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COUNTY GOVERNMENT
Now that a few culprits in the county govern
ment have been clapped in jail, the movement to
reform county government is in full swing, and the
'‘honest-cross-my-heart boys” who live in Grosse
Pointe and Bloomfield Hils are determined to “stop
corruption,” “Save the People’s Money” by putting
an amendment on the ballot which will provide for
a nice, little, air-tight board of supervisors, most of
Whom will be elected-at-large in non-partisan elec
tion. No air or Negroes will get in except by accident.
These Griswold street wolves did not want to
reform the city government after the city hall scan
dals, but they have had their eye on the county gov
ernment for some time. The Detroit Free Press and
the “good government” boys of the Detroit Bureau
cf Governmental Research have gone to some trouble
and expense to prove that unless we endorse their
particular brand of reform, all of us are going to hell.
If the Devil is half as particular as they are about
minority representation, all of us are safe forever.
No honest citizen is opposed to needed reforms
in county government, but we do not believe that
the election-at-large system is democratic in the city
of Detroit, and we present the Common Council of
the city government as Exhibit A. We are tired of
popularity contests which permit baseball stars and
football coaches to ride into places of power when
they admittedly do not give a tinker’s damn for the
rights of our group. The Detroit members of the
proposed board of supervisors will be chosen by the
big daily papers and the radio stations. The boys
who own these propaganda media are the same ones
who put us in the slums, who own the banks and
everything else in the city of Detroit These same
boys fought federal housing, fought th'e WPA, and
they are still fighting organized labor and all the
social gains which the New Deal has brought us.
We want efficient government, and we want
county reform, but we do not want a handpicked
bunch of Griswold street stooges running the county
government. We want government of, by and for
the people, all the people. By blocking minority
representation, as the election-at-large system has
so effectively done in the city government, the pro
posed amendment sacrifices a basic principle of our
system of government. When minorities are pre
vented from having an effective voice in government
there can be no such thing as good government in
our democracy,
Hitler’s fascist government has been called more
“efficient” than our democratic form because he too
has his little, air-tight clique. We Negroes do not
like Hitlerite efficiency, and we are surprised to find
those who do in such prominent places. These local
Hitlerettes are also adopting their master’s tactics in
trying to put their “reform” over. They try to
smear everyone who has an honest difference of
opinion on the matter by calling them “machine poli
ticians” and suggesting that they have designs on
the people. They are trying to pit the majority
group against the minorities by pointing out that
only the minorities object to their little plan. Be
cause we do not like their brainstorm we are supposed
to be in favor of corruption and against decent
government.
The time has come to expose these jackals who
work their will by distorting the truth and confusing
the issue. We believe that minority groups are en
titled to representation and that any plan which
seeks to eliminate minority representation is rotten
to begin with. A great many innocent people have
been sucked in by their bandwagon movement for
this particular brand of county reform. Self-seeking
politicians and ambitious rabble-rousers have been
afraid to stand up and oppose these Hitlerettes for
fear of reprisal. Others want to be on what appears
to be the winning side and have closed their eyes to
the basic truth and jumped in.
Let this be clear to all and sundry. We Negroes
want clear government and we want efficient gov
ernment, but we also demand that government shall
be thoroughly representative and that all minorities
shall have a deserving hand in its affairs. We do
not want special legislation for Negroes alone, we
Want protection and representation for all minorities
regardless of race or creed. The proposed amend
ment does not meet these demands. We shall do our
part in defeating any measure that does not protect
all the people.
Good government is good for everybody, and the
rights of minorities are just as basic a part of our
democratic government as majority rule. We are
fighting a war to defend this form of government,
Editorial Page of THE MICHIGAN CHRONICLE
and we are fighting it on all fronts, and even the
“cookie-pushers” who clip their coupons between
drinks at the Detroit Athletic club will not be spared
if they turn their backs on democracy.
A NEW COMMISSION
Mayor Jeffries has been asked by the Inter
racial Fellowship of the Detroit Council of Churches
to appoint an interracial commission “to study and
assist in the many remaining problems confronting
white and Negro peoples in the city,” and he was
commended for the “just and on the whole amicable
settlement” of the Sojourner Truth controversy.
