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on such important issues as the
enactment Of state and federal
FEPC laws, King was evasive,
and generalized on other issues
concerning minority groups.
He stated, in reference to mi
nority groups, that all persons
should be given eq"al protection
under the laws Of the constitu-
ton. He believes that no man
should be denied a job because
he is a Negro, nor should he be
given one because he is a Negro.
He believes that every man
should be given the right to a
job.
Stafford King believes, he said,
that II the existence Of race pref
udice could be measured, he
would be on top Of all those hav-
ing little or no race, religious or
social prejudices.
Preparedness and ability
should be the measuring points
Of all peoples, King stated. He
believes that enforcing all state
laws, and not just a pet few,
should be the purpose Of a chief
executive. 80 a.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-09-10
Solicitors Begin
Drive For Mpls.
NAACP Members

twenty-five additional solicit
tors volunteered their services
this week to aid in the annual
Minneapolis NAACP drive.
Since a two dollar minimum
membership was proposed at the
annual conference and is to be
voted on for acceptance this
month by the National Board, the
local branch is anxious to con-
clude its drive before the new
fee takes effect.
The new members are: Alva
Jones, Eva Abbey, Primith Cook,
Louise Quarterman, France
Duncan, Marie Cooper, Beulah
Peters, Nettie Shepherd, Violetta
Walker, Shirley Underwood,
Ruth Blumberg, Esther Byars,
Ernestine Perry, Arie Pullum,
Leva Smith, Earett Glover, Tela
Burt and Mrs. Richard White.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-09-10
Catholic Trade UniOnistS
Back FEPC on Federal
and State Levels

NEW YORK (ANP) - A reso-
luton adopted by the Association
Of Catholic Trade unionists, in
national convention here last
week, held that IF employment
practices in American industry
and business are to make their
proper contribution to productive
efficiency, they must be based on
the applicants availability and
technical qualifications to fill
the job opening"
On this belief the association
voted to seek elimination Of dis
elimination in employment by
actively supporting the establish
ment Of federal and state FEPC
laws, asking employers to res
pect their moral obligations in
the hiring of workers and urging
workers to respect each other des-
pite differences in race, religion,
color or national origin.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-09-10
st. Paul Public
Schools Get2
More Teachers

st. Paul public school students
will get new instruction in indus
trial arts from a new teacher
entering the field, Robert James
Smith, Of Springfield, Ill.
Mr.. Smith received his Bachelor
of Science degree from Bradley
University, Peoria, Ill. February,
1913. He will be an instructor
in the Mckinley and Mcclellan
Centers.
For one year, Smith was a
student assistant at Bradley uni
versity in the woodshop division
of the Industrial Arts school. He
spent three years in the army, in
the combat engineers division.
Another new teacher in the st.
Paul public school system is
Miss Loree Grimes, Minneapolis
who will be a kindergarten teach
er at the Mckinley center. Miss
Woods school, Minneapolis.
Other teachers are Rachel
James, Charles Rodgers and Jean
Coins.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-09-10
"untoUehobIeS" Fore
Better Than Negroes
Indian Women Soy

-, .ny
~ H'o WV, Az s NHN
III g. " ,. GO !, ,o on
r!' 1''eiIL's 'i,e iO-u -,
C.i, WIZ ooIi4ei e.'Ce u %"l
~,oeo a'.I $3.50, I Wv. o',.I I.
~ ~ 80 ~, '. =" 80.
country fare better than Negroes
in the United States. The dele
gates were the Misses Parimal
Das, Calcutta, India. and Kush-
UNI c. Sokey, Rachi, Bihur, both
Christians; and Begun G. A.
Khan, chief commissioner of Girl
Guides, Pakistan, a Moham-
medan.
Spe,kinv in a sneci,I interview
or IN. "pntoucbobIes" Mice Nae
S,id "Thero is Iess lin, croyism
existirr in Indi, for TntoucbabIes
tb,r tor Nogro.s In tbis country +"
Sbe eaid "uptoncbabIos" ~ the
uindu taitb ,yoro eoaro,,tod or1v
in rogard 70 TODD and MARRIAGE
1au, 80 .ho. NJ coronation ov-
ietod m trains nd etreot care
s,ch 90 nraaticod bv so,,tborn
CO. aa.inst Noaroas
All India IS conscious OF the
problem OF untouchaoles' she
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-09-10
Leading Chemical
Scientists Visit
St. Paul 2 Weeks

