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Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-09-19

for their relations in the field Of
business, arts, science, education,
government and civic activities.
Mrs. BledSoe, formerly Of Kan
sas City, Mo, resides with her
husband Raymond and daughter,
Joqfta Louise, age 10 at 939 Day
ton Av.
She graduated from Wheatley
ProWdent Hospital School of
Nursing, attended the University
Of Kansas and did graduate study
at the University OF Minnesota.
Mrs. Bledsoe Is presently on the
staff Of st. Johns hospital and
had formerly worked as a public
Health nurse in Kansas City, Mo,
and head nurse ait Miller Hospital,
st. Paul.
She is presently, secretary Of
the Board Of Directors Of the
Fourth District Nurses Assoc. and
was a candidate for Chairman Of
the National American Nurses
Association in 1852 in Detroit,
Mich. At present she Is serving on
the committee of Professional
Practices for the American Nurses
Assoc.
While being active In her pro-
fession, Mrs. Bbedsoe Is a member
OF st. Paul Lutheran Church, a
member Of the Lutheran Women
Of the Lutheran Church of Amer
lea, on the Board Of Directors at
CIdspus Attucks Home, vice presi-
dent, Twin City chapter National
Association Of Fashions and De-
signers, past president Of Credja-
fawn Social Club and presently
treasurer Of same organization.
Also she is member Of st. Paul
Chapter No. 1, Order Of the Eas-
tern Star Prince Hall Affiltaion.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-09-19
Most All Twin
city AME Pastors
O.. Returned To Posts

The 81st Annual Chicago Con-
ference of the African Methodist
Church, convened in Chicago, Sep
tennber 10 through the 18th with
the Right Reverend Bishop Joseph
Gomez, presiding Bishop conduct
ing The conference at Grant Mem
orial Church, Rev. Harvey e. Wal
don, host pastor.
Twin City pastors Of the AME
Church were returned to their re-
spective charges with the excep-
ton of Rev. Hardy White, who
was transferred to the California
district.
Ministers returned were Rev. w
Mordeau Williams, st. James AME
st. Paul, beginning his fourth year
who also was elected delegate to
the General Conference Of the
AlME Church which convenes ir
Qnctnnati, Ohio in, 1854; Rev
Lowell Johnson, st. Peters AMF
Church, who begins his third yeal
here. Rev. Johnson, was also guest
speaker at the morning worship
service of Coppdn ANE Church.
Also returned, Rev. Marlin J.
Hendrieth, pastor of Wayman
ANfE and now the senior pastor
in the Twin Cities who is begin
ming his tenth year and Rev
Cleveland D. Snalls, st. James
AAdE, Minneapolis who is In his
eighth year.
Newly ordained ittnerant deacon
is Rev. Charles Allen who has
been appointed to Allen Chape
A1ME. Rev. Thomas I. Morris wa
also sent back to st. Marks ANAE
In Duluth, MINI.
Rev. Coleman Wesley Elhsor
was also returned as presiding
elder Of this Cncago-Milwaul1et
District.
All Of the ANNE ministers will
fill their respective pulpits this
coming Sunday.
The Cantinos Of st. Peters
AAdE church under the direction
of Miss Marlene Allen, went to
Chicago to sing at the Sunday
morning service.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-09-19

habeas corpus may be sought in
the federal courts prior to any
conviction.
I'VE viii attempt 10 write this
bill in such a way as to open up
this new avenue Of relief primarily
In these cases where, because of
community attitudes or feelings,
state court relief Is unlikely.
Fraser said he hopes to have a
bill ready within the next two
weeks. Enactment of this bill
would probably come too late to
aid Aelony - but it would pro-
vide an added protection against
arbitrary and unreasonable state
abuse of a PERSONS rights.
'T win be asking support for
such a bin from my colleagues
not according 10 whether or not
my colleagues agree or disagree
with Aelony's role in the civil
rights struggle, but on the basis
that Aelony's rights as an Amer.
tcan citizen have been denied"
Fraser. said that he has heer ir
touch with Governor Karl Rolvaag
and Mayor Arthur Naftalin on the
Aelony case - both of them have
been contacted by friends of the
family. Both the Mayor and the
Governor are concerned about the
treatment which Aelony has re.
ceived", said Fraser.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-09-19
Masonic Grand
Lodge And 0ES
Meet In Winnipeq

