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Evening star., 1947-02-23

and already bowed beneath the
weight of its combined domestic
problems and imperial responsible
ties, is no longer in a position to
maintain indefinitely its authority
over an India shot through with
dissension and menaced with grow
ing disorder. The Attlee announce
ment says to India and to the
world that Britain not only does not
wish longer to rule India but is
intent on relieving itself of this
burden in the shortest possible
time. How the Indians will receive
this self-denying ordinance and
measure up to their responsibilities
remains to be seen.
Evening star., 1947-02-23

Of all the sentiments prevailing
in this great land of ours during
the last few years, the most pro-
nounced perhaps was that of patriot
ism. 1t was catching, spreading. like
a vast and far-fiung epidemic. The
little patriotism we had affected
others; they in turn reacted on our
selves-until throughout the length
and breadth of this Nation hearts
inflamed with love Of country
clamored for chance to translate
their feeling into action. Now this
patriotic state of mind has been
superseded by bewilderment. We feel
like creatures tossed about by des-
tiny; we feel like children being
pushed toward some abyss.
y X X
We are like children, really, here
on earth, conscious only of our i'm
mediate surroundings. We are like
children at parades, crushed and
stifled. We see alone the objects
that brush us by. But let loving
Father take us in His arms and hold
us aloft that we may see through
= the eyes Of faith, what a difference
this makes in our viewpoint! We are
in crowd, with the narrowest of
views, sometimes with the narrowest
of interests. We see the trunks but
not the treetops. We see the force
unloosed-we do not always see the
results those forces have; but should
loving Father deign to raise us to
the level of His own point of view
and bid us look at life through faith,
what change would then come over
us! In all things T would see His
will if not His pleasure. In all things
would see the master stroke of God.
In deadly contest that involved
my countrys honor my patriotism
would run high. Too violent regret
for what appear to be reverses, too
vehement anxiety as to the final
issues, would be held in check. Faith
puts me in the arms of God, and
there feel Gods steadying influence
So, too, in our personal trials, in
our domestic difficulties, in our own
Gethsemane, in our own Cross
carrying on busy streets, ours should
be the habit Of looking up into the
face of God to see His meaning there
Evening star., 1947-02-23
From City Hall
By John w. Thompson, il

Some interesting testimony may break
when the 1948 budget of the recorder
of deeds is studied at the Capitol.
y
During the recent collection of dimes
campaign for the infantile paralysis
fund, officials sent $4,000 collection
cards to persons with residential ad-
dresses listed in the September tele-
phone directory. They got back $4,000
with marks indicating change Of ad-
dress, departure from town and the like
stamped on the outside. At any rate,
something happened to 10 per cent of
the telephone holders in recent months,
they say
This is the story of dirty drinking
cup or how r. r. Ashworth always gets
his man.
DR.. Ashworth, chief of the Health De-
partment food inspectors, felt sure a
certain drugstore was using paper cups
a second time in violation of regulations
He sent an inspector to police head
quarters, where he was dngerprinted.
The inspector then visited the drug
store and departed after carefully leav-
ing his print from an ink pad on his
cup. Later, he came back and found
the cup among those for issue to Gus
toners. The evidence was taken to
headquarters, where the fingerprint on
the cup proved to belong to the in
Spector. Result-a court case.
When he became special assistant to
Commissioner John Russell Young,
Charles stofberg wrote thirty" to a
newspaper career. To symbolic this he
obtained license plate go" for his car
and has held it ever since. Thirty is
the traditional code number for the
end of news story.
X
District Purchasing Officer Roland M.
Brennan has ambitions of becoming an
historian. He has been using his spare
time on week ends collecting material
on city government from 1910 to date.
Before he took his present job Mr..
Brennan was secretary to the Commis-
sioners.
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Character sketch: A former District
employe once called police precinct
from local tavern and asked for
scout car. The car was dispatched to
the scene, only for its policeman-d driver
to find the employe wanted ride home
for himself and friend.
mot if it was Commissioner ]. Russell
Young himself" the policeman said,
would I make taxi out of this scout
car and especially outside the precinct
area"
The next day the irate employe re-
ported to Commissioner Young what
the policeman had said about him.
"He said that, did hep" Mr.. Young
asked.
HE certainly did," replied the en-
ploye. II took his name"
''Well, write it down for me-" said Mr..
Young, looking the man in the eye.
He ought to be promoted"
Evening star., 1947-02-23

