St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-04-15
Letters To The Editor
wHAT HAPPENFD I'M DULUTH7

| OF Babylonian influences
a well numbered branch of the NAAcP real well
Baptist congregations Masonic and
Elk lodges The Negro population well employed Some persons
conducted successful businesses Within the group were considerable
There culture and attendant refinement
Then too there the Babylon crowd.
| young with his found friend,
| And bought himself some brand new clothes,
| spent his days drinking dens,
| Swallowing the Of hell
| And he spent his nights in the gambling dens,
i Throwing devil for his soul
| nc mi up Babylon
| .9oh the of Babylon!
i Dressed yellow and purple and scarlet
| Loaded with rings and earrings and bracelets.
lips a honeycomb dripping with honey,
Perfumed sweetsmeHng like a jasmine flower
| And the jasmine smell Of the Babylon women
| Got in his nostrils and went to his head,
substance riotous living
] In the evening in the black and dark Of night
| With the shining Of Babylon.
| And they stripped him of his money,
And they stripped him of his Clothes
| they him broke ragged
| In the streets Babylon"
freely Babylon White girls drank
dregs White
Duluth brOed with resentment Political Duluth encouraged the Baby
day garish wagoned gold
He employed Negro roustabouts
The band played Its last tune The clowns had
kiss dark far from the happy
couple discovered by Negro rOusa
Duluths pent-up rage ynching
quiet Duuh leadership together Some yet
ahy wished Negro home Some would have
Negro There compromise subtle 1t
gro services Duluth job the replacement
Negro outside Duluth found
wcing machine worked Slowly lodges
churches Negro ceased to function 1t
| a Of attrion that and wrecked.
number have passed those fatefu days Many
died and have not passed their vicious torches So far as the
Duluth rising out of the ashes George
Adams his family and others have survived vcarous suffering
that James Moore cannot appreciate person
stature All should
yesterdays blocks with which
seeing build
thy fame on the ruins Of anothers name"
given by person high public
the inside His name must not be diSeiosed-o HALL Dean
ober School for Boys s76 ST Anthony Ave. st. Paul. Mimi
Fight for FEPc Must Go On - HoshOvr
people mentioned that recently
editorial about the part had in the effort
to present the for Fair Employment Practice legislation to
Minnesota Senate and House Representatives While have
you wdeseved still want
know that appreciate your feeling as you do with reference to
effort which people put into
the most dsappont
but the effort which made was not am sure wholly lost
regard outstanding Mime
today just Paige
standing Minnesota and 1t satisfying to
you they only supported
effort willing testify before the House Committee
fight Employment Practice legislation
question involved it. has do with
rights American citizens and such question cannot
again eventually any way by
doing possible every
Since the legislation favored
in my opinion step
glad to do what
happy similar lines in the utureHARVEY
HosHoUR National Bldg,
! Adding MinneGpois-NioIins Congratulations
Newman Minneapolis Moline happy
Hundred Living Great has been pleasure
time excellent to
a group
congratulations to this justly deserved hcnorBoN D.
CRUISING, advertising manager Minneapolis Moline
| Service and Interesting Puper
NJ another subscription
interesting paper good despite
single copy paper delivered time helps keep
best wishes.-MRs. HOLLAND. Francisco
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/ Many PFeueh Few Practice - Ernest J. Meii
Newman: much grafied that
group leading
would struggling
vaanty place everybody regret
deeply the coored people
opportunity citizens Many
practice this teaching
power you.-ERNEsT NELL