The 69th Annual Communication
of the Most Worshipful Grand
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons,
Minnesota and It's Jurisdiction
John L. Nellie, Jr., most worship
full grand master is convening in
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Sep,
tember 1918 as guests Of Regent
Lodge No. 5, Edward N. Bailey
worsldpful master.
The meetings win be held at Pill
grim Baptist Church, Al Maple St
The Prince Hall Grand Chapter
GEES, Minnesota and Its Jurisdic-
tion, Gertrude L. Greene, worthy
grand matron and Thomas M
Jones, worthy grand patron, will
hold the 38th Annual Session OF
the Grand Chapter, September 49,
20 at the Royal Alexandra Hotel
with Mizpah Chapter No. 8, hosts,
Evelyn Sule-Kuoild, worthy mat
ron and James Ephriam, worthy
patron.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-09-19

ition as espoused by the White
Supremacists said:
There Is nothing TRADITIONAL In
this country that says a person
may murder, or intimidate, or
mock the judgment Of the law, or
curse THOSE VINO have chosen to
respect a law no matter how dis
tasteful or unpopular that law
may be-"
Roy Wilkins telegraphed Presi-
dent Kennedy Sunday, Sept. 16:
"National Association for Ad-
vancement Of Colored People urges
fullest use Of federal authorizing
statute for complete intervention
Of Department Of Justice In Birm-
ingFIam where four children were
murdered and twenty persons In
jured in the dastar1ly bombing
today Of the Sixteenth Street
Baptist church. The State OF Ala
bama, through the defiance Of its
Governor and his encouragement
of similar defiance by Alabama
citizens, has killed these children.
"The state Is moving swiftly to
corral, repress and persecute even
further the entire Negro popula-
ton Of Birmingham.
The shock, outrage and anger
of American citizens Of both races
at this callous and deliberate mass
murder will make anything less
than a strongly reinforced civil
rights bill a confession that the
federal government Is willing to
occupy spectator role in the life
and death struggle a beleaguered
minority Is wagtng for freedom
FROM persecution and killing.
IF we are not TO have more
than picayune and piecemeal aid
against this type Of bestiaity
please tell us now so that we can
marshal such resources as we pos
sess and employ such methods as
our desperation may dictate in de-
fense Of the lives Of our people"
President Kennedy had not re
piled to Wilkins demands for Fed
eral intervention or DR.. Kings at
press time Wednesday morning.
President Kennedy though not
mentioning Gov. Wallace by name,
vigorously raped those in official
positions who had by their actions
and statements created a climate
for Sundays tragic bomb murders,
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-09-19

employee, caused the Duluth City
Council to reconsider a 8 to 4
negative vote. The second vote was
6 to 3 in favor of the ordinance.
Voting against the proposal
were Councilmen John P. Nelson,
Duane Rappana and Dwight Sol
berg.
Favor1ng the ordinance were
Councilmen Don Larson, DR.. c..
D. East, Sherman Iverson, Cliff
ford w. Johnson, Robert LaPtne
and Alfred z. Persch.
LaPine and Bast shifted their
earlier negative votes to permit
passage Of the ordinance. Sup
porters Of the ordinance said there
Is racial discrimination IN Duluth,
and asked that 1t be solved on the
local level without District Court
action.
In his appearance before the
council Maupdrs, in a broken
voice, impIored the Council 10 re-
consider its negative vote. IF your
face could be turned black with a
magic wand, he told the council
men, "you would know what dis
examination Is. when you look for
a place TO live, you would be shown
only pig pens. Put Duluth on re-
cord in support Of Minnesota law"
jackson told the Council that he
repeatedly was told he could not
rent a house because Of the color
of his skin. II assure you dis
elimination exists, he said. This
is your chance as coImcilmen TO
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-09-19

