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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-11-28

Tv radio since every time he opens his mouth the
Courier loses circulation because most American Negroes
do not trust WV
And all of this malakey about what Josephine Baker
about country in Argentina any other country hurts
American relations INDUCED in by Robert Ruark and
other writers is just much hog-wash.
This school of thought sc) which pontificay suggests
that what Paul Robson Josephine Baker any other
nent Negro does says with which the majority doesn't
pso facto harms the position Of the Negro is completely I'M
realistic If this all of the fine things American Ne
goes have contributed to the life of this country should of by
this time gained " class citizenship for them in every state
in the union.
When white people begin judging themselves penazng
themselves by the and mistakes Of their most
spcous people then maybe will subscribe to the theory
that what Paul Robson in favor of his beloved Reds in
way supposed to affect the majOrty attitude toward
the Negro American.
just among the majority group-there single in
dvdual group Of individuals among Negroes sufficiently
anoined with power that they speak for whole people
That type of thinking should have gone out when white
America tried with to penaze its American Ne
brothers because Jack Johnson married Caucasian Time
proved how silly and unfair that attitude was but every
and then the same thinking crops up again.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-11-28
Still Worse Off

There is tendency among even we-meanng tolks, 70
overemphasz the progress towards full citizenship beng
made by the American Negroes Quite often the optimism is
based on wshfu thinking lazy thinking upon the part of
those express The United States has most certainly made
tremendous strides in resolving the overt msreatment OF
Is million Negroes but it still has long to and we
should not be so prone overestmae the extent OF the
changes which have most certainly taken place.
Last week report of u s. Labor committee sub
committee clearly pointed up that from economic opportun
iy and social standpoint the American Negro is still much
worse off than his white countrymen
Some interesting comparisons given in Associated
Negro Press front page story printed in this issue OF this paper
between the employment income education occupational
changes death and life expectancy between American
whites and Negroes
In Of the comparisons the figures alone do not tell
the complete oyor the national rather than the regional
picture For example, the national
Of the Negro family given at 81 per cent Of
that the average white person This kept down by
the type and pay jobs south where the lack of labor
unions collective bargaining keeps down In Mime
sofa the average of the Negro far above that given
by the national and for the worker it
arms almost with that Of the white worker.
The entire picture not gloomy but the facts col
cted do justify the compacency of those who think
are making progress fast
This nation has long pull to equalize the opportun
M for all of its citizens This newspaper does not question that
the changes the progress being daily accelerated but it
has noticed dangerous compacency among northern Negroes
and great many white friends Of the Negro citizen who for
get gains which have been made have had and still
have tremendous opposition and by approach the
full equality which Constitution guarantees each of
citizens.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-11-28
Toothless FEPC Feeble Gesture

month more before the legislature it
appears there strong chance that the majority in the
Minnesota awmang body is favorable to the passage of
FEPC This good but there also the that
Of those avong passage favor FEPC law without enforce
ment powers. That is bad.
If supporters of FEPC including former Gov Luther
Youngdahl had wanted toohless Minnesota FEPC without
enforcement powers could have been passed in either Of
previous sessions Youngda and the leadership which he raj
lied to the proposed law knew that FEPC without type
Of enforcement powers authority would not be worth the
paper upon which it engrossed
That FEPC be really useful and effective must have
teeth pinponted Monday when report by Princeton
University professor Monroe Berger submitted report the
Senate Labor committee the activities of the states and
cities having FEPC laws.
Berger said that the having with enforcement
provisions have healthy decrease in job discrimination
but that he two states that had statues without teth did
not present data showing equal degree Of success
Minnesota business and its labor unions will have nothing
to fear from law with enforcement powers 1t is than
that any law designed inequalities is worth
little unless there provisions in for enforcement
FEPC law in any state without enforcement powers is
just feeble gesture which has in it considerable amount OF
political hypocrisy
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-11-28

