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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-14

There Negro
against groups that should be
employment practices act They contend
the ready for such change They would settle for anti
poll anti-lynchng Legislation
unwitngy fallen for the dull
southern northern
bgos feeling that the people really favor civil rights
willing compromise This wants civil rights egs
meaningless possible
To way thinking right the right NV
highest principal support platform Of
rights the right job earning and buying will
20 long way helping those other nanabe rights
Public opinion from without the southland assisting the best
ynchng but job dscmna
Minnesota well Georgia
desirable to thousands of unthn
years kept Negro ability jobs
most Of time, n matter what his skill
enlightened employers recognizing what
resulted from religious dis
elimination employment employers among will
supporting federal legislation designed to end dis
elimination in employment
rights program by the national legislature
u the march towards equal treat
Truman has said that the
rights his constitutional duty We with
The approach o problems
Congress should all of the legislation federal
support equality To ask for would
give against the
postpone this
entire world bulwark Of fair play and racial
justice
To argue unpopular begging
The millions voted for Truman who had
evocaby civil rights makes feel that those
preaching about
the population does The
people politicians They
which will unite this nation before
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-14
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Talmadge and Rankin, and every
other prominent detracter of So
called minority groups. In my
time, have met and observed lit
orally thousands of the most dis
reputable people of both races and
sexes, and invariably they held
desperately and often pugnac'
iously to some sort Of religion. "
Mitchells fallacy parallels Lau-
renee Sterne's inane God tempers
the wind to the shorn lamb"
But wherever is found an in
telligent, TOTAL LACK Of some
sort of religion" there blooms the
fragrant flower of cordial, univer-
sal fellowship; and the belief
there, is fully prevalent that all
men really are created equal, "
and with proper encouragement
and aid, will eventually, in some
way, prove a radiant credit to the
KINGDOM OF MAN.
William F. Walker
1872 Eaton Ave.
st. Paul, MINI.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-14

Infantile Paralysis gets its whole
financial support from the March
of Dimes. Its program has no
limitations of race, creed, color or
national origin. 1t exists to guar
antee the best available medical
care to all infantile paralysis pa
tients-mOst of whom are children
under 10 years of age. BY mid
summer of 1913 it had advanced
nearly 8 million dollars to local
chapters and emergency commit
tees in the epidemic areas.
additionally as the lowest in
come group in the American pop
ulation we have been the objects
of charity, rather than the dis
pensers of charity. But as we
move forward to wider civil rights
and larger employment opportu-
mites we must accept correspond
ingly increased responsibilities.
We must measure up to the most
exacting standards of socially
conscious, community-minded men
and women. We must carry moth
ing less than our full share of
community and national support
for the afflicted and distressed.
Let US make a fine showing in
the March of Dimes; we could not
contribute to a better cause.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-14
GEORGIA FACES ISSUE:
GEORGIA FACES ISSUE
COURAGEOUS GEORGIA EDITOR FORCES
INDICTMENT OF ALLEGED JEALOUS
KILLERS OF NEGRO BUSINESSMAN
lFrom Now Republicl

ATLANTA, GA. - Eighty-fOur
years after Sherman's March to
the Sea, Georgia officially recog-
nized the abolition Of slavery by
imprisoning two white men for
raping two Negro women, and
week later by indicting two other
white men for the lynch murder
Of a "biggety" Negro.
The indictment was returned by
a wool-hat county grand jury af-
ter powerful pressure was exerted
by Ralph McGin, editor of the At
lanta Constitution and contribu-
tor to the New Republic The men
charged were Roderick Clifton
and Spud Howell, both prominent
and politically influential in
Toombs County.
Amy James Mallard, the widow,
positively identified them as the
slayers of Robert Mallard, a pros
porous salesman who was shot to
death because some people in
Toombs County thought he was
getting too high for a man Of his
race. Other relatives confirmed the
Identification. but one, a young
cousin of the murdered man, was
reported to have developed some
doubts after a few days in Sheriff
r. f. Gray's protective cutsody."
Sheriff Gray was APPARENTLY re-
luctant to take any action calcu-
lated to offend the suspects fam
lilies and local prejudice. The us
ually efficient Georgia Bureau of
Investigation was unable to make
much Roadway.
News OF the crime did not leak
out until three days after the
night, November 20, on which 1t
happened. And then 1t came by
way OF NAACP headquarters in
New York. The Atlanta and Ma
con papers headlined the story
and kept it alive. AS a conse-
quenCe, Georgias new Governor,
Herman Talmadge, apparently
anxious to live down at least some
OF the stigma OF his late fathers
race-baiting, not only sent the
Obi to Toombs with orders to
track down the guilty regardless
Of who or what color they are"
but also prodded the investigation
by telephone daily, Even so, little
progress was being made and
there seemed every hkelyhood the
affair would blow over, after all.
Then McGill wrote an editorial
in the Constitution demanding a
special grand jury to consider the
evidence The sheriff had said he
supposed any evidence" would
be submitted to the regular Feb
ruary grand jury.
Here" wrote McGiu. rs the
perfect illustration of why the
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-14

