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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-10-19
Testimonial Held
For Rev. 0nd Mrs.
Reniqmin Moore

A crowd of members, religious
and civic figures gathered Tues
day night. Oct. 10 to honor Rev
and Mrs. Benjamin Moore. retir-
ing pastor OF St James ANE
church. and his wife.
The occasion was a dinner held
in the sub-auditortum OF the
church at West Central and Dale
ST. in st. Paul.
Rev Moore has completed his
eleventh year at the ST Paul
church.
He is expected to be appointed
to n passionate in the Illinois con-
ference.
Speakers at Tuesday nights
meeting included Rev, DenEil Nc.
Carly. Commissioner Frank Mar
Eitelh. Rev Hayden Straight, Rev,
l. d. Dorsey. Rev. NJ l.. Simmons
Jas. oppenheimer, Alice onque,
Rev. Nelson Pryor, s. Vincent
Owens. Forrest Confer. Mrs. AWE
Hendricks. Cecil Newman. Esther
Peake, Charles Doty. Wayne Nc
Coy and Jean Waters.
Bradford Bcnnsr lead the aud
fence In two musical numbers.
The St James youth chorus sang.
John NJ Patton skillfully pre-
sidede over the program.
All of the speakers praised Rev.
Moore for his services 10 his CON
gregation, St Paul, Minneapolis
and the state OF Minnesota
The Moores received numerous
gifts. One set Of gifts which re-
ceived applause was a fishing rod
and reel After Rev, Moore re-
Ceived this gift the committee pre-
scented Mrs. Moore a similar set
so that she wouldn't get lone
some when Rev Moore went fish
ing and could accompany him"
Mrs. Moore. who got up out Of
a sick bed to attend the affair
and TO direct the Youth Chorus In
two numbers made a very touch
ing speech.
Committees
The committee in charge Of the
banquet was headed by Mrs. Vir-
Rinia Duke. Vice-chairmen were
J. Il. Smith, J. r. Lynn and Eva
Neal. Co-chairmen. Mines. AIdonis
Anderson. Della Holsumback,
Matte A. King. Lillian Balenger,
Cynthia Foster. Irene BlAkey.
Clarinda Cox. Wayne Mccoy.
Measrs. Clarence Duke, Andrew
Neal and Herbert Foster.
Committee members: Mines
Alma Freeman. Ardelia Allen.
MagdaIene Oliver. JeRSie O'Neal.
Mary Beauford. MaybeIle Ste
phens. Thereatha BledsOe. Gay
nellie POndsrs. Evelyn Brent, Mar.
ion Smith. Jewell Livingston. Kat
ie Bradshaw. Dorothy Compton,
Jean Waters: MeAsrs. Bradford
Bcnner. Robert Lee Cox. Luther
Lyon, Phil Freeman. Mr. and
Mrs Charles Curry and Helen
Fullbright.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-10-19
intent Son OF Mr.. And
MRS. q. o. lewis Dies

Gravesidr funeral services for
Ronald y LrwiR Jr. infant son
Of Mr. and Mrs r. y Lewis. 400
F. seth St. were held Friday.
October IL al Crystal Lake Gem
etery
Rev l.. c. Harris Of Bethesda
Church officiated. Baby lewis
died Wednesday, October 10, At
the age Of three weeks. Only the
immediate family attended the
services
Woodland Funeral Home had
charge Of arrangements.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-10-19
Communists Move To Set
: Up Rival Organization To
NAACP Blackwell Claims
nY ED nI.ACRWEI.L

One Of the GmootheH hpes that the Communist Party
has concoccd long time about 10 be put down the latter
part Of this month In CncinAtti.
being called the Founding Convention Of the National
Negro Labor Council
Although the convention call doesn't say So this conven
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-10-19

A young Negro, James II Par.
sons, recently became ChicRgo's
newest district attorney when he
was sworn into office by otto
kcrncr Jr. chief ut tho Chicago
office, A World War II veteran
and graduate NJ the University "
Chicago Law school, ParannA
Formerly was an assistant cor
alton counsel Of Chicago IN the APP
pcllRtc division In the US. At,
torney's office, ParRonH viii serve
In the criminal division The office
chief Kcrncr. this week was as.
signed as special prosecutor IN the
federal prnbc Of the recent Cicero
riots tANP)
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-10-19