partner at the speakers Villa banquet Sunday
past opned what makes America great He was speaking
of two Judges district court Judge and municipal
Washburn graciousy participating in f
which had the grownups and kids
up uproarious laughter.
table said that in country that he knows Oh
would ur enough public affair help entertain
could be done without loss
dignity the judges whom the people elect What he
at the of the
admiration and respect in their which said Geo.
you swell people"
america important people who
humby the everydays of Hfehan it has
mighty gentleman seated
beside said, that's what makes America great"
For several years we've enough remscing
little but the old days TO talk
perhaps fast falling into the habit of reminding
unwary listener about times past
Of big Thanksgiving dinners. There
average family had two big meals when
everybody their hearts content
Thanksgiving and Christmas with all
stops pulled the former day
family 1888 but either
especially Thanksgiving member
of the family extra raons Even the prisoners in the town
gaol usually got turkey trimmings Thanksgiving
We however that the American citizen is becom-
throughout each of the that he longer
appreciates largesse groanng Thanksgiving table.
Pilgrim originated the Thanksgiving observance
the Toasted the
joined thanks the Power High Modern Ameri
the feeling that the CASTRO
nomic antcipatons of Thanksgiving
which not be typical but is close to that Of
people turkey all through the various hotels
meetings usually well prepared bird
dressing other usually tasty
eating turkey twice month the
Turkey bird OF
hotels matter how well paid the chefs seldom duplicate the
of the bird which baked in MONS that Of
Nissus.
We started off to write
sentiment the
Thanksgiving Day just
an old fuddy-duddy living in the past?-CEN
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-11-28
NEWSPAPERS IGNORE REAL REASON
FOR TROUBLE IN KENYA AFRICA

thirty-six pounds per annum. The
Europeans, on the other hand,
showed a totally different picture.
About S3 per cent earned 900
pounds or under and so percent
earned between 600 and 1900
pounds per year.
Then take the matter of the dis
tribution of the territory's in
come. The Africans constituted
97,1 per cent OF the total popula-
ton. They, however. received only
44.2 per cent Of the total income.
The non-Africans, on the other
hand, constituted 20 per cent Of
the population and got 45.s per
cent of the total income.
When you compare the incomes
Of the average African and the
average non-African the results
are just as distressing. In 1949,
the average African got 6 pounds
to the non-African's 210 pounds.
This is the economic picture. II
one compares the ALLEGATION of
money for education( public SER
vice and health, the same discrim-
inatory policy is obvious. In other
words, the Africans of Kenya feel
that the English settlers have
taken over their country, relegat-
ed them to the bottom of the So
cial, economic and political heap,
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-11-28

been imputed to him. He was glad,
he said, that he has such good
friends as Cardinal Spellman and
Bernard Baruch to come to his
defense. He did not suggest that
we look at his own past record in
dealing with minority questions.
He called on two rich and power
full representatives of minority
groups to vouch for him.
The Generals response is more
disturbing than the accusation.
Cardinal Spellman and Bernard
Baruch move in a very rarefiable
atmosphere, with whose subtleties
millions of Catholics and millions
of Jews cannot identify in any
way.
Cardinal Spellman is a symbol
of the Catholic church, but Ber-
nard Baruch is not any kind of
symbol at all Of the problems
connected with being Jewish in
America or of being Jewish out
side of America and trying to get
in. He may even have found the
Generals reference to him embar-
RAISING.
This ought to have for us a
familiar ring. We have heard
countless bigots after uttering in
Vulnerable racial boners protest
that some of their best friends are
Negroes or Jews or whoever the
scapegoats of the uneasy moment
might have been.
The boners are followed by
quick reminder to us of how the
speaker cherished and obeyed his
dear old colored nanny or of
how long he dealt at the corner
store.
Lester Granger and Walter
White undoubtedly can tell of
many a corporation president
who believes his sins have been
expiated in the acquisition of the
privilege of calling these organi-
rational leaders Lester" and
Walter"
There is something very I'M
healthy in the thinking Of a man,
who, under stress, remembers i'm
mediately the religious or racial
Identification of a friend and does
not hesitate to call to worlds at
tention the the friends difference
from himself.
And to save his own skin, too.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-11-28