the speaker 1 noticed a man fac
ing my way but not looking at me,
never moving his eyes or chang
ing his expression. l realized he
was blind and went over to him.
He said he appreciated my speech
but regretted l had not mentioned
another minority: the blind.
Here was a man, a member of
the white majority. set apart by
the loss of sight. ! realized he had
problems different from the rest
of the people at the meeting.
thought how minority prob
lens can multiply themselves:
a blind Negro, a blind Jew. 1
apOlOgized and promised never
to forget the blind again.
January IA 81 through the
March Of Dimes we have the OPP
portunity to aid another minority:
the victims of infantile paralysis.
Poliomyelitis respects neither
geography nor the color line. In
1913 polio epidemics struck North
Carolina, Texas and California. In
1947 it was Ohio and Idaho. Where
it will strike in 1919 no one knows.
In spite Of millions of dollars
spent trying to find a cure, pO-
Ito Is increasing. Between l943
and 1913 more than $4,000 new
cases were recorded, an increase
Of 1909 over the previous five
years total.
Infantile paralysis is one of the
most expensive diseases known to
The National Founda-
ton for Infantile Paralysis which
is leading and unifying the fight
against polio, reports that an iron
lung case may cost $4,000 a year
and that the average cost of med
ical care in a polio case is $4,000.
That makes the medical bill for
the 10000 polio cases between
1943 and 1913 reach the stagger-
ing sum of 100 million dollars.
This does not include after-care
for the permanently crippled.
The National Foundation for
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-14

South too often is presented to
the nation as region which
flouts its own laws and Is not in
terested in applying the penalty
of law to killers If the dead man
be a Negro. People have a right to
ask why the whole power of the
law enforcement officers of the
county was not thrown into the
case; why the dogs were not out;
why a posse was not organized.
This a America, a nation built on
law. The law-enforcement policy
in this case has hurt the South
badly. There is no escaping that
fact. And there is no excuse that
can be made for it."
The Associated Press carried
McGill's thousand-yord indictment
almost in full. The Toombs
County grand jury then reas-
sembled, set a date for a hearing
and issued a subpoena for McGn.
McGill gave the grand jury the
most comprehensive and unbiased
account of the crime it received.
He made available to them not
only all the facts revealed by the
Constitutions reporters, but also
reports from special investiga-
tons conducted by the Southern
Regional Council and the NAACP,
which certainly would not have
got into the grand-jury room
otherwise.
McGill was before the jury as
minutes, longer than any other
witness, including the widow OF
the slain man. He not only gave
II plenty of evidence but also an
impassioned plea to see justice
done. In addition. he left it with
the warning that, II it failed to
act, federal intervention could be
expected in the case under the u
S Code section making it a crime
to go in disguise on the highway.
or on the premises of another,
with intent to prevent or hinder
his free exercise Of enjoyment of
any right or privelidge so secur-
ed"
The betting was twenty to one,
before McGin put in his appear
ance, that the grand jury would
take no action. But the odds drop
ped steadily as the hearing, eX-
pected to last an hour and a half
or two hours, ran on into the
night Finally after more than
ten hours. the jurors emerged
with true bills.
Clifton and Howell will be tried
at a special session OF Toombs
Superior Court, which has been
set for January IL. They have re-
tanned virtually all Of the countys
leading attorneys to represent
them.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-14

