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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-06-13
PRACTICAL BROTHERHOOD

Age Ia, Evsleth. MINI.
What strange world this would be
II everyone were just the same,
with the same eOlorSd faces
And everyone called the same name.
n every land were Q desert
Or n every tree were green
II every heart were gentle
Or N every soul were mean.
Wouldn't you get tired Of living
Each Identical day
wouldn't you gUt tired Of watching
Each person 10 through life Inv same way
But that must be how some want Il
For nobOdy's right but they,
And they seem 10 hRd fault with others
In every possible way,
Bua they seem 10 forget how unusual
This world would come to b.
II every one hut the white man
wonla vanish into eternity
50 learn 90 respect all others
And bs glad that Cod made them too.
And knew that with each dlfgerSnt person
Ne brings with him something new
ISnt IN Fwturn for all Of these interests
Yea too. mast do something good
And lsaEn 10 FSspsct all the others
~ prastisine BrOtAsrASod
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-06-13
Robert DUR Pessimistic:
Robert DUR Pessimistic:
South Won Civil War and
Fights to Keep Victory
1t Obtained i'm 1865

OF the COnfederacy hs a way Of
life Is growing In prominence in
the deep South today.
When | visited again at the Gov.
ernor's office in Montgomery re-
Gently and waited for my turn to
make a report to Governor Fol
som. the only Negroes | saw as
part Of the hundreds and hundreds
working at the Capital were Negro
whitehead TRUSTEES from the near
by state prison. They were swing
ing mops and running errands.
II scientific check were made
into all that went into their be-
ing there feel safe In saying
without fear Of successful contra
diction that the system under
which they have had to live made
Il impossible for them to escape
falling into the situation where
they are today.
II has been we'll said In this prac.
teal world that the strong take
from the weak and the smart take
from the strong" Under this law
Of the Jungle, rRcism is defied and
freedom is lost to the forces Of
slavery. Only good smart people
are going to be able to prevail
against the camouhaged Confed-
crate forces who have never for
given the Negro for accepting the
physical freedom given him when
Lincoln issued the Emancipation
Proclamation.
We need Negro leaders who are
more than carbon copies Of the
average white leader in the South.
There h really no hope there, be-
cause he II without faith In the
philosophy that one only keeps
that which Ne gives away.
We need leaders who have
evolved enough to have faith In
the unlimited possibilities for
eVolVement and development Of all
peoples and resources 81 the South,
and who can induce the people Of
the South to really want To go for.
ward by going forward, and To
enable the eolored people in the
South to produce, manufacture and
distribute in great quality and
quantity things peoples in many
parts Of the world need and are
willing to pay for.
This will bring money into the
South to provide employment for
millions now doomed to slow death,
because of mechaniration in aRri-
culture and industry. and the ten
dsncy on the part Of educators to
give us men and women who can
not make a payroll but who must
hs taken care Of As selfish con-
sumerS and not producing hsRe-
factors.
The determined eancuflaKSd
CoRfedsrHcy, prOmulEAtiRg the sx>
pansion Of the idsoloWy Of the Con-
fsderaey, Is . greater threat 20
freedom and peace II freedom low
inE people everywhere today than
Hitler or TOTO ever dreamed Of b.
ing,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-06-13
Education AZ Bigotry Cure

1t is claimed education is the
most potent weapon against BIZ
Eotry. One Of the lawyers who
defended the admitted lynchers Gin
Greenville) was Tom Wofford.
After the AequittaI he sneered
at those Who opposed the lynchers
and curIed his lip at the inter.
feresee" Of the justice dept.
Wofford was educated" at HaT-
ward.
We haven't won the things We
fought for in the second World war.
bat the GreenyiIle lyRehinE case
decision proves Ne still haven't won
all the things Lincoln fought for
in the Civil waT.-Walter Winchell.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-06-13
LETTERS

Is ample means in all treasures to
care for delegates to general con.
ference. And do not make dele
gates Of Just nice people, who want
70 see the sights ut Los Angeles,
and are willing TO pay their own
way. They will be useless. DO
not send worthy people and ex.
pect the ravens 10 feed them. They
will be fed. But the persons the
ravens feed never forget the
ravens
o. c. HALL,
727 st. Anthony Ave.
81. Paul I, MINI.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-06-13
AT THE VA