The officer of the Presidency
carries tremendous authority -
moral, social and political an
authority wnicn IS not defined by
constitutional limits.
Thus, there are people who say
that Mr.. Truman has done more
to advance civil rights than any
President since Lincoln. And there
are others who say he has done
nothing but talk, and demand that
the specific gains in civil rights
of the Truman Administration be
pointed out. But, of course, it is
Mr.. Truman's very talk, added to
ours, that has helped to raise the
question of the status and goals
of minority people to the level of
national and international discus
sion.
Since a Presidents talk is a
weighty matter, there is no deny
ing that Mr.. Truman has altered
the climate in which minority
problems are discussed and thus
has advanced UNNECESSARILY the
idea that racial progress is a
public acceptable and universally
shared objective.
We need to know what kind of
thinking General Eisenhower las
our next President) does, or to
say is more truly, whether he does
racial thinking.
There is nothing to suggest,
first of all, that he gives much
thought at all to minority ques-
tons. The implications of the Nc
Carran Acts quotas on West In
dams and South Europeans and
displaced persons probably had
never reached him. In the process
of his campaign, which for him
must have been very educational,
the General has stepped into
many a hole like the bumbling
business of the endorsement of the
McCarran Act sponsors.
If you like your candidates I'M
tutored on domestic issues, such
performances may seem to be
very refreshing. But, however
you like them, naive or knowing,
you should be interested in their
reaction under the fire of a chal-
lenge.
General Eisenhower was very
angry that racial or religious dis
elimination or anti-Semitism had
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-11-28

have isolated them from the main
stream of the life of the area,
dominated them politically and
have made no real effort to intro
duce them into Western European
life.
Apparently, now the Kenyans,
in desperation, are striking out
blindly against their oppressors.
Whether the Mau Mau Society
and its program OF terror is a
good or a bad political weapon
remains to be seen. But any time
that people are hopelessly OPP
pressed and find no other means
Of expressing their dissatisfaction
they will resort to violence. This
is a political truth which the
British should by now, know full
well.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-11-28
BY HORACE CAYToN
In The Courier

Bloody riots have broken out in
Kenya, an East African territory
held by the United Kingdom.
The secret Mau Mau Society
has struck out against the white
settlers themselves. At this writ
ing at least forty-three persons
have been killed and a number of
buildings, including the Nyeri
Polo Club, where Queen Elizabeth
II watched the Duke Of Edinburgh
play earlier this year, have been
burned to the ground.
Martial law has been declared,
British troops have been flown in
from the Middle East and a
cruiser has been dispatched to
put down the movement which is
supposed to include 100000 men,
bers OF the Kikuyu tribe.
Newspaper accounts have failed
to state the reason for the upris-
ing, although some papers have
advanced a number of specula-
lions. In the first place 1t Is
agreed that II is not a Commu-
mist movement. This is something,
as too often the colonial countries
have called and sort Of dissatis-
faction on the part Of native peo-
pies as being Communist inspired.
Among the reasons given in the
newspapers are the following:
They (the disorders) stem from
the Illustrations of a savage peo-
pie neither mentally nor econom-
ically able to adjust itself to the
swift pace Of civilization. Men
whose sole aim in life was to be
warriors, going on forays into
other tribal territories, or defend
ing their own against attacks
from their neighbors, feel cheated
Of their normal role in tribal life"
There may be something to the
argument that the African popu-
lation of Kenya has had a hard
time adjusting to some aspects Of
European life. Certainly, people
with totally different ways Of life
would find some difficulty in con-
forming to an absolutely different
culture.
However. this newspaper ac-
count, and all others that I have
seen, ignores one important phase
Of the question. What they have
ignored is the fact that there has
been no real effort on the part Of
the British settlers to include the
Africans into the fabric OF the
new culture which has been
brought into the area.
Let US look for a moment on
the economic structure OF the ter
ritory. An examination of reports
on Kenya show evidence Of the
frightnul advantage which is be-
ing taken of the African popula-
ton.
The wages Of African males on
monthly contract, for example,
show that nearly rs per cent Of
those gainfully employed, except
In agriculture. earned less than
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-11-28
Letters To The Editor

