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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-05-14
BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH

BETHESDA BAPTIST ChOhth
We were blessed to see and en-
Joy another Mothers Day service.
Our pastor, Rev l. G. Harris, de-
livered an inspirational message.
Choirs under the leadership Of
Mrs. Bessie Gresham rendered
the music. Leading parts and
solos were led by Mrs. L. c. Har-
ris. Miss Grace Harper, Mrs. Ad-
die Smith, Miss Mary Houze,
Mrs. j. Buckhalton and Mrs. An
ME Stanford. We have such fine
singers.
United with the church, candi-
dates for baptism were the Misses
jeanette and Patricia Jackson.
and Harry Jackson. United by
Christian experience were Mr..
John Rivers and Mrs. Dorothy
Banks.who recently united with
church brought forward her letter,
Mothers Day was an enjoyable
event for the older mothers of our
church and other churches. They
were served lovely turkey din
ner with all the trimmings. We
were delighted TO see some OF
them who haven't been able 10
come to church for a year or so.
A great Mothers Day message
was brought to them by Rev.
Timothy Barge. THE Glittering
Stars" furnished the music. Greet
ings were extended to them by
various members Of our church
and other churches. Mrs. lone
Brown Was mistress OF ceremon-
les.
In the evening the Senior Cos
ped Choir and musicetts rendered
were present enjoyed 1t.
a Musical Gospel Feast. All who
United with the church during
the afternoon services were Mrs,
Mary f. Hawks, candidate for
baptism. We welcome all of you
to the fold. Let us remember our
sisters and brothers In prayer. -
Mrs. Sarah Benson, reporter.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-05-14
PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH

BEFORE capacity duuitiiSSf NOV
FLOYD Massey Jr., spoke on The
Mother of the Year" at the morn
ing service at Pilgrim Baptist
church on Sunday, May 8. Beauti-
full floral tributes decorated the
pulpit, piano and choir loft.
Flowers were given by Mines.
Leola Clark and Lula Watkins in
memory of their mother, Mrs,
Ella Reeves: John and George
Dodd, Mines. BERTHE Copeland,
Sylvia Whitley and Miss Bessie
Dodd, in memory of their mothers,
Mrs. II. Dodd and Mrs. z. Hicks.
Also, Mrs. Roxie Anderson pre-
sented flowers in memory of
mother Della Bell and Mrs. L. w.
Harris.
Flowers in memory of Mrs.
George James were given by her
daughter. Mrs. f. A. Chapman,
and in memory of Mrs. Harry
Howard by her daughters, Mrs.
Clara Turner and Mrs. Gertrude
Mason.
Deacon J. p. Dorsey offered the
morning prayer. A special request
solo was rendered by Mrs. Rose
Marie Cook, who sang, Tell
Mother I'll Be There" The Senior
Choir sang, when Mother
Prays" with Mrs. Dollie Crush
shon as soloist. Sydney Williams
was at the organ.
II was noted that Julius McNeal
84S st. Anthony and ]. r. Jones
914 Fuller are among the mem
bers who are i'll. Congratulations
were extended to Mr.. and Mrs
Willie Phelps on the birth ow their
baby girl on last Wednesday and
TO Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Coins on
the arrival of a baby boy on last
Saturday.
Among the many visitors who
were present were the following
registered guests who were in
| troduced by Miss Constance Goss
were J. T. Harris, st. Paul: Chas
Cox. Duluth: Joyce Harper, Uni
versity of Minnesota; Irene
Smith. st. Paul; Mrs. William
Robinson and Mrs. Maxine Brown
both of St Paul.
The following persons were uni
| ted with the church; Ernest Lynch
753 Carroll. son of Mrs. Lottie
| Milton: Mrs. Maxine Brown, 694
Rondo Av. Herman l. Carter, 800
st. Anthony: James NJ. Johnson,
| 2S7 ". st. Adams. son-in-lAw OF
Mrs Milton; Jack Glover, 995
| Rondo Av.: Mrs. Rose Marie Cook
Mrs. Josephine Hill, s3s Carroll,
! daughter of Mr. Cook, and little
Miss La Rue Brown, daughter of
photographer Buzz Brown. Dedi-
catory Prayer was offered by
Trustee NJ. A. Boiling.
At 5 p. m. the Annual Mothers
Day Tea sponsored by the Young
Women's Club was held. The Bap-
fist Youth Fellowship was host
to a college group from the Uni
versity of Minnesota at p. m.
when members of minority groups
held a Panel of America"
Renewed Strength" will be the
topic of Rev. Massey's sermon at
/ the IL a. m. service on next Sun
day. New officers will also be in
stalled and goth Fellowship Units
Drive Reports will be made. At 3
D. m. the Quarterly Board meet
ing of the Mimi S. d. State Bap-
fist Convention will be held at
Pilgrim Rest Baptist church, Min
neapolis.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-05-14
ATTENTION MINNEAPOLIS
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES

