St. Paul recorder., 1953-11-13
BRIEF
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SCENE
High and Lowdown"
BY BAILEE THOMAS

Sy bAll-rE IhOMAS
The GOPoliticians may be try
ing to make like former Presi-
dent Truman is Communist
agent or sympathizer but the
American Communist party es-
pecially its convicted leaders are
hardly in agreement with them
on that score.
Were the Democrats so naive
as to believe the COP was go
ing to lay down and die after
the decisive defeats In the East
last week?
Herbert Brownell, Dewey and
the N. Y. Republicans have been
taking a political beating on the
New York race track-Joe Fay
convict labor boss developments.
Proof that the Republican high
command Is scared to death is
that Brownell has taken the play
away from Mccarthy on the
Red" issue.
At least two Of the figures in
the Truman-C Communist case,
Harry Dexter White and Supreme
Court Justice Fred vinson are
dead. Dead men tell no tales
neither can they defend them
selves!
Mlnneapolitans want more
and better municipal police and
fire protection--but not enough
to want to pay for It.
In contrast, st. Paul needed
and wanted improvements, school
buildings and other things needed
to keep a metropolitan city grow
ing. Such things cost money and
st. Paul citizens knew this. but
voted for 1t just the same.
The Minneapolis Mayors Coun-
Gil was all set Monday to honor
Judge Edward Waite with a pre-
sentation. II was to be a surprise.
The busy judge had another COM
mittment with the Legal Aid Of
the Council of Social agencies.
The council couldn't tell him
what was up or 1t wouldn't have
been a surprise. Outcome: The
good judge. fighter for right, and
friend of humanity got tied up
at the other meeting and could
not attend the Mayors Council
meeting. The biggest turnout of
council members for a long time
was disappointed. Rev. Diasuke
Kitagawa, council chairman viii
probably make the presentation in
Judge Waite's office.
Rev. Denxil Carly, the active
rector Of st. Phillips Episcopal
church Is much in demand for
speaking engagements thruout
Minnesota. The St. Paul Coun-
ell on Human Relations scored
a buIIs-eye when II secured DIR.
Ralph Bunche for Its annual
meeting on Jan Is.
INSIDE CHICAGO: Most OF
the women rioters against Ne
gro-American occupancy Of
government-built Trum bull
Homes public housing In Chi
cago were Of Polish and Slovak
extraction. AND most of them
did not i've In Chicago. but
across the state line in Indiana,
Last weeks LIFE Magazine
had a pictorial story Of the Trum-
bull Homes disturbance. showing
some of the Negro families who
had moved In and the changing OF
the police guard which keeps 300
Chicago blue-coats on duty around
the clock. What a pretty picture
this makes for the Red propagan-
dists who scoff at our Republic.
Some way should be found 10
make the sports pages balfyhoo to
make All-Americans out of star
college performers more subtle.
The average sports page devotee
is getting 30 he turns up his nose
at the superlatives used TO des-
cribe the grid cavortfng current
candidate for All-American In
the immediate vicinity.
In each college town the papers
for 100 mics get on the bandwag-
one Of an outstanding player and
don't get off until the last All
American team has been picked.
II gets 30 that almost every para
graph Of a football game story
has either the fun name, the
nickname or the initials Of the
favored player in II.
What happens is that the public.
which is quick to spot an out
standing player gets so much
printers ink thrown at II that II
begins 10 wonder whether the
player Is good as the papers
claim he is Result IL that every
time ne doesn't run for three or