If now President Truman is
really convinced that Jim Crow.
the ls49 kind Of slavery is wrong,
and shows the same courage in
deeds as Lincoln. I'm sure that a
majority OF the citizens Of this
land will come to see that he Is
right and support him against
anything Congress might do
against civil rights. y. A. Rog-
ers. Pittsburgh Courier.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-14

He waiter Whitel figures the
COP. folks hope TO reform their
coalition with the Southerners to
stymie the Truman program and
the Northern Democratic leaders
lack the courage or the foresight
to take a strong stand" - Lem
Graves, Washington Bureau, Pitts
burgh Courier.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-14
Seabron Compares Father
Walter Thomas to
nanI dopoa ito,


Editor - Father" walter
Thomas passed last week. This
statement of itself means nothing
to many Minneapolitans, but to
a small group of people living on
the North side of town it means
that a friend and helper is gone
II ever a man lived. who literally
carried out the commandment IF
you love me. feed my sheep" it
was Father" Thomas. Those Of
us who knew him well realize
that he truly gave his life in the
service of others.
He was never ordained by the
Church to minister unto the needs
of man, but he was surely or
dained by God for this work His
whole mission in life seemed to
be that of caring for those under
privileged or Maynard souls who,
somehow, never got into the main
stream of religious life in our
community. His was to christen
the 'illegitimate" child and offic-
late at the funeral of the outcast
No one will ever know the amount
of spiritual and physical comfort
he gave to these people.
Ames Lodge, No. LOG, of the
Elks. is to be congratulated for
the excellent way in which they
demonstrated their appreciation
of this fine life.
In closing this letter l would
like to dedicate to his memory a
statement written by Bishop
Angus Dun of the Protestant
Episcopal Church which appeared
in the January 9. 1919 church bull
letin of the University Baptist
Chuch of Minneapolis,
There is no service OF God
that does not issue in the service
Of men. Gods people in Gods
world. And to care for Gods
people is not to care for disem-
bodied souls, but for souls in
bodies of flesh and blood. that
hunger and thirst and grow
weary, and are hurt. and can be
broken. Nor can we limit the
bodies OF men to the familiar pat
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-14
Reader Walker Takes
Two Year Subscription;
Chides Religion Theory

Editor:
Although your publication in its
entirety is very good, especially
its editorial matter, consider
Nell Russelrs column alone worth
the subscription price. am not
always in agreement with her
views (only about 5000 per cent?
but even so, think she is one of
the best in her profession any
where. She has a well-developed
sense of humor. as was demon
strated in her shivery discourse
on those incorrgible "unmention-
ables," and she seems able to
achieve her journalistic detectives
without indulging in a lot of pious
twaddle, which so seriously mars
the product and style of so many
race" writers. In the past I
have occasionally missed issues
of the paper, so to obviate a re-
currence, herewith enclose $500
for a two-year subscription.
In your Dec 31st issue (left
ear, page oneD you published an
item entitled Those Without"
As no Official comment accom-
panied the article, it presumably
enjoyed editorial sanction. Which,
Of course. is your sovereign priv
ilege. Still, to publish D. C. Nit
chells defamatory, intellectually
impoverished illumination about
men and women without some
sort of religion, and then offer
your readers, in the same issue
page - the distressing observa-
tons of Bruce Bliven in the New
Republic. is a paradoxical pre-
sentation difficult to ignore. Re-
hgion is what religion DOES,
and II is not a guarantee of
peace on earth good will among
men. which this sad world most
sorely needs.
In his first paragraph. Mr..
Bliven tells of a church support
ed" hospital in Washington. D. c..
which refused admittance to a
momentarily expectant mother.
forcing birth of her baby "on the
sidewalk" before the hospital
door, simply because she was
Negro. The medical authorities"
at this institution obviously pro-
fessed some sort of religion" In
another paragraph in his inter-
esting narrative, he tells of a
Catholic priest who adroitly told
a Negro Catholic communicate TO
do his praying in "a Negro Cath
ole church" It will hardly be de-
MED that this priest had some
sort of religion" Likewise. the
proprietors Of innumerable hotels,
restaurants and other places of
public accommodation from which
Negroes are consistently barred.
have D. C. Mitchens iniquitous
some sort of religion"
The Ku Klux Khan requires
some sort of religion" as a basic
qualification for membership. and
all the white supremacists" the
world over. base their unscientific
attitude on some sort Of re-
hgion." Bilbo and Blease embrac-
ed some sort Of religion" as do
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-14

