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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-02-04
Are Negroes Afr0id
TO Fight Closed
Shop Asks MecruY
BY GEORGE F. McCRAY

The NAACP. like other Negro
pressure organizations, is main
tanning a strange silence on the
Taft Hartley act and the closed
shop. The latter has long been a
device by which certain prejudic-
ed unions excluded Negro and
other so-called undesirable work
ers from many fields of employ
ment.
There is no doubt about 1t the
Taft Hartley act should and will
be buried six feet under. But the
old Wagner act II re-enacted will
be accompanied by several COM
promises to safeguard the public
interest.
Employers so long as they do
not employ coersion and intimi-
dalton, will be permitted to ex-
press their views on disputes to
which they are a party.
Secondary boycotts viii be re-
gulated and so will jurisdictional
disputes. The AFL frequently
used jurisdictional disputes to
break up CLIO unions.
Strikes which affect the gener-
al public interest will also be sub
ject to regulation-railroad and
coal strikes, for example. All of
these compromises will be in the
public interest and will be grudg-
ingly accepted by labor.
But nobody seems to want to
touch 1t, not even with a ten foot
pole, the question of racial dis
elimination within unions, that is
with the exception of the CLIO.
Yet, If the country is to have a
just and fair national labor policy,
If the civil rights program is to
become something more than
cheap election politics, congress
must do two things:
Compel unions to provide equal
protection to all workers within
their jurisdiction; and request
them to rid themselves Of all dis
criminatory practices based upon
race, nationality, and religion.
The closed shop must be regu-
lated also so that it might not be
used for undemocratic purposes
such as for discrimination
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-02-04
BIRTHDAY
GREETINGS


Birthday Greetings: Feb. s--Mrs.
Mabel Harris, 1851 Smelling Ave.
So: Albert Allen, Jr., $500 Firth
Ave. So; Eugene Il. Schuck, 72S
Bassett Place; Feb. 9-Rose TillOt-
son, l5 No. 9Th St: Feb. l0-George
Lewis, HOS Aldrich Ave. No; Les
lie Green, 3O7 Dupont Ave. n: Dor
Ave. No; Feb. ll-Joseph Kidd, 562
Girard Ave. No; Feb, l2-ClaTence
Smith, 1904 Fourth Ave. s.; Charles
Wagner, ISIS Chicago Ave. s.; Har-
old Booker, 94l Aldrich Ave. No;
Leo Crump, 1907 nth Ave. So; Mrs.
d. BufOrd, 4O36 Fourth Ave, So,
Feb, l3-Mrs. Ella Williams, as
Aldrich Ave. N; Mrs, Lillian Grant,
1909 Olson Blvd; J. T. Smith, 976
Bryant Ave. No; Charlie Pierson,
1901 Bryant Ave. No; Mrs. Lulu
Moore, S7s Bryant Ave, No; Feb.
l4-Mrs. Corinne Bum, S4s Aldrich
Ave, No; HarolS M9yes S TO, 20
7l5 18th St No; Mrs. II. c. Boyd,
1855 Fifth Ave. So: Terry Whit
taker, SIS Humboldt Ave. No; Har-
Ian Watson, ia So. nth ST.. Rev.
H. A. Smith, 2216 nth Ave. SO.
Out-Of-tOwn GFeetInEsI Feb. s.
Carter Ashford, S2S e, 65th st., Chi
eago, H.; Herman Sweets. Paolal,
Ohio: Feb. iO-Janet Winfield, Du-
luth, MINI; Feb. l1-Howard OAR
nell, Kansas City, Mo; Dean E.
Hart, Seattle, Wash; h. l.. Alexan-
der Evanston, Ill; Mrs. J. T. Nor
gan, ogden, Utah; Mrs. Lee ThOmp-
son, Evanston, Ill.
st. Paul BIrthdaysI Feb, S--Mr.
william White, 773 RondO Ave, !:
Mrs. Elizabeth Hall, 35S n. Dale
st. Tulie Daniels; Feb. 9-Mrs. O.
W. Lindsey, 276 W. Central Ave. :;
Mrs. Emma Hood, 1925 n. Chats
worth; Feb iO-George s. Lewis.
64S st. Anthony Ave; Ella Alice
Jackson, 691 St Anthony Ave; Feb.
ll-NormR Baker, 3l6 w. Central
Ave: Feb. l2--LawrenCe e. HiCk-
man, 296 st. Adams; EunIce Glass,
1917 st. Anthony Ave; Coree Thorn
as, 4O5 Harrington; Feb. l3--Nlr-
ginia Curry, 296 st. Alhans; Feb,
14--Mrs. l.. ID. Davis, 69S Rondo;
Eugene Toussaint, $50 Tglehart
Ave. Charles william Coins, B96
Carroll Ave
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Valentine D0nee
Ar Norway Hall
MonduV, Feb. IA

