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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-11-18
NEGRO VOTE p PLAYS BIG PART
Negro Vote Republican
In New Jersey; Goes
For Demos In NY.

New York ~ (ANPl - In
return for promises Of "cvery.
thing under the sun" Harlem
voters joined the Democratic
bandwagon Tuesday, casting
their ballots for Mayor vii.
liam o'Dwycr. Herbert II. Lehman
for u, 4. Senator. and Earl Brown
for city Councilman,
The Democrats owed their VIC
tory In Harlem 10 their waIl-olled
machine, headed by Raymond
jones, Hut Rkeptios doubted that
few. II any Of the rosy campaign
promised would become realities.
Paced by the Aggressive cam
paign Of defeated American
Labor Party candidate Benjamin
J. Davis Jr., rival candidates out
did each other In pledgtng cleaner
streets, y court 10 prosecute
greedy landlords, smoke abats-
msnt and an end 10 police brutal
ny against Negroes
Taking the stump for former
Democratic governor Lehman was
Mrs. Mary MoLeod Bsthune who
appeared on an election eve
broadcast.
The Republican fusion cAndi-
date for mayor. Newbold Morris,
had the backing Of Dr. ChanninG
Tobias, who declared that Nor
rls' statement on the Btuyvestant
Housing project was worthy Of
Abe Lincoln,
But Negro voters continued 70
snub the 0oP. Only o second
rate power In Harlem since the
balmy days Of FDR, the Rspubh.
can party was rslsEatsd 20 third
place Tuesday. with 20 per cent
more votes than tho uoP could
muster the A. l., p. announced
that Il was now In tho No, . spot,
despite the defeat % lts elty'wids
slate,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-11-18
NEGROES PUSH
DRIScoLL OVER IN
N. J. LANDSLIDE

Trenton, N. J.~-~(ANP) --- A ter
rife upset in Hudson County
threw the balance Of voting power
into the victory powder keg last
Tuesday night and blew Gov, Al
frcd E. Drlscoll into his second
term a. governor OF the state Of
New Jersey,
Hudson County was important
In that II contains the highly con.
troverniAl city of Jersey CITY, long
time Boss Hague stronghold and
Democrat hotbed. Driscoll's op.
ponent was HRgue's selection In
the person Of state Senator Elmer
II. Wenc,
A. tho final balIoting, DriRcoll
had PEELED s4T,lI7 70 WSne'H 700..
500. giving the famous civil rights
fighter Q plurality Of 1891 votes.
Newark, TrehtOn, the Oranges
which compriSe the bulk Of the
states population. and most Of
the Negro population In both
North and South Jersey throw
combined weight 20 make q land
slide for the governor,
This election made history In
that DFiScoIl In the first governor
Of the state 10 succeed himself
since IsA4.
From reliable sources. which In
clude top Negroes In the state
Republican party. DrtScoll's first
attraction TO voters was his
staunch proposals and stands on
civil rights, Especially pointed out
were his revamplng Of the state
constitution and stringent anti.
segregation and discrimination
laws.
Il was also learned that tho
"hardnhell" Democrats In South
Jersey made q bluDder when they
imported a DlKiSorat congressman
10 tour that part Of the state on
q speaking engagement. Though
Cong. william Dawson tDcm., III
toured state speaking for Wena
became Of his party affiliations.
he openly expressed hLs admiration
for DTtBcoll.
A. expected. DrIsooll suffered
badly at the hands Of the Demo
Gratis In Camden and Camden
County and throughout South Jer.
sey where Negroes are In q great
minority
Also attractive % the states
voters were the several good APP
pointmsnts" made by Driscoll In
the state government,
In Newark, along Belmont Ave,
and In Trenton, after tho votes
had been Tailed. there waS loud
and happy rejoicing In the Negro
sections. There were statements 70
the effect that people were voting
for the man and not IN party
Philadelphia was pointed 10 a. an
example In that the Democrats
took the city In q landslide while
the city had been Republican for
~ years.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-11-18

