St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-01-15
BRIEF
SCENE
High and Lowdown"
BY BAlLEE THOMAS

Thought OF Week: DR.. Bunche.
who will be in st. Paul next Mon
day said recently: 1T is right to
believe in ones self, but II is
wrong ever to takes ones self too
seriously" Check and double
check, DR.!
International: The AME's Bish-
op F. ID. Jordan has arrived In
Southern Rhodesia in Africa. The
South African government sull
win not allow the prelate to en-
ter that country where the church
has large membership. Malan's
government offers as its excuse
for keeping Bishop Jordan out of
the country the fact that the
AME's have not agreed to train
a native for bishop for S.A.
Kwame Nkrumah, the U. S. ed
ucated premier OF the Gold Coast,
most powerful native on the Afri-
can continent, has denied bribery
charges made by resigned men,
Der of his cabinet, ]. A. Braimah,
ministed of communications and
public works. The accusations
have created an uproar. Friends of
Nkrumah say the allegations
were timed to coincide with the
premier's call for unified Africa.
Nigeria Africa is reported to be
making tremendous progress in
forming, utilization of water re-
sources, industry, education, min
eral resources development, trans
port and communications, accord
ing to report by World Bank
mission to that country.
Ferdinand Smith, Communist
and deported one-time secretary of
New York's Maritime union has
moved into the Sugar Workers
Union in his native jamaica and
gained control, AMP correspond
ents in Kingston, Jamaica, re
port. Smiths union is called the
Sugar and Agricultural Union. &.
The people of Buganda in Africa
through their parliament have
threatened to boycott the visit of
Queen Elizabeth. British sources
say, in protest against the ban
ishing by England of Buganda's
youthful King Mutsea II on Nov.
80, 1853.
The English ordered the King
or Rabaka exiled to England
where he secured his early edu-
cation. He was put on pension.
The situation was complicated by
criticism Of the Colonial Secre-
tary's action and the fact that the
exiled African ruler met the color
bar in England when he tried to
secure an apartment. The elders of
Buganda have said that they viii
be in mourning for their lost"
king in April which is the month
for the proposed visit OF Queen
Elizabeth. Naturally being in
mourning they will not be able to
plan welcome festivities for Eliza
beth.
Portuguese African native troops
have arrived near the Indian bor-
der and the Portuguese territories
of Angola and Mozambique over
which India and the Portuguese
have been having a diplomatic
dispute.
A white American naval officer.
1t. Lawrence Gerard Roberto, on
shore leave at Port-au-Prince,
Haiti. slapped the officer in charge
OF the police station when he was
brought in, intoxicated. by Hal
tian patrolmen. His superior Off
GER. Captain Ellsworth Smith of
the USS Everglades apologized to
city police and said Roberto would
be courtmartialed for conduct
unbecoming an officer"
Retort Proper? The u. s. De-
partment of Commerce had advis-
ed American investors that racial
tensions In South Africa make in
vestments In that country very
speculative. Retorting the South
African Minister for Economic
Affairs, Eric Louw. commented:
we do not dream of COM
menting on the economic effects
Of racial tension In the Dixie
section Of the United States"
Americans headed by Washing
tonian r. c. Mccormack have
formed corporation to plant and
process cocoa in Haiti Settling
the land problem in Kenya equt-
ably viii end the Mau Mau trouble
native leader claim
The U-s.A-: William little VIII
liel Adams. the Washington. d. c.
numbers baron has asked the us.
Supreme court TO rule on whether
testimony made by him and others
against him in a congressional in
quiry may be used against him in
a criminal prosecution Adams Is
under a seven years penitentiary