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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-02
EYEWITNESS CLAIMS
POLICE BEAT MAN
IN COITAn CAR on


Editor: 1t happened right here
in St. Paul, Minnesota! Not in
Georgia, Alabama or Mississippi,
but in our free State of Minnesota.
And l never thought | would wit
ness here, what | saw on March 26.
On that date, at about 2:30 a. M,
while two men and | were standing
talking on Dale and Rondo, we no.
ticed police squad cars turning cor
ners and patrOlling the area. One
drove up to look US over, but when
we failed to break and run, it moved
on.
About five minutes later we no.
ticed several squad cars on Kent
and Rondo, so we decided to see
what was happening. AS we ap-
preached squad car number 308, we
heard a voice crying, Il don't
know"
AS we drew nearer, we observed
six policemen around one man.
As one policeman held a young
Negro lad, another was beating him
with a blackjack and saying such
things as Tell US where he went,
you black Sob"
Other squad cars at the scene
were numbered 300 and 313.
We did not know what the youth
had done, but certainly it did not
warrant the brutal beating given
by these policemen to one man.
We of St. Paul pay taxes to pay
the salaries of these men who are
to protect US and see that the law
is carried out as enacted. If this
youth had done any wrong, he
should have been carried to the sta
ton, questioned, and penalized in
accordance with the law.
We read about lynchings and
beatings of other people in other
places, but it never seems to bother
us until it hits our own backyard
Things of this nature must be
watched, or it may be your SON
your daughter or you next.
spent four years in the Army
three and one-half overseas, to gair
something better than this.
! am sure neither the St, Pau
Police Commissioner nor the candi.
dates for Mayor know Of this bru
taity.
might say, though, that it may
be difficult to remove what is il
the minds Of our officers and politi'
cal leaders, but it isn't hard to re-
move them from their positions. We
can do that with our votes.
Alex B. Jordan,
662 St. Anthony Ave,
St. Paul, MINI.
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Robert Dun Says RoUg hnecks
Harmful 70 Races ProoresS

a close a baby contest in which
several hundred dollars had been
raised for scholarships and a fight
for Indignation Of the worthy
among us into a status of first
class citizenship and participation
in government. This group was not
on display for the world to see.
They belong to another world. But
their efforts are to a great extent
nullified by bad conduct on the main
Negro business street.
The situation is most serious,
especially when we realize that
until the majority of our people are
made acceptable among decent and
respectable people we are trying to
win victories by winning here and
yonder legal battles-many of
which are nullitied by bad conduct
The Negro cannot make any
lasting progress unless he in
creasinGly becomes what he
fights for.
Rankin, Bilbo and all the State
Fighters are bad from the Negro
viewpoint, but if we can free our
selves from the type Of people who
just hang out on Beale, Auburn
Avenue, in Atlanta, Lenox Avenue
in New York, and Fourth Avenue
in Birmingham we will have done
more to contribute to making pos
sible Il richer and fuller life than
if we get enacted into law some Of
the pet issues we are pressing to-
day.
Let's have nationwide better
public conduct crusade sponsored
in such way that that boy and
girl playing the dozens" on Beale
will be overwhelmed by censure and
run for cover.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-02
Letters to the Editor

supreme pedagogical responsible
ity; the setting Of the mold from
which a mentally and emotionally
mature adult should emerge.
The infant is a ruthless egoist
and an unsociaI being quite some
years following the emergence
from the cradle. He has to learn
that others have rights; that baby
self-worship must be outgrown;
that he should share and give to
others; to endure when denied; and
to get along with others.
Unless he is taught these
"musts" by the time he is seven
years out of the swaddling clothes
he frequently becomes blighted in
physical adulthood with the psyche
pathic taints of hostility, aggres-
siveness, dominance, prejudice and
intolerance.
What is an "a" in meritless al
zebra or a university Prima Hon
oris actually worth if the student
has failed to evolve mentally and
emotiOnally from childhood's anti
social greenness? If morbid, neu-
rotic self-godification is the result
of failure in the infant grades, the
Cum Laude and Ph.D. becomes
only a snobbish badge of unearned
superiority.
Our mental hospitals are already
alarmingly overcrowded with the
mentally and the emotionally de-
ranged; regressions to or fixations
at, the six-year-old stage in the
evolution toward mental maturity.
Our most vital need is that all
important instruction in the kim
dergarten and early grades, in
which teachers are thoroughly
schOOled in sociology, psychOpathol-
ogy-seXualis, human relations and
psychology.
And a salary paid the early
grade teacher, as high at least,
as that commanded by the college
professor.
Bert Merling,
Lindstrom, Minnesota
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-02

