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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25
Ross Barnett's Smear
Of King Is Old Sen.
Mccarthy Hitler Tactic

Gov. Ross Barnett Of Mississippi In hts testi-
mony before the Senate Commerce committee des-
cended to a low when he tried to link DR.. Mar
tin Luther King to the Communist party. He also
accused the Kennedy brothers" Of aiding World
Communist conspiracy to divide the us. by pressing
for civil rights legislation.
Using the old Sen. Joseph Mccarthy tactic Bar
nett, raving and ranting displayed picture which
he informed the committee was of DR.. King at the
Highlander Folk School in Tennessee which Bar
nett described as Communist school,
The photo was distributed by the wire services
and showed DR.. King seated among group of stu
dents at the school in the Tennessee mountain
country. We sure the mere charge and the pub
fishing Of the photo in many papers including the
St Paul daily papers spread the Barnett smear of
King.
Few newspapers took the time to check with
the F'BI whether the school had any Communist
eanings not If they had they would have found
that Highlander Folk School founded in 1882 by
Myles Horton Tennessee educator, was progress
sive in its theology, admitted Negroes and whtes)
which probably made 1t progressive" in the eyes Of
many. US. government investigators long ago
cleared both Horton and the school Of accusations
Communist activities. DR.. King appeared there in
1857 on the occasion of the schools 25th anniver-
sary.
The photo which Barnett displaying was
part Of the propaganda efforts against school In
tegra1on distributed by the Georgia Commission on
Education, and has been used by other groups to
prove that DR.. King gets his orders to fight US
race discrimination by non-violent action from
Moscow!
Ross Barnett probably knows he was lying
about King but he recognizes Hitler did, that
repetition Of the most fragrant falsehood, often Il
not adequately refuted becomes truth to countless
people who do not take the time 10 keep well in,
formed. Barnett the demagogue was simply using
an old technique. He'll probably do the same thing
at the Governors Conference this week.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25
Letters To The Editor

among refined white people. There
must be acceptable conduct and
compliance with neighborhood Gus
toms - then they would find a
more ready acceptance.
The above conditions are not
true Of all colored families moving
into all white neighborhoods. Some
are very refined, considerate OF
their neighbors and acceptable.
am interested in the advance
ment Of all colored people as well
as whites, and so have written
the above because I feel improve
ments in those areas will eliminate
much Of the present feeling Of
white against colored families
Yours truly, "a white property
owner in a white nelghbOrhoOd
where cOIOred families have started
buying homes" July 16, 1868.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25
AsfoUnded BY Two
Ads In Recent
Issues OF

Issues Of Papers
Editor: In a recent edition of
your paper I saw a couple Of ads
which so aStounded me that !
couldn't help but answer them. !
have enclosed the two ads in this
letter. Also, I have enclosed
DOCS" answer to my query.
Please don't return the ads or
the letter to me. 1t seems rather
ludicrous that this sort Of chican-
cry can exist and seemingly flour
ish! The ignorant and gullible
should be protected from con
games such as this. I sincerely
hope that any readers Of the
Spokesman and Recorder aren't
hoodwinked by doc" Anderson
Sincerely yours, Quentin TOrger-
son, 622 45th Ave. SEE, Mime
apoIis, MINI.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25
The Riqhf To Vote
Editorial in the Minneapolis STAR,


of the things the American Negro wants most desperately
right right society
the fact remains that large numbers Of Negroe majority
practically disenrancsed
the voting rights section Of the proposed administration civil
bill through the attorney general will have
voting referees appointed register Negroes counties where
cent Of Negroes of voting registered The
could take while voting rights suits pending
the
North tend to think just few Negroes
voting Congressional Quarterly
76 Of 81 Mississippi counties than Is
Negro population Of voting registered The true In
countless counties;
Of "a Louisiana countless in SO out Of 169 in Georgia There
counties in Virginia Arkansas
North Carolina.
right should assured to an Americans
long large
from the polls pgmenta-
democracy freedom necessarily
mocey emerging colored nations of
everywhere the struggle a
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25
ICeNTID6OHL
/ ERAnRS
Thinks Every Privilege
BRINGS With n