DR.. Lewis F. Cason, professor
of chemistry for the Research
Association of the Carver Found
alton at Tuskegee Institute, spent
two weeks here with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis c. Cason,
1925 Thomas ave. Other visitors
from Tuskegee were DR.. T. Ruth
Brett, assistant personnel direc-
tor of Tuskegee and DR.. and Mrs.
James H. Henderson. Henderson
who is professor of chemistry for
the Research Association, Is on
leave from the Institute, motor
ing to California where he will
Join the research staff Of the
California Institute of Techno-
logy at Pasadena.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-09-10
Walter White
Says Negroes Are
"Tired of Running

WASHINGTON CAMP - In
conference with Walter White
Tuesday, President Truman ex-
pressed his disapproval of the
anti-Wallace demonstration which
was carried out in North Caro-
lima as the Progressive Presiden-
tial candidate attempted to speak
in several of the southern towns.
Just prior to this discussion
with the secretary of the NCAAP,
Press secretary Charles G. Ross
had quoted the President as say
ing he thought that the throw
ing of eggs and other missiles
were certainly highly un-Amer-
lean business and violated the
American concept of fair play"
The Wallace discussion between
President Truman and Mr.. White
was apparently incidental as the
NCAAP secretary claims to have
visited the President to discuss
plans preparatory to his depar-
ture for Paris on Sept. IS where
his organization is included in the
bodies which are sending consul
tants to the General Assembly of
the United Nations.
Mr.. White is said to have also
discussed with the President the
expediency of including Negroes
on his 7-member committee on
equality of treatment in the armed
employment board to be eStab-
lished in the civil service COM
mission for the purpose of carry
ing out the Presidents executive
orders for fair employment in
the federal services.
In reply to a newSman's ques-
ton on whether he believed that
the demonstration against Henry
Wallace in North Carolina would
serve to cut down the attendance
of Negroes at the Wallace meet
ings, Mr.. White said, II don't
think the Negro will be fright
ened. The Negro is not soaring
easily these days"
Negroes are tired Of running,
the NCAAP executive said, and
a great many of them, particular
Iy veterans "are not going to run
any more"
He expressed his belief that
the outburst against the Progress
sive Party presidential candidate
was the work Of small minor
ity Of the irresponsible Ku Klux
element" and was not approved
by the decent people" Of the
south.
Mr.. White pointed out to White
House correspondents that the
South now has a million Negro
voters whose rights have been
bolstered by the Supreme Court
decision in the white primary
case" and more recently by a
Federal court ruling in South
Carolina. These voters plus the
three million Negroes in northern
and border states are looking at
candidates and platforms, and
particularly looking at perform
noes" he declared.
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Teen Age Group Observe
National Youth Month

The teen age members Of Halle
@. Brown are sponsoring a con-
ference Saturday, September l8,
in commemoration of National
Youth Month, which is Septem-
Der. Speakers from the fields Of
education, social work, religion,
and journalism will be featured
during the conference, which be-
gins at IL o'clock and ending at
10 o'clock Saturday night.
Various topics on the panel of
discussion are: 'Eeduccation, for
What?", Preparing Youth for
Tomorrow" Idea Clinic or What
Can We do for Fun" Youth and
the Church, School, Home and
Agency" What Do weas Youth
Want at Halle Q. Brown"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-09-10

