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Our Clay Feet Are Showing

Portions Of the American daily ated because the Soviet
and the critical way
its Negro citizens
When the Reds first began Achilles
either ignored the broad hints pointed that
Negroes bad they treated in localities have larger
Of freedom than millions beings
Soviet Republic.
The of the two nations follows the old time method
Of pointing that bad they the other
practice which leaves each just about the place they
were before the argument began
change public thinking the American pointing
its effect world position Except a exceptions
had the vision support those
which would have the the
make democracy work for ALL
Long before the Soviet began democratic
the Negro the u
the people of the world including
theories opposite Of going politely
ignore failure practice dynamic fashion democracy
freedom Of which preach.
Look out Uncle Sam" your clay are showing!
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Questions PrOpriety of
Singing Negro National
Anthem at Mixed Meet

Editor: Sunday, June 20, was
the occasion Of an interracial meet
ing sponsored by the St. Paul
NAACP at Halle q. Brown House.
The meeting was called to order
and everyone was asked to stand
and sing the Negro National An
them.
Now, this may be an accepted
procedure as taught by our famous
leaders, but the question that arises
in my mind is this:
The meeting was interracial. The
attendance was good and the rep
resentatiOn Of other groups other
than Negroes was also very good.
But how must they have felt,
when after being invited to at
tend a meeting where all persons
were asked upon entering to lay
aside all differences of race, creed
and politics, they were asked to
stand and sing the Negro" an
them?
What about the rest Of the audi
ence? Why do we Negroes have
a national anthem at all? A ma
tional anthem presupposes two
things. % You have a fatherland
you love. (2) A flag.
We have fought the idea of a
separate state for Negroes since
the days before Marcus Garvey.
We have taken this land and coun-
try to our hearts. We have fought
and died for this flag and feel that
it belongs to US as well as to 9TH
ers.
Why not then sing the anthem
that goes with it and covers every
body? Thomas Henry,
COL Sth Ave. n,
Minneapolis, MINI.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Mrs. Minis Praises
Pianist Who Was
Her AccOmpanist

Editor: So many nice things
were said about me and nothing
was said about my accompanist,
will you please print this news
item for me about her? Thank
you.
My recital could not have been
a success without my accompanist
and wish to pay my respects to
her and have her share in the sue
cess Of our recital. Mrs. Elsie Lyle
is truly an artist at the piano and
the ease and grace with which she
plays gives the singer a feeling of
assurance. Many Of my gospel
numbers she had to transpose but
it is not hard for her for she knows
her SO notes from A to z. This
too accounts for the St. Peter A.
NJ. f. sextette winning first prize
at the Elks musical contest on
June 20. hope Mrs. Lyle will at
tain the height of stardom in
music.
Mrs. WinOna Minis,
Minneapolis, Mimi
June 80, l947.
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The filibuster carried on against
the Taft-Hartley labor bill chiefly
by Senators Wayne Morse, Repub-
lican, Of Oregon, Claude Pepper, Of
Florida, and GlenH. Taylor, Of
Idaho, Democrats,ap appears to be in
congruous withtheir sponsorship
Of resolutions toamend the exist
ing cloture rule. Actually it was
in keeping withSenator Morse's
belief that, after adequate debate,
there should be vote on the merits
Of any bill that a majority of the
Senate votes to bring up for con-
sideratiOn.
The flibuster lasted from 2:20
pm, Friday, June 20, until 4:30
pm, Saturday, June 81. 1t ended
only when the Republicans gave up
their fight for a vote to override
the veto before the week END.
This filibuster differed from the
usual filibuster. Its purpose was not
TO prevent a vote to override the
Presidents veto; it was solely to
delay vote in the hope that the
Presidents veto message would
arouse enough public pressure to
sway votes to sustain the veto.
After his ten-hour speech and
after unanimous consent had been
given to postpone vote until 3
o'clock Monday afternoon, June %,
in a radio address, Senator Morse
explained:
while our tactics have the label
of filibuster, il was not a iilibuster
in the sense that we were trying
to keep a bill permanently from
coming to a vote. This was not a
delay aimed at killing the bill. II
was a fight for pOstpOnement of
the vote until Monday, and that is
what has been decided upon"
The resolution to amend the
existing Senate cloture rule spon-
sored by Senators Morse and Tay-
ior, would make it impossible to
filibuster upon the Journal. 1t pro-
vides that the highly privileged
Journal can be set aside when there
is a proposal under the cloture rule
to file a cloture petition and bring
debate to a close on any matter be-
fore the Senate.
1t would preclude the ridiculous
parliamentary situation in which
the Senate found itself after Sena.
tor Kenneth Mcclellan, Democrat, OF
Tennessee, who was presiding, ruled
that the filibuster to prevent a vote
on the fair employment practice
bill in the Seventy-ninth Congress
was not a filibuster on the bill but
on the Journal and that a cloture
petition could not be filed as long
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Don't Let "KiIrOy" Do 1t
All Robert Durr Warns
By ROBERT DURR


