St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-01-30

hat into the 194s presidential ring" According to the
column, Lena that this had special meaning
for Negroes" The day, Riesel reported, Lena
wrote the editor: "Inasmuch have made NM
csion this issue and this Endorsement
| authorized by and without my knowledge,
hereby withdraw permission for of my a
cOlumns in the Peoples Voice effective mmed- A@A@M
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The history the Peoples Voice tumuuOus NELL RUSSELL
There has recently been Reorganization" with
crowd severed from the payroll Some folks
meets the but these suspicious times Adam
Clayton Powell with Charles manager Savoy
ballroom Of the Peoples
longer with the Buchanan still puca
he
than policy making.
of the original when
winter 1912 For days. Bourne
ouns interviewed people Bourne left the
staff OF the Amsterdam News take the managing editor
the publication Powell riding
in Harlem The final editorial selections follows:
John Louis Clark city editor Petry Street"
wOmans editor only Negro sports announcer
editor; Ollie Harrington Yale
cartoon art editor. had the theatrical editor job.
Our first office
enOx in the Golden Gate ballroom building The space
pfuy inadequate the location bad the plant
of the time worked under ung hot coffee
to keep Nobody minded We stumbled
eussed cumsnss told jokes worked like beavers
The night the first edition Charlie Buchanan
the lobby the Golden champagne
SCOTCH and mad gathering of people from rival publ
cations Our baby tabloid of the first in the Negro
1t clearly printed, full of life and originality.
Rumors flew around uptown downtown, Village
being the PM composing and
hacker.
The like Jacks beanStalk. In
moved from the store front office the heart Harlem 25h
and Seventh enlarged circulation
sned Then something happened They said baby
Of its threornered fast left
vacation with husband at his When back
the fallen everything stopped every
thing had stopped We managed to keep enough sheet the street
that wouldn't lose postal mailing privileges The editorial
staff emped its collective operated
plan No one quit mentioned quitting.
Things funconng they opped
veman board took the es handed
Charlie Buchanan protesting always
anything We laughed told
wouldn't have been hppant we'd known what coming
lady general brought in She distinguished herself
by firing five people order Reducing operating
efficiency by firing capable people while the
and sundry other leaks has never been NV idea Of economy Ann p
of the five Brandford
Brandford model
succession of battles between the lady manager and the
New York guild any
and fury if had deliberately planted
People getting quitting revolving
have made it much easier.
The deuge really when St. Clair
Monday The lady promptly fired him delivery
Wednesday.
to have get the She said we but
For the Hext twelve hours edited
fell fiat face three times and relieved the firing
line by editor laying page
don't know how long this
think putting out big tabloid easy, try
my friend just once On another OCCASION had the job dumped
unceremonousy My
walking around with Want out? Call
Dodson Russell. Are you Call Russell"
The situation got and moeshal grim?
Of all when gentleman by
brought Mr. Wlkerson charming
gent gentleman has for friendly
Mr. Wkerson political preferences his business My political
preferences business What reporter
tive with preferences way
subjective personazed When somebody tnkeng
with what think, of Disagree
violently but don't
wanted the blue pencil copy
thing Juggling stuff around something day
marched myself into Mr. Wkons office and told
thing I've just written here In resignation
left Joe Bosc the lone remaining the
that started PV off with such high hopes
He's on the Amsterdam News sports staff.
Smart Woman magazine Joseph Bailey public rea-
lions man for the magazine has sent release the
failure Of the publication Bailey includes his
quote which he from large white advertising agency:
national advertisers until the cultural level Negroes
shows marked improvement Their unbeomng public conduct high
consumption Of alcoholic liquors
communities the the religious programs
the records they do present picture
! TO prospective advertisers.
Moreover the Negro press should gladly help promote
build worthwhile their will also
become paying advertisers"
Granting that certain
statement, there another side the
| week
be that spite the consumption
Of alcoholic liquors. the brwnk brother Schenley
cancelled plans for aNego radio show be headed by Sy
and his band the country stopped drinking Scheny
the would still be able
Maybe somebody the southern
audiences they scar" Of by homemade
On