The Urban League Guild wishes
all high school graduates who in
tend TO further their education TO
contact the Minneapolis Urban
League ONCE. N. w Federal
Building. Eighth 81 and Henne-
pin Az. Telephone AT. i412. APP.
piication blanks may be secured at
the office.
For any further information,
contact Mrs. Elizabeth Rodgers,
chairman OF the Educational Com
mittee, at Du. 1879.
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Nurses Show
The Way /.

Continued from page ~
ploys Mrs. Estelle Massey os-
borne as assistant director for
general administration and several
secretaries.
The National Student Nurses
Association is operated on an in
tegrated basis,
Miss Mars duty Is TO keep a
breast OF all lntergroup relations
in every phase Of nursing activity,
to make studies. and TO encourage
state and district groups to OPP
crate effective intergroup pro-
grams
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-05-14
Gard Of Appreciation
CARD OF APPRECIATION

wish to express my sincere
gratitude to the Associated Ne
gro Credit Union, other sponsor
ing organizations and friends for
the beautiful testimonial banquet
given in my honor, and for the
useful gifts received. am CRATE
full for the kilograms and letters
from friends both local and out of
town and shall always cherish
every gesture and try to live up to
the kind words expressed at and
by the occasion.
Talmage B. Carey.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-05-14
CAMpUoR CHURCH NEWS

On May 9, the last Sunday be-
fore the Lexington Annual Con-
ference, Camphor began the day
with a s a. m. memorial Mothers
Day PRAYER service, which was
helpful and inspiring to all who
attended.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-05-14
BRIEF
NEWS
SCENE
High and Lowdown-
BY BAU.EE THOMAS

Seeing IN Believing; Whenever
anyone tells this pillar that they
got blackeye because they walk
ed into a door. II always leaves ye
scribe a little dubious. But the
other day Bailee was leaving a
building in the Mil City loop that
had these modern all glass doors
"A woman In front OF him
caught the corner OF the door
flush In the face and by the time
she regaincd her composure, she
had as pretty sinner as you'd
ever hope TO see,
From time TO time this column
list brings himself to listen
10 Fact Forum" a supposedly
educational broadcast which or
iginates In Texas and has the
blessings OF Sen Joseph McCar-
thy
The program claims that IL
presents both sides OF the prob
LENS that confront the nation. A
clue 10 the effectiveness of the
program is To clock how much
time II spends on giving each side
OF the issue being discussed. IT'S
a fifteen minute program and the
time usually runs about ten to
five In favor OF the side II IL on!
by the time the recent program
ended, Bailee was burning mad,
ready to turn the radio off until
he heard the name OF Sen Hum
phrey mentioned, The senator fol-
lowed on one OF these press inter
view programs that has some of
the nations top Washington cor
respondents as panel members,
These newsfolk are really
sharp, They have been the only
people who got McCarthy's boy
Friday" Roy Cohn tied up In
knots Wen anyway Humphrey
handled himself remarkably well
and never let the correspondents
ride rough.shod over him. Whcth.
er you agreed with his position or
not. one is forced TO admit that
his frank partisanship was re
freshing and honest after listen
ing 20 Facts Forum" trying To
hide its psrtisanship under the
guise of education.
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man who never voted the Re-
publican ticket In his natural
life In rumored 20 have been Of
fered n high post with the Els
enhower administration this
week. The fellow is capable and
his politics wouldn't keep him
from doing an outstanding Job.
Out In Los Angeles the law has
caught up withan old Sixth Ave.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-05-14

N orth habitue,
Charles Yelling
ton Montgomery.
Monty" as he is
known in Los
Angeles, is In an
l.. A. Jail charg-
ed with pimping
and pandering.
He operated a
round MinneapO-
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-05-14

New appointment; L NJ Dorsey
has been appointed as church
photographer at Pilgrim Baptist
Church.
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NOTHING BUT RuMoRs: 9,

