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St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23
Heaven Bound" Musical
Drama To Be Presented
A. zion Rdnfisf

Heaven Bound" a musical dra-
ma directed by Mrs. Ruby Grant Of
st. Paul, will be presented by the
Minnesota State Baptist Music
Auxiliary Friday evening, June 80
at 8 pm, at Zion Baptist Church,
Eleventh Av. and Lyndale N.
Proceeds from this presentation
will apply on transportation Of the
Minnesota State Baptist choirs to
the National Baptist Convention
in Kansas City, where they will be
guests on the program Friday and
Saturday, September 7 and 8. Don
alton is 81. The public is urged
to come out and enjoy this power
full drama.
Mrs. Dora Hardy is auxiliary
president: Harry Ballard Is vice
president and Mr.. Willie B. Hale
Is director. Rev. J. r. Holloway is
host pastor. Mrs. bessie Mae Gres'
ham Is publicity chairman.-Advt
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23

been unanimously selected to fill
the position of Assistant Director.
The selection was made on the
basis of Civil Service examinations
given to some thirty-four appli-
cants for the position.
Mr. Mcdonald served on the
staff of the st. Paul Urban League
since March, 1859. Prior to that
time ne had worked as industrial
secretary of the Milwaukee Urban
League, with earlier experience
with the Wisconsin State Employ
ment Service and in a variety of
industrial jobs.
Mr. Mcdonald holds a Bachelor
of Science Degree from Central
State College of Xenia, Ohio with
a major in political science and a
minor in sociology. He also attend
ed the University Of Wisconsin
Law School in Madison, Wisconsin
for two years.
In addition to his Urban League
work, Mr.. Mcdonald has been ac-
tive in civic affairs and has been
identified particularly with the
Junior Chamber Of Commerce Of
St. Paul.
He is currently a member Of the
Board of Directors Of the Jaycees,
received recognition by them as
the Young Man Of the Month" and
served last year as statewide chair
man Of their youth and sports pro-
gram. Mr.. Mcdonald is also a
member of the American Person
mel and Guidance Association, the
Minnesota Welfare Conference and
the Twin Cities Chapter of the Ma
tional Association of Intergroup
Relations Officials.
The vacancy was created by the
resignation of Richard X. Fox, Jr.,
who had served as assistant direc-
tor since the position was created
in 1856. Mr.. Fox left on May 26
to accept an assignment as Spec
ial Assistant to the Deputy Secre-
tary of State for Personnel in the
United State Department in Wash
ington, DC.
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23

"a, son of Mrs. Emma Lee Dill
lard, 2214 18th Av. s., and the
grandson of Mrs. Luella H. Swift,
S21 Emerson Av. N.
DR.. billiard graduated from the
University of Minnesota School Of
Medicine June 10, receiving both
his MD. and BIS. degree.
He was valedictorian of his
South High school graduating class
in 1854; is married and is the
father of two boys, ages four and
four months.
While at the ~" he worked on
campus full-time, yet managed to
maintain an "A" average.
DIR. billiard will inferno at
Ancker hospital in st. Paul. After
the st. Paul stint he will leave
for Ghana.
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23


organizing and developing delinqu-
ency prevention programs. His
major effort in the overall preven-
ton program will be to work with
the Governors Committee on
Youth Employment and Training
and to stimulate youth employ
ment and training programs in
local communities.
Mr.. Pillow holds a BA Degree
in sociology from the University of
Minnesota with a major in psy-
chology and had one year Of grad
uate work at the university. He
served for four and one-haf years
as a classification and treatment
officer at Saltwater State Prison
(For adult males), and one year
as field parole agent in the Division
of Youth Conservation, supervising
juvenile males who were on proba-
ton or parole.
He is a member of Loafers, Inc,
member of the Twin City chapter
of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity and
a member OF Pilgrim Baptist
church in st. Paul.
Mr.. Pillow and his wife, Dorothy
Marie, reside at 4421 Third Av. S.
He is the son of Mrs. Lydia Pill
low of 779 st. Anthony Av., st.
Paul.
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23

ing" Nevins said. witch hunting
for alleged subversives at home,
after the pattern of some John
Birch reformers, is even cheaper
To do something to wipe out racial
discrimination will take effort and
courage"
The racial problem is not a
Southern problem, he continued
Half the Negroes" he continued,
will soon live in the North, and
many of the ugliest examples of
injustice in schooling, in housing,
in opportunities for employment
and in political privilege are found
in Northern communities"
"McCarthyism smolders under
the surface" the historian said, "A
close watch is needed on agencies
which, like the House Un-Ameri-
can Activities Committee, seem
disposed to policemen's minds as
well as their acts"
BY improving our own country
| Nevins said, I'VE shall gain the
minds and hearts of the neutral
=. or we shall at least keep them
neutral and uncommitted, even II
they do not come over completely
to our side"
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23