terms of flesh and blood The
houses men live in, the places
where men work. the places where
children play, the economic and
political orders which condition
their Hves-an that we call the
environment of their lives is
part of the body of their lives.
And what is there that conditions
their lives more profoundly than
the economic order within which
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-14

they work and live: That Is the
simple and sufficient basis for
the Church's concern for the &C.
onomic life"
Surely Father" Thomas under
stood and labored to meet this
challenge.
William Seabron
1901 25th Ave So.
Minneapolis Minnesota
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-14
With fhe coIumnisfs

Probe. search, analyze or sur
vey, and you will find that ignor-
ance is the arch enemy of colored
Americans. The confounding trag-
edy of this provoking and arous-
ing condition is that staggering
millions of our minority are ig-
norant and not aware of it."-Jos.
D. Bib in the Pittsburgh Courier.
IF a farmer were to treat his
seed as badly as the Negro church
treats its Sunday school, he would
know that there would be no need
to come for a harvest" &C. A.
Franklin in the X. c. Call.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-14
SUPREME COURT

There Negro able enough
the u Supreme Sooner later there
Negroes should until that plug
resenaton the nations highest judicial
Negroes this representation
great
made the wealth prosperity country
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-14

Dear Public which has poe compass
sion? This all polls a
should destroy the usefulness the
Though Mr. Gallup anything
has asked thousands
about 1t the daies Gallup
the November election?
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-14
Editorials In Short
YOUNGDAHL'S ADDRESS

Youngdah the legislature
statesmanshp His emphasis
refreshing His advoca
the of leg
dsgracefl Jim
guard determination do the right
thing q citizens
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-14
ALONG THIS
WAY
BY CHARLES H. HOUSTON

Minority is question of definition and emphasis Last
November spoke in Minneapolis dinner meeting called
by the Mayors Council Human Relations hear the
mary of Community SefSurvey Report mnortes Min
neapolis (meaning Jews and Negroes.
In the usual aer-meetng group which up greet
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-14
BELIEVERS IN RATIONING

There quaint school Of thought among
well but confused white brethren
equality opportunity
fellow
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-14
CREDIT UNION
CHARLES HORN
PoE1.srERs TAXING BEATING

The polstsrs made big mistake twenty
National election S almost put them out of business Has the
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-14
TRUMAN LACKEI


that had do with
rights to to lack warmth and
domestic and religious mall
and the harm continued civil
10 reputation before the world
internal Vaccinations and organization
nations
high heaven by might the
Of journalists Of the
through the motions of being aggVed
Ire aggression BY the Dutch.
CREDIT UNION
Negro Union,
$50 900 in its II
n has of money without a single loss.
commendaiOn A look yearly
tion which makes a the cities.
CHARLES
OF course newspaper pleased acting
F4oyar the Minneapolis
hoEinR authority We imagine Of readers
How rSo HOyer got another
POILISTERS TAKING BEATING
Te poistsrs have big mistake twenty years
- election almost put them out Of business Has the
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-09-01
SuIes Clinics Are
Conducted At TchuIo
By MPL Company

f; Great interest is being mani
tested in sales clinic which is
being held at Tchula sponsored
by the Mississippi Power and
Light company and participated
in by about Is Tchula firms. The
purpose is to help salespeople sell
more.
Ed Willis, Darant, has been con-
Quoting the meetings at the Le-
gion hut for one hour each even
ing. Two meetings have already
been held and the third is sched-
uled for Friday night, September
2 at 800 Everyone interested is
given a cordial invitation to at
tend.
THE Importance or Salespeople
in the American Economy" was
the topic for the first session
while How and Why Our Gus
toners Buy" was discussed al
the second. Friday nights meet
ing will be How to Close a Sale
and Make it Stay Sold"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-09-01
kosciusko Approves
$135,0OO Bond Issue