a"s4S WIFI -
Certain Responsibilities
Editor: In the face OF all the
present agitation among the col
ored people in this country as a
result Of the work Of your Nation
al Association, I am wondering
whether you call the attention Of
your people to the fact that every
privilege also brings with 1t re-
sponsibihties.
Some colored families moving
into quiet white neIghborhoods in
Minneapolis let their children make
a bicycle race track out of the
public sidewalks in the block they
are living - keep parading round
and round - some racing at top
speed. They also use the sidewalks
and streets for private play
grounds, where their white neigh
bors keep their children in their
own yards or send them to public
Fairgrounds. Some Of their chill
dren yell and shout so white people
will notice them ON the streets.
Another unfortunate thing Is
that many neglect their yards and
lawns. They don't keep the grass
cut or watered, and let things lie
around outside.
don't know Of a single neigh
borhood in Minneapolis that col
ored people have moved into that
the property has not been neglect
ed and the value Of homes de-
preciated. Take a ride along 4th
Av., and you can almost tell by
the looks Of the places whether
white or colored people live there.
Many Of your people are now
moving into nice neighborhoods be-
cause they have the money 10 pay
the prices. However money alone
win not get your people a place
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25
St. Peter Church
Burns Its Mortgage

This year has been a great and historic one
for some of our Twin City churches. Two churches
Pilgrim Baptist of st. Paul and st. James ANIE Of
Minneapolis observing their 100 years Of exist
ence and service in Minnesota Sunday past another
church St Peters AAIE Of Minneapolis burned the
mortgage for its building which cost over 100000
St Peters church led by Rev. Martin Luther
Simmons who initiated the building program during
his paStorate, and Rev. Lowell Johnson who sue
ceeded him. Hquidated the huge mortgage in half
the time allotted by the mortgage contract.
When Pastor Simmons was assigned to a larger
charge in Detroit almost three years ago in recog
milton Of his great service in Minneapolis there was
some concern that the phenomenal pace Of payment
on the structure might be slowed down, for new
ministers often change the basic program of their
predecessors. This is human trait which while under
standable is often costly to the congregations.
The new pastor, the Rev Lowell johnson, eased
any concern present He arrived when the debt
$4,000 and the church had approximately 71a years
to pay the amount. Rev. johnson accepted the chal
Ienge and continued the pace set by his predecessor
By May Of this year, in less than three years the
church raised the $4,000 and made its final pay
ment on its building Indebtedness. This set some
kind of record for religious congregations in
this area in mortgage liquidation.
This remarkable achievement is both measure
of the kind of leadership furnished by the two pas
tors, and also the devotion and dedication of the
congregation members who supported, so well and
fully the church leadership in its effort to pay for
the handsome structure in record time.
Few of the older church members who
present at the beautiful services last Sunday
climaxed by the impressive mortgage burning cere-
monies-believed they would see the day when their
church could in seven and one-hah years retire
debt that not due in full for another seven
years.
A common joke among church members the ma
don over, is the one which DEGREES that church
mortgage is never paid Apparently the Reverends
Simmons and Johnson and the st. Peter congrega-
ton never heard the joke, believed it, and pro-
ceeded to create miracle out a church built on
faith"
This newspaper joins with the Twin cities in
congratulating st. Peters church on its fine ac-
compGshment which does great credit to Nnnneapo-
lis and st. Paul also and It's religious institutions
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25
Our Past This Week
Cnp for Negro HIstory scrapbool

Clip for Negro History ScrapboOk
July Fl, 1851 - The First Bat
tie Of Bull Run, significant victory
for the Confederacy during the
Civil War, was fought.
July ~, 1s47 - Quinn Chapel
AAIE church, one Of the Oldest
churches in Chicago, was founded.
July %, 1891 - Halle Selassie,
Emperor Of Ethiopia and one of
the great personalities Of con-
temporary Africa, was born. He
was host Of the historic Adds
Ababa Summit Conference, May
1925, 1868, at which 80 heads Of
African governments signed q
Charter Of African Unity.
July "A, 1904 - Ira Aldrich,
famed Negro shakespearean actor,
was born.
July "A, 1898 - DR.. Charles 8.
Johnson, noted sociologist and first
Negro president Of Fisk university
at Nashville, Tenn, was born In
Bristol, Va.
July "A, 1887 - -Four youths
In the famous Scottsboro case
were convicted; four were freed.
July rs, 1865 - Ulysses 8. Grant
was elevated from combat general
to full general as result Of his
victorious leadership Of Union
forces during Civil War.
July 20, 1S47 - Liberia, Oldest
African republic, declared its In
dependence.
July ~, 1858 - Fighting ceases
In Korean conflict during which
fullscale Indignation was inaugur-
ated In US. Armed Forces.
July %, 1858 - Fourteenth
A m IN dment (civil and equal
r1ghts) was ratified
July 20, 1855 - Negro member
ship In knights Of Labor reaches
90, 900.
July %, 1918 - Supreme Court
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25

