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YOUTH NOW
SERVING WITH
ARMED FORCES
Biff Picnic Will Be Held
Wednesday At Joe
Louis' Farm
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Bel .tid Mooie on the West s.de
% ere Ji hn Sheltor, 1477; Jes-e Tol
iert 1420- Hagicr Tw.r.s, 1155.
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1100; Gcnrgc Cot k. 1923
Billy Kemp set the pace in Conir.t
Cardens with 1467 foil wed by Gll
- H*;k -s w'ih 1197, and Harry
Morn? w.th 1179.
Says Consumer
Groups Can Aid
Price Control
Negroes are amnne those who
gaffer most from runaway prices
and therefore, should take a deep
Interest in price control. Dutton
Ferguson, information Kpecialist on
the Washington staff of the Office
idb Price Administration, told the
s*cond annual spe'ial conference
tof the American Teachers associa
tion. and the planning convention
rt the National Congress of Colored
parent? a: i Teachers in Richmond,
»«.. la.-1 week.
Emph.is;7ing the need for "con
sumer" enfi reen >n' of pr.ee and
rationing rt jul 4 ■>* s. Mr Ferguson
told delegates to tne uo conven
tions that unless or: anized Negro
groups and consumers as individuals
*ct.\e!y ass.st the OP A by paying
r. more than ceiling pr.ces, refus
ing to trade at st-irc* where the
Required ceiling pr.ee such r.s
that for n.i ,s— re no: poted. re
porting \ ii:it;ona to local Ol’A
offices, they f..id j.o right t» com
plain about h..:h prices.
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When a check was handed lo Fred J. Nagle,
real estate broker. Tuesday, by the committee
of Flks of Motor City Lodge No. 962. 1.8.P.0.E.
of W this lodge became the lirst Elk's organisa
tion in Michigan to own its property outright.
The check represented the linal payment ol the
society s $6 000 mortgage on its lhree story club
house located at 225 East Forest near John R.
The committee, composed of Braxil J. Bryant,
qrar.d trustee and president of the Michigan
Stale Association of Llks; Charles Wilson. Es
Charge Biddle’s Character Is
Revealed Through His Letter
WASHINGTON. <ANP> A*
u.st • i o conclusions of wide s:gmfi
ner haw Ix’en reached by observ
rrs here f. 11 < wing the d.'closure of
,i n w famous letter of Attorney
IvQcral Francis Biddle to “Deur
Mr President"
The first cl the*e Is that Mr B.d
die is not the liberal he h:id been
th.iught to be. The >-0011110 i* that
the Wh.tc House has not be n loan
ing as heavily u|>on its Negio i
ciul advisers as it might.
Before the* mi+bf«*r,k of war,,
lynchings of Ntgrc-es brought l.tiit*
~ t. n from the office of the att.>r
r. \v gcno:al in '.ringing the 10. t
ors of mob violence t<> justice.
When hostilities were declared, the
picture changed. It immediately oc
curred to a few people in Justice
Department that certainly if we
cou.d get a few ndictments from
time to l.mt, not only would it
make the department appear to be
on the job. but it would be a won
derful tonic for morale among the
Negroes.
Since that momentous decision
was made, a number of indictments
have been returned by federal
grand juries In connection . with
lynching* and with peonage. There
is yet to ba a conviction under any
of these true bills. Bu this seeming
effort on the part of the attorney
general ha* had a measure of good
results. It has in instances kept
morale from sagging any further,
and it hn* enhanced Mr. Biddle's
pc sonal standing among Negroes.
On May 19 Mr. Biddle stood be
for a large Negro audience of the
Educational Equality League n
Fadelphi.i—as well,as the camera
<' the All-American Newsreel—and
forcefully declared:
' D.criminations and cruelties and
oppression of minority groups,
whether for religion pr color
race, must cease. Even in the mid
i. • of a war we must stand up f or
fhese essential rights of man for
wh ch we are fighting."
Not only did it sound good, but
t got good coverage in the Negro
press. Biddle, it appeared, had
scored.