jected the extremes of Wallace
ties and Dixiecrats' whose con-
tentions, he said, "blackened the
horizon of interracial relations
and threatened the foundations Of
our society"
Evidences Of Progress
while the interracial situation
is not IDEAL" DR.. Ellison added,
there are many evidences Of
growing goodwill, mutual under
standing and constructive CO.
operation in building a better
community for all the people"
Another speaker, Charles H.
Wesley, president of the College
of Education and Industrial Arts,
Wilberforce, Ohio, urged his
listeners to unite with all races
and minority groups who believe
in democracy and the march
toward a large freedom for all.
Neither the Declaration Of In
dependence, nor the Constitution
Of the United States, nor our
present war declaration, nor the
Bible of our creeds make place
for the inferiority concepts Of diff
ferent races or 'creeds,'" he said.
Ray, the key speaker Of the
evening, said civil rights, in
themselves, meant nothing if the
hearts of the majority Of the peo-
pie were not in accord with hui
man rights"
He called for more education,
with Negroes joining in its plan
ming, as the solution, and cited
Negro participation in Southern
Educators Conference at Gains
vile, Fla, last winter, which pro-
posed joint sponsorship Of grad
uate schools for whites and Ne
groes by the various States.
He wound up by terming de-
mocracy a Christian calling.
THE Christian faith is actually
a social contract" he declared.
"You the either your brothers
keeper voluntarily or you are not
a Christian. One was never forced
to become his brothers keeper"
On Christian Line
The Urban League, he said, lies
along the Christian line between
the reactionaries and the profess
sional liberals.
II believe the Urban League Is
an organization Of America, hber-
al in its concept and devoted to
the tremendous and often heart
breaking task Of opening closed
minds so that freedom and oppor-
tunity can become more and more
abundant"
Winding up the ceremonies last
night, Lloyd X. Garrison, of New
York, president Of the league,
presented cash prizes to national
winners In the essay contest on
what the Vocational opportun-
ity Campaign Has Meant TO Me-"
Continued on page A.
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Khan.
Charge that King was a mem
Der of the Khan was made by the
Midway News, in editions during
the years l924-25. Then King
said, as he says now that his
shoulders were broad and that he
could afford to ignore the
charge" that he was a Klan
member.
Despite the fact that the edi-
tor of the Midway News, the late
James H. Burns, posted a surety
bond Of any sum, for any listed
person who thought his reputa-
ton worth the effort to prove he
was not a member Of the Khan,
King made no move to prove his
innocence.
At the time, King was state
adiutant Of the American Legion.
Members Of the American Legion
in Minnesota offered to furnish
King services Of attorneys to
bring charges against the editor
Of Midway News, but King con-
tinued to side-step the issues.
Mr.. King admits, however, at
tending the Khan meeting once,
but mot as a member Of the
Khan" When asked his opinions
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He spoke to about 300 dele
gates, 10 per cent Of them white,
assembled at the Ebenezer Bap-
fist Church for the first of the
five-day discussions, the thirty
eighth conference in the leagues
history and the first to be held
below the Mason-Dixon line.
IF liberalism is anything" Ray
said, ut Is an open-minded, can
did and unprejudiced means OF
looking at facts, good and bad,
and without malice aforethought,
acting Fundamentally and vigor-
ously TO blend them into a pat
tern Of living that lends to health,
happiness and economic security"
Officials from 81 locals of the
league sprinkled over the nation,
with a healthy representation Of
educators, editors, churchmen and
industrialists, heard the manag-
ing editor of the Tampa Daily
Times, and president OF the
Tampa Urban League, speak.
Hits Partisan Controversy
Before l go any further" he
said, II want TO make one thing
clear; partisan political contro-
versy never has, and never will,
develop the qualities Of the hu-
man mind and heart that will ex-
pand racial relations and liberal
ism.
Long after the Missouri Walt
returns TO its rightful place as a
piece Of music
Long after Henry Wallace
stops tryin gto be all things to all
men in America and Russia
Lon gafter the bitter bourbon
of the Dixiecrats' has gone down
the sink
There will be crying need, as
there is today, for hard-working
ever-expanding Urban League,
with basic human relations and
needs as its guideposts."
The delegates had already re-
ceived Richmond's greetings from
outgoing Mayor Horace H. Ed
wards and from Oliver W. Hill,
Negro member Of the new Coun-
Gil and the first member Of his
race TO sit with that body since
reconstruction days.
Recalling his 10 years of serv-
ice with the City which ends at
midnight tonight, the Mayor
pointed to the increase from two
to 267 Negro city employees dur
ing that time.
I'VE have an understanding
here" he explained, that is not
always found in other cities OF
the Southland"
In his welcoming remarks,
John Maicus Ellison, president OF
Virginia Union University, where
all other meetings Of the confer
ence will be held, said he saw in
Richmond the home of some OF
the most open-minded people in
the whole Southland"
The college president also re.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-09-10
Funeral Services for
Mrs. Sarah Mitchell
Today at 2 2. nj.

Funeral services will be held
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock for
Mrs. Sarah Mitchell 80, who died
Tuesday, Sept. 7, in a local hos
pItal here.
Her only survivals are her son
and daughter-in-lew, Mr.. and Mrs
Harry l.. Adams, 2ll4 E. 35th St,
Minneapolis. Mrs. Mitchell had
lived in and around Minneapolis
for the past 80 years. Woodland
Funeral home has charge of ar
engagements.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-09-10
Visitors to Cities: Recent Wis.