enough our readers wouldn't get
their paper!
Grant Reynolds, who was Re-
publican candidate against Adam
Clayton Powell at the last Con-
gressional campaign in New York
breezed into the Twin Towns last
week end. Reynolds, a Republican
job holder under Gov. Thomas
Dewey, was here ostensibly TO
look over the Minnesota Negroes
presidential preferences with a
special gander at the why's and
wherefore Of the lack Of support
among Minnesota Negroes for ma
tive son" Harold Stassen. Rey-
nolds talked to over 200 Twin City
Negroes and found that the recent
straw vote conducted by this paper
was unusually accurate as to just
how the colored brother feels about
the various candidates. He still
couldn't understand why Mime
sofa Negroes remain adamantly
anti-Stassen despite the pressure
Of state pride, etc.
We gathered that Mr.. Rey-
nOlds was not displeased that his
man Dewey Outranked all other
Republican candidates in the
hearts of the 1O41 Minnesota
citizens who cited their prefer
ences.
Reynolds revealed that the Stas-
sen forces in the Ohio contest
against Robert Taft are smartly
running Negroes for delegates to
the national convention. Prior to
this time the Taft controlled Ohio
organization has refused to sup
port Negro Ohioans for full dele
gate posts. Negro COP. stalwarts
were always sent as alternates.
Chester Gillespie, a real vote-get-
ter, is running for delegate as a
Stassen man in the Buckeye state.
Cen.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-02

W. Whites Boundaries" darcourt and Brace $l76)
mentioned this column months sale James Gray
the Chicago Daily and St Paul Dispatch had nice notice
on the n March St. Paul Dispatch.
how mail subscribers for some peculiar
deliberately fail mail their to them As IS
metropolitan weekly who have large mail cir
cuaon week by that subscriber fails to receive
his The Sometimes originates in the office
FASTING by human beng doesn't
properly and the mailing slip securely pasted to the
paper When placed mail the improperly pasted mailing
slip naturally The postal clerks have time to start hunt
of papers find where the wandering
mailing belongs the subscriber does the
paper.
Another for that frequently torn
handling Quite the upper left hand portion of the front
This accounts
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-02
Uneusy President

Hardly day that prominent Democrat does
publicly that he she will the President in
It debatabe whether this Wholesale deserion
political belief generally
premise hat he President bel
Truman judge him with the objective that
makes
Truman good That he well be- he
politician good President We understand the forces and conditions
that resulted Of
can natural bewderment sudden
Presidency Historians in to justly
pahize with American also sympathze but
his sympathy not reflected much in his vote
a formula by which the American people
assure of competent presidents have
10 find it. qualities that make competent senator
do not necessarily him competent president Truman
0ood senator did excellent
sn But his hardly claim that he doing equally
President
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-02

for some of the missing papers.
AS hard as our staff works to
get the paper on and off the press
it's inconceivable that we would
deliberately omit sending any pay
ing subscriber the paper. Just the
same it's extremely difficult to get
that fact over to some of our read
ers. These are the folks who are
very certain that somebody" very
carefully removes their name from
the long lists Of subscribers so that
they won't get the paper. A little
reflection and thought on their
part should bring them to the in
evitable conclusion that we stand
to lose more than they do if they
are not serviced properly.
Some readers are very under
standing. If they do not receive
their paper in Fridays second mail
they simply give US a ring on one
of the two phones and report the
absence from their mail box of
their favorite weekly (advt) and
Immediately we mail another
paper. Usually the second paper
reaches them in the Saturday mail
they're happy and so are we.
For the sake of emphasis we
repeat, we want all of our pay
ing mail subscribers to receive
their papers promptly. We most
emphatically deny the assump-
ton that we, for some peculiar
reason, fail to mail individual
subscribers their weekly copies.
If readers don't get their papers
we can't collect the necessary sub
scription fee. If we can't keep our
old supporters and add to our cir
culation we won't be able to keep
our advertisers. With neither sub
scribers nor advertisers we'd soon
stop publishing and then sure
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-02
BY ROBERT DURR