The publishing of hi.* letter to th*
Frckideiu in which he called for
the re.'tr.ction of Negro migration
ir.'.o Industrial areas bccruse of
their inability "to be absorbed due
to physical limitations or cuituul
background," has shown the man
for what he apparently is when is
sleeves are rolled up rather than
he is seek ng support! His letter to
Lc tor Granger, National Urban
League executive secretary, does
little to d.'Pi l ‘he new view.
Rigaiding the other conclusions,
it is increasingly believed that If
c itent si lh£ Biddle U or
> unv indication of 'he type of od
v.ce the White Huisc ha> been get
t.r.' all along from white advisers
or. Negro affairs, there is no wo -
drr tnat race relations have de
li:.- rated .*0 badly.
There arc maintained on the gov
r-r.rr.<t pyrol’s. for g«X’d «nd
« und rea-'ons. a number of Negroe?
. u*. s' o?t matters of racial re
•, . they crop up in the vari
.s agencies in which t icy are
j-irnt tied There men have made
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The home of Moior City Lodge No. 962, 1.8.P.0.E. of W., 225 East
Forest avenue.
South In Favor Of
Anti-Lynch Bill
PRIN’CETON, N J— (AN'P)—Dr.
Gcur.e Gallup, <lo ; r . American
Intluute of Public u; .r. m, dcclar
td last week tlut a p i. taken of
•outherner* revealed that a major
ity of them favored a federal antr
lynching law.
Field reportem for the institute
canvassed a representative cross
section of voters of Tex \ Louiji
their administrative suporiois daily
can attest.
Yet there is no doubt but that
any one of them would have been
ablA to tell, upon inquiry, that Bid
dle's idea of halting n..?r..t.0n, was
not only di.'fcrlnrir.at .v. unciemo
i : i ■ : Ft t n S
to boot.
In the r;.r*icr days of the New
Deal, racial relation* advisors were
more often sought out f* r t: eir sug
gestions upon contemplated moves.
The trend of late, h a ver, seem *
to be away from th .t policy r 1
more to the collection « f views
amonj whites 1 " > ' kic'.v" Ne
groes. Indeed, the are a few
white irersoi.s wioi a c v mpetent
to suggest *pprrach<« a- i treh
niq.se>. for handling elect* J Negro
to the cot; rv e* ' .-. .n of per
■‘problem: ’ B ;* • Id n<T*. be
soi « wlki know the . ;cct l.tcrally
fi ;>*;•!: a sid.
There are no re. ti ts uoon the
President whi-h v. i ♦? p h.m
fromi srekh g ,■ el from ame>
those f the
government win > < ly t‘ -k it is
to see that 1 1 re’ ion.*- pioceed
“according to 1! vie Certainly, n
these day- of m u- ting anguish and
misguided att rney geucrals, nom
ing would be lost by inviting the
assistance and rugrastion of the
arivoirs That/ their job.
Thev ought to be worked.
Black’s BON-TON
Hat Cleaning, Shoe Shine
and Haberdashery Shop
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408 EAST CANFIELD AVE.
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THE MICHIGAN CHRONICLE - • A RELIABLE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY
quira: Oscar Bailay, chairman of tho trust**
board: Clarence Thompson, a*cr*larys Robert
Settle. B. V. Gregory, treasurer, end Lieut.
Wallace S. Williams, received the deeds *and
tinal papers. This climaxes a successful build
ing program which not only paid off the $6,000
mortgage, but also a S7OO lodge debt end $3,000
worth of improvements, under the leadership of
Exalted Ruler Andrew Smith, who was elected
in 1941 to fill the unexpired term of Fred H.
Williams, who resigned.
THE NEW HOME
ana, Arkansas. Okl'homa, Georgia.
South Carolina, North Carolina,
Tennessee, Mississippi, Kentucky.
Alabama and Virginia and asked
this question.
“Do you favor or oppose a fed
eral anti-lynching law?”
A majority of the persona sampled
favored the law as opposed to a
similar poll taken in 1937 when less
than a majority favored the law.