Some leaders in the past have expressed skep
ticism over the actual value of varied interracial
groups, committees and commissions. Most of us
will agree today, however, that every new interracial
group that comes into being now will of necessity
have a greater social value than at any time in the
past. Much of the old opposition to interracial com
missions of the sort contemplated in the resolution
of the Detroit Council of Churches resulted from a
feeling that such commissions never really accom
plished anything concrete, nothing that you might
point to as a job well done.
We insist, however, that somebody has got to
begin a serious study of the issues between racial
groups and that if this commission resolved itself
finally’ into .aerely a study group, it would still be
worthwhile. Behind the hand of prejudice and dis
crimination is too often a colossal ignorance, a lack
of knowledge of the basic causes of conflicts, a
frightful misconception of the democratic process
and a misunderstanding of minority problems. In
other words, an interracial commission composed of
sincere students of our social problems would have
a tremendous educational value besides being an in
strument for positive action when occasion demanded.
It is a mistake to believe that any sort of com
mission can work miracles. There is, nevertheless,
a definite need in our city for some organized at
tempt to get to the bottom of the issues which are
creating unrest and to study them objectively with
the hope that some course of action might suggest
itself which would preclude the possibility of riotous
action. It seems to us that such a commission would
be a welcome addition to our existing agencies in the
field of race relations in this arsenal of democracy
we call Detroit.
BY William l. Sherrill
THIS IS A DECEITFUL WORLD.
The deception practiced by man
upon man astounds me. A large part
of the human race seems to have
degenerated into select groups of
liars and thieves who practice their
professions and carry out their
depredations through the media of
high sounding philosophies. Among
these deceivers who parade as sanc
tified moralists and reformers are
some of the leading nations of the
world. There is entirely too much
of this business of giving morals
from the head when there is no
morality in the heart.
MY HAT IS OFF this week to
'"t'omas E. Dewey—who had the
courage to say to the nation at
LewLsohn Stadium in New York
before an audience of 20,000 white
and black Americans: “We cannot
with one breath urge every Ameri
can to give his all for the war effort
and with the next say to many of
them stand aside because of race,
creed or color. A large segment of
our population Is actually being
thwarted In its patriotism, deprived
of its right to take full part in the
national effort. That is not only
ugly and hateful, it is downright
stupid. It is a crime. We are told
that one of our war alms is to wipe
out international discrimination be
tween people because of race, creed
or color; It is absurd to talk of that
until we have wiped out discrimi
nation at home."
LET THE UNITED NATIONS use
more of the spirit of Him who came
to bring peace on earth and good
will to men, and the millions of
darker peoples who now fight half
heartedly for the cause will fling
themselves into the fray with utter
abandon. The millions—which the
whites have ell these years ex
ploited and brutalized are asking
no special privileges because they
are weak, but simple justice be
cause they are human beings. Those
who believe that the weaker races
can continue to be used as a foot
ball for designing statesmen and
politicians while the very citadel
of all they hold dear is being at
tacked have . certainly misunder
stood the fire which burns in the
breasts of black folks.
* * *
IN A QUARTERMASTER Depot
in South Philadelphia a white girl
protested against working with
Negroes. She was told, however,
that she would have to serve her
apprenticeship under a Negro
woman if she wanted her -job. Be
cause she was in desperate need
of work she took the training. When
her apprentice period was up, the
white girl and the young Negro
woman had developed such a fond
ness for each other that the white
girl asked not to be changed. Some
thing which will force those who
arc prejudiced to get acquainted
with the object of their hate is all
that is needed to make America
tick right. Looks as though the
war is this force.
HE RUSHES OUT of a war de
partment building in Washington,
the capital of our democracy, to
take care of government business
and must get across Washington in
a hurry. Taxis cruise in front of
the building continuously picking
up fares. He hails one. “Sorry," says
the cab driver in broken English,
‘We don’t carry colored people.”
Perhaps he does rot realize it. but
that cab driver is aiding the Axis.
TWO SHIPBUILDING PLANTS
which will be manned exclusively
by a Negro personnel are being
built. One will be in New Orleans
and the other in Chester. Pa. Thou
sands of Negroes will be employed
and hundreds will hold skilled jobs
paying big money that would not
be theirs if the plapts worked
both whites and blacks. Is this good
news or bad?