NOTHING BUT RUMORS: 80
OF the 100 rumors involving the
final outcome OF the Oden divorce
case were false one male Ne
gro teacher in the Minneapolis
schools avoids fellow N groes
whenever possible II is said
Minneapolis gendarmes plan to
clean up Washington Az from
Third TO Fourth Az, S.
A ST. Paul railroad man anony-
mously contributes over half his
yearly income 10 the cancer fund
A packinghouse employee
pays tuition for three younger
brothers and sisters in Al col
leges A popular st, Paul
pastor recently refused the offer
OF his church trustee board to
raise his salary, The board raised
u anyway
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lis before the FBI got hot after
slavers several years ago. In this
latest deal Elizabeth Duane told
police that Monty" only allowed
her 81 per day after she turned
over earning" OF $500 to $500
per week.
Humphrey Again: The other day
at local pub "A gentleman of
color expressed his opinion that
he didn't think he would vote for
Humphrey come November. Bailee
has heard lot OF people being
told off In our day, but what the
proprietor told this fellow was
classic. Sorry that the only part
reportable is that the proprietor
told him he didn't want his bus
mess.
No Color Lane tip There: Last
week at the concert by the Will
berforce choir, Bailee was sitting
next to a member OF the Caucas-
ian group, During the intermission
they went out for a smoke and
this fellow told Bailee that when
he got to heaven he was going to
spend a lot OF time on the color
ed side" just to listen to the sing
ing because eolored people sang
so well,
The Chicago DEFENDERS Ma
tional Grapevine reports that Le-
witt, famous housing developer out
East Is alleged TO have made the
remark that any white man who
lives next door TO Negro must
be a Communist. Hot dswgl Fun
ny how some of our arch bigots
give the Commies all the credit
for being decent ON the race ques-
ton.
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A Minneapolis professional
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-05-14
Twin City
. Chuch NeWs

Johns Baptist church, Sioux
Falls. S. D. leaving Sunday, May
%. The bus viii leave Zion, 18th
and Lyndale N. at 6 a. m. For in
formation, call Mrs. z. Wallace,
Gu. 24s5: or Mrs. Essie Arnold,
DR.. 1912 or Rev. Bolts, Oh. 2e19.
Luella Brown, president Of Wo-
mems Work for the state is call
ing a meeting at Zion on Saturday
May IS, and asking all members
and officers to be present. All are
invited, business Of Importance
viii be transacted before the gen.
eral board meeting which will be
held at Pilgrim Rest Baptist
church, 51st and James N. on Sun
day, May 10. incidentally this Is
your reporters birthday.
Deacon Harris, 1906 Glenwood
Av.. has returned home from the
hospital, I'm informed, and is con-
valescing at home. We are thank
full. Let us keep pressing forward.
The battle is not given to the
swift, nor to the strong. but to
the one who endureth to the end.
Mrs. f. Henderson, reporter.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-07
Too Little Too Late

One trouble with this program is
that it seems fated to be too little
too late.
Nearly year ago the magazine
BUSINESS w E Elk, which has
not yet been labeled a prophet of
gloom and DOOM" warned that Sec
rotary Humphreys early "hard mon
ey' policy was inviting disaster.
It's lot easier to reverse initiation
by Tightening up on money and cred
it, warned BUSINESS WEEK, than
it is to handle a serious recession or
depression by loosening money and
credit.
The fiscal tinkering of which the
Trickle Downers are so fond works
effectively to check full employment
and an expanding economy. 1t doesn't
work nearly so well when it is switch
ed so as to encourage expansion of
business activity.
Purchasing power lost by laid-off
workers is purchasing power lost
forever
Purchasing power lost by refusal
to cut the tax burden of the majority
of families is purchasing power lost
forever.
The spiral of recession, set in mo-
ion in October or November of one
year, may be checked by prompt ac-
ion. 1t is not so easy to check the
spiral if there is delay for six months,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-07
81 FACTS ON JOBS

in the sense that fewer families might
lose all their savings and go hungry
or shabby.
There's an economic difference in
the sense that these families could
still share in the market place as
buyers. The cycle of recession would
be partly checked.
But the Administration rejected
all such programs-and Congress also
spitefully slashed funds for the USES
offices, forcing the closing of about
ITO out of 1900 centers, so workers
would have to travel farther to get
themselves eligible for jobless COM
pensation and new jobs.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-07