JIMMIE LEE He was at one
time Boys Worker at Halle q.
Brown house and has been off,
eating games for about II years.
working three sports football,
basketball and baseball.
Lee started In the Municipal
Leagues, where he formerly played
under Gerald FIatman Of the
Parks and Playground department
Of st. Paul. Since that time. he
has moved steadily forward.
At present, Lee Ia an accredited
referee In the following confer
cnces; The Minnesota College.
Minnesota State Teachers Col
Isge, the Midwest, the wiSconAin
Teachers College, the Minnesota
state High School League. st.
Paul City high school, and the
Catholic high school conferences.
lie Ia the first Negro 70 be &C
cepted a. such an official In foot
bail and basketball Lee has work
ID In sub-diStrict, district and re-
gionAi basketball tournaments.
For three years. he worked the
Minnesota state Catholic High
school basketball tournament. the
My Negro 70 work such an event
the United States.
This season. Jim will work APP
proximatsly II college basketball
games. two Of which are for Joe
Hutton, whose HAmhns teams are
oonsidered big time In the nation
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-11-18

for final reports in the future.
Net proceeds from the contest are
used by the Auxiliary to help es-
tablish its Annual Scholarship.
Announcement Of this years
winner was made by the contest
chairman. Mrs. Judson Phillips, at
q public meeting on Sunday. Nov.
IS. held at Phyllis Wheatley.
Other members Of Mrs. Phillips
committee included Mrs. Curtis
ChiVers, Mrs. Fern Helm and Mrs.
Hazel Merrill, president Of the
Auxiliary.
In keeping with the AuxiliAry's
desire to promote an educational
project In connection with these
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-11-18
Pittsburg Names
Negro Judge

PITTSBURGH --CANPD- This
city got It's first Negro Judge on
Tuesday when Homer 8. Brown,
veteran Democratic State Iegisla-
tor. showed under his Republican
rival with q 10000 vote ma jority.
Brown defeated the incumbent
COP candidate. Judge Harry ~.
Jones. Of the Allegheny County
Common Pleas court.
A native Of Huntington, W. Va,
Judge Brown u . graduate Of Vir-
ginia Union and the University Of
Pittsburgh. He was admitted 70
the bar In 1877.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-11-18

Close second In Baby Contest
events, a program was arranged
for this occasion by the Hennepin
Co. Planned Parenthood League.
217 Walker Bldg, Minneapolis
Two skits written especially for
that organization were rendered
to dramatically portray its mar
riage counSeling and services TO
chiIdless couples.
Mrs. Richard Mccarthy. chair
man of the Public Information
Committee for the Hennepin Co.
Planned ParenthoOd League, ex-
planned that her agency was es-
tablished TO provide social work
services on q professional basis.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-11-18
PHILIP AAecULLoUoH
SUIEERS BuaNS WHEN
HURNAcG gNpLODES

Philip Mccullough, 1881 chi.
cREo Ave. 3d., was seriously
burned about the face, neck and
Ons hand last Saturday night,
Nov. "a, The accident occurred
when he was trying 70 make a fire
In q faulty furnace and II eNpiod-
ed.
He was treated at Veterans
hospital and released In the care
Of his physician. lie In 10 be con
fined 10 bed for at least two
weeks.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-11-18
RScTED TO cLNULARdD
dTY coUaecIl

Cleveland amp Cleveland
got its nrst Negro woman cOun-
eiIor last week in the person Of
Jean CapsrA local lawyer. Att,y.
caper1. Q former assistant city
prosecutor. 10 the second Negro
wOmAn In tn Unftsd States 10 bs
slsctsd 70 Q city eOunefL
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-11-18
GROUND ExCAvATED FOR
SIC HEADQUARTERs

The lots owned by Local biO,
Dining Car Employees Union, q
Dale and Rondo streets. have been
excavatsd down 70 sidewalks level
This has been done for the pur-
pose Of erecting hsadquartsrs for
the Local According 10 Hector
p. vaasar, general managed Of
the Local. tho Challenges Corp.
composed Of Sio members plan 10
begin construction Of . building IN
ths spring.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-11-18

ago, IN q real
sports first. He
has taken an ac-
tive part in the
sports world as
a player and Of
fetal since his
arrival here,
Lee attended
Mechanic Arts
high school here
and Tuskegee In
stitute. Alabama,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-11-18

Nov. 20, viii
be Friend q
Day at st. Pc
ter
The 30 year
old minister.
who came 70
N in n eApo-
lis from Detroit
says he IL very
PLEASED with
the fine spirit
with which his
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-11-18
YOungdahl Speaks At
Mayors Council ALL
Day Conference Nov. ~

