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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-06

Negro gains opportunities
phenomenal These gains hard
required the constant heartbang work tho part Of
individuals organizations Such did
but by the persistent endeayor m whites and Negroes
them unknown and unsung through the years
Certainly the least Of this credit for such the
who the his job we'll worked regularly
and other employers that
Indispensable workers always ths majority
many put their level best into tho jobs available
Now that the picture changing and Negroes being accepted
jobs often their highest as than
sockang be made For while there S plenty
jobs available the labor viii
tighten again
The winter for example the first time several
considerable unemployment A. this winter
a. Department Labor reported million
unemployed Unemployment hits the Negroes first
like Minnesota
Cities that part labor population going 10 have
depend seasonal work behooves this class Of
labor work steady during ha months saving regularly
paying preparing cold winter months when
Sds building activities at q StandStin
Negro ought all their power upgadnE
study and by work performance The modern Job factory
little promotion shSr
every effort TO make good only their individual
10 bolster the hands Of those continuing
fight for job equality
Hs thing opportunity and still another 10 keep
flowing q
intelligent Interested poKrraa his
thereby ha family ha will remember that making good
often win for children
better better better and HuceeRau Vva
therefore behooves every Negro worker In the Twin Cities
especially the fields 10 do thSr jobs well that matter
what happens tbs employment picture the future they won't be
the nFnt laid Oft
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-06

reading Destiny" q background
Domingo islands Chrsophe Pub
hshed lD7 reading Recommended
makes thrilling reading vivid story struggle
Of the slaves for freedom from the French
pleasant evening Rabbi
Synagogue among
that q brilliant affair
beautifully decorated setting off splendid
Of We affair
q Yowgdah usually
nationally
president
GRAFTON Lawrence
his charming wife.
first opportunity o any length o time.
BFin, 9 one o most WOme IN
away . Of things.
experiences figures Mary Bethune.
u. D. at during
formation United Nations
Two Saturday nights had the pleasure speaking
group group
professional ques-
period fellowship Opportunity
the group
could smile blind and
without sight His with all
brothers
staff Negro ProgressMnnesota Centen
publication going
Negro weekly Minnesota It's
bigger than anticipated Curtis Chvers his
job working night and day get ready for the deAdneCEN
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-06
PLENTY PRAISE

$50 there arr those who are
chiefly concerned about things
eslaE done that win advance the
community that viii mean tho
Most for the people and care
very little or nothing about who
Evts the ercdit and the praise.
They can make constructive sslg.
Ecstions and allow others 10 voice
them they can help work cut
methods Of approach and saiutiNns
that viii achieve the gcaI and BE-
content 20 stay In the background
and allow others 70 put those
methods and plans into operation
when all 10 said and done,
when progrOss Is promoted, whsn
the best interest ef all Of the Pec-
pie u advanced, thew win b. plen.
" praise Cor an WIN hAvp had
any part In it,--,Etitngtal IN tire
Kansas PLAINpEALER
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-06

of number OF Minneapolis OF them young for
narcotics calls attention underlying
the community body,
the youngsters apparently constant Of the
them and morphine adj
II which community itself
something when people laugh al those who In
smoking There something when hardened
which enalave the mind and the body
and live at win = city like Minneapolis
anything though fact that the tTafnc has
touched the lives Of This hopes the rims
cleaned and kept out
Part eommunys that Of the
young trouble Of lack parental
control. clean recreation and useful work TO do
idea Tor the Minneapolis police department 20
develop Negro like Leonard co,on this
could Done ef conscience
partAnt which
young people Coed Negro law enforcement officers
charged with prejudice dodge fv
quSny when arrested by white ofncSTa
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-06

