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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29
Urbon League Annuol Meeting
Carey McWilliams Blasts
Pessimism on Race Issue;
Uses Science as Debunker

Carey McWilliams, nationally
known expert on racial minority
problems, told an audience of 400
people at the goth annual ami
versary celebration of the Mime
apolis Urban League, Tuesday eve
ming, at Wesley church, that pes
simism enshrOuds the whole sub
ject" of race relations in America
today, but he didn't share the pes
simism.
McWilliams, breaking down with
established scientific facts, the fall
lacies commonly held about minor
ity groups, said that elements Of
racial and cultural differences have
little to do with the problem Of
race itself.
He told the audience the term
race" is essentially meaningless
and ought to be dropped from the
modern vocabulary because it can
only refer to a few biological
characteristics between races, such
as color of skin, and hair struc-
lures, when there are much more
astonishing differences within the
racial groups themselves. He said
there are no pure races in the world
today, no pure cultures, and that
there is no general correlation be-
tween race and intelligence.
There are no superior races and
no inferior races as such" McWil-
liams stated, land there is no cor
relation between race and culture"
He cited a number of scientific
experiments to prove prejudice
against minority groups is based
purely on stereOtyped ideas acquir-
ed in the home, the school, or the
neighbOrhOod, rather than on in
herited or instructive factors. Race
prejudice is a product of social
conditioning" he concluded.
He charged many Americans to-
day with being victims of a schizo-
phrenic divided philosophy of pay
ing homage to the Bill of Rights
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29
Florida Senator Asks
Abolition of Poll Tax

WASHINGTON. d. c. (NNPA)
The essential characteristics Of
democracy is the right to vote and
a poll tax on the vote is a denial
If this democratic process, Senator
Claude Pepner. Democrat. Of Flor
ida. declared last Wednesday.
Anpealing To the American peo-
pie over a nationwide radio hook
up to urge their Senators to support
the arti-poIl tax bill. Senator Pep
per referred to the costly war for
freedom and said 1--WE must over
come every obstacle tn the enjoy
ment Of that freedom"
Among other southerners TO urge
passage Of anti-poll tax legislation
here last week was Barry Bing-
ham. publisher Of the Louisville
Courier-Journal, recently discharg-
ed from the Navy.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29
ID. c. Boxing Commission
Denies Fighter Petition

WASHINGTON, d. c. (NNPA)
The District of Columbia Boxing
Commission last Tuesday denied
the petition of John Garner, boxer
who was recently discharged from
the Army Air Forces, for rein
statement to box in the District.
Garner was suspended indef-
nitely by the District Commission
following his confession that he
"took a dive" in a local bout with
Tee Hubert about three years ago.
Despite Gamers confession, the
commission refused to accept the
story and ruled that Hubert had
beaten Garner by an honest knock
out. Other members of the local
boxing picture were suspended at
the same time for shorter periods;
Garner is the only one still under
suspension.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29
Five Men Awarded
SeIectiye Service Medals

WASHINGTON, d. c. (NNPA)
DIR. Claiming H. Tobias, senior
secretary Of the National Council
of the Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION, was among FIVE Negro
men awarded the Selective Service
Medal here last Tuesday for pa
triotic services rendered without
compensation.
The other men receiving the
award were DR.. John W. Lawlah,
dean Of Howard University Medi-
cal School; DR.. Martin D. Jenkins,
associate professor Of education at
Howard; DR.. William o. Clayton,
Washington dentist, and julius A.
Thomas, director, department Of in.
dustrial relations of the National
Urban League.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29

tees. In the other thirty-four cases
the commissioners succeeded in end
ing violations, they reported.
THE commission is under no
delusiOn," the report said, that
discriminatory employment
practices have been eliminated
or that the relatively small
number Of complaints fled are
indicative Of the extent Of such
discrimination. II recognizes
that elimination Of discrimina-
ton must be the result Of I'M
firing effort not only in the en-
fOreement Of that statute but
in a program Of education"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29

the remaining seyenty-five
cases the commissioners found
evidence of discrimination and
were able to eliminate the un-
lawful practices by conference
and Cancellation, the report
said.
The largest groups Of complaints
were Negro workers, who filed lO5
complaints; Jews, who filed fifty
eight, and persons Of Italian ex-
traction, who filed twenty-five.
The commission itself initiated
seventy-nine investigations an d
closed forty-six, twelve having fail
ed to disclose any unlawful prac-
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29
NAACP Issues Worning
To Public on Funds
For Tennessee Aid

