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Evening star., 1959-11-26
Closed Shop
Finding Upset

The fact that a printing fore
man, empowered to hire and
f1re, Is also a union member
does not necessarily indicate a
closed shop in violation of the
Taft-Hartley Act, the United
States Court Of Appeals said
yesterday.
In its decision, the court
declared that the National
Labor Relations Board was
wrong in holding that a con-
tract between the Honolulu
Star-Bulletin and the Inter-
national Typographical Union
was illegal as Incorporating
closed shop provisions.
The board had found that the
contract, giving the foreman
hiring and firing power, was an
unlawful delegation to the
union Of complete unilateral
control over the hiring process
and made the payment Of dues
=. a condition of employ
ment."
Contract Cited
The unions general laws
contain closed shop provisions
which may be applied con-
tractually to plants not engaged
In interstate commerce and
hence not covered by Taft
Hartley. The board reasoned
that the foreman would be
bound by the union laws in his
hiring and firing function.
But the court cited language
OF the contract as definitely
barring a closed shop. Indeed,
1t said, in practice the foreman
had hired several non-union
men.
The case stemmed from the
firing by the company of two
printers. The men charged un-
fair labor practice.
One Of the men, involved in
union politics, said he was il
legally dismissed merely because
ne had engaged in protected
union activities. His stand was
upheld by the board.
Other Factors Blamed
But the court found his dis
mlsSal apparently was not
caused by protected activities
ana cited testimony that his
production was of and that he
was disrupting morale.
In the second dismissal, the
court agreed with the board
that the employe was improp-
erly fired at the unions behest
because he was no longer a
member in good standing
Three other cases involving
some similar issues that arose
In yesterdays case are pending
IN appellate courts in Boston
and New York. They involve
the Haverhill MassO Gazette,
the Worcester CMass.) Tele-
gram, the New York News Syn
dicate and the TTU, J
Evening star., 1959-11-26
'JaiyAeqaits Youth
In Rope TrioI q

A 1e-year-old. youth was
acquitted of . rape charge
yesterday By Q District Court
jury.
He h Richard DswG r., oS
the 2600 block Of Twelfth place
Sc. Mr.. Dews had been ac-
cused by . 16-year-old gin Of
attacking her In an automobile
last July after q visit TO q night
club.
Mr.. Dews admitted beng
intimate with the girl but said
she had consented.
Evening star., 1959-11-26
Thursz Paintings

An exhibit Of paintings by
Frederic ThurSz. . former
Washington artist. is on display
at the Jefferson Place Gallery
and win remain there through
December IL. Some 40 abstract
expressionist works by the 2s-
year-old artist. now on the fac
ulty Of the University Of Ken
tucky, are included In the show.
Evening star., 1959-11-26

ne nen4 % sOhsS sds
AmericanS asdtasaon "A ths
United States. for ~glamoris-
ing" foreign products 10 the
disadvantags Of sompatins
American ftems.
For example, Il h not cnly
cheaper to buy Q Swiss watch
In the PIX than IA Switzerland,
but cheaper and easier than
D ouytng an American-made
watch. which are only sparsely
stocked, II at all.
Evening star., 1959-11-26

more logical % ask tnss Ous
service personnel buy American
products In service stores than
TO complain because foreigners
don't Buy American"
Military officials say the BUY
American" program for over
seas PXs Ia more than q mat
ter Of propriety. The European
Exchange System, which op-
crates Army post exchanges on
the continent, does Q $500 mil
lion annual business.
AF Has Own System
Moreover. the Air Force op-
crates an independent exchange
system. AFEX; and PXs in the
Far East and other areas Of the
world bring the total gross Of
the military merchandising sys-
tenn to around $500 million an
nually.
It is pointed out that Euro
pean merchandise is sold at
lower prices in the PIX than in
civilian local shops. For ex,-
Evening star., 1959-11-26
Sukorno to TruveI