BIRMINGHAM - One Of the
great burdens hanging round the
necks Of our racial group in the
Deep South is the outlandish bad
conduct Of so many of our people
in public.
Two weeks ago attended a re-
gional meeting in Memphis, The
Sunday session adjourned at noon
for a two and one-half hour lunch
hour period. lnasmuch as it does
not take that much time for me to
lunch, decided TO see famed Beale
Street.
Soon found myself talking to
some men who were lettering on
benches and in the sunshine in W.
c. Handy Park. | inspected the
public rest room facilities under
meath the bandstand. Although it
had been thoroughly cleaned earlier
in the morning, it was hard to be-
lieve that so much refuse, paper
and sloppiness could have accum-
ulated in half Il day.
was told by an old man that
plumbing facilities had been put in
there a couple of times since the
facility was set up by the Park
Board. 1t was indeed an awful
sight. ! also was told that the
great majority Of people who used
this accommodation had little or
no appreciation of it.
As | strolled along Beale Street,
! had difficulty in passing a movie
house because Of the long line Of
people waiting to be admitted. |
was forced to stop by young man
about II who had just passed a girl
Of about the same age-both we're
engaged in what | learned was a
shocking exchange Of playing the
dozens" in n loud voice which could
be heard for half block or more
As l held my head in shame.
| stole a peep across the street
and beheld an elderly and digni-
fed white couple standing on the
opposite side listening to the
blast Of yulgarity.
Moving slowly were cars flleC
with white persons who apparent
ly were on Beale to see and hear
what | saw and heard.
The aspect to which | refer is no.
by any means all Of Beale Street
1t is not representative Of the bes'
in Memphis. On the same street,
saw a bank, insurance company of
fees operated by Negroes, anC
other typical Negro enterprises, bu'
the other things were attracting
more attention.
This makes me wonder II there
should not be n constant struggle
against examining Negroes intC
areas into ghettos, typifed by wha'
one sees and hears on the famed
Negro streets in metropolitan cen
tiers. Is it good race relations t.
facilitate segregation in areas hav
ing an atmosphere that brings Out
the worst in conduct in the worst
among usH
By special invitation, q doctors
wife took over the auditorium in
one Of the Memphis housing prof
ects, where . sorority brought tc
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-02
Proof Is Lacking"

The state of South Carolina apparently put valuation of 49,
human life taken by ynching But Willie Eares mother
the which specifies
Todd J attorney of Geenve county the
will paid lacking that the
by a ynchinR in the county"
The egast harspttng involved have to do with
lines 1t from the Pckens Jail that the Negro Willie
Earle removed by of armed February
l94 And the line in Greenve that his sashed
bulet-rdded body found
however that proof lacking his having been nchd all
Thyone the trial
Eyes, we did t-what going to do about it,"
jury Of IL whites Greenv s. c. found the 81 confessed
ynchers guilty They advertised the wordand every
munst critic Of democracy-hat it crime kill
South Carolina if the of his skin differs your
Antynchng bills with their federal intrusion into local
enforcement will solve the problem, long ures
admitted Gradual
stamping ynchng Real progress
however until racial bigory and hatred elmnatedS Paul
Press.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-02

