But HASTE has bachelor of arts
degree from Amherst, a bachelor of
laws degree from Harvard, an hon
orary degree from Amherst, and,
to top off his scholastic career, did
graduate work at Harvard.
On one other point Brewster made
himself clear-the color of Hastie's
skin had nothing to do with his
fitness to be the governor of the
Virgin Islands.
But in spite of Hastie's ability
and character, he was unwilling to
swallow him if he were another
Rexford Tugwell. Tugwell is the
governor Of Puerto Rico and has
been engaged in government owner
ship and operation of utilities in
that West Indies island.
When Hastie showed a none too
great familiarity with Tugwell's
program in the Puerto Rico, Brew
ster was content to note that fact
for the record and concede that
there was more justification for the
government entering into the rum
business in the Virgin Islands than
there was for government owner
ship and operation of utilities in
Puerto Rico.
Thus far, the hearings on Has
ties nomination has been a Har-
ward show. Eastland and Ellender
did not live up to their regulations.
In the company of superior intel
lect. thew behaved like gentlemen.
Trivia: Washington hears that
Thomasina Johnson of the AKA
Non-Partisan Council is an appli-
cant for the job Of chief of the
minority groups section of the
United States Employment Serv-
ice, vacated by Ben Wilson, who is
returning to his law practice in
Gary, Ind.
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crat, Of Mississippi, one of the few
race-baiters remaining in the Unit
ed States Senate asked Warren W.
Gardner, solicitor of the Interior
Department, who read statement
from J. A. Krug, newly appointed
Secretary Of the Interior:
This nomination was originally
recommended by Secretary lckes,
was it not ?"
THAT is the case" replied Gard
ner.
Ordinarily, that fact would have
been sufficient for Southern Sen
ators to oppose the nomination.
Harold Ickes has been and is an
athena to Southerners. But Brew
ster, as the devils advocate"
would not let that fact stand alone.
He followed Eastland's question by
asking Gardner was it not also true
that Ickes also had recommended
the appointment Of Hastie's prede-
cessor, Governor Charles HARDWOOD,
one Of Elliot Roosevelt's creditors,
and Harwood's predecessor, Lawr-
ence c. Cramer, the first chairman
Of Roosevelt's Committee on Fair
Employment Practice:
Gardner replied he believed it
was true.
Devils advocate" or not--Brew-
ster is a Harvardian. He gradu-
ated from the Harvard Law School
in 1918. Bill is also a Harvardian.
He graduated from the Harvard
Law School in 1880. Besides, both
served as editors Of the Harvard
Law Review.
To a Harvardian, to be a Har-
vardian is the zenith Of educational
achievement and Brewster's pride
in fellow Harvardian glowed
throughout the hearings. Nor did
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The R. ]. Thomas Defect

Thomas recently defeated for the presidency United
Auto Workers. friend Of the Negro He n
supporter Of the NAACP During the
outspOken dnouncng the brutality of the police As
President Of the JAW he foremost fighting for the rights
the Negro workers the This by his
all the workers in the Packard Local in Flint who had staged walk
the upgradng Of He called
upon this incident Ohio preu
dice against Negro workers high Mr. Thomas thanks
in all Of these instances he fortnight and shTed what
must have been unpopular task.
This Packard Local elections Atlantic
against him. The number this
Thomas Of defeat The that r. j. Thomas
opponent Of racial discrimination undoubtedly enated vicious elements
which unfortunately do exist within the JAW.
While
should
the Coughinites Gerald X
Smith, and other such elements who legitimate
trade unions of today He satisfied that inevitable that
all Of these will be driven completely from the
movement.
action Of Milwaukee County
mentioned elsewhere this the tradition civil
lzed the policy
excellent fighting intolerance bgotry wherever they
This action should local NAACP branches
for Il good of action against Jim Crow Success
will inevitably the result Of injustice
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Reece, Stqssen and Principles

Representative Carroll Reece of Tennessee elected chairman
the Republican National Committee eece old line Republican
Congress slightest of liberalism He
pewar the Allies preparedness
wartime controls His hates the
OPA and labor.
that do not Of Chairman Recess stand issues
He followed this with pledge Of loyalty
Chairman In other words Stasn places loyalty above
principles he processes believe in Otherwise how Stassen
who the principles that
supposedly would support he should become the nations
leader articles himself
pursuing middle Of road 1t however that
Stassen Is just In the middle.