Kosciusko voters recently eli
NAKED long campaign by going
to the polls and approving a $l35-
600 school bond issue In an eff
fort to assure a record turnout
the Kosciusko Chamber of Com
merce had gone about during
the month-long campaign. Civic
leaders had urged voters to ap-
prove the $135,O00 bond issue to
finance the equipping of Koscius-
kos new Junior-Senior High
School building, repairing the two
old buildings used by white chill
dren and constructing modern
school for negro children.
The proposed negro school
would consist Of 16 classrooms and
an auditorium, and was described
by the City Planning commission
as Kosciusko's most pressing
need"
Voters of Kosciusko approved
a $283, 900 school bond issue about
three years ago to finance con-
struction of the Junior-Senior
High School building.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-09-01
Funeral Held For r
Henry Downer Fades

Funtral services for Henry
Downer Fades, 81, of Cruger, who
died August % after an illness of
one year, were held at Emory Me-
thodist church Monday, August
20, at 10 am, with the Rev. w.
S. McAllily, assisted by the Rev.
w. M. Langley, officiating Burial
was in the church cemetery.
Mr.. Fades was the brother of
Mrs. Cal Coleman of Lexington.
He leaves also, his wife, Mrs. Re-
becca Melton Fades, a son, Jerry
E. Fades, and a daughter, Mrs.
Marion johnson, of Cruger; also
two grandchildren, Sara Johnson
and Betty Fades.
Southern Funeral home was in
charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were Estes Hill,
Roscoe Johnson, Horace Vandiver,
G. G.. Griffin, Marion johnson,
and H. Y. Parker.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-09-01
West School Opens
Monday, Sept, .5th

The West High school will open
its regular session on Monday,
September 5. Birth certificates
will be required for all beginners
for final classification. All pat
rons are cordially invited at the
opening at $50 am.
The faculty is as follows: r.
A. Addkinson, mathematics and
superintendent; w. w. Montague,
history and coach; Mrs. P. A.
Atkinson, English and librarian;
Mrs. Mabel Gordon, commerce;
Eugene Boiler, agriculture.
Miss Margaret Browning, home
economics; Mrs. ]. R. Melton,
primary; the Rev. H. c. Ellis,
7th and 6 A; Mrs. Vivian Nc
Creary, 5A and 6B; Mrs. r. l..
Jackson, and 5B; Mrs. Clay
Wilkes, 3rd and "a; Mrs. w. E.
Grace, End.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-09-01
Health Dept. Bldg.
Nears Completion
Work On Interior
May Require Until
Mid-November

The $45,0O0 County Health De-
partment building, under con-
struction on China and Andrews
streets for the past several mon
tbs, is nearing completion on the
exterior, though interior work
may take another two months, ac-
cording to report from the
Health department Tuesday. 1t
was hoped that moving into the
new building could be enabled
not later than the middle of No
vember.
According to Mrs. Hal Gillian,
public health nurse, the attractive
modern brick construction will
have five offices, two clinic
rooms. an x-ray room. two wait
ing rooms, and an assembly room
to accommodate As persons, besides
dressing and storage rooms, and
closet space. The interior is be-
ing done in pale green.
Plastering, painting, sewerage
work, installation of heating
equipment, and plumbing, is be-
ing done to the interior of the
building. An estimated $1,000 in
new equipment will be added.
Mrs. Johnnie bridge, superin-
tendent of the Lexington hospi-
tai, told that DR.. v. D. Galloway,
secretary of the State Hospital
board, and Architect Powell Hall
for the commission on hospital
care, with Mr.. Gates and Mr.. Bir-
chett, architects for the building,
all of Jackson, spent the after
noon at the hospital here recent
ly.
DR.. Galloway said 1t was hoped
that contract for the $4,000 of
additions to the Lexington hospi-
tai could be let by December, and
construction work underway by
January, 1850.
The $11, 900 Durant Health CEN
ter building is still pending. with
paperwork to be completed, Mrs.
Gillian reports. It will be located
ed between the Frozen Food
Locker and Central Laundry in
Durant. facing Lewis Grocer COM
pany.
A ground-breaking ceremony
for the new beat two 25-bed hos
pital at Durant was held Wednes-
day afternoon, August 81, at the
hospital site. DR.. Galloway was
chief speaker.