Over at the Veterans Admins
tration. the Associated Press gave
"Scotty" Woolford. assistant direc-
tor Of public relations, such a rough
time ON questions concerning
UNAVA's charges Of discrimina-
ton against colored veterans by
the VA that WoOlford took the UNI
precedented action Of turning the
newsmen over to George Holland
Of Joe Alhright's staff to get the
answers for his questions.
This Is public relations in ere
verse" because the VA, like most
federal agencies. has a ruling that
only public relations officials will
answer official queries from re-
portsrs and. while II is not general
ly known. Scotty's office has made
special efforts in the past to
"muEEle" both Albright and Hol-
land in speaking on VA policies.
Still reversing itself in 4 tough
spot, however. when a reporter
from the newspaper PM hit the
VA q few minutes later iring auss-
tons a mile q minute, public re-
lations officials turned him over TO
Albright for his answers.
The half baked" official an
SwSrs which Holland and Albright
gave are not half SO important a.
the fact that the VA realized II
must give out with something more
than mo comment" on UNAvAS
charges.
AT THE WAR DEPT.
When UNAvAs charges that
the War Department Was not TAX
ing steps 10 protect eolored vet
SFAns from being denied their term
NAL leave pay reached Kenneth
Johnson. special assistant To the
Secretary Of War. he armed him
self with Marcus Ray. civilian aide
10 the Secretary of War. and in
vitsd the boys in for . eoufsT-
sRes.
Johnson disEuStsd the UNAvA
delegation by telling them ~ knew
absolutely noshiRg a. the prob
lens faced BY Negro veterans hut
that No had called in Ray 10 AID
him In answering their qssstions.
AeeOrding 10 individual memhsrs
az the aslsgAtion. their disgust
esrdsr~d On eontsmp, when coavSr.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-06-13
THE Deep South Speaks"
by ROBERT DURR

for the NNPA News Service
Birmingham, Ala. -- Six years
ago, I called upon the then Gov
ernor Frank NJ. Dixon Of Ala.
bama, a distant relative Of the man
by the name Of Dixon. who wrote
THE Klansman."
was prompted to make this
call upon Governor Dixon by n
native Alabama white man whom
| think had convinced that II was
not enough for the South to cry
out against outside interference"
50 long ~ II did not offer any So
luton based on justice and decsncy
to the momentous problems Of ig-
norance, superstition, disease and
poverty within ita walls.
I also sought 10 get Governor
Dixon TO see that equitable Job Op.
portuRtiea for both races aud utIli-
satloH Of the total manpewer Of
the state. In Industry and other
wise within the state a. q matter
81 state policy. h the only holy
EroaHd upon which We could stand.
Governor Dixon. a. recall Il,
agreed that Alabama. and the
South, ought To have some machin-
cry set up within its borders to
which the people. especially those
oppressed and Disseminated
against because Of race and color,
could appeal and get relief based
on justice, u the State wanted to
be left alone to deal with problems
which originate out Of the dual
social philosophy and poverty Of
the South.
This situation which long ago
convinced the majority Of those on
top in the South that their sur
vivRl Is dependent upon freezing
the descendants Of the former
slaves In the servant status-mad
scrRmbles for crumbs from the
white mans table and debassrs Of
that which Is highest and best for
a mess Of pottAES, To this end
for upwards Of ninety years the
native white South stili continues
to salvage victory from the lost
battles Of the Civil War. supposed
ly terminated In 1865.
Governor Dixon said the South
Ia poor. that there are not enough
good jobs or anything to TO around
In the South, as ! recall Il, and that
the whits man just takes the best,
but that at that time. with the war
getting under way. he thought an
effort should Be made TO give col
cred people . greater share Of the
better things.
Ne pointed cot. u I mistake not.
that the formidable opposition 20
Justice to eolsred people stsms
from the Rlaek Belt and rural sec.
lions q the state.
In those sections the night Is
still unbelisVAhly pitch dark inso-
far as liberty. opportunity and
growth for eolorSd people are con.
esrned, There. a. in many other
sections Of the South. the Civil
War has been won by the ruling
whites, There the church, school.
government and leaders Of both
races for the most part are dsd-
ieated 10 keeping that victory won
for the ConfedsrAcy
II the trend keeps spreading.
this saRCSrUus growth will again
cause the shAsklss % slavery TO
be rivstsd around the wrists u
milliOna TIE world h small nov
What happens in one country 10
day, no matter how remote. affects
psopls svsrywAsrs rhs tasoloxy
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-06-13