getting the I.C.C. to move in the
railroad cases." he said.
The policy of using private funds
for airport restaurants and lounges,
according to Justice Department
officials, started in 1856 with a
memorandum from Charles J. Low
en-, administrator of civil aeron-
autics.
Known as Memo A." it says
that if part of an airport project
is to be segregated, it must be
excluded from participation in the
program of Federal aid to airports.
1t also notes that if separate but
equal facilities are planned at an
airport, neither facility shall quail
ify for the Federal aid.
The problem is considered ironic
here, he said because most per-
sons interested in civil rights be-
leve that at federally subsidized
airports segregation should be the
easiest to end.
They have the impression that
the Federal Government can just
snap its fingers and end it at the
airports," said Marshall. But it's
not as simple as buses and rail,
roads"
But he noted that the Interstate
Commerce Commission had no jur.
isdiction over the airports and that
the Federal Aviation Agency wa
not a regulatory agency In the
sense that the I.C.C. was. The Jus.
tice Department, nevertheless. Il
stu looking for a way In which tc
end the airport segregation.
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23
ChiIdren's Librarion A.
North transferred To
Library Main BuiIdinu

Mrs. A. Marilyn White, chill
dren's librarian, was transferred
June 22, to the Children's Depart
ment of the New Minneapolis Pub
lie Library at South Fourth st.
and Hennepin.
Except for not making school
visits, Mrs Whites duties will re-
main the same as they were at
her previous position, ohildren's
librarian for the North Branch
Library at 1885 Emerson Av. N.
Holder Of a master Of arts de-
gree in library science from the
University Of Minnesota, Mrs
White formerly served as chill
dren's librarian with the Milwau-
kee Public Library.
Mrs. White lives with her hus-
band, Maurice, and their two small
daughters, Kath and Karen, al
1916 Fourth Av. s.
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23
$500 Reward Offered:
VandaIs Breok PIofe
Glass In Spokesman
& Recorder BUILDING

Vandals broke flVe plate glass
windows in the Spokesman and
Recorder building in Minneapolis
early Tuesday morning, June 20 at
about 1890 am. Damage was
estimated at approximately $500.
Residents of the area who heard
the crash of glass called police.
A police squad which had been
called to the corner of 3Sth &
Fourth Av. S., twice before dur
ing the evening arrived a few min
utes after the vandalism, but did
not apprehend the culprits.
Detectives investigating the win
dow breaking believe recent stories
in the papers describing the crop
of disorderly street corner gather
ings of young loiterers had aroused
their ire.
The articles in question had tolC
of the disorderly carvings on and
the vulgar and profane language
which the corner loiterers had beer
subjecting patrons of the business
institutions on the corner.
Monday night Pat Schofielc
proprietor of the 38th Street Del.
icatessan had to call police twice
to break up crowds in front of his
store. Each time the crowds dis.
persed, returning Immediately after
the squad cars pulled away.
The delicatessan closes at Il
o'clock. The window breaking ir
the Spokesman & Recorder build.
ing at 3744 Fourth Av. S., occurred
shortly after
The newspapers are offering a
$500 reward for information which
results in the arrest and conviction
of perpetrators of the vandalism
Information should be furnished
to the Minneapolis police depart
ment.
Cecil Newman, editor of the
Spokesman & Recorder newspapers
said in commenting on the incid-
ent, The Spokesman intends to
continue to pubhcizing any un-
favorable condition in the COM
munity which brings discredit to
the hard-working, substantial fam
HES residing here.
This has been our policy for 27
years and we see no reason to
change it.
= Such things a. corner loafing
excessive lettering, public unseen
ly petty thievery, public conduct
disorderly actions all bring dis,
credit and unfavorable publicity to
the entire Negro community. Such
behaviour operates to seriously
hamper and limit the opportunit,
les for the individual Negro for a
good job, a decent home and a pro,
tected family.
mo community can allow the
hoodlum element, young or old, t
run rough-shod over the chances Of
the decent, lawabiding people"
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23

