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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-03

Reception of subscription and single
copy the largest Mill
City dealer his almost 100 regular
purchasers of this complained few said they thought they
should thought think they
right An
At meeting Tuesday night again greeted Harry Rosenhal
president Andrews Mems Shop We will
always remember Mr. Rosenth Way back 1924 he the
first advertising received making advent
circulation and advertising solicitors for Owen Howes N W.
Bulletin Appeal It's always pleasure Mr. Rosenhal he
always who sought the right road travel
Also met Harry s. Vermes the jeweler, who is of
present Minnea Mr. president of
the Minneapolis Bna Birth lodge when first talked to that
four He's booster for everything right and
satisfied a square shooter
Frank Mitchell of the St. Louis ARGUS with his
pretty wife, dropped in held staff meeting this week
coming feathewght prize fighter
Charlie Riley whom the title held by Willie Pep
We asked Frank he didn't already have enough headaches running
ARGUS He smiled family shook his head
paid $4,000 for Rs and is
being offered $4,000 for today That's kind of headache
don you think Cecil E. Newman.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-03
Robinson, A SYMBOL

All OF sports loving America has its eyes on New York
this week. as the best that American baseball has to offer ves
for the worlds championship.
This time to greater extent than ever before the cham
ponshp struggle rings trueror of the teams there
young oack American man. Georgia born California raised
whose presence in the games has elevated American
to a new place in the minds of men,
For over forty of Jackie Robinsons ancestry
were barred from participating at the highest level of Amer
can baseball Public opinion and courageous man. Branch
Hickey decided that longer should the color of mans
skin keep him from displaying his proves the diamonds of
organized baseball Robinson has therefore become symbol
OF farpay and justcea long time coming but finally here
The symbol isn't wasted thousands Of Americans for
everywhere you turn in the most unexpected paces-he
people are pulling for Jackie" Robinson Things are getting
better Robinson the unmistakable sign of better days
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-03
Civil Rights Committee Report
Expected to Recommend Congress
Action on Lynching and Poll Tax
The basic weakness In the

The basic weakness IN the
protection Of civil rights, Of
course, Is the result Of the
decision Of the United States
Supreme Court in the Slaugh-
ter House cases, in which II
distinguished between federal
and state citizenship, leaving
the federal government re-
stricted TO the protection Of on
ly such civil rights as are incl
dents Of federal, not state, eiti-
zenship.
1t is doubted that the President
and his Committee on Civil Rights
can do anything toward getting the
Supreme Court to reverse itself in
the Slaughter House and Civil
Rights cases. But here are some
specific things the President can
do:
The right to vote for federal Of
ficers and have that vote counted
is among the rights and privileges
Of federal citizenship. The Supreme
Court has held that a party pri-
mary is a part Of the election proc
ess. Mr.. Truman as the titular head
Of the Democratic party can tell
Democratic leaders in the states of
the Deep South that efforts to re-
establish the white primary"
should be abandoned or party rec
ognition of them will be withdrawn.
He can tell Democratic lead
eTs in Georgia that the recent
ly adopted rule Of the Demo-
cratic party in Georgia, reQuir-
ing separate polling places for
white and cOlOred voters in
Democratic primaries should be
rescinded or party recognition
Of them will be withdrawn.
He can tell Southern members of
Congress to cease filibustering
against anti-lynching, anti-poll tax
and fair employment practice legis-
lation or federal patronage will be
withheld from those who persist in
such tactics.
He can assert his party leader
ship in the matter Of civil rights
law for the District Of Columbia
where the jurisdiction of the fed
eral government is unquestioned.
He himself can act directly to
wipe out race and religious dis
elimination in employment in the
federal government. He can re-
quire the insertion of a clause in
government contracts forbidding
contractor from discriminating
against any worker or applicant
for work on account of race, re-
ligion or national origin.
And finally, he himself can set
an example for government agen-
cies and private industries by max
ing Presidential appointments on
the basis Of the qualifications of
the appointee and the political serv-
ice he has rendered but without re-
gard to race, religion or national
origin.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-03
COlumnist Durr Urges Negroes
To Support United Jewish
Drive for EurODean Relief