JAKARTA. Nov. 2e (AP1-
President Sukarno Is planning
another overseas tour for next
year, his fifth since 1885. First
ofncial reports did not say what
countries he would see this
time.
Evening star., 1959-11-26
Classmates Aid Youth
PoroIyzed in Accident

SAN MATEo. Califp Nov 2S CAP)-Tt started simply
Is this: Let's do something for Ron
1t mushroomed until boys and girls in two high schools
nope TO raise several thousand dollars Araga
Ron IT, suffered Roy Campanena-type spinal injury In
an automobile accident November TO- he
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-10-02
The
HEGH
And Low
I'D Cd w m
BY BAHH THOMAS

LOOK Magazine has an article
in its current edition dated Oc-
tober on Prentice Gautt, Oklahoma
full-back, first Negro lad to make
the varsity on a Southern college
In the same edition is the
LOOK Baseball All America,
with five Negroes named out OF
the nine players.
The sepia players who made the
team were Minnie Minoso Of the
Cleveland Indians; Willie Mays OF
the San Francisco Giants; Hank
Aaron. Milwaukee Braves; Frank
Robinson of the Cincinnati Reds
and Ernie Banks of the Chicago
Cubs.
The four other white players
who made up the balance of the
team are Ed. Matthews and Del
Crandall Of the Braves; Don Drys-
dale of the Los Angeles Dodgers
and Early Wynn of the Chicago
White Sox.
The whole article by Tim Co
hane and I. r. McVay makes
interesting reading.
The Ladies Home JOURNAL
has an article in its October num-
Der Us College Education a Right
Or A Privilege?" with Marian
Anderson as one of the partic-
ipants on a forum which discusses
the issue.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-10-02
Twin CRY Red
Feather Drive
Is Under WuV

The annual Community Chest
Drive in both of the Twin Cities
got underway Thursday, Oct. 1
and solicitation will continue until
Oct. %.
In st. Paul the funds raised will
be used to support 40 private well
fare and recreational services. In
cluded in this group is Halle Q.
Brown House, the st. Paul Urban
League and Crispus Attacks Home
for the Aged.
Other agencies which will bene-
fit from the st. Paul campaign
are the WV and YMCA'S, st. Paul
Society for the Blind, Family
Service, the Boy Scouts and other
groups.
In Minneapolis the money raised
goes to the upkeep of 81 different
agencies among which are Phyllis
Wheatley Settlement House, Min
neapolis Urban League and vari-
Gus other agencies that offer COM
munity-wide services, such as the
Girl and Boy Scouts.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-10-02

Der. The Rev. FIR. Louis johnson
officiated.
Surviving Mrs. Mitchell is her
husband Hobart T., Minneapolis
realtor; two sons, Hobart T. Nit
chell, Jr., of Minneapolis and DON
aid Renfro, Duluth.
Wednesday evening Pride Of the
West chapter No. 8 Of the OES
held their special services for the
dead at the Neal Funeral chapel.
After that service Fezzan Court
No. Z, Daughters Of Isis also held
a memorial service at the chapel
for the deceased who was a past
illustrioIs COMMANDERS Of the
court.
Active pallbearers fQE Mrs. Nit
chen were Edward L. Boyd, George
w. Nixon, Miles L. Newlin, Nick
A. Webster, John l. Cooke and
Frank e. Corners.
The Neal Funeral Home had
charge of arrangements.
Interment at Crystal Lake ceme-
terry.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-10-02

at Masonic Memorial hospital
Monday, September % at 6:4I
pm.
Mrs. Mitchell had been in Ill
health for about three years, but
had been on the critical list fol
only several months.
Mrs. Mitchell, born in jackson
Tenn, Aug. rs, 1891. had lived
in Minnesota for many years, be-
ing brought here as a child in 1904
by her parents. She received her
education in Minneapolis public
schools and the University of Min
nesota.
She was active in the Mime
apolis NAACP, amateur drama
circles and in st. Thomas Epis-
copal church.
In Eastern Star circles she rose
to be worthy grand matron Of the
Grand Chapter, Minnesota juris-
diction serving two terms with
distinction. She served in various
posts in the OES and also in the
Daughters of Isis
Funeral services were held
Thursday morning at 10 am. from
st. Thomas Episcopal church of
which she was a long time men,
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-10-02