and, when there appears to be no
meaning, to learn to bow our head
and kiss His hand, for so it hath
seemed good to Him in His sight.
The Creator does not ask the crea-
ture too much when He asks him
to live in the half-light of faith;
rather 1t is mark of marvellous
condescension that the Creator asks
us to join our wills with His in
shaping things which He knew from
the beginning.
Thus we shall be calm. At any
rate, bewilderment will have no place
in our hearts. Hard though it may
be, "Thy will be done" should be our
constant prayer. This may be pain
full. This may be costly, but pain
only makes our love more dear. God
puts above all else the faith we show
when in the dark we cannot see His
hand, when in the dark we cannot
see His face, yet when in the dark
we join our wills with His.
The reward for such life of faith,
and for the conviction that the Dear
Scared Hand of Christ is always on
our shoulder, is exceedingly great,
both here and in the life to come.
While here, 1t frees us from bewilder-
ment; it makes us calm. We have
placed our hopes for peace in human
hands, and look where they have led
us. In the hands Of God the things
that are for our peace are much
more safe.
When we accept Gods will, all
else matters little; our souls take on
the calm of Christ. Why ever oppose
Gods will? The heart of all hu-
manity profoundly yearns for peace
these days, for the equilibrium of
all humanity has been upset by
exterior conditions. The world would
pay any price for peace. And the
calm of Christ is not an expensive
thing; it comes to us at bargain
price, that paltry price of yielding to
His will. Ours shall be that peace,
ours shall be the calm that reigned
in the heart of the sleeping Saviour,
sleeping like baby on the sea of
Galilee, if we shall only slip our
hand In His and say to Him: Oh
Christ, lead Thou me on.
Evening star., 1947-02-23

part in the development Of Argen-
tina, Uruguay and Southern Brazil
and today form an important ele-
ment in all three populations. I'm
migrant Spaniards naturally assim-
ilate as readily in Spanish-speaking
countries as Britishers do in the
United, States. The indications thus
are that the new movement to South
America will be beneficial to all con-
cerned.
Evening star., 1947-02-23
(copyright. 1e47.)
The Small Courtesies
From the Ottawa Journal.

We do not suggest that youngsters
should be trained to call their elders Sir
and Ma'am, or instructed in any elab-
crate code of etiquette. 1t is pity,
though, that boy should grow into a
youth, and the youth into a man, with
out having come to an instructive
knowledge and use of the small cour-
tesies which do so much to smooth the
rough edges of our crowded lives. The
lad who forces his way first into tram
and sits while women stand is not to be
blamed too much-he doesn't know any
better. But somebody Is to blame for
Q duty neglected.
Evening star., 1947-02-23
Attack by Innuendo

attack on David E. Lilienthal, so far
as it has strength, lies in its use of
innuendo. This makes an answer
difficult for the simple reason that,
upon close analysis, there is little or
nothing to answer.
Thus, Senator Taft says that Mr..
Lilienthal has always been a very
able propaganda in his own behalf.
He also says he has seldom seen "a
cleverer or more carefully organized
propaganda than that now flooding
Congress in behalf of the ridiculous
proposition that Lilienthal is the in
dispensable man." The implication
is that Mr.. Lilienthal is directing
the propaganda campaign, but Sen
ator Taft refrains from saying that
possibly because such statement,
If made, could be disproved. And
who has said that Mr.. Lilienthal is
"the indispensable MANI" Certainly
not any of the witnesses in his be-
half who have appeared before the
committee holding hearings on his
nomination to head the Atomic
Energy Commission.
Senator Taft also says that Mr.
Lilienthal is typical power hungry
bureaucrat, whatever that means,
and he. goes on to say that the
former IVA head is "one of a group
of men" who have defied Congress,
stretched their powers, sought vast
sums from the public purse, and
who were soft" on Communism,
thereby making it possible for Com
munists to dominate many bureaus
and departments in Washington.
Here again the Ohio Senator does
not specifically attribute any of these
acts to Mr.. Lilienthal, nor does he
name any other members Of the
group of men" to which he refers
or any of the many bureaus and de-
partments dominated by Commu-
nistS.
Most significantly, perhaps, Sen
ator Taft again dredges up this
alleged softness on the subject of
Communism with respect to the
Acheson-L -Lilienthal report on atomic
energy, and implies that because of
this Mr.. Lilienthal prepared report
which would have paved the way to
seizure of atomic plants by the Rus
slams. He adds that the whole
emphasis" of the report had to be
changed by Bernard M. Baruch in
preparing his plan for control of
atomic energy. Whatever the in
tended import of this, there are two
things that Senator Taft neglected
to mention. One is that the Acheson-
Lilienthal report was put forward
mot as a final plan, but as place
to begin, foundation on which to
build" The second Is that Mr..
Baruch, who definitely is not soft"
on the subject of Communism, has
publicly and vigorously indorsed Mr..
Lilienthal for the post which Sena-
tor Taft says he is not qualified to
fill.
1t is very earnestly to be hoped
that Senator Taft's statement is
not typical of the Republican ap-
proach to this question. And there
is reason to believe that it is not.
For instance, Republican Senator
Lodge has announced that he will
support Mr.. Lilienthal. He came to
this conclusion "after careful study
and analysis" had convinced him
that "the accusations made against
his (Mr Lilienthals) character and
patriotism are without proof and
without foundation"
If every member of the Senate
will follow this example there is no
reason to fear the result of the final
vote on confirmation.
Evening star., 1947-02-23
Searching, Indeed!