for she spent days and night cry
ing her little heart out for that
lost love - until we made her
really feel q part of our home and
she became a bright happy child
again.
We thought we had her over the
greatest hump until she accident
ally ran into that family one day
again and everything we had done
for Nannette went down the drain.
So it was definitely decided by her
social worker, myself and her doc
for that Nanette should stay apart
from that family contact as much
as possible.
My own six children helped take
Nanette under their wings and
soon filled her heart with happI-
ness again. She was hustling and
bustling Hike the rest of them pre-
pairing for the entry Of school. ]
never imagined I'D have a problem
enrolling Nanette four blocks away
or getting the school principle at
Field to consent 10 this transferred.
went 10 Field the week before
school to secure that transfer. The
clerk seemed shaken when I told
her where I wanted Nanette trans
ferred and Immediately with
flushed face and the least hesita-
ton I was told fatty that there
were no transfers given out Of
Field school.
None at all regardless 10 the
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-09-19

circumstance ?" asked because I
knew that transfers were granted
in cases of emergencies. had been
down to the Board of Education
and heard read off to a bunch Of
US instances in which transfers
were granted and most Of them
were far less serious than my stu
alton. I didn't recall one medical
reason and in some cases students
were sent far out Of their district
to other schools and I told this
clerk 50.
The clerk, without further words,
rushed into the principals office
and conferred with her briefly and
returned informing me that the
principal would see me.
I walked into the office calm
and more determined than before.
I was informed by her Of the ob-
stacle that this child might face
In being the only Negro child en-
rolled in Page and, since she al
ready has emotional problems
don't you suppose she would be up
against more. After all, Mrs. War
ren, I only have the child's inter-
est at heart" And the way she
said that and the feeling that us
ually come with such statements
was simply nil. I had grown simply
SICK Of this age-old remark. Or
would you want to live in a block
where you're the only Negro?
please Turn To Page %
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-09-19
Funeral Services, For
Napoleon J. Hunter,
Saturday. 10 A.M

Funeral services for Napoleon
J. Hunter, longtime resident Of
Minneapolis will be held Saturday,
September 21, 10 am. at Pilgrim
Baptist Church, where he had been
a deacon.
Mr.. Hunter died Monday, Sep
tember 16, In the Minneapolis Cen
eral hospital. He had been In Ill
health for several years and spent
his declining days in Camellia
Nursing home.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. N.
J. Hunter, a niece, Mrs. Jeanette
Howard and other relatives.
Interment will be in Lakewood
Cemetery. Woodland Funeral Home
is in charge Of funeral arrange
ments.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-09-19

velopment campaign, 18 members
of a 35-member national campaign
committee, and presidents Of some
of the member colleges, United
Negro College Fund officials and
special guests came to hear Presi-
dent Kennedy deliver the campaign
ldck-off speech.
Among the business and indus
try headers present was John
Cowles, Sr., president Of the Mn
neapolis Star and Tribune Of Min
neapolis, and a member Of the
board Of trustees of the Ford
Foundation.
At the same time, a SIS million
grant to UNCF colleges by the
Ford Foundation was announced In
New York by DR.. Henry Head,
foundation president. DR.. Heald
said that the grant to help streng-
then Negro colleges approved by
the fundataon trustees win be d-
Nded ~ IS million directly to
UNCF, subject TO matching from
other sources on a two4to-one basis,
and (2) $40 million to a small
number Of UNCF member colleges
to be selected over the next year
by the Ford Foundation. The
grants 30 individual colleges may
also entail some matching provis-
ions, DR.. Heald said.
In a brief talk at the White
House, Mr.. Mortimer called Thurs
days meeting mo hess meaningful
q demonstration" than the August
% march on Washington. 1T is a
demonstration" he said, ''in sup
port Of one Of the essential steps
that has to be taken In order 10
bring Americas 10 million Negro
citizens into the mainstream of our
national life. It Is also a demon
stxatton THAT we who represent
(COntinued ON Page ~
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-09-19
SANDRA ScHUcK RECEIVES
SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND
ST, CATHERINE COLLEGE