a. three freight trains with the old
steam locomotives. This means the
loss Of one freight crew out Of
three. Bus and airplanss, and
travel in private automobiles have
reduced the number Of employees
In passenger service In l046 the
Frisco had 4352 train employees;
In l94s the number had dropped
10 3SO7.
So the action OF the Brother
hoods in canceIling the 1928
Agreement win not pat q single
Negro TO work; and II we had been
content TO drop the case with the
cancellation. the Brotherhoods
could have forgotten the Frisco
situation and started out after
the Negro workers ON other rail-
roads II business declines any
further.
We are therefore going on with
the case because the cancellation
Of the 1928 Agreement in 1919
after suit was flied did not wipe
out the damage done in the
twenty-one years the Agreement
was In existence and set up a. q
color bar To the employment Of
more Negro train and engine men
on the Frisco.
What we want In to get q de-
cree from the Court that such q
contract barring an entire class
OF citizens from employment on q
railroad because Of race, creed or
color. violates the Constitution Of
the United States. the Federal
Civil Rights Act. the Railway
Labor Act and the public policy of
the United states. Then II the
Brotherhoods get out Of line on
other railroads we viii have q rule
of law established by judicial de-
cree to set up against them.
The case Is being fought every
inch by the Brotherhoods. and
they have both the mGnpower and
the resources 10 do so. The En-
gineers have co. 900 members, the
Firemen about 10000, the Train
men over 100000. and the Con-
ductors about $4,000. The Associa-
ton Of Colored Railway Trainmen
q Locomotive Firemen has less
than 1000 members: but Is has
courage and grit. II has been
fighting the unions for 10 years;
along with help and cooperation
from the International AssociA-
ton Of Railway Employees and
the Colorcd TrRinmen of America.
Together with the International
Il won the Steele and TInstall
cases in the United States
Supreme Court which established
that a labor union acting a.
collective bargaining representa-
tive has TO represent nOnmembers
the same a. members, without
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-06

Mother ID The name Tor uod IN The hps and hsarts of
little children LThAckery,

Mother the Tor God In the lips and hearts Of
little children, -JThaCkery,
There hardly Individual matter what station in life, who
does wisth when the mother mentioned One
good thnRu
Acknowledge that the finest influence
ent In every life
Napoleon, all people WHO said The future destiny OF
thu child always the work Of the mother Seldom has rr word
spoken the life OF the great Of the Ages and find
training guidance and inspiration which Of them
had from their m0thpFa
great ordinary enJoyed the boundcs hove OF
think mothers remarkable sacrifice, think
those Negro mothers who couaEos nurture end protect their
Offspring untrend world Much Of the record OF Negro
and achievement BE- traced the countless mothers who
encouraged children ahead the face Of apparently
aumountAble odda
Sunday all daft ha and for mothers
living dsad-fnr. anonymous writer has said;
God could not be everywhere
therefore he made mothers
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-06
"ShAMG''

ny JOHN HENRIK CLARKE
I could not look upon her face.
Twas agony ridden beyond COM
pare.
I thought only OF the Disgrace
That put the aguny therN.
I viewed tho sight. then asked
aloud,
% God why should this beS"
Her son hangs On yOnder trcr.
I could not hook upon her face
without thinking Of her hectic
plight,
I turned my bach ON this sight.
Overhead q flock of stars, were
Smiling like . hovrly dancer;
She lifted her hands and called,
A God that did not answer,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-06
Letters To The Editor
pvIv,h Reader and svbserIbor DoFends "EehOos"

Editor writing regards Of the Echoes from Duluth in
think James Moore has written In his
good doubt whether there
group white collar You JAM
and white collar at work These
only get apparently.
As Mr. Moore don't think he to tear down. he In
build with the truth lie to hephe In the
much Of
treated As criticism well don't
where = any G . only writing the
No all Of the who read the will feel the
taking paper years subscriber
MRS w DANIELS. Duluth MINI April ~, 1919
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-06

Generally has been e policy Of this not to naks pOh
Endorsements city primary elections However in ts interest
Of justice due good and promising who has stuck out
behalf justice G0ioTed ps0ws must endorse
John Simmons for mayor
individual and
and country better place live
In city like Minneapolis candidate who openly this
all regardless creed always
danger Of the attacks Of bgo In his position Simmons has co
follow the footsteps Of Hubert H. Humphrey
that this its readers
port John Simmons for mayor Tuesday at this polls.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-06

tive nFemen against the st.
Louis San Francisco Railway
Company and the big four rail-
way brothsThOOda (ths Brother
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men Il Enginsmen. the Brother
hood Of Locomotive Engineers, the
hoohood Of Railway Trainmsn and
the order Of Railway Conductor
The central iRsue In the case IL
whether II IL lawful for q railroad
10 make an agreement with the
white unions that only white men
shall be hired as firemen and
bTakemen,
In 1928 the big four Brother
hoods forced the railroad TO agree
not TO hire any more Negroes In
train, engine and yard service. The
contract provided that the
Negroes then actually employed
were To keep their jobs, but when
they dropped out OF service for
any cause their places were TO be
filled by white men.
The result has been that Negro
firrmen and brakemen now less
than 20 out Of q total Of nearly
four thousand operating employ
ees.
When the case was called In
court last Monday the Brother
hoods dramatically announced
that ON that very day they had
cancelled the agreement. and that
there were no longer any legal
barriers the the hiring Of Negroes
In any capacity on the Frisco
railroad. But for very good rea-
sons we did not let that end the
case.
Wiping out the agreement viii
not mean that any Negroes will
get jobs a. brakemen Of firemen
on the Frisco In the near future.
The Frisco has no many white
brakemGn and firemen already
employed but now furloughed be-
cause Of decline Of business who
will have to be called back first
before any new men are hired.
that Judging the future by the
past It may be five years or more
before any new brakeman or fire.
men, white or black. will be hired.
Railroad employment expanded
rapidly during World War II; but
Negroes got no benefit Of that on
the frisco because the 1928 Agree
ment restricting hiring to white
men was in effect. After hOstili-
ties ceased, railroad employment
fell off. The peak year was i945.
Since i9l5 railroad employment
has continued To decline for two
reasons. First, freight tonnage and
passenger miles have dropped In
addition the introduction of the
diesel locomotive has permitted
the railroads 10 make two freight
trains with diescls haul a. much
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-06
BY OLIVE ALLEN