Governor Luther w. Youngdahl viii address the dinner
meeting of the Second Annual All Day Conference Human
Relations Tuesday November % at the Ncoet Hotel His
subject will be THE Challenging New Frontier in Human Re-
lations"
The Governor will also take this occasion to issue and
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-11-18
goRMER ~" STUDENT %
JEWELRY SALESMAN

Stanley Roberts. All East 2tth
g., former student at the UniVer-
aIty Of Minnesota. IL now EN-
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-11-18
Rev. Martin L. Simmons
Initiates Friends Day
At St. Peter Church

Martin Luther Simmons, pastor
Of St Peter AbGE church, an
nOunced this week that Sunday.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-11-18
TAKE a sow

James Jimmy Hugh Lee. SSS
Carroll Ave-, q we'll known 81.
Paulite, who came here % years
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-11-18
BECAUSE

Thanksgiving Day fails on
Thursday, our usual press day.
Our deadiine for ad and news
copy for the next issue " Tues
day. Nov. %.
Don't forget 70 mail your news
for the Nov. 18th edition early.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-11-18
Josie Williams
Active st. Paul
Woman Dies
DIED WHILE ATTENDING
FUNERAL OF COUSIN

Funeral services were held at
o'clock Wednesday. Nov. IS for
Mrs. Josie Bell williams, 65, e76
Evening star., 1949-01-30

the question is not merely whether the
country can afford the extra outlay, but
also whether the world situation Is danger
Gus enough to justify it.
Obviously, this Is matter calling for
more than layman's judgment, and for
more than the judgment Of our Air Force
leaders alone. What must be hoped for
and perhaps it is forlorn hope in view of
continuing inter-service rivalries-ls agree
ment among all branches of our military
establishment on the nature of the risks in
volved in the cold war and on how big the
USAF really ought to be-in balanced rela-
tionship with the Army and Navy-to cope
adequately with those risks. Meanwhile,
it can only be said that Congress, having in
mind both the security and the multiplicity
of pressing demands on the limited re-
sources Of the Nation, should deal with the
problem as effectively and as unemotion.
ally as possible
Evening star., 1949-01-30

with eyes recognize as divine" And now there
is set up in our own City Beautiful an altar of
art which all men with eyes to see and hearts
to feel recognize as divine
1t Is q matter Of record that this master
workman lived and wrought inspired by the
spires Of the spirit. To Christian preacher
he owed much In his keen awareness Of the
spiritual and his intense love Of liberty. In
those days Florence was held in the grip of
one Of the greatest preachers Of all the ages,
the golden -mouthed Savonarola. This ambas-
sador Of the Christ was divine chisel shaping
the very soul Of the young painter and sculp-
tor. Savonarola's gospel of liberty strength
ened the rising artists hatred Of tyranny as
with burning heart and eyes and words the
uncorruptible prophet denounced the tyrants
who had robbed Florence of her freedom.
With these watchwords Of God" and
Freedom" coloring. all his work, Michelangelo
thought always Of his mission as that Of un-
loosing splendor imprisoned in stone. To him;
that was the secret and goal OF living-to
release the possible best. AS a sculptor: by his
tools he but severed the shackles which bound
the hidden glory waiting emancipation.
It was the Bible from which Savonarola
preached which suggested sermons in stone for
tle ulCOINpdTdDle 2rClSC now our nOllOreQ
guest And what list they are of saints and
sages! No wonder that more than once in his
working day he turned for his subject to the
young warrior David, with his clear and clean
eyes, who found the smooth stones that felled
the giant of armed might
The young shepherd singer of Israel SYM
bolized the SIMPLE things used to confound the
mighty. David was the sign that in unex-
pected hands the Almighty puts his ammuni-
ton to make tyranny tremble and tumble.
And so the superb statue, at which we In
America are now privileged to gaze, across all
the centuries, speaks Of personal dignity and
defiance Of tyrannical might. Just as Michel
angelo said to his contemporaries when there
emerged from a massive, shapeless block Of
marble his earlier colossus, Come and see," 80
today, as this other fashioned by his hands
quarter Of century later Is enthroned tempo
rarily on American shores, the master says to
each one Of us. Come and see." Seeing, we
bow in awe and reverence exclaiming What
hath man wrought" And across four centuries
we catch the significance of David as the
symbol Of a free world facing with courage
and confidence the new Golaths of brute
strength which vainly defy the spires of the
spirit.
Evening star., 1949-01-30
How Bio Should 1t Be?