Today’s findings compared with
those of the earlier poll show:
Today 1937
Favor Federal Anti
lynching law 56% 47%
Oppoee Federal Anti
lynching law 23% 36%
No opinion .m.. rm-,,.21 % 17%
Pointing olt that only those with
opinions on the subject were to be
considered, the institute's report
said a greater proportional incrcr.se
was noted among those favoring
the law. In 1937. 57 per cent of
those with opinions favored the
law. but todey the percentage has
jumped to 71 per cent, which Dr.
Gallup termed a “substantial ma
jority.”
Opposition to federal anti-lynch
law, according to Gallup, is based
on arguments that such legislation
would violate states’ rights Advo
cates he said b sed their fight upon
the 14th Amendment that states:
“No state shall deprive any person
of life, liberty or property without
due process of law.
DR. T. P. JAMISON
DENTIST
Offic« Hours 9 A M. to 8 P.M.
117 MICHIGAN AVE.
AT GRISWOLD
CLIFFORD 4244
FORD ELECTED
POSTAL PREXY
IN ST. LOUIS
Twelfth Biennial Meet
Was Held Last
Week
By R. C. FISHER
ST. LOUIS— (ANP)—Lafayette L
Ford, of St. LouL* wa* reelected
president of the twelfth biennial
convention which formally opened
at the St. Loul* Pine Street YMCA
last Tuesday morning.
The convention was well attended
by delegates and visitors from all
sections of the country.
Ford's reelection as president for
a term of two years developed a
close race between Ashby Carter
of Chicago who had been groomed
by a faction as a formidable candi
date to succeed Ford. The election
which occurred last Wednesday,
was vigorously contested and it re
quired two ballots to decide the
winner. On the second ballot the
returns showed Ford the winrnr
by three votes.
Other officers elected were: Ray
mond A. C. Young of Baltimore
vice president; Thomas P. Bomar
Washington. secretary; Thom.as
Philip Holland, of Birmingham
treasurer; Snow F. Grigsby. Detroit
editor of the Postal Alliance, offi
cial organ of the organization, all
of whom succeeded themselves ex
cept the treasurer.
Criticize Postmaster's Address
Postmaster W. Rufus Jackson of
the St. Louis post office was the
principal speaker at the morning
session of the postal convention
He praised the work of the conven
tion; but in unmistakable words
reminded his hearers that “we do
not need any outsiders to interfere
with the running of our local post
office.” The bluntly, warning re
marks of the postmaster were inter-
by some of 4 l*e delegates
at political capital to be used in th*
election.
Delegates, mostly from the east
ern states expressed their bitter
resentment at what Jackson had
said, and after an hour of heated
discussions, the delegates adopted
a resolution declining the invita
tion of the St. Louis Post Office
Service Relations Council to make
a tour of the main post office and
have dinner in the cafeteria at the
building.
Side Btep Racial Segregation
The decision, according to tha
resolution was based on the fact
that facial segregation is enforced
In the cafeteria. Snow F. Grigsby,
editor of the Postal Alliance, the
organization’s magazine, said the
convention felt that in view of a
recent directive by the postmaster
general's office that there be no
discrimination against minorities
segregation in a government build
ing is grossly unjustified.
The place of the next meeting of
the Postal convention was not de
cided.
JOLLY STROLLERS NO. t
Held their regular business meet
ing at 2113 Chene street with the
president presiding; After the dis
posal of business an expression w as
made of the sympathy the club felt
for the family of the recently de
parted Mrs. Nola Orumbly. The fun
eral was to be attended
by the various clubs of which she
vas an affiliate.
Mrs. Gladys Dillard
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Kaiser Shipyards
Toßehire Workers
NEW YORK—In a letter to the
Negro Labor Viciory committee,
dated August 17, Msgr. Francis J.
Haas, chairman of the
Committee on Fair Employment
Practice, stated that ithe Kaiser
Shipyards in the Portlsnd-Van
couver area rnd the Boilermakers
unions, AFL, which hold closed
shop contracts covering 75 percent
of the 80,000 workers employed in
these yards, have been "requested
to restore the status of discharged
workers and efforts are now being
made by the committee to bring
about the re-instatement of these
discharged workers pending full in
vestigation and final action by the
committee.”