&c. The overall proportion Of
Negroes TO whites Ia steadily de-
slining, Second. the Negro is no
longer concentrating In the South,
bat IL rsdistTtbating himself mere
evenly over the entire country.
Third and mos, important, the
American Negro 10 steadily b.
coming lighter" DT. Ralph
Linton, anthFUPologist al Yale Who
prSdiea there wtil ~ no NsgrO
problem In 200 pears because there
will b. no NsgrUsa
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-06-13
LIGHTS UP THERE
ACTION DOWN HERE!!

The scene in which the United
Negro and Allied Veterans Of
America took its place in the sun
by being the first colored organiEa-
ton in this nations history TO
place on u permanent basis u ma
tional organization devoted TO their
special needs and problems was
laid amid the fanfare that goes
with any convention in New York,
and was duly recorded by New
York correspondents on the scene.
But the backstage action In Wash
ington which followed their New
York revelations can best be told
by Washington newsmen who saw
their body punches sink home into
the vulnerable stomachs Of official
Washington.
When the daily papers hit the
Washington streets with New York
stories on UNAVA's charges Of
"connivance," "misinformation, "
discrimination" and denial Of
civil rights" against federal agen-
cies, Washington reporters made
the usual Decline TO the agencies
mentioned in the stories to get
their comment on the charges.
What they found, however. was
not the usual mo comment" state
ments or the absurd" denials. They
found. instead, public relations Of
heiAls passing the buck from one
to another in desperate attempts
to keep from being the one quoted
on the controversial issues which
UNANA had raised.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-06-13
Dear Joe
NEW STAR IN THE SKY

Born In the Jim Crow training
camps Of the South, kept alive by
the gnawinR pRngs Of discrimina-
ton which followed II TO far flung
battlefronts, and finally forced into
the open by a government which
denied II the very things for which
1t fought, a national colored vet
Grams organization took its place in
the sun in New York last week
and fred a shot, which. IL not
heard around the world. certainly
echoed through the marble halls Of
federal agencies In Washington.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-06-13
Humphreys Victory q MGndate

The overwhelming victory Of Hubert Humphrey
mayor Of Minneapolis credit the Judgment Minneapolis
Hts victory impressive that
phTsy continue his leadership Cys
march,
It's comforting know mayors
chair who fair honest group
the cIty's population.
The defeat Of Oscar Csvs Of
the liberals Clsvs friend the
undSrdog.
We regret also the failure Of the Eighth
Robert Whart His successful young
Of considerable promise However Whart deserving
had record Of service In the interest Of minority groups
the rest Of the people.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-06-13
CONGRATULATIONS To:


The CrsdjAfawn Credit Union years serving financial
needs Of s membership and demonstrating
people Of purpose helpful and good
The Associated Negro Credit Union deciding
scholarship for Negro white
at Forest Lake. III.
To Val BOrnSon Of the g. Paul Dispatch
his realistic talk at st. James church
pointed out that America clean
To do effective job against Communism
To the Columbia BrOadcang
casting Of such productions The Empty Eagles
Brood"
We and lot Of other bronze sleeping since
Jackie Robinson 10 hitting that ball
Joe Louis takes his fahsrhOod with which
he knocks out hlS ring opponents.
CONGRATULATIONS TO GRADUATES
Our congratulations TO the boys and girls
schools and colleges this They diplomas they
have absorbed and to along odAys troubled
All the advice that speakers Eradu
their studies good unless they folks called
mother wit"
The FSactionasa call
munas call everybody who thinks Russia
For political failure Henry Wallace gets editorial at
tsnton.
Certainly Taft
Hartley but Of organized labor
has cooperasd with industry keep Negro
hsdA Of employment for Some Of thsm
6Otherhooda still following the policy
We take OF Central Labor Union
and s atatssmAns leader George Phillips who are successfully
showing working people how their
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-06-13

