St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-08-10

person called me lew me
writing here New York I'd
- never betrayed a confidence put in Just TO get
exclusive scoop.
Two top members Of the Amos n Andy" east
~ had repeatedly been involved incident Chi
cago warrant Monday morning hudd
agency handling the thing
will be general knowledge by print it
much the better
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Last Thursday night meeting o-Ordnating
Council Skyline atop
the bar the Amos n Andy playing to packed
amid
son no with Voice of Amerca) and alternately watched the
people watching
survey Norfolk Guide
INorok va one of the Big -Four of Negro journalism The
survey that approximately
Negroes poled the Norfolk thought Amos
Andy good ENTERTAINMENT.
to the Skyline where the meet
Lester Walton former minister of Liberia
chaed stss "Anna
"PnyD ONeal Campbell RAINS
band comedian Wiltshire the executive committee
Many interesting things Coincidence Nioms
boat ride and was whSked INTO acoh oy chairman walton MONS
speech examng win folks stop all this
bs? If she'd been onsage she
brought VIII youal stop this
damn fooishness and let us get some jobs"
Negro performers carry weight
race relations on their shoulders He meant that just Negro
relations people have make
CessOns and to gain their ends do performers
you the individuals
squawkng the Oudest don't have the notion of
going behind the of the business know show
the neither tempementay emouonay
the role of sacrificing lambs the Most of
selfcenered praise naey Those
politics relations made
much asco the endaor There always exceptions
Douglas Fairbanks Gahagn
Douglas Montgomery Paul Robeson
logical wanderngs entirely
Lena Hornes venture was flop and think she's be the first
admit it.
words brought performers
show first and that holds Negro and white
alike.
The fight to get better Negroes stage
radio teevsOn behind the with
dozen srmishes day the other The Negro
former himself In certain Is stumbling block give
you producers
practically BEGGED Negro eye
rolling the teeth showing the races leading cOmedi
the director of Hollywood distraction
although the called dlgned matrOny house
keeper kept giving interpretation
finally convinced appreciate her efforts
make fool of herself and she settled to business
performers become
Tom Interpretation it's going to take lot of doing to win them
away from it. In cases where younger and more militant performers
and do the Uncle Tom Interpretation have
handled the role the they fit they have usually done with
out opposition.
As m a matter o Interpretation.
matter of reading the lines make role Tom
type merely by rolling his reading "Yas subj In
stead Of Eyes, SIR
producers up against Negro performers
they can't read at all and bluff through the thing really gets
complicated
It's fact I'm sorry to say that many of the older
approach
producers
reluctance to risk their banros faces and
inexperienced in the knowhow of the business
have deal of understanding sympathy for show
people l long talk
their language. their disappointments.
We always dealing with the human quoent in life.
hope become big britches that
forget people are human beings after all
unhappy experience landlady beating my
door with broom at the morning to remind me the
overdue listened growing of
when walked past hot-dog the price
hot-dog- nicke those
wouldn't give livelihood
for Especially eating three day pulling
down a nice paycheck.
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