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HUGH o'coNNOR
RITES HELD MONDAY

Funeral services for Hugh
O'Connor, 59s Carroll Av., were
held Monday, April l at 2 pm.
at the st. John Church of God In
Christ, Dale and Sherburne with
Rev. John La Grone, officiating.
Visitations were held at the
Brooks Funeral Home, Sunday,
March 81.
Mr.. O'Connor, died Thursday,
March % in Ancker hospital.
He is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. Mabel Ewey, Tulsa, Okla
homa and Mrs. MaIcy Roberts,
Richland, Texas and other rela-
tives in Texas.
Interment was in Elmhurst
Cemetery. Brooks Funeral Home
was in charge of funeral arrange
ments.
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Powell Claims
HYPocrificaI Whifes
SfYmie ORGANIZATIONS

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THE art of politics is not to mend
the petty conflict Of the moment
nor to close some tiny gap in the
discourse of the day but to define
and to advance designs and polio
les for a thousand tomorrows."
Said Powell: THAT Is what ]
am here to discuss: "A Thousand
Tomorrows'."
In his thousand tomorrows"
Powell not only laid to rest the
leading civil rights organizations,
he buried also Negro fraternal and
social groups" churches connected
with white controlled denomina-
tions" and any other business or
profession that involved Negroes
with whites in a controlling posi-
ton.
Negro fraternal and social
groups were scored because they
are spending thousands Of dol
lars, fOolishly, thought Powell,
on dinners, banquets and pleas
ures which Ostensibly have moth
ing to do with uplifting the
race.
Even Martin Luther Kings
s southern Christian Leadership
Conference was worked over by
Powell who condemned 1t for ac-
cepting a $25, 900 gift from a union
that does not hire a Negro or q
Puerto Rican to work In its union
headquarters on its administration
floor.
And then Powell scored his
point: a.. huge percentage Of
that union Is Negro and Puerto
Rican."
Hardly q leading white liberal
was sacrOsant In the Powell at
tack. The late Eleanor ROOse-
welt and Mrs. Agnes Meyer, wife
of the founder Of the Washing
ton Post newspaper, came In for
a share Of whitening criticism.
Powell said: when I first ad-
vanced the Powell Amendment on
the floors Of the Congress, the ma
tional board Of the NAACP was
barely able to pass a motion sus-
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Minneapolis Masonic
Temple Association
InSfoIIS Officers

he DOdEu VI ulFeCIOTS OF the
Prince Hall Masons and Order of
Eastern Star Temple ASSOC, held
its installation Of officers and din
ner at the Prince Hall Masonic
Temple, 1882 Fourth Av. s., Min
neapolis on Monday evening, April
1, at 8 pm.
John L. Nellie, most worshipful
grand master, Minnesota Jurisdic-
ton, conducted the installation.
Officers installed were, LaMarr
Roberts, chairman, William Lock-
hart, vice chairman, Mrs. Ida Mae
Young, ecording secretary,
Charles Snargrass, corr. secretary
and Mrs. Harriet c. Jones, treas
urer. Other members present were
Thomas M. Jones, Lucy Harris,
and William Davis.
After the dinner was served
mementos were given to those who
had served so faithfully since the
beginning Of the building program.
Mrs. Mamie Uptegrove, a pion-
eer in the community was lauded
for all she had done toward the
success of the organization. VIII
liam D. McAdams, past chairman,
who was unable to be present was
commended for his service for
eight years and a memento was
sent to him. OF the original board
Of directors only four remain they
are Mrs. Lucy Harris, Mamie Up
tegrove, Thomas M. Jones and
Mrs. Harriet c. Jones.
Mrs. Jones received a memento
and recognition for having served
since the beginning Of the Associ-
alton, first as correspondence sec
retary, recording secretary and
treasurer and now being reelected
for another year. She was COM
mended for her unselfish service
to the board and the growth Of the
organization.
The Temple Association reported
at the meeting that the indebted
ness Of the Temple mortgage is
$15, 900.
Guests at the installation were:
Mines. Charles Snargrass, William
Davis and Rev. e. G. Harris and
John Young.
Mrs. Ida Mae Young and Mrs.
Lucy Harris were in charge of the
dinner arrangements.
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ST. PETERS AME