vigorous Roosevelt
that he delegate authority
delegated much Under Mr. Roosevelt James Foesta
official his department his
running the Under Mr. Roosevelt Hull the
Department with the thought in mind that 1.-The Boss had
say. Truman, Marshall
State Department only that attention the President
manded by the courtesy of protocol
is he fears that lie deeply embedded
Of all brings forth contempt
humans These Southeners
Roosevelt far than they hate Truman but they feared the
President Against they rebellion
halfhearted bluff they knew
probably correctly
cumsances.
a liberal support
times he seemingly deserted the paths liberalism
Of his believed that II
devised confuse his political When Truman applied
he found that he who had deserted the liberals
n deserted by them.
We Americans naturally sympathy underdog
and today Harry Truman underdOR There probably nothing
pathetic than the picture of Truman today
will n Up o him.
Well it long time between Lincoln and
1t also rather time time Our future
such hope
will be long time between Roosevelt
dent there between Lincoln Roosevelt
wealth. with all Of strength might be able
a price
go regardless of sickness
DEATH strife applicable the
especially the smaller papers.
the father Of of paper
has deaths with holding
Through all the hospital vigil graden Nell has brave
have fallen but copy deadne
typewriter and pounded She didn't
We would n her copy
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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-02
TEACHERS IN EARLY
GRADES SHOULD BE
PAID GOOD SALARIES

Editor: Teachers rightful re-
quest for increased salaries some
where commensurate to their in
valuable service to society evokes
this reflection:
Why are the kindergarten and
first grade teachers so grossly un-
derpaid? Upon them we lay the
Evening star., 1948-11-22
On the Record
Efficacy of Brussels Pact to Check
Russian Expansion Is Questioned

designed to bring pressure on the
Soviet Union for a settlement and
if so, what settlement? Or does 1t
accept the inevitability Of war-and
if so, what kind Of war?
In the latter case, suppose the
Soviets do not oblige with the kind
of war this pact is designed to pre-
vent or resist? The Soviets have
other weapons than atomic bombs,
though they aim-like A-bombs-at
disintegration. Anyone who was In
France in the disastrous spring OF
1910, and remembers the confusion
and defeatism spread even then by
the Communists, must have great
reservations about probable French
resistance to the Russians.
The best defense against the
revolutionary tectics Of communism
the chief. patent instrument OF
Soviet warfare-is the return OF
prosperity to Western Europe, In
contrast to the spread Of pauperism
in the East. But are rearmament
and civil reconstruction compatible
with shortages Of every sort of
steel product? And will not failure
to produce sufficient goods for the
basic needs Of industry and agri-
culture play straight into the hands
of European Communists and hast
en- the everywhere-latent civil war
which demobilizes A-bombs?
I do not know the answers 70
these questions. but I often ask my
self whether the questions them
selves have been clearly put and
adequately explored.
(Released BY the Bell Syndicate, fne.)
Evening star., 1948-11-22
This Changing World
Palestine Solution Seen Awaiting
Agreement Among Great Powers

segment Of its population. British
policy is not Influenced by such
considerations.
It is most likely that the only
way a Anal and conclusive solution
for the Palestine trouble will be
found is by the United States and
Britain deciding between themselves
what settlement they can support
and then requiring both Jews and
Arabs to accept that settlement.
What has come about in Pales-
tine is that the United Nations
made q decision Of partition Of the
country and drew the boundary line
which should separate Israel from
the Arab parts Of the country. This
decision and the boundaries 1t set
up have practically been thrown
overheard rs both Jews and Arabs
sought notifications consistent
with their own demands.
Jews Gained Territory.
In the armed conflict which fol-
lowed partition, the Jews, by the
superiority Of their armament and
the greater cohesiveness OF their
forces. have been able to gain con-
troll Of areas which were to be Arab
held, thus substantially enlarging
Israel's territory. These conquests
they can hardly be expected to give
up and are not giving up.
This de facto alteration OF the
United Nations decision has come
about. partly at least, as . result OF
Anglo American indecision and fail
ure to unite the positions OF the
two governments on a single objec-
tive. If Washington and London
had decided between them long ago
what they would support and what
they would oppose, and had gone
into the u. N. with q single pro-
gram which they were prepared to
enforce in the Holy Land, much OF
the recent difficulty experienced
there could have been avoided.
It is unfortunate for the prestige
Of the world peace organization that
the relatively weak Israeli and Arab
forces have been able successfully to
defy the will of the nations Of the
world as that will Is expressed
through the U. N. But the blame
lies less with the participants them
selves in this conflict than with the
powers which are responsible for
peace.
If many years Of conflict in the
Middle East are to be avoided, q
definitive solution of the problem
must be found somewhere along the
way. That solution will not be
imposed-until the great
powers, and that includes Russia,
force respect for o Just and equit-
able settlement.
Evening star., 1948-11-22
Myers, Democratic Whip
Choice for Senate Job Seen Due to Ability
Desire to Build Him Up for so Election