Observation has taught me that
in spite Of everything else it is
remarkable that two races have
managed to get along as well as
they have in the South. Much of
this has been made possible be-
cause, through long suffering, col
ored people in this section have
achieved certain disciplines. This
his made it possible for the too
little recognized enlightened finer
white people to help where they
have found those who want to be
helped to help others be somebody
and to do some good.
Very often when you think of the
South you think of the old South,
that is, the predominating old
South, for in reality, there have
always been two SOuths-the domi-
mating, backward and the forward
looking South-the latter held back
and in check by a body whose life
is predicated upon race segrega-
ton, which is the chief facility of
exploitation and oppression of the
weaker peoples and natural re-
sources Of the South.
As get about the South, | find
that there are many, many whites
who are helping colored people who
want to be helped to render service
to all the people of the South. TIC
help colored people to help their
own people in reality helps every,
one else.
There is an eternal interdepen,
dence in this business of two races
living side by side here in the
South Both need each other very
much, and will 20 on needing each
other in more ways than they are
capable Of now understanding. To,
gether they have wonderful OPP
portunity to prove that two races
in large numbers can live together
rs human beings, with equality OF
opportunity in all walks of life.
In this respect they have the op.
portunity to make the greatest con.
trihution to world peace Of any tive
groups in any section Of the worlC
today, They cannot depend upor
"Kilroy" to do this for them. II
they fail to try, perhaps it were
better that they should never have
lived.
In Florence, Alabama, last weeI
at the commencement exercises o.
Burrell High School, was tolC
that the Lions Club Of Florenc,
(whitel had built a sand lot play
place for colored children on tn,
school campus. This is great, bu
would it not have been much bette
il the Lions Club and some organi
cation made up Of colored member
had Joined hands in doing this serv
ice for the children Of the com
munity? Sometimes it is all RICH
to "let Kilroy do it" for you, if yol
can not do it for yourself, but i
is much better for you and Kilro,
to do it together.
You see when you accept some
thing from another "for nothing
there is always the possibility tina
you give up more than you receive
There is always the possibility tina
in accepting something for moth
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September ?, 1915. If the people
vote for it in November, Buckeye
vets will draw up to $4OO cash. The
lobbying line forms to the right!
General Bradley's office in the
VA has a stack of letters from 50
called leading colOred leaders" who
have recommended and urged him
to build more Jim Grow hospitals
for colored vets. The VA doesn't
hesitate to mention the letters to
reporters but the signatures on the
letters are kept top secret" One of
these days those letters are going
to fall into the right guys hands
and the roll will be called right
here, Joe.
TIRED
Things we get tired of writing:
August 81 is the deadline for your
terminal leave application and you
can renew that ten thousand dollar
policy Of yours by paying up just
two premiums.
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Dear Joe
DON'T BE A SUCKER
SUCKER!
By JAMES L. HICKS

