text: PA.GE TW< ST. PAUL RECORDER “An Independent Newspaper” Established August 10, 1984 Published every Friday by Spokesman-Recorder Publishing Co. 305 North Chatsworth Midway mo Minneapolis Office, 30$ Third Street South, Minneapolis, Minn. 4 Address all correspondence to St. Paul Recorder. , SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year, $2; six months, $1.25. Out-of-state: $2.60 per year, $1.60 for six months. Payable strictly in advance. Anywhere in Minnesota: $2 per year; $1.26 for 6 months. “Entered as second-class matter June 24, 1938, at the post office at Saint Paul, Minnesota, under the Act of March 3, 1879.” Mail subscribers should give office two weeks’ notice of change of address to insure receiving paper without interruption. ADVERTISING RATES WILL BE FURNISHED UPON . APPLICATION National Ad vert bin* Representatives W L. Vomack. Ine.. Main Office: 25 West 45th Street, New York City, N. Y. Branch Office: 201 Mitchell St, S. W., Atlanta. Georgia Cecil E. Newman. - Editor-Publisher Robert Jones ? Advertising Elmer Bradley - .Advertising Eunice Brown. Office Secretary The RECORDER believes no man should be denied the right to contribute his beet to humanity. As long as that right is denied any man, no man’s rights are inviolate. , It’s about time our Governor Harold Stassen decided what he is going to do about the barring of his fellow citizens from the Home Defense Force in this state. During the period when the legislature was in session there was some reasonable excuse which could be offered by his failure to take action on the barring with his evident sanction of Americans of Negro ancestry from the state supported defense force. His high handed treatment of a group of his fellow citizens who wanted to talk over the matter with him attracted national unfavorable attention to the state and its governor. That it did was no fault of any body but the governor himself just as the consequences of his future act in this, serious abridgement of civil rights of a part of the state’s population will have to be borne by him. When the issue reached a critical stage, the governor resorted to the familiar dodge of appointing a committee of two to ascertain in the governor’s own words, “a sound manner to grant an opportunity to our fellow citizens, who are of the Negro race, to participate in the defense of our state and country.” Several weeks have passed and the governor’s committee has filed its version of what they found Negroes wanted. The report was 20 pages long. Without other evidence we must conclude that the re port was comprehensive. We have no way of determining the accu racy of the report but we do know that an overwhelming majority of persons who Messrs. Raymond Cannon and Lawrence Tarver inter viewed at public gatherings said in no unmistakable manner that they expected to be accepted in Minnesota’s Home Defense exactly on the same terms and under the same conditions that all others are accepted. It took Hitler’s bombers roaring over England to convince the British that the barring of its black citizens or subjects who could fly planes or wanted to learn to fly was a sad mistake. Now black Englishmen serve alongside with their white brothers in most branches of the service, for what they believe, is their common cause. America and its aspiring statesmen and public officials must learn like our governor that the only real democracy is that which en compasses all and gives every member of it an opportunity to serve and make his contributions. Those public officials who expect to give any man less because of race, religion, are not defenders of democracy, but are those who are blindly undermining its very foundations. It’s about time our dear governor showed us where he stands on this proposition. The people are determined that he will say either yea or nay.. The St. Paul branch of the N.A.A.C.P. has been carrying on its annual drive for members. Every man and woman who believes in the things which we may soon be fighting for ought to be a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. There is no need to just sit around whining about the injustices which some of us must suffer, the lynchings, the peonage, the poll-tax and the various other unjust practices which are visited upon the colored people of this country. Whining won’t remove the evils. Joining up with the N.A.A.C.P. and other organizations with white people and black people who “are their brother’s keeper” will help bring about a better day in America and elsewhere. The one reason why this country’s ideals are scoffed at by the Totalitarian powers is because of its treatment of the colored people. Organizations like the N.A.A.C.P. are helping the country to practice the ideals by seeing that the people of the Negro race are given their