Editor visit the Cspus Attacks the aged the first
Sunday month quite amazing
how well the home maintained the the
residents.
ladies charge making the aged
happy wonderful the residents happy
Now the Thanksgiving here and time member
cards The Thanksgiving offering goes
Cspus Attacks home and $OO membership cards
However it would be fitting would give two
instead dollar better place
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-11-28
WHAT TOMORROW SAYS
BY william Henry Huff

BY william Henry Huff
Tomorrow says:
I cannot use you
Unless you are prepared.
Because
That is the future order
Preparedness is the word!
Tomorrow asks:
Shall I reduce you
Against you will and mine
To that unholy serfdom
Ordained for unprepared?
Tomorrow cries
Upon the housetop:
Prepare! Commence today
To fortify your future castle!
Prepare! She says, prepare
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-11-28
A PRESIDENT CAN DO
MUCH ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS
By MARJORIE MCKENZIE

No matter what either party says about civil rights
and must the intentions of both by other gauges by
their general feeling for people by their history and perform
and by the who hold the leadership positions
, 1952-09-10
AVIcA Release
AVICA MEMBERS WANT OPINION OF
HOME FOLKS ON ACTIVITIES

H.R. 1898 came from New
York whose presence in the.
islands was regarded as inter-
ference by the people Of the
islands.
Continuing, the editorial in
its latest attempt to stir up
animosity between natives on
the mainland and those in the
homeland reads: "This simple
incident is important to US be
cause it shows how the Home
feels about the Totten group.
AS long as he is opposed to a
given thing we are most likely
to be saddled with it than if
he is in favor. Thus it seems.
that Congressman are of the
opinion that whatever Totten.
opposes is good for the island
(singular) and what he favors
is bad"
Brief summation: The edito-.
rial closed ironically with this
while the Senate is usually
more reserved In its decision
than the House the Virgin Is
lands should be more careful
that Congress does not develop
an attitude that what the New
York group opposes is good
for US and what they support
is bad
The American Virgin Is
lands Civic Association cannot
disregard the seriousness Of a
situation rapidly developing
as a result Of the unfriendly
malicious and pusillanimous
attitude Of the Editor of the
Daily News toward mainland
natives who manifest an inter
est ii the future welfare of the
islands that gave them birth.
HI determination to use his
paper as a medium to ALLEVIATE
, 1952-09-10
American Virgin Islands
Civic Association
Suite 3O1 217 West I25th st.
New York 81, N. Y.
Dear Native Friends:
GREETINGS
Dear Native Friends:


The American Virgin Is
lands Civic Association, Inc,
invites your attention to an
editorial appearing in t b e
Daily News of st. Thomas,
June Both Of this year under
the Caption
DEVELOPMENTS part of
which reads as follows: "On
June is a noteworthy develop
ment took place in the House
Of Representatives, the impor-
lance Of which the people of
the Virgin Islands should not
miss"
This is followed by an ex-
PLANTATION about an incident
which took place when the re-
vised Organic Act, Bill H.R.
1898 came up for consent ac-
ton and closed that paragraph
with Congressman Cunning
ham reserving the right to OBJ
ject, questioned if the Bill was
being furthered at the request
of the legislative body Of the
Virgin Islands"
Right here the purpose Of
the editorial is intended to
show that mainland Virgin Is
landers represented in the
American Virgin Islands Civic
Association are opposing the
passage of the revised Organic
Act, Bill H.R. 1898 while the
Legislative Assembly and all
native inhabitants want it.
Reference is also made to
Congressman Miller who ac-
eording to the editorial said
that the dissenters to the Bill
, 1952-09-10

