St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-04-29
BRIEF NEWS
SCENE

N@ebS AZ 1AAA1 CAhy ANeSEOe1
are still forging ahead, among dis
turbing, discouraging housing con-
ditions, plant lay-offs, the policy
racket, job lay-offs, the poorly
kept streets and the horrible tene-
ments which exist In the Black
Belt.
Hundreds Of Negroes have
moved outside Of the Black Belt
and into suburbs both in Illinois
and in Indiana, where one may
get breath Of fresh air.
This correspondent saw much
that was discouraging here and
much more that was otherwise. A
new younger leadership may be
emerging here with emphasis on
service to the people rather than
to self. This Is an encouraging
sign.
NATIONAL SCENE: The big
news in Washington is the insin-
cere attempt Of Senator Bricker
and q couple of other COP. SEN
ators to kill the public housing
bill by lacking on q anti-segrega-
ton amendment. Negroes are
caught between the horns Of dill
emma. They would like to have
an anti-segregation amendment
but they know the southern sena-
tors would kill the housing mea-
sure. The top leaders who lobby
in d. c. have decided that the
country needs housing so badly
that they are willing to forego
the anti-discrimination. They also
feel that Bricker Ia grossly insin-
cere and is fighting public hous-
ing at the request Of the real es-
tate interests.
Congressman F. Edward Hebert
(Dem., La.) who raped the MA
ACP as an organization urging
Negroes to refuse service in the
armed forces now says he had the
NAACP confused with another
organization 800 N. Y. City
College students picketed the
school administrative offices last
week In demonstration against
two faculty members who leaders
claim are guilty Of practicing anti
Semitism and racial discrimina-
ton Two nationally known art
authorities have declined to par
ticipate in the University Of Ala
bamA Art Festival, the university
has accepted the works of Negro
artists but win not allow them to
participate personally in the festi-
val Harold q. Stassen was the
lead-off man for the United Negro
College Fund as the 1919 cam
paign for funds got under way.
benefitting 81 Negro private
schools in the south A Dallas,
Texas white Presbyterian church
has admitted a Negro member >.
The Omega Fraternity will honor
Federal Judge ]. Waties Waring
of Charleston, s. c. who dared in
terpret the Constitution as per-
hitting all Americans including
South Carolina blacks to vote in
state primaries A As year old
Kansas City maid was bequeathed
$4,000 by her woman employer.
LOCAL: The Mill City election
closed April 10. Filing of Clifford
Swanson, alderman and fuel dealer
may make the mayoralty race a
three cornered battle. Swanson is
expected to receive considerable
Republican support. Swanson's
filing may hurt the chances of
Eric Hoyer in his home ward
where both are popular, each
having served for years as alder
men there. Simmons may lose
some strength among Republicans
where he has many friends for his
interest in the community as a
whole.
In st. Paul the undercover bat
tie between individuals in the hui
man relations field may break out
in the open any day now. Ban
mons is reported to have employed
Andrew Neal as a cIerk-salesman.
Paul Coleman Is a clerk for CAL
houn Paint and Appliance Co.
Note to Senators Humphrey and
Thye and Twin City Congressman
Wier and Mccarthy. Negro war
dead and ex-service men are still
being segregated-not in Dixie
but right here in Fort Smelling
military cemetery.
Note to Negro ex-service men:
No, the policy won't be changed
until you boys get up off your sit
downs and keep on raising hell
about the Fort Smelling cemetery
mockery. If you boys aren't inter-
ested, why should other people
worry their heads too much about
the disgrace?