in committee; when the convention
kicked 1t out, he yielded grace
fully.
incidentally the leaders Of the
successful fight for . stronger civil
rights plank will both be in the
new Congress: Mayor Humphrey
of Minneapolis in the Senate and
Andrew J. Bierniller Of Wisconsin
In the House where he has served
previously.
With Senator Myers ex oficio .
new member of the Democratic
steering committee and Lucas its
chairman, the New Dealers will
dominate that group OF II. It in
cludes four Southerners, Senators
McKellar, George, Tydings and
Connally. The others: Senators
Green, Wagner. Hayden, OMahoney.
Thomas Of Utah and Mcmahon.
Mcmahon is its secretary.
Fate Of Taylor 10 BE Decided.
It's most immediate job viii be
the fate of Progressive Senator Tay-
lor and Dixiecrat Senator Eastland
of Mississippi. Senator Taylor at
tended the Chicago meeting OF
Progressive Party leaders with
Henry wallace and committed him.
self to work for the building up Of
that party. Senator Eastland has
been communicating with other
Southern Senators about his prob
lem and trying to enlist their help.
There will also be considerable
Juggling Of committee assignments
to be done. Senator Pepper Of Flor
ida, who campaigned intensively for
the ticket over the country, espe-
cially before labor audiences, has
served notice that he thinks his
work bore fruit and that he should
have some of the eating Of 1t. He
wants to 20 back on the Foreign
Relations Committee, q spot he lost
when the Democrats relapsed into
the minority.
Senator Barkley's promotion leaves
two choice places open on Finance
and Foreign Relations for which
there are many candidates. 1t has
been suggested that one freshman
earned Foreign Relations-Senator-
elect Douglas Of illinois, an ex-Ma-
rine who still nurses arm and hand
wounds received on Okinawa. When
his wife was in the House during
the war, Speaker Rayburn gallantly
assigned her to the House Foreign
Affairs Committee.
Evening star., 1948-11-22

tossing in jew Henry NsLsmers.
elry, cooking utensils, centuries-old
vases and, even, the rims Of steel
trimmed glasses.
To withhold anything was to call
down the wrath of the military-at
that time In complete charge Of the
country.
I know of one piece Of jewelry
that was not thrown in, however.
It is.a watch-a watch that was
carefully hidden and treasured by
q young girl. She gave up all the
rest of her magnificent tewelry, but
this watch she secreted and now
wears today.
The young woman is Hirohito's
eldest child, and the watch she
wears was given to her by Babe
Ruth on his last exhibition tour OF
Japan. It looks like any other
plain gold watch, except that the
Babes signature is engraved on the
back.
Babe Idoli1ed.
WIFI tllc CACCptlOIl VI SC4l. 1ndS-
Arthur, no American has ever been
so idolized by the Japs as was Babe
Ruth. There is something about
the Japanese makeup which makes
them plain nuts about baseball.
There is no such thing as q vacant
lot in Japan. The second . lot be-
comes vacant some Japanese run
in and start playing baseball. I
have seen them playing on the side
of a steep hill, where the pitcher
literally threw the ball down the
throats of the batters, and the bat
tiers all but needed an alpenstock
and some rope to climb to first base.
If there are no hills or vacant
lots available, they are not above
starting q spirited game right on the
main streets Of Tokyo. And they
are completely scornful Of txafdc.
Outhelders will run right into q
streetcar going after a long fly. and
q Jap trying to stretch a single in
to a double will slide under Q jeep
without q moments hesitation.
The Junk piles which I spoke Of
earlier are still q great source of in
terest to our occupying forces, par
ticularly the womenfolk. Once a