NEW YORK CITY--Attorney
Alexander LOBBY Of Nashville,
Tenn, member Of the NAACP
national legal committee, en-
phasized this week that the
NAACP is the only organization
authorized by the defendants
to represent them legally and
that funds collected by the
NAACP will be used for their
legal defense and for publiciz-
ing the case. Contributions TO
the defense fund should be sent
TO the NAACP, 20 West doth
St., New York IS, N. Y. Checks
can be made payable to the
NAACP, or to Mary White Ov-
inRton, treasurer.
II has been learned that an
other organization has been
hurriedlv formed in Washing
ton, d. c., and is seeking a fund
Of $4,000 ito cover the cost Of
field organization work and a
money raising campaign"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29
Bus Driver Is Fined
For Soldier Bus Custer

WASHINGTON. D. C. (NNPA)
&C. C. Battershall, regional man
ager Of the Pennsylvania Grey
hound Bus Lines, said last Tuesday,
that the bus driver who requested
a military policeman to order two
Negro soldiers off a Greyhound bus
recently when they refused to take
a rear scat had been disciplined by
a fine. The amount Of the fine was
not disclosed.
"You know how it is" Mr.. Bat
tershall said. "you can talk your
head off. but the only language
some Of these fellows understand
is a lick in the pocketbook."
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29
Morse Speaks Here:
Oregon Scion
Blasts FEPC
Partisan Fight

Rv Rev. Clarence T. r. Nelson
'The fight for the enactment Of
'Ho hill for pnruaner+ FH'r Fn-
~Iov-rant Practices Commission
should have been non-partisan," &C.
""rdinO IN Senator Wavne L. Morse
tR.. 0re.l. to more than nne thou
sand members If the Midland Co
lucrative Wholesale annual con-
ventinn in the Nicollet hotel, Tues
dav ni0ht.
SpeakinR on the subject. "This Is
Your Government" the out-spoken
OREGON Senator. who was one If
the Republican leaders in the battle
10 secure the passaUn Of the hill for
a nermarent PEPC when it was
hefore the Senate last month,
s"ornd the fihuster that forced the
hill 70 he Withdrawn from the floor
~ the Senate after the vote for
"'otura had failed nv ei0ht votes.
The Democratic and Republican
Sarators sh0ulH have sunnOrted this
legislation, Senator Morse declared.
No ~halIor~ad the Administration
forces to "stop preaching about
what should he done for rninnrities
"rd do somnthiro for them" n
tha Administration Democraticl
forces had really wanted the FEPC
Hill nassed. " could have Senator
Morse said. "There isn't much that
""n he said for my own party in
the waiter"
Majority Rule Threatened
He scored the MINORITY leader.
Senator Wallace White If Maine
Gov MAKING snanch Draising the
Slibrstar 1.-THE filibnster procedure
is threatening m drive majority
rule from the Senate" he said.
"The ri0ht TO majority rule cannot
exist as long as the Senate nermits
rniNoritv rule tn remain through
the threats Of filibuster by wilful
mirnritv."
Senator Morse pointed out that
the use If the Rlibuster not CSly
made II impossible for legislation
favorable to the so-called minori-
ties to he passed in the Senate, but
that likewise LEGISLATION for the
majority is imneriled. He men,
toned specifically the proposed
minimum wage law and the British
loan. Senator Morse declared that
he believes intellectually in the
merits of the bill for permanent
FEPC. 1t was Morse who proposed
that the Senate meet in continuous
enty-four-hour-a-day sessions to
break the filibuster against the
FEPC.
In speaking about the merits of
the legislation he said that the bill
pledges itself to uphold the con-
stitutional rights of all citizens to
secure employment without dis
elimination. eve have Just waged
a war that was won on the basis of
equality for all and I urge you all
to become students of legislation
that would bring economic equality
to all"
Condemns IsOlatiOnalism
After a fortnight condemnation
If isolationism, nationally. polit-
ically or economically, Senator
Morse made a plea for the support
IF the United Nations Organiza-
ton.
He closed his address with the
warning that possible war will not
find nations aligned against ma
tions, but peoples against peoples.
ard then history will record the end
of the supremacy Of the white race
over the colored races of the world.
The Rev. BENJAMIN N. Moore,
pastor of the St. James A.M.E.
church, is a member of the Board
of Directors of the Midland CO.
operatives.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29

still in the active file on March !.
Under the law one of the COM
missioners handles each investiga-
ton and if his recommendations
are not followed the case is re-
ferred for a hearing by three other
members Of the commission. A
formal order by the commission is
subject to review by the Supreme
Court and appeal to the Court Of
Appeals.
OF the 224 cases disposed Of,
l7S were based on individual
complaints. Eleven Of these
were withdrawn or abandoned,
fifty-fve were dismissed on
iurisdietiOnal grounds and
thirty-seven on the merits. In
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29
St. Peters Group
Sponsors Repeat
Recital of Group

