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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-27

the democratic party In this
state"
During this time, however, the
Democratic party was not asleep.
After seeing that the bin appar-
entity would not be repealed, the
st. Paul Daily Pioneer stated,
Now that we have 1t, we must
make the best of It. We advise
Negroes to read democratic news
papers, to hear democratic
speakers, to post themselves in
their minds as they are qualified
by law for the duties of the
voter"
In another article, on writing Of
the planned celebration at Inger-
soil hall on New Year Of 1870, in
honor Of the adoption Of the
amendment, at which a number Of
white guests and Negroes were In
vited, this paper stated:
'sHYsTERS SCORED
This wise arrangement Is to
keep out the masses Of Donnelly
and Ramsey (Republicans) shy
sters, who are particularly sweet
at this time on our new voters"
Both parties continued to fight
for these voters. Most Negroes
before 1900 became Republicans.
In the 1SS0's Negro newspapers
ridiculed a Negro who was q
Democrat, charging him Of de-
serting the cause and his saw
tours"
A number Of the white citizens,
in 1858, attempted to revive senti-
ment for the Black Law" They
circulated q petition about the
streets, in an effort to get the
legislature to pass an act submit
ting to the people an amendment
to the constitution of the state
prohibiting the immigration Of
Negroes to the state.
But, with the influx Of
Negroes growing, and whites
sensing the power the Negro
might sOmeday WELD, supporters
Of this idea found they were
almost alone. They never tried IL
again.
Not all Negroes came to Min
nesota Of their own accord. Min
nesota merchants were interested
in securing Negroes TO work In
their packing plants and fields. In
May, 1858, boat owners went to
St. Louis and brought back
Negroes, some to be used as deck
hands on their RATS, and others
for various kinds Of work.
In this group were 40 men, 10
women and 20 children, who were
embarked at the Galena and La
Crosse packing company. The
police In the cities were much
alarmed at their coming, but they
were allowed to stay.
WOMEN STAY
There was some discussion as to
what to do with the women and
piclSaninys, who could not render
material assistance in driving
mule teams" But they, too, were
allowed to stay.
Later, 21s more "contrabands Of
war" as they were called, were
brought up, 100 of whom were
women and children. By the end
Of 1883, between three and four
hundred Negroes had arrived In
this manner.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-27

the BIN were 27,4O8 and against
Il 28,54a
But the following year the pro-
position TO amend the constitution
by striking out the word white"
in the article on SUFFRAGE, was
again before the legislature. This
time the bill carried by q little
more than 5000.
Negroes in Minnesota then were
substantially equals to whites in
the eyes Of the law. But not quite
so in the eyes Of the people. As in
the case Of the new education bill,
they bitterly fought to refuse the
Negro his suffrage. However, once
It was passed, they did not fight
quite 80 viciously for repeal Of
this law.
PIONEER ELATED
After the defeat Of the bill in
1867, the st. Paul Pioneer COM
mented that Whether F1andray
or Marshall IL elected, the white
people of Minnesota can lay this
TO their sOuld that the Negroes
who live In the state are not their
equals the proposition to al
low Negroes to vote is undoubt-
edly defeated by a decisive major
ity -.
The most honest plea for Negro
suffrage came in the Minneapolis
Tribune, a paper which ridiculed
or upheld the Negro according to
its whims. This time they carried
an article concerning the Niger
in the Woodpile."
From whichever point Of
view we look at the political
question now agitating the
country, we shall find when we
come 70 the bottom OF the con-
trOversy, that the disturbing ele-
ment IL the nIggeF.'. =. q. -.
when we say the Niger, we
mean no disrespect to the gentle
men Of Africa. We employ the
term merely TO represent the prin-
ciple at issue between two political
parties. The African Is in no wise
to blame for the brouboes which
his presence has uphappily
brought upon the country. The
blame rests rather with those who
oppressed the Negro and made
him q slave In q land which should
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-27

