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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-11

Pittsburgh, Pa. The Urban
League of Pittsburgh announces
that Louis Mason Jra director of
Industrial Relations, has been
granted a leave of absence to
handle a defense manpower as
signment for the National Urban
League.
Mr.. Mason, who has been as
ISOLATED with the local League
for the past five years. will work
out of the Leagues New York Of
flee on a special project designed
to strengthen and correlate ma
tional and local industrial pro-
grams as these are concerned
with Industrial mobilization in
the defense emergency" He will
spend a large part Of his time in
the field, remaining with local
Leagues to supplement and
strengthen their own industrial
activities, and to give special at
tention to the public employment
offices and manpower referral or
training centers.
This expansion of the National
Urban Leagues industrial rela-
tons program results from a
special grant which that agency
has just received.
Mr.. Mason will be away from
his Pittsburgh post for at least
six months and possibly for the
balance of the calendar year. Dur
ing this interim, irving L. Finley
Jr., assistant director of Indus
trial Relations, will be responsible
for that phase of the local League
prnarop,
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-11
ST. PAUL MAN KILLED IN EARLY
SATURDAY MORN AUTO ACCIDENT

ing comfortably and out Of dan
ger.
According to St. Paul police,
the car, apparently out Of control
struck the tree on the boulevard
with such impact that the three
men were thrown out. Sections Of
the auto torn off in the crash were
scattered over the street.
Funeral services for Reed will
be held in Schoal. Arkansas, his
birthplace, sometime this week.
The body was shipped there Tues
day, May 8.
Reed, married to Evelyn Lewis
Reed of st. Paul had been re-
siding here for four years. He
was employed as a mechanic at
Slawik Motors at the time OF his
death.
Survivors, besides his wife are
three children, Gregory, Rosalie,
and Jeffrey. He Ii also survived
by a mother and q number of
brothers and sisters In Schoal.
Arkansas. Brooks Funeral Home
was in charge OF shipping ar
rangements.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-11
BOYD RETURNS FROM
ELKS LODGE SURVEY

Edward L. Boyd, 1888 Fourth
Ave. So, has just returned from a
trip to survey three cities for the
Elks Lodge.
Mr.. Boyd, grand organizer for
the Northwest states, visited
Sioux Falls, S. D., Racine and
Beloit, Wisconsin.
In Racine, Mr.. Boyd conferred
with members of Amaranth Lodge
No. GIL which is inactive. At
Beloit, he talked to former Off
GERS and members of Gate City
Lodge No. 553, also inactive.
Mr.. Boyd said he expects to see
the two Wisconsin lodges re-apply
for affiliation with the IBPOEW
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-11

fire barns were speedily dis
patched to the East 22nd st.
address.
Within the two hours and
twelve minutes before the fire
was finally put out. the entire
roof Of the church caved in. des-
troying all equipment, including
a new electric organ purchased
recently. Total damages were
estimated at $4,000.
st. Peter church. built in 1883.
was one Of the oldest churches In
Minneapolis. 1t was a familiaf
land mark to thousands Of annual
visitors TO the Twin Cities.
Hundreds Of nearby neighbors
Of the church and other communi-
ties journeyed TO the fire scene.
Some Of the first to arrive were
James Moppins, w. Il. stovall and
Curtis c, Chivers. trustees OF the
church. Chivers, general chairman
of the church building project
said Tuesday that plans for a new
church viii obviously be speeded
up"
Church members have been
working very diligently for 10
months to raise money for a pro-
posed new building.
Rev. M. L. Simmons. arriving
home late Tuesday night, simply
stated he was ''woefully sorry
about the fire"
This fire was the second OF the
church In IT. 90 years. Altar the
first one, church members held
their services In the old court
house at Eighth ave. So. and
Fourth Street. The late Bishop
w. Sampson Brooks was the pas
tor.
Services for st. Peter AME
church viii bs-held temporarily In
the school auditorium OF Bryant
Junior high school, located at
Thirty-eighth and Third Avenue
South.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-11
ST. PAUL HUMAN RELATIONS COUNCIL
70 OPEN MEMBERSHIP DRIVE MAY 10

other groups in radio programs,
and through the sale of literature
helping supply individuals and
groups with the tools of education
for living in a democratic society.
Individuals and firms will be
solicited during the month of
May, urging their support Of this
far-reaching program.
The executive director of the
council is Rev. Russell Il. Myers,
former pastor Of the Minnehaha
congregational church In Mime
apolis. James oppenheimer Jr., is
president Of the council.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-11