The requested repeat perform
ance of the recital sponsoring
Louraine Chivers, Constance Chiv-
ers and Doris Escue will be held
Sunday, March 81, at 1880 p. m. at
St. Peters AME church under the
sponsorship Of the Pastors Aid.
Mrs. Katherine V. FObes will ac-
company Mrs. Chivers.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29

ford. Mrs. A. D. Adams, Mrs.
James Sisson, George Whitley,
Walter Humhurd, Albert H. Wal
lace, Bob Miller, Mrs. Katherine
Anderson. Leroy Anderson, Leroy
Landry, Mary Jane CYRUS, Ralph
Ward, Guy Hawkins, Walter Sims,
l.. Harris, ]. Collins, Jr. Mrs. Cora
Lane, Clarrissa Lawson, Anna Ora
ham, Harry S. Brown, Leo Lewis,
and Brewer Lee Clark.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29
G.I. Bill Useless
To Southern Negro Vet

PHILADELPHIA (NNPA)-The
CT Bill Of Rights means nothing"
to the Negro veteran in the South,
whose inadequate schooling facili-
ties of the past have not improved
since the bill was passed.
That statement was made last
Friday by A. Phillip Randolph, in
ternational president of the Broth
erhood of Sleeping Car Porters and
co-chairman Of the National Coun-
ell for a Permanent Fair Employ
ment Practices Commission.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29


There are two aspects to this
case" White said, both Of which
are Of the greatest Importance. One
Is the adequate legal defense of
those who have been arrested and
charged with crime. This Is the
first consideration"
White said that the second inn
portant feature Of the case was in
arousing public opinion through
mass meetings, leaflets and pro-
tests TO bring the guilty narties TO
justice and to prevent the occur
renee at Columbia from becoming
the pattern to be used by other
communities,
A series OF mass meetings IL he
ing arranged in 10 key cities, with
smaller gatherings scattered in a
score Of other cities where the case
will be publicized.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29
Short Views
OF the
News


WASHINGTON, D. c. (NNPA)
The Court of Appeals last Mon
day affirmed a decision Of the So
cial Security Board denying insur-
ance benefits to Mrs. Eva Hill
Thompson as the widow of wage
Garner.
The Board found, on conflicting
evidence, that Mrs, Thompson was
not living with the wage-earner at
the time Of his death and therefore
was not entitled to benefits.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29

low rent housing developments at
the Central Offices of the Chicago
Housing Authority, it was an
nOunced this week. Bonaparte has
been acting as housing manager
If the Ida B. Wells Homes in Chi
cagO, and has been connected with
the project since 1910 in tenant
selection and management posi-
lions. A graduate Of Hamline
University in St. Paul, he also holds
a Masters degree from Atlanta
School of Social Work. He is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Chap
man, TOT st. Anthony Ave. St.
Paul, and brother Of Mrs. Walter
Ridley Of the same address.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29
Cpl. Robert tones
Presumed Decd
In South Poetic

Mr.. and Mrs. J. d. Jones. 854 W.
Central Ave. were recentlv notified
by the Wsr Department, that their
son, Cpl. Robert L. Jones, %, who
was reDorted missing after the
crash Of a plane. Jan. IL, two miles
off Nature Islands, is now de-
clared dead. The entire crew Of
six, and twenty-three passengers
were killed during the trim to
Hawaii TO participate in the South
Pacific Olympics.
Cpl. Jones. brother Of Ralph
Jones Of this city, attended the
Mechanic Arts school. and was ac-
tive in sports, receiving letters in
football. He was lifeguard Of his
company overseas, and would have
sDent three wears in the service, the
sixth Of this month.
Requiem high mass will be said
Friday March 20, at a. m. at St.
Peter Claver church. with Father
Jerome Luger officiating.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29
Abolish Poll Tax
Saws EX-TeXaS Governor

