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A> these lines are wri ton a major controversy
vhich seriously affects thi- life ami welfare of the
citizenry of Michigan, which menaces the war effort
e»f this country and threatens the cause of the United
Nations is swiftly approaching an ominous climax.
This terrible controversy has been precipitated by
the summary action of the oflicials of the National
Housing Agency and the 1 edvral I üblie Housing Au
thority ir. Washington.
,\*t a confi rence held Tuesday -morning, February
p IPJ.t. in the Detroit offices of the Federal Public
Housing Authority, a representative group of inter
ested iti <ns of both races were told that a decision
relative to the occupancy of the 3,000-unit Willow
Hodge war housing project near the Willow Run
plant of the Ford Motor Company had been reached
by the f ederal Housing officials.
That decision was to deny any and all accom
modations to Negro war workers of the W illow Run
plant. It was stated that applications which had
been received from Negro war workers would be
turned down. It was indicated that a project may
be built somewhere, sometime in the future, for the
special use of those war workers who did not have
the grace to be born white.
Sprawling Willow Lodge built in a wilderness
between two cities m the grey shadow of a lonely
behemoth, the giant Ford plant, must not shelter a
citizen of color by order of the United states gov-
ernment
Why was this decision made? Was it the re
sult of organized pressure from white war workers
at Willow Run? The answer is NO. Did this de
cision stem from the racial position of the Ford
Motor Company? Again, No. ‘
This travesty upon the freedom of the Negro j
people has its origins in the fabrile brains of the
conspirators against democracy in Congress and the
Federal Housing administrators who have joined
them ip a crusade to abrogate the citizenship of the
Negro people as the first stfcp toward a fascist
America. f
Four days before this decision was announced,
the Federal Housing officials appeared before a
sub-committee of the Appropriations Committee of
the House and told the arch-inquisitor, Congressman
Joseph Starnes of Alabama, that so far as public
housing was concerned the principle of white su
premacy" would bo made safe in America.
The great liberal traditions of the State of
Michigan whose gallant sons died in the war for free
dom of ’65 were ignored and east aside. Bending
their spineless backs to the will of demagogues, the
Federal Housing officials are seeking to apply the
racial views of Mississippi to the housing problems
cf the State of Michigan.
When this decision was announced on Tuesday,
February 9, it was intimated that those citizens who
may fight it would be creating strife while the nation
is at war. We ask with whom and for what is this
nation at war? Shall we permit crass racialism to
strangle the lives and liberties of citizens within our
borders while a million Americans of all kinds and
colors are seeking to destroy abroad the racial doc
trines which motivate the Nazi Conqueror?
Shall we fight the enemy with our right hand
and comfort him with our left? This decision to bar
Negro war workers from Willow’ Lodge fits into
the center of a ghastly mosaic, a perfect part of a
wicked pattern, a pattern which has brought us in
the last months reverse after reverse. Reaction has
set in on Capitol Hill. Negroes, organized labor and
all minority groups have come under heavy fire and
the social gains of the last decade have been called
into question. The job rights of minorities as guar
anteed by the President’s Executive Order have been
attacked. The rights of organized labor are being
challenged on the floor of Congress. Congressman
Dies who worships a fascist god has been given a
new lease on life. Our global war for the liberation
of all peoples has become for many “globaloney.”
Vet we who cry out against this treachery, may
be accused of creating civil strife!! It is indeed odd
at this hour when the ideals of our country are im
periled that there should be no greater sanctuary
in America for the democratic faith than exists in
the hearts of the Negro people. Tht n again it is not
strange that we who are the step-children of Amer
ica should more dearly prize our democratic heritage.
r This assault upon our freedom in Michigan will
not and cannot go unchallenged. The liberal tradi
tions of this state were not achieved without strug
gle and sacrifice and they will not be maintained
without them now. Whatever inroads the Jim Crow
. principle of the Southland have made in Michigan,
Editorial Pare of THE MICHIGAN CHRONICLE
this segregated war housing policy announced by
Washington must be the last straw’. We cannot have
ntegration in industry, in our civic life and accept
Jim Crowism in public housing.