The Saint Paul Council on HUI
man Relations Is opening its an
nual drive for members and fin
ancial support on May 10th. AL
though a portion of the Councils
budget comes from a city appro-
priation because 1t serves as the
official committee of the Mayor
in the field of human relations,
the greatest part of its modest
budget must be raised through in
diwdual contributions and men,
berships.
The Councils program Of ser
vice to the city is many sided.
First, perhaps, of interest to many
will be its Reference room which
is considered by many to be one
of the best human relations refer
ence rooms to be found anywhere
in the nation. Here students from
high schools and colleges in st.
Paul come to use some of the $50
books and $500 pamphlets avail
able and carefully filed as they
prepare term papers, theses and
speeches. Since January LIST more
than IS high school students and
over rs college students have
used the reference room.
New books, periodicals and
pamphlets are being added to the
collection regularly. Perhaps the
second most popular service Of
the Council is found in its
Speakers bureau and its film ser
vice. Speakers on many different
aspects of the field of human re-
lations go out regularly from the
Council to schools, PTAs,
churches. luncheon clubs, and
civic organizations Of many kinds,
Films have been provided TO
many groups and the Council is
now expanding its film library in
order that groups may more ade-
quately be served through this
medium.
Less publicized is an entirely
different aspect of work in the
field of human relations which
the council seeks to do. This is the
work of meeting the actual Incl
dents of tension inevitably found
in a metropolitan area growing
out of individuals prejudice to-
ward one another. The Council is
not only interested in establish
ing peaceful relations between all
the citizens of st. Paul, but even
more of basing these on funda-
m entail principles Of justice.
equality and fair play. Thus the
Council works quietly to help all
members Of every race, creed and
color to be judged on their merits
as individuals in all aspects OF life
in a busy city.
The Council has also sought TO
get at the roots Of prejudice and
to help with the development of
brotherhood by holding workshops
for teachers, supplying exhibits
for conventions. cooperating with
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Committee Calls on President
And finally, on February IS, the
President received a delegation of
II Negro leaders who urged him
to take affirmative steps immed-
lately. Mr.. Truman assured the
delegation of his continuing eff
forts on behalf of FEPC and the
entire civil rights program.
While the President was vaca-
tioning at Key West, Florida, Mr..
White, on March 20, wired him
asking that he "let us know
when Executive Order for FEPC
will be signed by you 1.-THE Presi-
dent)."
On March %, the Council again
wired the President citing 'in-
creasing apprehension throughout
the country" over the stalemate
on FEPC and urging issuance of
the order.
Again, on April 4, Mr.. White
and A. Phillip Randolph sent a
letter to the President reviewing
the whole situation and asking
when they could expect the Presi-
dent to act.
On April %. the CLIO sent a
similar letter to the White House,
urging the President to issue
without further delay an Execu-
tive Order establishing a Fair
Employment Practices Commits
sion to insure that all of our citi-
zens can participate in the de-
Tense program without regard to
prejudices which might exist any
where in our country.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-11
"Maestro's" Struggle
With Pufrolmun
Gers Him IS Dogs

Clarence (Maestrol Freeman,
715 Olson Highway was given a
As day workhouse sentence by
Judge Luther Sletten In municipal
court Monday morning, May z.
Freeman pleaded guilty to a dis
orderly conduct charge. A Mime
apolis policeman, William Leadens
said in his report he had over
heard Freeman agree to sell two
Indians liquor. Leadens held the
other two parties until the re-
turn OF Freeman. Leaders beat ID
in and around Olson Highway at
Lyndale Ave. No.
Leadens claimed that Freeman
lunged at him, knocking him off
balance and snatched his black
jack. According to the officer,
Freeman struck him across the
face and stomach. Leadens retail
ated with his night stick.
An unnamed man emerged
from the crowd Of spectators and
jumped on Leadens back. A police
squad car pulled up and arrested
Freeman after Leadens went into
the Bush and Percy's cafe and
phoned for achievements.
Leadens collapsed In the city
hall corridor a half hour after the
fracas with the bootIegger sus.
pect. Maestro" was taken to the
General hospital where he first re-
fused treatment.
He appeared in court Monday
morning with a bandaged fore.
head. Patrolman Leadens was also
In court but showed no signs oi
bruises.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-11
Third Twin City O..
Wounded In Action