Sandra Schuck, 1419 Dupont Av.
NJ, daughter Of Mrs. Dolly Schuck,
graduate, st. Anthony High, was
awarded a scholarship among s
other winners to enter st. Gather
ines College in st. Paul. Tuition
Scholarships totahng $12,750 were
warded these six young ladies.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-09-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Coleman,
Jr., 356 w. Wheelock Parkway,
have announced the engagement Of
their daughter, Adrienne Lois, to
Mr.. Carl L. EEler, son Of Mrs.
Ernestine E1ler, Winston-Salem,
North Carolina.
Adrfenne attended the UniversI-
ty Of Minnesota for two years, and
graduated from the Minnesota
School Of Business as a Court Re-
porter.
Her ftancee, Carl Eller, Is an
SL.A. senior at the University of
Minnesota, with a major in Inter
national Relations. He Is a tackle
on the University Of Minnesota
football team, a member Of Alpha
Phi Alpha fraternity, and other
campus organizations.
The wedding win be held at st.
Phillips Episcopal Church In st.
Paul on November ~.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-09-19

ton camp. Escaping to France in
1888, she immigrated TO the United
States in 1911, receiving her Mas
ters degree at the University of
Pittsburgh, and her Doctor of
Social Welfare" from Columbia
University. .er
Starting with a Smorgasbord
dinner at 8 pm, with Rev. Denzil
Carty giving the invocation, a
short business meeting will start
ait 7. pm. Miss Halle Q. Brown"
Eveline Mason, will present awards
to outstanding volunteers, followed
by DR.. KonoplCa's speech.
The story of the activities Of
Halle @. Brown House during the
past year will be shown with Mrs.
Janabelle Taylor narating, with
the agency staff being introduced
The dinner meeting is open to
anyone in the community, but Mrs.
Alice S. Onque urged that people
get their reservations in early, by
calling CA. 6-ss64. Last year we
mad so many last minute ticket
buyers that we had to set up tables
In the basement, as the Auditori-
um was over-crowded," Mrs. On
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-09-19
Fraser To Introduce
Another Rights Bill
To Protect Defendants

Congressman Donald Fraser bold
an audience Of young people Sept.
Is, that he was planning TO intro
duce a bill 10 permit the federal
courts to intervene in state court
proceedings where a defendant can
demonstrate that rights secured
to him by the Federal Constitu-
ton are being denied.
Fraser spoke to a young peoples
group at the Colonial Church of
Edna, Sunday evening at 6:45
pm. on the subject: Issues Before
Congress ss-Including Civil Rights.
Fraser cited the case of Zev
Aelony, a Minneapolis resident and
graduate student at the UNIVERSE
ty of Minnesota. Aelony has been
working in the south with the
Congress on Racial Equality
(CORE). In August Aelony and
several others We're arrested In
Amer1cus, Georgia, and charged
with 'inciting to insurrection", a
capital offense in Georgia.
This young man has deep con-
victions about the racial problem
In America. He has been working
on behalf of these beliefs. How
ever, based on information we can
get in Washington, there is no
basis for the charge made by
Georgia officials, particularly in
the light of CORES non-violence
philosophy. The charge of 'fncit-
ing to instruction, however, has
had had the effect of holding Ael-
ony in Jail for month without bail
being set.
Perhaps most shocking was the
preliminary hearing held hast week
before a justice of the peace which
was conducted secretly at the re-
quest of the sheriff. Now Aelony
must await the convening Of a
grand jury in November - two
away with little pros
pect Of bail being granted.
1T seems reasonably clear that
Aelony's actions in Americus at
the time of his arrest constituted
conduct which is protected by the
us. Constitution as an exercise
in free speech. Under these cir
cuplstances, relief through the'
state courts appears to be far.
away - and meanwhile his rights
as an American citizen are sub
stantially impaired.
II believe that a citizen of this
country is entitled to more ade-
quate protection of his constitu-
tional rights than is being afford
ed in this case. Recently the us.
Supreme Court decided that de-
PENDANTS convicted in state courts
may apply for a writ of habeas
corpus in the federal courts where
a federal right is alleged TO have
been violated. The Court ruled this
possible even though all state rem
edies had not been exhausted.
II am considering a bill to
amend or supplement this statute
to provide that such a writ of
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-09-19