Judy, University Of Minnesota
Hospitals. your Place in the Bus
mess Field, Mr.. Robert Marien,
Personnel Department, Reming-
ton-Rand.
11:45-1:16, Luncheon, "An Am
erican Dilemma: Equal opportuni-
ty vs.. Wasted Resources, Mrs
JeweIle Taylor Gibbs, Pillsbury
Co. Style Show, Mrs. Virginia
Brown, Coordination Emporium Co.,
Miss Mary Curley, Commentator
Emporium Co.
1:15-2:15, Demonstration OF Bus
mess Machines.
2:15-3:O0, Challenge Of the
Business Field, Mrs. Ethel Black
well, Minneapolis Health Depart.
ment, Challenge Of Distribution"
Mr.. Charles L. Becker, Board OF
E0ucaLlOn.
3:00-3:3O, Summary, Richard K
Fox, Minnesota Fair Employment
Practices Commission.
Mrs. Ermon Hogan, General
Chairman, will act as mistress OF
ceremonies. She announced that
useful gifts and door prizes will
be distributed as well as certifi,
Gates of attendance.
The Pragmateia Sorority is a
group of civic-minded women who
have selected the business field as
their vocational and professional
choices.
The st. Paul Urban League is
a social work agency supported
by the Community Chest.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-10-02

A five hour battle by Mime
apolis General hospital surgeons
who used 80 pints of blood
failed to save the life of a 30
year old Minneapolis woman
Tuesday who had been fatally
shot by her 81 year old boy
friend"
The woman, Mrs. Bertha Frank
lin, 405 e. 18th said to be Of In
dian extraction was shot by Len
ME Lipscomb, 1907 Clinton, Tues
day at about 6:15 pm. in another
apartment in the same building.
Mrs Franklin died on the
operating table at General hos
pital about five hours later.
Lipscomb was arrested outside
his own apartment about $50
pm. He had made no effort to
flee the scene.
The woman was shot in the
apartment Of Colleen Flavin and
James Brown in the same building.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-10-02
On Traffic Violation:
Man Freed BY
Supreme Court
In Tolls Auoin

A st. Paul man was arrested
at 2:3o am. September rs for a
hit and run accident. In February
he was arrested on similar
charge, however. he appealed to
the Minnesota Supreme Court al
leging certain civil liberties were
denied him and at that time the
court had all proceedings anulled
Last Friday, Robert Webb, Is,
Of 799 Carroll was observed BY
Sgt. James Griffin and Detective
A. Biagi collide with a parked auto
at Western near st. Anthony
The officers reported Webb stop
ed only momentarily and then
continued to Central between
Western and Arundel where he
was taken into custody.
On the previous arrest city Of
ficials were ordered to drop all
proceedings against him as the
State Supreme Court held that he
was arrested Illegally.
In the Feb. 5th arrest Webb
was taken from his home without
a warrant and held incummunicado
on suspicion Of hit and run.
He stated he was not allowed
to use the phone and was not
taken to court as soon as feasible.
Mr.. Webb appeared in Mum
icipal Court on the day of his lat
est arrest Sept. rs on charge Of
leaving the scene and his case was
set for Friday, October 2 for plea.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-10-02

