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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-01-18

The Democratic party Is going
TO have to answer In l94S as TO why
the FEPC and the Poll Tax bills
were not passed. Il Is going to
have 10 answer for its attitude on
Negro soldiers and veterans. Its
submission 60 southern demagogues
like Bilbo, Rankin and Bailey. will
In due time have To be accounted
for. and no series Of appointments
Is going 10 prevent that from hap
peninH.
What the Negro needs IL jobs.
equal pay for equal work and the
right to the ballot in states like
Mississippi, Virginia, Louisiana and
South Carolina, where the Poll Tax
keeps him and poor whites from
exercising their political rights.
He needs equal educational oppor-
tunities all over the South and any
effort, whether subtle or open, to
deny these, by either the Demo
cratic or Republican party. is an
engagement with the damned and
the doomed.
The Democratic party cannot
stay in power without the Negro
vote in states like New York.
Pennsylvania, Illinois and Ohio.
History will show few instances
when either party came into power
against a vote to the contrary in
these three states. When they
swing away from the Republican
party in leIs they will possibly
carry with them the presidency.
What Mr.. Truman needs is a
ssmblAnee Of RooSeveltian CUTS and
gall, coupled with u little Roose-
vsltian political sagNcity. Without
these he Is sure 70 lead the party
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-01-18
Only One LYnching

In the just closed the United States recorded ynchE
Al the the $50 ynched single
As late 1885, mobs committed 20 murders.
The nation making from lynch law and that Is
hne Il has though In the elimination Of all the mob
pdess and ntOeranss which lie often at the Of lynch law
That Is harder task Is thing boast that out
growing mob sAvagees toward the Negro (which Is ue and
quite another dealing with him basis Of
ableness and justice (which obviously mott.
The Improvement the Negroes lot hsld which still
challenges Americas equity and fair To that there
only ynchng l9A6 underseOe negative On
positive sde much before social conscience
can be csarOds-Mlnneapohs Daily Times
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-01-18
Why Not q Special Session

In the general about special
state housing situation who will lose calling
session. Certainly there plenty Of
the housing situation when Minneapolis
trailsrs for returned veterans their families.
Additional proof Of the housing shortage which Governor Ed
Thye and Roy Dunn doubt found
ing situation for University students
1t all adds the fact that
Legislature will housing enabling which would aid the public
housing It's imagine what
low cost public housing for We people
high political places obviously playing the vested
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-01-18

can do all that later.
Right now they should be in the
middle Of a campaign TO organize
every veteran they can lay their
hands on so that they will have the
Organizational strength TO make
good their demands. For example:
in large cities such as New York,
Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Los
Angeles, and Philadelphia, the Ne
gro soldier vet should play u domi-
mating role in the total ballot Of
the Negro population in electing
candidates whose elevation to public
office will most affect the race.
Soldiers know what the score Is
better than those left here at home.
Unless they assert themselves now,
the battle will be lost, possibly until
the next great war.
The waves Of resentment over
popular issues expressed by the
soldiers while abroad should now be
crystallized into action. The man
who sweated it out in u foxhole
over there, should most certainly be
in u superior position back home.
The unions have taken over the
front pages in a concentrated de-
mand for higher wages, better
working conditions, etc. They'll win
that fight. The unions have moved
into politics and can swing a presi-
Dental election. Labor in the post
war world will be the governing
factor unless the veterans, many Of
whom were not in organized labor
before they went in, assert them
selves with their own organizations
and their own agencies for improve
ment Of the popular lot. Some day
the veteran will regret his failure
to take hold today while the iron
was still hot.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-01-18