A good crowd was in attendance
Sunday morning, March 81.
The order of the quarterly
Youth Day worship was Worship
leader: Miss Lesly Harris, prayer;
Ralph Temple, scripture; Miss
Marion Rucker, decalogue; Miss
Matilda Gail Smalls, introduction
of speaker; Miss Lesly Harris, and
the speaker George Rice WCCO-
TV editorialist.
Mr.. Rice opened his speech by
stating that he felt at home in
the Methodist church because two
members of his family are Metho-
dist ministers. The subject of his
very inspiring speech was "a Com
mencement". Mr.. Rice told the
young people that their generation
will lead to a new tomorrow, but
the important thing is how to
enter it.
The Angel and the Youth Choirs
provided the music. Directress of
the Angel Choir Mrs. Joanna John
son, pianist Miss Lesly Harris,
Miss Joyce Looney of Mt. Carmel
Baptist church accompanied the
Youth choir. Mr.. Donald Johnson
the director. Mrs. Elsie Lyle or
ganist.
Altar boys were: John Guilmant,
and Lewis Whitlock. The junior
ushers were on duty. All Senior
Ushers were praised by the pastor
Rev. Lowell Johnson for the results
of the popularity contest that was
terminated on March "a. "Queen"
H henrietta Williams presented
$1,000 to the building funds and
Mrs. Allie Wilson presented $500
to the Trustee department, both
checks were from the Senior
Usher Board. Mrs. Eunice Gray is
the president.
A hearty welcome to Mrs. An
tionette Brown, and Mrs. Lillian
Bailey from Zion Baptist church
Cincinnati, Ohio, and Mr.. Ralph
Williams from Open Bible church
Des Moines, Iowa, who was united
to the church on their christian
experience.
$50 to $3.50 pm. The Youth
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tanning my action.

I
THE opposition was led by the
whites on the board, spearheaded
by the late Mrs. Eleanor Roose-
welt and Mrs. Agnes Meyer of the
! Washington Post.
In a crucifixion statement, the
Harlem Congressman added: "The
failure of the Negro to control his
national organizations is due to
the fact that he must include
whites in order to raise the funds
necessary to pay staff. And the
whites sit on the boards to show
how liberal they are, while at
the same time they keep watch
over the policy activity of the
organization.
You cannot expect anything
more than token progress" walled
Powell, when the very same
people whom you are pressing sit
in the highest executive councils
of the national organizations"
Realizing he was close to es-
pousing the Black Muslin cause,
Powell explained:
II do not agree with the Black
Muslin Movement, but I do agree
to a great extent with its analysis
of the predicament of the Afro
American in the United States in
relation to his organizations. (He
added that Malcolm x, the New
York Muslin leader, was his good
friend).
Whites then got this reprieve.
II do not have blanket cOndem-
nation of the white man, for 1
realize that there are many who
have been martyrs in the past
and a few, mainly youths, are
now working with our passive
resistance organizations.
II would welcome the support
at all times of all white people,
but not at the policy making level
nor in administrative posts"
Powell admitted that what he
was saying might sound like black
nationalism, and that if it was, he
did not intend for it to be.
Negroes in the audience knew
that most of what Powell preached
was true and they responded with
thunderous applause. He was alb
solutely spellbinding when he told
them that whites in New York
were afraid of a combination of
Negroes and Puerto Ricans, under
his leadership.
And if this was a threat, said
Powell, when he beat the New
York machine in 1865, it was even
more of threat today, he warned.
Calling upon Negro fraternal
and social groups to stop "frit-
tering away our future and to
face adequately the Thousand to-
morrows'," he said I'VE must re-
examine our national picture and
utilize for the intermin period only
those organizations and those
leaders who are totally dependent
upon the Negro mass.
Il do not mean," he added, that
we must turn our back on the $50
called" national organizations, but
do mean that we must make up
our mind to sieze the complete
control of them from top to bot
tom"
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PILGRIM BAPTIST