The third Negro CT. listed as
wounded in action in the Korean
conflict is Pfc. Ronald B. Jones
Of 1921 Rondo Ave.
The IS year old son Of Everett
L. Jones of the above address re-
ceived his second wounds April "A
from shrapnel. He was hit in the
leg, hand and mouth. He Is hospi-
talized in Japan.
Pfc. Jones was previously In
jured in the mouth by a North
Korean hand grenade April ~.
A graduate Of Marshall High,
class Of 1850, Jones has been in
the Army since August Of that
year He has been overseas three
and a half months.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-11
Clamp Down

The tussle between Maestro and
Patrolman Leadens and an un-
known participant caused Chief
Tom Jones to assign two patrol
men to the beat The officers have
orders to arrest all DRINKS, ques-
ton strangers and keep a sharp
eye for any law violations.
An unsolved murder and a num-
Der Of muggings Of strangers to
the area looking "for fun" is an
other reason why officers have
been alerted.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-11
MAN ARRESTED, CHARGED
WITH GIVING IS YEAR
OLD GIRL LIQUOR

Clyde johnson Jr., of Chicago,
is being held in city Jail pending
disposition of a charge that he
had been giving liquor to an Is
year old woman.
Johnson was arrested Sunday
night in Carts Barbecue at Olson
Highway and Aldrich Ave. No. in
the company of an Is year old
girl. Police claim the latter signed
a statement that johnson had
been giving her liquor for several
hours.
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Soldiers Figure In
Neor Riot; Police
Rough Up civiIians

Columbus, Ga. - CAMP -
Several Negroes and two civilian
police officers were injured and
five Negro soldiers arrested Mon
day night during a major distur-
bance in the army town, close by
FIT. Benning.
Neither the name of the Ne
groes nor the law officers repor-
ted injured were released. How
ever, several persons, all Negroes
except the two officers, were
treated at City hospital for bruises
and decorations, including one
woman, several civilian men and
soldiers.
The immediate origin of the up
rising, which caused the whisper
of riot" to go the rounds Of the
state Tuesday, was a fight among
colored soldiers in a beer parlor
here, according to Columbus Po-
lice Capt. J. D. Armstrong, which
officers were called to quell.
Negro residents said the fracas
between the soldiers and police
was based on Ill relations which
resulted from a fight a week
earlier in which police were ac-
cused of roughly manhandling
servicemen, after a fight between
a Negro soldier and a white civ
ilian policeman.
Observers said that while the
policemen were driving off after
quelling the disturbance in the
beer parlor, someone threw a
hand grenade" under a patrol
car, SCATTERING its glass and dam
aging two other autos. Policemen
then flew into the crowded estab-
hshment, it was reported, and be-
gan "black-jacking soldiers, civil
ians and even women"
An alarm was sent out TO TT.
Benning for military policemen
and a call for more civilian
cops. They then began evacuat-
ing and closing down all bust.
ness establishments In the VIC
unity.
Patrons in business places de-
clared that police were indiscrim-
inately brutal in their methods.
They used obscene language and
"roughed-up" customers.
This was the cause Of the in
juries. No one was hurt by the
grenade explosion, it was learned.
Patrolman F. E. Taft and J. D.
Quattlebaum were treated for
finger decorations. 1t was not
learned how their injuries occur
red.
Capt. Armstrong indicated that
he had a hint of trouble brew
ing" from a rumor that Negro
soldiers were planning to take
over this section Of town" The
disturbance occurred in an all
Negro neighborhood.
The officer said he was not
sure that the explosion came from
a grenade, and II so. how it was
secured.
Five soldiers were placed under
arrest, but only two names were
released. Pvts. Bonnie Jackson, %,
and William z. Harris, 10. They
were held by civilian police on
charges of disorderly conduct.
Three others were held for in
vestigation" without charges.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-11

Z A "a year old Air Force veteran
of World War II became the 166th
traffic fatality of the State Of
Minnesota Saturday morning,
May 5.
Edward Ellis Reed, 446 Fuller
Ave-, was killed when an auto in
which he was passenger, crashed
into a tree at st. Anthony and
Avon.
3 Two others, Edward L. Brunson,
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Lucille Murray Dies
A. Her Home May z