turned away for lack Of ade-
quate facilities.
Some parents even took their
children out of public school al
together rather than have them
"mingling with children Of African
descent"
A year after the bill passed, the
st. Paul Daily Press ran another
blast against It:
The public movement in the
last legislature to compel st.
Paul TO admit colored pupils In
to her public schools has had q
full trial and is a fiat failure.
The public schools opened
the first term under the new
law as regards colored children
80. so far only Is have applied,
all of whom were admitted I'M
der due examination.
Before the colored school
school closed last term, the sup
ertntendent Of this city went to
that school and told the colored
pupils to go early when the
schools opened, and make appli-
cation for admission.
Is HAVE ''PLUCK"
Not only did he do this, but
urged them the Importance Of
being prompt Notwithstand-
ing all he did to induct them to
attend, but Is Of them had the
pluck enough to try the expert
ment.
when the separate school
was in existance, so or 90
pupils attended. They had good
teachers, and made satisfactory
progress in their studies. Now,
however, under the new law, in
substance compelling them to
attend the public schools with
white children, but IS apply.
Probably no less than 40
colored pupils are driven out Of
the public school because of this
law the fact stares US in the
face that nearly all Of the coli
ored children In this city are
deprived Of the means Of OBJ
tanning an education by this law
-. II would seem that such
evidence as this would be nuffi-
cient to warrant its speedy re-
peal :"
But all these protests did not
prompt repeal Of the new school
law, and II remained on the sta
tutes.
thk MORO GAINS MS
SUgTERAoR ~ RllSNEsoTA
The Negro was q citizen Of
Minnesota for almost two decades
before he was allowed the use of
the ballot.
Often q bill was discussed in the
Minnesota legislature concerning
the Negro as q voter, but only
negative action had been taken.
Twice II was voted on. and both
times defeated.
The bin to permit Negroes to
vote in Minnesota came up for q
third time In the legislature in
1883. At the time. there were not
1000 Negroes In the state. The
1870 census recorded 759, 4S7
males and S22 females.
In 1857, the bin had been de.
featcd by l.24S votes. Voting for
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-27

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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-27

Al COlMuAOu win SNCEy
member Of the Board Of Ed
ucation, the committee feels
q deep interest in the educa-
ton Of the children Of Afri-
can descent, and while they
are sensible that the expense
Of educating so small a num-
Der Of pupils Of this descrip-
ton, may seem large, they
deem the subject Of suf-
fieient Importance to require
that some practical measure
should be adopted for this
purpose.
"They would recommend
that any school Of chill
dren Of African descent,
commonly called cOlored
children that may be kept
for three months, with the
average daily attendance of
Is pupils, between the ages
of 5 and 20 years, be receiv-
ed by the board, provided, it
becomes subject to the rules
and regulations which GOV.
ern other Eehoolsn
Thus. the new colored acbool
was opened, and a Miss Morrow
was EMPLOYED To teach there
However. after continuing Adams
school aH q was called for IA
montns' u was oispanded Tor want
OF q sutnclent NUMBER OF pupils'
The same provisions were made
for 1885 for Negro children. The
Adams school was q room rented
on jackson Street in the Morri-
son building, corner Of 9th street.
S~y
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sbo yoORgss ahas ore pormIssod
70 assond shs pvblIs sshooI.s
Inc NUMBER Oh students attend
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AVERAGE Attendance ~ "a
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%
M,ss A6orrow racs,v.d xsoo thu,
vear for teaching AZ the SchooI
sOhOoL OOELA"ED
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IN 81 raul Inc legislature made
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no"eVer, without a pitter nSht'
tNor mao an the coioreo cniloren
neeh content 10 attend the Segre-
sS'eu SCHOOL
In 1858 the st. Paul Daily Press
reported what was called . Negro
phobia' In 81. Paul. Some Of the
Copperheads Of Lake Como have
Dee" severely tIieo tor the past
~" weeks At tne perVerseness Oh
she suPerin'enoent Oh tne SUNDAY
Senooi heio AZ Lake Como IN tne
V'Cliu'y Oh the Scnool where Two
so.oleu oniiure VINO mao no
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dran from the SCHOOL,
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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-27

