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that II safeguard minority groups
were aldermen Frank Wolnslu,
George Martens. George Johnson.
Earl johnson and Eugene Stokow-
ski.
The resolution asking the auth
GRITTY TO implement its general
stated policy prohibiting discrim-
nation on the matter Of housing
in the Glenwood program. on the
other hand the council, strangely,
would not insist on "A similar pol
icy as regards To the disposition
OF business or industrial proper
ty
Thursday afternoon, the day be-
fore the vote, a crowd which filled
the council chambers for public
hearing, heard three speakers
from the Mayors Council on HUI
man Relations, the NAACP and
the Committee on Equal Oppor-
tunity urge the city council TO in
sist that the authority include pro-
visions which would give full pro-
lection from discrimination on ac-
count of race, creed or color in
the sale and resale OF the govern
ment purchased and redeveloped
property.
Frank Eager. executive secre-
tary OF the Mayors Council an
nounced that the following or
CARNATIONS backed the Mayors
Council resolution which carried
the suggested changes in the
authority's plans which were up
for council approval
Authorization League the
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organize and pastor new com
mWnity church
Rev Stewart. well known and
beloved In the Twin City area
whorr hc pastorod Tor years sent
his resignation 40 pastor of st
Paul AME to bishop George W
Babcr Friday night, sept "a. fol.
lowing n meeting of 200 ~ the
petitioners who had asked him 10
head the new church
Stewart told newAmch that his
decision was u difficult one 10
make since he had spent So many
years In the AME connection lie
was ono ~ the most highly train.
cd and thought OF men In
A. D. connection and was n candi,
date TOT the biShopric NJ the last
general conference
lie made name for himself In
paStorlng tho huge Ebenczer AME
church In Detroit where he In.
creased the already large mem
berHhip, founded . credit union
opened an orphans home and made
the church q dominant force both
spiritually and economically IN
DeTtoIi
His Sunday services were ~
popular II was necessary 10 hold
two morning services 10 Rccomo'
date the crowds His young pcos
pies work at Ebcnezer was con
zidsrcd q model for other congre.
cations throughout the nation
Stewart was transferred from
Ebcnczrr 10 81 Paul'H church, n
smaller church with a heavy debt
two years ago despite protests
from Ebenczcr members A large
portion Of the petitioners who arc
setting UP the new non -dcnomina
tiunal lnterraCial church are for.
mcr members and Officers ~
Ebcnczcr Bone ~ the members
are also from ~ Paurs. his latest
charge
ObErrvers her" predict success
for the new church which IN vel
unnamed and IN meeting In o
structure formerly used by u Bap
iist congregation They say Stew
art ~ well fitted for IN" type NJ
program community church car
offer lie 10 one % the outstanding
ministers In the city and he has q
city wide influence lie was ih'
first Negro 10 serve M president
~ ~. Wayne County MinlstsriR
ASSN which Included the major
~ ~ the Protestant pastors II
this large city
HtrwhrtH first charge In Mime
spOlla was ~ James Later hS
served ne minister ~ ~ James IN
~ Paul and ~ Peters church In
Minneapolis lie II married ~ con
cert singer and champion golfer
Aiyre Walker StrwHrt ana the
couple have three adult children
MI ~ whom spent their early lives
In the Twin cities ~ Minnesota
stswHrts ~ year Old father
Rev ~ " AtrVart. n retired
minister served the AhE church
fDr over 30 years
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quest of human relations groups
which sought such action.
Instead the city council. after
beating down a resolution offered
by liberal leader Glen Wallace.
unanimously voted TO approve the
authority's plan and then by res
olution requested that the author
ity protect the rights Of minorities
in the housing areas Of the rede-
velopment program. The city
council refused TO suggest that the
same protection be extended to
cover Industrial and business pro-
perty.
Egan Leads Opposition
Leader OF the fight to approve
the plan without the changes re-
quested by a group led by the
Mayors Council on Human Rela-
tons was Alderman Jerry Egan Of
the Fifth ward, who in advocating
immediate approval, said
He had more minority group
people. Negroes and Jews In his
ward than any other alderman.
Despite this Egan was the chief
opponent OF the human relations
request that the rights of minor
tiles be protected.
Egan argued that any referral
would delay the project many
months. Supporting Egan in his
position were alderman Robert
Short, II. p. Christensen. Romeo
Riley, Frank Moulton and Jack
Jorgenson.
Take stand Against Bias
Supporting the Glen Wallace
motion to refer the matter to the
housing authority with a request
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NAAcP Of MpIs.
Opens Annual
Member Drive