Lucille Murray, 512 Emerson
Ave. No, died at her home We'd
nesday, May 2. Funeral services
were held from Graham Temple
Monday, May 7. Intement was at
Fort Smelling
Mrs. Murray is survived by her
husband, Charles, her mother,
Mrs. Mcconnell, one sister, Mrs.
Villa Mae Mason, one brother and
sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Josie, and other relatives and
friends. Woodland Funeral home
was in charge Of the arrange
ments.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-11
DIR. EDWARD MAXWELL
LEAVES

DR.. and Mrs Edward Maxwell
left today, Friday, May II, for
Montgomery, Ala, where DR.. Max
we'll will resume his post as pro-
fessor of zoology at Alabama
State Teachers College.
DR.. Maxwell received his Ph.D.
in Zoology from the University of
Minnesota in February. While
studying here ne and Mrs. Max
we'll have resided at 31S No.
Grotto.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-11
NURSE WILL GRADUATE
IN AUGUST

Mrs. Laura N. Page, registered
nurse from st. Louis, Mo, who
has been studying anethesia at
Minneapolis General hospital, is
now at Abbott hospital. She will
graduate from the anesthesia
course on August 81 this year.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-11

~, 4O6 81. An"
thony Ave, and
zadiz Magee, IS,
735 Rondo were
seriously injur-
ed. Brunson, the
driver Of the
machine, suffer.
ed a fractured
leg and lacera.
tons on his fore
head. Magee suf,
fered head In.
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CONFINED FOR
OBSERVATION

r. J. c. Brown, COS z. 14th St,
Is being confined TO Minneapolis
General hospital for mental OBJ
servation.
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Fire Cuts Historic St. Peter
anne Church Early Sunday;
Members Left Homeless

Sunday, May g. proved be unforgettable day for
hundreds of woube church goes of the St. Peter AME
gregaton, 9l6 E. 22nd St, Minneapolis
At approximately 4Ss fire which had apparently
started in the furnace of ST. Peter church. broke
throughout the interior of the old structure Engines from three
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-11

Inc administration Ia
promises, compels the supporters
of FEPC and other civil rights
measures to formulate plans and
strategy for a new drive to secure
their detectives" Mr.. White said,
1T is for this purpose that the
NAACP has called the conference
of national organizations in Wash
ington on May 1928"
The NAACP executive review
ed, step by step, the actions TAX
en- on behalf of an FEPC since
the opening of the war in Korea
last June.
On July 16, President Truman
was urged by the National Coun-
Gil for a Permanent FEPC, of
which the NAACP is a constitu-
ent member, to issue an Execu-
tive Order similar to President
Roosevelt's $500 as an inte-
grail factor in the mobilization of
manpower."
The following month, on Au-
gust 10, a committee representing
a dozen national, civic, labor,
church and fraternal organiza-
tons, met with Stuart Syming-
ton, then chairman of the Ma
tonal Security Resources Board,
and with Maurice Tobin, Secre-
tary of Labor, both of whom
agreed that maximum utilization
of all manpower was urgently
needed. They asked for the rec
concentrations of the committee
which were promptly submitted
with FEPC listed as the primary
item.
Action Promised
In response to a letter of in
quiry. dated September IL, Mr..
Symington replied on September
16, promising a definite answer
not later than September 20. a-
Following a series of confer
ences during October with Off
Gals of the Labor Department,
the text Of an appropriate order
was drafted in the department
and referred to the Bureau of the
Budget with a notation by Secre-
tary Tobin that 1t would be "un-
thinkable" for the government to
permit firms with which it had
war contracts to discriminate in
employment and that effective
means of enforcing" non-discrim-
nation should be provided.
On December IA, the Council
wired the President asking him to
include an FEPC Executive Order
in his declaration on the national
emergency scheduled for two days
later. The order was not included.
Wilson Says He's willing
A conference with the Presi-
dent was requested on January
10 in response to which the White
House suggested that the commit
tee met with Charles f. Wilson,
Defense Mobilization Director. At
the meeting with Mr.. Wilson on
February 6 he asserted that he
would make a public statement
calling for the establishment by
executive order of an FEPC, pro-
vided President Truman had no
objection.
Meanwhile, on January Is, the
President. in his budget message
to Congress, repeated his request
for enactment Of the FEPC bill by
Congress. The following day the
President issued a memorandum
on National Manpower Mobilza-
ton Policy asserting that govern
ment controls would be used Ito
the extent needed" in obtaining
full use of women, handicapped
workers and minority groups"
And on February 2, the President
issued Executive Order 10210,
calling for non discrimination
clauses in all government con-
tracts.
FOR MERIIOR
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Rev. Martin L. Simmons,
pastor OF st. Peter A.M.E.
church. announced that church
services for st. Peter Sunday
win be held In the auditorium
Of Bryant Junior high school.
The address is Third Ave. at
3sth st. The public is invited.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-11
Truman Forces Sailing On
FEPC Says Walter White;
Cites Civil Rights Lays

