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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-07
BRIEF
NEWS
SCENE
High and Lowdown"
BY BAILEE THOMAS

Twin City Scene: People in
Minneapolis are talking about one
of the leading churches in Min
neapolis whose minister was
afraid to hire a brilliant Negro
girl as a receptionist, because of
what his 5000 well to do members
might think! Maybe he doesn't
know it but this column would bet
his 5000 parishioners are much
further ahead in their thinking
than he knows. When Christians
can't practice a little Brotherhood
in employment, what must we ex-
pect of the "unsaved" or the hea-
thens?
Politics: Negro workers in the
two political parties in the Twin
Cities are as scarce as the pro-
verbal hens teeth. There are
ward organizations of both parties
in each of the two towns wards.
Whatever their political party af-
filiations it is important that
members of the Negro community
affiliate on precinct or ward basis
in order to share in the political
life of. the state and community.
Setting up paper organizations
around elections right around
election time fools no one but the
promoters.
Real political action begins with
getting people interested enough
to register first and keeping the
issues alive enough to get them
to the polls on election day.
Independent voters often have
no place to go in affiliation, but
in both the DFL and the Republi-
can parties in Minnesota, there
are independents who are apt to
vote for the best candidate re-
CARELESS of party label.
william Carlson, representative
from st. PauPs 4lst district CO.
operative insurance man and tea
cher Is probable DFL candidate
for U. S. Senator. Carlson Is a real
liberal and interested in the people
as a whole He fought for FEPC
legislation in the state laWmaking
lower house.
St. Paul Negroes have the best
chance to elect one of their num-
Der to the legislature to one of the
two places in the 3Sth district now
held by Joseph Prifel, Jr., or An
thony CAD Podorgorsh. Prifel is
one of the leading liberals and
PodorgOrski is well liked. Both
are members of the lower house.
In 1850 Jimmy Griffin, the pop
ular police officer, former athlete
and active sports arbiter, was al
most elected over Podgorski If
he had little support from the
Negroes in st. Paul he would
have been elected.
The Negro community with its
special problems needs a member
of the legislature from the group
and sooner or later it will have
one or more Cities like Omaha,
and Milwaukee, with populations
close to ours have legislators.
Only one Negro has ever served
in our state lawmaIdng body. He
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-07
Morton MeQuery
Pullman Vet Dies
In His Sleep

Morton McQuerry, veteran Pull
man Company employee, 404s
Clinton Ave, Minneapolis. was
found dead in bed early Tuesday
morning, March 4.
He was discovered by his wife,
Isabel about 8 a. m. when she
noticed that he was not up at his
usual early hour. Physicians say
he died of a heart attack.
Mr. McQuerry had worked as a
sleeping car porter for the Pull
nan Company for 81 years. We
was SO years old and was born in
jefferson City. Mo. He came to
Minneapolis to make his home in
1918.
Survivors include his wife, two
sons, William of Minneapolis and
Morton Jr, of Los Angeles; seven
daughters, Edna Judy and Olethia
Shields of Minneapolis; Freda
Faison, Anoka, Mimi; Josephine
Dixon, Oklahoma City, Anna Belle
Simmons, Atlanta. Ga, Eunice
McQuerry, Chicago and Geraldine
McQuerry, Lincoln. Neb.
Another son, Gerald was report
ed missing in action in Korea
about Is months ago. When the
North Koreans issued a prisoner
of war list two months ago, his
name was on the list, but the
family has received no other word.
Mr.. McQuerry was a tireless
worker around his home. He spent
hours with his flowers and lawn
through the summer.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-07
TO PLAY TITLE ROLE

Miss Connee Chivers, 4O17 Gin
ton Ave, senior at the University
Of Minnesota, will play the part of
Antigore in the Greek tragedy,
"Antigore" by Sophocles. The APP
pearance viii be on radio station
KUoM at 4:30 Saturday. March
IS, in Radio Guild Playhouse,
University Of Minnesota
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-07
CaIIina All Queens

