St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29

went to the Minneapolis Urban League dinner
and program a Wesley church. Tuesday night
cause am interested in the work of the League am
especially interested in the people who have the say
in forming its policy and in whether of them E7
are performing ipservice and merely lending their nj
distinguished names, whether they sincere
community intertrociaI goodwill. As a newspaper
writer it essential that have this information so
night dinner was NELL RUSSELL
listeners gOod listeners a unhappy enough
Ra @ TOGh e a Without the s
Tuesday, am glad to report, were brief
Of with simple unPdonsd facts made the paadnoas
rambs usually hears the subject sound like
e never tel t 3 need s these things
During dinner Wendell Jones of the Minneapolis NAACP board
sat left and he made suggestion wish could be carried
Of COoge People and make National Association for the Advance
for all peoples and believe that the
organized bigoy greater support from all classes
t the 5 LADY %Ro
d UP the eg on tine o GH recently when she was pre-
NNPA release from washington stated that admitted
Negro being lousy lovers
hat GFs WITH @ aS sHs
% n SH Of @s Ss a
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although en e 6Ssss if Sm TS to his
been & Se f F9 be R sn not EG y
judges to journalistic talent want to know that the
bandwagOn for next
am repriqing Amena's letter verbatim:
Dear Mrs. Russell:
Because have long had special admiration your
your column The Way See It, of March
you of Misrepresentation concerning the Wlie award
During informal chat with being
the object of Interrogation navey remarked that Mrs
Eugene Meyer wife Of the publisher of the Washington P had
she the article the
the committee to reading stuff.
I'm the first place said article called Negroes lousy
wouldn't be guilty Of such libel And the
was not mace me Tor IT, but IN the words Of Dr. Douglas Freeman
for general excellence ed
a There mention made the article
ur aShoh ana beVe the brethren taught such lesson
that shall be less formal than
Il also sharp disagreement with experiences
the absence Negroes the awards committee Even with
acting in advisory they almost
with their politics exceedingly
unpopular choice for
NNPA National Negro Publishers Association.
You print this letter if you like If you DON'T you
Negroes lovers busness
am chagrned the What did
function all they might be better employed
Again thank you for kindness and best wishes.
"Amena Davis, Editor,
SHORT SHOTS Senator Harold Harrison came into the office
tuesday afternoon and donated five dollars the fund
Negro boys to the HY Boy Legislature" held
KIDS will take and introduce bills legislation
just like the regular politics doonly they'll
Bgs! You help by that Perry
member of the Central HY Cavalier chapter gets
Ann Pry THE Street" won't seem one-haf
as ng after you've read AIMS excellent novel She
sta then sat down and besteer Haw
publishers never learn do they? Watch for kind program
some OF the LOUD mouths who making the noise about the
Aquanna float being egregaed because
5 TO me ma never open Their YapPero about segregated
reheaug excl Willie
Burre who promises that the whole will
parade, July.