COP wheehorse from Mississippi, who lives in
Washington tits safer quoted saying Reee is for FEPC
anynchng but have record Of his having the
FEPC discharge petition the House Of Representatives
cOnn Of Texas Senator Connaly and Senator Mcclellan Of Ten
natural that the Attorney General
friend Of his the people this
community wish TO legal ynchng in Columbia Tennessee they
pressure Clark they possibly
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tons already organized.
1t doesn't pull any punches on
the race question. 1t doesn't ap-
prove Of segregation, and won't
have anything to do with any move
that does.
Here in Washington, Jim Baker,
ex-seTgeant, is editor of the or
ganization's paper, "Agenda," and
was vice president until he decided
to devote all his time to editing the
paper. Nothing wrong with the
ave, Joe.
The American Veterans Of World
War ii (AMVETS):
If you get this outfit confused
with the AVG, you won't be con-
fused long because the Amvets
hedge on the race question.
They have gone all out for col
ored membership but when they got
together recently and decided to
buy a swanky housing project here
in Washington, they wouldn't let
colored vets in on the deal because
it would have meant white and
colored families living in the same
project.
It's a strong organization-but
not for my money.
The American Legion:
No doubt about this outfit being
one of the strongest, but it advo-
Gates all-colored Legion chapters in
Washington and throughout the
South, and we just got through
saying we amt for any all-colored
anything, anywhere. Hold the dice
Joe-they can get faded from us!
The Veterans of Foreign Wars:
Same as the American Legion
where you and | are concerned. Put
the dice away, Joe.
All of these outfits and many
more will be represented at Chi.
cago on April 6 so come up anC
let's hear what they have to say
after having a few beers, Joe.
Yours in the service,
Jim.
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Minnesota Political Roundup
BY Arthur Naftalin

Was Harold SaSSens decision Henrik Shpead
Washington appear think Walter Rdder
Paul Pioneer Press described informal poll
correspondents and found them unanimously agreed that the
bad mistake Rdder said the feeling
lack Of title and that speech making his
for continued attention has its limitations
interesting The feel.
Stassen Republican
aenated by impeng the Republican
generally believed will defeat
Shpd the chances ecng Supreme Court Justice ioungdah
considerably than had they remained the gubeTnatOr
taking the Senate fight Election of Democratic
would be serious blot StaeRs political eseutehOn
Delegates Labor
fight An informal poll delegates revealed that
greater Shpstead will
that Tye popularity combined with his Stan support
would probably win him the primary election.
Many delegates pOe said that the charge that Stassn had hand
picked ye They said that the method
presenting Thye YOungdah for the gOvernoshp had
Others would unqueOnab subsde
did after the selection Of Thye the candidate
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large segment of the people is de-
voted to the task that prejudice
can be outlawed by laws entered
upon the statutes. The ideal is
not common to America, alone; the
view is worldwide and the Ameri-
can campaigners for equal rights
and the Outlawing of prejudice by
legal means have supporters in
France, England, India, Africa,
Russia and in many other cOun-
tries.
The Russians are credited with
being the only tophight civilized
nation that has succeeded in con-
trolling the outward manifesto
tons Of prejudice through strin-
gent laws and regulations. The
idea has not worked out in America.
There are isolated instances where
it seems good beginnings have been
recorded, but in the main, friction
due to race, color. religion and ma
tional origin seems to be on the
increase in spite of rationalizing
in the press, pulpit and on the
radio.
Prejudices most common on the
American scene are those that have
to do with social contact. The
economic factor also produces its
share, but the anti-racial attitudes
that are famed into the biggest
flame come in any attempts to sell
a minority group such as the Ne
gro, or the jew as a social equal
and n fitting candidate for inter
marriage or other contacts that are
of social import. There are jobs
in many brackets Of the employ
ment picture where persons of diff
ferent races work together in per
feet harmony so long as the inn
mediate task keeps their minds and
hands occupied, but who, off the
job, are filled with hatred, bias and
contempt for their fellow workers
who are unlike themselves physical
ly or religiously.