Msgr. Haas* letter was written
In response to a letter from the
NLVC. signed by Charles A. Col
lins. executive secretary, dsted
August 11, in which the Neg.*.)
Labor Victory committee charged
that the Kaiser company “has con
tinued to discharge Negro worker*
for the reason that they are not
members of 4 the International
Brotherhood of Boilermakers." Mr
Collins’ letter followed a special
report received from the Shipyard
Negro Organization for Victory of
Portland. Ore., which stated tha 4
dismissal! had continued up to
August 8.
This exchange of letters wa?
oased on a conference between
Msgr. Haas and a committee com
posed of M. Moran Weston of the
Negro Labor Victory committee
Julius Rodriguez, president of thr
Shipyard Negro Organization for
Victory of Portland-Vancouver
Rev. J. J. Clow, president of thf
Portland branch. NAACP, and Rev
Dr. W. H. Jernigan, director ol
Washington Bureau of the Fratem.V
Council of Negro Churches, held
in Washington, D C.. July 28
At this conference the delega
tion charged tv, at the Kaiser com
pany had at that time discharged
more than 300 Negro employee'
on or after July 14 on the demmd
of Locals 72 "and 401 of the Boiler
makers International Union. AFT.
The notorious Tom Ray. who heod*
these locals, made the demand be
cause Negro workers refuse to Joir,
the jim crow auxiliary created by
him and his associates to force Ne
gro workers out of employment.
A Citizen's Committee for Eque'
Rights of Minorities was organized
in Portland on August 12, composed
of white and Negro trade union and
civic leaders, to carry on the fight
to eliminate the discriminatory
practices of the Kaiser company
and the Boilermakers Union. The
Negro Labor Victory committee is
High Court To
Rule In Case
WASHINGTON. (ANP)— The
United States Supreme Court when
it reassembles for Its fall ses.ion
will have an opportunity to render
a momentous decision, affecting the
political life of the Solid South,
when the Texas White Primary
case again com-5 before the august
body for a decision.
The decision will determine the
constitutionality of the "lily-white '
Southern primaries, through which
many southern politicians have
msintained themselves in political
power.
What happens In the Texas ase
will affect all southern Democratic
primaries limited to white voters.
Re-Elected
Liut •
Snow P. Grigsby who has done
an excellent job as editor of the
Postal Alliance, national maga
sine of the National Alliance o 1
Postal Employes, was re-elected
to the post at tha national con
▼ention held in St. Louis. Aug
17-23. Grigsby led his opponents
by 2.166 votes. The Alliance
has a membership of 16.000.
acting as the eastern represent
of the Shipyard Negro Organ.?,
for Victory, which first
the Negro workers to combat t*
d scrimination.
Every time you turn on your
—electric lights S,
—electric range &
-electric washer
—electric iron 480 &
—vacuum cleaner a
—electric toaster a
-radio
YOU BURN COAL
If you had to put a shovelful of coal in the
furnace every time you turned on a light
or lifted an electric appliance, you would
realise more clearly why electricity is a
war material. Actually, that is what hap
pens when you turn on an electric switch:
Coal is burned to produce your elec
tricity.
Thousands of tons a day are consumed
in the large Detroit Edison power plants—
and this coal is brought in by rail and
boat Every carload and every boatload
that can be saved means that much more
transportation space to carry war mate
rials for our fighting men. And it means
precious manhours, as well as coaL oIL
and other critical items.
So remember—when you turn on your
Dghts or your radio or your range—that
electricity should not be wasted. Today
more than ever. Its careful, reasonable
use is a patriotic contribution toward win
ning the war. The Detroit Edison Com
pony.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1943
Went To See Child,
Is Cut By His Wife
Police reported that marital mis
understanding between a 26-year
old man and hil estranged young
wife resulted In atab wounda tp
the person of the huaband last
week.
Walter Clover of an unknown
address, so police say, went to the
home of his wife. 19-year-old
Mamie at 921 Cameron avenut to
visit their baby.
An altercation ensued after the
young wife reportedly refused to
go back with her mate, after a
separation of two weeks.
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