Chairman Moses Blackwell Of
the Minneapolis NAACP member
ship committee announced this
week that the annual campaign 10
enroll EAACP members IL now in
fun swing
Rev. Blackwell said. Our goal
IL a modest 1000 members We
feel that there are that many peo-
pie who want TO zee a staggering
Jim Crow knocked out and will do
their part 10 deliver the knockout
punch"
Elsewhere in this paper IL a
membership application which Mr.
Blackwell urged old members and
others interested In becoming
NAACP supporters may IN out
and send 10 the EAACP with their
checks or money orders
Leading the drive with Mr.
Blackwell are division leaders
Nellie ston. johnson and Harold
Combs
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Families Move Into
New MIii City Homes

Among Tho famIIlcH VINO nav"
recently moved into their newly
purchased homes IN the 1ils"n
home development In Minneapolis
are the following Mr.. and Mrs
Morris Gibbs, 4Oit F1fth Az g.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Smith. tOt0
FIRM Az. &. Mr.. and Mrs Wilbur
Henderson. 1898 Fifth Az g. Mr..
and Mrs Earl SmAllH. 1882 Fifih
Az e. Mr. and Mrs Booker 7
Pruitt. 1924 Firth Az. s and Mr.
and Mrs Tubelow Wilson 1912
Finn Az. s.
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NAAcP Figure Dies

George w Dozicr Of Duluth,
MINI. collapsed and died Of a
heart attack In South St Paul.
Sunday afternoon. September "a.
Mr.. and Mrs. DoZier had been at
tending the Masonic and Eastern
Star sessions In ~. Paul and were
enroute home when Mr.. DOzier.
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TWIN CITY COUNCIL
or CITRS NEET

Delegates 20 the Twin city
Council ~ Clubs met ~ the home
~ Mr.. and Mrs Maurice BeIIsmy,
1927 fgiehart Az. Tuesday Sep
TENDER ~.
Important business on the e.
Rsnfa was 10 set up a committee
TO compile iistinRH ~ the cost and
concessions ~ halls and hoiaN 20
be available 70 council members
only. Andrew Clark was appointed
chairman 81 the committee
The next meeting will be ~ tha1
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harden Smith, MiIl
City Resident o5
rsoVs, u Buried

Funeral services for Harden
smith 81 I0i0 Dupont Az ~ who
died Sunday. September 20 In Min
neapous General Hospital were
held ~ Up m Wednesday NJ
woodardg Funeral chapel with
Rev " W Botts officiating
Mr. Smith was born IN MiSsDuri
and had iived In Minneapolis for
- years ZIP 10 the time ~ his re-
tireuen'. he had worked fof IA"
Milwaukee Railway ~ their shops
lie Ia survived by his wife
MAudr. three daughters. Mrs
Corrinc Lacey. Mrs Helen Dem
cry Mrs Mayms Warren, one son
Leroy Smith. two brothsrs ~
grand hildren and "a great grand
children
Burial was In Crystal f.Aks
Csms,ery Woodland Funeral Home
Wis in charge ~ arrangements
homo ~ Mr. and Mrs Andrew
Ciark gsof Pif,h Az q on Oc'o-
Der 10
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and against segregation waited
anxiously for the Y. s. Supreme
Court school ruling, They all
wanted the same thing TO have
America on their side
Patton, on assignment from Col
hers( recently completed an ex-
haustive trip across this country
studying the question Of The Ne
gro in America Today"
Two Views. wilkins ". Strnnis
Starting in Washington. he talk
ed 10 J. Ernest wilkins, the first
Negro 10 hold sub-cAbinet rank,
who told him that the future for
the Negro people in America was
never 80 fun Of hope" But Sen.
John c. stennis Of Mississippi pre-
dlcted that Negroes who wish 10
vote in his state would have
very difficult assignment
The South, Patton found was
beyond question different
place from what u was when .
last visited a." 10 was unforEet-
able, m records, tn 80 white
soldier. salutinE = Negro officer
or To 80 Negro Marine relieve
white Marine or guard At y
Naval base in South Carolina
Natures Decree Byrne@ Says
Patton interviewed Gov Byrnes
Of South Carolina who justified
segregation on the ground that
nature had decreed different cate
Ruries which were not 20 be mixed
Patton comments that tho governor
would like 20 declare himself 10
be on the side 81 the angels were
he no, afraid that the angels
nigh: b. on the side of The Ne
Kro~s
More Importantly. In Gov
Byrp~'s statement IN him that
south Carolina would not inter
f~r- with Integrsiion In g oIiegr~
or on military posts, Patton se~s
that m ane staff viii intimately
opp"~e the United StAi~~.
No Christian Re continues
can but r~yoice in ire way that
the churches have received the
Supreme Court Decision And in
'sEratlon 81 tho armed forces Il
~orkers ard facilities N federal
areas together g1th schooI int
grafton v~prsss-'s q Tremendous
victory In the Sar against N~grs-
cation
Efitsr's NstS VIZ PAtSn's
~~ooad NyticIs In ConIers WiIl
s~J utth bob and hsuSinG dis
crtn6natton.
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Minneapolis Councils stronse Vote:
Human Relations Groups
Lose Battle To Bar Bias
In RedeveIopment Areas
BY STAFF WRITER