Ira Pettiford and His An-StRr
Band win play for a big Valentine
Dance, Monday night Feb. IL at
Norway Han, Goth q Chicago
Ave, Minneapolis.
Pettiford is a nationally known
musician having played trumpet
with Bennie Carter, Earl Hines,
the Ravens and other top flight
aggregations. His present band is
highly rated.
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against Negroes and other min
critics. 1t must not be used to
bully workers who happen to dis
please the wrong people.
1t viii be hard for the NAACP
to take a position on the closed
shop issue. The organization is
not willing to offend organized
labor whose friendship 1t has
courted for years and now SEEM
ingly has won. Besides one can
avoid the issue of the closed shop
by insisting that its evils may be
avoided simply by enacting a
fair employment practices law.
That remains to be seen!
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-02-04
lSOCLAL & PERSONAL
MINNEAPOLIS

Mrs Matte Scott of Des Mones Ia arrived in the city
Saturday January 29 to attend the wenyh anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. James Lewis 2817 Elliot Ave Mrs Scott who
is the sister of Mrs Lewis left Wednesday, February
The Usher Club met Wednesday, February 2 the home
of Mrs. Minnie Rhodes, 1924 Fifth Ave. So.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-02-04

While a youth movement should
certainly concern itself with poll
tics. its largest concern should be
acquiring economic power,--GeO.
s. Schuyler in the Courier Of Pitts.
burgh.
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eye-fuL He must have wondered where were the
bandannas, the overalls, the corn pone and fried
chicken which are supposed to be dear to the heart
of the cullud brethren.
My gal, Lillian Scott of the New York office Of
the Chicago Defender. of the few reporters of
the who remains stoHdly unimpressed by the
antics of the highbrow sepas opened her column
as follows:
Everything but the solemn event of Inaugura-
ton itself In Washington, last week was q little
bigger than Hfe and the frantic tearing around
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SOCIAL & PERSONAL
81. paul

Mrs Blanche MCGOWAN of Seattle Wash, the recent
house guest of Mrs Mabel Harper 766 St Anthony Ave While
here she entertained with luncheon by Mrs Harper
Tuesday Jan 25 Those the luncheon the Mines
Cornne Griffin Doris Shannon Gladys Session of Minneapolis
anabee Taylor and Betty BrOOkns Games played after
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Evening star., 1949-07-24

fact: "We have made our progress
up to now because we have had
an expanding system. We are
constantly starting new busi-
nesses, turning out more goods,
new products, we build new fac
tories, schools. hospitals. museums.
We provide new services, more
leasure."
But can we keep it up? The
fund says yes-"We can expand"
And we can do this despite the
rigors of imitation and defation.
"Our system is strained by our
tendency to 60 too far and too
fast in BOOM" said the report,
land to drop too swiftly and too
deeply in bust.
But we are aware of the dan
ger. We are making efforts to
level out the ups and downs of our
business activity.
For the long pull we can see
that both boom and bust are pass
ing phases in the steady record
of our long-term advance.
wherever we may stand at
any given moment in boom or de-
pression-or at any point in be-
tween-we should remember our
tremendous underlying strength u
Evening star., 1949-07-24
More Pav Less Work Held Within America s Reach

Based on our past performance
and our own ability we can
achieve our goals of an expand
ed economy in coming years. If
we do, says the report. millions
of Americans then move into
higher income classes than they
attained before World War II.
Cash income of the average Amer
ican household goes from around
$4,000 a year in 1910 to nearly
$4,000 in 1860 based on the buy
ing power of the dollar in 194D
The work week shrinks. Most of
us will have more money. more
leisure than before the war.
Some of us are going to be left
behind in the race, however. and
there will be lack of housing.
food, medical care and other ne
cessities.
The report has the solution for
that. 1t says we can have an al
most ideal educational system.
handle all medical care. take care
of the undernourished and under
privileged, wipe out slums, protect
our land from erosion. and save
our forests-all that in 1960-if
we add an 8 per cent increase on
Evening star., 1949-07-24