Sun comes up and shines all day,
Then slowly sinks in the west;
Two lean, brown hands toll all day long,
Seeming never to pause for rest.
Clothes to wash and clothes to press
Children who must be fed;
Then lean, brown fingers intertwine
While little ones prayers are said.
Last in bed, but first to rise,
With . song to start the day right
You'd never guess those sparkling eyes
Shed tears while you slept last night,
Brown face greets you with CHEEKY smiles,
Like she'd never q care at all;
But sorrow, worry, and discomfort
Lie concealed within her soul.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-06
hostile discrimination.

hostile discrimination.
II the Association in this TIL
man case Ii able to get the Court
rule It violates the law to bar en-
pIoymcnt Of Negroes off railroads
because Of race. we win have
taken q big step toward establish
ing the principle Of an F.E.P,C.,
because a decision against the
railroad will be precedent
against all types Of public utili-
ties: bus lines, air lines, steam
ship lines, streetcar lines. tele-
phone, gas, electricity and 80
forth.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-06

Of giving praise to while he enjoy grows
with Thursday citizens Of Minnesota Joined with
canKreRatun tbats
rabbi David years Of and
community.
their ef the
usann forcenn Jcvia leader and teacher.
Rabbi only led his congregation erecting
temple wohp but he the editorial spearhsad
Jswsh World the Zionist
people honest
appraisal and impatient when hASe not
done themselves force
N state.
service national JCr great the rahh Of
America particular group president header
been busy he useful great good This
per happy congratulate the RABBI family and his
KFegAhon
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-06

Every individual Negroes involved in crimes the
theory theory which should be constantly
eobasd Negroes do not emnahty deapite the
that position this country tends TO crime
spread the front
mongpEd Negos No suggests that commission Of
by white Crime hurts the human
race and takes worlds entire population.
Some Of the present Minneapolis aldermen fe PernTbed
papers editorial Watch Admane canddas We don't
city added the
you H."
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-06
ALONG THIS
WAY
BY CHARLES Il. HOUSTON

ST Louis Mo- Here in Louis Victor PAekman, Henry
Espy and as attorneys Association of ColOred Rail
way Tainmen Locomotive Firemen trying Of the
important suits brought vndicate Negro
workers rights The brought by James L. Tman and
two other porter brakemen freight brakeman and IocOmO
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-06
HOLDING Carter Coming

Holding Carter MaaiSpp daily editor and
tie growing number New southsnerS coming
Minnesota address the Minnesota Editorial Association
southern white editor who has the 10 tell the
the matter Of the treatment
population sOuthener white
truth whteegro relations and
stl live section,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-06

Tha dns which the chief city
GATES Alpha PM Alpha regional their
eFoda ana . that Of the Twin Cusa
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1949-07-22

BIELIAUSKAS Nikodemas, 65
metq, mire geguzes A diena,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Juozapas, mire
geguzes 6 d., Brooklyn, N. Y.
GIEBAS Edvardas, mire ba-
landzio 26 d., Newark, N. J.
LUCHAS Jonas, seno amziaus,
mire geguzes men,, Girard-
vile, Pa.
SINKEVICIUS Petras, 70 me-
tQ, mire balandzio Is d., But
tonwood, Pa.
CHMIELIAUSKAS Benis, 62
metu, mire vasario 5 d., Pitts
burgh, Pa.
STASIONIENE Agnieska, Sc
metQ, mire balandzio II d.,
Port Chester, N. Y.
SLEzEVICIENE Marijona (Ma-
linauskaite), 60 metu, mire
balandzio 20 d., Charleston,
Mass.
GUMAUSKIENE Ieva (Kuni-
giskyte), IA metQ, mire ba-
landziO 20 d.. So. Boston,
Mass. (Virbalio par.) Ame-
rikoj isgyveno Sc metus.
RUDAUSKAS Antanas, 65 me-
tu, mire balandzio 20 d., So
Boston, Mass.
KRAKAUSKIENE Emilia mire
balandzio A d., New Britain,
Conn.
JUKNEV1CIUS Jonas, 67 metu
mire balandzio 20 d. Brighton,
Mass. Luokes par.) Ameri-
koj isgyveno 40 metu.
MATEIKIENE Veronika, mire
balandzio men,, Bridgeport,
Conn.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1949-07-22
ETUNIQ ATEIVIU MIRE JAU 2o,4o0 Ii