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (NNPA)-
Southern leaders were urged last
Friday night by former Governor
James C. Alfred of Texas, to take
immediate steps to abolish the poll
tax by State action as a move to
bring more voters to the polls.
Alfred told the attorneys general
of Is Southern states that, if the
states abolish the poll tax, then
Southern Senators will not have to
flibuster to kill a similar Federal
law. He said the proposed Federal
anti-poll tax law was unconstitu-
tional.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29
DFL PLATFORM
ON NEGRO RIGHTS

The platform Of the Minnesota
State Farmer-Labor Association
and the Ramsey and Hennepin
County DFL Party conventions
contained demands that democracy
be extended by law to all citizens.
Specifically the resolutions en-
dorsed FEPC legislation, the anti
poll tax bill and anti-lynching leg
islAtion.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29
CORRECTION

An error of a misplaced line
placed the name Of the late Eliza
beth Van Hook in a house for sale
classified ad In the March % edi-
ton Of this paper. The Van Hook
house is not for sale and this paper
is sorry that the error has caused
the bereaved family Of Mrs. Van
Hook any Inconvenience.
VISITORS
Recent visitors 70 the Minneapolis ohlee
Of this Newspaper were y. A. MaeDonald.
Alberta Province. Canada: Charles
ChAuneey. 7Ob 7th Ave. ". DR.. Kenneth
I. MeIvsr, Youngstown, Ohio Charles I.
Horn, Minneapolis; Ashhy GAskins, Mime
apolis Captain Robert W, Hain.worth.
Houston, Texas: Gerald W. Lewis. Mime
apolis; Geo. Tyrrell. Minneapolis Aibert
Washington. II. Minneapolis Leonard
Smith. Minneapolis Ray Yeats, New YORK
City. New York: Christine caTruthera.
Minneapolis Mrs, A. L. Kirk. Minneapolis.
Visitors to the ST. Paul odiee; Mra.
Theo y. Nixon. Cleveland, Ohio: Father
Jerome Luger. SiS Fuller Ave.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29
Russell Duo Appears
I'm WTCN Air

Mr. and Mrs. Chester Russell
appeared as guest artists on Judy
COrning's program, "The New
World" WTCN, Wednesday, March
20, at l:15 p. m. They were inter
viewed, and Mr.. Russell sang three
numbers, "Old Man River" Might
and Day" and Trees"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29
Seven Twin City Girls Enter
Finals for Aauatennial Queen

girls running this aqua
enna Personality Queen the by the SOcae
club.
Coming through the finals were: Mary Jane Cyrus 755
Carroll Ave, St Paul. Gloria Wright SAB Fuller Ave, ST. Paul.
Janet Ann Starkes S9 18th Ave s. Minneapolis; Leila Taylor
1916 Bryant Ave. NJ Minneapolis Juana Nevis 2750 Clinton
Ave. Minneapolis; 29O6 Portland Ave S. Mime
apois, and Bonistella Jones, 1908 Olson Blvd
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt Heads
National Committee to Aid
Legal Defense for Tennesseans

NEW YORK-Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt and DR.. Charming
Tobias will cohaimen Of the national committee
mobilize public support for the 100 Negroes arrested and
charged with oenses in connection with the Columbia Tenn,
riot of February 1928 1t announced this week by Walter
White executive SECRETARY of the NAACP.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29
April 7 and April 28
To Be Aquatennial
Button Day" i'm Cities

Sunday has been Aquatennal Button Day in
Paul and Sunday April g. will be Aquatenna Button Day IN
this week by the committee in charge
preparations will be sold for SOO apiece
volunteer Of
fund for the float to be entered
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29
Don 6Onaparte
Named to Chicago
Housing Authority

Don r. Bonaparte, Jr., formerly
# st. Paul, was named assistant
"eneral HOUSING manager for all
of the Chicago Housing Authority's
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29
InteEEacial Commission on Job AgGin:
Survey Starts to Probe
Negro Housing Conditions,
Problems i'm Two Cities

Twin City survey to ascertain conditions affecting
Negro housing in Minneapolis and St. Paul underway
this week announced Tuesday by the office of Governor
Edward Thye.
Physical and sanitary conditions the amount of over
croWdng rent costs and other factors will be
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29
Note to Minneapolis City Council and Employers:
New York State Reports Anti-Bias Law
Is Working to Benefit of Everyone;
Over Half of Cases Settled Quietly


Thursday tina the frt
law has prOvedi IN workable
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29