There are some who contend that
the first step to bring about inter
racial harmony and goodwill is to
| put into effect laws against those
who would act or be influenced into
things contrary. Their argument
is: # the law is put into the books
then the task of electing officials
to enforce the law won't be as hard
as the effort to push through the
legislation. They finally wind up
with the opinion that somewhere
somehow, things will work out
Meantime, they want the law tC
specifically state that it is for
hidden to do this or do that To EN-.
barrass, discomfort, or to take ad
vantage Of their fellow man.
The Negroes future, in the hand.
Of the equality by law group, is cur,
rently tied up in, D fair employ
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New York on behalf of the FEPC
illustrates very well the sort of
alliance between Negro organiza-
tons and organized labor which will
help to give us a much more pro-
gressive Congress in future cleo
tons if it can be extended through
out the country. Official repre-
Sentatives Of the AFL and the CLIO
as well as individual progressive
unions joined with representatives
of Negro organizations in pledging
continued active work on behalf of
the bill for a permanent FEPC.
Negroes form one-tenth of the
population. But they do not fur
nish one-tenth Of the members Of
professions like engineering, medi-
cine, or law, which are most highly
paid, or one-tenth Of the United
States Senators, Representatives, or
State Governors. A very large part
Of this is due Of course to racial
prejudice. But much of it is due
to the economic handicaps from
which Negroes as a group suffer.
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divided among themselves and re-
fuse to take advantage of the ex-
tended hand Of white ministers, who
get up courage enough to proffer
their hands. The amazing truth of
the whole situation is that there
are lots of men of the cloth and
their associates who have a vested
interest in jim crow churches. Seq
regated churches are the chief
sponsors of segregation for profit.
When | go to Chicago and other
Northern cities and see the num-
Der of Negro churches bearing all
sorts of names under the sun, | am
surprised because just cannot be-
lieve that the host of Negroes who
migrated North in the twenties,
should have gone into The already
established churches in the commu-
mites where they settled rather
than set up store-frOnt Negro
churches-most of which are rack
cts.
Working to build the kind of man
we must have when we have done
away with race segregation and the
discrimination, | recommend the
pattern for a future society as out
lined and promulgated by the Ma
tiOnal Spiritual Assembly of the
Bahais of the United States and
Canada.
| find that the Bahais, even in
the deep South, are the only group
which includes persons of all races
with various religious backgrounds
who are building the type of men
and women to live, love, worship
and work on the basis of total
equality. These people seem tC
know where they are going-what
the world tomorrow must be like
if we are to live, grow and be hap
Ply. The headquarters of the Ma,
tional Spiritual Assembly is at Will,
mette, Ill.
The $3,OOO;OOO Bahai Temple
there on the shores of Lake Mich.
gan is the center of this ideal way
Of life in the Occident which is
shaping world future society.
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Dear Joe
By JAMES L. HICKS

Dear Joe:
Dear Joe:
Have you joined a veterans or
ganizatiOn yet?
Well it's about time you made up
your mind, and Chicago on April
6 will be a good place to do it.
Don't ask me what outfit you
should join, Joe-take a good look
around and make up your own mind.
While you are looking here are a
few suggestions:
Provisional Committee For A Ma
tional Veterans Organization:
Veterans from all over the ma
ton have been invited to Chicago
by this Committee to form a ma
tiOnal organization which will fight
for the rights of colored veterans
of World War II.
They haven't organized the whole
setup yet, Joe, and here is chance
for you to get in on the ground floor
if the outfit meets your approval.
It's not an all colored organiza-
ton. If it were, you can bet your
life it would not be mentioned in
this column for | am for nuthing
that's all cullud, Joe.
Bert Alves, who is acting chair
man of the committee until you and
you elect somebody in Chicago, is
an all RIGHT uyuv and Union I Say
that, it is based on sweating out
"a months with him in the South
west Pacific.
We're not telling you to join,
Joe-but from where we sit it looks
like a good deal-and the women in
Chicago sure are fine.
The American Veterans Commit
tee (AVC):
This outfit looks the best for my
IL IL =. -.