to the production we would nor
mally expect by that time.
These are not predictions"
warned the report. "They are as
sumptions which are used to show
what our system can do"
Thus by stepping up our output
by less than one-tenth above what
we might normally expect. we
could produce enough in America
to abolish want and hunger and
bring every human being up to
minimum living standards or
above.
1--WE could lace our country with
highways, insure our people
against hazards of old age, sick
ness and unemployment, build
schools. libraries, art galleries,
sports centers, lecture halls for
every one. protect the riches OF
our land and forests and natural
resources.
This is the prospect-and the
challenge-that the future offers
to us and to our system.
1--WE Americans have the most
productive economics machine in
all human history. It is up to us
to run it."
distributed by the Associated Press)
Evening star., 1949-07-24
By Roder Winqet

NEW YORK-Do you want to
work less and get paid more? Do
you want more time to play and
fewer things to worry about?
The Twentieth Century Fund
says we Americans are quite
capable of getting all these things
if we work for them.
The fund, non-profit founda-
ton dedicated to research on cur
rent economic problems, held out
the promise of a bright future for
workers in survey published
yesterday.
1--WE now have the highest
standard of living ever attained
by man." said the report. 'The
average American earns more
money, eats better food. has a
better house, better clothes,
schools, theaters. more conven-
fences than the average citizen of
any other country, anywhere, at
any time"
Machinery the Answer
But that isn't anything to what
we can do. Right now we're just
taking a little rest during the
march along the road of progress.
America is dynamic country,
always expanding, always going
forward. Despite occasional set
backs, that's what the record
shows as far back as comprehen-
sive statistics are available.
"The whole secret of our con-
slant advance is our ability to in
crease our productivity, our out
put per man-hour of work." says
the Twentieth Century Fund.
I'VE have stepped this up from
an average of 81 cents worth of
goods and services turned out in
an hours work in 1850 to $1.15 In
1910 and to an expected $1.61 or
more in 1860.
1--WE have done this mostly by
substituting the machine for hu-
man sweat and animal power. BY
1860 we shall be using 100 times
as much mechanical energy per
man-hour of work as we did in
1850.
This increased output per hour
worked is the only way to make
possible higher wages to workers.
lower prices to consumers. greater
returns to managers ana owners,
and greater leisure for all Of us. )"
The report points to . crucial
Evening star., 1949-07-24

cans are so inadequately prepared
for self government is totally the
fault of European "pirating' phi
losophy.
Yet. the ideal solution could
well develop from Europe's cur
rent fears and from the voices of
discomfort heard in Africa today.
The fear of an independent
hodge -podge of African republics
comes from the realization that
many of them would be run by
rank opportunists open to inter-
national intrigue. subject TO con-
stant Communist pressure and
perhaps ready to sell to tlieshigh-
est bidder.
Improvement Program ~
While it is important to the
Western world that stability be
maintained in Africa, it should
not, of course, be at the rotal eX-
pense of the natives welfare.
That is why current develop
ment programs are proving to be
a badly needed solution. They
are geared to improve conditions
in cities and villages and. at the
same time. to increase the output
of valuable and essentia. supplies
needed by the world.
Among them are copper. tin.
uranium, manganese. diamonds.
cocoa. gold. vegetable oils. wool,
ore and on down the line. AS new
mines are opened and hundreds
of thousands of acres are put into
production. the number of Afri-
cans employed will increase corre-
spondingly. Europe's advanced
methods certainly can do these
things better than the Africans
Evening star., 1949-07-24

education thrown on to keep ma
tives friendly, anxious to remain
in the commonwealth and anti
Communist.
The French prefaced their pro-
gram with the dramatic gesture
of abolishing colonial status and
making its tremendous popula-
ton of 100000 Africans full
citizens of France. At this early
stage, the difference perhaps is
only academic but it shows the
trend.
Belsians Realistic
This is being backed up with a
10-year development program not
yet as far advanced as the British
schedule. In French West Africa,
the natives are being propagan-
died by French communists from
Paris working the colonial fields.
However. in Equatorial Africa to
the south, the administration dis
courages Communist activities.
The Belgians call their program
realistic"
Model native housing units are
being erected. Sanitation is being
installed. Elementary education is
encouraged. All of this is on a bot
tom level and widely spread. 1t is
holding down natives ready and
anxious to progress so that all ma
tives will be brought along at the
same rate.
Political freedom is non existent.
So is higher education. Segrega-
tion is alright. They say it will
take several generations to prepare
the population for these things.
pa1oi,Ino pra ctices coupIete ma =
Evening star., 1949-07-24

