St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-03-20
Filling Il Up

This is one Of those weeks when this section is days
late and We editor without inspiration This happens quite
onmoe often the years go by Most of the time by the
final deadne reader win walk in and give idea
will meet person the street who will by their
very appearance something they say provide with
typewriter fodder.
This week started fine On Monday when editorials
should have been In the copy box had flock Of visitors
and spent entirely too much time talking There
couple Of emergencies including failure Of the gentlemen
mOps up the front office 70 do his job let know he had
not done IT.
This small item Of swinging mop which formerly did not
even work up sweat leaves putting and blowing
Now there four other gentlemen in and Of office
the payroll but Of them signed up for swinging
mop One offered help but since he had to call many
fastidous customers Monday refused and spent as
minutes swabbing the floor.
One Of critics who claims do nothing
but loaf around all week. making believe busy
in to pay her subscription She seemed surprised
welding the mop but her look also mixed with JOY and
disbelief She probably thought cheap to get
somebody mop the floor That another storybut should
say it's harder get somebody mop floors with
good pay Old pensioners who used work part
time jobs fear to take them for fear Of earning the
limit allowed them under social security
Anyhow, that hopping took something Of us and we
did get down to writing anything for this space
did we get to work on the personal column the
column and 8.
1t is IL noon in Tuesday and Dale Sargent who by
the back shop foreman is looking in direction
every time he by cluered office The bookkeeper
is out i'll and that loads up portion phone calls on the
social and personal editor
And here stwhout original thought in our head
and the empty copy to be filled We could write
Malenkovwe about Stain week The daily papers
have beat both of the Red Russians o DEATH however and
we probably can't think of anything original Maybe should
say right here that don't much Maenov rumpeting
for peaee-but 1t is worth investigating.
We might something about the state of the proposed
Minnesota Employment Merit bill but the Minneapolis
TRIBUNE editorats Carroll Binder and Bradley Morrison
have covered side of the better than we could
We are tired of writing about prejudice anyway
have vowed 10 put out edition. week wherein there
is not single mention Of racial difference or conflict This is
harder do than you think because Americans of Negro
descent still being denied basic rights in every state of the
union
We could write about progress which all around us The
nice homes our Twin City Negroes have and building The
fine interiors tasefuy furnished and the well kept lawns
Maybe should dwell the dry rot which is striking
Twin City where the property deeroratng because
Of caresness and often absentee landlords Nghborhoods
which deterorang could be reuscated by neghbohoOd
action sponsored for example by the Urban Leagues
Maybe should edtorially on the growth OF
the Twin City churches and the fine influence most of them
have on the community and the people they Worth
mention the fine fight the people of the Rondot Anthony
district under the splendid leadership of Rev. Floyd Massey
and others putting up for school in that area
The Credjafawn Club is probably worth an editorial a,
is the Sterling Club There others but two strike Us
worthy Of little editorial encouragement and exposition
every and then
The Juvenile crime which all the talk few
months have queted down such that any
exhoraton in this space would be of place However thu
interest which civic leaders and parents exhibited
Minneapolis especially should be allowed to wane because
crime always turks hidden around the waiting dispo
our youth and their chances
maybe we ought to urge few Of the youth who will have
Y serve In the armed services anyhow to Join the Natona
GUARD units in the Twin Cities and get Of the training
% tnAt when they drafted by Uncle Sam they win know
their way around
We wouldn't be wasting space if could convince
OF the youngsters in school that they should be thinking
an early age what they desire follow their life
occupation It's not too early to thinking about this in
junior high school
IN the same VEIN we probably should trot out OLD
theory that persons without education are tremendously
handicapped in the modern world no matter what kind OF
work in which they engage
Of education Of the formal variety or any other
kind h not the total answer but diploma Is handy thing
to have around You don't believe u.s. Of the job