CERNAUSKAS Juozas, 35 me-
tu, mire "a birzelio. Gimes
Pittsburgh, Pa.
VAITKEVICIENE Agota BRA
zileviciute), 60 metu, mire
geguzes 10 d., So Boston,
Mass. (ziezmariu par.) Ame-
rikoj isgyveno 40 metu.
GRIGAS Kazimieras, 80 metu,
mire geguzes 10 d., So. Bos-
ton, Mass.
SETEVICIUS Jonas F. mire ge-
guzes men,, Mahanoy City,
Pa.
RUTKAUSKIENE Loretta mire
geguzes men,, Mahanoy City,
Pa.
LINCIENE Marijona (Dziaugiu-
te) mire geguzes men,, Ma
hanoy City, Pa.
zEMELIS Vincas, mire geguzes
men,, Shenandoah, Pa, kur
buvo ir gimes.
RINKEVICIENE Margaret, 49
metQ, mire geguzes men,,
Shenandoah, Pa.
STEPONAVICIUS Kazimieras,
65 metu, mire balandzio 29,
Millbury, Mass. Amerikoj is
gyveno so metu.
PILUKAS Simanas mire gegu-
zes 3 d., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1949-07-22

| Su slame numeryje paduo-
damais mirusiqju lietuviu var
dais, cia zymimu mirusiu ietu-
viz skaicius pasieke jau 2O,4OO
nuo vasario men. 1947 metu,
kuomet DIRVOJE mirusiu lie
tuviu ateiviq vardai pradeta
skelbti.
JOVARAUSKAS Jonas, mire
geguzes 6 d., Pittsburgh, Pa.
KVIETKAUSKAS Juozapas, u
metQ, mire balandzio 16 d.,
Harrisburgh, Ill.
VASILIAUSKAS Antanas. 80
metq, mire geguzes IL d.,
Homestead, Pa.
STANKAUSKIENE Petronele,
IS metQ, mire geguzes 13 d.,
Homestead, Pa.
BLIUTAS L., mire geguzes II
d., Homestead, Pa.
PAURAZIENE Ieva, mire ge-
guzes men,, Homestead, Pa.
CH1PENSKAS Ignas, 81 metu,
mire geguzes 3 d., Brooklyn,
N. Y.
ROKUS julius A., 63 metu, mi
re geguzes 9 d., Richmond
Hill, N. Y.
STAKEVICIUS Jonas, 65 metu,
mire geguzes 5 d., Philadel-
phia, Pa.
PETKUS Antanina, 80 metu,
mire balandzio 18 d., Fuller
ton, Cal.
AKSTINIENE Paulina, 63 me-
tQ, mire geguzes 5 d., Phila-
delphia, Pa.
MOTIUSIENE Albina, &C metu,
mire geguzes 8 d., Philadel-
phia, Pa.
MICKEVICIENE Magdale n a,
mire geguzes Z d., Chicago,
Ill. (Marijampoles ap., Bal
bieriskio par.)
lBREDIKIENE Agota (Jokubi-
nute), senyvo amziaus, mire
81 geguzes, McKess Rocks,
Pa.
iPETKUS Kazimieras, mire ge-
guzes 10 d, So. Boston, Mass.
(Upynos par.) Amerikoj is
gyveno 40 metu.
GARPSTAS Juozapas, mire ge-
guzes men,, Curtis Bay, Md.
The Nome nugget., 1949-06-06
Worlds Largest Yacht Becomes
 Ferry Boat