tober Z, at Hotel Pick-Nicollet.
More than so women's organiza-
tons of the greater Minneapolis
suburban area will join forces at
this all-day meeting, under the
sponsoring auspices Of the WOm-
ems United Nations Rally Com
mittee.
The rally has taken for its
theme, United Nations World
Refugee Year" the number one
problem facing the United Nations
General Assembly this year.
The days activities will begin
at 9:46 am. with a symposium.
Panel speakers will include DE.
Scott d. Johnston, professor Of
political science at Hamline Uni
versity, DR.. Werner Levi, pro-
lessor of political science at Uni
versity Of Minnesota, DR.. Harold
c. Deutsch, professor Of history,
University Of Minnesota, and the
Very Rev. James p. Shannon,
president, College Of st. Thomas.
Following the discussion, the
attending women win be invited
to choose one Of six workshops.
Drs. Johnston, Levi and Deutsch
win head workshops on The Mid
die East, Southeast Asia" and
The Future Of Germany, respec-
lively. Workshops on South Am
erica, Russian Propaganda" and
Specialized Agencies Of the Unit
ed Nations" will be presented by
Sister Angela, professor Of history
at the College Of st. Catherine,
DR.. william 8. Howell, chairman Of
speech and theatre arts, Universe
ty Of Minnesota, and DR.. J. Huntley
Duprey, dean Of history and politi-
cal science at Manchester College,
in the order named.
Luncheon will bring the separ-
ate groups together to hear Miss
Anderson relate her experiences as
a United Nations delegate.
Women interested in attending
are urged to purchase tickets in
advance from their. organizations
representatives, or from the
League of Women Voters office
at "a South Sixth Street.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-10-02
Coming To Minnesota:
King To Address
Civil Rights confab
~ Oct. Is &17

. The Rev. Martin Luther King,
of Montgomery, Ala, will be the
principal speaker at a two day
civil rights conference Oct. 16 and
II, on the University of Minnesota
campus. q.
DR.. King is pastor of the Dexter
Avenue Baptist church in Mont
gomery and president of the Mont
gomery Improvement Association
He is author of Stride Toward
Freedom"
DR.. King led the passive resist
ance movement Of MOntgOmery's
Negro residents during the bus
segregation controversy there.
Other conference speakers in
clude former Congressman Brooks
Hays, director of the iva, and
president of the Southern Baptist
Convention; Carey McWilliams
editor of The Nation magazine and
author of Brothers Under the
Skin" and Factories in the Field,
c. Wright Mills, author of white
Collar" and The Power Elite"
Also speaking win be Truman
Nelson, novelist, critic and author
and Allen Tate, University Of Min.
nesota English professor, poet anc
critic.
DIR. King will speak at 1l:SO
am. Oct 10 In NOrthrop auditor
ium. The five authors viii give
symposium addresses at 8 pm.
the same day in NOrthrOp audi
tOriun.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-10-02
ADDRESS INCORRECT

In a news story on the arrest Of
Columbus Perkins on a liquor
charge in the Sept. rs, edition the
address of Perkins Barbecue at
Western and West Central st. Paul
was incorrectly given as Western
and st. Anthony"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-10-02
Mill City Man Fatally
Wounds GirI-Friend;
Doctors Lose Battle

According to the police Lipscomb
claimed Mrs. Franklin had been
trying to make a fool" of him.
His statement said the woman
had been taking" him. Police
say LpscOmb readily admitted
the shooting.
Witnesses say Mrs. Franklin
ran screaming from the mans
apartment to the Flavin- Brown
apartment about 5:45 pm. She
said Lipscomb threatened to shoot
her.
LPscOmb repOrtedly broke
into the apartment, pulled his
gun as he claimed Mrs. Frank
lin reached, for something" on
the bureau.
His shot from a 80 caliber Colt
hit her in the chest. Miss Flavin
said Lipscomb threatened her too,
when she tried to phone police.
Later when the irate man left
the police were called and Detec-
tives Donald Nelson and John
Meehan arrested the man.
Lipscomb In said to have serv-
ed . Saltwater Prison term Of
five years In 1921 for q shooting.
For years he was a familiar
figure on a bicycle as he used
that type Of transportation to 60
to work as a janitor from his
home.
He was held in city jail pending
a full investigation by Minneapolis
police.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-10-02

ed union locals" was interrupted
by Meany who exploded and shout
ed from the rostrum, Who the
hell appointed you as the guardian
of all Negro members in Amer
ica"
Randolph, speaking in a calm
voice countered with:
Just a minute, brother presi-
dent, wo don't have to become
emotional about it. 1 don't believe
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-10-02