l043, repeating AAHh
the Chinese Exclusion law, an an
nual quota Of 1O5 was set for
Chinese. This was done as a ges-
ture Of good will between this eoun-
try and the Chinese Republic.
A bill 10 permit Indians to enter
the United States within the quota
limitation Of 100 a year passed the
House on Oct. 10. The late Presi.
dent Franklin ID. Roosevelt and
President Truman have urged Its
enactment. The British Govern
ment, 10 which India belongs. has
stated that II Ii In accord with the
principle Of the bin.
But n handful Of Southern Sena-
tors are blocking a vote on the bill
because they are opposed TO the ad-
mission into this country Of Hindus,
Koreans, and other Asiatic groups
because Of their race or color.
The measure IL bottled up In the
Senate immigration Committee, Of
which Senator Richard y. Russell,
Democrat, Of Georgia (of FEPC
infamy), is the chairman. Besides,
every Democratic member Of this
committee Is n Southerner: An
drews Of Florida, Radcliffe Of Mary
land, Maybank Of South Carolina,
EaAtland Of Mississippi. Fullbright
Of Arkansas, and Hoey Of North
Carolina.
Is II any wonder that this bill,
which would eliminate q racial bar
rier against u people who fought
nobly In World War II, is being
kept from being brought to n vote
In the Senate In the same manner
as the FEPC and the Rnti-poll
tax bills4
President Humans appointment
Of Bill HASTE ~ Governor Of the
Virgin Islands IL cOmmendable. II
represents a step forward In equal
ity Of citizenship. Hut u does not
answer the aspirations Of eOlOTed
people for the appointment Of a
eoIored man to the bench Of Fed
eral appellate and district courts,
Nor did the appointment Of Judge
Irwin &. MOlllsOn 10 the United
States Customs Court, commend.
able M u was also.
The United States Supreme Court
has Chief Justice and eight as.
sociates. None is colored. There
are hfty-seven Federal circuit
judges. 1876 district judges (includ.
ing two In the Territory of Hawaii,
one In Puerto Rico, four In Alaska,
one in the Virgin Islands, and one
IN the Panama Canal Zone), and
forty-nine retired and resigned
judges. or these, Judge Herman
4, Moore in the Virgin Islands Is
the only Negro.
The Court Of Customs and Patent
Appeals has one presiding judG'
and four associates. None I,
colored. The United States Gus
toms Court has n presiding judg'
and eight associates. Judge Molli
son Is Negro. The United States
Court Of Claims has a Chief Jus
tice and four associates. None |,
colored.
The right TO appointment TO Office
with the advice and consent Of th'
Senate IL n concomitant Of citizen
ship, In n democracy II should moi
be eircumScribed by race, creed oil
color. Appointment Of Charley
Houston or some colored lawyer Of
like stature to the bench Of thu
Federal appellate and district
courts would be one more step II
the right direction.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-01-18
(From The Winnipeg Tribune)

Mrs. A. Buress, 2SlO 10th Ave.
So, had as her dinner guests Sun
day, January 6, Rev. and Mrs. John
Bailey of Cocoa, Florida, and Mrs.
Carrie Riley.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-01-18

"DuIu NbbabliSH
an immigration
quota for Indians.
He answered that
he proposed TO do
the same thing
for the Indians
that had been
done for the
Chinese.
Under an act
approved Dec. II,
aaaA
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-01-18
YOU CAN'T LYNCH MY
SOUL

whites are clamoFing Tor -.
This is what it means to me:
1t means you can't hang my black
body from a tree.
II means that.
1t also means that you can't lynch
my soul
II means that also
1t means democracy Of the heart!
II means brotherhood, brother!
II means we weren't meant to be
apart!
1t means we all must have the
same opportunity at any job.
1t means working together for a
better world at the same good
pay and income.
II means wiping out the slums for
white and black together.
1t means you can't segregate me
in u black town slum.
II means that IL / want to be a
lawyer or a doctor or a dentist,
that can be.
II means that my children can go
TO school as good and long as
anyone can.
II means that my wife will have as
good a chance 10 live at child
birth as yours, and not only
three TO onel
II means | can walk into any res
taurant or theater or swim
ming pool or skating rink
without worrying or wonder
ing or knowing that "No Mig
gers Is Allowed"
II means riding on any train or bus
or trolley, and sitting where
there is a seat
IL means staying out late at night
as long as the stars are, and
walking on any side of any
street -.
II means we all descended from the
amoeba that God evolved out
of the saas
II means that we all came from
Father Adam and Mother Eve.
1t means we're all men, just as all
cOlored leaves are leaves.
II means voting side by side for q
government Of all the people,
and by all the people, and for
all the people.
II means running for mayor, or for
governor. or for President Of
the United States of America,
where under the Declaration of
Independence, "All men are
created equal"
II means that if man and wom-
an want to unite, soul with
soul, in the holy bonds Of
matrimony, that too should be.
1t means singing together in
great chorus of voicesl
1t means playing baseball and foot
ball and all kinds of games in
great game Of sports, all to-
gether!
1t means dancing and singing and
playing in great joyous play,
all together!
II means living together in One
World, or perishing separately
in atomic capitalization t.
1t means suffering separately and
apart in He'll, or living to-
Eether on earth in Paradise
This is what it means to me:
II means you can't hang my black
body from a tree.
II means that.
1t also means that you can't lynch
my soul
II means that also -.
1t means democracy Of the heart!
II means brotherhood, brother!
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-01-18
Vets Foil to Make Selves Fell:
G. Is Apathetic in Failure
To Get Selves Organized for
Rights in Postwar World
Nv DAN Gardner