* * *
COMMENCEMENTS ARE about
over. Thousands have been turned
lost with their sheepskins. If edu
cation has meant anything to them
there is offered ample opportunity
to prove it. iWth the world in the
mess it is—heart, vision, wisdom
and power arc urgently needed.
Where leadership of yesterday
failed they now have the oppor
tunity to prove the superiority of
their minds over that of the old.
If they actually have knowledge of
economics, science, sociology and
kindred subjects which aid in the
solving of human problems—now is
the time to prove it.
Parnassus
How noble he stood
In his khaki . . .
Brown Doughboy . . t
Now nobly he smiled
When she kissed him
Then watched him
Stride from her door
Where are you going. Brown
doughboy
With certain and positive atride?
His answer returned ... to a
heart that burned ...
To fight with noble pride
To fight and, O. beloved
Perchance to fall and die
For a vision I’ve seen
Os fields that were green
And days that are to be
When men shall be free
And fair Liberty
Shall rule a Democracy.
—Contributed
CONANT
GARDENS
By MRS. LELA HENDRICKS
TO OCR GRADUATES
If you think you are beaten, you are. !
If you think you dare not. you don’t. I
If you like to win but think you
It’s almost a cinch you won't.
Think big and your deeds will grow,
Think small and you fall behind.
Think you can and you will,
It's all in the state of mind.
Life's battles don't always go
To the strongest or fastest man
But sooner or later the man who
’ la the man who thinks he can.”
RETURNS HOME
Mrs. Clarence Mason of Goddard
street and sister. Mrs. James Hart
leys of Hague, have returned home,
after a motor trip of five weeks so
journ in the South and about. They
visited friends in Chicago, St. Louis
and other points enroute The mam
focus point was Prairie View,
Tfcxas. where Mrs. Harkleis' daugh
ter, Necia, graduated from Prairie
View college, which incidentally is
also the alma mater of Mesdames
Harkless and Mason.
From there to Houston, Texas, to
visit friends and relatives. Necia re-'
turned with her mother and aunt
. . . Gwendolyn, the other daughter
of the Harklesses has returned home
from Virginia State, where she is
majoring in art and brought home
such lovely plaques and other
figurines of art to her mother.
MOTHERS TO MICHIGAN
CITY, IND.
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Parks of
Norwood, Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Sham
berger of Binder street and Mrs.
Louise Sutton of Fort Gaines, Ga.,
motored to Michigan City, Ind., last
Sunday and were the guests of Rev.
and Mrs. Mitchell Culpepper. Rev.
Culpepper was formerly the pastor
of Vernon Chapel A M E. church on
Norwood . . . The party had an en
joyable visit.
VICTORY CLUB NO. 1
Mrs. Jeff Johnson of Binder
street was hostess to Victory Club
No. 1 last week. The club has been
organized for the express pur
pose of assisting in maintaining the
morale of our soldiers. They have
adopted a soldier and are raising
funds to finance the very fine things
they expect to do for Negro soldiers.
The next meeting will be held at
the Lucy Thurman Y.W.C.A. next
Wednesday. Mrs. M. Somerville is
president and Mrs. Ola Clark of
Mitchell street, secretary.
IX CONTRACTORS
The Nine Contractors, one of our
oldest bridge clubs met last Tues
day with Mrs. Vera Morris. After a
short business session the diversion
as usual was bridge. The yearly
prizes were won by Mesdamcs Hat
tie Wheeler. Madclyn Graham and
Susie Johnson.
The meeting adjourned to meet
in October with Mrs. G. Caldwell.
FROM COLUMBUS. OHIO
Mrs. Vanita Woods of Columbus,
Ohio, is the house guest of the Mat
thew Parks on Norwood. Parties,
dinners and sight seeing tours are
making her stay with the congenial
Parks very enjoyable.
TWO TRIBUTES
Our first tributes go to Mrs. Sadie
Toles of Ford avenue, whose rose
garden is a scene of wondrous
beauty. The entire garden is en
circled with rare climbing roses, the
center arches also containing the
rare .plants. Yellow, red and white
are the -pradommaimg eolof-.-Ftftr
rose bushes all in bloom, one can
imagine the exquisite beauty. On
the side are annuals and perennials,
all adding to the glamour of the
garden. One will travel a long way
before he finds a garden more won
drously beautiful than Mrs. Toles’
which also contains comfortable
garden furniture where one may
relax and enjoy the superb scenery.