CLIO national convention that Ne
groes would press harder and
harder to eliminate discrimination
in the union.
AFL-CIO President George
Meany, furious over this threat
to labor unity, shouted that Ne
grOes were separated into all
Negro unions by their own
choice.
Meany said Negroes had the
right to maintain locals for Ne
groes alone.
But Randolph urged that the
AFL-CIO make it mandatory for
all locals, including Negro locals,
to drop color bars.
No Jim Crow Right
He said that even Negroes did
not have the right to maintain
Jim crow locals"
The AFL-CIO constitution COM
mits the federation to abolish all
racial discrimination, but force Is
rarely used for this purpose.
Meany, backed by most top
labor leaders, defeated Randolph
in an attempt to get the conven-
ton to threaten two all-white
unions with expulsion unless they
made good on pledges to drop
their color bars within six months.
Randolph said the color bar de-
prives Negroes of Jobs.
The two unions are the Brother
hood Of Locomotive Firemen and
Enginemen, and the Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen, which have
a total Of 200, 900 members.
The right to work belongs as
much to our black locomotive fire
men as it does to the white man."
said Randolph
II submit that the color bar is
a mockery of trade union democ-
racy," he said.
Meany said he agreed with Ran
dolph almost completely" but
that the question was whether a
deadline should be set.
Meany, who has often voiced OPP
position to racial discrimination,
said it would be wiser to end dis
elimination by keeping the broth
erhoods within the AFL-CIO and
working with them patiently.
But while the race issue dis
rupted labor unity, which Meany
considers to be the number one
AFL-CIo problem, the seven day
convention made a gain toward
that goal by adopting in principle |
a plan for settling jurisdictional
disputes.
These quarrels have kept labor
leaders fighting against each other
for decades. Frequently they erup- !
ted into strikes against employers. !
The convention worked out a
plan for "a supreme court Of
labor" which could make final de-
cisions in these disputes.
Need For Unity
The AFL-CIO council stressed
in hourly speeches that unity was
needed to repeal a new and con-
certed attack" on labor by big bus
mess"
Dozens Of delegates charged that
one prong Of the attack which they
claimed was deliberately provoked
by the industry.
The convention took the unpre-
cedented step of asking every
AFL-CIO member to contribute
one hours pay each month to the
strikers.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-10-02
Visitors To Our Office

Mrs. Lucille Tillman Williams
Detroit, Mich; Mr.. and Mrs. John
Robinson, Seattle. Washington;
Mrs. Gwen X. Twiggs. st. Paul
Marion L. williams. Minneapolis
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Gibbs, Sr..
Oakland, Calf; Mr.. and Mrs,
Morris Gibbs Jr., and children
Julie Ann and Sandra, Minneapolis
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-10-02
Former MinneSof0ns
Visit Relatives On

Wuy To EoSt Coast
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Gibbs, Sr.,
Of Oakland, California former Min
neapolitans. visited relatives and
friends here last week enroute
East for a vacation trip which
will take them to Niagra Falls,
Washington, New York City, Phil
adelphia and Atlantic City. They
will return to California via the
southern route.
The couple were house guests of
Mrs. Sallie Fletcher, 765 West
Central, st. Paul and visited with
other relatives including Mr.. and
Mrs. Morris Gibbs, Jr., and their
granddaughters Of 1880 Third Av.
s., Minneapolis.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-10-02
REAL ESTATE

In all price ranges is regularly
advestised in the classified columns
of this newspaper. Hundreds Of
families have secured homes
through the ads placed in this
newspaper by real estate firms.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-10-02
BeuIoh Mitchell
Dies; Was Post
Grand Mofron OES