ton IL going 10 be held expressly
for two men who happen 10 be-
Negroes, and at the same time
hold very influential and import.
ant posts In unions that the Com.
muniSt party 10 very much con.
csrnsd about these days,
TheRe men are William Hood,
Secretary Treasurer Of the power.
flh Local 900 ~ the United Auto
Workers and 18Th Smith. field rep
reaentAtlve for the United ElsCtri-
cal Workers and who IL very In.
nuentIRI In the internal affairs ~
the large 10000 member ~ Inter
national Harvester locals which IL
tho backbone NJ u. ". strength IN
the Midwest.
Then there IL N" second reason
which IL not ~ VeIIcd ~ the first
hat which IL In q ssBS~ more dan
RrTOUA. That 10 the starting % y
rival Organization 10 the NAACP.
New Group PLANNED
But going back to the first TsA-
SON. II becomes pretty clear what
tho strategy Ii after learning that
the leaders Of the sKpsllSd Go
unions met recently % discuss the
forming ~ a third labor group.
Hood IN beyond doubt the
most capable ~ the leadership IN
tho large Local 600 which has ap.
prDEimatSIy 100000 members
And he has been conducting q
running fight with his interim.
,l0nAI president, Walter Rsuthcr.
aver union policy which IL a very
healthy thing But during this
fight he has allowed himself 10 be-
come somewhat surrounded by
Communist party people.
This IL q very easy thing ~ hap
pen because Communists are hard
workers and will compromise
their position 10 any extent in
order u place the party label on q
pcrsDn,
Thry are going to try and man
euyer Hood and Local 600 into
such n position that will force the
International n rEpcl the local
n such q move IL sueceasful. oh.
v0IRIy the only place left for
thrm 20 10 In into this nrw third
labOT federation.
FAnsd WITH DiIsmma
Hood In faced with this dilemma
" he breaks with the C.P. party
and he has shown signs Of such q
move. h. IL In q two way night.
one with RsuthsF and the other
against the party who win turn
on him overnight. Whether he can
survive such . fight depends
largely on how much rank and file
support he can muster.
smith u already . mSmbsr of
an expelled cIo union, but II 10
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-10-19
Former Teacher In Ethiopia
Critical OF SeIassie Regime;
Cites Forced Native Labor

George COmAn former Associated Negro Press
editor World correspondent recently returned to
AhAba Ethiopia where he taught English
Ministry and Fine Arts At dhaneAlem
this exclusive feature
c the background the current social economic and POh
kingdom This the first Of two
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-10-19

Mrs. Hedgeman but one 10 pre-
pare and take advantage Of the
many opportunities in this chang
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-10-19

Mrs Pierre and her SIN Robert
Pierre Of Minneapolis attended
the funeral services
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-10-19
Claim Or Whites To
Nesro's Fortune May Be
Ended By Paper Discovery

Philadelphia 1.-THE discovery Of 80 year, old dOcu
may the today of the wife and two children Of
the late r. John McKee, Wall St lawyer who his
white three years seek the 100000 for
~ hf. father
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BY GEORGE COLEMAN MOORE

ChicagO-(ANPl-The perpetual and immutabe" MON
archal Emperor Halle SelaSSe not be long i'm
mutable indeed perpetual' the breath of freedom
blows heavily upon he native ser these African highlands
Current around death meted
to a known officials spearheads of
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-10-19
Cherries Wells o.
Chicago Buried

Chicago Funeral services were
held here oct. I for Charles Wells
~. brother In law ~ Mrs Fannie
Pierre Lewis Of Minneapolis
Mr. Wells died Sept 30 SurVi
wing him IL Mrs Wells, who In tho
former LOUISE Buck ~ hlnneapo-
lie Three sons survive
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-10-19
DIVORCE GRANTED

Mira Daisy Cor, 2b4 18th Ave
80. Minneapolis. WIS granted n
divorce from Mr. George Con. 92b
Sixth Ave. E., Duluth, MINI, on
Wednesday, October 10.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-10-19
Dir. Trash. Noise
TGVeEnS DFaWb0ek
To Negro Progress
Yha9S Whof Ann
H0dsSm0n Told ~. Y.
Audience Recently

Brooklyn amp Don't sell
your birthrights for q mess Of
pottage." DR.. Anne A Hedgeman
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-10-19

~ American are optimistic friendly, In
qutsttivr, Practical.mindcd, They find II
difficult 10 bclicvo that progress Ia not in
eVttahle They do not easily accept tho
right to reserve and privacy: they assume
that II two men meet the natural thing II
for them 10 exchange experiences. They
have n dtstrtlst for theory Harold LAAlCi.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-10-19