To date 1.-THE Battle Of America promised by Negro and
liberal white CT veterans hasn't been started In
fact the rumbngs Of approaching conflict of such
yet be heard The who soughed through
mud and hell in the greatest of all time had in letters
home and interviews in service publications and neWspapef
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-01-18
Washington
Spotlight
By Louis L.autier

Al the President's press confer
ence the other day, Mr.. Truman
was asked whether this country
,.,.,,Il ..t.klI.k
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-01-18
FORTITUDE

l shall not double up and die
Because somebody wants me to.
| know full well how to defy,
And that is just what will do.
| shall not go with hung down head
Nor shall | bear an aching heart.
| shall stand up and fight instead
And say to dying thoughts
depart.-William Henry Huff.
Sgt. John Harper. 1048 Bryant
Ave. No, received an honorable
discharge from the army January
5, after serving three and one-half
years. He is the husband of Mrs.
Katherine Quarterman Harper.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-01-18

Mrs. Pauline Johnson. Of Chi.
cago, Illinois, who has been visit
ing her sister. Mrs. Edward Hayes,
3749 Fourth Ave. So. left for her
home Tuesday, January 10. While
in the city, Mrs. Johnson was shown
many couTtesies.
Mrs. NJ. II. Jackson. 1887 E.
Franklin, is recuperating at her
home after being bit by a dog
Tuesday. January 8.
Mrs. 4. J. Clark. ST., 4O45 Gin
ton Ave. So, who has been i'll at
her home for the past three weeks,
is able to be up and around.
Mrs. Bertha Bowers, SO Royals
ton Ave, entertained Saturday
evening at a card party in honor
" Mrs. A. d. Adams Of Chicago,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-01-18
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.MQzlIss..:iss|
HAPPY BIRTHDAYS

Birthday ErsstinEs in Minneapolis Jan.
20 Frances Rooney. li07 Emerson Ave.
No. Jan. al. W. baldwin. Sl2 18th Ave.
No Mrs Fife POn~y. 2i6 W. Slst ST.
Mary Hubbard. 5Iib irving Ave No Jan
70 Dorothy A. Stoyall, 1913 Fifth Ave.
So. Mrs. Vera Wright 2l29 Fourth Ave.
So, Mrs. Arie PuIlum. 1887 l4th Ave SO.
and Gerald Fleming, bl6 Tenth Ave. So
Ronald Judy Jr.. 352l Fourth Ave So.
Robert Green, 807 Dupont Ave. No. and
lone Roach. 3pl7 fifth Ave. So. Jan. 23
Sylvester Carter Jr.. 1889 Fifth Ave. So.
Jan. "a J. W. Ryan. $3.50 Third Ave. So.
Thslma Mcclure. $40 Humboldt Ave. No.
barbara Jean Hammond, 274i Clinton Ave
So. Esse Mae SArtin. l2IS 18th Ave. No.
Jan. 20 james Gresham. 9s4 Bryant Ave.
No, Robert Mallory, 4O68 Clinton Ave. So.
Mrs. Grace Workout, $3.50 Smelling Estella
Harris, 2Sl6 Elliot, Mrs. Hardy white. 96l5
Fourth Ave. So. Billie Vaughn, sos Olson
Blvd Jan 20 Mrs.. James Lane. 722
Fremont Ave. No. Orlando Wilson. 800
Aldrich Ave. No. Marguerite Washington,
993 AldriCh Ave No.
Out Of town greetings; Jan. Mary
Williams, Argn, III. Jan. q Mrs BerEia
Hell, Kansas city. Kans. Jan. % Rev
William OElrton. Dos MOines, Iowa Jan.
a. John Y. ThumAs. overseas. Elmo Honi-
man. Kansas city. Mo Jan. 26 Sgt. Ray
mond Cu0peT, u. =, Army. Dorothy Evans,
Kansas city, Mo.
birthday greetings In 81 Paul. Jan %
Mrs. James Walker, 7Ss ST Anthony Ave.
Jan. % Mw Curnrlia Smith. 7Gl Rondo
Mrs. l.. T.. TRrver, sos 81. Anthony, Jan.
Is Mrs. < T. Hall 300 IglehAFt Ave. :
George &. shannon. Jr., 500 Carroll Ave.
Out uf town ErrctinRs Ia Harvey Harris.
Law Angeles, Calf
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-01-18