themselves. If this program lags,
Europeans will have no one to
blame but themselves for unrest
that will follow.
1t is interesting to note the diff
ferent technioues used by the vari-
Gus colonial Offices to carry out
this program.
Britain's $4,000, 900 Colonial
Development Corp. program is
clearing acres for gigantic agri-
cultural and poultry farms on
which natives will become farm
and home owners. The corpora
ton furnishes mechanized ma
chinery and directs collective mar
keting. Some industrial. fishing
and public works projects will oe
included.
The Colonial Cocoa Purchasing
Board now assures African crop
growers a minimum return to pre-
vent losses when world prices
fluctuate.
In opening areas in Northern
Rhodesia to British colonizers, it
is seeking to develop a stable
population that will work along
with natives-not on top of them.
Britain is sending hundreds
$3.50 in Nigeria alone) of Africans
to universities abroad to prepare
them for governmental admin
strative positions.
Britain's goal in its most ad-
vanced colonies is to improve con-
ditions to the point where advo-
Gates of self-government will have
fewer issues on which to grow
strong. In the event self-govern-
ment comes rapidly in some colo
nies, it hopes to have enough quick
Evening star., 1949-07-24
Europe Can He| p Itself by Helping Africa
Primitive Conditions
Offer an Opening
to Communists

ternaliSm. 1t Supervises everything
and is quick to punish offenders.
Natives don't talk back. Strangely
enough, the Congo natives appear
much happier than those where
there is complete freedom as in
some French and British colonies.
Those who examine the varying
systems are always amazed at
this. 1t destroys the theory that
freedom should be valued more
than material things. They usually
explain it that the natives are
not far enough advanced to ap-
preciate freedom.
Portugal, with the most back
ward colonies and least advanced
colonial policy, is beginning to
awaken to the trend.
Premier Salazar recently said
that Portugal planned to over
haul its colonial policy and de-
velop Angola in the west and
Mozambique in the east. To date,
the Portuguese have done little
more than use natives as work
animals. However, many half
castes have arisen in the social
structure and the native is al
lowed complete freedom if he is
smart enough and we'll enough
educated to get it.
In the Canary Islands and Rio
de Orc, which belong to Spain
there is little or no color problem
The Spanish peasants here al
ready are far advanced.
Dictator Franco is broadening
opportunities for university edu-
cation. helping introduce ex-
tremely modern agricultural
methods and generally making the
Canary Islands a better place to
live than Spain itself. His prob
lem is to keep the colonials hap
py or they will break away from
Spain to establish economic in
dependence.
Union Has Problem
In the Union of South Africa
in the process of deciding whether
it will break completely away from
Britain-are extremely good and
extremely bad native situations.
s7he country has European pop
ulation of 100000 compared with
100000 Negroes. Indians and
half-castes. Extremely wealthy, it
has dangerous racist complex
Its white population is large
enough to hold the country per-
manently from reverting to its
natives. the problem is in fitting
them into the political and social
picture. Little progress has re-
suited.
With all this activity for the
reasons now obvious to European
colonial Offices. it is safe to say
that Africa's productive capacity
and its living standards are bound
to improve.
The United States can feel thai
a stronger and happier Africa Ii
in the making. It will take many
years to catch up with what should
have been done at least two gene
rations ago. But there is hope that
it will move rapidly now that it is
in motion. If it doesn't, troubles
will multiply in Africa.
In Nigeria the other day colo
nial administrator 20 years in
Africa put down copy of Zik's
rabid self-government newspaper
West African Pilot. Xix, as DR.
Nnamdi Azikiwe. professional
apostle OF Anglophobia is called, is
currently renewing his drive for
Nigerian independence.
You know" the administrator
said. we're going to lose all of
Africa if we don't hurry and con-
vince these people we're doing
something for them.
To-day it's race against time" "
| (Chicago Daily News Foreign Service)
Evening star., 1949-07-24
Storm Signals Are Raised
By Our Agents in Far East
Accelerated Work by Subversives in Asia
Blamed on Disasters of Chinese Nationals
and Lack of United States Support
By Constantine Brown

From India Burma Indonesa and Siam American diplomats and
other agents sending alarming reports to Washington
All of thing: The disasters of
strengthened the
something done
Sates-whch
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-11-24
Thanksgiving Is
White In Many
Areas OfU.S.