The way you chased around all
over the world during the war, Joe,
would lead one to believe that you
had your hip boots on and knew
your way round, but the way you
have been falling for the terminal
leave bond racket is making the
Veterans Administration and a lot
of your friends believe that you are
still babe in arms.
The VA is warning guys like you
who have received their terminal
leave bonds to be on the alert for
sliCkers who offer to loan you 80
per cent of their face value if you
let them hold the bonds as security
and if you agree to sign the bonds
over to them for an additional 25
per cent when the bond natures.
In other words, they pay you $3.50
now for a 5000 bond, then give you
$l25 more when the bond natures
and you sign it over to them. The
result is that they reap a profit of
$l65.SO on the deal when you figure
in the interest at PIG per cent d
year which your bond draws.
There's no law against it, Joe
And it shouldn't be necessary tc
have a law to prevent a man from
selling a $500 bond for 1915! Don't
be sucker! There is bill in Con-
gress now which would authorize
you to cash your terminal leave
bond this year anyway.
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done and to do we must have the
help of others, but in getting this
needed assistance, it is most i'm
portant that we do it as a means
to the end that the help sought, if
given, will be used to do a selfless
service for all.
Let George do it, if you need his
help to do what you without his
help cannot do, but to keep from
giving up more than you receive be
sure you pass it on selflessly.
ADVERTISERS IN YOUR COM
MUNITY PAPER RATE FIRST
CONSIDERATION FROM READ
ERS.-ADVT.
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Let Deoth Take Holiday

Maybe wasting this reminding readers that Death
Takes No Holiday the Fourth Of July and that hundreds Americans
viii fooshy throw their lives July and the holiday
end.
We know readers tired getting preached
alarmed the death toll which steals the lives of the people
just caution neghbos friends everybody
careful on the July weekend.
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Stassen Ought To Speak Out

Harold Stasen has talked practically everything
sum- It would be interesting to hear his public federal
lynchng, anti poll tax and fair employment legislation.
Such things lynchngs, denial of ballot certainly
sins Of domestic Since Mr. running
president also the people right
he thinks about these vital domestic issues
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ANOTHER DEADLINE

If you are toying with the idea
of going back into the Army to
help your Uncle Sam Make 1t A
Million" you had better make your
mind up before August 81, Joe.
Last Monday the Senate passed
and sent to the House a bill which
would shut off the benefits of the
CT Bill to any man who enlists
in the Army or Navy after August
81. If the bill passed the House and
becomes a law it means that the
boys who join up after August 81
will have to get their education
where they find it and pay for it
the best way they can when they
are discharged. On-the-job training
will also be denied them if the bill
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THE WHIRL

The House Un-American Com
mittee (Mr. Rantin' Rankin and
Company last Sunday labelled the
United Negro and Allied Veterans
a Communist controlled Organlza-
ton. Joe Louis, the champ is honor
airy national chairman of UNANA,
Jackie Robinson, the Dodger, is an
honorary member, the organization
has the backing of J. Finley Wilson
and all his Elks and its chaplain and
one of its chief advisers is the Rev
W. II. Jernagin, head Of the Ma
tional Fraternal Council of Negro
Churches.
ANC's treasury has a deficit of
$4,000. That's three zeros after
that FIVE, Joe. More than two
and a quarter billion dollars has
already been spent for education
and on the job training for vets
Of World War IL. How much was
spent on you, Joe-Or are you al
ready smart enough?
RED CROSS
The American Red Cross has
made some new changes at the
national level in the way it handles
its blood bank. but despite praise
of the change by DIR. Fred Patter'
son Of Tuskegee. the new policy
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district. The boycott is being enforced by church,
social business, welfare and labor organizations.
consumers protective league has been formed, and
one official of the league said last week:
For years the people of Harlem have been at the
mercy of INSCRIPTIONS business men and landlords.
Much of what they have suffered is THE RESULT
OF THEIR OWN INDIFFERENCE TO THE PROB
LEM. 1t is our determination to the people and
the merchants the seriousness of the situation
the end that they will get together and reconcile their
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served at IL pm. Records were
made during the evening, with all
guests taking part and a special
record was made to cheer Mr.. Car
ter Fletcher, who is convalescing at
St. Joseph's hospital. Others pres
ent were: Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood
johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Thomas, Mr.. and Mrs. L. Milton,
Mrs. Dorothy Allen, Mrs. Mary
Campbell, Mr.. Leland Ellis and
Mr.. A. Fox.
Thanksgiving Dinner: MIR. and
Mrs. Robert Jones and family, 1929
Rondo Ave, entertained at Thanks
giving dinner, their uncle Mr.. Clar-
ence Tolliver of Cheyenne, wyO.,
and Miss Donna Gay Martin Of
New Orleans.
Party: La DOce Nanas club enter
tanned at a party, Saturday eve
ming, Nov. 20, at the home Of one
Of the members, Patricia Foster,
s64 Iglehart Ave. Officers of the
club are: Rosamond Miller, presi-
dent; Rose Mae johnson, vice-presi-
dent; Joan Perfect, treasurer;
Camille Williams, secretary. Other
members are Belva Pipes, Rose
Clemens, Marlene MCGEE, Ermon
Owens, Eula Camp, Martha Ander.
son and Beverly Jones.
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Social and Personal