Visitors to the ST Paul office. this week.
included pouElss Samuel Lewis. 977 N,
81 Adams. 1t. n Walter Coins. Jr., 500
Carroll Avenue Mrs.. Harold X Rowland.
$50 Carroll Ave. George Carter. IIl 81.
Anthuuy Ave.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-01-18

to defeat in I94S. With these he can
Guido anything southerncrs who
are now blinded by prejudice can
cook up against him or his party.
Carolina Times.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-24

ed forces stationed outside of
Cook County election day can
get military ballot without re.
gistering = by writing City
Hall. Only these servicemen,
and those discharged after Sep
TENDER 9Th, can vote by affida-
Wit without registering).
The important point for
everyone to remember, how
ever, is don't take a chance!
Your vote costs nothing, but it
is a precious right. Treat it &C.
cordingly. Make certain you are
properly registered.
Clip this article as a remind
er. Keep it until you've taken
care of the job, Then give it to
some one else to carry until he
does the same.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-24

according to the Nawab of
Mamdot, biggest landowner in
the Punjab and Provincial Mos
lem league who renowned his
hereditary title of Nawab because
1t was British conferred, the war
reduced Britain to a third rate
power and it NOW thinks it needs
the support of the Hindu capital
ist classes"
Nawab also accused the Con.
gress party, headed by Pandit
Jawahareal Nehru, of Joining
hands with the British to crush
the surge of freedom among the
100000 Moslems of India.
But 1 assure you," he said.
that so long as we remain firm
and united, no unholy alliance be.
tween British imperialist forces
and the Hindu capitalist classes
can suppress our surge forward
for emancipation"
The rioting stems from the re-
tusal of the Congress party to
enter the first proposed popular
government on a basis of parity
with the Moslem league at five
seats each. AS a result, the Mos.
lem league withdrew its accent.
ance of the British proposals.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-24

the riddle of Soviet aims and the
possible weakness inside the So
Wet Union, all of which are de
signed to show the makers OF
American and British policy that
there is no risk in being tough
with the Russians.
This reporter grants, a priOri,
that this Interpretation is a min.
GRITTY point of view. 1t is a minor.
ity point Of view, however, sim
ply because the much Wanted
freedom of the press has not
brought any variety into the GOV.
erage of the Paris Conference
and that what you read is all
very much cut and dried and
along the same lines.
For instance, l should like to
see a report on the moneys
spent, the parties given by the
Oil lobby in Paris, that is, the
people who are interested in
Romanian oil. / would like to
know where the money is com.
ing from for the YugOslav fas.
cists. ] should also like to have
report on the lavish dinner
parties given by General An
ders' gang.
1t would certainly give more
balance to the general picture as
1t is being painted in the press
now.
We insist that all this is not a
matter of being either pro-Rus.
sian or anti-RusSian. It is a mat.
ter of being pro-peace and he
who is pro-peace is pro-Ameri.
can. 1t is matter of remember
ing that Roosevelt had the key to
peace and that those who threw
it away ought to be made to pick
it up again.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-24
Demand Truman turn
down Palestine Plan

A vigorous demand for the re-
lection of British proposal for
the partition of Palestine went to
President Truman this week from
400 West Side citizens.
The action was taken at a mass
meeting on the corner of Roose.
welt Road and st. Louis. spon.
sored by the Jewish Daily Morn,
ing Freiheit.
Speakers were Harry Sobel ana
M. Reznikoff. Paul Blue acted as
chairman.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-24
Anfi-Semific drive
in Costa Rico

SAN JOSE, Costa RIGA - A
strong anti-Semitic campaign has
been launched here and through
the provinces against the Jewish
community of Costa RIGA.
Handbills and radio propagan.
ga ask patriotic" Costa Ricans
10 boycott all Jewish and Polish
business establishments through.
out the republic. A large finan.
cial contribution for anti-Jewish
propaganda has been received
from an unnamed source by the
National Defense committee
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-24

finitesimal compared to what
happened in the Soviet Union.
No one will doubt either that
Russian recovery is a painful
process and that the new Five
Year Plan involves as many sac
rifices as did the war itself and
that the loss of trained manpow-
err and the destruction of ma
chinery and machine tools has
been something which it will take
a decade to replace. No one will
doubt also that this is producing
certain strains and stresses.
What is tendentious, however,
are the conclusions which are be-
ing drawn from these very Sim
pie facts. Take, for instance, the
matter of inefficiency and corrUp-
ton. Soviet justice is dealing
with it. But to suggest that it is
shaking the Soviet Union to its
foundations is nonsense. The dis
closures of the Mead Committee
likewise will not shake either the
Truman Administration or the
American system to its founda-
tons.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-24
eres the pitch on registering for November elections