Visitors to Cities: Recent Wis.
itors to the Twin Cities were Mr.
and Mrs. E. J. Freeman Of Los
Angeles, former Sioux Falls, S. D
residents and Mr.. and Mrs. Theo-
dore Vaughn of Sioux Pals. The
Freemans were guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Harper, 1855 St. An.
thony Ave, st. Paul and the J
c. Crowders of 37l9 Smelling
Ave, Minneapolis.
Mrs. Vaughn is a clerk in the
Johnson Furniture Co. in Sioux
Falls and Mr.. Vaughn is a carpet
layer for the same firm.
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A Great q. s. Institution

Johns Hopkins University, a
great American medical institu-
ton, located near Baltimore, Md,
was founded in 1875 by John
Hopkins, an American philan-
thropist.
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Two Telephone
Lines To Serve
Vn.,s NoaIs

This paper has conveniently
located offices in each of the
Twin Cities to serve its public.
Two telephone lines are
maintained to give readers and
advertisers ready access to our
services.
Service to community has
long been our chief aim. If you
are not a member of this
papers large family you should
Join up noWl
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-09-10

admission OF Negroes to
serve in the same outfits with
white men"
The differences arise from
the fact that the question was
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-09-10
WAS CANDIDATE xxx. MEMBER?
WAS CANDIDATE xxx MEMBER?
Stafford King Denies Old
Charge Of Khan Membership;
GeneraIizes on Minority Question
BY MAMIE BUTLER
Staff Wrtfer

In an interview, Sept l, Stafford King Republican can
ddate for the nomination for governor neither denied
affirmed the charge that he member of the Ku
kux Khan when first asked about the charge Later in the
interview King stated that he had been
never had any intentions of becoming member of the
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-09-10

and older, in all parts of the
state. Two different croSs-sec-
tiOns, of equal size, were asked
the question.
One group was asked:
1. "DO you believe Negroes
should or should not be admitted
to the MINI eSOtd national guard
on the same terms a. tChite
mem"
The replies:
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-09-10
Urban League Holds First
Confab in South; Editor
Rsps Civil Rights Champions

RICHMOND, VA-Edgar Ray, Florida newspaper execu-
tive spotghted the first public session of the National Urban
Leagues annual conference here night with the fiat
declaration that hose who talk the about civil rights
principally seeking votes and dsregardng the essential
If Apnar
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-09-10

The second group was asked:
2. do you believe Negroes
should or should not be admit
ted to the Minnesota national
guard TO SCrre in the same out
fits With tChite mem"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-09-10
New Subscriber

Among the new subscribers to
this newspaper is Mrs. Jeannetta
Hill of Kansas City, Mo. Mrs.
Hill joined our increasing list Of
out of state subscribers August
IS.
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eprinted Sunday Sept s. Minneapolis Sunday TRIBUNE)
MINNESOTA POLL
State Fdvors Negro
Admissions to Guard
Without Segregation

MINNESOTANS WANT Negroes admitted to the national
guard on segregated basis The Minneapolis Tribunes
Minnesota Poll finds. Sixyfour per of states men
and think Negroes should have the right Join the
guard ION the terms white men, per cent favor
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-09-10

The words ito serve in the
same outfits with white men"
thus cause more MinneSotans to
evirce hostility to the idea than
does the phrase ION the same
terms as white men," and may
be a more accurate indication
of prejudice on the subject.
A number Of the persons Civ.
ing qualified answers to the
question in its No. 2 form say,
They should have the same
opportunities but not serve In
the same units; Negroes
should have equal rights but
not be mixed with whites;
"they should join, but should
have their own units"
The fact remains, however,
that state opinion does favor
the admission OF Negroes to the
national guard, without segre-
cation.
When the answers to the
question in both forms are
averaged, the results are:
All Men Women
Should .... 6I% 56% $50
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-09-10

Don't forget to vote Tuesday,
Sept. IL.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-09-10