Calling all girls! How would
you like to sit on a throne and be
crowned a queen? Just enter the
Queens contest sponsored by the
Rector's Guild of st. Thomas
Church.
All persons or organizations
wishing to enter a contestant are
asked to contact the following
Mrs. Frank Connors, RE. 54l5;
Mrs. John Nellie Jr., 10. 1871;
Mrs. Frank Terry, 10. 207O; Mrs
Burie Carmichael, co. $500; and
Mrs Carrie Neal, 10. 7434.-advt
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morals squad.
The Jail records Of Hennepln
and Minneapolis jails showed
these persons held without
charge: Albert Dugan. 40, $40
Fourth Ave. So; Hobart S. Jones.
is, $40 Dupont Ave. No: Harri-
son Tanksley. "a, use Thirteenth
Ave. So; Bernice Gray. 20, 2S6
Thirteenth Ave. So; Joe Embry.
20. Chicago, H.; orrie Parks, IS,
TBS N. Bradford St.; Elmo Jones,
rs. 307 Washington Ave. So;
Jack Floyd, s75 Washington Ave.
So; Joe Coffman. 30, S0T Wash
ington Ave. So.
Ernest HObson, 81. sol WASH
lngton Ave. So, Ii reported 90 be
under arrest, but was not listed ON
the jail records.
Calvin Taylor, 81, s07 Washing
ton Ave. So, was arraigned be-
fore c. o. Lundquist, United
States commissioner, Monday,
March 3.
Taylor demanded a hearing on
charge OF possession and sale
of marihauana. The hearing was
set for today friday. March 7.
Two Of the suspects were ar
rested after narcotic agents pur-
chased marihuana cigarets at the
Flame Theatre cafe, 1928 Nicollet
Ave. and the Key Club, 1929
Washington Ave. So, A. d. Cas-
well, who was in charge OF the
federal side OF the combined raid
said.
Walling said that the raids
covered the town like a blanket"
and that 1t Is believed that two Of
the suspects fled east and the
third Is being sought in Minne-
apolis.
TAT Olson Highway. the site of
a restaurant operated by Carl X.
Boyd, before his arrest in january
as the alleged leader OF a drug
ring was where one Of the federal
suspects, a teen age boy, was ar
rested. The restaurant was sold
recently to satisfy income taxes
owed by Boyd to the federal gov
eminent.
Caswell also said that one more
Of the federal suspects was ar
rested on similar charge at the
same restaurant two years ago.
The marihuana ring apparently
started following rumors that
there was no Competition" in
this area because OF the recent ar
rests of narcotic ring suspects
who are now awaiting trial in
Minneapolis U. s. federal court,
officials stated.
The purchase OF the marihuana
cigaret was made at the Key Club
from a photographer who worked
on a commission, Caswell said.
The police picked up most of
their prisoners at the Golden
West hotel, 307 Washington Ave.
So, and the police were consider
ing placing a narcotics or morals
charge against them.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-07

A new ceremonial robe has been
prescribed for the speaker Of the
house Of the Gold Coast. In the
above picture, f. c. Quist, ODE,
is arrayed in his new attire for
the first time. He appeared as
above at the opening Of the bud
get session of the Gold Coast
legislative assembly.
Speaker Quist has spent years
as a Gold Coast official in various
capacities. In 1850 he attended the
opening of the new House Of Com
mons in London with other speak
ers Of the British Commonwealth.
amp
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-07
Frank Smith
Heads Frontiers

The Twin Cities chapter Of the
Frontiers of America held their
annual election of officers, Sathr-
day, March 1, at the Lowry Hotel
in st. Paul.
Elected president was Frank
Smith; vice president, Ransom
Coins; secretary Curtis c. Chi
vers and treasurer, Lafayette
Fields.
In addition to the officers, elect
ed to the executive board was :
Carl T. Rowan, Ashby Gaskins
and Cornelius Tucker.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-07
BOYS CLUB PUBLICATION
DELEGATES NUMBER TO
MEMORY OF o. G. HALL

The twelfth anniversary edi-
ton Of the Edgar B. Ober club for
Boys publication was dedicated TO
the late Orri c. Hall, st. Paul
civic and religious figure who was
dean of boys at the club.
A photo of Mr.. Hall is on the
cover page of the publication.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-07
Mrs. ArthUrene NoIen
Rites Are Held