From the Cleveland News.
Chest examinations of school children
point the way to needed corrections-as
in Crosse Point, Mich, where strange
condition In several right lungs turns
out to be doorknob behind the X-ray
machine,
Evening star., 1947-02-23

Sports fans are hoping that the
proposed merger of the Army and
the Navy will not be too complete
to give us an annual Navy-Army
football game,
Evening star., 1947-02-23
The Calm Of Christ
RAJ fhp Rinhf Ron Msnr .Toh

By the Right Req Msgr. John j. Reilly,
National Director National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
thnLc uni,o eitala af Axnor;
Evening star., 1947-02-23

irreducible in the legal sense in that
they represent fixed obligations. Other
items like those relating to the training
and housing programs Of the Veterans
Administration, while badly conceived,
are irreducible in the political sense.
While certain extravagant practices in
the armed services could undoubtedly
be eliminated to advantage, the overall
amount for national defense, including
the cost of our occupation forces and
feeding the liberated peoples, cannot be
appreciably reduced if we are to main
tain our diplomatic position in Europe
and the Far East. This means, Of
course, that most Of the savings will
probably come from the regular de-
partments and agencies of the Govern
ment, many of which have already been
cut below efficient operating levels.
Moreover, the efficiency of agencies
like the War Assets Administration,
the Bureau of Internal Revenue,
the Claims and Antitrust Divisions of
the Department of Justice and the I'M
migration and Naturalization Service
DSdIS d CI1tCt lcldIlO1lo1llp W 1CFCiluc
for when these bureaus are ade-
quately stated their receipts greatly
exceed their operating expenses. All
these are factors requiring the most
painstaking scrutiny before any consid-
Grafton can be given to total reduction.
The mischievous effect of the present
provisions for congressional budget
making should not be taken, however.
as meaning that all legislative steps for
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-17

"lost wallet" swindle, requiring the
posting of 5000 in good faith"
money.
Mrs. johnson, with only three
arrests during her 20-year career,
told Mccarthy her biggest take
was $2,l0O and that was Is years
ago. A former cotton picker in
the South, she said she received
a probation sentence after her
first arrest at Louisville. six
months in New York and in I942
was sentenced to ave 10 10 years
at Los Angeles. She Is now en-
probation, she said.
According TO Mrs. johnson, the
trio came to st. Paul last Wednes-
day to make a fast touch and plan
ned to 60 back TO Chicago imms-
diately. She said she had a huneh
that they should have gone back
to Chicago, after Mrs. Fort re-
fused TO take the bait, but John and
Margie talked her out Of Il.
Among victims Of recent swindles
who win attempt to identify the
trio are Mrs. Leila wellington, 1924
Virginia Ave-, who last July 10
lost $500 and Mrs. Cassie Davis,
416 RondO Ave, loser Of S755
May %.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-17
Milton ROSen,
Frank Madden
Boost FEPC