sentiment IN the House Armed Services
Committee seems to be leaning strongly In
favor of giving the United States Air Force
more than the President has allocated to it
in his budget for fiscal 1850. Although
they have accepted that ALLEGATION as being
deliberately limited in view of the Nations
other economic commitments, spokesmen
for the AF, including Secretary Symington,
have not disguised the fact that they
would be delighted If the committee rec
commended that they be granted a much
greater sum.
The issue revolves around the question
of how big an Air Force is necessary to
provide adequate national security in the
present period of world tension. Under
the Presidents budget, approximately
$4,000 100000 would be spent in fiscal 1850
to maintain AF personnel at about the
present strength Of 412000 officers and
men; to allow for minimum of some 48
regular combat groups and 10 squadrons,
plus q groups in the Air National Guard,
and to make possible an active inventory,
by the end Of the year, of $500 military
planes of all types from trainers to heavy
UOIIUClo OAlAo DCllS CASluolSC, VI SOuAoS, "a
naval aviation.
In his testimony before the House COM
mittee, however, Secretary symington,
though supporting the Presidents esti-
mates as being perhaps all that can be
afforded at this time, has made clear that
in his opinion, as well as in the opinion
of such experts as General Vandenberg,
Air Force Chief Of staff, military consid-
erations make 10 combat groups essential
to the security of the Nation. This view
may not be shared by either Army or Navy
leaders, but Mr. Symington and other AF
authorities have argued their case so
persuasively that committee Chairman Vim
son has himself suggested that they should
receive considerably more money than the
budget provides.
Accordingly, the committee appears to
be toying with the idea of transferring to
the Air Force the funds budgeted for Uni
versal Military Training-a sum of about
/ $500 900, ,000 Even though convincing argu-
ments can be made in support of UNIT, it
does not seem to have chance of being
enacted by the new Congress, and SO there
is much plausibility in the suggestion that
the money earmarked for it should go to
the AF. Such shift, however, would not
make possible the organization of 10 COM
bat groups. An additional 100000, 600
Hpuld be necessary for that purpose. and
Evening star., 1949-01-30
The Atom in Schools

New York City's public school system is
setting good example for the Nation in
organizing a comprehensive program to
educate its teachers in all the broad aspects
OF atomic energy. The .program-which
will be made up of ten weekly lectures,
four workshops and field trip-will deal
with the subject in terms OF the basic
science involved, its military meaning its
peacetime promises, the social and eco
nomic issues it raises and the problem of
domestic and world control.
Worked out with the cooperation of the
United States Atomic Energy Commission,
the project Is the first of its kind in the
country. It's objective is to enable the
teachers to speak intelligently and force
fully to their pupils on what is certainly
one of the most vital developments
also one of the most complex-in the
history of mankind In the words of
Mayor ODwyer, what New York hopes to
accomplish with the program, which will
enlist the services of some of the most
distinguished experts in the field, is to
make its children Americas best informed
on the subject and to help them learn to
live in the age of the atom, aware both
OF the blessings 1t can bring and of the
grave responsibilities it imposes.
The idea is an excellent one. If teachers
in every city receive training of the same
sort, their charges are bound to benefit.
No one can know too much about the
subject or start learning about it too soon.
It is so large force in life that education
in it ought properly to begin at the grade
school level, so that as the child natures,
the better he will understand it and the
more equipped he will be to be an en-
lightened citizen in the atomic age. The
New York project is promising enough to
be tried on a country-wid scale.
Evening star., 1949-01-30
When RIGHTS Clash

