Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-04-01
BRIEF
SCENE
High and LOwd0wn"
BY BAHEE THOMAS

gro Press screamed betrayal when
the southern senators aided and
abetted by weak Demo leadership
and cooperating Republicans. kill
ed chances for civil rights Iegis-
lAtion. This same press did not
do q grass roots job in the state
and national elections 10 urge Me-
groes to send good men TO the
Y. s. Senate who could be depend
ed upon TO keep promises made In
both party platforms. During cleo
ton years too many Negro papers
are more interested In the paid
advertising they get, a. crumbs
from the party tables, to do q real
good job for their people in help
sSE them select real friends for
Congress.
senator Hubert n. Humphrey,
tireless. energetic, undismAyed,
and sound. introduced q Federal
Anti-lynching bill In the Senate
last week. Co-sponsors OF the bill
are ailing senator Robert Wagner
CDem., N. ~ and senator Wayne
Morse (Rep.. ore) Humphreys
statement said, The heart and
core Of the presidents civil rights
program In q law TO outlaw lynch
ing. Unless q man IL free from the
fear Of and threat of unlawful
bodily harm. and even death. at
the hands Of some cowardly mob,
all Of his other civil rights are
academic, meaningless go"
Al Evanston March 2i--23 the
World Council Of Churches map
ped out q broad program TO help
improve human rights In the us.
and the rest Of the world. Con.
KresamAn william Dawson recon-
mended TO Virginia listeners that
the best way to gain detectives
was smart use OF the ballot. In
New Orleans, George w. Snow
den. q Negro labor leader. broke
tradition when he was elected TO
the AL New Orleans Trades and
Labor Council. San Francisco
Negro physicians and some white
doctors also blasted . new hospi-
tai foundation set up by city off,
Gals, which would build q hospital
where Negroes and other minori-
ties can feel welcome" Opponents
called II I'll concealed Jimcro."
North Carolina white ministers
praised Rev. ,. u. jackson. Chi
cago Baptist minister. for his ser
lea Of addresses delivered 70 O
statewide N. G. conference on
evangelism. The SOUTHWEST
REVIEW Spring number con-
tains Segregation and the Church
by Aubrey Burns. The current
edition Of CoRoNET salutes the
National Urban League. The
One World Ensemble composed
Of four singers Of different racial
strains under the management Of
Dick Campbell scored In its New
York debut last Sunday night.
The NAACP has entered the case
Of six New Jersey men convicted
70 die for the murder Of q furni-
ture dealer. The six men were con-
vieted on confessions which they
claim they were forced 60 make
by police methods. =.
The NAACP's Chester Currcnt,
director Of branches. has been
granted Q leave Of absence On &C.
count Of health. . AT 20. THE
JOURNAL OF LIVING says it's
time 20 stop many Of your old
habit For instance, saith the
magazine, men should stop living
for their JOB. No man should be
indispensable TO any JOB and no
job Indispensable 20 any man.
American men, particularly. are
apt 10 underTate the Importance
Of love and overrate the impor-
lance Of work"
For the first time IN the history
Of the Ames4cma CaatrAet Briawe
league four Negro players were
among the - teams wing for the
championship. offspring Of Eng
hsh mothers and American Negro
soldiers are better off In England
than they would Be In Amsr1ea-
This h the opinion Of Ivor Cum
unings. top official Of color In the
British colonial office. Guests
bcnorfng Bostna's FIRST Negro
Judge. q. Bruoe RsAAnssa. paid %
. plate 20 attend . tsstinonial
dlnESr In his honST. Ths Colored
Methodist Episcopal Church win
have ita General Board tCoafer-
eneeI IN Detroit May and 8
The ohso HOuse q RsprsHsnta-
tvs passed . FEPC han after
four hours Of bitter ds5ats By .
margin Of 70 TO e.
LOCAL: SIXTY Mlnnesota hagh
srhOol editors and their faculty
aavs@ors win ~ guesta IN Mlnne-
apoAs April ~ aa . Minnesota
c~nternsaI Student Press Indus-
trial toIR. New hoapatals arr
pAanned 10 care for the s9-d n .
h6n introdsced ~ thrss state Sen