St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1955-11-04

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fcrred TO his residence In st. Paul
from 1898 to ie4i. He recalled the
fine cooperation he had received
from Minnesotans during his ser
vice In the state as executive sec
rotary OF the ST. Paul Urban
League
He recalled having. with his
wife, Juanita jackson Mitchell,
helped organize the Msxfield
school PTA,
The speaker paid tribute to a
long list Of persons who he said
had contributed to the advance
mcnt OF the Negro and race rela-
lions In Minnesota Among those
he named were Cecil Newman.
Rev. Francis Gilligan. John Gull
yer. Sister Helena Angela Hurley,
william Gydcsen. Al Hickman, the
late I. Myrtle Garden, DIR. J. w.
Crump. 8. II. Hall. the late O. G.
Hall. John Doyle, Pierce Atwater.
Rev. Wallace Robbins. Alice Rey-
nolds. Frank Rarig, Frank Boyd,
Jonas q. Schwartz and William
Cratic.
Praises Humphrey
Senator Hubert II. Humphrey
came In for great praise. mitchell
said Humphrey and President
Harry Truman had mndc the coun-
try civil rights conscious.
And they have helped make
conversations about the evils Of
segregation a suitable subject for
discussion In polite society. Before
II had almost been a dirty word to
be mentioned only in whispers"
Raps Dcmocrats
Mitchell, however raped the
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said act hike the ship Of state In
the private yacht OF Senator
James Eastland Of mississippi and
Congressman James Davis OF
Georgia, both Of whom are con-
sidered top racists In Washington
by Negroes.
Mitchell said Democrats had
given the country the impression
in the 1854 elections that liberals
like Senator Paul Douglas would
control Congress II they won
Instead, he charged, as soon as
the Democrats set sail on the leg
islative seas, they threw civil
rights overheard and assigned lib-
erals to the role Of mess boys who
could not get "A single piece OF
civil rights legislation acted on
favorably.
Democrats had something for
everyone except for the supporters
OF civil rights. he said. Senator
Eastland was given the Internal
Security subcommittee which he
Ii using TO try TO prove that the
u. 8. Supreme Court has been In
fiitrated by Communists.
Congressman Davis was given
control Of Police and Fire matters
In the District OF Columbia and
promptly began using his group
for race batting The Democrats
even appointed special subcom-
mittee headed by Representative
Mcmillan of South Carolina to
handle peanut problems In their
zeal 10 make sure everyone else
got something, Mitchell said
Attacks OHara and Andersen
He also hit the voting records
Of Minnesota COP Representatives
Joseph p. o'Hara and August III.
Andersen on civil rights issues.
When Mr.. o'Hara and Mr..
Andersen voted 10 keep the poll
tax at a requirement Of voting,
they not only denied civil
rights 10 southern colored people.
they acted against the best In
terests OF the people of Minneso-
Ia"
Mitchell also challenged o'Hara
and Andersen on their votes a.
gainst a national fair employment
practices measure tFEPc).
III they had voted for the
FEPc bill along with a few others
Il would have passed the house OF
representatives" Mitchell said.
Ominous Threat To Freedom
The most orninous threat to
Freedom today. he said