Mrs. Arthurene Nolen, 81, 1905
Fifth st. So, died at her home
last Wednesday, Feb. 81.
Funeral services for Mrs. Nolen
were held at st. Paul's church of
God in Christ and Rev. Williams
officiated. Woodland Funeral Home
was in charge Of arrangements
and her remains were shipped to
Atmore, Ala, for burial.
Mrs. Nolen was survived by
large number of relatives and
friends.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-07

was J. Frank Wheaton Of Mime
apOlis who nominated himself at
the Republican county convention
and was elected to the legislature!
1t was Wheaton VINO aurhored
our state civil rights law. There
have been many white friends of
the Negroes honest aspirations
like S. A. Stockwell, Macbeth Hurd
Paige, Myrtle Cain, B. G. Novak,
Gerald Mullin and a few others
in the legislature but there is no
substitute for having some Ne
gro in one of the houses of the
state legislature.
II is worth recording that
Wheaton was elected by the white
voters of his district. There were
not over IS Negro voters residing
in the district from which he was
elected in the year 1898, serving in
the session of 1899.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-07

tees or special privileges could be
tolerated"
Editors Note: The element OF
time and space make IL necessary
to continue this account next
week In the March IL edition of
this paper.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-07


lege and race discrimination OF
1t is the opinion of some O
Golf Association that if the plan
goes through, it will be long step
towards solving the problem that
has prevented Negro amateur
golfers from competing in local.
state and national tournaments.
Clubs will not be allowed to oper-
ate on municipal courses if per-
sons are denied membership on
account of race
While this new plan will only
affect golfers from Minneapolis, it
is felt that it will only be a mat
ter of short time before other
cities follow Minneapolis in
breaking the bottleneck that pre-
vents Negroes from competing in
many city, state and national
sanctioned tournaments.
The recent tentative dropping Of
the color bar by the PGA only ap-
piled to professional golfers.
The action by the committee is
the result of a letter sent to the
park board by the Twin City Golf
association August 81, 1851, stat
ing that they were not able to get
recognized handicaps which are
necessary in order to compete in
sanctioned tournaments because
they were denied membership in
the five recognized clubs which
operate on municipal courses.
Membership has not been open to
Negro golfers.
The Twin City golf association
has also not been able to gain rec
ignition as a golf club because of
a rule of the State Golf associa-
ton which allows only one club to
be recognized at each golf course.
These five clubs, Columbia,
Gross, Hiawatha, Meadowbrook
and Wirth have been operating as
private clubs on municipal courses
for years.
During the hearings conducted
by the committee it was brought
out that these clubs have a total
membership of 655 and cromprise
less than 10 percent of the total
players using municipal courses
and have been getting special
privileges, such as starting times
and reservations.
In addition to the special priv
leges that the clubs have been
getting, it was learned that the
managers of these courses, who
are hired by the park board in
many instances were either Of
ficers in these clubs or held some
special position as program or
tournament director and that they
spent great deal of time working
with the golf clubs and from time
to time extended special favors to
these golf clubs.
Karl Raymond, director of play
grounds is quoted in the commit
tee as stating that these clubs
were discriminatory in their
membership. not only as regards
race, color and creed, but disCrim-
inatOry in that they prevented the
young. good golf player from
joining and thus from acquiring
an official handicap and partici-
patton in officially sanctioned
events"
The discrimination against the
young golfers is bad enough to
warrant changes under the pre-
sent set-up, because one of the
primary functions of the park
board Is to encourage more par
ticipation by youth in recreatiOnaI
and athletics" Edwin Haislet,
chairman of the recreation COM
mittee, said.
The committee report said that
it was very conscious that they
were dealing with a social prob
lem of the times; that as an cleo
ted body charged with the respon-
sibihties of operating public re-
creation facilities for all people
and that no discriminating prac-
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-07
Funeral Set For Friday

Funeral services have been an
nounced for Mr.. McQuerry for
Friday, March 7. at 2:30 p. m. at
the Neal Funeral chapel Rev. A.
L. Kirk of Glendale SDA church
will officiate.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-07
Park Board Committee
Votes New Rules To End
Golf Club Race Ban
BY ED BLACKWELL

The Fairgrounds and recreation committee of the Mime
apolis Board of Park Commissioners unanimously recommend
ed to the board Wednesday, March pa which, if adopted
by the park board will do away with both the special prv
lege and discrimination municipal golf courses"
It is the opinion of Of the members of the Twin
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-07
~ Arrested As Mill City
Police Hit Weed PeddIers