Labor Secretary Mitchell told the
Clio convention in 1853 that he ia
vored an increase in the legal mini
mum wage from it's present rs cents
an hour.
He didn't say how much of an in
crease he favored-and he left the
clear impression that he refused to
accept the $1.25 an hour standard
asked by the CLIO. But he favored
an increase-and he also said he ia
vOred broader coverage.
A hike in the minimum wage would
end the disgrace of low-wage indus
tries, spotted like smallpox in GER
tain sections, that keep people pow
erty stricken.
A broadening of coverage, to get
rid of some of the unreasonable ex-
would prevent the exploita-
ton of workers by powerful special
pleading inability to pay.
1t would encourage the lifting of
wage standards in industries that now
pay relatively better scales. 1t would
add, in short, purchasing power.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-07
What Ike Plans

Reporters who claim to know the
inner thinking of the Administration
say that even the Trickle Downers
don't intend to remain passive in
the case of ''real' depression threats.
The Eisenhower administration is
said to rely on three successive steps
to meet genuine" danger.
First, continue the >tinkering with
fiscal policy, in the sense of provid-
ing easier credit.
Second, agree to tax relief for the
bulk of the people if fiscal magic
doesn't work.
Third, go 'all out" into a program
of pump-priming public works =
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-07
Prevailing Wages

The Eisenhower Administration
hasn't taken direct action against the
prevailing wage" doctrine on gov
eminent contracts. 1t hasn't tried to
repeal the Walsh-Healey and Bacon
Davis laws under which the govern
ment refuses to give contracts to
fly-by-night wage-slashing outfits.
But the enemies of the prevailing
wage in Congress are doing their
best to cripple the laws by slashing
appropriations.
Congress in 1853 cut by one fourth
the recommended funds for the Of
flee of the Solicitor in the Labor De-
partment, which determines prevail
ing wages and goes into court to en-
force the wage-hour law.
Congress cut by 20 per cent the
fund for inspectors who visit factories
to discover whether the wage-hour
law is being observed. There never
has been money enough to inspect
more than about 6 per cent of all
establishments-and
Congress slashed part of that money
away.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-07
Personal Exemptions

The Administration turned it's back
on a Democratic proposal in the
House to raise personal income tax
exemptions from 5000 to S7OO a
year. 1t turned its back on the Sen
ate proposal of Sen. George (D-Ga.)
to boost exemptions to $500 this
year and $1,000 thereafter.
Secretary Humphrey said no. He
suddenly began worrying again about
balancing his budget and complained
that the Treasury would close" Sd "
billion in revenue for every 500 of
increased exemptions.
Humphrey didn't object to clos
ing" So billion in revenue from spe-
cial favors to corporations and stock
holders.
He didn't calculate what the Treas
ury might close" if the business re-
cession hangs on, if the economy re-
mains static, if anticipated revenues
drop because of the disappearance
of buying power.
He didn't discuss what the people
might "lose" in lingering recession.
Actually a hike in exemptions
might more than pay for itself, even
for the Treasury, by the shot in the
arm it would give the economy, the
influx of new buying power.
An increase in exemptions would
tax "relief" where it is
most needed-the low-income fami-
lies to whom all taxes are a burden
and the middle-class families whose
purchasing power is greatly dimin-
ished by heavy personal taxes.
But Humphrey said no. Increasing
the purchasing power of the majority
of the people doesn't fit the theory
of the Trickle Downers.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-07

nine months, or a year while the gov
eminent experiments with different
economic patent medicines.
The federal debt piled up when
Roosevelt was combating the effects
of the Hoover depression was not
even 1 per cent of the losses to the
business community and the people
by the long-drawn-out period of job
lessness.
The Gloss" to the Treasury by tax
cuts that help low income families
would be trivial in comparison to the
floss" suffered by the people unless
recession is reversed.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-07
Mitchell VS.. tbs

Mitchell's experience helps show
why former Labor Secretary Durkin
quit his Cabinet post rather than CO.
operate any longer with the Trickle
Down boys.
Mitchell was slapped down verbal
ly during the CLIO convention by no
less a Republican congressman than
Rep. Mcconnell (R-Pa.) chairman
of the House Labor Committee Nc
Connell claimed we couldn't have
both higher minimum wages and
broader coverage
Then Mitchell himself agreed to
''go along" with the Presidents other
advisers, who paid lip service to an
improved law but said that "now"
was not the fright time"
Mitchell told subordinates the
Presidents Economic Report would
favor" higher pay and broader COW
erage, but he neglected to add it
also said mot now"
The Labor Secretary talks a good
speech, bat if he really fought the
Trickle Downers on minimum wages,
he surrendered in the end.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-07
Public Works