Our second tribute to Mrs. Lex
anna Mosely of Inverness, who was
hostess to the Peerless Art club last
week. Mrs. Moseley has a lovely
garden of diversified flowers . . .
annuals and erennials, all blooming
in glorious profusion . . . Later on
there will be a dahlia show ... as
they have 40 or more, dahlias
planted. Beside her flower garden
is a victory garden of vegetables
... all carefully attended and
producing.
We are indebted to both these
charming persons for sharing some
of their beauty with us . . . we say
as the poet, “Whoever plants a gar
den works hand in hand with God
CONANT GARDENS
AMITY CLUB
The Conant Gardens' Amity club
held its regular meeting at the home
of the Carl Stewarts on Norwood
avenue last Saturday evening. Plans
were discussed for an outdoor af
fair in the near future and a jolly
social time was followed by a de
licious dinner.
Present and enjoying the evening
were Mr. and Mrs. David Foster,
Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Wilson, Mrs.
Harry Caldwell, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Van Riper, Mr. and Mrs. James
Jennings, Mrs. Hattie Ward and
Mr. Duncan.
FROM SCHOOL
Harvey Shaw, son of Dr. and Mrs.
D. W. Shaw of Wexford, who has
been attending Virginia Union uni
versity and Hugh Benson who has
been at St. Benedicts in Wisconsin,
have returned home for the sum-
VISITTNG IN ST. LOUIS
Mrs. Billie Luval of Wexford ave
nue is spending a few weeks visit
ing her mother in St. Louis. Mo.
RETURNS FROM VACATION
Mrs. Eugene Foster returned Sun
day from a vacation of several
weeks spent in different parts of
Ohio.
CONANT GARDENS
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
The association met Monday at
Vernon Chapel church. Lloyd Cofer,
president of the association, pre
sided. Raymond Scruggs of the Bell
Telephone company presented an
educational film, “Ready on the
YOU AGAIN!
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The Facts In Our News
By HORACE A. WHITE
grocs a clearer line of action. De
mocracy has got to work at home.
We are going to give all that we
have to win over Hitler and his
agents. Also, we are going to give
all that we have to build a democ
racy here in America. If the world
is looking at America as the one
place of liberty—let us be very sure
that what they see is the real thing.
Each of us is responsible in this
regard.
GOD AND JOE LOUIS
People are making a great deal
out of the fact that Joe Louis said
that we were on God’s side in th.s
war. Maybe we are. Let us hoDc
we are. There is plenty of evidence
that we may not be on God's side.
One has a right to take it that when
we say we arc on God's side we
are being governed by the laws of
God. Well, . . . Are w<TU Look at
the amount of ignorance we have
discovered in the army. The pov
erty of the great masses of people
is certainly un-Godly. The down
right oppression that goes on in
our beloved country makes us won
der if we are really on God's side
Would it not be better to say that
we hope to be on God's side soon.
We have been so.very sinful in our
national and international affairs
that we need to repCnt before we
can really be on God's side. We
have a real chance to get on God's
side. It is very doubtful if any of
the present nations are on God’s
side. Os course, we knew what
Joe meant; we love him for It. The
holier than thou attitude which
some writers are taking about Joe's
statement is sinful and God docs
not bless sinful men.
GOVERNOR CITED
JACKSON, Miss—•(ANP)—Gov.
Paul B. JoTTnson'o7 Mississippi' was
the subject of a talk made here
recently when Jacob L. Reddix.
president of Jackson college, cited
fairness of the chief executive
toward Negroes in a speech made
upon occasion of a visit of Mrs.
Johnson to the school.
HAMTRAMCK HOUSING FIGHT
SPEAKING FOR AMERICA
Last week democracy won the
first round in the Hamtramck Hous
ing tight/ Judge Guy Miller ruled
that seven per cent of the dwellings
in the new Col. Hamtramck homes
should be reserved for the Negro
residents in Hamtramck. This was
a temporary restraining order. The
officials still have the right to have
the case heard in court. The
meaning of this case is far reaching.