sation with Ray showed that he
knew less than Johnson about their
problems.
The significant point about the
War Department meeting, how
ever, is that the Secretary Of War
agreed after the conference TO let
veterans file application for their
terminal leave pay without using
the official terminal leave blank, il
the blanks are not available, and TO
accept them unnOtarized il the
services Of a notary public are not
available.
This was a definite concession to
UNAVA's documented charges that
cOlored veterans in the South can't
get their hands on the leave blanks,
but in order to keep it from APP
pearing as il the Department had
taken a bow to UNAVA, the Sec
rotary Of War. through Ray. point
ed out to reporters that this was
no change Of policy" and that the
order applied to all veterans rather
than to "a particular group"
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-14
The Stratton Bill

A measure before Congress - the
Stratton bill-provides for the admis-
sion of 100000 displaced persons at the
rate of 100000 a year. Its hackers say
this is a flair share" for this country
to absorb of the $50, 600 persons now in
detention camps abroad.
While it was once true that the
United States could assimilate great
numbers of immigrants and is now ir
some measure indebted to the sturdiel
stock that sought our shores, ever
within the last quarter century, anc
while the plight of Europe's displaced
persons wrings the heart, it is to b.
asked what could be done with such
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-14
Freight Rate Ruling

There is good reason to rejoice that
the United States Supreme Court has
upheld the Interstate Commerce Com
mission ruling made in 1915 to place
freight rates between the Northeast on
the one hand and the South and West
on the other on a more equitable basis.
But it is to be noted that the court
decision, which increase rates 10 per
cent in the first and lowers them 10 per
cent in the two last mentioned areas
amounts to less than half of the 80
per cent differential.
When the new tariffs go into effect
they will apply to only 4 per cent of
railway traffic and 6 per cent of the
lines revenue.
Even this will help the industrial and
agricultural South and West, but the
battle against the discriminatory rates
which have placed a handicap upon
these regions for close to half a cen
fury must not be dropped.
It should not be I'VE interrupted
until a square deal has been given all
sections of the country.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-14

an influx as the Stratton bill contem-
plates. We cannot house u W popu-
lation. We cannot provide work for
our own idle persons. We are still I'M
able to take proper care of our war
veterans and their families.
Furthermore mere could be no as
surance that the yearly 100000 emf
grants would take to our way. of liv-
ing and become creditable citizens
There is good reason to think that many
of them would bring their W politi-
cal creeds with them and instead of
engaging in customary gainful pursuits
turn missionaries Of their unwelcome
ideologies.
The Stratton bill, if approved, would
add new and greater complications to
our troubled economic situation than
we now face.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-14
WEDNESDAY, MAY II, 1947
Star Program

State ports with Wilmington favored
in proportion with its resources. to in
clude public terminals, tobacco storage
warehouses, ship repair facilities. near
by sites for heavy industry and 35-foot
Cape Fear river channel.
City auditorium large enough to meet
needs for years to come.
Development Of Southeastern North
Carolina agricultural and industrial re-
sources through better markets and food
processing, pulp wood production and
factories.
Emphasis on the regions recreation
advantages and improvement Of resort
accommodations.
Improvement Of Southeastern North
Cardinals farm-to-market Int primary
roads, with a paved highway from Top
sail inlet to Bald Head island.
Continued effort through the City's In
dustrial Agency to attract more In
dustries.
Proper utilization OF Bluethenthal air.
port for expanding air service.
DE, elopment of Southeastern North
Cardinals health facilities. especially in
counties lacking hospitals. n includ-
ing a Negro Health center
Encouragement Of the growth Of COM
mercial fishing.
Consolidation Of City and County
governments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-14
Who Will It Be?