the contempC-o1-court conVlctlon OF
three Baltimore radio stations and news
broadcaster grows out of collision be-
tween two rights" that are vital to the
functioning of our society.
One Of these Is the right of an accused
man to fair trial The other is the right
of free speech and free press guaranteed
by the Constitution.
In Baltimore the courts have adopted a
rule, known as Rule 904, which, in the most
lie officials and the publication of lnfor-
nation deemed likely to interfere with a
fair trial. The only question is whether
this rule, in its laudable aim to insure fair
trials, trespasses too far on the freedom
Of speech and press.
The issue arose in connection with the
shocking murder of an eleven-year-old
girl, who was seized and fatally stabbed
while riding her bicycle down Baltimore
street. suspect confessed and subse-
quently was found guilty of the crime.
Prior to the trial the fact that confess
sion had been made was announced by
Baltimore police authorities, and this in
formation was broadcast over the radio
stations. On the basis of these broadcasts
the radio defendants were cited under the
rule and found guilty of contempt.
As it happens in this case, the man &C
eused of murder elected to be tried by the
court rather than by jury, his lawyer
believing that it would be impossible to
obtain an unbiased set of jurors. He may
or may not have been right. But the theory
Of the contempt judgment was that the
broadcast of the announcement that a
confession had been made, taken with
other things, so prejudiced public opinion
that the murderer was deprived of his
right to fair trial by jury And, of course,
the same reasoning would have been ap-
plicable had the Baltimore newspapers
published anything about the confession.
Ali of this means that the real issue is a
mixed one of fact and law. Where is the
line to be drawn between what may and
may not be published? In extreme theory,
the Baltimore papers might have been for
bidden to publish even the fact that a
murder had been committed. Then, of
course, wholly ignorant jury could have
been impaneled and the accused could
have had Jury trial free of any suspicion
OF bias. That, of course, would be absurd,
and Rule 904 contemplates no such far
fetched abridgment of free speech and
press.
Nevertheless, it does impose very sub
stantial restraints. 1t provides that the
press may not publish staten ent M lie
by responsible public oT"'el, end this is
q measure of abridgment that is not ap-
preached in any other State The con-
tempt judgment, to be sure, invalidated
one section of the rule, which was so
broad and so vague as to be Incompetent
sible. But that which is left of the rule
goes SO far in suppressing free speech and
free press in the interest of what is at best
m assumed protection of the right to a
fair trial that an appeal is imperative. The
question ut stake is too important to be
left to the decision of any but the highest
court In the land
Evening star., 1949-01-30
Council of EUROPE

Two virtually simultaneous official pro-
nouncements highlight the antithetical
trends within Europe today. The first of
these is an announcement by the five
powers forming the Western Union under
the Brussels Pact that they have agreed
to create Council of Europe" The sec
ond is blast from Moscow which not only
assails the projected North Atlantic de-
fense pact but likewise attacks the Western
Union and the Marshall Plan as being
parts of warmongering plot by the ruling
circles Of the Anglo American bloc" by
passing the United Nations in IAN openly
aggressive course of policy, the final pur-
pose of which is establishment by force of
glo-American world domination"
The reason for Moscows ire at the draw
ing together of the Western democracies
in defensive arrangements against poten-
tial aggression from the totalitarian East
is understandable. If effectively imple-
mented, those arrangements will conSti-
tute dependable equipoise to the power
Of the Soviet bloc, perhaps permanently
checkmating Moscow's avowed scheme for
world domination. Certainly, the Council
Of Europe" just agreed upon in principle
represents major step toward that in
tegration Of the European continent which
has been the dream of idealists and states
men for centuries. 1t may be recalled that
this was the aim Of the Grand Design"
formulated by King Henry w of France
around the year 1900, while the concept of
United States of Europe has been
VII al kxy
like Aristide BRAND and Winston Churchill.
The Council formulated by the five Brus-
sells Pact nations britain, France, and the
Benelux Trio) is twofold. There will be q
rudimentary executive composed Of gov
ernment ministers meeting in secret and
capable Of making binding decisions. This
might mean an actual delegation of
sovereign powers to a European body.
Alongside this ministerial committee there
will be an advisory consultative body rep
resenting the national parliaments of the
constituent members, which will meet in
public and hold open discussions. That is
tantamount to rudimentary European
legislature.
Although the agreement is as yet con-
fined to the five members of the Western
Union, it is specifically intended to be
broadened so as to include all democrat
ically-minded European nations Indeed,
an invitation is understood to be on its
way to the government of Italy, which is
ardently receptive. As italian Foreign
Minister Count Carlo sforza says: Euro
pean Union Is born, and Italy will be one
of the founding states Italy will give all
her efforts with full loyalty to the creation
OF the Council of Europe" Other ground
floor invitations are expected to be sent
to Portugal and the Scandinavian coun-
tries, though the latters' attitude may be
influenced by hostile Soviet pressure, espe-
cially as applied to Sweden.
Evening star., 1949-01-30

sense Of tineless and
universal values is
not debased. This
m ost distinguished
visitor. from overseas
was in the Capital Of
America for the in
auguration. He is
the contemporary of
every century. He
belongs to the ages.
His name is Michel
angelo. He Is still
here, housed In one
Of the most exqui-
sitely beautiful tenn