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BELIEF ~ AMERICAN CRIED

. American Negroes know they are an
oppressed group experiencing more than
anybody else in the nation. the conSe-
quences OF the fact that the Greed is not
lived up to in America. Yet their faith in
the Greed is not simply a means Of plead
ing for their rights. They. like the whites
believe, with one part of themselves, that
the Creed Is ruling America,-Arnold Rose
Evening star., 1951-12-23
Uniforms Available, Too

am a member of the 462d Engineer
Combat Battalion in the Districts Active
Reserve and veteran Of four years
service and combat In Europe.
have noticed a great number of
young men in and around Washington
wearing replicaS Of caps worn by Union
and Confederate soldiers of our Civil
War. I have the following suggestions
to offer them:
think this is a direct slur to the
memories of the soldiers who fought and
died for the Blue and Gray. They alone
earned the right to wear these caps.
Any recruiting station will enable these
young men to show their true patriotism
by allowing them to wear an entire uni
from, not merely cap. when they en-
list for active duty.
The supply officer of our battalion has
access to o. D. caps for new members
joining our outfit and would be willing
to cooperate if they are earnest in their
seeming desire to wear military cap.
Our battalion holds training assem-
blies on the second and fourth Tuesdays
of each month. We meet at the En-
gineer Armory Fourth street and Maine
avenue S.W.. at pm. We are only too
glad to accept new enlistments from
young men.
William n. Sengstack.
Evening star., 1951-12-23
The Warning Was Deserved

The Prince Georges County Liquor Board
apparently has taken to heart the justified
warning which Circuit Judge Marbury gave
1t in reversing the boards grant of license
to cafe in College Park. The board has denied
a similar permit in another case, with an evident
regard for public opinion that was lacking in
the previous license case.
The courts warning should not have been
necessary in the first instance. The board was
created to consider the public interest in such
matters, yet last September it gave license
for an on-sale eer-and-wine business in the
face of protests by an overwhelming majority
of the residents of College Park. To brush aside
this storm of civic opposition without good
reason smacks of arbitrary administration by an
agency of government which ought to be par
ticularly concerned with what the people want.
College Park home of Maryland University
is essentially an educational and residential COM
munity. 1t already had 10 beer -and-wine permits
in use when the disputed license was granted
Maryland University joined with town authorities
the Prince Georges County Civic Federation
public school officials and others in objecting
to the permit. An appeal from the boards
ruling brought the controversy before Judge Mar
bury at Upper Marlboro.
Judge Marbury reversed the boards decision
on the technical ground that the corporation
applying for the license had not complied with
Evening star., 1951-12-23
Alert Planners
Kathryn O'NeilI.

James Birchield's excellent appreci-
alton in The Star. December II, of Lou
doun County's planning achievements
strayed into inaccuracy when he added
the gratuitous comment that we in Up
per Montgomery County have made no
effort to study what our neighbors across
the Potomac have done On the con-
trary. the Upper Montgomery County
Planning Commission in July, 1850, in
formed itself fully on the Loudoun zon-
ing and subdivision regulations as we'll
as its notable achievement in the con-
troll of highway advertising. We have
kept in close touch with developments
since that time. Mrs Pickens' pioneer
ing work has aroused our admiration,
and members of our commission have
conferred with her at regular intervals.
May I add that we appreciate The
Stars friendly and understanding edi-
torial support of our planning efforts in
Upper Montgomery County? You are
contributing greatly to the popular un-
derstanding of the problems facing this
Evening star., 1951-12-23
Spires Of the Spirit
He Must Reiqn