De used TO help Europe's helpless
Jews.
The letter read, in part:
mo appeal is being made to
Christians by those who have di-
rectiOn Of this campaign in Biz
mingham. Notwithstanding the de-
termination and readiness Of this
small group Of our fellow citizens
to assume full responsibility for so
heavy a quota, it is the conviction
Of many of our leading non-Jewish
citizens that this great humanitar-
ian endeavor should transcend all
considerations Of race or creed.
I'm every civic or benevolent en-
deavor undertaken in Birmingham
in behalf Of any worthy cause, our
Jewish friends and neighbors have
been more than generous in their
support. In recognition and appre-
citation of the part they have played,
the undersigned committee has vol
UNFAIRLY taken the initiative to an
peal to all citizens Of Birmingham
who we believe may be expected
to respond for a cause which en-
lists the sympathy Of all mankind
Your gift will be used for the relief
Of the 100000 suffering Jews in
Europe.
ANY contribution you make will
be gratefully received and passed
to our Jewish friends in Birming-
ham as evidence Of your and our
community's belief in the funda-
mental precepts Of Him who taught
the universal Brotherhood Of Mar. "
All of US know of many of the
Jewish faith in all parts Of the
United States who have contributed
most generously to every worth
while effort designed to improve
conditions among our people. In
this respect, many Jews have been
outstanding.
We have not been asked to as
sist those Of the Jewish faith in
raising tehir $l7O,OOO,OOO. This
gives us a bountiful opportunity to
impress our people with the de-
STABILITY Of contributing to this
fund.
Giving to this cause will be like
bread cast upon the waters, which
will come back to mankind mani.
fold. All men are our brothers
brothers everywhere-and when
men suffer anywhere men suffer
everywhere. Be glad you can
give to this cause for were
it not for the grace OF
God you and I might be among
the 100000 uprooted victims Of
war. And we can never tell what
! tomorrow may bring.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-03

pears to be their wish but how
to achieve this is the problem fac
ing US. With the Hatch Act and
other restrictive measures tending
to prevent expression there arises
a general antagOnism against those
responsible for repressive acts
classified as laws Of the land
Now that the loyalty tests are
about to be made | observe a ten
dency among postal workers to lean
further away from labor unions.
Active participation in union affairs
attests to a confidence in the peo-
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-03

that consists Of postal workers in
the Minneapolis Post Office. The
usual discussions took place as to
improvements to all on economic
and social legislation.
Brother Wendell Jones spoke
from the floor on housing problems
as it affected the Negro population
and also on discrimination. He also
expressed the opinion that any
form of favoritism among civilians
and of seniority within the postal
service among the workers was con-
tTary to an expressed desire by
most all Americans to see de-
mOcracy really work. His idea that
we should practice what we preach
seems appropriate, since anything
to the contrary defeats the desired
condition wished for by all of US.
l am enclosing a clipping from
the PUBLIC RECORD, the month
ly publication of the UPW-CIO in
which Vice President Thomas Rich
ardson proves that discrimination
does exist among federal workers.
Although there is much left to be
done in eliminating discrimination
from the federal service, Thomas
Richardson has shown the way by
his untiring effort in behalf Of the
Negro workers as well as others
who he feels will become subject
to discrimination unless the evil is
done away with.
We members of UPW-CIO, Local
No. 264, as well as all affiliated
Locals have used every means pos
sible to overcome any such ten
denotes among US. To a large ex-
tent we have succeeded but the goal
is still not in sight. Being subject
to the Hatch as well as other re-
strictive measures and laws we pub
lie workers find ourselves in a diff
ficult position. We cannot openly
support any candidate to office nor
can we campaign for any candi-
date. Our economic and social well
fare is dependent entirely upon pro-
gressive and clear thinking repre-
sentatiyes in congress. Our appeal
is more a personal matter and such
actions increase political motives
that are of the under the counter"
type. Such laws defeat themselves
in that Americans will not stand
for restrictions agains them when
the Constitution specifically states
their fundamental rights. This
forces the federal worker to be-
come more politically minded with
the result that each and every one
so employed will exert every effort
to elect those who will grant equal
rights to all. Whether or not en-
lightened representatives gain cleo
ton depends greatly upon informa-
ton received through their press.
During my visits to the larger
cities where | met and talked with
members Of UPW-CIO among
postal groups found great diver
Eence Of opinions. Many Of these
were based upon a fear Of retalia-
ton II the individual participated
in union activities. The desire for
| political and economic freedom ap-
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-03
By ROBERT DURR