Celebrates Birthday: George
Sanders, Jr., grandson of Mrs.
Della Holsomback, $50 Rondo
Ave-, celebrated his 9Th birth
day in November, by being
host to his second grade
schoolmates of Maxfield school.
Forty pupils from the school were
entertained by George.
The Oak Leaf Art club met Nov.
"a, with Mrs. J. Hagan, COL Carroll
Ave. Plans were discussed for the
Christmas party to be held Dec. %,
with members exchanging home
made gifts. The Address social was
a grand success with the help of
friends. The next meeting will be
Dec. 8, at the home of Mrs. Della
Holsomback, $50 Rondo Ave.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Kirk. 93S
Carroll Ave-, returned home Satur-
day evening, Nov. 20, from Chicago,
where they had spent a week with
relatives of Mrs. Kirk.
Mrs. Rose Banks of Louisville,
KY, returned to her home, Sunday,
Nov. 80, after spending the Thanks
giving holiday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Leon Ponder, 694 Rondo Ave. Mrs.
Banks, librarian at Municipal col
lege in Louisville, is former class
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mate of Mrs. Ponder.
Birthday Luncheon: Mr.. and Mrs,
Sidney Milsap, of 800 St. Anthony
Ave, were hosts at a birthday
luncheon, Nov. 90, in observance Of
Mrs. Milsap's birthday of Nov. 20,
Mrs. Milsap used as a centerpiece,
varied colored chrysanthemums.
She received many lovely useful
gifts. Guests included: Mines.
Freda Harris, Mary Edding;
Messrs. Phil Hall, J. W. Pate and
William Hall of Hot Springs, Ark,
a visitor in the city with his brother,
Phil Hall.
Mrs. Jack r. ROsenblOOm and
daughter, Muriel Reynolds Rosen-
bloom, 28S Rondo Ave, will leave
the city Sunday, Dec. 7, for New
Orleans, where they will visit Mrs.
Rosenbloom's mother, Mrs. Muriel
Dillon.
A marriage license was issued
this week to Jack E. Allison, 9SS
Iglehart Ave, and Myrtle J. Craw-
ford, 9S3 Iglehart. Also to J. c.
Philips, 1924 Jackson and May C.
D. Smith, 319 Jackson.
DR.. and Mrs. W. H. A. Barrett of
st. Louis, Mo-, left for their home
Sunday night, Nov. 80, after spend
ing a week visiting their son and
The NOn-Pareil club scheduled to
meet with Mrs. Ed. Salter, 1907 W.
Central Ave, on Dec. 8, has been
postponed until Wednesday, Dec.
10, at Mrs. Salter's residence.
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eta Dawson, sl2 St, Anthony Ave,
at 8 pm.
MIR. L. L. Murray, 2SS N. Chats
worth St., returned home Monday
morning, Dec. l, from Mississippi
where he had gone TO the bedside
of his father, James Murray, who
is still quite seriously i'll.
MIR. and Mrs. Raymond Brown,
93l st. Anthony Ave, returned
home Sunday, Nov. 80, from Kan
sas City, Kans., after spending the
Thanksgiving holiday with Mr..
Raymond Browns sister and
brother-in-law, MIR. and Mrs. Frank
Reed.
Thanksgiving Dinner Guests:
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Gambol, 1874
st. Anthony Ave, had as their
Thanksgiving dinner guests, their
son and daughter-in-law, MIR. and
Mrs, Lloyd Gambol and Mrs. L.
GambOl's sisters and brother,
Patricia, Constance and Raymond
(Buckie) Brown, Jr,
Pfc. Chester W. Oden, Jr., ar.
rived in the city Sunday, Nov. 20,
on a 15 days furlough from Fort
Bragg, N. c., to visit his father
and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Chester
Oden, ST., s5S Iglehart Ave. Pfc.
0den's mother, Juanita 0den, and
sisters reside in Minneapolis.
A marriage license was issued
recently to Maureen E. Coleman,
587 W. Central Ave, and Ronald
Tillman, 6S2 Carroll Ave.
Thanksgiving Dinner: Mr.. and
Mrs. c. l.. Ponder, 694 RondO Ave,
had as their Thanksgiving dinner
guests, their house-guest, Mrs. Rose
Banks Of Louisville; Mr.. and Mrs.