Granting Age great living
also which produces great and tear the individuals mental
and physical capabilities
n
by letters telephone people
fore nation.
great number Of our white brethren in particular who have
dropped invariably
wants? The simple would think those who ask
question kidding Any year Negro answer
simply this: Negro
contribution
same privileges that his white fellow citizens enjoy IN every one Of the
sponsits paying serving services
his batleelds
it is time to enjoy full and complete equality and citizenship
you get godarndest
white brethren which
held opinion that the American white community intelligent
Isis absay ignorant on the matter and depth of the problem Of
the Black American minority its relationship security
and unity Its ignorance is compounded often by fear and seldom
admitted guilt complex and sometimes both The future country
depends the solving of problem about which too majority
group members knowledgeable.
white people
the despair which finally upted the Negroes
coming
and know as much about 1t as DO the Negroes who are leading It. There
willing lay
to contend until they realized.
Retort: nauve-born Georgia white
other day depths
this struggle for the American Greed
He the Honorable Dean Rus Secretary State
States guardian foreign being badg
uny1elding gregatons
Carolina before the Senate Commerce Committee hearing the civil
rights bills.
Secretary approved
denied Negro
demonstrate
This reply brought applause the hearing audience and anger
from Sen ThOnd The radio and Tv had good Of Rs
perfect retOrt but the mention to Mr. Rus
def handling Of the hec1rng senator from sc.
looks like the annual Upper Midwest Bronze Golf Tournament
suppanted Sunday
Of the Twin City population still the
Sunday pincs nobody
sibdHty and hard to put such affair.
Most enc nationality have annual picnis but
Negro community apparently abandoned the idea Twin
City the picnics
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25

Of this state who three years ago forthrighhy in
troduced the civil rights issue into the Governors
Conference. He was supported by Gov. Rockefeller
at that time. If the governors had courageously
tackled the problem at that time this weeks Con-
ference would not be faced with the present con-
fhct over the issue.
Gov. Andersen, three years ago, could see what
many other American leaders could not see, namely
that the American problem apt to boil over
any day. The Minr esotan wanted the leaders Of
American states to be top Of this dangerous DOM
estic crisis, and not governed by it they appear
to be at this time
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25
Rockefeller Puts Both
Parties On The Spot

Governor Nelson Rockefeller may have by his
recent marriage upset his Presidential aspirations
applicant but he sure has many Of the nations so
governors equally upset the annual National Gov
errors Conference opened at Miami Beach, Fla,
this week.
Rockefeller has demanded that the governors
take position on the country's No. 1, domestic
problem, the civil rights ISSUE Most governors In
Guiding some northern governors Of both political
parties would like to ignore the biggest problem
facing this nation since the Civil War-Gov Rookie
Teller however Is smoking them all out from the
rght-wing GOldwater adherents in his own party
to the liberal northern Democrats and their country
cousins, the southern Dhdecrats.
Rockefellers point Is that If President Kennedy
felt 1t important to speak to the us. Mayors Con-
ference at Honolulu In support of his civil rights
proposals-t ought 20 be just important to take
the same message TO the so governors at Miami
Beach. His point Is well taken.
It may be true that the mayors are closer to the
people than the governors, but the governors are
usually the political power on the statewide level
We hope Rockefeller will obtain from the Con-
ference full blown discussion of the civil rights
problem and the group win take positive action in
spite Of the threat Of certain southern governors 10
finbuster and quit the Conference. II the executive
heads Of states afraid to face the civil rights
issue, the American public ought to know it now.
If the issue is fairly and honestly faced as Gov.
Rockefeller wants 1t to be- the governors in support
ing rights legislation will furnish encouragement to
the intelligent congressional leadership In the Wash
tngton, De- battle 10 enact purposeful laws which
will remove the stain Of race discrimination from
the nation.
It may be Of interest 10 the people Of Mime
sofa to recall that It was Gov. Elmer L. Andersen
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25

