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EdlfoEial Notes

this EonE
program by WV
high Minneapolis police official who be chief OF
lice whose important this this told
Negro reached
Of ~ wright Would you trust public official who peuCed
and with citizen who hap
pcna be o Negro DESCENT
TIA all right for several FETC
placed legislature hopper
by Otto chrstansons organisation shows up.
Of Negroes ahopa beauty shops
equal contributed penny towards the
campaign employment practices legislation
Billie Holiday keeps getting involved In unfavurAbe head
tho publicity Floyd snelson win not keep her
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-21
coLUMN1sTs COMMENT

We are hard put to pun up
when too many Of US are on the
border-hne OF existence. A Negro
with q $4,000 home, yacht and
servants cannot make up for
those hundreds of Negroes whose
weekly income Is under $50, 49,
Milton BlcdsOe In the NC. Can.
A change in the Senate cloture
rule should be made the first or
der OF business by everyone who
really wants civil rights legisla-
ton passed. Louis LautieF IN
NNPA paperN
But while we arc justly critical
Of discriminatory practices In
Washington, each Of Us may well
make II his personal business TO
look into his own community's
back yard and see what goes on
there ''' Rev. William G. Ker.
nan.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-21

last OF pocembeF Dutch tooPA HnE guns tak
pnnes violated the truce with the ndone
matter Of days had routed the
new government captured IL civil and military leadrS
and United Nations dSehvSs TO
and retreat couplsd with MAuha
plan AID from Holland neRon hold
their colony By force Of arns
We shall hs TIE Of all
situation Does the Western world
what says about ssmnaton Independence ssdOmf oSnsr
al,o utchen RdonssA Rich and powerful
nsties (o them the House Of orAng have been
ad uron the ndonssan people The vast wealth OF
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-21
the LABOR VIEW
by GeOrEe y. McCray for AMP
NEGRO RIGHTS AND
MIR. TRUMAN's MESSAGE

In his message to the sIst Con-
greSs, Mr.. Truman presented the
country with another surprise. In
the days before the National
Democratic convention last sum
mer, he had tired to reach an ''un.
derstandinE' with the South on
tho Issue Of civil rights. But the
tame civil rights plank proposed
by the resolutions committee Of
the convention was thrown out
the window in the face Of q revolt
Of northern democrats.
Even during the campaign, Mr..
Truman spoke with evaAlvc soft
ness about civil rights while the
DiNiecrats attempted to make his
civil rights proposals the one big
issue OF the election. But today
Mr.. Truman shows no inclination
TO appcase or 10 compromise with
the south on the civil rights issue.
Considering the fact that anu.Ne-
gro prejudice IN strong all over
the Y. g.. his sticking to his de-
mands for civil rights legislation
10 ~ eommendahle a. II In surpris.
ing.
In other respects the message
90 congress h of particular In.
tercat 30 Negroes Again Ne.
Eroes must think Of themselves
~ citizens. Negroes. workers.
and eoasuuaeFN
The civil rights program with
tts opposition 10 poll taxes. dis
elimination In travel education
and employment would bring US
closer TO real equality Of citizen
ship.
Az workers. Ne would Be great
" benefited by raising the ma
tional minimum wage from lOc
TO I0c per hour. In each Of the big
industrial eentsrs In the country
there are literally thousands Of
Negro and white workers. partic-
ulariy women. who earn far less
than rs cents per hour. Also the
proposals to extend social secur~
ity coverage and TO raise social
security benefits would improve
the lot OF tens Of thousands Of
Negroes Most Negro Industrial
workers become paupers long be-
fore they can qualify for old age
Pensions This situation h due
largely 20 discrimination against
Older workers BY employers
rhe tasfaGisa % farm hboP
and domsnatic servants IN TIE
social security program WOahd
- % ths very Erratcsa help %
eae % TIE most poorly paid
k~~ps - N@SaeHs N tm1 ~ -
Most Negro physicians with
whom I have discussed the mat
ter are opposed to Truman's pro-
posals TO create . federal health
Insurance program In the face Of
the fact there are no other prae-
teahls proposals. for providing
much needed medical care 10 Ne
grOes and other American eitiRsna.
the opposition to sO-eaIled social
tHe(i'- medicine fails 10 consider
sufficiently the god welfare 81
the AHersean P~Opls.
A. consumers WS want prices
reduced but tAs one thing wS De-
saro most 10 morS and better
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-21

their land has been Sphoned profit while
been toad merely the crumbs that gudgngy
hands"
The indoncSans believe this has
be- free They can't
for cent o the wealth that has been taken
will settle for freedom their way
II will bear repeating that the
deeson Ethiopia The fate Of United
Western world TO sec
the light IndonesA~ Editorial n CRISIS
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-21
WITHOUT APOLOGY