Tuesday night March g. IL persons arrested by
federal narcotic agents and the morals squad of the Mnneapo
lis Police department in the latest breakdown eliminate the
dope menace in the Twin Cities area.
Six of the suspects questioned by federal narcotic
agents and f. L. Pat Wang head of the Minneapolis Police
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-07
Wedding Anniversaries
St. Paul

March Mr.. and Mrs. James
Bradford, 1908 Carroll Ave, 1913;
Mr.. and Mrs. Ollie B. Thompson,
757 Fuller Ave, 1913.
Mach 11-Mr. and Mrs. c. H
Wooten, sos Carroll Ave, 1880.
Walter White WIN Speak In
Minneapolis On The Night OF
March 81.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-07

COotIe Williams and Dinah
Washington win not appear as
scheduled. Change In booking
dates responsible.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-07

A Preview To Spring Is a must
on everyone's list. VIII you be
thereH I'm be looking for you. The
Jolly 10 Club.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-07
HeuIth Chief

John c. Eason Jr.. is a man who
can find anything you want when
IL comes to health supplies. He
has served as u sanitarian and Of
ficer in charge of supplies for the
u. s. Public Health Mission In
Liberia since 1915. He is now
chief. program development Sec
ton, technical missions branch,
division of international health
in the P.s.P.H.S.-(ANP).
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-07
Minneapolis Urban League
Annual Meefina Mureh "a

Plans have about been complet-
ed for the 26th annual meeting Of
the Minneapolis Urban League
which is scheduled for Coffman
Memorial Union on the University
of Minnesota campus Monday
night, March "a, at $50 p. m.
Arthur Grady, Milwaukee in
dustrial leader will be the prin-
cipal speaker.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-07

Roller Skating at the Coliseum.
Thursday, March 90, 1852, 1880
1880 p. m. Club UnO-Score spOn-
sOrs. Adv. Tickets SOC.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-07
MIND YOUR MANNERS

Although a man may possess virtue,
talent and good conduct, he may neverthe-
less be disagreeable. There is a certain
fashion in manners, which is too often
neglected as of no consequence, but, which
frequently becomes the basis on which the
world will form favorable or unfavorable
opinion of you; and little attention to
render them engaging and polished, win
prevent others from entertaining propos-
sessions respecting you, which 80" may
operate greatly to your disadvantage
La Bruyere.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-07
FAsE WIN OURSELVES

That politeness which we put on. in
order to keep the assuming and the pre-
sumptuous at a proper distance, win gen.
orally succeed. But II sometimes happens
that these obtrusive characters are on
such excellent terms with themselves. that
they put down this very politeness to the
score of their own great merits and high
pretensions, meeting the coldness Of our
reserve with a ridiculous condescension OF
familiarity, in order to set US at ease with
ourselves.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-07

Only one Negro has ever served
in our state lawmaIing body. He
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-07

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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-06-28
The Negro: Silent Crisis
In The Near East

The Importance of the Colored People of the world
with respect to the future or the United States is sub
ject the Importance of which has long occupied the
thoughts of of the best informed and most abled
American citizens.
The Importance of the subject is again seen in an
editorial in the current issue of Life Magazine under the
caption Silent Crisis In The Near East by Colonel Will
liam A. Eddy formerly United States Minister to Saudi
Arabia, educator business cOnsuant and lifelong stu
dent of Arab affairs pointed out by Life Magazine
The full significance of Colonel Eddys remarks
to be sumed up in the concluding paragraph
in which he says, quote:
"In the Near East itself the public-relaions task of
Americans is at the grassroots level But this effort
matter how wisely DEVISED will fall to the ground if it
conradiced by the overall policy of the u S. govern
ment and the American public at home Our goodwill
ambassadors official and private only buy little
time, here and there.
Whether Americans like it or not, they have the
responsibility for the issue in the Near East They eth
back make the policies of the United Kingdom and
France. They alone have the wealth and the military
might to keep the Near East out of the hands of Rus
STA The responsibility may be repugnant but it cannot
be shifted to other shoulders
Mississippi and Mssissippians particularly those in
the positions and places of power and authority have the
responsibility with all other Americans in the public
relations task at the grassroo level pointed out by
Colonel Eddy Indeed Mississippi and Missssippians be-
of its long existence by racial attitudes have the
opportunity to do far better and significant job
in this respect than any other people in the United
States job that can be done effectively by eliminating
such glarng examples of raciasm indicated in such
instances that of requiring Negro Medical students
seeking to become doctors MISSISSIPPI to freight
elevator in going to and from the place of the eXamna
ton being held in local hotel, reported here this
week The elimination of the possibility of such incidents
will clear the conscience and mind of MsssSppans and
will enable them to do the grassroots level job of public
relations that will than anything else to lead
not only the people of the Near East but the people of
the entire coored world into the pro-Amercan camp
without prior of prompt and effective mill
tary aid and would be real step toward true and last
ing world peace
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-06-28
Open The Medical Schoo! To All
(From The Birmingham World)