There is no segregation or discrimination in the
payment of taxes and there must be none in the
spending of those taxes. We are assuming the full
responsibilit’es of our citizenship and we expect to
exerfcise the privileges thereof. We shall not con
tinue to be the victims of the conceits and fantasies
of those who hold that the color of one citizen en
titles him to rights that should be denied a citizen
of a different color. We are all God’s children, no
matter how embarrassing the kinship may seem to
some in Washington. We are all citizens of a dem
ocracy and that makes us equal before the law, no
matter how the South may chafe against it. Be
tween equal citizens the federal government must
not discriminate, and when it does, as is being done
here in public housing, it sows the seed of Fascism.
We are at war against Fascism and this is a total war.
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WILLIAM L. SHERRILL
THEY ARE AT IT AGAIN .
trying to figure out what we should
called . . Negro. colored E hi
on an, Afro-American or just plain
American. This time it is George
S. Schuyler and n woman column
ist i while) Rose Wilder Lane, who
rjisc the question. Brother Schuy
ler informs us that there is “no
such animal" as the Negro race
and suggests that we drop the term
and Sister Rose Lane shouts “glory
hallelujah"—what a relief. Well,
l am still of the opinion that call
ing ourselves by another name will
not change our condition . _ . nor
will it change the world's opinion
and attitude towards us .
Whatever name we call ourselves,
unless we dignify it by our achieve
ments we will suffer the same pains
and indignities now visited upon
JS.
When I was a youngster in grade
school we had a professor whom
we called "old sleepy" because he
had a habit of dozing while hear
ing classes. Now thi? professor
could have changed his name to
any name he desired ... it would
not have altered our opinion of
nim one whit ... as long as he
continued to doze in class.
We need not lose any time try
ing to repudiate the name Negro
The goal we need to fight and work
toward it that of changing the .con
dition of at. whom the world hat
elected to call Negroes.
* * *
THE TIMES IN WHICH WE
LIVE today call upon Negro lead
ership to do some original think
ing. We mast do some planning
for ourselves in this new world
that is now being born. We must
not permit our "good white folks”
to do all the thinking for us, for
as good as they may be they are
not able to see our problems as
we see them. They can’t feel the
i pains and know the ambitions of
i our hearts We alone know our
! heart's desires. We want the op
-1 portunity of rising to the same eco
nomic. social and political plane
any other American has the op
portunity of reaching. We want
every Negro child endowed at oirth
with the opportunity of becoming
an ambassador . . . Supreme Court
DETROIT MERRY-GO-ROUND
By TONY VANCE
ROOSEVELT IN *44
N.A.A.C.P. IN WASHINGTON
CAREER MEN VS. POLITICIANS
DEATH OF M.F.D.C.
President Roosevelt ha? opened
his bag of tricks and a* the im
pending campaign fur the presi
dency looms as the next poutic.il
axe to grind he approaches the
Democrat convention practically
assured of the nomination. To a
oell.geren* South prepared to buck
him at every turn he has turned
on the charm The appointment of
Justice Byrnes as heao of the WPR.
the hcndir.z over of the FEPC to
McNutt of the War Manpower com
mi'-ston *.nd the evident removal
of progressive Democrats from the
leading comm.ttees shows conclu
sively that he intends ir.ovmg or.
to the convent.cn backed by a
>ol.d South. The do*r.oth.ng po.icy
of McNutt, who has never issued
a favorable statement or race rela
tions. seems to have ton ppor*
of the b.e fellow The NVw .Deal
s dead; the reactionary De i ocrot.
led by the Dies. D.xon.- and Bilbos
jre setting in
His next stroke of *t..v ,y for
the Negro vote undoubtedly wi.;
cause division between tr.o Michi
gan politic .ins and the N A A C P
From good autho-.ty I am informed
that Walter W will hj e a lot
to stay abo .t < lect.on of top
Negroes for *he OT htaued by
•x-M:ch;gar S« a- - Trent;/* M.