The implications of this case are
greater than the meaning of the
Sojourner Truth struggle. The So
journer Truth fight represented an
effort in the part of a few bigoted
people to keep Negroes from having
that which was rightfully theirs.
All the democratic forces combined
to see that these bigots did not
prevail.
The Hamtramck Housing fight
goes to the very heart of our prac
t:ced way of life. This fight is test
ing our constitutional democracy.
The issues involved are: Can a gov
ernmental agency use the tax pay
ers money for segregated projects
of any kind? Can a governmental
agency apply for funds and receive
them with the understanding that
they are for white t or black only?
It is the opinion of this column that
these questions will be answered in
the negative. The state of Mich
igan prohibits segregated projects
by law and agreement. The N.A.
A C P. won such a fight years ago
with the Detroit Recreation com
mission. The facts were different
but the issues were the same as
The federal government will be
asked in this case to declare i’s
policy as well as will the officials
of -H am trarrWc. ' IT TftilTlllTr'sTa ndiT
up then the whole housing program
in the state of Michigan will have
to undergo a drastic change. This
this one is sustained then the basis
for other tax payers’ suits will be
laid. The suit will also give No
BOOK NOTES
By GERTRUDE SCOTT MARTIN
Miss Adams ha*’Studied drama but
her first tievfltion is to the church.
Her mother's second marriage
seemed to open the way for her
entrance into a religious order but
when the marriage proved a failure
Miss Adams again found it neces
sary to find employment. Her ex
periences after the death of her
father were often unpleasant, and
the type of work she was forced
to do varied. After working for a
time as a typist, she found it neces
sary to turn to domestic work. To
day Miss Adams, a Franciscan ter
tiary. lives with her mother in Los
Angeles.
Miss Adams, although a devout
Catholic, is not blind to the racial
discriminations practiced by some
Catholics. She has become accus
tomed to the idea of being on guard
against possible discriminations
even in the church:
"I never kneel at an altar for
Holy Communion without being
fearful lest I be passed by."
One is impressed by the depth and
simplicity of her faith and by the
genuine tolerance with which she
views life. She is deeply concerned
with the future of Negroes. Her own
desire to serve through the Catholic
church she hopes will be a continu
ation of the sort of work done by
the late Juliette Derricotte, a
Protestant. Miss Adams tells her
story well and her book is both
refreshing and challenging.
* * *
Those who have read THE SUN
IS MY UNDOING by Marguerite
Steen will be interested to know
that Hollywood has bought the
story at the modest price «for Holly
wood! of S6O 000. Drastic changes
will be rrifcle since the book deals
among other things with miscegna
tion without benefit of clergy.
Sheba, the heroine, will be played
by Hedy Larharr but instead of be
ing a Negro woman she will be
portrayed as an Arab girl sold into
slavery. Her marriage to Clark
Gable on the screen will be made
legitimate and everyone w ill be
happier, we auppos*.
Sterling Brown, one of the three
editors of that excellent anthology,
THE NEGRO CARAVAN, is sched
uled to have anew book off the
preys this fall. The title is to be
A NEGRO LOOKS AT THE SOUTH
and should be a good appraisal of
the South from a Negro's point of
view if Mr. Brown lives up to his
usual fine standard of writing.
DARK SYMPHONY by-Elizabeth
Laura Adams (Shced and Ward.
Publishers, 63 Fifth avenue. New
York City, $2,501 is a sincere, simply
told account of a young colored
girl's conversion to Catholicism. It
is really more than that because
Miss Adams tells here of her child
hood and of the formatitive experi
ences which turned her to the
Catholic faith.
The author, who is now in her
thirties, was born in California and
has lived there all of her life. As
the only child in a closely knit
family her childhood was a shel
tered one and extremely happy in
spite of the intermittent disappoint
ments aad rebuffs which are a
part of a Negro child’s life. Her
father died before she had finished
high school and soon after the dis
covery of a heart condition made
it necessary for her to give up the
concert career which had attracted
her for many years. Since then
home front.” demonstrating what
to do and what not to do in the
event of an air raid. Air Raid War
dens. Messrs. G. A. Collins and Jesse
Parker were present. Mr. Collins
spoke of the dire need of more air
wardens for the district.