resolution adopted at the recent convention of
the Alabama State Medical Association puts the Negro
doctors record as teaming up with the National AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement of Coored People in eff
forts to win admission of Negro students to the Alabama
Medical College, In opinion this is both sound and
desirable action Ban of Negro students in the tax-sup
ported medical college serves bar to Negro doctors
in other respects.
AS gesture of goodwill and right-acton the
thorties of the University of Alabama should take the
leadership in removing the barriers against qualified
Negro Students Such action would be preferable to legal
action, which is to come day. unless the Uni
versity authorities move fast.
The State of Arkansas opened the doors of it's med
cal school without the threat of court action Last
Sunday, June 15 The Birmingham News published the
picture of Mrs Edith Irby JONES' first Negro medical
student to be graduated from this alWhite Uni
versty of Arkansas Medical School, Arkansas is South
ern State but enlightened one Alabama could be
lightened too
Georgia. Alabama, Mississippi, Florida South Caro-
lima and Tennessee are the only Southern states now
standing in opposition of opening the doors of the tax
payers professional schools to applicants the basis of
qualifications and merit But these six states cannot long
hold off the overdue admission of Negro students.
Alabama Negro doctors also passed resolution to
continue their efforts to obtain membership in the Ala
bama Medical Association, the official spokesman for
things medical in Alabama. doctor who is not
Der of the Alabama Medical Association is hamstrung in
number of He be held out of practice in hosp
tas barred from membership in the American Medical
Association and deprived of the various other benefits
The power to deny membership is used the of
Withholding privileges to which Negro doctors just
ly entitled.
In Georgia, the organized white doctors have vot-
ed to grant resrckened membership to Negro doctors
Florida has lowered it's racial bars Alabama white doc
growing by white doctors of the problems of
their fellow Negro doctors and their obligations
bers of the same profession to help them Medical doc
tors men of science and such, should take the
scientific view of the question.
Negro doctors are seeking only what is fair and
right IN their demands They are seeking to be in bet
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-06-28
SWEEP MAN WAY OUT OF
GODS HOUSE IT
JESUS WAY

Don't try to make me believe no
wrongs
When | can't see your rights
Hollering a man in Gods House
And the church in a hell of fight.
A spiritual fight in a fight to save
But coward fight not so we'll
The coward fight is the devils
fight
And that makes me say it's hell.
What it takes to save men souls
It's the love Of God and its free
It saved Daniel in the Ions den
And that's the love the saved me.
Gods love is power of salvation
It's the saving power Of all men
Jesus tells us to love one another
That's the foundation of love to
begin.
Our world need to be converted
And Gods House needs a sweeping
out
Unqualified men leading the people
to hell
And our qualified men walking
about.
You have allowed the devils people
| say
To take over Gods House as we'll
Fighting for the ruling power to-
day
And filling Gods House full of
hell.
Jesus suffered and died on the
cross
To save this world full of sin
All who would believe on him
Would inherit God't heaven, women
and men.
Jesus left this world in the hands
of man
Yet He said to Peter upon this
rock III build my church
And the gates of hell shall not pre-
vail
Yet man is claiming Jesus Church
and that his hurt.
Man can own Gods land all of the
world
But Jesus said Upon this Rock I'll
build my Church as we'll
No man can own the House Of God
Because He mentioned the gates of
hell.
Man is just about to destroy Gods
House
Trying to let mans way be right
Jesus said | am the way, Truth
and the Light
So mans ways are just a church
fight.
BY Rev. John R. Perkins
2611 Lilly Street
Jackson, Mississippi