Brown. The ; . «.vs h*vc~ fos
tered old Ire Democrat? Joseph
C. Coles and Emmet Cunningham
but not haw g graduated from
Harvard *tv do n >t set very well
w.th the e <er men in Washing
ton who 1 ir.k politics is bad and
wll m .kc you i.ek It i? doubtful
,f B ,wn w.U forego doing business
w.'h t N .VA C P to pay off a
pot • c. i debt that Is deserving.
The c ft squabble over the name
of ire M hican Federated Demo
era* c r!ut> rri) be w ith
•dd»t.on«l o.utiivt bc.ng aj.juiu!
justice, state gv.ernor or the pres
.dent of the United States if am i
bition leads in that direction. No
nody is g;ing to help you move in 1
’hat direction but you, yourselves
j|f )|(
IT IS NOT THE DESIRE of the
Negro to be considered a people
separate and apart from the body
politic. In fact it is our all con
suming desire that our hopes, in
terests and aspirations be fused
with those of the national citizen
sh.p . . . But born of a peculiarly
American psychology arc barriers
that do actually Yet us apart in
\hf enjoyment of the rights, bless
ings and responsibilities of full and
complete citizenship. How are we
to ever remove these barriers un
less we unite a« a group to destroy
them? We uni e as a group not
that we want to be a separate group
of Americans, but. that we may
prevent ourselves being set apart
as a separate group of Americans
Every hope of the Negro, mate
rial and sp.ritual, is inextr.cably
interwoven into the hope of equal
citizenship . . . Hence all our
strivings can have but one inter
pretation ... an effort to inte
grate'burselves into every phase of
American life.
* *
IT IS WELL THAT WE SET
ASIDE a week in which to recail
the glorious histgry of our people.
It would be better however, if we
carry on many weeks after it passes
in our homes, churches, lodges and
clubs, the search and study of our
past and the contribution we as a
people have made to our country
land the world.
J No race on the globe Is more ig
norant of its past life and history
than we are . . . and as a conse
; quence, no race Is less proud of it
self than we are. Ignorance of
what we have been and who we are
now creates doubts and fears . . .
Knowledge of what we have been
and what we are today gives us
courage and aggressiveness to push
forward. Among the many things,
therefore, which are necessary to
our future advancement as a peo
ple, none is more important than
a careful study of our past history
| and the contribution we are now
I making to civilization and progress
by Attorney Yates who represent
ed Senator Diggs and associates in
the show’ cause hearing. Judge
Murpny has expressed a willing
ness to reopen the hearing The
Civil Service commission of Wayne
county bore out the Senator's pre
diction Wednesday nt a meeting
with employees when they were
instructed not to hold office in any
political organization, belong to the
board of directors or serve on s
committee of the organization
Within the week, sixteen members
of the board of twenty-five, in com
plying with the order will have
to lesign ajong with Tom Crum
vho is vice president. This order
also affects the congressional dis
trict organizations
The uverburdened Citizens Com
rnittee. led by the Rev. Charles
H.'.l, celebrated its first anniversary
this past week You will remembe:
it was just a year ago this organi
zation banded together to correct
one evi* the Sojourner Truth hous
ng protect atrocity Since then
t na* found so many ev.l* they
ire meeting three times a w e*
b .•’tempt to correct a few
The selection of Jacob P Sum
er.Kki by the citizens of Wayne
cuu»vy shows that consc ent.ous
wfK in public office pays divid
• "d- at the polls. The selection
■'f ? man whose only interc.*’. is
*o serve the taxpayers is note
worthy behind tF c rerpr.t graft
scandals that all but wrecked our
government. There is j n.ng
wrong w.th our pre.-ent f c i of
government that th <■ ' vpe <»
iec’ion of potent.ai pubi.c ofi.c.al
won't cure.