In the name Of all that makes
the world of humanity one, most
sincerely and respectfully urge that
colored people contribute literally
to the United Jewish Relief Cam
paign to raise $l7O,OOO,O 900 for the
relief Of suffering Jews in Europe.
Colored persons, who know what
it Is to suffer as those Jews suffer,
know how their hearts must be
overwhelmed with anxiety as trials
and tribulRtions beset them on
every side. We must count it n
great effort for the alienation Of
suffering Of the great Jewish peo-
pie Of Europe.
Two years after VJ-Day no less
than 100000 uprooted victims Of
the war still are informed in camps
for displaced persons, and thou
sands more are suffering from the
aftermath of persecution and tyran-
ny. Before World War II began
there were around nine million
Jews in Europe. Hitler deliberately
destroyed six million of these peo-
pie.
There Is no such thing as a Jew
ish race. They are a people-theirs
is a faith; hence, they are a people.
Their faith makes them what they
are. 1t is for this they suffer.
And in this connection it is
well that we all never forget that
mankind is one. Those Of all faiths,
races, colors and nationalities came
from the same family tree. All
superficial differences are by
products Of various climatic coudi-
tions--things to which peoples
have been exposed.
We are moved by the deep sense
Of responsibility exhibited by our
Jewish citizens for those Of their
faith, by the demonstration Of a
sense Of devotion which surpasses
all past campaign efforts. Jewish
communities all over the United
States, comprising a very small
percentage Of the total population,
have shouldered the heroic task OF
raising $4,000, 900. For example,
in one city with a total population
Of 100000 and with a Jewish COM
munity Of only 4,245 men, women
and children, Jewish citizens have
shouldered responsibility Of raising
$425,000 in the national campaign
In the community referred TO, q
Volunteer Christian committee
composed Of leading pastors, has
united to carry a part Of the Jew
ish load. They have addressed let
tiers to several thousand citizens In
that city, urging them to support
the campaign for funds which viii
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pie to govern themselves but when
the opposite occurs we then see the
rise of greater oppression and the
inclination of the various racial
groups to blame one another for
the apparent faults while at the
same time failing to see the real
cause Of their plight.
Very truly yours,
Fred Stanton, Pres,
National Postal Workers
Council
Affiliated with United
Public Workers, CLIO
Minneapolis.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-03

homeless and possibly hungry,
too), the VA says you can arrange
to have some of the money taken
out of your future subsistence
checks each month or you may go
all out and tell the VA to hold up
your checks altogether until your
debt is paid.
The main thing the VA wants is
the SHOW Of faith" and the best
way to show it is to go into your
nearest VA regional office and tell
contact officer what you plan to
do toward paying the money back.
So go on back to school-but in
the future, remember that, when
the Government sends you check
with your name on it, it is not
necessarily yours. You should check
first to see whether or not you have
it coming.
AS FOR YOU!
As for you guys who dropped
out of school and accepted the
checks with no intention Of return
ing to school-the VA says it wants
that money back, but definitely.
And the VA reminds you that
the statute Of limitations does not
apply where you owe money to the
government. An official of the
agency said last Wednesday that
the debt will exist as long as the
veteran lives. Better pay the man,
Joe. You might want something
else.
Incidentally, the VA overpaid
100000 veterans in amounts total
ing more than five million dollars.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-03
Reader Objects to Praise
OF Rep. Ed Dewitt; Says
He Votes against People