A stiff fight have the Genwood Reievelopmcnt plan
returned 10 the Minneapolis Housing and Redevcopmcn
thory for additional clauses land deeds and
protect racial and religious mnoes from discrimination,
failed last week when the Minneapolis City Council Friday
Sept "a refused by TO the
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SfewuFf Leaves
AME Church: To
Serve New Group

petrolt, Mich Rev Carlyle r.
Stewart for rs years An AME
minister has answered tho petition
of group of 400 Dctroiters 60
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ARTICLE on AIR FORCE
SQUADRON COMMANDER

LOOK magazine for october 10
viii have a feature article on the
fabulous Major Daniel CChhpplej
James, Negro Air Force com
mandcr Of the 437th Fighter
Squadron It's a good piece dem
onsrratlng what a Negro airman
With more than OOo hours ny1ng
time has done as a commanding
officer Of 400 white and black air
men when given the opportunity
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Minneapolis Woman
Eastern Stars Sessions
Success; BeuIah Mitchell
Is Elected Grand Matr0n

The goth session Of Minnesota Grand Chapter Order Of
Eastern Stars Prince Hall Afaon, last Friday elected
Minneapolis woman, BeuAh Mitchell It's grand worthy
matrou Earl Sims also Of Minneapolis. named grand
worthy patron.
Mr. Mitchell nncceeled IN office knte Neil Of 81 Paul
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DIVORCE GRANTED

A divorce has been granted in
Hennspin County District Court to
Mrs Alma q jefferson from Ed
die jefferson.
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South Arieon Studies vG
Golfers Begins First
Of Two Articles On US.
Negro; Bias Declining?
South Afrieon Studies Us:

famed writer and authority nterraca problems
that America opposed TO his country moving steadily
away from segregation.
first OF articles in the Golfers sale at
news stand now Alan Patton author of Cry Beloved Coun
his OF South Africa people Tor
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0rand Moster Reaaned,
Prince Hall Masonic
Grand Lodge Reflects
John Lawrence Master

The Goth annual communication of the Most Worshipful
Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons Minnesota Jurs
dct0n Prince Hall affaton convened Minneapolis Sept
II and - ST Peters AME church John Lawrence
reelected most worshipful grand master,
The scssIons nncmed rmcsdaN morning by the
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of Electa Chapter No. 7, order OF
the Eastern star,
Many Twin Citiana attended the
Goth Anniversary reception OF the
grand lodge ON Monday evening,
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Cred jafawn Credit Union Fash
lon TrmpOs. October Is Schunr-
mans River Room.-Adyt
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JOHN X. LAWRENCE
Ilcrlccicd Grand Master az
Minnesota Prince Hall
Nasons
20 nj -. Peters AME
church The grand master, grand
and grand patron with
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JOHN l.. McIIIE

JOHN L. McHiIE
Who Was R..Iect-d Deputy
Grand Master ~ Tho
Minnesota MASona
their respective cabinets headed
the receiving line Refreshments
were served by Elccta Chapter 2
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Important Issue To an

As Minnesota prepares TO vote In a few
days for state offices primary issue OF
interest to voters who read this paper. as
well as the state as whole In the question
OF fair employment practices legislation
for Minnesota. Read the editorial In this
issue on page 2, on tho issue az Il develop
ed In the last session OF the legislature.
When a CANDIDATE for the state Legislature
approaches you. he sure 10 ask how he
stands ON employment on merit tFEfC).
This state needs q state FEpC and you
can help get Il by keeping informed and
voting only for candidates who believe In
such n measure
Evening star., 1954-11-10

/ had devised to hoist and keep
straight the big sail and yard.
Then ! bent to the work.
! braced myself and found the
strength Of my hands unim-
paired. At q moment when the
wind slackened a little, / began
the ordeal. The sail and yard
went up slowly but surely. The
orion stretched and its power
made the Seven Little Sisters
lunge forward. Afterward I low
cred the jib and took the reef
out of the mizzensail.
I felt many things then, but
most Of all that I had gone
through the greatest battle, and
that I had won. The raft was
moving at a good pace three
and a half miles an hour, and
due west. toward Samoa. / was
sailing again.
(Copyright 1884, by WillIam willis All
rights reserved throughout the world. }
Tomorrow: A Typical Day.
Evening star., 1954-11-10
Lack Of Evidence Claimed
In Assault Case Appeal
BY inc Assosiossd Press