with Cnlfd degree burglary. II L
receive a five year terms in the
state penetentiary.
Nine of the men charged Tues
day, most of whom are young men
were:
David Jackson, 27, 1915 Fourth
Av. s., who the police say Is the
leader of the ring; Melvin C. Davis,
25, S15 Emerson Av. N; Alfred L.
Wilkerson, %, 776 Emerson Av.
N; Ernest B. Mcneil, %, 1852
Bryant Av. N; Benjamin r. Bur-
ton, 20, 2112h Fourth Av. S.; Ed
ward McCabe, 81, 1898 Emerson
Av N; Eddie Jackson, 1S, address
unverified; David Newell, 20, 2016
Second Av. S. and Robert L. Mas
sey, A, 1O13-13th Av. S., the old
est man in the group.
Another man held but not
charged is Donald J. Dillon, 21,
1415 Eighth AV. N.
Seven men have been sent to Jail
since Oct in connection with the
same ring.
Edward c. Antil, 36, 2625-12th
Av. s., has been charged with re-
ceiving stolen property. Police say
he is the fence where the men
charged with burglary disposed OF
their loot.
Anti is said to be foreman at
the Minneapolis-Honey Co.
All the men being held with the
exception Of Antil are Negroes.
Detective captain William Maine
told reporters the pattern of rob-
berries helped the four detectives
checking the series Of burglaries
apprehend the suspects.
The men arrested admitted AZ
burglaries. Most Of the crimes hit
business establishments selling ex.
pensive appliances.
The men worked in groups Of
two, three and four. Most Of the
loot was sold to fences. Some Of II
however was peddled to unwary ol
foolish householders.
The arrest Of such a large grouE
of men, for criminal activity has
aroused community leaders.
Many of the men are member:
of families, residents in the city fol
years.
Another circumstance which
aroused comment was the compar
tive youth of most of those ar
rested.
One bitter parent said her sor
who is involved just was "nC
good" refusing to attend school
refusing to work on any job, long
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23

WILLIAM r. FARMER, JR.
present a program Sunday, June
25, at $3.50 pm. at Zion Baptist
church. Rev. ]. R. Holloway is host
pastor.
Guest speaker will be William
R. Farmer, Jr., president of the
Youth Union. William is known to
some as Bill Jackson. This young
man has felt the calling of the
Lord to preach the gospel. Music
will be furnished by the Youth and
Young Adult Union. The public is
cordially invited. A free will offer.
ing will be lifted. - Advt.
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23

She blamed other parents for al
lowing her boy to sleep around" ="
their homes without explanation.
The mother in question said a
large number of parents in both
the north and south areas allow
young men who are unemployed to
sleep and eat in their homes for
several days at a time, while par
snts are searching for them.
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23

terminals in the south to comply
with federal civil rights laws as
freedom riders are demanding.
What happened, under a policy
started during the Eisenhower Ad-
ministration, Marshall said was
that the Federal money was used
for runways, hangers and other
parts of the airport while munich
pal funds were used for the racial
ly sensitive waiting rooms and
restaurants.
"And this has happened in al
most every Southern city" Mar
shall said. This is a very basic
problem"
Thus, the Justice Department is
looking for legal hook with which
to end the airport segregation.
Had the Federal money been used
for the restaurants and lounges,
this would have been the hook.
According to the Marshall the
problem therefore Is to define the
legal interest Of the United States
in these cases.
Marshall feels that, obviously,
we had the legal hook in the bus
terminal situation"
I'm part Of the I.C.C. Act 1t
shows that the I.C.C. has the pow
er to do this and SO we filed a
petition" he said
The railroad terminal situation
is a little different because the
provisions providing the I.C.C. with
power over the railroads go back
to 18S8-and the Motor Carrier
Act came much later, and there Is
a broader power In the Motor Car
rier Act. Sull, we're hopeful Of
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23

Human Rights, was awarded a
scholarship to the annual institute
of race relations at Fisk Universe
ty, Nashville, Tenn.
Mrs. Moss, girls worker at Phyl-
lis Wheatley Settlement House, will
apply credits received toward a
Phi. D. in social work. She left by
plane Monday morning, June 10
for Nashville.
Mrs. Charles Foster, 2216 s
Newton Av., the other recipient, /:
a member Of the League of Wom'
en- Voters, the NAACP and finance
co-chairman and a member of the
speakers bureau Of the Minnesots
council on civil and human rights
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23

trust division, the area where the
principal antitrust cases originate
She will handle Justice department
cases in the NY. City federal
courts.
Prior to her appointment to the
us. position she had been an at
torney for SCAD (the New York
Commission Against Discrimina-
tom. Prior to assuming that posi-
tion she was attorney with the
NY. City Legal Aid Society.
She entered the practice of law
with the law firm of Baker and
Tyler of New York.
Miss Brown received her early
schooling in the Minneapolis public
schools and her Bachelor of Arts
from the University Of Minnesota
She went to New York in 1850 for
study at the famous Fordham
University Law school receiving a
Bachelor of Laws degree from
that school with high honors. Later
she received her Master of Laws
degree from New York Universi-
ty.
Miss Brown is the daughter Of
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23
Linda Griffin Represents
Washington III A. r
R~- I~-I...Ls.. FAaG.,I