He Votes against People"
Editor:
l enjoy your paper so much that
it hurts to see you editorially rec
ommending Congressman Dewitt as
doing a good job"
AS a matter of fact, his votes,
which after all are the main test
Of a Congressman, have nearly all
been against the people-including,
Of course, Negroes. For unless all
Of US get the good life" that is
now being opposed by high prices
caused by the abandonment of OPA
and other reactionary skull-dug-
gerry, and by the Taft Hartley bill
which directly affects Negroes, who
can prosper except the monopo-
lists?
sense in you a tendency to
praise any gesture such as Thomas
Vennum's that appears immediate
ly to bless Negroes. It's a short
sighted view.
Rather you should proclaim the
right of all men to the fruit of their
toll, the death of all opposition to
their welfare.
II you can do that and still re-
main a Republican,-and there are
some liberal Republicans-all right.
But to expect good from Dewitt is
as visionary as to expect to get
gold from manure.
What's the use Of fooling our
selvesf Come to the Saturday
Lunch club and get the gospel
Of progressivism week by week.
Despite our welcome to you, you
haven't been around since you
spoke on our lawn some three or
four years ago. 81 matter Of fact,
we ought to have at least a dozen
Negro editors, ministers, labor
unionists and housewives present
at every meeting.
But we never have one.
And we are the only consistent
forum for the expression Of human
rights in the Northwest.
E. Dudley Parsons
1910 Alden Drive,
Minneapolis
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-03
Happy Anniversary. Boss
Article in September number of THE MINNESOTA I


ioaieAl Minnesota EdtoraiA Association,
Nen podson Russell tells very frankly Way See IT. in
Newmans two bangup Negro newspapers The Recorder
st. Paul, The Spokesman, Minneapolis
mentioning the 18th anniversary publications she SAWS
am proud to be member Of the She Rlories in the trim
ming OF fy social reporting catering Mandy pabies in
VO saSh reporting which he side Of the tracks
Ae ne same treatment accorded Mrs Sylvester Podunk who
anyway She glores way Editor New
man oaA some OF the candidates election spend the
most money for advertising and pat on the
70 some Of the boys who haven't paid space So she
Happy Anniversary, Boss" 80
Minneapolis Sunday Tribune had feature story ON
C prediction for makeup rule The Star editOrialzes on
his start In 1884 with $66 400 subscribers He now has
two hOuhng weekly whose editorial mechanical
eOenee thoroughly appreciated by $500 to each
about third Of whom white He still too bigger
brighter challenging than incentive
his to his fellow publishers
Vously Cecil hasntAny less than the original $e6 In cash
joyously echoes Miss RusSes Happy Anniversary
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-03

elimination in employment, a civil
rights law for the District Of Co
lumbia and other palliatives.
An anti-poll tax bill has already
passed the House of the Eightietf
Congress.
A Senate Labor and Public
Welfare subcommittee has al
ready held hearings on the Ives
bill to ban discrimination in
employment, and reported the
measure to the full committee
for further study.
Anti-lynching legislation, a civil
rights bill for the District Of Co
lumbia, a bill to prohibit race seq
regation and discrimination in the
armed forces, and a bill to pro-
hibit race segregation in interstate
travel have already been introduced
in the Eightieth Congress.
Nothing that the Presidents
Committee on Civil Rights may say
in its forthcoming report will IA
cilitate passage Of any of these
measures.
Before President Truman ap-
pointed his Committee on Civil
Rights, Attorney General Tom
c. Clark had carried on a cam
Paign for protection Of civil
rights. He Investigated cases
which implied violations Of
civil rights, and he prosecuted
In the courts perpetrators OF
crimes against civil rights of
individuals.
Appointment of the Presidents
Committee on Civil Rights was an
outgrowth of Mr.. Clark's fight for
protection Of civil rights, although
the Department of Justice, from its
experiences in civil rights cases,
knew the weaknesses in the present
federal statutes and what legisla-
ton was needed TO remedy them.
Mr.. Truman appointed the COM
mittee ito inquire into and to de-
termine whether and in what re-
spect current law enforcement
measures and the authority pos
sessed by Federal, State, and local
governments may be strengthened
and improved to safeguard the civil
rights Of the people"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-03