Sunday, March 81 was Youth
Participation Sunday. A large con-
gregation of members and visitors
welcomed DIR. Carl Gustaf Stromee,
Pastor, Trinity Community Church
Minneapolis, our guest speaker.
DR.. Massey was at Trinity Church
speaking on Foreign Missions.
DR.. Stromee sermon was entit-
led: "Who is Jesus Christi" He
pointed out the Gospel today is
spread by Sunday School, Church,
TV and radio but it was written in
an unbelieving age. Because of this
it was almost impossible to i'm
agine the tremendous impact the
Gospel had on ancient Rome. OF
all the Gospel writer's, Luke was
one to portray Jesus as a sensi-
tive and understanding man con-
cened with life and it's problem
both then and now. Luke told Of
Jesus many experiences with
people like the blind man and the
tax collector Zaccheus which illus
trated the qualities of sensitivity
and understanding in Jesus who is
a healer on the outside as well as
the inside. In conclusion the min
lister emphasized Luke wants us
to know it is not Gods will for us
to suffer, but He sent us a physic-
ian in Jesus Christ to walk in our
midst and heal and guide our lives
and restore us to our rightful place
in Gods presence.
The following youth participated
in the service: Miss Joyce Hender-
son, Miss Charlene Banks, Mr..
Eric Wood, Mr.. William Hollo-
man, Mr.. Bernard Hampton, and
Mr.. Lawrence Tarver.
The Teen Choir sang, '"Thee God
We Praise, directed by Mrs. Free
lix. Lift Up Your Head" rendered
by the Senior Choir and Jesus is
Sweeter" by the Gospel Chorus
under the direction of Mrs. Grant
and Mrs. Galloway respectively.
At pm. the Laymen's Club
presented a Round-table Discus
sion on Guardianship, Adoption
and Foster Homes. The panelists
include: Mrs. O'Dell Galloway,
moderator, Mr.. James r. Brown,
Mrs. Frances Humburd and Mr..
Benjamin Bryant, also Miss Mar
garet Ronnerud.
Next Sunday DR.. Massey will
deliver the Palm Sunday Sermon
and at 7:3O pm. the Deaconess
Board will present the Hale Sing
ers in Formal Hour With Cod.
Remember the sick and shut-in
by your prayers and visitation.
Virgella Harper, reporter.
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ROBERT Dob BROWN
RITES HELD MONDAY
-. INTERMENT AT ELMHURSI

Funeral services for Robert
(Bob) F. Brown, 915 Carroll Av.
were held Monday, April 1 at II
am. at the Brooks Funeral Home
with Rev. William VanDallen, Of
ficiating.
Mr.. Brown who was a former
bartender at Jim Williams Bar,
died Friday, March 20 at his home.
Visitations were held at the
Brooks Funeral Home Sunday,
March 81.
Survivors are Mrs. Mabel T.
Brown, wife, Thomas H. Brown,
Minneapolis and Finas N. Brown,
st. Louis, Missouri, brothers, Mrs,
Mary Hunter, sister, st. Louis,
Missouri and other relatives.
Interment was in Elmhurst
Cemetery. Brooks Funeral Home
was in charge of funeral arrange
ments.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-04-04
WILLIAM GUSTUS RITES
HELD TUESDAY, APRIL