I wrote q little poem once
Which said, Don't go too far"
'Gainst which . teacher-dunce
Put up q howl and bar:
But was not deterr'd
By what was said or done,
But happy that II Stirr'd
A non-easentiAl one.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-21
Thanks From Mil
City NAACP Head

For Cooperation
Editor I wish to thank you In
behalf OF the Minneapolis Branch
Of the NAAcP for your eoopera.
ton In helping make the program
Of our organization q success.
Albert l. Alien. Jr, president
Jan. 10 l0Ao
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-21
LETTERS 70 TIE EDITOR

means that the doors Of Elizabeth
Kenny Institute remain open TO
all polio sufferers regardless Of
race. color or financial stAtua.
Harry c, johnson,
Minnesota Chairman
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-21
ALONG THIS
WAY
BY CHARLES II. HOUSTON

Get your paper and pencil for the ga question: What
group the coored population the best informed and offers
the aggressive leadership the Of the people
the problems OF the dayf" This is my
Minister few preaching practical social gospel but
many Of them still wandering around the shores Of Gee
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-21
Thanks For support
OF Sister Elizabeth
Kenny Foundation

Editor II u appropriate at this
time Of tho year that the Sister
Elizabeth Kenny Foundation en-
press lta gratitude 60 you and
your readers for your help In the
annual drive for ninda successful.
~ completed in the Minnesota
Area.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-21

Your loyal support the ener-
gotic and unseleiah work OF the
men and women who served on
the campaign committees, and the
generosity Of the general public
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-26
"A Different Kind
OF Baseball Story
TT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING
BY Valentine Davies. fFdrrar
Strdus & Co.; $780,
Reviewed BY
STANLEY BATE.
Reviewed BY
STANLEY BATE.

This novel Is worth remarking
because 1t represents the rarity OF
a screenplay that was later written
into q book.
It Is about . young chemistry
instructor who was perfecting q
formula that had to do with wood
research. One day . baseball few
through the laboratory window.
wrecked his experiment, and
started him OF on . new career
as q big league baseball pitcher
not An ordinary pitcher but .
phenomenon who hardly ever al
lowed . hit. much less lost .
game.
A mild. shy. bookish type Of
fellow. the instructor. under the
assumed name Of Kelly. became
q national hero. After various and
sundry contretemps that arose In
the course Of his baseball career
the PROFESSIONAL athlete. Of whom
. roommate said he pitched like
Teller, read like Einstein. and
talked like Fu Msnchu. achieved
his ambition and won the girl.
Iixht. and amusing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-26
Miss Kelly Offers
The Russian Soul
AS q Possible AIIy
A DIPLOMATIC INCIDENT

A DIPLOMATIC INCIDENT
BY Judith Kelly. (Houghton,
Mi1ftn Co.,; $2.75J
Russia's strength as a potential
menace is 80 emphasized these
days that nobody often thinks Of
Russia's soul as . possible ally.
The idea that that mystic spirit.
which has been expressed in mag
nificent literature and music. Is
still alive. in an anti-Soviet under
ground provides the theme for this
novel by judith Kelly. whose ideal
ism is not always matched by her
skill.
Miss Kelly has set forth the
intriguing idea Of religious revo-
lutionaries in q cloak-and-dagger
type story Of how an American
father and son respond to revela-
tons Of this Russian spiritual
renaissance. The father. John
Wilson, an old-line diplomat
soured by the failure Of the League
and the death Of two sons in
battle. suspects trickery when this
moral force Is suggested to him
during Soviet-American negotia-
tons over the Middle East. His
son Gannett, an Ill. gifted. sensi-
tive war veteran. who is an ardent
advocate of the United Nations
and an unorthodox candidate for
Congress, not only believes in the
movement. but Is converted to 1t.
The answer Of high-level diplo-
macy to all this is cynicism on
one side Of the Iron Curtain and
suppression on the other.
Unfortunately. the demands Of
her intricate story have forced
Miss Kelly to introduce any num-
Der Of minor spy and counterspy
characters none Of whom she has
time to characterize deeply enough
so that they are recognizable on
their frequent entrances. Mo-
|ments of eloquence indicate her
political awareness. Some pas
sages, however. are highly over
written. And the atmosphere Of
wheels within wheels makes 1t
hard to take her main idea too
seriously. The thought is COM
forting, but not convincing. Better
to pin our faith to the United
Nations. M. MEG
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-26
. Wartime IdyIl