ANNAPOLIS. Nov. 10.-At-
torneys for q Washington man
argued In the Court Of Appeals
yesterday there was not enough
evidence to prove him guilty Of
raping q National Airport radio
operator last year.
Samuel David Floyd, colored,
was sentenced in Howard County
Circuit Court, to hang for rap
ing the 26-year-old Forestville
woman in the early morning Of
July Z, 1853. as she walked to-
ward her home after leaving the
bus from work.
Floyd was arrested the next
day and the girl identified him
In a police lineup.
His attorneys argued that it
would have been almost inpos-
sible" for her to identify him
since there were no lights on the
road where the attack occurred
and it was not a moonlit night.
State lawyers argued that the
evidence is overwhelming" and
that the defense witnesses failed
to establish q clear -Cut alibi.
Evening star., 1954-11-10
Gadgef Of Month Club
Accused Of Fraud by FIC
By The Assoelaisd Press

The Federal Trade Commits
sion yesterday charged the
Gadget-of -the-M Month Club. Inc.
Of Los Angeles with falsely rep
resenting that it provides "gadg-
cts" to It's members below retail
prices.
The commission said the firm
sells subscriptions to its club for
$12 a year. The FrC said con-
trary to the firms advertising,
the total retail price Of the gadg-
cts Is substantially less" than
this subscription fee.
The firm was given 20 days to
file an answer. The organiza-
tion IS headed by Don L. Davis,
president, and Mary Lou Moi
f1tt Davis, secretary-treasu
Evening star., 1954-11-10
is Days at Sea
III Voyoger Receivers Strength,
Finally Hoists Huge MuinsoiI

the illness that nearly cost my
life.
But, once the pain ceased, I
was concerned only that no res
cuing ship should come, that
my voyage should not be inter-
rupted. I was now determined
to continue my lone Pacific
crossing. AS I look back on it
now, to have given up would
have been the hardest blow of
my life.
Although the acute stage of
the illness had passed. it left me
very weak for weeks afterward.
My weight gradually dropped
from a normal $50 pounds to
about 125. AS the days passed
I sometimes felt I was growing
weaker instead Of stronger. I no
longer dared steal a look at the
little mirror hanging in the
cabin-my temples had followed
and my cheeks had sunk against
my teeth.
Transmitter Not Functioning.
I could not have realized then
that this battle was purely pri-
vate one between me and the
sea; that no one could hear my
calls, since my radio transmitter
was not functioning properly. At
That time, I did not know either
That all the Informative mes
Evening star., 1954-11-10

sages ] sent daily would fall
short Of shore, and that ] was to
complete my 1l5-day voyage cut
of from the rest of. the world.
I moved about the deck as
best ] could. I sang In snatches.
I was drunk with q kind Of Joy
that could come only at such a
place and such a time. During
my illness, I could not steer, and
the Seven Little Sisters had been
wandering ailnleSsly. Now I must
begin to regain the distance /
had lost.
I set out to recover my
strength, This was vital. For
even though I could perform
many chores by crawling. often
had to get to my feet. very
slowly, taking care to make sure
Of my footing and hand grasps.
I would think about some abb
solutely necessary task for a
long time before getting to my
feet to do it, dreading it and
trying to find means Of avoiding
it.
Decides to Raise Sail.
Fortunately, everything I
needed was handy. / kept a
half-gallon jar of barley flour
and a spoon outside my cabin.
Insure whether my sickness was
q stomach disorder. cancer, ulcers
or only some extreme kind Of in
digestion, I slowly ate one tea
spoon of the -four, studying the
effects. ! felt q little better, my
mind kept going over the posi-
bilities-perhaps it, was a gall
bladder or heart affliction. My
pulse rate was fast and I specu-
lated that this was due to the
scores Of aspirins I had taken. I
drank quite q bit Of water then,
but I took nothing else for some
time.
Two days after the pain had
passed, leaving only the lingering
solar-plexus sensitivity. I knew
I must raise the mainsail to make
my raft travel faster. I studied
all possible means to accomplish
this. Pulling up the heavy orion
sail was task for a strong man
at any time, and I was still a
physical wreck. But I had to do
it: ! had to sail and make time.
Tropical storms would soon be
making up as the season ad-
vanced, and thousands of miles
still lay before me.
The sky was gray and the sea
was flecked with whitecaps. The
wind, blowing about 18 miles an
hour, I judged, was strong
enough to drench the jib and
mizzen sails with spray and
would make my task harder still.
Once I hauled the huge sail off
the deck and the wind caught
the 425 square feet of orion, it
would balloon out and thresh
around the mast, swinging it's
19-foot-long bamboo yard like
a fail. I wondered If I would
have enough strength to drag
the sail up to the top of the
mast. But I knew I had to, in
spite of the threat of the yard,
sail and other rigging being
wrecked in the process.
Rehearses Moves.
Carefully rehearsed exactly
what I must do. asked myself,
would the effort bring on a re-
currence Of the ailment?
This I could not conceive; I
felt it would be impossible. I
had BEEN I reasoned, too close
to death to have been spared for
a lesser attack. I felt that it was
the blow that either fells q man
or exempts him for the future.
I began rigging. the sheets and
halyards and all the special gear
Evening star., 1954-11-10
Loreest Garnet Crystal