The finding of a murdered e :1
four doors from where she was Lst
*een on Warren a>.enue brings to
rr r.d that tne pcl.ce department
would do well to concer.iratf upon
tneir police dut.es and leave fra
itema! orders siore Th.s pr posed
f liernal order cf po! ce could rna
erul.ze .n'.o the b.ggr«t snake
down rifket we have »een ye*.
T-.e n 'prved rei. : «*r:c - r.g of t!*,e
«•* . c ai d.stricts f Wayne county
~;i - . p.ubao.l.ty a.ll aud approxi-
HIGHLAND
PARK
February Is the month of many
outstanding events: b.rthdayi ol
L.ncoln and Washington, the cele
bration of Negro History week, a.so
Vaientme Day. Valentine Day is
symbolized by hearts even though
we. go to press before tne event
Hearts will be used Sunday eve
n.ng at seven by the Y<uing People
of the Fellowship of Beraa as s
sub-theme Their top.c for worsh.p
w.U be “I Bind My Heart, to My
Brother Near at Hand"
Jean Bankhead, wearing a large
Heart, will lead the worship servi
ces. She will be assisted by Thomas
Reeves and Barnard Gregory. After
the discussion period there will be
j Valentine party arranged in the
South American style. This is ex
pected to be a delightful and in
spiring meeting and party.
The same Youth group, popularly
known as the Sub-Debs and Young
Bachelors, invited guests to join
them on a Dutch Date that took
them to the United Artists Friday
evening. Even though the group
stood in line ever so long they re
mained jolly. You see we are young
and c.an take it “Ha." However, the
young folks really had a delightful
time and our chest swelled with
pride because we arc their counsel
lor. Guests in the party w’ere Jean
Bankhead, Rosemarie Phillips, Hen
ry Williams Jr., Bernard Gregory,
Nancy Winston, Robert Fredrick,
Doris Miller, Elizabeth Pittman.
Harvey Flanagan and his brother.
Douglass, Theron and Irwin Wig
gins, John Tooks and James Dan
iels.
Speaking of Negro History week,
Harvey Jackson. Highland Park
school counsellor, and Mrs. Puul
etta Powell, chairman of the Mo
thers club, are sponsors of the
many events of interest throughout
the observance of the week Some
of the youth groups are studying
Negro History with Latin America.
The community war workers of
the Highland Park Civilian Defense
classes are really organizing the
community block by block. Mrs.
Anna Bankhead is loading with a
fine record and is doing a splendid
job with the children. Come to
Fellowship Hall each Tuesday and
Friday at 7 o’clock and see the
plans now well under way.
MARDIE APRES MIDI CLUB
The Mardie-Apre? Midi club met
Tuesday afternoon from 3 to 5 In
the beautiful home of Mrs. Mable
Ranford on Thomson avenue. The
meeting was opened at 3:30 with
the president, Mrs. Minnie Camp
bell. presiding. After a short busi
ness session, the hostess served a
delicious luncheon to six members
and two visitors. Mrs. Carter and
Mrs. Margaret Hardy of Paducah,
Ky., who is visiting her nieces,
Mr*. Milton Bell and Mrs. L. V.
Payne of Erskine. Mrs. Hardy is an
old schoolmate of Mrs. Ranford,
having attended Garfield grade
school and Lincoln high school at
Paducah, Mrs. Ranford’s home.
Members present were Mrs. Min
nie Campbell, Mrs. Mollie Hill, Mrs.
Doggett, Mrs. Langston, Mrs. Roy
ster and the hostess. The group en
joyed a delightful afternoon and are
anxiously awaiting the next invite
to the home of Mrs. Ranford.
Last Sunday was Communion
Sunday, hundreds of church-goers
making their way to the church of
their faith in and around the Park,
to quietly worship and commune
in remembrance of the Christ who
died to give us a new’ life. At Berea,
the Rev S. W. Bankhear spoke from
h;s holy pulpit, choosing the sub
ject, "Personal Religion.” H:s well
prepared message was practical.