civil rights. Join the N.A.A.C.P. today. It will be just as effective and strong and useful as the people who should be interested want it to be. It makes little difference, which intolerance is uppermost or whe ther the cause is fear of economic jealousy or morbid pride or sick self-distrust; the result will always be the same . . . Where the Negro is the most oppressed, other prejudices flourish like narcotic weeds. If the bell of intolerance tolls for one, it tolls for all . . . Intolerance, in the long run, is as destructive for the intolerant as for his victim. Anti- Semitism may be an injury to the Semite, but it is a disease for the anti-Semite. . . . The violent determination in certain communities to hold the Negro down and back has had appalling results for the whites, who, in the attempt to save white supremacy, have become decadent and slipped far below the level of white populations elsewhere. In a country made up of such elements, it should be clear that the Catholic, Jew, Protestant, the “old American,” Greek, Serb, German or Negro, who lets his religion or religious prejudices go uncontrolled, is taking slow poison—maybe not so slow.—Henry Seidel Canby in the Saturday Review of Literature. In the inevitable confusion inherent in our national defense pro gram and our all-out-aid to Britain efforts, it is only natural that charges of discrimination should be made in many quarters, having mostly to do with the economic aspects of our programs. One that deserves serious attention is the complaint that the Negro is being debarred from defense work, irrespective of his skill and being put in the pick and shovel category for none other than racial reasons. If there is any sincerity in our outpourings for democracy, we must consider the Negro as a human being, in whom exists the quality of human dignity. He can make his contribution to national defense, and to the extent of his ability he should be permitted to do so. The Phelps Stokes Fund tersely sums up the situation: “Justice for the American Negro in the program for national defense is a searching test of American democracy. Our concern for democracy in Europe or elsewhere lacks reality and sincerity if our plans and policies disregard the rights of minorities in our own coun try.” There are some 12,000,000 Negroes in the United States, and while the majority of them have been excluded from democracy in the past, it is certain that they must come to a new status in the new order. If we are going to bring the blessings of democracy, in our time and generation, to all the people of the globe, we might as well begin to do a little homework, if only to get our hand in.—Minneapolis Tribune. Friday, May 16, 1941 It’s About Time Join Up! Intolerance FAIR PLAY FOR THE NEGRO LISTEN TO THIS By Hobart T. Mitchell The Tale of Two Politicians Midway 8340 Chicago.—lf you have ever lived in Chicago I am sure you have met s precinct captain. If you have not it was not his fault, it was yours. He has a far-flung reputation for hospitality and the slurring sylla bles which we call the “go-getter’s” dialect. He is the fair-haired boy of his precinct. Call on him any time—day or night—to mend your troubles, and he is Johnny-on-the spot. If you are a business man and your personal taxes are too high, he is the right man to see the right people to have the taxes “rightfully” reduced. Let him hear that a family of five of voting age is in need of groceries, he and an overfilled basket of steak, 'taters and tea, will mysteriously appear at the door and bid them eat. All your wants will be forth coming if you have been a good subscriber to his political party by the way of a cross-mark after the candidate’s name of his choice. What a cowboy is to the ranch, he is to his ward committeeman. He is the boy that corrals the votes and herds them where his party wills. The phraseology of a story in the life and deeds of a precinct captain is somewhat changed when his party of his political faith is out. He becomes a “private citi zen” and we mean a very private one at that. No more saying, “have some wine on me” or acknowledg ing the “hello, boss” of his con stituents. All his authority and glory has been absorbed by the precinct captain of the ins. His shekels are on a ragged edge—just fragments such as nickels, a few dimes, and no quarters. One of these “political outs” was sitting in Lincoln Park, out of a job. He was hungry, very hungry. He ate the crumbs the pigeons had left, and he thought he would go over to the Zoo and ask for a job. He said he would do anything. They said they would be glad, in deed, to give him a job. The chim panzee had died, and they would be delighted if he would put on the skin of the dead chimpanzee' and act for the children, because the children were very fond of