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LETTERS
Former Exalted Ruler
OF AmeS Lodge l06
Lauds Aquatennial

Editor: 1t is with great pleasure
that | write these few lines to
commend you for the spirit with
which you and your staff are get
ting the Aquatennial idea before
the people Of Minneapolis and vicin-
ity, and also i would like to COM
mend Jimmy Slemmons for the
grand thought of having a float in
the parade. If you can recall, it
was during my reign as exalted
ruler of Ames Lodge LOG, a few
years ago, that a very fine drum
and bugle corps was organized by
me, and took part in the first Aqua
tennial parade. The silver cup that
was won as a first prize by that
corps is still in the Ames Lodge
home. AS l read your paper each
week, | am indeed proud to know
that Minneapolis will again be ac-
tive in such an affair.
AS you know, some of US have
had to seek employment in other
parts of the country, and | chose
Washington, D. c., of all places
| am doing very well here, so
can't kick too much, but after hav-
ing spent so many fine years in
the grand state of Minnesota where
one can at least hKeathe good fresh
air, vote, and enA a few of the
things that are due US, |, like Cen
eral Macarthur, will be back" in
the near future.
| heartily endorse the program
sponsoring a float for the Aqua
tennial parade, and so l am enclos
ing a check for two dollars $500
as my donation towards its success.
Please turn it over to the proper
committee along with my bes,
wishes for it's success. | surely
enjoy reading Nellie Dodson Rus
sells column. Best regards to the
staff.
Sincerely,
NJ. o. Culberson
851 2lst St. N. E.
Washington 2, D. c.
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The Deep South Speaks
BY Robert Durr

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-Famed Lii ,
liam Smith came to, saw and con-
quered Birmingham last week. The
Association of University Women
(white) sponsored her coming to
what is called the Magic City of
the South" After her address, she
visited the YWCA to talk to a
group of Negroes and whites.
Miss Smith makes a better pre-
sentatiOn of the Negro cause than
the average professional Negro
leader. She not only knows the
baneful effects of race segregation
insofar as the Negro is concerned,
but knows that il wrecks the per-
sOnality of the white person who
harbOrs it.
when hear Negroes say, give
us equal job opportunities, educa-
tional facilities, decent housing and
health facilities, and we will be
satisfied. | know, and you know,
they are lying" She told of a man in
St. Louis who asked, What does
the Negro want?" In sort of
sincere puzzled way, Miss Smith
reports that her reply was, he
wants everything you want Tor
you ana yours mat IS the simple
caIegoricaI answer 10 that question
North, South, East or West.
Miss Smith is greatly concerned
with the seriousness of the prob
lem Of evolving people fast enough
so that when race segregation is
done away with. white and blacks
VIII De able TO hve together without
tearing at each DINERS thrOatS. ms
orlngs us race 10 race "lth TINS
business OF making inner people
WINE Datthhg lot aDoHtIOn OF race
segregation ana discrimination.
1t is a healthy sign when the
enlightened white women in the
South become bold enough to spOn-
sor the appearance of Miss Smith
in the heart of the deep South. 1t
is the new South reaching out for
the truth which will set the South
free. This new South is rising from
the pig sty" of ignorance, super
sutton ana blgotry. II WILL OF
course nave 10 struggle against
reactiohlSm' ana the driVe wltnln
the Negro group 10 ready the Ne
gro people 10 meet other ehlignteh-
ed ana loI"aru marching 1oik on
oaSlS OF eGuality Is one OF the
greatest challenges ever TO lace
tne Negro people II they rise 70
the occasion; they may take the
steam out OF the posSlhie CROWN
vi laScls"l Ill t'le oiilVeu o'a'eS'
Malcolm DObbs, executive secre.
tary Of the Committee for Alabama
an arm of the Southern Conference
for Human Welfare. tells us that
we are at the cross roads in the
deep South today; that there is nc
standing still, we go forward OIL
we go backward to fascism as a
way of life. He has the feeling
that there must be unity of progress
sive and enlightened forces on al
fronts, and that We must fight IL
such way as not to sacrifice OuI
informed and constructive leaders
to the wolves.
Miss Smith in her Birmingham
talk called attention TO the efFec'
| of HitIer's 1S wears of teachins
nazism to the German people
its leading to destruction al limos
Of civilization. She pointed GU
that in the South. nazism of a sor
has been drilled into the people 70,
over 400 wears, and that the tasI
of "uneducating" and re-educatini
the unsound traditionalists is tire