In it he pointed out many instances
of experience down the path of a
Christian’s life. “Christianity is a
personal- experience." he said. He
concluded this message Sunday
night.
Mrs. Smyrna Cowley of St. Luke
A M E. church, soprano soloist, im
pressed the audience deeply with
her beautiful and restful voice.
Should Mrs. Cowley continue her
singing in the church, she will be
instrumental in bringing souLs to
Christ. Such voices as hers soon
find other fields.
Among our Valentines is a beau
tiful greeting and letter from our
son-in-law, Pvt. Melvyn Mallette.
wlia was inducted January 28 and
stationed at Camp Custer for only
four days. Because of his high in
tellectual rat.ng he, along with 20
other Negro boys and 21 whites,
was selected and sent to Ordnance
Training school at Aberdeen. Md..
O R S C. This ;s a fine example of
the intelligence of the American
Negro youth.
ENJOYS FURLOIIGn
CHICAGO. Illinois - (Special) -
Corporal Fred Hodge, from Camp
Lee, Va.. 1326 Service Unit Qm. See
2. has enjoyed a nine-day furlough
•with hi? Chicago friends. He was
accompanied here by Sgt. George
Harris, from the same unit. Camp
Lee. Va. Both boys returned to
camp on February 10.
nintoly 70,000 voters to the Third
Senatorial district. This bill, in
troduced by Rep. Sen Arthur E
Wood, would g.ve Wayne county
n.ne senators-instead of seven but
would redistrict the present sen?
:or ml districts according to pnpu
Ltion Th.s b.ll may find us two
years from r.ow working over‘ i me
to elect a senator. Wayne coun‘y
accord ne to population, is due for
an increase of five over its prejint
allotment and thirty-nine ’n the
house of representatives. But tn
hope for the up state farmers to
grant this reapportionment is lik
ing to wishf.i’ tinnking.
The J‘.m Crow housing project
s.’e decided upon on the Eight
M.le Rond ea<C‘ a political teti*ion
arl somewhat of an undercurrent
squabj)e. The impend,ng project
in In-sster had as silent bidders
Raymond Scruggs. Joseph Coles,
and the Rev. .Horace White, Now
with two projects and Coirs knock
ing on Brown's door in Washing
ton ’he one p.ere of pie has de
veloped into three sl.ccs.
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At a time when Mahatma Gandhi
if again in the world’s spotlight his 1
APPEAL TO THE BRITISH (The
John Day Company. New York
City. $1) assume? added importance
Th.? appeal is a collection of Gan
dhi's statements from April 26 to
July 26. 1942 in which he voiced his
plea for India’s freedom. The col
lection was mailed by Nehru to hi*
publisher only a week before hi.-
own arrest with the statement:
"These articles are of obvious im
portance to those who seek to un
derstand events in India.” The book
Ls edited by Ar.and T. Hmgoram
and- was published in India on
August 1. a w-'ek before the meet
ing of the Indian National Con
gress.
Gandhi asks for India's liberation
from the British with no reserva
tions. He believes that such a step
on Britain’s part would justify her
morally in her fight against the
Axis and would prove an important
step toward victory. A free India
Would mean an India whose total
forces could be mobilized to help
the Allies. Gandhi would prefer that
| such help would exclude violence
but he points out that ‘.he follower*
of his philosophy of non-violence
are a small portion of India's mil:
Ilot s\ All of India's millions rally
to the concept of freedom.
Gandhi explains that he would
raise no objection to the presence
of Allied troop* in India after her
liberation if such an arrangement
was made through agreement with
' free India. He wishes an Allied
victory and prefers British rule to
Japanese contrary to misconceptions
of his statements which have been
widely publicized here. His sympa
thies are all with China and Russia
and ie would want to do all in his
power to help China. India’s neigh
bor.
