St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-11-24
BRIEF
NEWS
SCENE
High and LOwdown"
BY BAlLEE THOMAS

Is reported from Omaha as hav-
ing told the press that the Ameri-
can race problem will be solved
in 100 years! That gives Walter
and some of the rest of US a job
tenure of at least another GEN.
fury st. Louis mayor named
David M. Grant is a member of
the board of trustees of the Po-
lice Retirement board. Grant
spoke in Minneapolis and st. Paul
several years ago -.
Good news Is that Senator
Richard b. Russell Of Georgia
doesn't want to be Democratic
party leader In the Senate.
He'd rather stay on the side
lines and sabotage the Truman
Fair Deal
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission finally got around to or
dering southern railroads to de-
sist segregating dining car
passengers in interstate travel.
The ICC order was issued in con-
formity to the recent Supreme
Court decision in the cose of FL
mer Henderson, director of the
American Council of Human
Rights.
Twin Citians will recall Mr..
Henderson, then a Presidents
FEPC official speaking at the
Minneapolis WV in 1914 under
the auspices of the Minneapolis
Town Meeting
Deputy District Attorney Ce-
Gil Poole of San Francisco was
slugged by an opposing attorney,
William Kidd in a courtroom last
week. Poole, husband of the for
mer Charlotte Crump of st. Paul
Is one of the Vests most promis-
ing attorneys. Kidd took a poke
at Poole and received five days in
Jail for contempt of court. At
Poole's suggestion, however, the
angry judge allowed the punch
ing" lawyer to be released after
he spent four hours and 20
minutes in Jail.
After much shadow boxing and
double talk, the American Red
Cross, at its Chicago meeting this
week has finally decided to come
clean on the segregated blood
plasma gimmick. Dailies report
the Red Cross has taken steps
to eliminate racial designation in
its blood collection program"
Modernistic design of the U.N.
headquarters in New York has
been derided by one of the COM
mon people who is supported by
top British architect Sir Giles
Gilbert Scott. An unnamed N. Y.
taxi driver has labeled the UN
structure "a soapbox." Giles, one
of Britain's most eminent archi-
tects agrees that the building
dose not convey anything to the
people who see and use it.
Bunche is the New York Wei
fare conference chief speaker
Nov. 20.
College and University ROTC
much abused since the late war,
is now tops in popularity with en-
rollment high. Reason: Korean
conflict and draft. University
ROTC men are safe from draft
until their studies are COM
pleted.
Present jubilation over failure
of Chinese Red troops to with
stand UN forces heavy fire
power might easily be short-liv-
ed If the Chinese Reds get ar
tiIlery and air help from Stain.
Best course for UN forces is to
get in and pitch to prepare for a
long struggle.
The U. s., supported by twelve
other nations, has drawn up a
long and detailed report which
causes creation of a new federal
state embracing Ethiopia and
Eritea. The latter is a former
Italian colony whose future is
now under discussion in the UN.
BY the us. proposal the one mil
lion Eritreans would be added to
the Is million Ethiopians.
Under the Point Four program
the development of Liberian re-
sources are rapid Oscar Meier,
chief of the U. S. economic mis-
sion TO the African republic, told
q two day conference on Africa
at Oxford, Pa, last week. Liber-
las health program, the erection
Of a navigable harbor at Monro-
via and other organizations Of the
country's resources with Ameri-
can help was praised.
Jim Kelly. grand secretary of
the Elks CIBPOEW) died in
his sleep at his Memphis. Tenn.
home, Nov. s. Kelly had been
secretary of the Brother Bills
since 1884.
QuotabIe Quotes: The X. c,
Calls, Rankin in the House and
Ellender in the Senate add mil