SEATTLE, (P)-The Vixen, the worlds largest yacht and the war time flagship of Adm. Ernest R. King, will soon leave its Seattle berth, where it has been moored for two years, to enter service as an 8OO-passenger ferry between Key West, Fla, and Havana, Cuba. When built, she was intend ed to accommodate l7 guests. The 333-foot vessel was built for Julius Forstmann, New York Woolen mill operator, at a cost of $2,5OO,O00 in 1929 in Keil, Ger many, and was christened the Or ion.
 Many of her expensive furnish ings, including swimming pool, a vast, panelled library, parquet floors and marble wash basins, still remain.
 In l947, the Vixen was acquir- ed by Skinner and Eddy Corp, as sociates, who planned to inaugu- rate luxury cruises from Seattle to Alaska and Central and South America, but she was consigned instead to a berth on Lake Union.
 The ship goes to a Panamanian company for one year under a bareboat charter with option to buN
 Repairs, expected to be finished in about three weeks, will include the lettering of her old name, the Orion, on her sleek prov.
The Nome nugget., 1949-06-06
Howard Hughes To Construct Largest HelicOpter

CULVER CITY, Calf. (FD - Howard Hughes, who has a pen chant for doing things in d big way, has his aircraft engineers working on a twin-jet helicopter which dwarfs all previous such craft.
 Hughes spokesmen confirmed that it is a restricted air force project, but declined to comment on a Los Angeles story which said:
 The ship, the XH-l7, is designed to hoist tanks, field artillery and the like, weighing up to 10 tons, on short haulS. It will be as big as a railroad boxcar with rotor blades measuring l36 feet from tip to tip.
 Power will be supplied by two J-3l jet engines producing an es- timated 1000 h.p.
 The cost is confidential" but Hughes purchased design and pro- ! duction rights from the Kellett Aircraft Corp. of New Wales, Pa. for a reported $l5O,OOO. Genera Electric is building the J-35 jc engines.
 Hughes other monster, the 200 foot flying boat, still lies at Lon! Beach harbor awaiting final tests
The Nome nugget., 1949-06-06
Hawaii Has Passed Acid Test For
 Statehood"
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Continued from Page One) for 49 years. Hawaii has more than passed the acid test of state hood, economically, socially and politically" ..'
 In all respects, he said, Hawaii is further advanced than any of the other 29 states that formerly were territories at the time they were admitted to the United States.
 Though the fashionable Holly wood version of Hawaii is a land of grass shacks and sarongS, Ha- waii is highly developed Ameri- can community, where white tux edo jackets are as much in vogue as they are in Hollywood" Tsu- kiyama said.
 He declared Hawaiian internal revenue payments to the federal government exceed Sl00,000, ,000 annually. Federal expenditures in Hawaii are about one thirteenth of that amount, he said.
 Hawaii is at a specific. disad- vantage in this respect because Hawaii is at the whim of Con gress on appropriation measures, Tsukiyama declared.
 Tn this respect Hawaii in ask ! ing for statehood, is only asking | for fair play"
The Nome nugget., 1949-06-06
Judge Orders Wit nesses To Appear In Bridges Trial

Continued from Page One) front strikes since 1884, was in dicted May 25 on charge of per jury and conspiracy to defraud the government in testifying that he was not, and never had been, communist, in obtaining his cit izenship in 1925. Two union off crals were indicted on a charge of aiding the conspiracy.
 Since the indictment, the grand jury has been delving into other aspects of the case as we'll as com muniSt influences in West Coast unions.
 Resner, who also represents Bridges, said he would appeal Roche's decision on the validity of the indictments. The court de nied his motion for a stay, pend ing appeal.
 Judge Roche ordered five of the witnesses, present Friday, to ap- pear before the grand jury today F. Joseph Donohue, special assist ant attorney general, said new subpoenaes would be issued for the six other witnesses, who were not present.
The Nome nugget., 1949-06-06
Huge Crowd Sees Nimbus Cop The Epsom Derby
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9Continued from Page One) Volterra, and Swallow Tail, own ed by Lord Derby, almost caught the flying Nimbus after he had led most of the way.
 NimbuS closed at ' to l in the betting. Amour Drake was 10 to 1 and Swallow Tail, whole mud running ability was doubted, was 100 to 8. .
 The running time Saturday was 2 minutes 42 seconds, far off the record of two minutes 33.8 sec onds set by Mahmoud in 1886, as it was bound to be in view of the going.
 Showers fell intermittently be- fore the race but the sunshine came out at intervals to the relief of huge crowd estimated at more than 50O,O0O.
 Among them was Queen Eliza beth and a Royal party which travelled Dy automobile from Windsor Castle. Princess Eliza beth and husband Prince Philip decided at the last moment to at tend.
 Richard, who failed for the 24th time in a derby effort, brought the favored Royal Forest home fourth The colt closed at g to 2.