CHICAGO, Nov. 24.-tR.-A
White Thanksgiving greeted
many areas of the Middle West
today. There is snow in the east
ern Dakotas, Minnesota, Wiscon-
sin, western Michigan, northern
Iowa and northern Illinois, with
falls ranging from two to. six
inches. Temperatures dr0pped to
as low as six degrees above zero
at Pembina, N. d. The heaviest
snow is in Minnesota, with a
blanket Of more than six inches
at Willmar.
The Weather Bureau in Chica-
60 said that the snow is expected
to stop by tonight in Illinois and
northern Indiana, but will con-
tinue on and off in Minnesota
Michigan and the Dakotas. Roads
are disable in all of the snow areas
but a few highways in Iowa are
snow-packed and slippery
Another wet spot is in the Far
West, with rain in Washington,
Oregon and Idaho. Most Of Cali
fornia has mild weather, and
skies generally are clear over the
southern half of the country. In
New England, the cold wave has
subsidized.
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CIVILIANS AND NAVY

Continued From Page One)
Jack Saunders, Monroe countv's
service officer.
Wahneta Kovash, program dir
ector Of the YMCA. said that
among the guests at the coffee
and doughnut hour this morning
were Frank Perry, SN, Of Frost
burg, Md, and Felix Bojarski.
EN-. Of Hanover, Conn, both
members of the crew of the USS
Williamsburg, the yacht Of Presi-
dent Trunaan's.
Typical of the menus that
were served at noon to Navy
personnel was one selected for
the Naval Air Station, under the
supervision of Captain f. L.
Busey. USN, Commander Of
ficer Of the Naval Air Station:
Cream of tomato SOUP, tomato
juice cocktail, roast tom turkey
Egiblet gravy, snow flake potatoes,
creamed peas, buttered corn, let
tuce salad, cranberry sauce, stuff
fed olives, sliced pickles, saltincs,
French dressing, hot rolls, oyster
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-11-24

hurricane in nearly thirty years,
On that day rough seas and
strong winds destroyed the con-
crete posts of the kraals and
hundreds of green sea turtles es,
capped BY swimming out into the
turquoise waters of the Gulf OF
Mexico, thence through the Ca
ribbean Sea back to their original
homes near the shores of Nicara-
qua, seven hundred miles from
Key West. This will be conclu-
sively proved in coming months,
for many will be caught again
and returned to Key West. The
bones of their front flippers form
perfect compass. and it is APP
parent they know direction.
It is not rare for a native Cay
man Islander to catch a turtle
the second time. His initials on
its belly prove that.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-11-24
Wanted Police
ToEat Turkey

LAREDO, Tex Nov. 24.-lR).
presumably all policemen in
laredo are eating Thanksgiving
t,,rIxey today. Yesterday a wo-
man walked into police head
quarters and handed Sergeant
Ioe pena So checks for 81 each
che said she wanted every police
mar, a., ID have a turkey dinner to-
day.
members Of the force, and at the
woman's request, kept her identi-
ty a secret
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water leaving it to the sun to
warm and hatch her young.
About six weeks later the baby
turtles emerge and from the very
start are on their own. They are
ielly-like, and by instinct know
that fish will devour them; there
fore, they remain in shallow
water close to the shore until
they grow in size and strength.
Not until then do they move into
deeper waters. When first hatch
ed they are about the size of a
silver dollar, and in youth travel
in schools, eating seaweed and
gaining confidence as their tiny
bodies gain in weight.
Green sea turtle: meat is con-
sidered one of the most nutritious
known to man, and tastes very
much like veal. There are three
distinct shades Of meat: dark
red. white and light red. Quite
often one will heal, people in a
restaurant exclaiIn; st tastes
like pork or chicken" but most
folks say it tastes like veal outlet.
ii is distinctive dish, and many
Key West dining rooms pride
on serving it fit for
a gourmet.
When a green sea turtle be-
comes i'll while. aboard the
schooner, or after it has reached
the Key West kraals, it is gently
placed into the Gulf waters.
May Return Here
On September 7lst, 1948 this
island city had its first severe
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-11-24
GREEN SEA TURTLES
y WILLIAM MEYERS

m he beautiful moont woers between the CoYmun lslonds
80 e Mosquito Gays bobs foot the heads
g pnsuspectng iropic leviohoms.
~ day long the gn green turtles have been feeding
s1dY On the lush eel gross which sweeer
go ne Mcoroguon coast hon anywhere else in the world
s creatures ere strict vegetuiCns and eat nought but
When darkness covers the these ponderous turtles