Here, in three words. is the heart Of
Christmas. The advent of that One
whose impact upon history broke the
ages in two Is the incarnation Of the
coming glory glimpsed by Isaiah. as he
declared: And the government shall
be upon His shoulder" More than TOO
years passed after the prophets glowing
vision before shepherds, watching their
f1ocks, heard the herald angels announce
the birth Of the newborn King.
The Mount Everest of the Christmas
realm is the "Hallelujah Chorus" Mu-
sically and spiritually, that is humanity's
highest peak. On this Inspiration Point,
overlooking eternal immensities, human
eyes gaze at reality and f1nality. BY
human words is framed q great white
throne which is not empty. Soaring ca
dences mount up and up to the corona
tion OF goodness in the supreme figure
OF the universe whose right it is to reign.
No wonder that an earthly king, listen
ing to the first rendition of the Halle
lujah Chorus" was brought to his feet
by the ecstatic homage poured forth in
this sublime climax of praise, this con-
fagration of song.
Handel. the composer, thought of him.
self not as one who brought the product
OF his toiling genius for the appraisal Of
those who might lend their ears. He
declared humbly and with awe that he
was but the medium for a revelation
which came not by him. but through
him; 1t was something he saw and heard.
But, however we explain it, the Halle
lujah Chorus" marks its composer as
one OF the most inspiring servants of
the race. In this paean of faith, this
oratorio of affirmation, has been ex-
pressed for the ages that which lifts to
their feet all who have ears to hear.
That holy trinity of words of the ia
nous chorus. He must reign" is a
mighty salute to the future. 1t deals in
perspectives. 1t rebukes the impatience
OF those who. being in hurry, forget
that to God thousand years is as but
one day. To stand spellbound upon
ones feet for the "Hallelujah Chorus"
is witness that one refuses to be brow
beaten by any one moment In the on
ward sweep of the eternal purpose.
OF what significance was the fact that
madman in Germany. hating the race
which gave Christ to the world, decreed
that Mendelssohn, because he was a Jew,
must be banished? 1t was made Grim
inal offense to play his Wedding
March" But in that very year a mod
ern prophet, believing steadfastly that
He must reign" stood to listen to the
Evening star., 1951-12-23
Compassion
By Bruce Borton

I once asked q wise and sanity old
clergyman: What single line In the
Bible best sums up the spirit of Chris
tianity?"
Without hesitation. he answered: "I
have compassion on the multitude
In recent months millions of words
have been uttered and written about the
shocking decline Of American morals.
Many of them are all too fully justified.
Certainly the daily revelations of blatant
political depravity have bred widespread
cyniciSm. Whether they have also bred
moral indignation, or whether the Amer
1can people are too lethargic and be-
sotted to revolt, we shall have to wait
until November, 1852, to learn.
But there is another phase of our
moral deterioration that, in some ways.
is even more terrible-a deterioration
that is protected by conspiracy of
silence.
Hardly anybody is reminding us how
fearfully our two World Wars, our
II months Of slaughtering and
being slaughtered in Korea, and our
almost total absorption in the national
task OF marshaling the men and
weapons for more slaughter, have
diminished both our horror of killing
and our compassion for our fellow men,
The atomic scientists have sounded
a warning. In their Bulletin they said.
In the First World War, American
public opinion was shocked by the sink
ing OF passenger-carrying ships by Ger
man submarines; in the Second World
AnnnFiraN o1ss,,
Japanese ships on sight, and even the
revelation that one of these ships was
carrying American prisoners of war
brought no wave of indignation at
home" We accepted bombing of
whole cities as legitimate means of war
fare" We took "the news of the de-
struction OF Hiroshima and Nagasaki
almost without qualms
an mass fire and bomb raids on
German and Japanese cities, America
has won the leadership in this form of
terror warfare; in atomic bombardment
OF Hiroshima (arranged to inflict the
maximum number of civilian casualties)
we have compounded the terror of aerial
warfare thousandfold.
When our money and machines are
more and more completely conscripted
for the preparation of murder, how is it
possible for our minds and spirits not
to be coarsened and hardened? When
the boast of our generals that we have
killed is million In Korea brings only
exultation-no sorrow, no compassion
how long can we continue to call our
selves Christian?
II have compassion on the multitude"
He said. That was the very heart and
soul Of His teaching.
Evening star., 1951-12-23
Fifty Years Ago in The Star

One of the most famous of all WASH
ington murder trials ended on Decem-
ber 13. 1901. when Mrs.
End OF Bonlne Lois Ida Bonine was ac-
Trial quilted of having will
fully caused the death of
James Seymour Ayres, jr.. at the Ken
more Hotel, May Is, 1901; and The Star
for the following day contained long
and copiously illustrated account of the
conclusion of the case. Circumstantial
evidence which had been thought to be
strong against the defendant proved very
weak when offered in Criminal Court No.
/. United States Attorney Gould had
moved many spectators to tears in his
plea for conviction, especially when he
inquired: How many parents through
out this wide land are asking themselves
today regarding their sons, Are they
safe at the Capital of the Nation?'" but
the jury had Its own ideas and Mrs.
Bonine went free.
The Star for December Z. 1901. con-
tanned comprehensive review Of "The
Making Of an Ameri-
Jocob Riiss can," by Jacob A. Riis.
Autobiography saying that: "A more
descriptive title
would be the story of noble life. a
life devoted to the bettering of his
fellows, life given to warfare on
corruption. a life bestowed on the poor
of New York's worst quarters" Mr..
Riis 1849-1914) deserved such praise.
He was Dane who came to America
in 1870 and was a reporter on the New
York Tribune from 1877 to 1888 and on
the Evening Sun from 1883 to 1899.
BY nature constructive reformer, "his
energy was tremendous. his achieve
ments-spe ectacular. His first book,
How the Other Half Lives 1890, was
a sensation. 1T was followed by "The
Children Of the Poor" 1892. Theodore
Roosevelt was his personal friend and
faithful supporter. Mr.. Riis, The Star
Evening star., 1951-12-23
Letters to The Star