HE IhAASiC kNN1NENlb
BY Rene Barjavei. fRinshdrt.
$500
The French novelist has told
the bitter sweet story Of the I'm
pasEioned love Of . schooIboy and
Q schoolgirl In France during the
war. Jean and Marie meet while
they are attending adjacent
schools In q village Of q remote
hill country. EverythinS Ia against
them--the war. their extreme
youth. the uncertainty Of the fu-
lures. her parents hossiiity-but
nothing can separte them. nothing
they can IMAGINE. Mr.. HartsveI
has written this wartime idyn
with poetic perception and deep
emotion. He has lifted 70 The dig
nifty Of tragedy . story that mixht
have been only laerimose and I'm
pleasant. The translation By
Eishne wilkins must preserve the
spsrit It the original TAFT ID
mtrahly. " D. j.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-26
AL. LiebIing Grows
Stern in His Latest
Criticism Of Press
MINK AND RED HERRING
BY A. J. Liebling. doubleday
Il Co. S2e5.D


A. J. Liebling. the New York
er's Maynard Press" editor. has
for many years been picking up
his newspapers in the forlorn
spirit Of . professor confronted
daily with . batch OF term papers
from . particularly discouragins
group of freshmen. He has al
ways been . hard marker Of both
slant and syntax. Now . new
sternness has been added. Mr.
Liebling's acidulous dismay in this
latest collection Of press pieces is
from the New Yorker directed not
only to the men who write the
news but also to the men who
make 1t.
In fact. Lebling the social
critic gives Liebling the Journal
istic critic quite q run for his
money here. Except for . couple
Of hilarious guided tours through
some foreign newspapers. which
include an English rock -contro-
versy and uninhibited French
trial stories. he Is predominantly
concerned with the overheated re-
porting of what Mr.. Truman has
called 1.-The hysteria" Of the past
year.
Un-American Activities.
Four essays are devoted to the
House Committee on Un-Amer-
lean Activities. . body. which to
put it mildly. does not arouse his
warm admiration. One Of the
most impressive pieces In the COL
lection Is . review Of what he
terms "one Of the most important
books Of our generation" last
terms report Of Un-American Ac-
tivities Committee hearings. AL
though apparently not on the
scene, Mr.. Liebling caught the
spirit of the occasion beautifully
He says. for instance. that The late
Harry Dexter White handled the
Committee like q border collie
maneuvering sheep" The story
showing Liebling's scrupulous eye
for detail and fine phrasing. re-
veals him In his best serious vein
Although he would sooner be
found dead than saying n probe
touched Of by revelations in this
column" Mr.. Leibling evidently
contributed materially to the air
ing Of sinister secret-police
move in Mississippi. In this case
he found editors missing the boat
completely. q circumstance which
evidently strengthened his con-
viction that the American press
Is like . gigantic super-modern
fish cannery" which relies for
its raw material on an made
quate number Of fishermen In
leaky roWboatS." M. McG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-26