the chimpanzee. He was very much embarrassed the first day. He didn’t look up at all. The second day he forgot his embarrassment a bit. He got more courage and climbed a dead tree in the corner of the cage and did some tricks of his own, lost his balance, and fell to the corner of the cage. His arm, up to his shoulder, got caught between the bars of the cage, into the cage of the lion next to him. The lion gathered itself for the leap, roaring furiously. The precinct captain in the chim panzee’s skin feeling that the end had come, began to call in a human voice. The lion sprang upon him and a voice from the lion hissed in his ear: “Shut up, you fool. Do you think you are the only precinct captain in Chicago out of a job?” The days in which we live are crowded with problems—social, re ligious, ecclesiastical, political and economic. Many of them are inter woven with one another, not one sin gle problem of which but would be helped by the use of the Bible. If we statesmen, churchmen, leaders of economic thought, leaders in ev ery branch of all these great or ganizations—if every man could ap proach these problems on the prin ciples and truths of the Bible; if we could deal with them in the light of its solemn warning; if we could administer and decide all our great questions in the light of obedience to the commands in the Bible; what a difference there would be in the history of the world today!—Sir Wil liam Joynson-Hicks, home secretary of England. WHAT A DIFFERENCE ) MIRACLE WHIP \ , i MAKES IN SALADS! ) y —- ——-*^4 ...its flavor is so lively So zestfull Apply Your Bible * f ST; PAUL RECORDER Open Letter To Public Dear Friends: Our church is the mother church of Twin City African Methodism. At the present wc . are in grave danger of foreclosure of mortgage placed upon us by a previous pas tor. We are doing a splendid spiritual work and are miraculously able to meet our current expenses. How ever this mortgage hangs like “the sword of Damocles” over our heads. Adding to this burden is the ensu ing obligation of our Annual Con ference claims. It is hot our policy to beg. I feel the Lord wilL help them who help themselves. Therefore, we are of fering a series of four Quiz Con tests in conjunction with four mu sical recitals, all for SI.OO a season ticket (four concerts) or 35 cents a single concert ticket. The leading ministers, choir di rectors, Sunday School superin tendents, and Missionary Society presidents will participate in the Quiz Contests. The musical re citals will feature some of the Twin Cities’ finest talent. Many of you have been very en couraging and cooperative to me and have predicted my becoming a great preacher and successful pas tor. Here is an opportunity for a concrete manifestation of your well wishing. Get your tickets early. Thank you, advancely, M. Boyde Patrick, pastor, St. James A. M. E. Church, Minneapolis, Minn. Martin Brown Says Aider- man Christianson Is All Right! Editor: This letter will no doubt be of interest to you and the read ers of your paper. In the issue of May 2 of a Min neapolis local weekly an article written by some man that they call B. F. Peery (?) was called to my attention. The writer of the article in question used the author’s name without his knowledge or consent. This in itself might have been all right, but in the sense and manner in which my name was used I un qualifiedly resent it. In the first place when he made accusation against Aldermen Chris tianson and Murphy of the sth Ward as regarding their attitude and stand in the matter of this writer erecting a gasoline station at 1101 Second Ave. S., it is my duty to speak and speak freely. During 30 odd years as a citizen of Minnesota and a resident of Minneapolis and during the 15 odd years that I have known this Mr. Peery (?) I have only known him to be right on two issues and that was by accident and not by his judgment. This man reminds me of one other scatterbrain who lives in his community. Or to come strictly to the point, I frankly and openly state as for Mr. Christianson (sth Ward Aider man) there is no finer and upright, straight thinking man and no truer friend of the colored people in the whole State of Minnesota. Mr. Christianson made a gallant and victorious stand when other fac tions attempted to stop the author from building his station at the above mentioned address. I feel that not only I myself but every educated and respectful citizen of the city of Minneapolis owe to Mr. Christianson their profound thanks and gratitude in the stand that he took in the filling station contro versy. And please permit me to say that Mr. Christianson did not take this stand to defend Brown but he took his stand as a matter of right and fair play, tolerance and forbearance which he firmly advocates for all men regardless of color