Linda Griffin, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. James Griffin Of 1892 N.
Western Av. is attending a Y-Teen
summer conference for leadership
training this week held at Lyman
Lodge, Lake Minnetonka as a rep
resentative from Washington High
School st. Paul.
Linda is a member of the Inter
Club Council of Washington High
school and has been elected treas
urer of the council for the coming
year. She has been on the honor
roll at school for the third consecu-
tive year.
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23

during his years at Central. He
has earned three Central letters in
football and basketball and two
letters in track. He also was select
ed on the all-city basketball
team two consecutive years, as a
jumping jack forward.
While at Central Darrell was
a member Of the Chemistry Club
and Table Tennis Club. His fav-
orite subjects were chemistry, ply
sizes and speech.
His hobbies are sports, collecting
iazz record albums and fishing.
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23
TT CHANGED BEFORE

Tuscon, Ariz. (ANP) - Deputy
Prvn Skeen, who has heard many
and varied excuses and alibis from
traffic violators, ran into a brand
new one last week when he saw
a woman drive through a red light.
After curbing her car and pulling
out his ticket pad, he asked polite
ly: Just why did you run through
that red light?"
The woman, unabashed, replied:
ut wasn't my fault. 1t changed
before I got there"
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23
Clean Up Our Own BoekyGrdI
Win The Freedom
War In US. First,
Speaker Tells Grads

Chicago (ANP)-College graduates do for the
of freedom by helping purify the United States than by
going Laos the Congo historian told the $40 graduates Of
LOyoa University last week
'The first wage a the home front" Allan
NevinS Pulitzer Przewnnng historian said in
ment address in Mccormick Place.
Denunciaion of Communist outrages abroad moth
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23
u" Medical School
Grad Plans Practice
In Ghono, Africo

A Minneapolis man who grad
uated this month from the Univ
ersity with a degree in medicine
plans to enter medical practice IN
Accra, Ghana after his interneship.
He is Herman Vernon billiard,
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23
Woman Attorney Named:
Woman Attorney Named:
Minneapolis Native Gets
Justice Dept. Antitrust
Trial Lawyer Position

NEW YORK-A former native Minneapolis has been
named us Justice department attorney and trial lawyer it
announced by US Attorney General Robert Kennedy.
Jean Brown and the first Negro lawyer be
appointed attorney the antitrust division of the United
Attorney Generals office This division headed by Asst US
General Lee Loevinger native Minnesoan
been ASSIGNED the NY section
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23
Claim Lenu Horne,
Husband Owe Back Taxes

Los Angeles (ANP) - The US.
Internal Revenue Service has filed
a lien against singer Lena Horne
and her husband, Lennie Hayton
charging they owe total Of $5,S47
in federal income tax for 1858 and
1859.
Miss Horne, an actress and re-
cording star as well as a singer
Is one of the highest paid OF cur
rent entertainers.
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23
Justice Dept. Admits:
Justice Dept. Admits:
Southern Cities TriCked
US. In Construction
Of Airport Facilities

Washington ANP)-The Justice Departments civil rights
chief admitted that southern cities had ouwed the
by using federal funds for arports in such
that racial segregation be maintained.
Burke Marshall assistant attorney general for civil rights
made the disclosure explaining that the federal government
had been placed position where it difficult force air
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23
jones Mcdonald
New Asst. Director
Minnesota FEPc

William Z. Cratic, Chairman of
the Minnesota Fair Employment
Practices Commission, announced
today that James c. Mcdonald,
Vocational Services Secretary of
the st. Paul Urban League, has
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23
Seven Gone. ~ To Cos
Arrest Of 18 Smashes
MpIs. Burglary Ring;
II To Be Arraigned

Arrests of II Minneapolis in the last days is said
by police to have smaShed of the largest burglary rings
apprehended in the city in several years Since last October
members of the ring arrested separately have al
ready been sentenced to Jail terms.
Nine of the II suspects arrested recently have been charged
with third degree burglary If found guilty accused they could
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23
Mrs. Harvey Moss
& Mrs. ChoS. Foster
Affend Fisk u"

Mrs. Harvey A. Moss, 1886 Third
Av. s., a member of the Mime
apolis Mayors Commission On
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23