Funeral services for William
Gustus, 462 Iglehart, were held
Tuesday, April 2 at the Brooks
Funeral Home with Rev. John La
Grone, pastor of st. John Church
of God In Christ, officiating.
Visitation was held at the Home,
Monday.
He died, Wednesday, March 27
at Ancker hospital. Mr.. Gustus
was formerly from Omaha, Neb-
raska.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Matte Gustus, Omaha and sew
eral nieces and nephews in Texas.
Interment was in Elmhurst
Cemetery. Brooks Funeral Home
was in charge of funeral arrange
ments.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-04-04
Nations Civil Rights
Leaders AsS0iI Powell;
Called Headline Hunter
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cried as unfortunate the criticism
voiced by Powell.
"At time when the whole worlc
is crying for and working towarC
unity" he said, 'it comes as ter
rible shock to hear the voice of {
person Of Congressman PowelPl
national stature, sowing the seed.
of racial discord."
In Durham, NC, Rev. Ralpl
Abernathy, of Atlanta, secretary
treasurer of the Southern Christ
ian Leadership Conference tool
issue with Powell when interview
ed by VIVID News Director Jacl
Williams.
He said: "At this point 1 dis
agree with him Fundamentally
because 1 am not concerned
and he must not be - and none
of us who believe in social JUS
tice must be-with any particu-
lar race.
1--WE are fighting for the rights
Of all people, and white people
would not be free until black
people are free, and black people
would not be free until white
people are free. Therefore, we
need both whites and Negroes
working together for freedom in
the struggle" he said.
In Chicago, Rev. Wilbur Nath
aniel Daniel, president of the Chi
cago NAACP branch, the nations
largest, said: Powell is looking
for headlines. He likes to be IL
the limelight and likes to stir w
people so that they are alway!
talking about him. He is a head
Rev. Daniel added: IT thinl
white people have as much respon
sibiity in the civil rights fight a!
Negroes. After all, it was white
people who caused the dilemma
And, if a white person wants t.
contribute to the NAACP to easC
his conscience, let him do So"
Jackie Robinson, who is al
ways vocal on issues concerning
Negroes also took a stab at
Powell, linking his attack on the
NAACP with POweIl's congress
siOnaI troubles.
Said he: II can only conclude,
Adam, that this latest tantrum
of yours stems from the fact
that you are infuriated because
Roy Wilkins and the board of
the NAACP did not rush to your
defense in your recent battle
with your fellow congressman.
You set up the usual cry-bab,
yell that you were being perse
cuted because you are a black MAJ
when it was pretty obvious tina
you had had placed yourself in
vulnerable position :"
Powell, however, quickly re
sponded by attacking Robinson
claims Of leadership:
a. I represent Negroes ant
have all my life. Robinson ha
never been elected by Negroes ant
has never sought to be elected b,
them and has never earned a penn,
frovS, NyaorrA s,,NNnrk
St. Paul recorder., 1963-04-04
Funeral Service For
Mrs. Anna J. WiIIiums
Held Monday, AnriI

Funeral services for Mrs. Anna
J. Williams, formerly having lived
at 1881 Portland were held Mon
day, April 1, at 1 pm. at the
Woodard Funeral Home Chapel
and Rev. John Young, pastor of
Bethesda Church, officiating.
Mrs. Williams died, Saturday,
March 80 at Oakridge Rest Home
at the age of "a.
Survivors are her cousins, Leroy
and Matte MCGOWAN.
Interment was in Rosedale
Cemetery. Woodard Funeral Home
in charge of funeral arrangements.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-04-04

/ nounces that plans are well on the
way.
Arthur Cunningham has been
appointed ticket chairman'and CO.
chairmen are Mrs. Verda Horn,
Mr.. Leroy Reiss and Mrs. Chris
tine Dunham. s.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-04-04
ZION USHER BOARD
PRESENTS ANNUAL PROGRAM
PALM SUNDAY NIGHT

The Usher Board Of Zion Bap-
tist Church is presenting its an
nual program on Palm Sunday
April Z, at 8 pm.
A concert featuring Mrs. Myrtle
Harris and Rev. Gerard Laroche
will be the presentation for this
years program.
The public is cordially invited
to attend this musical treat.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-04-04
Halle Q. Nears
It's 1900 Cool
In "63" Members