prostitutes when ordered to move
along by the gendarmes now
threaten to report the officers to
the (National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People)
NAACP (and) this worries
a few officers -. Poppycock,
what the officers want Is a blanket
oEay to insult any tan" lady they
wish.
Just what action the Crank and
file) NAACP might take cannot
always be determined as was DEM
onstrated at Grant Park in Chi
cago last July 4th when the top
brass Of the NAACP invited two
gentlemen to speak who didn't
meet the approval Of the apparent
rank and file. These two gentle
men had to be rescued by the po-
lice.
Tan" ladies, know your rights,
someone will hear you! - Sim
cereIy, John M. Culver, st. Paul,
MINI.
Editors Note: The MnneapO-
Lis police department did not
close the Key Club. The clubs
licenses were revoked by the
Minneapolis city council because
police reports requested by the
council license committee indi-
Gated o high incidence Of pick
ups by prostitutes from the
South Of the Border Bar, Key
Club adjunct. This newspaper
predicted that the Key Club with
Its large Negro personnel would
be the only place closed despite
the alleged investigation Of sew
eral other bars by the city cOun-
ell, which for varied reasons
wanted to close the Key Club.
Our predictions proved correct.
ThOught-tO-be promising Alder
man Robert p. James who led
the holy crusade" against the
New CIuh Uraa nafirad fnovn M.
hco, by voters Of his ward In tho
June elections.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25
Culver Speaks Up
For "Ton Ladies'"

Culver Speaks Up
For "Ton Ladies'"
Of The Evening
Editor: The apparent beef
that some police (MIn City, Of
ficers are using to lu1l "Bailie
Thomas" July 18th, Recorder
Spokesman papers) into a spirit
of indifference, to my thinking, is
nothing more than the smoke
screen the same police used when
they closed the Key Club. The
Club was infested with prostitu-
ton ESQ they said) and it would
be necessary to close the Club. To
make 1t sound ol1ay, several others
(white) Clubs were named.
Key Club was closed, throwing
IT tan" workers out Of employ
ment. How many Of those named
(white) Clubs were closed?, how
many (white) workers were put
out OF work?
Bailie Thomas says tan
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25

Everett LuOma stance, own d
the pits, the railroads to transport
the ore, the ore boats, the blast
furnaces, and the finished product.
The hfetimes Of many hundreds
Of thousands Of men have been
spent in service to us. Steel. Fifty
years ago men worked in unsafe
conditions for as low as Is cents
per hour, lived in and payed rent
for homes owned by the company,
walked on company streets, at
tended company churches, and
shopped in company stores.
The 192O's and 30's found a
strong campaign to organize these
workers. The strong Industrial
Workers of the World (IWW) and
the powerful Communist and Soc
ialist Parties organized strikes
which became battles between
miners and company COON squads.
The effort was to have the pro-
fits from the ore benefit the work.
ers also and not only a handful Of
wealthy stockholders.
The unions did provide q
slightly higher standard Of living
but the Range never was as
wealthy as its resources would
lead one to believe It should be.
The exploitation of the worker
was not only in wages but it was
also in taxes. The mining compan-
les through their wealth owned
newspapers and controlled politics
in these towns.
The labor Of the Range payed
for exploration for iron ore in
Canada and South America. In
South America. In South America,
dictatorships helped US. Steel to
mine ore at less wages for workers
than the wages for which the
miners on the Range were willing
to work.
US. Steel therefore left the
Range and told the workers that
It win not come back unless tax
concessions are given by means
of the tacOnite amendment SO
that profits ON the Range viii
be comparable to those from
Venezuela.
The miners on the Range are
left with their reward after fifty
years Of loyal service. This reward
Is poverty and misery.
Are the workers happy that their
master has left them? No, they
are very unhappy. In fact, Two
Harbors is collecting 500, 900 from
poverty stricken workers 10 get
another master in the form Of a
paper mill to come and own the
town.
One would think that II Two
Harbors is a good place for a pap
er mill, It would not have to look
for another capitalist to bring it
but would be able to build Its own.
For a change, the profits would
stay within the town. My proposal
therefore is a cooperative paper
mill.
This would also be my solution
for the remainder Of the Range.
You have the iron ore, taconite,
and pulpwood, 50 start developing
them, not wait for some master to
come and again control you.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25
FRANKLY SPEAKING
By Everett Luonna