Gandhi refers often to the treat
ment of Indians today, the eviction
of families from their homes to
make room for troops without mak
ing provision for shelter and finan
cial aid Writing of the fall of Burma
he states:
“Hundred!!, if not thousand.*, on
their wav from Burma perished
without food and drink, trd the
wretched discrimination stared even
these miserable people in the face
One route for the whites, another
for the blacks. I’rovis on of food
and shelter for the whites, rone for
the blacks. And discrimination even
on their arrival in India."
Gandhi refers several times in
this brief work to the discrimina
tions practised against Negroes in
this country H#* pleads for the
peoples of Africa, Asia and India
and points out that America and
Britain “lack the moral basis for
tv gaging in this war. unless they
put their own house* in order, while
making a fixed determination to
withdraw their influence and power
both from Africa and Asia, and re
move the color bar"
It remairs to be seen how long
'he great powers will continue their
policy of color superiority, denying
to people* of color the basic tenet*
of the democracy of which they
speak so glib'y. Gandhi 1 think
shows in liis writing how false i*
the contention of Rritaln that India
should wait, th: t the time i.* not
ripe for her liberation. Negroes are
familiar with th * 'tterr.pt to side
track their legitimate demands for
' justice The fate of India l r of vital
.mportance not only to colored races
i but to all w ho wish to see a perma
-1 rent peace result from the present
(conflict This small volume presents
Gandhi’s views as he expressed
I them not »« British prnpagar dusts
would interpret them. It deserves
! to be read widel, .
MOVIE DISTORTION
Although not a Lamarr fan we
, went to see "White Cargo" to find
out \ hat Hollywoo’ would do with
a play n which the “femme fatale
| was a mulatto. The pl,ay i> so heavy
BOOK NOTES
By
GERTRUDE SCOTT MARTIN
\ (
with the white mat 's burden that
Walt r Pidgeon. Fr u nk Morgan.
Htdy Lamarr A al. are bogged down
by it. Miss Lamarr in chocolate
color had a .‘lightly eerie quality
which added no charm to her seduc
tive writhing*.
Or.c cannot but wonder what is
in the minds jf the g-eat of Holly
wood when the} put out such dis
torted portrayals as this one. Tonde
-1 -yo is discovered to be of Arab
descent when one of the white men
insists on marrying her and he im
mediately says: "See, she's one of
us" Tills, to make it perfectly clear
that he is not being married to a
mixed blood, perish th thought
Two all-Negro pictures are sched
uled ;->r early release, by large pro
duc*rs: "Stormy Weather” and
“Cab.n in the Sky.’’ This is, I sup
pose, Hollywood’* answer to pro
tests by Negroes against the type
of casting which Negroes have had
in the past. If "Cab.n in the Sky”
follows cldsely the stage production
it will be little improvement in pre
senting the Negro as a part of
American life. Negroes, want a
chance for good roles but Jim Crow
musicals and extravaganza? are nut
the answer.
Reports are that in "Stormy
Weather” 23-yenr-old Lena Home
will play the romantic lead opposite
64-year-old Hill Robinson. Accord
ing to the New v ork Time?, the ex
planation from Hol'ywood is that
Robinson photographs 25 years
younger than he \« Photography
.5 wonderful and we would suggest
that since Mickey Rooney is slated
for early induction Lewis Stope
take over the Andy Hardy role. He
is also still very spry.
A New Jersey experiment station
has succeeded In obtaining rubbei
from the knksagh.vz plant, a species of
dandelion, from which It has been ob
tamed by Russian scientists.
WE HONOR ...
This week we are proud to honor
one of our own native sons, Atty.
Lloyd A. Loomis, who was born In
Detroit, the second son of the late
John A. Loomis.
In his early years, Attorney
Loomis was a newsboy in his home
town and had a stand at the old
Hammond Building corner for some
time. One of his proud possessions
is a medal he w f on in 1910 in an
oratorical contest at the Old News
boys Association, w> ch used to
meet every Sunday night at old
Wheelmans Hall on Adams avenue
near Woodward.