Frank Madden, speaking as a
private citizen, told a fourth dis
trict FEPC meeting Tuesday night
at Halle Q. Brown that he has "an
inherent feeling" that FEPC is
right.
Mayor McDonough's secretary
told the group not to be discouraged
by defeat of FEPC on national and
state levels. This effort gains pub
lie understanding of the issues in
volved, he said.
Rev. Benjamin Moore, who pre-
sided, also introduced Milton Rosen,
former city council member.
1.-THE bigoted few are in the min
ority," Rosen said. THE city coun-
Gil is the place to start. Then take
FEPC to the state legislature and
then to Congress"
The group resolved to concen.
trate their efforts on getting ar
FEPC ordinance in St. Paul. 1t was
also resolved to cooperate with the
Minnesota FEPC council to obtain
favorable state and national legis,
lation.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-17
Alexander Jordan
FOrfeits Bail on Window
Peeping Charge

Alexander B. Jordan, 80 years
old, 682 St. Anthony Ave, was
accused Of peeping in a window in
the rear Of the home Of Irving
Quist, 67S Marshall Ave, early
Thursday, Oct. 9, and was charged
with disOrderly conduct and for
feited $50 bail Friday, Oct. 10.
Quist had complained TO police
that some one had been peering in
the window from time to time. Pa
trolman Leonard Peterson was
posted at the scene and caught
Jordan. At police headquarters
Jordan said he thought something
unusual was going on in the alley
and went in to investigate.
Wednesday Jordan denied the
police statement that he was found
in an alley. He said the officers
accosted him on the street as he
was on the way home from work.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-17
St. Paul People Too
Smart, Con Suspect
Says As Cops Nab 3

Gladys johnson, alias Mattocks,
39-year-old swindling suspect who
admitted 40 years in the racket"
was arrested by St. Paul police
Friday. Oct. 10. She blamed her
arrest on smart" St. Paulites.
Il guess st. Paul people are Just
too smart" she said. There's
nothing to being a swindler. All
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-17


LOUISVILLE - Negroes got an
old-fashioned, paternalistic lecture
here last week from H. F. Willkie
brother Of the late Wendell), who
is vice president Of the Joseph Z.
Seagram and Sons Distillery, one
of the biggest businesses in these
parts.
In the best tradition of the great
white father" Willkie, whose
speech was reported with admir-
able matter-of-factness by the local
Negro papers, cautioned Negroes
to develop their natural talents"
which he said were chiefly cooking
and industrial sanitation" the
latter being apparently the Negroes
old friend, janitOring.
Willkie further cautioned Ne
grOes against needless inveighing
against HhHulNup "hANh geef
as a race, can do nothing about
within your own lifetimes. That
is the pigment in your skins"
An educated people, he said, will
prosper despite prevailing eco
nomic conditions. despite racial
or religious prejudices, despite
physical adversely in any form.
The Negro has let his highly
Wanted reputation as a cook go
by the board, the liquor distiller
said. "Where are the excellent res
taurants owned and run by Ne
groes ?" he asked.
Similarly, the Negro is no longer
Of much consequence in the "pro-
fessions" of laundering, homework
and janitoring, WillIie went on.
what Negro" he asked,
has contributed anything to the
advancement Of profession upon
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-17
Ives Bill Goals
'Detestable,' Says
Ex-NRA Head

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(NNPA)
Donald Richberg, formerly head
Of the National Recovery admin
istration, branded the detectives
Of the Ives bill to ban race and
religious discrimination in employ
ment as mot admirable but detest-
able"
In a brief filed with the senate
labor committee, where the bill is
pending, Mr.. Richberg said II the
legislation is enacted, its results
would be to deny the essential
liberty" Of selecting employees.
The plain fact Is that the
function Of the employer In
private enterprise and the sys-
TEN itself would soon disappear
as the hiEh-sOunding Objec-
tiVes of antidiscriminatiOn
were logically developed"
There was nothing wrong, Rich
berg declared, in having a prefer
ence to work with persons Of a
particular race, religion, color, ma
tional origin or ancestry"
Human brotherhood may be a
beautiful ideal, but If the congenial-
ity of Chinese to Chinese an d
French to French and Irish to Irish
is a natural feeling, and not a vice,
how absurd it is to argue that the
OutgrOwing uncongeniality toward
other nationalities and races is so
wrongful that action based upon it
should be forbidden by law"
He agreed that "all unreasoning
prejudice and intolerance may be
assumed to be evil" but added that
bad thinking cannot be legislated
out Of the human mind"
as it wrong" he inquired, "for
free individualist to object to
enforced association with a fanatic
Communist who seeks to enslave
him7"
If the bill becomes law, Rich
berg said, the management Of
a religious publication would
be forbidden TO discriminate
against hiring atheists or hos
tile religiOnists. This, he as
serted, would abridge the con-
stitutiOnal guarantee Of
religious freedom.
Editors note: The Ives bill ex-
empts from its provisions ANY
religious, charitable, fraternal, So
cial, educational, OF sectarian cor
poration or association, not Or
ganized for private profit, other
than labor organizations.")
Richberg filed his brief with the
information that he had mot been
paid by anyone" to oppose the
measure but that his views had
been sought by the committee.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-17
Negro Isn't Good Cook
Any More, Distiller Says