Halle Q. Brown House Center,
neared its goal of 1900 new men,
bers for the 1868 membership
drive.
Halle Q. Brown House has a
record of over 80 years consecu-
tive years Of service to the COM
munity.
Halle Q. welcomes everyone to
use its facilities for their leisure
time activities.
A Halle Q. membership card
entities one to full participation
in all Halle events.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-04-04
MINISTERS WIVES
PRESENT TRESSIE
Johnson IN CONCEP1

Miss Lorraine Johnson who
lives at 671 Marshall and is the
daughter of Mrs. Tressie Johnson
will be presented in a concert
sponsored by the Ministers Wives
Auxiliary of the Minnesota States
Baptist Convention.
Miss Johnson, Hamline Universi-
ty coed was one of the 1868 win
ners in private college competition
on KTCA TV Artists series in
piano section.
She was a winner of 62 scholar
ships in both Schubert Club and
MuPhi Epsilon Contest.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-04-04

Thurgood Marshall, former NAA-
CP chief legal counsel and now q
federal appeals court judge, re-
ceived the National formerly Ne
gro) Newspaper Publishers Assoc
iation's RusswIlrm award In 1913.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-04-04
MRS. JOSEPHINE BROWN
DIES IN DULUTH

DlES I'm DOAOl In
Word has been received of the
death of Mrs. Josephine Brown,
longtime resident of Duluth, Min
nesota. She and her husband, Will
liam Brown, live at 1913 1O1st Av.
w. Mrs. Brown died Monday, April
1, after a long illness. Funeral
arrangements are not known at
press time.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-04-04
Ghono's People
Have Sense Of
Destiny
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H0NS SSHSS ~
Destiny
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lace, and it has been said thai
many of the women selling these
and most independent in the
country.
The government has made it 9
big scale operation to provide edu.
cation, rehabilitation and employ,
ment for the disabled and handi-
capped.
Thus fortified I ventured forth
Cab, Sir, asked the Hveried
doorman.
Yes"
He blew his whistle and a wait
ing cab pulled up. was ushered in
Where to, Sir?"
ITO town."
What place."
None in particular, just let me
out at the beginning Of town.
want to do a lot of walking"
The drive to town gave me a
foretaste of what was coming -
traffic lights at most of the busy
intersections, white-helmeted po-
lice with white coats, like those in
Rome, mounted on stolls at other
crossings directing traffic.
Modern homes lined the high
way along which left-handed
traffic - following the English
custom - was moving. You keep
to the left side of the road In
stead Of the right.
But what arrested my attention
was the tremendous building ac-
tivity going on - bulldozers
cranes, earth moving machines,
bricklayers, carpenters, electrici-
ans, were surely having a go" at
it. Laborers were grooming the
grass strip dividing the highway,
Others were tending the flower
beds, still others were cleaning up
the litter.
We crested rise in the road on
the outskirts of town just long
enough to get birds eye view OF
the city a breathtaking view
Buildings six, eight and 10 stories
high, modern in every respect, con-
structed of marble and glass, glis-
tened in the sun. Where have ]
seen anything like it in the parts
of Africa 1 had been? Line them
up against many a skyscraper in
the U.S.A. and, except for their
height, you could mistake one fol-
the other.
Traffic slowed us down to 9
point where I thought 1 would
make better time walking. The
cab driver made up my mind fol
me.
Were entering town now"
got out and started afoot. Where's
the fire?", I asked myself. II
never seen people move that fast
before in Africa.
There was no fire. They were
moving In both directions. You
begin to observe them more
closely. They had a proud look
on their faces, an erect carriage,
nothing sloppy about their walk
ing and all seemed to have a
sense of mission In their actions.
The further into town got the
more crowded the sidewalks be-
came. Traffic along the mair
thoroughfare, Kwame Nkrumat
Avenue, was almost as bad a.
that on Michigan Avenue in Chi
cago. All races were intermingled
all nationalities. Especially color,
full were the native costumes, al
Of which were clean.
One could not help feel the
throbbing pulse Of the city, a
VeritabIe beehive of activity and
drive literally bursting at the
seams.
And the people! disciplined
proud, energetic, champing at the
bit. The hypodermic which DR.
Nlrumah had injected in these
people certainly must have in
fected them with a sense of mani
fest destiny.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-04-04
COMBINE FRUITS