Postal Worker Head Sees
Discrimination Among Govt.
Employees; Wants Activity
Editor:
Last evening I attended q meet
ing Of Local No. 264, UPW-CIo
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-03

DNNNhibNA anu ~
about to bring
forth a mouse, il
reports of its
findings, leaked
out" are to be
believed.
II will recon-
mend anti-lynch-
ing and anti-poll
tax legislation,
enactment Of q
bill TO ban race
and religious dis
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-03
Reader Suggests Action
Rather Than Talk On

Human Relations Front
Editor: II would be only fair that
all the people in Minneapolis that
are fighting 'Racial Prejudice
would spend some time on the
"Cassius Case" and really get to
the bottom Of It. The case presents
a challenge, to many people who
are talking about Human Rela.
tons" when action Is needed.
Frank Weston
6l2 E. Path st.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-03
Look Who's
BluIninq Who?

II our memory serves Us right
It was those horrible labor unions,
the AVG, consumers groups and
others who tried to keep oPA In
effect until economic conditions
lsveled of. We also remember that
President Truman urged Congress
to keep price controls.
Il was therefore, that we read
with Amusement that the present
gosh-awful prices are the fault Of
the labor unions, the AVG, the
consumers groups and President
Truman. Mr.. Senator Robert Taft
who led the fight against oPA,
and 80 Il must be sol
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-03

President Humans Committee
on Civil Rights has been laboring
ever since it was appointed last
nacapobar apJ Il
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-03

Public recognition Of the St. daily press for its fair handling
concerning Negroes and its campaign for racial under
was made September rs by the Urban League T,
citation. ~ S'" ." 'ueHUc" award and
leaders in intsrraa relations work which thew consdeJ the
newspapers have been trying to do. WV
We imagine the Dispatch Pioneer Pres. O..,Iv o... 1,
gesture and we certainly know this paper does ~
The st. Paul RECORDER newspapers In, recsisd m
~ em ana we are glad to say EOOdly public
the RECORDER has aided bringing about greater real
aaon OF the public both white and black problems which con-
front the Negro this city the natiOn believes b
portion Of its duty has by appeal reason won the Interest
Negro fsoWmen is happy The hopeful that better
Gays are ahead for nacia mutual respect monI
The St. Paul Urban League wisely followed growing nathan
oates th3 men and institutions should hear praise well as
eiative community. - " "PP1'
Some day this newspaper going to run story obop, b
every private hospital in Minneapolis dscrminae against
negro patients by refusing ward to them II WON'T
and professional dOgOOders are on the boards o, % no
and the church controlled hospitals better than those
sectarian institutions ~ ~ "'"'
EXPENSIVE SCHOOL
Texas supreme court ruled last May Negro veteran
properly disoared from attending university law school
since Texas law requires segregation In the schools %
tna equal educational opportunities provided for all
for Negroes in the maintained however that tho S
mao not properly to his legal rights should have
ne setting up OF law Negroes In which
@ state board Of education would have compelled BY law
to comply with his demand. - INV
The complainant made no such NOVA INSTEAD - l., , =,
case up 70 the federal courts the constitutional ISSUE
though another Texas Negro notified the state
board has chartered the the Texas Iniye S
In Austin has exactly members Of the Jnysr,
Aexas law school will travel the Negro each day to
this student In the law ~ "' =" INSTRUCT
One aspect of educational Equality in Texas is apparent in that
iae that the state spent much haul white children 70
school as 1t expanded altogether Negro schools About
h Of the children Of public school are Negroes
o only % cent Of the states educational fe.
10 found In Negro Sehoos.-St Paul Pioneer Press
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It takes ridiculous claims such
as the above to demonstrate that
a great number Of politicians in
our country think the people will
never wake up. Maybe they are
right.
Americas daily press which was
almost unanimous for getting rid
OF price controls is now trying to
explain that low production has
something to do with the high
price Of food. We have heard Of
no farmers unions keeping food
production down. 1t looks like
somebody took the people who
can't afford high prices, for a ride.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-03

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