which the Negro virtually holds
q monopoly l can tell you re-
gretfully that no Negro has con-
tributsd anything, and say that
on the basis Of long experience
as the head Of an industry which
has pioneered in the field Of in
dustrial sanitation
II say to you that the first re-
sponsibility Of Negro leaders is to
direct the vision Of the Negro race
toward it's natural talents and abil-
tiles, which are there in abundance
if they are discovered and devel-
oped.
"Traditionally, the American Ne
gro is a cook, and a very fine one,
too. Yet how far does he carry
this profession beyond working in
someone's home for whatever the
labor market will pay? How far do
Negro educators go in using the
resources Of domestic science
to develop a really superior corps
Of Negro cooks so expert and 50
efficient and so personable that no
other cooks can successfully COM
pete against themG
How far do Negro educators
think in terms Of educating these
domestic scientists in business
methods and in administrative
teehniques so that they can own
and run their own businessesG
"As far as I can tell, with few
and rather dismal exceptions, the
Negro sells his talents as wen as
his business rights to the white
man for a rather insufficient
wage"
Willkie was presented in his
speech by the local chapter o. Phi
Beta Sigma fraternity.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-17
Jackie Robinson to
Make Picture Soon

HOLLYWOOD INNPAD~Jackie
Robinson has been signed TO a con-
tract to appear in the film "Cour-
age" TO be made by Producers Re-
leasing corporation.
The picture will be under the d.
rection Of the producer, Jack Gold
berg. Robinson is expected to ar
rive here shortly after he completes
a personal appearance tour Of thea
tors in the Fast
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-17
Dodgers to Train
In West Indies

BROOKLYN, N. Y. (NNPA)-
The Brooklyn Dodgers will train
next spring in the Dominican Re-
public, Branch Hickey disclosed last
week.
While he did not specifically say
so, the West Indies site no doubt
was chosen to avoid the problems
posed by Florida, Texas. Louisiana
and other Southern states, in whose
towns big league clubs trained in
the past. City ordinances and Gus
tom in Dixie ban mixed sports con-
tests.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-17
Four Candidates Enter
Mayor of Bonneville
Race; Ball to Be Nov. u

Cities.
Bird:
"a public health program that
can fill the needs Of our community.
OTO educate our people to the
importance Of exercising their vot-
ing privileges.
OTo promote a working rela-
tionship with the Governors In
terracial commission.
. To encourage community in
terest in supervised recreation for
children.
Monroe:
. To promote good will among
minors, with the purpose of curbing
juvenile delinquency.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-17
Walter White, Wilkins
Picket Birth of Nation

NEW YORK = (NNPAl - A
picket line was thrown around the
Republic Theatre at Broadway and
5lst street last Saturday because
Of the showing of D. w. Grifrith's
Birth of a Nation" In the picket
line were Walter White and Roy
wilkins, secretary and assistant
secretary of the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Color
ed People.
"The Birth of a Nation" pro-
duced in 1915, glorifies the Ku Klux
Khan in the Reconstruction era.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-17
Zion Observes
Pastors 18th Year

Rev. H. W. Bolts of Zion Baptist
Church will celebrate his 18th year
as pastor Friday, Oct. II. Rev. H.
C. Boyd of st. Peter A. NJ. E. will
deliver the message and his choir
will furnish the music. Sunday
morning Rev. C. P. Morrows Of St.
Joseph, No, will preach the NOR
ming service and deliver the an
niversary message Sunday noon.
Twin City Gospel Union will fur
nish the music. On Monday, Oct.
20, a reception will be held and a
program given. Mrs. Essie Arnold,
Chairman.