Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-10-12

feSHionai touch 10 the program,
but II was not written that Louise
should SAVIOR her bit OF ham alone.
Up trips Mrs. Hobs0n Reynolds
tpen name, Eve Lynne II
write My first love is writing"
she trillcd 10 US during n visit to
our office afterward)
Now, here IL "a generous, but
Ii-cOrseted. slice of what IL
wrong with the Negro, ON the
blue plate special.
"Ah, rs fabulous too fabu-
louS Los Angeles Ii fabulous
Louise Beavers is fabulous g..
My husband IL fabulous The
ElkA are the most fabulous OF ALL"
She giiahes like an oil well. and
exactly an your reaction would be
to seeing a big Texas gusher come
booming. you sit, awestruck, by all
this glib nothingness.
We have called her husband the
Mr.. Barnum OF the Elks We are
saddened 10 relate that he Ia. II
isn't only that he Isn't "A Judge,
and only held an interim appoint
ment as magistrate which In
Philadelphia Is no more than
justice Of the peace. and 40 is not
entitled 10 wear the title OF Judge
eternally: it's not that he isn't "A
lawyer, but an undertaken, a nee
cssary profession, but the civil
liberties department OF "A big or.
ganization ought At least TO be-
headed by lawyer but II is
that he is content TO lend what
brains and presence he has To the
bolstering Of a false front. "A husk
81 a leader like Or Honorary title
courtesy Bcthune Goodman col
lcgel Robert A. Johnson, behind
whom and through and In whose
name he works land we use the
word adviscdly), and who hasn't
got half the savvy OF J. Finley
Wilson. who At least knew enough
% take hts hand out OF the pot
long enough 10 keep the Organiza-
ton from going into the red
The audience sat through al,
this and more bcsidcs. and II was
na dismal 10 behold as 10 hear.
You could almost feel It's deter
mtnation 70 stick Is out. however.
10 hear what II was frankly sd-
mttted from the platform tone -
tho few oddmcnts of honesty
thrown about up there until Or
King spokel they had come 10
hear.
We looked around the audience
and not only nd we see the ever
hopeful white liberal patiently
waiting. his trained ears undoubt-
cdly assaulted by the assorted
crudities and soporifica coming
from the stage. hut we recognized
local residents whom we knew 10
be- followers Of the Elks, sweating
II out for the sake OF their own
racial culture. determined 10 hear
this man OF whom they had heard
40 much and from whom they hope
for ~ much,
And We don't deprixc the rank
and file NJ the Eiks. themselves
They made up the overwhelming
majority nf the audience. as Ken
meth Hahn found To hts surprise
when he asked for a show ~ hands
NJ people attending from out "
state. and more than half the right
hands in the audience were raised.
We know by the way they hush
81 the corridor and said Amen"
and That's right" In the 1ght
places during Martin Luther
Kings speech. that they were
ready even n their leaders were
not
The Negro masses are IN the
position all over the country all
except, II seems, in Montgomery.
Ala, and Tallahassee, Fla, Of be-
ing ahead OF their leaders.
when win they come ". thought
the Young people, hard-muscled
and razor sharp of mind. who can.
"a Martin Luther King saws.
Look tho demagugue in the eve
and damn his treacherous nsttery
without winking' leaders. a.
gain quoting Martin King, who
can avoid exceSses ~ complacency
On the orc hand ana hot,heajri-
ness on tho other. who can SEQ the
issues and stand up for the right"
The people are ready Their
friends are ready and trusting
Whcrr are the leaders,