Iron ore from the Range has
paid for two World Wars and has
been a source Of tremendous wealth
to a comparatively small number
Of men.
This wealth was accrued from
iron ore and the labors Of thou
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25
Jackson, Miss, Is
Capital Of JlmerO
GaaNlR hrlnnnana naanaAR

SopsHdb Vt Jan1ero
SaYs Arkansas Pepper
TT is jackson, not Birmingham,
that is the capital Of segregation.
THE monolth Of Mississippi pre-
JUDGE has not been touched at
jackson. No concession has been
made nor is there the faintest Sign
Of concession. The meeting which
the mayor Of Jackson held with
Negro leaders could not even quail
ify as a gesture, for all that the
mayor did was to proclaim that
the white community was unyield-
ing. There Is no use In holding any
fond illusion that Jackson Is now
capable Of voluntary REFORM
Arkansas GAZETTE.
Constructive Things Con
Happen When Middle
Ground Is Aroused
"Once the middle ground Amer
lean is reused and has to take
sides 1t win usually be away from
violence and on the side Of MAX
ing adjustments and resolving q
problem rather than holding its
solution back. In this case the
worst could be over more quickly
than anyone now would dare to
think. When. the cihzenry as a
whole is at last aroused, construc-
tive things begin to happen
Christian Science MONITOR.
Afl0nfG Chamber Of
Commerce Stands Up
On Race Issue
I'VE earnestly hope that the
Chamber directors decision to
stand up and be counted win en-
courage the city's restaurant and
hotel men to go ahead with con-
fidence toward desegregation now,
just as it win encourage Negro
potential demonstrators to refrain
and instead depend ON the good
faith here expressed"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25

sands Of miners
who lived and
sometimes died In
the pits on the
r a n ge. Steel
companies owned
the iron from its
source to the fin
ished pro due t.
us. Steel, for in
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25
DRY POINTS
BY FRED GRAM

Higher education Is catching II
again this summer. To hear the
critics ten 1t, the average state
university has a faculty Of moon
lighting professors, a student body
Of Johnnies who can't read, and
overpaid football and basketball
squads that play like rank amat-
eurs.
One shrewd gentleman Is going
10 aid his memory by having tat
tooed on his arm his postal ZIP
code number, his telephone ODD
number, the new Internal Revenue
number and, while he's at It, his
Social Security, drivers license and
motor vehicle numbers. He has
long arms.
The agriculture policy debate
when Congress resumes it, prom,
ises to be an argument between
those who would plow under the
crops and those who insist or
blowing under the farmers.
A campaign has been started e
enlist more churchmen In the civil
rights drive, on the theory thai
crucial progress can be made by
selling the clergy on the teachings
Of Jesus.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25

It may be Of interest 30 the people Of Mime
sofa to recall that It was Gov Elmer L. Andersen
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25

Tan" ladies, know your rights,
someone will hear you! - Sim
cerely, John M. Culver, st. Paul,
MINI.
The frontiersman., 1963-08-29
1853 Featured Colony Reunion

Glass Reunion" is familiar phrase to us all, but change class to colony" and the phrase brings to mind special picture-Colony Day, Sept. 6, 1853. Colony Day was the off cial title of the first reunion of the valleys original colonists.
 A replica of the original tent homes complete with the type of furniture used at that time the colony, newspaper clip was exhibited. Pictures of pings, and the complete minu- tes from the organization of the colony were displayed.
 A high-light of the day was the re-enacting of the corner stone laying at the Palmer Gen. tral school, and the re-enacting of the original drawing for colony tracts. Don Irwin, who conducted [ h original draw ings, was in charge.
The frontiersman., 1963-08-29
WINNER IN FIRST PUBLIC PAGEANT

Sara Moffitt, as Miss Mat anuska Valley of 1860, wore a new queens robe, and local ly made crown of Alaskan stones. The first princess in 1860 was Florene Neal and Pat LaZelle was chosen as Miss Congeniality.
 In contrast to this new sys- tenn, during previous fairs the candidates in the queen contest attended closed judgings in private homes. The judges used a point system, giving each girl credits for ticket sales, poise and charm, judges sell ection, and contestants selec- tions.