place calleQ harlem. Every at
tempt to grope in the dark in
search of some invective with
which to hurl at mainland natives
has been made. No wonder such
an evil, black hearted individual
has never visited New York, or he
would soon discover that the peo-
ple-he derides in Harlem are pay
ing taxes on property amounting
to nearly one billion dollars.
The American Virgin Islands
Civic Association need not emu
merate the many accomplish
ments listed in its files since 1881.
Suffice to say that it is fully pre-
pared to show that it has served
the people who reside in the is
lands and on the mainland unset
ishly and without reward or hope
of any reward. In the struggle for
economic and civic betterment &
remedial legislation, it has done
its share. It stands for unity and
oneness OF mankind. Credit
though denied is a matter of re-
cord. It apologies to no one for
its existence. It enjoys the admit
ration and respect of the leading
civic and political organizations
and of the most outstanding citi-
zens of this nation. It is not de-
pendent on the native inhabitants.
If its interest in them and in the
islands is to be repaid with abuse
by the Editor of the Daily News
and a native lackadaisical attitude
which suggests public approval,
the American Virgin Islands Civic
Association can be forced to limit
its activities to mainland natives
only.
Before doing so however, it is
vitality important that a cross sec
ton of opinion b e received
through the various civic, politi-
cal, labor and fraternaI organiza-
tons and the Press in the islands.
It is imperative that before
mainland natives register for ac-
tive participation in the coming
national political campaign, that
ace those who reside in the is
lands have no vote on the main-
and and since those who live here
may vote in city, state and nation
al elections, that your organiza-
ton notify this association by
letter whether or not you endorse
and support the Editorial beha-
vior of the Daily News in relation
to mainland Virgin Islanders.
When people are divided they
+ easily conquered or anni-
hi1ated.
If a cross section of opinion
through organizations in the is
lands reveals that the people
themselves are influenced by the
editor Of the Daily News of ST.
Thomas, that interest manifested
in the islands is unwanted, UNI
appreciated a n d resented as
, 1952-09-10

mainland natives whose very
parents (mothers and fathers
alike) were born there by re-
sorting to mischievous lies, in
nuendos and sinister attacks
bears proof that repatriation
if and when attempted is
bound to fail since fear, the
mother of Ignorance has over,
taken this so-called leader Of
thought.
1t can be proved by the Virgin
Islands Legislative Assembly it
self that mainland Virgin Island
ers were requested to participate
and give aid in the fight for the
passage of a revised Organic Act.
A committee of island legisla-
tors viz: Omar Brown, Chairman,
Earl Ottley, Cyprian A. Caroline,
Herbert Haywood, Walter Hodge
and a Secretary came here to
New York and sat in conference
with the representatives of main
land organizations on the pro-
posed Organic Act which we were
informed was Incorporated in a
Peoples Bill"
The mainland leaders journeyed
to Washington with t h e island
legislators and sat informally with
members of the House Insular
Affairs Committee to discuss the
said Organic Act.
Subsequently, mainland leaders
were invited to attend hearings in
the islands last January and as
such they were the guests of the
islands and their people, re-
presented by the Virgin Islands
Legislative Assembly.
While visiting the islands main
land natives sensed intrigue and
trickery upon which certain So
called leaders Of the people hope
to improve their economic we'll
being. They requested that they
be not accused of interference
with any insular problems in re-
Iation to the proposed Organic Act
and were told and given a letter
to the effect that they were ex-
pected to give full participation to
every phase of the Act in the in
terest of the people of the islands.
When the mysterious ruling
that the mainland delegates would
not be permitted to testify was
broadcast, a ruling which the
Editor among others is suspected
of having brought about by sinis-
ter motives, they the mainland
delegates) were left alone to suf-
fer the embarrassment.
Your attention is also invited to
numerous nasty attacks made
upon unoffending mainland Vir-
gin. Islanders, countless numbers
of whom are hard working people
wholly unknown to the Editor Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-19
By LiIIion Arthur

Next weeks parties centeree
around the opening of the Poto.
mac Hunt Club season and the
cocktail parties preceding the frs
of the Bethesda subscription
dances of the coming winter NEAR
Bethesda's social season is really
getting under way.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel E. Bogley
will be hosts at hunt breakfast
on the day of the hunt. There
will be 100 or more guests present
The hunt starts from the Ray.
mond Norton farm and Mr. anC
Mrs. Norton will have asked some
of the members of the hunt tc
stop in for a stirrup cup before
the hunt begins.
The parties before the dance
which will be held in the Woman's
Club of Bethesda, will really be
little get-together parties of small
groups who meet to go together
to the dance.
One group will meet at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Morton B.
Kammerer and plans for several
more parties are being arranged
to take place before the main
event of the evening. And then
some time within the next few
weeks there will be parties for