LII ulloo., lOCCll
authorities transferred As convict
ed riders from the Jail to the state
penitentiary at Parchman, Miss.
The 20 Negroes and 16 white pris-
oners were housed separately and
away from other inmates.
Barnett Doesn't Want Riders In
Cotton Fields
Gov. Ross Barnett made a per-
sonal appearance at the penitenti-
ary and told officials not to put
the riders to work in the cotton
fields as they do other prisoners
because Of the trouble they might
cause. He said: They want an
incident and thereby publicity for
themselves"
A group of riders rode buses
through several southern states -
including Florida and Georgia
but didn't encounter serious incid-
ents nor attract much attention.
Robert Kennedy Still Wants Recess
Attorney General Robert F. Ken
nedy repeated he did not believe
continued Freedom Rides into the
heart of the South make "a great
deal of sense" in advancing the
cause of desegregation.
The Presidents younger brother
told a news conference in New
York that he would like to see
desegregation settled in tn G
courts, not in the streets"
81 think they (the Freedom
Riders") have a legal right to
make these trips" he stressed
In another development one
which might throw new light or
the entire movement - the Inter,
state Commerce Commission (ICC)
was expected to issue asruling that
would bar discrimination against
Negroes in bus terminals in the
Deep South.
The ruling would forbid the
practice against which the Free.
dom Riders have been demonstrat.
ing. Moreover, the ICC was ex,
pected to go even further than re,
quested by Atty. Gen. Robert F
Kennedy three weeks ago. The
ICC repeatedly may make the
planned ruling effective at airports
and train stations, as well as bus
depots.
In Alabama, a federal judges re.
fusal to prolong a temporary re,
straining order left the door oper
for new Freedom Rides in thai
state. But us. District Judge
Frank M. Johnson, Jr., warned ir
Montgomery that he may reinstats
the no-more-organized-rides decree
at a later date "if it becomes nee.
essary."
In another report, the merits Of
which have been questioned by
supporters of the Freedom Ride
movement, Negro reportedly
from Chicago was quoted as say
ing he joined a group Of rider
using CORE money merely to gel
back to his native Mississippi t.
avoid starving in Chicago"
Identified as Leon Daniel Horne
"a. a former seminary student, tn
rider was further quoted as sayinl
he would advise anyone not to af
filiate with the Freedom Rider
terming them "demoralized char
acters."
He said he used $50 given hin
by CORE, sponsor Of the segre
gation-challenging rides, to ge
from Chicago to Nashville, Tenn
and spent SIS coming to Jackson
! CONTINUED ON Page ~
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23
Developments Multiply:
Developments MUIfipy
Freedom Riders Step Up
Campaign Against Jimcro;
ice Ruling Awaited

Freedom riders in a steppedup campaign against segre-
gated facilities southern bus railway airline terminals
served additional notice the already raca troubled South
AS egregatOns diehards biting their nails and pull
ing their hair in bewdement Dixie cities faced
traditional segregation laws the and the schools and
facilities for interstate travel.
In Jackson Miss focal point for the rides
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23

Corrections. In
this capacity he
will be working
with the Cover
n or s Advisory
Council on Chill
dren and Youth.
His duties will
be to assist COM
munities through.
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23

us. Antitrust Trial Lawyer
DR. and Mrs. w. D. Brown, Sr.,
of Minneapolis; sister of DR.. w.
d. Brown, Jr., and niece of Miss
Lena Smith, veteran Minneapolis
attorney.
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23

Mrs. Jesse Smith
plans to enter the
Tn iv ersity of
MINI e s o I a. He
plans to pursue a
course in business
administration.
Darrell's sports
activities q si d e
from his books
kept him busy
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23
NACIREMA CLUB
IS BURGLARIZED

IS BURGLARIZED
The Nacirema Club at 3949
Fourth Av. s., was burglarized
Monday. Thieves got away with
money from a music and cigarette
machine.
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23
Darrell Smith Plans
To Enter University;
Seeks Business Cour

Darrell Smith, 996 West Central
Av., who graduated from St Paul
Central and is the son of Mr.. and
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23
Edgar Pillow Is
Promoted To New
Sfufe Position

Edgar D. Pillow has been ap-
pointed field representative in the
Prevention Unit Department of
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23
Youth Union Leader
To Speak Sunday
At Zion Baptist

The Minneapolis Gospel Choral
Youth and Young Adult Union will
St. Paul recorder., 1961-06-23
Clean Up Our Own BoekyordI

Miss Brown is the daughter of attorney