New York, May SThe apparent collapse of all admins
traon efforts establish FEPC cited today by Walter
White executive secretary of the National Association for the
Advancement of COlOred People, indication of the ad
ministration tagging interest in the civil rights program
THE administrations failure to act despite repeated
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-11

Coming ~ uonel Hampton's
Calvacade Of Jazz In concert June
Is At Minneapolis Auditorium
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MRS. BEARINGS SIGHT
BETTER

After an operation in February
on one of her eyes at Mayo Clinic
at Rochester, Mrs. Matte Dear
ing, 1886 Clinton Ave, can see
much better. She is the wife of
Ernest bearing and active in the
Booker T. Washington Study Club.
Mother is the name for God on
the lips and in the hearts of little
children.-Thackeray.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-11

Louis Mason Jr., is a former
Twin Citian. He is the son of
Louis Mason Sr., 900 Bryant Ave
No, Minneapolis.
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juries.
Authorities of Ancker hospital
said Tuesday both men were rest
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A mother is q mother still,
The hottest thing alive
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o Justice consists in recognizing
the rights of others, the reciprocal,
mutual, equivalent rights Of other
nations, peoples and societies, the
rights of humanity. Might not the
little peoples be the ones who could
best work out the ideas Of inter-
national justice? An the great
peoples have more violent appe-
tites, and more passionate inter-
ests.--Amiels Journal
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-21
.2D.C,. Couples Held
On Narcotics CHARGES

Police narcotics bureau under
cover men trapped two couples
this week and charged them with
Ipeddling dope. it was revealed at
la commissioners hearing today.
Held under $1,000 bond by
United States Commissioner Cyril
is. Lawrence was Robert E. Poole,
|jr., %, colored. Of the HOO block
of Eighth street NV. Police said
their records show he has q pre-
vious arrest on a drug charge.
His wife, Mrs. Wilhelmina Poole,
~. was held under $4,000 bond.
Police said undercover men bought
heroin from Mrs. Poole last Mon
day and from her husband on
Tuesday.
Nabbed yesterday were Coolidge
Fl. Lowery, 81. colored. of the HOO
block of Ninth. street NV, and
Alice D. Lowery Frisby, 20, col
ored, of the same address. Police
identified the woman as Lowery's
common-law wife.
Narcotics bureau officials said
undercover men bought cocaine
from the couple yesterday. Each
was held under $4,000 bond. Com
missioner Lawrence set hearings
for the four at 10 am. July 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-21
Is D. {. and Virginia Men
Return From Korea War

The Navy transport William
Weigel is scheduled to dock in
San Francisco today with the larg-
est shipload of American troops
thus far returned from Korea.
Listed among the 1889 veterans
being sent home on leave and re-
assignment under the rotation plan
|are the following Is men from
the District and nearby Virginia:
Corpl. Lawrence E. Boyd, 1927
Twelfth street NV; Maj. Maurice
IL. Copeland, 44o Buchan street
INV: First 1t. Horace o. Estes,
I3345 Baker street NE; M/Sergt.
Andrew Kohal, SO Galveston place
IS.W.; Sergt. Louis E. Spruill, $40
Venable street NV; Sergt.
Michael E. Swain, 1920 sherwood
street Ne; Corpl. Paul D. Tay-
IMAM, 1884 Savannah terrace Sc.
Also Sergt. Thomas K. Wyn-
Ikoop, jr.. 300 Connecticut ave-
niue NV; Corpl. Arthur s. Car
ter, 1915 Prince street, Alexan-
dria; First 1t. Leroy H. Glunt,
Woodstock, Va: Corpl. Arnold p.
lGrinnon, jr., zoos Charles street,
Fredericksburg, Va; SIC Haakon
IRadge. 1900 Mount Vernon boule-
ward, Alexandria, and Sergt. Obel
j. Saunders. 304 Eigth street, VIM
ton, Va.