Are you a registered voter?
If not, better get yourself re-
gistered now.
The deadline is October 8.
But if you wait until the last
day, when registration booths
will be set up in each precinct,
you may turn out to be sick or
otherwise unable to register.
Don't get caught short.
y
YOU CAN register at City
Hall any weekday between 9 and
5, or Saturday between 9 and
II. After Labor Day the hours
will be extended to 8 pm. on
weekdays, and 5 pm. on Satur-
days.
Are you qualified? Certainly
if you're a citizen and over
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-24

Iran aer essential to Anglo-Amer-
lean oil imperialism. Last week
when Molotov accused the U. S.
indirectly of enriching itself
through the war, Byrnes heatedly
denied the charge. But U. S. cap
italists have increased their hold
ings in Middle Eastern oil, with
Standard Oil and the Texas COM
pany owning the Saudi Arabian
concession.
1t is for this investment that
Byrnes has placed the U. S.
back of British imperialist pol
icy i'm that area. To protect the
private expansion of these two
oil companies, Byrnes indicated
willingness to drag the United
States into war, If need be.
British policy in Palestine, sup
ported in large measure by the
U. S., is also based on control of
this area for purposes of exploita-
ton. Both the Jews and Arabs
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-24

registration lists. This has to be
done before October 8 also.
Likewise, if you haven't voted
for four years, your name is
dropped unless you have it re-
instated. For this reason veter.
ans must be particularly care
full to confirm their registration.
Many vets are under the illu-
sion that they are automatically
registered. This isn't so. It APP
plies only to veterans who have
voted or reregistered since 1912
and from the same address
they have now. Otherwise they,
too, must file address or name
changes, or register for the first
time.
MEN AND women in the arm
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-24

lOlOo Olk val iOJiO IlOItO1C SlJOls
The Near Eastern oil situation
was forced again into the open,
with British troops and warships
rushed to Iran despite protests
by the Iranian government. Al.
though the English last winter
and spring, sought with Ameri-
can help, to turn global opinion
against the Soviet Union for re
manning in Iran, the British an
nounced publicly they stood
ready to take unilateral action to
protect their interests, despite
the United Nations.
Turkey has been given to I'M
derstand that she has Anglo
American support in resisting
Soviet requests for use of the
Bosporus and Dardanelles straits.
The Turkish government is DOM
mated by pro-fascist and anti
Russian forces.
4
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-24
AFL URGES US. PROTEST
CHIANG'S ATTACKS ON LABOR

The AFL executive meeting urgent
appeal from President Chu Hsuehfan
ton of Labor for help against the Chungng
tacls free labor unionsm
Chu charged agents Chang KaisheEs government
and police seized the Chungkng CAL Offices hospi
tai and two welfare Chinese workers from
fund OF more than $25OOOO contributed and CIO
Twenty CAL leaders still held y
the government without charges.
AL President William Green been instructed
by the council to COPY of Chu eabegam n tho
State Department request that tae action 70 correct
China" ~ " "i'''io" :"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-24

any other ma
ton from AXIS
a g g r e S :
sion. Leaving
out for a mo-
ment the blltz
against E n g :
land the de-
struction a n d
t h e h a v o C
wrought by the
German invad-
ers in the rest
of Europe is in
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-24

are dissatisfied, and the English
have been accused of playing one
against the other in order to
dominate Palestine which came
to her only as a mandate from
the defunct League of Nations.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-24
The Key TO Peace

THE SHIFTING of military
leaders from one command to an
other is in no wise different
from some of the dispositions
taken by our own military. AT
the same time, however, it should
be noted that in the Soviet Union
the trend is toward the elimina-
ton of the military from high
positions of government, while
in the United States the trend is
toward the encroachment of the
military on the civilian functions
of government.
AS far as the NKVD, the dread
secret police, is concerned, about
which Mr.. Alsop writes with an
almost audible SILVER, no one
doubts that that organization has
its job cut out for it and that it
is pretty ruthless. 1t is, however,
no more ruthless than the en-
emies of the Soviet State.
John Fischer has suggested, in
the latest issue of Harper's, that
Russian policy is built around a
fear neurosis which sees enemies
everywhere. You have but to take
a look at the Hobbies of Paris
hotels today in order to see that
this fear neurosis is nothing else
but very realistic appreciation
of the political facts of life in
the world today.