or creed. The author bids him Godspeed and may the people have pity and sympathy for Mr. Peery (?) for having made such a stupid and childish accusation upon one of the best friends that the colored people have in this city. MARTIN BROWN, 1101 Second Ave. So. Library Candidate Thanks Voters EDITOR: I want to thank the hundreds -of Negro people who sup ported my candidacy for library director in the primary election. I pledge to continue the fight against discrimination against Ne groes in public jobs in order to set an example for employment of Ne groes in the skilled trades and the professions. With one out of three voters casting a ballot for me in the pri maries, it is plain that the com mon people desire that a forth right fight be put up against our involvement in the war. I intend to continue to make the fight for peace and social welfare the cen ter of my campaign. Between now and the time of the general elections I pledge to bring the question of discrimina tion against Negroes before thous ands of Minneapolis citizens as I did in the primaries through my radio talk and through my leaflets. Sincerely, Helen Allison Winter, Candidate for the Library Board. Pilgrim Baptist, “The Home-Like Church” News BY ELEASE M. COLLINS 655 Rondo Ave. - Sunday, May 11, 1941 Sunday school opened at 9:30. Devotion was led by Misses Maudie Hanks and Dorothy Boyd. Miss Doris Patterson has been appoint ed devotional leader in the absence of Mr. Elihu Myers. The subject was “Alcohol—Home Responsibili ty.” Mrs. Idelle Patton reviewed the lesson. The minister preached a sermon on “What have they seen in thy house?” and subject, “An Old- Fashion Home.” This being Moth er's Day his text and subject were a tribute to Mothers. Music was rendered by the Sen ior Choir. Miss Helen Jackson joined church on Christian experi ence. A cup was presented to Mrs. Foster, the president of the Ladies’ Aid Club, for raising the largest sum of money for the past month. We regret to hear of the illness of the members, as follows: Mrs. A. Miller, Mrs. Willie Black, Mrs. M. A. Bolling, Mrs. Teressa Her ring, and Miss Louise Howard. Let us all remember them in our prayers. We were very glad to have the following visitors worship with us: Mr. Williams of Omaha, Nebraska; Mr. Perry of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Chicago, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Sanches of Bethesda Church, Miss Arleen Allison of St. James Methodist Church. 3:30 The Installation Observ ance Message was well delivered by Rev. C. B. Wheeler. Music was rendered by the Apostolic Chorus of Rev. John Nelson’s Church, and the Mt. Olivet Chorus. Sermon Subject—“ How may we .hold up the hands of our Leader?” 8:00 P. M.—Rev. S. E. Ware preached a very inspiring sermon. His subject was “Selling Out.” Mu sic was supplied by the Sr. Choir and the Gospel Chorus. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy and beautiful floral offerings during the sickness and death of our sister and mother, Ar dellft Brown. Sirelle Brown, son. Mrs. Edward Sterling, sister, Dr. W. D. Brown and family. BRIGLEY ROOFING CO. 1792 Case Are. - Tower 0024 RE-ROOFING and RE-SIDING W* Specialize fa Aifcaitaa Siding Workmanahip fluaraatzart Fra* Estimate* Famishs* PROMPT ATTENTION Open for Business KOL - R CO. Cigarette Vending Machines Automatic Phonographs Jack Cravens St. Paul Minneapolis DAle 9987 Atlantic §306 IPATTONS I MEATS BETTER HEATS— ■ BETTER PRICES Iqqcwabashaqoc ■jOO STREET 000 I ALWAYS BUSY ———* Shower Recommended by Doctors for Rest Cure You may not be able to take a vacation at the lakeshore every day, but there’s one place where you can take a daily vacation from the heat, and that’s under the shower, sug gests the Canadian Institute of Plumbing and Heating, recommend* ing the use of showers as a relief from heat and lassitude. Moreover, it’s a grand place to take a rest cure. Doctors recom mend its cool pelting spray as ideal for relaxing taut nerves, increasing the blood circulation and stimulating the skin. Ponce de Leon, the old Spanish adventurer, would probably have considered the modern shower as the answer to his search for the “fountain” to bring back lost youth, for that is just what a shower is— a fountain—and a versatile one. Modern showerheads have adjust able sprays which can alter the flow of water from a sharp stinging spray to a soft sluicing stream, while the temperature of the water can be varied from a soothing relaxing warmth to the invigorating coldness of a mountain stream. Waterproof shower curtains, or colored glass enclosures, devices which soften the water, and safety bars that prevent slipping, are among the other attractive features of the modern showerbath, mostly available for the bathroom in the new or the old home. While built-in