IMAGE AND IDEA
by Philip Rahv. (Netc Dtrec-
tons; So
In this volume Of literary eriti-
ciMn the author, one Of the found
ers and editors Of the Partisan
Review. divides American writer's
into two polar types" which be
calls "paleface and redskin." Al
one point is Walt Whitman. the
redskin. at the other Henry James
| Consider, says Mr.. Rahv. the I'm
)mense contrast between the
drawing room fictions" Of James
and the open-air poems" Of
Whitman.
At one pole there Is the litera-
ture Of the lowlife world Of the
frontier and the big cities; 1T the
other, the thin. solemn. semicler-
ical culture Of Boston and Con-
cord"
The national literature. the au-
thor feels, suffers from the Ills of
q split personality" And the
typical American wHter has 80
far shown himself incapable Of
escaping the blight Of one-sided-
ness. of achieving that mature
control which permits the balance
of impulse With sensitiveness. Of
natural power with philosophical
depth" The palefaces, he adds.
dominated our literature through
the 10th century. but In the 10th
they were overtaken by the red
skins.
Mr.. Rahv has an interesting
chapter on the decline Of natural
ism In the novel. He defines nat
uralism as that type Of realism
in which the individual is por-
trayed not merely as subordinate
to his background. but as wholly
determined by 1t - In which
environment displaces its inhabit-
ants In the role Of the hero"
DRESSER u an American example.
Yet. the author comedies. there
are no naturalists who follow the
method completely. and This. he
feels. is fortunate.
There are discussions of Toll
stoy. Dostoevsky. James. Virginia
Woolf. Henry Miller. William Car
los Williams and Arthur Koestler.
Mr.. Rahv is stimulating and he
always writes clearly and con-
cisely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-26

You Can Change the Werld
dongmans. Green g. Co., Inc; ~
Il . book explaining the Catholic
sponsored movements known a
the Christophers. Written BY
James Keller. the volume tells how
the movement places responsible
ity on the individual to work for
the common good BY bringing To
all the major truths which alone
guarantee peace for all mankind"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-26
SchilIace At Public Library

Mark sch!llace, nov q free
lance commercial artist who de-
votes oil his spare time TO paint
Ing and drawing. ID having = one
man show this month ct the cen
trail Public Library. composed os
cork In oil. watercolor. and aes-
eral black and white media.
lt.aeems to me that his graphic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-26
HOW FOREIGN POLICY
Is MADE

by Kurt London. ID. Van Nos
trdnd Co., Inc: $500
In rather dull fashion. this book
explains the machinery Of the
formulation and execution Of for
eign policy In the United States,
Russia and other big powers. 1t
makes no attempt to appraise for
eign policies as such.-G. D. H.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-26
Sketch Class to Show
Modern British Sculptor

Henry Aoors. whose laFss
monoilthie figures send observers
into eitheg RACES or raptures, vii
be The subject OF . film lecture
this afternoon At the National
Gallery OF Art al O'clock. BY
Elisabeth Puckrtt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-26
Reading and Writing
Bookmobile Fleet Waits for Congress
to Give 1t the Green Light
By Many MeGov

The Library Demonstration Bill modest and emneny worthy
designed bring the pleasures OF TO the
without library service closer today
than it has been first introduced
it's about 90 workminues away
committee which consideed II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-26
Books In Review
New Novel by Winston CIewes
Is q Fine, Heurtening Story
JOURNEY INTO SPRING
y winston Clewes. (Knopt: 49,

Reviewed by CARTER BROOKE JONES.
empty Capt Fiction Of the British Army
cana home from the war to captured 1t Dun
trt and had spent German prison camps
His experience had done things to him.
True Of London radesman now was BIZ Godfrey
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-26