report states: "We must conclude that
Service was extremely indiscreet in
his dealings with Gayn and Jaffee, a
fact which he himself readily admits
-. But we cannot and do not conclude
that his indiscretion in the Amerasia
affair is sufficient to brand an otherwise
competent and loyal employe of II
years service as disloyal, pro-Com-
munlst or a security risk"
Here is what Senator Lodge. Republi-
can. wrote in his minority report of the
same probe: II believe that Service in
the Amerasia case was most indis-
Greet in this association, which was
entered into in an apparently rapid,
thoughtless, and discriminating man
ner -. There is no proof of disloyalty
and no rumor against his character
But it must be set down that in the
Amerasia case he showed himself to be
gullible and indiscreet :"
Since both reports from the same
committee draw almost identical con-
clusions, wouldn't 1t seem, then. accord
ing to the Lawrence logic, that Mr..
Services ease had received a bipartisan
whitewash?
Kathryn O'Neill.
Evening star., 1951-12-23

increased to % In four years. From 1888
to 1857 the home of the assembly was
the Tenth Street Church which became
Ford's Theater and now is the Lincoln
Museum. The present location at Six
teenth and o streets was occupied in
1888. One miniSter-the Rev. Obadiah
Brown, D. D-was in charge for 43
years, 1907 to 1850. When the church
pastor served as chief clerk of the Post
Office Department.
Under the heading "Amusements,"
The Star on December 18, 1901, re-
ported: Jan Kubelik, the violinist,
made his first appearance in Washing
ton yesterday at the
kubelik Columbia Theater before
In Town an audience that very
nearly filled the house
and was representative of the best cul-
ture and musical intelligence of the
city. His appearance is striking, his
face being pale and the pallor is accen-
tuated by the mass OF jet black hair
which covers his head. In repose he
does not show much expression, but
when he is playing he seems lost to
everything but his work. He Is q mar
velous technician, accomplishing the
most difficult feats with the greatest
ease and freedom. He dazzles and be-
wilders his audience by his daring
pyrotechnics and is the most complete
master of the purely technical work
possible on the violin that has been
heard here in many years. His tone
. is firm, clear and of beautiful quality,
approaching at times the sound of the
human voice. It has been said that he
played without feeling, but that was not
true Of his work yesterday" The Star
also commended Mr.. Kubelik's accom-
panist-a boy then only II years Of age.
who became world famous as the COM
poser Of White Eagle" Rose Marie"
"The Vagabond King" and many other
popular operettas.
Evening star., 1951-12-23
Partial Victory at WoodIey

The citizens who have opposed so well and
SO effectively the attempt by it's purchasers to
have the old Woodley tract rezoned to permit
the erection of apartment houses have been
substantially victorious SO far 1t is to be hoped
that their victory, in the end, will be complete pol
The zoning Commission agreed with them
last year and turned down the original request
that the II acres involved be made available
for apartment houses in an area that is zoned
A-restricted one of the few remaining areas in
this part of Washington available for the high
class residential development that has taken
place around it.
This year the original request was modified
so that only a relatively small strip along
Twenty ninth street, about 725 feet long and $50
feet deep was involved This modification was
correctly opposed, too, and the Zoning Commits
sion has turned it down. The Zoning Adjust
ment Board, however, which under the law
can in specified situations grant variances or
departures from strict application of coming
regulations, has made only a partial ruling
1t has turned down the rezoning of 100 feet of
the 250-foot depth of the strip. It will decide
on the remaining 150-foot depth of this strip
after hearing further argument from the citizen
opposition as to the feasibility of residential
QnStead of apartment-houSe) construction and
after obtaining from the developers a plan of
HoW Lney would treat the 15U-toot depth OF the
strip now remaining at issue.
decision will be reached in so days. The
delay is to assure an absolutely fair determina-
tion OF the facts that must undere any
decision. Regardless of what may be developed
by further typographical and architectural
studies, the principle of preserving the zoning
integrity of an area which has derived much of
its value from the protection conferred by that
coming should be preserved 1t is as important
now as when the fight started.