legislation. Men joining the
guard were to be exempted
from draft. However, Negroes
who sought to take advantage
OF the opportunity to enlist in
the guard were turned away
because army policies prohibit
service Of whites and Negroes
in the same units.
State officials have urged the
President and the Minnesota
congressional delegation to
bring about changes In the fed
eral regulations that would en-.
able the state to eliminate the
segregation practice.
On the question OF admitting
Negroes to the guard ION the
same terms as white men," IS
per cent Of the people with col
lege educationS, Il per cent of
the people in the upper eco
nomic group and 6S per cent Of
the people living in cities feel
they should have that right.
The should" answers also in.
clude: SO per cent of the people
with grade school educations
and Ga per cent OF those who
have had high school training:
So per cent OF the town people
and 81 per cent of the farm
people; 90 per cent of the in.
dependent voters, 65 per cent OF
the Democratic.Farmer.Labor.
ties and go per cent of the Re
publicans.
The question In it's second
form - proposing enlistment Of
Negroes ITO serve in the same
outfits with white men" - re-
duces the proportions Of people
believing that should be the pol
icy, although in nearly every
breakdown Of the replies, major
ity sentiment favors the idea.
However, only 46 per cent of
the farm people indorse that
proposal, as against az per cent
opposed; and among people in
the 5O,59 age bracket, 4S per
cent support the idea, while 49
per cent are opposed.
The breakdowns include:
shOuId Should Quail No
Not fled Opinion
BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE
City ...6l% sag 10 SO
Town 1886 SIG E. SO
Farm ..46% 4S% SO SO
By POLITICAL AFFILIATION
COP
voters 65% 42% IL 80
DFL
voters GIG $50 IL 50
Ind.
voters 67% $50 ~ 60
BY EDUCATIONAL LEVEL
College $50 26% I% 5%
High
school $50 $50 10 SO
Grade
school $50 500 ~ 81
BIZ AGE GROUPS
2l.29 ....62% $50 =. 10
SO-S9 ....6O% $50 80 SO
4O-4S ...56% SAG 81 10
5O.59 ...4S% 49, =. 50
so and
over $50 29B SO 50
+ !. +
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-09-10
SLOW PULL-LoNG HAUL

Americans, Negroes and whites,
may blieve that to achieve full de-
mocracy is arduous. 1t may well
take a slow pull for long haul.
But it cannot longer be postponed.
American dreams have been real
lied before this, however difficult
they seemed to the faint-hearted
and Sceptical.-Sterling Brown.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-09-10
NO SPECIAL PRIVILEGE

Negroes, having no theology other
than that of democracy, cannot consis-
tently behave in any pattern except
that which seeks complete freedom of
expression and assures them the same
rights, privileges, responsibilities as
are possessed by other Americans.
They ask not for special privilege -
for opportunity-F D. Patterson
Valley frontiersman., 1948-02-18
Florence Carlson Heads List of 20
 In Photo Contest

Florence Carlson's informal outdoor picture of Alice Stew art was judged the top photo graphic entry in the contest sponsored by the Palmer Photo graphic Center. Winners were announced by the judges in Photo Center offices last Satur- day evening.
 The six runners-up in the con- test, in the order of their plac- ing, were:
 Glenn Miller, Henry Ander- son, Helen Stenvall, Kathleen Patton, Janet Sherrod and Don Hutchinson.
 Pictures of friends were the top photographic choices of con- test entrans. Two winners, those who placed second and third in the contest, selected indoor cam era studies as their contest en- try. Glenn Miller photographed a small sister clutching an arm ful ot animal toys, while Henry Anderson entered a character study of Mrs. Ray Gather work ing at her desk.
 Judges made their selections from 20 contest entries Saturday evening. Students who entered film in the contest included:
 Alice Stewart, Walter Stevens, Kathleen Patton, Peggy Yohn, Bill Chambers, Helen Stenvall Vernon Fridley, David Ingalls,, Virgil Meehan, Richard Geiwitz- Lillian Loberg, Janet Sherrod, Henry Anderson, Don Hutchin- son, Florence Carlson, Robert Graham, Glenn Miller, Duane Huntley and Cheryl Sands.
 Harry Winner, selected as one of the contest judges, was unable to appear Saturday eve ming. Irwin Pitt acted as substi- ute. He was assisted in the judging by James Gray, Jr., and Miss Jean Dickson.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-02-18
Palmer Dress Shop Switches Owners

Mrs. Betty Mears and her mother, Mrs. Minnie B. Clark, became co-oWners of Variety Vogues, Palmer dress shop, last week. The shop was closed for inventory and renovating during the latter half of last week, but opened again Monday morning for a clear-the-shelves merchan- disc sale.
 Mrs. Mears, who will devote her full-time attention to the shop, said it was her plan to stock the shop with perky cot tons and inexpensive dresses for the Valleys teen-agers. How ever there will be a complete range of sizes and styles on the Vogue racks, once lines of or dered stocks arrive.
 For the present no change in name is contemplated for the dress shop.
 Mrs. Walter Cooper, former owner, has no further business plans.