Mrs. Hobart T. (Beulah) Nit
chell, 1912 Elliot Av. s., Mime
apolis, past worthy grand matron
of the Prince Hall Order of Eastern
Star. Minnesota jurisdiction died
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-10-02
MoFion Anderson
Here Ocf. J, For
UN DoV Fefe

Marian Anderson, world-fam-
Gus soprano and 1868 delegate to
the United Nations, will be guest
of honor when United Nations
Day is celebrated Wednesday, Oc-
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-10-02
NAAcP SUPPORTS
RANDOLPH DEMANDS
ON UNION BIAS

New OrK, sept. Z4.-Ihe
NAACP informed AFL-CI0
President George Meany that
it fully supports the demand
of A. Philip Randolph for posi-
tive action by the AFL-CIO
against racial discrimination
within its ranks as elsewhere in
American life"
In a telegram to the labor lead
er, DIR. Claiming H. Tobias, chair
man of the NAACP Board of
Directors, charged that failure of
the AFL-CIO convention to take
effective action to end the abuses
Of exclusion and segregation IN
some Of its affiliates reveal an I'M
willingness on the part of the fed
Grafton ito implement its own
democratic professions"
At the closing session of the
third biennial AFL-CIO conven-
ton in San Francisco on Sept. %,
Mr.. Meany attacked Mr.. Randolph
who vainly sought to have the
convention expel two railway I'M
ions which continue to exclude Ne
gro workers and to order the dis
solution of Jim Crow locals. The
Randolph resolution would have
given the offending unions six
months to get rid Of their lily
white policy.
Irritated by the proposals, the
AFL-CI president, launched a bit
ter attack upon Mr.. Randolph who
is president Of the Brotherhood Of
Sleeping Car Porters and the only
Negro vice president and member
Of the executive council of the
AFL-CIO.
Mr.. Meany defended the Jim
Grow locals on the ground that
some Negro workers wanted
them. He asserted that the rail-
way unions needed more time to
comply with the federation re-
quirement to admit Negro work.
ers.
DR.. Tobias telegram to Mr..
Meany cited the expulsion of I'M
ions for communism and corup-
ton and said that an organization
with such power "also has power
TO enforce its own constitutional
against discrimination
and segregation"
Moreover, the telegram contin-
ued, your sohcitude for the desire
Of some unionists to remain seq
regated does not extend to the de-
sire of some workers to remain
nnorganized in the face of union
shop contracts, although the two
are analogous"
The text of the telegram fol-
lows:
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
fully supports demand of A.
Philip Randolph for positive &C
ton by AFL-CIO against racial
discrimination and segregation
within its ranks as well as else
where in American life. We rec
ognize that progress has been
made by many trade unions but
as long as thousands of Negro
workers are entirely excluded by
some unions and restricted to
segregated locals by others much
remains to be done. Refusal of
the AFL-CIO convention to take
effective steps to eliminate these
abuses reveals an unwillingness
to implement its own democratic
professions. Randolph enjoys the
confidence not only of the NAA-
CP of which he is a vice presi-
dent but also of the overwhelm-
ing majority Of Negro citizens
and OF others who genuinely be-
ieve in equality and justice. It
seems to us and to them that an
organization which has power to
expel affiliates for communism
and corruption also has the pow
er to enforce its constitutional
CONTINUED on Page
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members of a
union have the
right to maintain
a Jim Crow local,
A. Philip Ran
dolph, one of q
vice = presidents
of the u MON
served notice dur
ling the last nom.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-10-02
TWENTY-S sixth YEAR, NO. 10
PiIISbury's JeWeIIe Gibbs
Business Career Day
Speaker This Saturday

Mrs Jewee Taylor Gibbs honor graduate of Radcliffe
College and Market Research Field Administrator with PSury
Co., Minneapolis will give the keynote address the Business
Career Day, October in Halle O. Brown Community House
553 Aurora
Mrs. Gibbs topic will be An American Dilemma Equal
Opportunity Wasted Resources and will be the hghight
of the all day affair by the Pragmaa