Manomin, or wild rice, usually
yields one bumper crop, two fair
crops, and one poor crop every four
years In Minnesota.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29
ATTEND LEVY
.EVY
FUNERAL. RITES

r u ~ Email III AsD
Among the Out-of-town people
attending the funeral rites for
Joseph B. Levy, were Leroy Brom-
field of Chicago, and Ernest and
Leroy Bib Of st. Louis. The Bibbs
are brothers Of the late Irene Levy,
wife of the deceased.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29
DIR. James Miree
Here Visiting
ETs, ,

DR.. James Miree Of Minneapolis
has returned to the city to spend
some time with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Miree, Sr., 80i Cedar
Ave. DR.. Miree, who received his
discharge as a first lieutenant from
the Army Medical Corps in Jan
uary, has been visiting in the east.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29

COMING - ST. THOMAS AN
NITAL STYLE REVUE. EASTER
MONDAY, APRIL 22.-Advt.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29
Leo BOhanOn
Arrives Home
From Overseas

Leo Bohanon, Of Minneapolis,
welfare officer for UNRRA, arrived
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-29

Postal money order service was
established May II, 1854.
Kodiak mirror., 1946-05-04
Comedy Features
 MacMurray, HiIIbilIies

Murder, He Says" arriving at the Orpheum theatre for a 2, day showing Sunday and Mon day, is preceded by a wealth ol advance reports heralding this Fred MacMurray starrer as the comedy to top all comedies.
 The story offers Fred as poll taker who's assigned to test pub lie opinion in a remote back woods community. There he meets the Fleag!es, a rough and tumble shootin' family, who have a fondness for feuding, especially with strangers.
 Mabel Paige plays Grandma Fleagle, Marjorle Man is Ma, Peter Whitney is twins and Por- ter Hall IS Pa-all having thelr own separate ideas about $7000 buriedain the back yard, which they think MacMurray is after.
 The shenanigans hit a mad and merry pace, with two love- lies, Jean Heater and Helen Wal ker, making Fred's fife miserable and happy by turns.
 A scintillating story, "Murder, He Says" was written by Dal- ton Trumbo and Jack Moffit and directed by George Marshall.
Kodiak mirror., 1946-05-04
Town Topical

"With summer coming on... Why stay at home in an over hot kitchen when you can enjoy those deIlcious Gull of FRESH ,egetables) dishes at the Yum Yum?
 Chop Suey, Chow Mein, Foo yung, Noodles, Sweet < Sour, as only the Yum Yum can make them; to say nothing of that Creole Gumbo, Creole Okra soup and Italian Spaghetti that melt in your mouth
 Orders sent out from 6 pm o 3 am. Party orders for as many as twenty on short notice, pip ing hot to your table Closed on Mondays hereafter.
 It's that good eatin'-
 um Yum
Kodiak mirror., 1946-05-04

Bill Robertson, son of MT, and Mrs. William Robertson Of this city, has joined the Merchant Marine m Seattle, and will leave in a week for Yokohama oh the Boucher, a Victory Ship.
 Bill completed school here this year.
Kodiak mirror., 1946-05-04
Base Clinic

(contlnued from page D
 ton said: "The Alaska OPA has suggested to the base command CT that Price and Rent Control Clinic be established at this base, similar to those already in opera tion at Ladd tield, Fairbanks, the Nome Air Base and Fort Richardson at Anchorage {"
 Captain Lyons has approved of the procedure l. and under this new procedure a serviceman or civilian employe at the base who feels he has been charged a price that is out of line W Il re- port it to the Civil Readjustment Officer in the Administration building, who will act as the Liaison officer for this clinic on the base"
 Pointing out that in so many cases in Alaska navy and army personnel. a long way from home, are unable to judge whether his- toricaIly higher Alaska prices were justified or overcharges, Mrs. Burlington explained that under this new arrangement the matter will be referred to the towns OPA board for determin- ation
 K diak's local board, she said, is the clearing housing for price and rent problems, of consumer and tradesman, or landlord alike. In case they are unable to arrive at mutually satisfactory settle ment through a compliance ccn- ference with the merchant or in- dividual named in an inquiry or complaint, then, the speaker ex- plained, they make aIrecommend- ation for investigatiye action which will result in a fair deci- sion
 . In concluding, Mrs. Burlington said: "The Naval-OPA clinic at the base is merely a connecting link between base personnel and the town board-the committee of Kodiak citizens" who want to helo you people who are either temporary or longer term neigh- bors of theirs .. as well as to help their own townspeople to understand each others postwar price and rent problems. It's just IS simple as thatp'