FOR APPETIZERS
Avocado and grapefruit sections
make an interesting and colorful
appetizer for your dinner party.
Combine slices of avocado and
pink grapefruit sections in chilled
dishes.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-04-04

Fellowship Players of First Christ
ian church presented "Construc-
ton"
Mrs. Lucille McAdams, reporter.
The Republican., 1963-10-03
Legislative Council
Favors Reform In
Assembly Workings

The Legislative Council en-
dorsed yesterday some major re-
forms in the operations of the
General Assembly.
Basically. the council. composed
of Legislative leaders. agreed to
abolish the alternate 9O-day and 30
day sessions of the Legislature In
stead, the assembly would meet in
77-day sessions each year.
The annual salaries of the III
Legislators would be raised from
1900 to S2,40O to compensate for
the additional time of the sessions.
The proposal, requiring a con-
stitutional amendment, will be sub
mittcd to the General Assembly at
its February session. If approved
by three-fifth of both houses, it
will appear on the ballot in No
vember. 1864 The first 77-day ses-
sion would begin in January, 1865
The council, interim group of
the General Assembly, indorsed
the change without discussion at
its regular monthly meeting. Some
of those present predicted later it
would be approved by the General
Assembly.
1t would be the first change in
the schedule of the Legislature
since 1850 when the 3O-day ses-
sions in even years began Pre-
viously, only 90-day sessions in odd
years were held
The 77-day session would con-
slider both local bills and those of
statewide impact. Now the 3O-day
session is restricted to statewide
legislation.
The change was proposed mainly
70 allow more time for considera-
ton of the state budget at what is
now the short session. Before the
short session began, a tWo-year
budget was considered at the 90
day sessions.
Another proposal, supported by
the council. would prohibit bills
from being introduced later than
28 days before a session ends. AT
present. the limit is 10 days at 80
day sessions and 20 days at 9O-day
sessions. In recent years the Legis-
lature has been plagued by last
minute introduction of measures
near the end of the sessions.
The Republican., 1963-10-03

Feathers Fly In Chicken War
The United States countcrattack
in the chicken war" is taken quite
seriously both here and in Europe
A hcad-on collision between the
United States and the European
Economic Community usually re-
fcrred to as the Common Market
oycr the poultry tariff seems in
cvitable. It now seems certain that
unless we take drastic action the
Europeans intend to continue their
Furnishing tariff on frozen fowl,
raised a year ago from 40 cents
pound to 1874 cents a pound.
tariff which is, in the words of
one French official, enough to
discourage even the boldest Ameri-
can hen" You will recall my tax
ing this matter up with Christian
A. Hcrter, President Kcnnedy's
special representative for trade
negotiations, and Mr.. Herter's re-
cent letter to me, which l quoted
in the Senate Cloakroom," in
which he said the United States
would insist on a reduction of the
tariff on U. S. chickens even if
this should mean a showdown. The
showdown is here. Mr.. Herter has
announced that the United States
is moving ahead to retaliate, that
The Republican., 1963-10-03
Total for Mental
Is S735.93

The total giving to the mental
health drive through the bell ring
crs, amounted to $73593, it was
announced this week by Mrs. Will
liam Clatterbuck, Deer Park, pub
licity chairman
Totals in the various areas were
listed: Accident, S10l; Bloomington.
$1965; Crellin, S15.35; Deer Park,
$79.52; Friendsvillc, $l8.55; Grants
Vile, S9963; Kitzmiller, SAL; Loeb
Lynn, S7758; Mt. Lake Park, S21 so:
Oak Park, $3.50 Oakland, S26O36.
Mrs. E. l. Baumgartner, presi-
dent, attended a meeting of the
Mental Health association in Balti-
more Tuesday