woman may be physically
weaker than man, but she can put
a cap on a fruit jar so tight he
can't get 1t off" j. Dennis
LOsness, Cornell (Wis.) Courier.
Maybe the girls would dress
more sensibly II men noticed SEN
sibly dressed girls. ID. e. Wewel,
Algona (Ia-) Advance.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-09-19
REAL ESTATE MAN
FILES FOR DIVORCE

Thomas ]. johnson, 4046 Oak
land Av., Minneapolis real estate
man has filed divorce proceedings
against his wife Mary, Of the same
address. He charged cruea and in
human treatment.
The JohnSorIs have been married
20 years. Mrs. Johnson is en-
pIoyed at the US. Veterans hos
pital and has worked with Mr..
JohnSon's firm Johnson & ARsocd-
ates OF S744 Fourth Av. 8.
The Johnsons have no children
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-09-19
Terefha D. Bledsoe.
Listed In Who's
Who Of US. Women

Mrs. Teretha D. Bledsoe was
among the list Of 18 other women
in st. Paul in the Third edition
of Who's Who of American Wom-
en-. These women are selected and
chosen by the editor of the book
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-09-19

Roy Wilkins on Monday again
asked President Kennedy for Fed
eral intervention in Birmingham.
A federal grand jury has been
called by US. District Court Judge
Clarence w. Allgood, Alabama
born jurist who issued the strong
est statement against race oppres-
sion made by a southern white in
recent months.
In a statement to the 21 federal
grand jury members Allgood
stated:
In recent weeks, we have wit
messed what amounts to mockery
OF our laws-a mockery by those
who would cut the very roots Of
our American system of justice,
who in so doing would starve the
growth Of our way of life, and
snuff out human life with insane
fury and irrationality."
The church bombing Judge
kllgood said was "compEetely IN
disregard Of law and order and
plain common decency.
Allgood said: II can think of no
greater heresy or more blackening
sin against humanity. And I can
say with the deepest sense of
urgency, the courts will not rest
nor will the good, God-fearing
people of BirIningham-unil the
insane murderers of those children
are brought to the bar OF justice" "
Acts Of terrorism against Ne
groes in the name Of Southern
tradition is pure heresy the jurist
stated.
Judge Allgood in angr1ly scott
ing at the so-called Southern trad
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-09-19
MARJORIE SAYLES
GRANTED DIVORCE

Mrs. Marjorie M. Sayles, 3749
Fourth Av. s., Minneapolis, was
granted a divorce from william
Sayies also Of Minneapolis in Hen
neptn county district court last
Friday, Sept. 13.
The couple have one child, 20
months old Sandra.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-09-19

the most serious proVocauon
against them since the lynchings
Of years ago.
Responsibility for the bombing
has been placed squarely on the
head Of Governor George Wallace
both by President Kennedy and
DIR. Martin Luther King, Jr., presi-
dent of the Southern Christian
Leadership Council who flew to
Birmingham, Sunday from Allan
ia, Ga, as soon as he learned OF
the tragedy which in addition to
snuffing out four lives seriously
injured other men, women and
children.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-09-19
34fh Annual Dinner:
34fh Annual Dinner:
GiseIa Konopka Social
Scientist, Principal Speaker
At Halle Annual Dinner