Rh0A-@N@S Va ssD oOD@eAAAb ~SS.@Sy
and captain Of the baseball team
at the sheooL Miller's elementary
schooling was 1t Franklin school
He was an early member Of 81.
Peter Olaver Catholic church and
choir ana directed many bands
slo lppeaLeN - my concoL's
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REQUIRED All persons having Negro
blood, who came 10 Minnesota TO
live TO give a bond Of three 10
five hundred dollars a. a Ruaran-
tee Of good behavior.
wuYrCsws
Tbropgb Ire ssso,.t. :, w.,.on
.Ioe Rouistte peter pov .rd NO.
,4son the I'm - dstSst.d !, -.
tb,rd rsod,ng Tnu. AS,nr..o,a
v,as savod sror, ths a,.gr.oo :,
having n,ch : Law, ON NJ sts,,,,ss
nv Iooo thoro -. oEo
Negroes In Minnesota. 2sse malea
and 2,I2s females.
N.vro ..t,,.y. Sam. tram an
ths oth.r sta,.s. NO. - Co.,
s.t.,,d a "a p.,I - Hnn.sano
M. Howov.r roOo-I,. go,
Novroaa .at.Isd 4, oth.r o,,I..
A. S1IDD..ot.
In 1857, Andrew jackson and
his family moved from Green's
burg, Ind, TO st. Paul From there
he went to Hastings, because he
had heard Of the need for BARRIERS
there.
He operated q barbershop there
until his death 10 years later. after
which his family returned to st.
Paul One Of his daughters, Mrs.
Nina cousbley, or Crosby, resides
In st. Paul now, In crispus At
tucls home.
AEANKATo uBH,EssEDS
Many Minnesota towns were
not yet ready 70 receive
Negroes, Wrote the Mankato
Weekly Record:
There Is not a Negro living In
M&nkato. nor did we believe in the
Evening star., 1949-05-19
Personal
To Women With.
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Evening star., 1949-05-19
New Cold War RACES.
In Europe's Treasures.
Over rDeyaIuing Money
ey the k.soeioisd Press

LONDON. May ia vitality
important cold war over the value
of money is raging quietly in the
treasures of Europe.
Should we devalue, how much.
and when?" is the question.
Many high American ofiicials
favor devaluation of European
currencies. Most European ex-
perts are resisting the idea right
now.
TN the New York foreign
exchange market, the most i'm
portant of European currencies
the British pound sterling
was weak yesterday as rumors
of impending devaluation con-
tinued to circulateD
May Affect Recovery.
The answer to the devaluation
question may well mean the dif-
ference between success and fall
ure for Europe's United States
backed bid for economic recovery.
1t also may be a strong factor
in determining whether the West
ern world Is to be prosperous or
fall into depression.
In simplest terms. devaluation
means lowering the value OF one
country's currency in terms of
another.
Slows World Trade.
When these values vary too
much in comparison with the ac-
tual goods they will buy, world
trade slows down, as 1t did in
the 1930s.
High American economic ON
cials believe currency revaluation
in Europe is necessary both to
speed up and broaden European
trade, and to give European pro-
ducers a chance to keep on selling
In the American market.
European financial officials are
in favor Of both these objectives.
but many of them, including Brit
aims Sir Stafford Cripps, fear de-
valuation would hurt as much as
it would help by raising prices OF
imported necessities and cutting
earnings from exports.
Evening star., 1949-05-19
Everybody Hos Polio
Some Time, Doctor Says
By the Assoeioted Press

SAN FRANCISCO.-Everybody
gets infantile paralysis at one
time or another, not just once,
but several times. on each occa-
soin with different type Of strain
of the disease virus. says DR.. Will
liam Med. Harmon Of the Uni
versity of California.
DR.. Harmon says that whether
a person gets sick from the infec-
ton probably depends. on how
much virus he has absorbed,
whether he has exercised heavily.
is tired or chilled and whether
he has had an operation on his
nose or throat. There probably
also are some undiscovered rea-
sons why the infection turns viru-
lent.
Sales of Belgian textiles and
steel to neighboring nations are
dropping.
Evening star., 1949-05-19
"0Id at 1850, COZ"
Man, You're Crazy