A program of public works-even
an "all-out" program on scale to
dwarf the New Deals program-can-
not be put into effect on two min
utes' notice.
This is supposed to be the third
and last of the Administrations des-
perate stop-gap measures in case the
economy grows worse.
1t takes years from the original
discussion of a bridge before con-
tracts are awarded and men are ac-
tually put to work.
1t may take longer before one of
the really important jobs facing
America-the rebuilding of our rot
ted city slums-is accepted as neces-
sary by a Trickle Down Administra-
ton
A nation doesn't build great public
works on the spur of the moment,
nor does it quickly move toward re-
building the cities when the party in
power has shown itself hostile to
even modest programs of public
housing.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-07
20 Years Lesson

The lesson of the 20 years from
1888 to 1852 is that the kind of gov
eminent we have determines the kind
,of economy we have.
We have learned that depressions
are not acts of God. They don't have
to happen
We have learned that an admins
tration that puts purchasing power
before profits, the human budget be-
fore the corporate budget, can pro-
vide the country with a constantly
rising standard of living
We have learned that prosperity
starts at the bottom-with the pur-
chasing power of the people-and
not at the top with the welfare of
the corporation.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-07
Fire Prevention

Economics is not an exact science,
even for the most skillful practition-
ers. No one can safely predict at
any given moment the short-term
course of our economy.
What can be said about the Eisen-
hover Administration approach is
that it is almost certain, eventually,
to drag US into deep trouble.
An Administration that devotes it
self to hiding it's eyes to the facts
of recession is not an Administration
likely to recognize quickly the next
dip toward disaster.
An Administration that thinks in
terms of putting out the fires of de-
flation and depression, rather than
in terms of preventing and fore
stalling fire, is not safe custodian
of the economic Fire Department.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-07
Social Security

PRESIDENT Eisenhower, after walt
ing for year from his Inauguration,
finally recommended an improve
ment and expansion of the Social
Security laws, including a minimum
hike of SIS month in all Old Age
and Survivors Insurance benefits.
This proposal didn't measure up
to the needs.
The drop in the dollars purchas-
ing power means that nearly all pen
sioners and widows are receiving
back cheap dollars after paying taxes
in hard dollars.
The Lehman-Dingell bill, pending
in Congress, would Immediately raise
all payments by $40 to SIS a month.
1t would add disability insurance to
the present benefits paid only in
case of old age or death. 1t would
raise the monthly benefit to maxi
mum of 5000.
Tested by this standard, the pro-
posal by the Administration and Sec
rotary Hobby is limited in scope and
lacking in understanding.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-07
Jobless Pay

The Clio proposes a basic standard
under which laid-off worker would
receive 65 per cent of his former
pay, as jobless compensation, for 80
weeks-three-quarters of year.
This would not encourage "loaf-
ing. A man with a family to sup
port doesn't like to get along with
only 65 per cent of his normal in
come.
A laid-off worker isn't even eligible
for jobless compensation until he
has first reported to his nearest
United States Employment Service
office, told his experience and train
ing, and shown himself willing to
take another job.
He can't get compensation unless
he continues to report to the USES
office
Secretary of Labor Mitchell could
MT sell the idea of minimum federal
standards for compensation-no even
at a so per cent level. He was re-
duced to futile pleadings with the
states.
AS an example, Alabama in De-
cember 1852 paid a maximum of
$22 week to laid-off worker. 1t
would pay $37 by the Clio standard.
California would pay maximum
of $40 instead of $25 week. Illinois
would pay about $50 instead of $37,
Pennsylvania $44 instead of $50.
There's a big difference in pur-
chasing power if the higher benefits
were paid to the 4 million unemploy-
ed that Secretary Humphrey calls
"a relatively low figure"
There's humanitarian difference
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-07

bridges, postoffices, highways, hous-
ing, heavy construction of all kinds.
These steps, we are told, would be
successive-not simultaneous. They
would be last-ditch devices to meet
economic threats that cannot be de-
MED.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-05-07
Continued from Page Six

get paid off in dividends from stock
holdings.
That's 92@o of the American fami-
lies = who hold no stock at all -
against the 80 who do.