Miss Donna Kemp, chairman of
recreation, announced the opening
of the vacation church school the
first week in July and also that the
Atkinson school would have super
vised play this summer on the play
grounds from 1:30 to 10 p m. Recrea
tion problems were discussed and
some definite action will be taken
in the near future • • • the plans
announced later. %
SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1942
HIGHLAND
PARK
By AUDREY BOULDING
SUNDAY. JUNE 21, IS
OFFICIAL FATHER S DAY
On that day throughout the land
many thousands of neglected dads
who are taken for granted by their
families during the other 364 days
of the year, will suddenly find them
selves in the limelight and showered
with gifts. In the park, however,
there are a number of well known
men for whom every day is Father's
Day. The fathers we have in mind
all have lovely young daughters and
devoted sons. These children and
their dads are great companions,
sharing a taste for books, music, art,
games or travel. Rev. S. W. Bank
head and his sub-deb daughter,
Joan, attend lectures, concerts, and
many Berea's social affairs together.
They share the same taste in music,
read books and have some interest
ing discussions. But more than any
thing else, they enjoy working to
gether iu thc.r beautiful flower
garden.
Lorraine and Barbara Gordon
and their father, Walker Gordon,
spend many evenings together
reading. He reads the sports pages
and world events and they discuss
them. Barbara plays the piano for
his enjoyment, while Lorraine reads
aloud Negro history. Lewis Eggle
ston and his son. Langleston are
great pals. They listen to the base
ball games and like the same radio
stories, recently they made a motor
trip to Buffalo together. George
Davies and his trio of daughters
have good times together, too.
Gracie Marie Allison and her dad
spend many Sunday afternoons at
the Art Institute. They are fond nt
liding and may be seen of a sum
mer day riding at Utica. Ormond
Robinson and his father are the
most interesting companions, shar
ing their likeness for swimming,
hiking, canoeing and other aporis.
Last week the parents of golden
haired little Dorelcne Bentley came
from Pittsburgh. Pa., with her two
brothers, Walter, and James, and
grandmother, Mildred Bentley, sur
prising her aunt, Mrs. Mattie Dough
tery of Laßelle making a short visit
and taking their little blue-eyed
cherub back with them. Aunt Mat
tie has had Dorlene since her birth
and is very lonely.
MRS. CHARLENE MOSLEY
ENTERTAINED CLUB
Last Thursday afternoon we were
one of the honored guests of Mrs.
Charles Mosley of Inverness in her
cozy home when she entertained
the closing meeting of the Peerless
Art club, with Mrs. Lela Mae
Hendricks, president. After the
club's business session and the pre
senting of the guest. Mrs. Hendricks
closed the clubs business books
meet again next fall. Some 25 at
tractive matrons enjoyed the gra
cious hospitality of the hostess,
going out into her exquisite flower
yard after the rains. Mrs. Tooles of
Ford avenue was among the guests.
“Incidentally. ’’ it was while chat
ting with, and admiring the pic
turesque flffU’er garden of Mrs.
Grace Sadler of Inverness that we
learned of the serious auto accident
of Mrs. Gr.tce Williams of Scotten,
Mrs. Williams is a teacher in the
Grant school ;n Fcrndale. Her work
will however, be completed by Mrs.
Sadi. Sic is on* of Detroit's most
outstanding civ.c, social, and clubb
character*, and a prominent soror
of tne Deltas. We imk our prayers
;i ’ ; “ SO(-i thoughts with the great
tha nos prayers for her speedy re-
UNCLE SAM’S CALL CLEANS
THE PARK STREETS
Old faces will be missing front
old familiar places, now that a
dozen or so of the Park s loitering
young men were cailled to the armed
forces last week.
MRS. HARRISON'S
LUNCHEON
The approaching departure of
Mrs. Henry Taylor and her daugh
ter. Alice, to join her husband sta
tioned at Fort Dix, this week end
and llso that of Mrs. Chester John
son with daughter. Shirley Ann. to
jo.n Mr. Johnson in Tuskegee. were
the inspiration for a luncheon given
by Mrs John Harrison in her horn*
on Davison.