FORGET your age. Thousands are peppy at
20. Try popping up with ostrex. Com
solely to body's lack Of iron which many
men and women call "old." Try Ostrex
Tonic Tablets for pep, younger feeling, this
very day. New get acquainted" size
only 50c.
At all drugstores everswhere-in Wash
tngton at Liggett Rexall Stores.
Evening star., 1949-07-29

Save installation bother
and expense with this por-
table indoor televiSion an
tenna. It brings excellent
picture results and you can
Install it yourself in only
5 minutes. Requires no
landlord permission.
Evening star., 1949-11-13
Russians Renounce
Berlin Military Rule
BY the Associated Press

BERLIN, Nov. 12.-The Rus
slams followed the Western ex-
ample today and renounced their
military government in Eastern
Berlin.
The Soviet commandant in
Berlin, Maj. Gen. Alexander Koti-
kov, told the East Berlin city gov
ernment that henceforth Ger
mans would govern the Soviet
sector of Berlin just as Germans
govern the Western sectors. The
city was split by East-West dis
cord almost two years ago.
Gen. Kotikov handed to the
Communist East Berlin govern
ment the administrative func-
tions hitherto exercised by the
Soviet Kommandatura in Berlin"
Russians up to now have care
fully avoided including the So
Evening star., 1949-11-13
Churches Guarded in Wales
After 7 Fires in 6 Days
gv the lssoctufed Press

NEWPORT, Wales, Nov. II -
Pastors and lay officials stood
guard tonight over all churches
in the Monmouth Diocese after
the second church fire here IN six
days.
A government arson expert ar
rived in Newport earlier today to
investigate.
The latest blaze caused damage
estimated at $126,000 to the
Church of st. John the Evangelist
this morning. Last Sunday the
towns mother church, Holy
Trinity was burned out. Only the
tower remained.
Rev. J. P. Stephens, viscar OF
st. Johns Church, said tonight:
II am perfectly certain in my
own mind that this fire was nc
accident. All I can believe is that
1t is the deed of a maniac"
Bishop A. E. Morris asked all
pastors in the diocese to set UP
q watch, using curates, wardens
and their assistants and choristers
in shifts.
Evening star., 1949-11-13
Acheson
Continued From First Page)

are confusing the heads of some
of our politicians"
Dismantling Stressed.
Sueddeutsche Zeitung of Mu-
Mich said, "One cannot expect en-
thusiasm for a crusade against
the East from a people which
has to overcome not only a po-
litical and a military surrender
but also a theological surrender" P"
The newspaper protested that
the Allies preoccupation with
tentative actions of the Kremlin"
should not divert their attention
from the dismantling problem.
American officials refused to
confirm Paris rumors that Ger
manys Elbe River, running along
the line of the Iron Curtain,
would be regarded as the Vests
defense line in event Of any at
tack. Heretofore the Rhine has
generally been regarded as the
Western defense line. but DR..
Adenauer has shown impatience
at such ideas. He has reminded
that there are millions of Ger
mans living east. of the Rhine
who would not want to be aban-
doned to invasion.
In London, a British Foreign
Office spokesman declared "the
question of whether there should
be an army has not even been
raised (at the Paris confe-f nce),
let alone any discussions of how
big such an army should be-"
Opposes Military Obligations.
He said, however, the spirit of
the Paris discussions was such
that I'VE can look forward to the
high commissioners (of the three
Western powers) acting with
greater unanimity in the future"
Ulrich Noack in a newspaper
interview warned Germans they
should not be tempted into any
military obligations
with the West.
Prof. Noack heads the, ''Nau-
helm Circle" a group of German
intellectuals and industrialists
who favor holding Germany neu-
trail between East and West.
He said If he got a chance he
Evening star., 1949-11-13
10 U. 5. Defense Experts
In London for MAP Talks
BY the Assoeioted Press