lie library facilities. The District
would probably use its grant TO
buy more bookmobiles like the one
now under construction. to serve
areas not conveniently close to
public libraries. The. program
would be administered entirely by
State library boards. who would
be required to submit a prospectus
and . report on the annual usage
Of funds to the r. 6. A. After
the people have been shown what
1t means to have library service
they are on their own.
Representative Barden himself
said during last sessions hear
ings: Il have enough good faith
In the judgment Of the American
people to say that II it Is oper-
ated for I'VE years. that I hope
after that time the camel viii
have all his anatomy under the
tent. and that 1t will 60 on for the
next 100 years.
Now II he can just find that
hour and . half. he can give
Americas bookless millions q
chance to prove that he Is abso-
lutely right.
'DoteIine Washington to Prove
Correspondents Busy as Bees
Armchair Correspondents Strike
Back" might make q good sub
title for ''Dateline Washington" q
history Of national affairs Jour-
nalism. which was written by
members Of the National Press
Club. They hope that publication
Of the book will scotch forever the
canard which appeared in . re-
cent magazine and charged Capt.
tol correspondents with being
riveted to the leather chairs in the
Press Club bar.
Not only did an array Of high
priced talent work overtime to
produce the 10 chapters which
make up the story Of Washington
correspondence. Pundits who
haven't been addressed by any one
lower than Q publisher for years.
rewrote chapters which didn't
meet the high standards Of the
Press Club Publication Commit
tee.
What is more. they did 1t with
good Hace" saws Cabell Phillips
of the New York Times. chairman
Of the committee. The contribu-
tors include Arthur Krock. Bas-
com N. Timmons. Thomas L.
Stokes, Wallace r. Deuel. and The
Stars Carter Brooke Jones.
Mr.. Jones when queried on the
awesome business Of handing copy
back to such mighty scribes. con-
flrmed the story. and even i'm
proved on 1t, adding that several
by-liners had to do their pieces
over two and three times.
Il only had to rewrite mine
once" he said with understand
able pride"
In prospect: Mrs. Walter D.
Lamar. prominent Georgia club
woman. who rs Dorothy Blount,
spent her girlhood In Washington
while her father served in the
House Of Representatives is writ
ing her memoirs. A one-tinhe
President-Ge Of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Mrs. Lamar worked tirelessly for
the recognition Of sidny LAnier.
Her efforts resulted In the in
clusion Of the southern poets
vorka IN manv tAxtfooka
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-26


arts items are the most stssesss~
ful inciudlns . number 81 land.
~Mpws In charcoal o pen ana
wash cfas!as Of an oad boat yard.
and sosne a3raras Mediterranean
studies Als work II larEr,y natu.
rai.dtc In form but ne 10 expert
mensing Alons sent abstract Inca.
as evidenced by his painting.
/ Carnival
Mr. SchtIlacs was born 10 Con.
n~aut. Ohio. one al ehiiafsn.
He gree up IN PENNSYLVANIA. be
came an accountant While
studying evenings Of Akron Uni
veFsity. he was called INTO uss
Army and began hta career teaeh.
Ing Spanish 10 os-ieess and en-
listed men indaeted into the
OSs, he vas nown from wash
/ lngton 10 South america, Africa
and Italy
DuTing those years In The s~fs-
Ice he began 10 teach himseif
drawlns and kkrtcfed Whenever
time and circumstance permitted.
Returning from overseas duty. he
eonsalesced for several months al
Walter Reed. where he received
his first instruction IN art Back
! In civilian life In iets. he studied
under Eugen Weiss 81 thu Coz.
coran School. and later attended
Columbia Technical Institute.
from which he graduated In CON.
mereial art the followtnx year.
Sketch Glass to Show
The Arts cluA gill OPEN this
afternoon, 10 remain only uhrousn
Friday, an exhibition al akstehss
and original works by members
OF the Sketch Class t~tetsi
groups, Lucia Hollerith IN
charge al one Of them. gill 10
/ hostess this afternoon with Ruth
Decker
Modern British Sculptor
Henry Aoors. whose lAFss
monollthic figures send observers
into either RACES ar raptures ~iIi
be the subject OF . film lecture
this afternoon al the National
Gallery OF Art 81 I O'clock. BY
Elizabeth Puckri'
Lecture Cancelled
The National Gallery Of Ar has
announced the cancellation os the
lecture by Jose Ortesa y 0ssset.
eminent Spanish writer and ara
critic. which wAs scheduled for
this afternoon OF SIS O'Clock A
change In time OF the arrival os
his boat forced . change In plsns.
The famous spanlard viii particle
pate In the Goethe obs~rssncss
In Colorado this summer
Bowl Crafismsn
Bob stockdalss museum paecea.
seen In New YORK. Philadelphia
and Far Western ahowa. viii b
exhibited here tomorrow through
wednesday at UrseIi's Handrrafts.
T'h~ showing includes oil sosts
of unitarian and artiatie sAsod-
workings. especially bowls. trays
and bookends fashioned feosn rare
and beautiful woodstock by The
versatile Californian.
There wiil b~ . special viewing
for eritsea and artlata, ! 20 70 0 10.
pm. Tuesday.