Pete Hill and son Petey-boy; Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Suthern and their
daughter, "Peach hes" and son
Buddy; Mrs. Emma Stewart and
Mrs. Ruth Benner.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Chambers Of
Omaha, were honored Thanksgiving
Day at a party given at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Carter Fletcher,
800 st. Anthony Ave. Games were
played and a Dutch lunch was
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AA'' eAAAN A~NNA ASN N@~B
Paul.
Mrs. Thelma Dorsey Thomas of
S44 N. Dale St., left Dec. l, for
points East on a brief vacation trip
and also to sing several concerts.
Mrs. Thomas is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. l. NJ, Dorsey.
Mrs. Kenneth Howard Of Berke-
ley, Calf, has returned home to
sunny California after a three
weeks visit with Mrs. Robert
Meade, 500 St. Anthony Ave. Many
social courtesies were extended
Mrs. Howard.
The Future Builders met at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Robins,
9s4 Iglehart Ave, on Nov. "a. The
following persons were elected for
the coming year: Alfred Stewart,
president; Juanita Murphy, vice
president; Norma Jones, secre-
tary; Eva Stewart, corresponding
secretary; John E. Murphy, treas
urer; Dan Taylor, sergeant of
arms. The club is scheduled to
meet Dec. 8, with Mr.. and Mrs.
John H. Stanley. Members are
urged to attend.
The Four NimrOds entertained
at their annual venison dinner,
Wednesday, Nov. 20, at the home
Of one Of their members, James
Kirk, ST., 937 St. Anthony Ave.
The others present were: Phil
Payne, Irwin Hisbon and Carl Clai-
bourne. Friends and relatives of
the members were also present.
The Omega Psi Phi fraternity
met Sunday. Nov. 80, at the home
of DR.. A. NJ. Butler, $3.50 N, St.
Adams St.
CharmOusetts: Talented and
charming are the charmOusetts,
who organized Tuesday, Nov. %,
at the home of Miss Merrie Ethel
Manning, 1888 St. Anthony Ave.
Elected officers and members are;
Ruth A. Davis, president; Ethel
M. Manning, vice president; Char
lotte r. Wilson, secretary; Laverne
NJ. Benner, treasurer; members are
Deloris Walker, Ruth Manning,
Nova Greene, Bertha Lewis, Helen
Mitchell, Naomi Zachary, Margue-
rite Walden, Airline Allison, Clara
Mae Davis, Thelma Miller, Jewel
Sears and Deloris Sears.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Jackson,
486 Carroll Ave, entertained Mrs.
Elizabeth Scott of Washington, d.
c., on Thanksgiving day, at three
course dinner. Covers were laid
for ten. The table was beautifully
decorated with lovely Fall flowers
in crystal bowls and crystal candle
labras on each side. After dinner
cocktails and dancing followed.
Mrs. Scott and Mrs. jackson at
tended the Mary Holmes Seminary
at West Point, Miss.
Home: Mrs. Harold Brown and
grandson, George (Butch) Roseby,
4O5 St. Anthony Ave, returned
home Sunday, Nov. 20, from Los
Angeles, after visiting there for
seven weeks. Mrs. Brown was the
guest of her brothers, Noel and
Harvey Harris and also her hus-
bands relatives. She was a guest
of friends and relatives in Seattle
and Portland, during her visit out
West.
The Social and Literary society
of Pilgrim Baptist church met
Tuesday, Dec. 2, at the home Of
Mrs. Geneva Bledsoe, SIP St. An
thony Ave, at 8 pm. The Young
Women's club Of Pilgrim, met
Tuesday, Dec. 2, with Mrs. Lou
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Friday, December s, 1947
Mrs. Taylor TO Sponsor
Tea for Wayman Trustees

Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor, s7Os 5th
Ave. So, is sponsoring a rainbow
tea to raise money for the Trustees
Treasure Of wayman A.M.E. church
at 4 p. m. Dec. IL, at the church.
There will be a program, and re-
freshments viii be served.