"a Neghborhoods Responsibility for Youth In Confict"
will be the topic of speech to be given by Gsea Konopka
DSW at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Halle Brown
Community House Thursday, September 26th.
Dr. Konopka a professor the University of Minnesota
was born in Berlin Germany and she grew older joined the
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-09-19
Wifh NAAcP Push:
Duluth City Council
Passes Ordinance Which
Outlaws Housing Bias

The NAACP State Conference announced this week that
Duluth NAACP has been instrumental in getting ordn
ance prohibiting racial discrimination in housing passed by the
Duluth City Council The decision during tension packed
session in which earlier negative vote reversed.
Appeals by William Maupns, Duluth NAACP President
and James Jackson St. Louis County Welfare Department
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-09-19

que said.
This year we are holding it in
the Gymnasium and hope we can
accommodate everyone who would
like to come"
The cost of the Smorgasbord is
$2.25 with advance reservations, or
$3.50 at the door.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-09-19
President Kicks OF Drive:
President Kicks OF Drive:
Business-Industry Leaders
Launch so Million
Drive For Colleges
(Text of Presidents Speech on Page A.

Washington September PA $50 million campaign for the
immediate development the 80 Southern colleges the United
Negro College Fund launched today at the White House.
o help create trained educated and qualified Negro ap
picants for jobs"
Headed by Charles Mortimer chairman of General Foods
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-09-19
eHH0HHHHHNHHHNNNNNNNNHNN
ST. PAUL JEWISH
SYNAGOGUE SENDS
$1,000 TO CHURCH

Temple Aaron, Congregation OF
st. Pau, Tuesday sent a check
for $1,000 bo the Sixteenth St.,
Baptist church in Birmingham,
Ala, which was bombed Sunday
with the loss of four cllildren's
lives.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-09-19
For Peoples S0fefy:
For Peoples Sofefy:
NAACP, Negro Leaders
Urge US. Martial
Law In Birmingham
(see editorial: Alabama"
Page p

Birmingham, Ala - Following the bombing of Negro
church here Sunday which took the lives of four children
the shooting death of two other young Negro children Negro
leaders and civil rights organizations have asked President John
Kennedy send us troops Alabama preserve order
The Negro leaders and nterracia organizations
Joined in asking the Negroes Of Alabama to remain calm under
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-09-19

PRESIDENT KENNEDY meets with National Chairman Charles
Mortimer, (cente
Campaign Sepember
Frederick Patterson
Negro College Fund Luther president
Tusegee president
Centennial will provide
facilities colleges
comprising UNCF John Cowes Sr Of the Minneapolis Star
meeting F.
National
Committee the UNCF Tor funds
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-09-19
WoIIoee Took Law In Honds

Finally, when the people Of Birmingham
changed their city administration and some
hope for peace and order was in sight, the
Governor of the State took 1t upon himself,
in the good name OF the Constitutional
rights, to take the law in his own hands
His actions were taken against the wishes
Of the local school board and the new city
officials and, we feel sure against the
wishes of the good people OF Birmingham
Editorial Wall Street JOURNAL, Sept Ii
1858.
Jackson advocate., 1963-06-22
Progress In Race
Relations Noted
In Jackson

Jackson chalked up some pro-
gress in racial solutions Tues
day as leaders of the Negro
community talked with the City
Council in the afternoon and
then obtained at least condition
al APPROVAL of a larger group of
the leadership in a meeting
Tuesday night.
Hiring of Negro police and
school crossing guards and up
grading of Negro employees in
the city's sanitation department
were the particular points of
discussion at both the small
afternoon conferences and the
larger meeting at night, when
the spokesman who talked with
Mayor Thompson and the COM
missioners made their report.
Rev. G. R. Haughton, pastor
Of Pearl Street AME Church,
spokesman for the committee OF
five which met with the Council,
recommended acceptance of the