St. Paul recorder., 1963-08-22
leave the state to secure jobs.

: leave the state to secure jobs.
Often the newspapers have
served as a catalyst, arousing pub
lie opinion against injustices;
arousing the public and the COM
munity organizations to the need
Of action in many areas Of public
life. While the papers and their
staffs have personally participated
in many drives to get things done
and to make advances, just as
often the urging Of the papers
have made and helped other in
diViduals and organizations get
the job done.
Examples have been many-the
Maxfield School situation In st.
Paul was one as was the clearing
of the Rondo-St. Anthony area for
the freeway in which the improve
ment association headed by Tim
otly Howard and supported by
Rev. Floyd Massey, Jr., backed
up by the st. Paul RECORDER
got concessions from the state and
federal government that similar
dislocated householders did not re-
ceive
The chief contribution Of which
the papers are proud are that they
have mirrored pretty accurately
the life and times and advance Of
the Negro community in the Twin
Cities since 1884. More than that
they have mirrored the increasing
interest and activity Of the white
community in the development of
healthy interracial cooperation
which is marveled at by people
from other communities who come
to Minnesota to visit.
Another distinguished alumnus
of the Spokesman and Recorder
papers is Carl T. Rowan, former
Minneapolis TRIBUNE staffer and
now Deputy Assistant Secretary Of
State for Public Affairs, the high
est post ever occupied by a Ne
gro in the us. State Department
in the nations history.
In April he was named us. Am
bassador TO the Republic Of Fin
land where he now resides with
his family as Chief American rep
resentative in that nation.
Carl worked for the papers
during his study for a Masters
Degree in journalism at the
University Of Minnesota in 1947.
He wrote stories and features
and sold some advertising.
Rowan an author Of four books
and numerous articles for the lead
ing publications like the Saturday
Evening Post, the Readers Digest,
Ezony Red Book and others in
autographing his first book South
of Freedom" paid this tribute to
the editor of the Spokesman and
Recorder papers, for his civil
rights advocacy and championing
the cause of the Negro thusly:
ITO Cecil Newman, who knows
what this fight is all about and
who has the honesty and courage
to meet it head-on."
The latest graduate" of the
Spokesman and Recorder to join
the staff of daily paper is Sher-
rie Mazingo, st. Paul lass who was
a staffer during her high school
days at st. Paul Central. On July
10 she joined the news staff of the
Minneapolis STAR after gradual
ing from Howard University in
Washington, DC.
No attempt has been made In
this chronicle to tell the complete
story of these two papers on their
goth anniversary. The complete
story which gives the full picture
is found in the files of the papers
in the newspaper room Of the
Minnesota Historical Society, In
st. Paul.
Some sense of modesty forbids
us to overburden our gentle read
ers with many of the contribu-
tons the paper has accomplished
for the community through its
readers subscribers and the ad-
vertisers. A special tribute should
go to the merchants and businesses
who have had the good sense to
realize that it is good business
to spend a part Of their advertis-
ing dollar with medium dedicat-
ed to improving the educational,
economic, cultural, social and pol
itical life Of a generally neglected
segment of the community popul-
alton, which is in the process Of
emerging into full participation in
the life of city, state and nation.