St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1955-08-26
BRIEF
NEWS
SCENE
High and Lowdown"
BY BAU.EE THOMAS

Power sprayers at the State
Fair grounds have been engaged
in a campaign all over the 26o
acre tract for the past three
weeks to nd the area of flies, mos
quitoes and other insects before
the first fair-goer enters the gate
Saturday. Aug. 81.
Aug. 20 TIME Magazine has an
article on the South African Pop
ulaton Registration by which
every one Of the nations 1875 mil
lion people will be labeled either
black, white or colored. Hardest
hit by the registration at this
time viii be the one million Col
oreds, "half-caste" descendants of
the days when the Beers set
tiers took Bantu mistresses and
wives" Thousands of these peo-
pie will be reclassified natives"
This spells tragedy for many
families in South Africa, because
change of legal color decides
where a man may live. what kind
of job he can hold, how much he
earns, where he may spend 1t,
what buses he may ride, what
school az any, his children may
attend, the TINE article points
out.
The article on page IS of TIME
Magazine is worth reading and in
some conclusions the restrictions
which face the non-whites sound
uncomfortably like the situation
faced in the United States by
millions of its Negro citizens and
other minorities.
Presidential Aide K. F. Morrow
told an Atlantic City convention
of Negroes that the nations Ne
groes should invest more money
in the fight for civil rights and
spend less on whisky, furs, cos
metics, cars and other luxury
items. Amen, brother, Amen! He
added that u. S. Negroes have
an annual income exceeding IS
billion dollars and are the only
segment of our national popula-
ton having such colossal spending
power but paying slight attention
to its placement and use. Brother
Morrow said a ''mouthful' and
got wide attention from the press
associations and daily papers. Ne
gro papers, their editors and their
publishers, and their ad men
have been boasting about Negro
income for years but nobody has
discovered a foolproof way to
channel its bulk to friends where
it will do the most good for the
group.
II Morrow keeps on talking
facts like that Atlantic City
speech, well be running him for
President instead of presidential
aide!
Senator Ellender ID. La Is
over in Moscow and reported pre-
pairing to chat with Soviet lead
ers on the u. S. and world condi-
tons. The Senator had better
stick TO generalizations because
he can't sell democracy because
he doesn't believe in IT.
The Indian Ambassador to this
great nation Caganvihari Mehta
who was asked out of the main
restaurant Of the Houston, Texas
airport with his secretary because
the hostess thought he was a Ne
gro ought to know better next
time and wear a turban
In our great Christian, civilized
country, especially in the South
land you can be black. but you
must not be American black II
you expect decent treatment in
places like the Houston airport.
What a laugh! The u. s. has the
nerve TO spend millions Of tax
payers dollars 10 export that kind
Of racial snobbery to other coun-
tries. No wonder Africa and Asia
doubt our honesty! We are hypo-
critics. We try to sell other ma
tons brand Of brotherhood that
we Do not approach prscticing
completely among our own people
in IS Of the 4s states,