After attending the public and
high schools of Detroit. Mr. Loomis j
graduated from the law school of,
the University of Michigan in 1924
He practiced law wity the f.rm
of the late Robert Barnes ardj
Walter Stowers until 1927 when hr
was appointed an assistant prose
cuting attorney of Wayne county
by the Hororahle Robert .V Toms, j
now circuit judge. Mr. Loomis was
The fir*t Negro to be so honored tr I
the state of Michigan. He served in
this capacity until 1935 under three
successive prosecutors During hi
tenure of office he assisted in the
prosecution of one of the largest
graft cases ever tried in Wayne
.county, that of the mayor of Ham
! tramck and other public officials.
| In this case the proserutii n staff,
jin addition to Mr. Loomis, consisted
jof the Hon. Harry F. Kelly, row
governor of the state of Michigan
and Thomas A. <enny, the gover
nor’s legal advisor
In 1935 Mr. Loomis was appointed
an assistant attorney general of the
state of Michigan by the Hon
Harry S Toy. former supreme court
I justice, in which rapacity he served
for two years. He left this office
to head the law firm rs Loorrus.
Jones, Piper, and Colden and has
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20. 1948
‘Democracy ’
School Opens
In Chicago
CHICAGO. (ANP) E.ght
prominent south side civic loaders
have joined the board of d rectors
of the* Abraham Lincoln school, new
adult education project which will
have both a mixed student body
and faculty.
Dedicated to ‘he "teaching of
democracy within • -,e financial reach
of all,” the school's first term w.U
open on Marcu 1.
Board members include M.vudelle
• Rousficld. pr.ncipal of Wendell
Plul’ips h.gh scho I: Me*z T. T.
Locahrd. editor • f the Chicago De
fender: Judge r.itnck B Prescott
Jr; Willawd T > a risen 1. pics dent of
the CTO Un:.<d Transport Service
! Employe? upior.: Alderman E-irl B.
| Dickerson; Lore McCoy Games.
I president of the Council of Negro
organ.zui.ons: Dr Jui.an Lewis, pro
fessor of paihology at the Univer
sity of Chicago; and William U
Patterson, who is assistant d.rector
of the Abraham Lincoln school.
Courses at the school will range
from basic subjects like malhemat
e? and Engl sh to political ar.d
social courses which will include
‘L fe and culture of the Negro
People" and "India and the Colon
ial V,' one" Scholarships are avail
able to members of Negro orgar.m
. lions hv epical arrangement with
the school.
In i s gitement of policy, th*
I school's d rect ■- Prof A D. Win
!spear on leave fern tne University
of Wi-cons.n, declares:
“W! on so in,my sinister forces
.arc alert la foster disunity and dis
cord be veen all < s united in i
common cause, bet ween groups and
clas s es united and mobilized in the
national will to victory, it becomes
all the more necessary that a school
I ke the Abraham Lincoln school
! should tend those insight? and fos
ter those forces which make for
enduring unity."
j Registration i« now' In progress.
The $5 fee for courses may be pa.d
•in installments.
i 1 ■ 1 ’Tyner —
jP
boon engaged In private practice
since.
A life long Republican, Attorney
Loomis served for some time on the
Wayne County* Republican commit
tee. and for seveial years has been
ar appointive member of the Wayne
County Board of Supers i*ois. serv
ing one yea* n.s chairman of the
Juvenile .Detention Home commit
tee. He is a member of the Wolver
j it c Bar Association and .s a regional
j director of the National Bar As>o
| ciation. H*» is affiliate 1 with the
; Alpha ITii Aipha frarernity, the
Detroit bcule of 'he Sigma Pi Phi
fratern.ty, ar.d is also a member of
the St. Antoine branch of the
YMCA and the NAA CP.
| Attorney ar.d Mi* Loomis, who
; was the former Katherine Quaker,
are members of St Matthews Epis-
J copal church, and are the parents
of three lovely children. Louise,
P.arbura. and John.
The Chroride salutes with pride
i Detroit* own Lloyd Loomj,
ATTY. LLOYD A. LOOMIS