These columns recently pointed out
that the political positions of Presi-
dent Truman and Senator Vandenberg
are exceptional. 1t was noted that the
Senator from Michigan might prove
the most formidable opponent Nh. Tru-
man could face in the 1913 national
elections, if either or both of them were
candidates for the presidency. Confir-
nation Of this view is found in an
article in the Christian Science Moni-
tor. It is a contribution by Roscoe
Drummond. Mr.. Drummond writes:
president Humans CROWN g
strength can contribute to a Vanden-
berg draft, since it generally is agreed
that Senator Vandenberg would wage
formidable campaign and would be a
formidable vote-getter."
He adds: IF the republicans de.
eide that the country is strongly inter.
nationalist, it may want to nominate
the strongest internationalist candidate
it can agree upon" It is the fact that
Mr.. Truman and Mr.. Vandenberg are
in such agreement on our broad policies
toward other nations that makes thei1
position so extraordinary.
While Senator Vandenberg is doing
all he can to stay out Of the presidential
picture, it is not by any means impos
sible that he might be drafted whel
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-14

the republicans assemble in national
convention.
Mr.. Drummond ignores former Gov
ernor Stassen of Minnesota, but has
this to say of two other men continual
ly in the news:
"The party may we'll wish to avoid
a divisive collision between Governor
Dewey and Senator Taft, for in such
a collision these two may cancel out
each other. One reason the Ohio re-
publicans have rushed their decision to
unite behind Senator Taft is their wish
to head off Governor Dewey. Gov
ernor Dewey continues to have a high
G.. O. P. voter-preference rating, but
he is not genuinely popular among the
national republican leaders,"
New York, Ohio and Michigan are
thus accounted for, but what about the
West? Governor Warren Of California
might go into the convention with a
block of votes that could swing the
nomination, if not to him, then to the
nominee it sees fit to support.
The republican nomination could
well be determined by the West, not
by the old strongholds of republicanism.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-14
GUAM WOULD Rny
but LACKS SELLER'
BY DON wHIrEHr.n
AP Newsfeatue..

&C GUAM AM - This island is ..a.
the wealthiest in the Psc;tpIse Snaps
per capita basis but AUG on ,
little to buy with its mone l,0s nq
1t is reliably estjr..
each adult Guamanisn ss ha
age assets, real and uo +as avs.
about $500, and the n stivn'isl d
latlon of about $4,000 is s, pSnt
by thousands of Nav. sEelst
workers and service roen s'Vllia
money to spend but noNn With
spend it. "Aefe b
The Guamanians hava
81, 500, 900 in the bsnt A,''e than
alone and additional heavr YUAN
its in mainland banks, sso aegos
to naval officers, They s alIy0l Sas
war damage claims agains+ nav
government total.ing $l2. oN NM he
Through the NAVY tbo
are able to buy food clotb,.p people
some surplus property. hung n4 an any
real purchasing power is wiz vi,. Hsi
men have not ventured int .,u ~!
market. "'0 A'
The Navy is trying n ;r..
pany, was expected soon tn a'sr
ing, but to date has had few ' ~
bles. AZ" NO.
Capt. M. H. Anderson a. ",
Englewood, N. j., naval aS ~tN
istrator, said one large oil IV sasa
pany was expected soon IA , uvn'
filling stations, as a fuel NJ = uysl
was badly needed by civilians r'A''
Eve also are trying to encnr,
age such things as five and '. y,
cent stores, drug stores a ~.
cleaners and laundries tc como Wy J.
GUAM" he said.
One firm which showed an !.
terest was afraid Of competifio,
from Navy stores, but tho ~,
tain said, 1--WE propose either :,
withdraw entirely from the tisS
once private enterprise cones !,
Or else work out an equitable a.,
rangement so there will be no con,
flict. We want to do everything u,
can to help businesses com. n
Guam"
Meanwhile, the Guam market /,
almost untapped.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-14

Colonial dwelling near jamestown,
built in 1852 on land given by Pow
|hatan to John Rolfe when he mar
ried PocahOntas, Powhatan's
daughter,
built outside the original settle
ment, and there were several vii
lagos.
The year 1919 was an important
one. There were now eleven little
settlements in Virginia, and each
of them was given permission to
elect two representatives to help
make laws for the colony. They
met in the little church at James
town on July 80, 1919, and thus
took place the first meeting of the
first legislature in America.
Copyright, 1916, By The Gro
lier Society Inc, based upon The
Book of knowledge
distributed by United Feature
Syndicate, Inc.)
TOMORROW: - Early Railway
Passenger Cars.