BERGEN. Norway.-The larg-
est garnet crystal in Europe,
weighing nearly 1900 pounds, is
on display at Bergen's Geological
Museum. It was found at Selvil,
Norway.
Evening star., 1954-11-10
Fourth in q series Of ls ortieIes.

Fourth IN series OF IL articles.
before the illness crippled me. 7
had lowered the huge, square
mainsail and now only the jib-
sail and mizzen were set. The
wind was blowing at about 20
miles, strong enough to have
blown my heavy mainsail to
pieces, realized. if the raft
turned into the wind so that the
fabric was beaten against the
mast.
I had sent an sos three times
and the anguish had sapped my
strength. I was not able to OPP
crate both the generator and the
transmitter key. I was fortu-
nate that the traditional disaster
call could be sent automatically.
Still, had to spin the generator
handles-and after one night.
then a day. and now another
night with the knot in my solar
plexus. this caused severest
strain. But the act was difficult
for still another reason.
Having built my raft, the Seven
Little Sisters, and having already
accomplished 1000 miles of the
6.400-mile journey from South
America to Samoa, I suffered
with the realization that the SOS
signaled I was giving UP. Any
passing steamer, or rescue ship
dispatched from shore, might be
searching for me even now. At
some moments, ! knew I would
have preferred to be found dead;
at others I was overcome by fear
that help, could not possibly
reach me in time. At still others
contrary thoughts haunted me,
and I worried that help would
come, and this voyage I had
planned for so long would be
Cancelled as q failure.
Loses Consciousness.
My consciousness slipped away.
Sensations of sight and sound,
even Of the roaring sea and the
wind, receded until they were
only vague images. For several
1hours-perhaps three-I lay on
the bamboo deck perhaps only
/ half conscious.
Then I awoke. It occurred
suddenly.
3 I realized at once that the
pain had vanished, although the
region Of the solar plexus was
still very sore. Even without
moving, I knew, too, that was
terribly weak; that, to move
about, ! would have to crawl.
But as the two days before
undoubtedly had been the darkest
of my life, I knew this was to be
the brightest. One thought over
whelmed me: I could go on. and
nothing must prevent 1t. AS
swiftly as I could, ] painfully
made my way to the transmit
ter, beside the door Of my cabin.
/ experienced both tremendous
JOY and a frantic desire to head
of rescuers.
Messages "All's Well"
Identifying myself by the call
letters assigned me by the PERU
Wan government, 7HTAS-from
a'Siete Hermanitas," Spanish for
Seven Little Sisters--I messagedt
Don't come. All's we'll" Re-
peatedly I tapped the words on
my key, spinning the generator
with one hand.
All my life, I have been able
to take pain. I would never have
left my raft for q broken bone
or similar injury. Yet the SOLAR.
plexus pain, whose cause and
origin still have not been ex-
planned to my satisfaction by
doctor friends. was sufficient to
make me implore help. I have
Just made an appointment for q
thorough physical examination
10 try to discover the nature OF
Evening star., 1954-11-10
lis Days at Sea
By William Willis
North American Newspaper Alliance

NEW YORK, Nov. 10.-For
many hours I lay on the deck
while the wind thrashed the rig
ging above me and the water
rushed among the logs below. I
was helpless with pain and my
raft was drifting about aim
lessly.
I was fortunate that I had
rigged my sails for heavy weather
Evening star., 1954-11-10
Dog Suyed Dutch Hero

AMSTERDAM.-The warning
bark of his small spaniel is
credited with saving the life of
William Of Orange when Spanish
soldiers invaded his camp Sep
tember IL, 1872.