LONDON, Nov. 12.-Ten Amer
lean defense experts arrived to-
day to start tailoring the $1,000.-
100000 American Military Aid
Program to the specific needs of
Atlantic pact nations.
They are from both the State
and Defense Departments. The
leader is Richard B. Freund, rep
resentative of James Bruce, direc-
tor Of the Mutual Defense Assist
ance Program in Washington.
Another American arms group
later will go to Rome and a third
will visit Oslo and Copenhagen.
The three groups will meet with
military leaders of nations which
have asked United States help in
setting up defenses.
Evening star., 1949-11-13
Mother Wotchinq
Sons at Football
Hurt by TockIer
BY the Associated Press

SHELLY, Idaho, Nov. 12.-Mrs,
Leo Searle received a broken leg
at a football game.
No, she wasn't playing.
Mrs. Searle is an ardent fan
two of her sons play on Shelley
High Schools team.
She was standing on the side
lines cheering her sons. A ball
carrier was tackled as he ran out
of bounds. Mrs. Searle was over
turned in the scramble. She was
taken to a hospital. X-rays dis
closed a broken knee.
The two Searle boys-Dean and
Duane-came out of the game un-
scathed. Their team won, too.
Evening star., 1949-11-13

would tell Mr.. Acheson: ely te
Moscow at once. We need peace
between Russia and America. a
political link between the Allan
tic pact nations and Western
Germany will not lead to peace
It will only prolong the cold war.
Meanwhile, reports from East
Berlin said three Russian gen.
erals, experts in tank. air and
ground warfare, are en- route to
Eastern Germany to assume the
training command of an East
Zone peoples police army.
Mr.. Acheson was a luncheon
guest today of Gen. Thomas T.
Handy, commander-in-chief OF
American forces in Germany. at
the old university city of Heidel-
berg.
Accompanied by McCIoy.
He was accompanied by John ].
McCloy, American High Commits
sioner; Lewis Douglas, American
Ambassador in London; George
w. Perkins, Assistant Secretary of
State for European Affairs, and
Henry Byroade, Director of Ger
man Affairs in the State Depart
ment.
Military men present were 1t.
Gen. Clarence r. Huebner, COM
manding general Of the United
States Army in Germany. and 1t.
Gen. John K. Cannon, command
ing general of the United States
Air Force in Europe.
Army officials said defense prob
lens were not discussed. Mr..
Acheson himself gave reporters no
clue to the Paris decisions.
He is to arrive in Bonn by spe-
cial train early tomorrow and be
here about eight hours.
Extra police will be on hand,
but Deputy Police Chief Bernhard
Ostermann said the precautions
were normal.
I'VE are not worried that any,
thing might happen to the Secre-
Evening star., 1949-11-13

COLLIE, female. in vic. Of Brentwood, Nd.
EliSo 1871.
WRIsTWATCH, found IN wsshroom OF
Identification. Call Hu. 1920.
Evening star., 1949-11-13
Bride Killed as Train
Traps Her on Trestie
BY the Assoeiofed Press

ATCHISON, KanS., Nov. IA
bride of six days was killed today
by a freight train she was trying
to outrun on a bridge trestle.
The victim, Mrs. Robert E. Blaff,
10, was within six feet of safety
when the train struck her. She
and her husband were out squirrel
hunting and had started across
the trestle when the train came
around a bend. The husband was
knocked of the trestle, but escaped
Seri0iIS iOillrV
Evening star., 1949-11-13

Wet sector of Berlin in the East
German republic.
Though they have made East
Berlin the capital of the republic
they followed the Western ex-
ample by refusing to grant it vot-
ing rights in the Eastern Parlia-
ment.
East Berlin's Mayor. Fritz
Ebert, promised Gen. Kotikov at a
reception that his administration
would strictly adhere to the Pots
dam agreement and other four
power decisions on Germany"