Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-14


because they're lofty minded
because the idea they're million dollars Of
price They
rfaa ~, M ACp -, - '.S n.t,n" ~ r.u,,.s
Bankhead Havoc, Celeste
swept on stage CARRIED In a mum
ber rected by stephen Vincent Bnct which certainly
couldn't with the American
Activities ComnIttc then oraEe She called the aud
IenCc "dahhnES"
wr4gged stage white EnttenE thing jig
follow
Celeste Holm little brave She brcahessy
tered several lines about then asked the
audience to illuminate match lighter when
word for the lights to be turned The effect thousands
points of hight in dakened Madison Square Garden of
the beautifully effective this has
The item that almost put double ~hammy on
ming was u fund raising pitch by Franklin WIIams NAACP
regional director the West Who
the brnefit stopped Williams
n detailed O
much detailed
Of show II would have nd into civil rights raising
rally. hardly might Of stars
Following the mOnoIoGue Williams
dollar. Mr. David DubD.Gy'. Carmen, worIer. UrD a ,h
first 10 through with pledge.
The pitch out we'll Mr. WI
hams went down the line When contribution
dollars turned while he higher
tsctessy get
twenty-five buck category later.
painfully " Il friends Of
another minority group figure
contributions wouldn't have off with laundering
wave dollar bills In the air. the
gals collecting the loot got busy
thought gtmmick Of ccncrng his
attention on the audience members in the boxes who he IMPLIED
could afford to kick they sitting n
Williams asking funds the Grovcand
Fund and the fund To aid in tracking down the boh IN
the Harry Moore think the pitch
NAACP little might
gcndered the lower" financial ranks.
Well by Mr.. ". finally got off stage. was
InbIng and ErIHbing members the audience
had come to entertainment II fortunate" that r'sIonS
madcRP Allen
affair up off the floor and shifted II into high gear
Not Allen cover VIII to
White folk" singer Of ability quite frankly
given song he sing only day before tho
most unharmonious and ineffective
usually competent sang directly from the score nmbd
ofkeyed until question only Of
ing the but not caring to know The
loosely written about the Harry Moor bombing At
Gary narrator came In and drowned out or
at least picked bored fAtering
with his baritone
During had br+n h.o drama
tic sketches based the Moore
aggregation and Dixie intimidation Negro
the narration.
attempt preaching with entertainment, has
never worked out too we'll and think the
cult tasks In the world wtrT producer
type q % be ksd to IuEEIr the Job
The fact that u dSRe with lapae that
ourr"d last Thursday night soT~hnE tribute
charge NAACP show could have bs.n worse
At midnight when left tn" Garden tn" pro
exits probably all OF whom had 10 20 to work In tn"
did Among them saw Ivy Madden Speed Mr. Andy
hes tn" former bandesher Tommy Watkins
editor The subway platform 5Oth
ward bound Haremtes Believe there gripping
heard
rhe NAACP Job past years BraRche.
have nuddIr
bTained NegrOea waited along with
Owl hgha freedom pe.ch frerdom every
other Kind % dom has b~n tos~d
booted out the WindoW-an In the Of NAACP.
hope that next the HAACP q fun turn
of the wheel 10 the
pack MadiSn Square Garden
dal necessity Or belAbOring . point
The NAACP has been the leading night
civil rights in this country nhitra,sd
used distorted proves impoan the
Negro In America