shower'equipment is a recognized essential in modern home construction, the fact that a shower may be easily and quickly installed in an existing bathroom without marring the walls, makes it one of the simplest and most popu lar steps in modernizing an old home, says the institute. Easy financing terms are still available from any branch bank or authorized lending institution, under the Home Improvement plan. World History Put on Tap for Button Pushers Here’s what pushing a button will get you now in the halls of Griffith observatory: A history of the world— orally and visually—in four min utes! Source of this condensed pano rama of the past is the cosmochron or “clock of the ages,” constructed in the observatory shops. The “clock” is 10 feet wide and 8 feet high, with a dial 4 feet in diameter in the center. The dial has illuminated sections to represent the geological ages. Two hands turn on the dial. The shorter hand turns once for each 100,000,000 years of geological time, while the longer hand makes one turn for the complete geological his tory of the world. As the hands turn, a series of 44 pictures is flashed on a screen on the dial’s face to show scenes at the time being indicated. At the same time the voice of Dr. Chester Stock, Caltech scientist, paints a word picture of the changes and the reasons behind them. ST. THOMAS NOTES Katherine Mitchell Services for Mothers’ Day were extremely beautiful last Sunday. Fr. Hogarth’s sermon was about the complete love shared by Jesus and His blessed Mother Mary. You're Welcome! Mt Olivet Baptist Church “For a Spiritual Feast" Rev. C. B. Wheeler, Pastor Cor. W. Central A Mackubin St. Neal Funeral Homes, Inc (Established 1921) St. Paul and Minneapolis High Quality o t Service Families In St. Paul—DA. 2068 ' In Minneapolis—AT. 4419 PRICE’S VARIETY STORE GROTTO AT RONDO AVB. 5c to $1 Complete Lines of Notions, Kitchen Utensils, Hardware, Hosiery, School Supplies, etc. • “Your Community Store” - “YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD STORE” Lexington Liquor Store WHISKIES, GINS, WINES and LIQUORS 472 Na. Uriagten, near University FREE PROMPT DELIVERY Opposite Ball Park ■ RLkhurst 4411 Samuel G. Oran, Prop. YOUR TAILOR SHOP - 22$ RONDO AYR. (NEAR LEWIS) Cleaning - Pressing - Repairing TAILOR-MADE CLOTHES Harlem Drapes Our Specialty ■ompt Pickup A “ Hie Posey Shop Florists We Have a Complete line of Grams and Flower Seeds * and Fertiliser • Specialists in All Floral Work 468 Lexington Parkway at University Avenue DAle 6706 lehn Schneider, Among: visitors were Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Washington and daugh ter, Mr. and Mrs. W. Suthera and daughter of St. Paul, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Burt, and Hazel Under?, wood, daughter of Mr. add Mrs. R. S. Underwood. Tom Carroll, Harvey Moss, Clar ence Hughes, Percy Hughes, and others of the Men’s Club have started their spring, house clean ing on the interior and exterior of the church. The Crusaders are not to be left out either, for they ex pect to have the Guild room fur nished anew this week.. The Testing .Ground By MORRIS GIBBS, SR. • • These Twin Cities most of the time Can’t hold their leaders very long, They’re so good other fields are sought, Soon we hear their swan song. Their fame goes out far and wide. Immediately they are thus re warded, A better position with security as sured, Their salary automatically has soared. The Twin Cities affords an ideal proving place For workers with progressive ideas, \ Who can do the unusual and ignore routine Hard work overcomes idle dreams. Many workers think this is the last place They would ever want to come, So far away from large Negro centers, They wouldn’t come for any sum. If accept—they stay here for ex perience, Have their ears attuned for other places, Still command a good salary But think we’re lacking in cer tain graces. Unusual if one stays ten years or more Like they do in other communi * ties, Their program is never complete Before they’re called by several cities. Well, if they make good here It’s a known fact far and wide, They can go most anywhere And get what they think’s been denied. PILGRIM BAPTIST Rev. S. E. Ware, Pastor M. A. Belling, gast. 9 : SO—Sunday School. 10:00—Junior Church—“ Flowers from the Garden of God." By Rev. S. E. Ware. 11:00—Sermon: Subject—" The Gospel in a Gift." by Rev. T. J. Kin*. 3:30 INSTALLATION SERMON— "Making Our Leaders Mighty." Rev. T. J. King, . ,. 8:00 P. M. —Rev. King's closing mes sage of Revival—" The One Great Need of the Age." Monday, May 19th—Banquet (chslttg Installation Period), 8 P.. M. . * You are cordially invited to attend nil affairs. B. T. U. Mr. William Slaughter, President Mias Thelma Dorsey, Secretary. Your Newspaper Is Your First Line of Defense Fmc Mhr«t 16,1941 44M. 