MIAMI TIMES. MIAMI,FLORIDA

SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1951

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Hello Friends: Just like the weatherman gives you his predic-tions each day, at this time of year the fashion designers do likewiseby giving out with their forcasts for the coming seasons.

In reading what two of these popular personalities had to say, Ifound that there will be two distinct silhouttes: “Uutra dim lor suitsand street dresses, and super full for coats and afternoon and even-ing clothes. There will be two colors to every costume, with the mono-tone ensemble a rarity.

“Combinations of two fabrics, usually contrasting thin-wlth-thickor soft-with-stiff are being shown. Fashion sees double in details, tooTwin collars, twin belts, double lapels, double sleeves, double hem-lines, double brigs on hats, double tiers on capes and double founceson skirts.”

Jimmy Gordon, fabulous designer, of New York and Chicago hascreated many gowns for such outstanding stage personalities as SarahVaubhn and Billie Holliday. He affirms that evening dresses “have allthe intricate fur-belows of 18th Century or Edwardian dressmaking:Boned bodices, poufed overskirts, back buttons, petticoats, crinolinesand even hoops. There are many short party dresses with crinolinedfull skirts.

Fabrics are light as air and lightly colored. Silks are of firstimportance, running the full gamut from mohair and rich ribbed ot-toman to paper taffeta, chiffon and filmy silk organdies and orientalgauze. Look for two fabrics together: Organza with satin, lace withtaffeta, wool with faille, jersey with taffeta, Velvet trimming andpiping continues.”

Mrs. Oteal Elliott, director-owner of the Oteal school of dress-making in Chicago, is firm in her belief about the overall fashion pic-ture. She says “Watch for the magnetic center of the silhouette toshift from the bosom to the hipline or the back. The taut hip is no-ticeable in skin-tight suit skirts and dresses that actually “duckunder” the hips in back. Necklines have risen discreetly, but backsare coming out into the open. Many day dresses are cut low at theback and most are daringly bared at night.

There will be a widening effect to the shoulders, still withoutpadding, however. Extra deep and wide dolman sleeves, yokes,flanges, big cape collars, elbow-length puff sleeves and the briefestand fullest of boleros give bulk to the shoulder area. There is a newcutaway shoulder that slants in; almost like a halter, for the inevi-table exception to the rule., Unpressed hems on afternoon and short evening dresses are im-portant news. The return of silk prints for daytime, abstracts andflorals and very few “conversation” prints, is innovational.”

There you have it ladies, the fashion scene for 1951. Here’s hopingyou will enjoy it. Being feminine creatures, I’m sure you will, for wewomen always want to keep abreast with the times.

A Woman’s ViewpointBY MARGARET GOSS BURROUGHS FOR ANP

This is a Chicago story which I think you readers might like to

hear. It gives an idea of how much freedom of speech really exists inAmerica, bringing it closer to home, right here in Chicago.

We have a young man here of whom many of us have been quite

proud. He is a newscaster and does a special program called “TheNegro News” nightly here over one of the radio stations. Perhapsyou might remember that some time ago in this column, I ran a seriesof a speech by Canada Lee, the actor, on the attitude of AmericanRadio toward the treatment of the Negro people. The conclusion ofthese articles was that the Negro either distorted in portrayal overradio and television or ignored all together.

Well, this young Negro News commentator, Oscar Brown Jr., byname, has been doing this program out from Chicago for the pastthree years. He had built up a large listening audience and his spon-sors were quite pleased with the job that he did.

Then one day recently the owners of the radio station became a

bit uneasy about the things he was saying. For one thing they object-

ed to the fact that at times he mentioned Paul Robeson in a favorable

manner. They then asked him to submit a copy of his script 24 hours

before his broadcast.He was willing to do this and asked the owner of the station

what his objection was to the commentaries. The owner said that he

did not want Paul Robeson mentioned favorably on his station. The

young commentator then agreed not to mention Paul Robeson on theprogram at all. An evening or two later, the young man made a par-

ticularly stirring broadcast in which Jie urged Negro people to organ-

ize to fight for their rights if they ever were going to get them. Thiswas the piece de resistance.

The next morning our commentator received a telegram telling

him that he was no longer with this particular radio station. Hissponsors received a telegram stating that they did not mind carry-

ing the program but that another commentator would have to be sub-ctytuted.

Now the commentator is Negro and so are the sponsors and they

pay good money to keep this program on the air. What was this

young Negro saying that made the White owners of WGES so uneasy

that they would drop the program Simply this: He was expressing

the yearnings and sentiments of the Negro people. Os course I don t

have to tell you that the entire Negro community is up in arms about

this matter. Letters of protests, phone calls and telegrams, etc., are

being sent in to the station. If you have been within earshot of this

program, we hope that you will do likewise.

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Lutherans WantInterracial ChurchIn Nation’s Capital

WASHINGTON (ANP)The Lutheran Ministerial associ-ation, composed of pastors of 33churches in the area, recommend-ed here last week the establish-ment of an interracial church bythe denomination in downtownWashington.

The recommendation was madefollowing the release of a three-month study on “Lutheran Re-sponsibility in Winning the Ne-gro to Christ.” It asked “an in-clusive (interracial) Lutheranchurch so chartered . . . central-ly located .

.. with an interracial

staff.”In addition, the report asked

denomination churches planningrelocation because of shiftingpopulations, to consider possibili-ties of remaining at their presentsites on an interracial basis.

The study was unanimouslyadoptel by the association. It wasprepared by the Revs. C. T. Nel-son of Augustana church, Wil-liam Schiebel of Mount Olive, andJ. H. Somersville, Our Redeemer.

If the church property must besold to finance another church,the report suggested that theproper mission board be asked totake over and establish either aninterracial institution or a Negromission on the site.

It also proposed a joint meetingof all local church councils todiscuss the responsibility -ofchurches in the area with com-paratively large Negro popula-tions. Rev. Arnold P. Kellar Jr.,chairman of the report commit-tee and assistant pastor of theChurch of the Reformation, saidthe meeting would be held with-in a month.

Lutheran churches listed as be ring in areas with large Negropopulations are Atonement, wherethe association met; Augustana,Keller Memorial, LutheT PlaceMemorial, Reformation, St. Mat-thew’s, St. Stephen’s and Trini-ty.

Members of the association rep-resent a total of 22,000 persons ofLutheran faith in the MissouriSynod, American, Augustana andUnited branches.

The study is to be referred tothe Maryland Synod of the UnitedLutheran church which last Mayasked for n report on the numberof Negroes that could be broughtinto the church.

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