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FDR URGES A PERMANENT FEPC
A VOTE FOR THE FUTURE
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MteMtb his fourth term oath* flfcumHr ttchaf. A vote lor
RooaavaU will -bo a vote far tha fetwa as AmM| diisaea.
The Key To V% Future!
Ob Best Tuesday, *!©▼« tT, ytm fad I wit out of* vn*e
and help 4»afct on* of dw aunt ImflorUnt detirait fm i
Hi int laced the American people. Ve have pomelo tjk
ckma at mi AtenCf nl » historic DOltothl aiinpAiau. Vie
SShskm ffrwsSware
maL t caH “nnrnfiiff** -«r*'w *•?
ErCmin tat arttaff fortes which have far genamlkma
beeiMJomliiated by southern bigotry, we have seen the
barrinnL v .fall one after another in every branch of the
*f*Vte£We*li4v* not obtained aU the things for which we
have straggled;' oet>w* do th<fw <nrr thing krrend any
question or doubt—we are marching forward on all fronts.
No President of the United States since Lincoln has a
more impressive record of accomplishment in behalf of
the Negro people than Franklin Delano Fooeevelt Hie
record in this regard has won him many enemies In the
South and in the North: Southern bigots like Talmadge and
••Cotton” Ed Smith are supporting Governor Dewey be
cause they are opposed to the liberalism of President
Roosevelt.
This political campaign has been bitter in some respects
We have seen how the desperation of the Republican lead
ers has driven them to cook up bold lies and malign the
character of honorable men. The attemptto smear Senator
Harry S. Truman as a member of the Ku Klux Klan is a
case in point. The record shows that Senator Truman was
fought by the Klan and he fought the Klan all of his political
life. Those who accuse him admitted that they were his
political enemies.
These desperate Republicans have sought to smear Mrs.
Roosevelt and trap her into statements which might be
used against the candidacy of President Roosevelt. They
have even tried to use the President's dog for their political
purposes. We believe these cheap and fraudulent tactics
are evidence of the fact that the Republican party does not
understikd the issues of today nor the temper of the
Americha people.
The record of President Roosevelt and Governor Dewey
on the Job issue illustrates hi our mind the basic difference
between the Democratic And Republican philosophies of
government. President Roosevelt created the FEPC and
made Impossible for*millions of Negroes to get good paying
Jobs In #et* Industries. Governor Dewey killed the proposal
for a Fair Employment Practice committee in New York
e|ate and gaVe two or three hand-picked Negroes, white
col’&r JoM instead.
President Roosevelt believes In helping the masses of the
'people while Governor Dewey believes in awarding plums
• t. a few chosen stooges. Hoover followed this same prin
ciple by giving millions of dollars to a few big corporations
daring hft» administration but not one dime for unemploy
ment relief v Of the great masses who hungered under
Republican dais-rule. Somehow the Republican leadership
does'nbt understand that the ‘‘Common Man” is demand
ing his place in the sun todav and he is determined not to
be tht forgotten man of the future.
We balievs that President Roosevelt put his Anger on
the truth when ha said in Chicago last Saturday that the
Republicans have ao new program of their own. Governor
Dewey, who it aproung salesman put forward by Hoover and
his friends to-mt the same old Republican products with
a new sales talk, has failed to challenge the Roosevelt
record fi peace or war. The Republican leadership has
failed alao tb Whittle down the }ob of being President small
enough tf> mike It appear that Tom Dewey ia big enough
• > llt'lilgXfita«4ft speech President Roosevelt outlined his
fWuraa, fjfcJha futhre. He put forward his edpnomic bill
of riglitaJflfetii will guarantee the security otflhe passes
la ill fidnEnt mM, “Our economic bill of 'rtghft— Ilka the
shcr«diMß aMthptft of our Constitution Itdali; must be
applied to otf irrespective of or
color,” He tlfrfal that the Congress make | i nwftUßl the
FKPC Which be created to end Job discrimlmtlon |o
America. . '
We ahull remember these things next Tuesday. We shall
vote for the ree)ecfiot\ of President Fooeevelt am make
that In Abe days ahead there will be m continuation
- of the profit** tfikt We have already made. In dotnb so. we
shall be gitWAta,the flcH> nnd sober reason, not
less word# nor false promises. , * 1
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■)* Editor and Publisher!
Pontiac Still Passing Buck On Housing
Give Now To Tho
Community
Chost Fund
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SLAYS LANDLADY. NILS SELF
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Dewey Sends Three To Dixie Jails
VOTING FACTS ;
Doa't write oa ballot.
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Don't an** with alaction
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U TOO ha to any difficulty.
Don't told ballots teg*th«*. ;
AsMMace Hits
Dewey'* Program
try has te lick poctwar problems at
the peace table and an the home
front,** said Vice-President Henry
A. Wallace «W*king here to an
overflow crowd of 23,009 at Olym
pia laat Friday night.
Appearing with the vice-presi
dent were many notable*: lfra
Mary McLeod Bethune. the Rev. A
Clayton Powell. UAW President R
J. Thomas, famed author Dorothy
Parker, and Paul Robeson, each of
whom lauded the record and abil
ity of President Roosevelt
Many Turned Astray
The giant rally under the spon
sorship of the Michigan Citizens'
Committee for the Reelection of
Roosevelt was a tremendous suc
cess. and over SjDOO people werr
turned away.
The vice-president received a
standing ovation of five minutes'
duration before his speech, and
repeatedly drew enthusiastic ap
plause when he called President
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Truman Attacks Klan;
Denies Hearst Charge
NEW YORK —In a wire to
the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People, Democratic vice pres
idential candidate Harry S.
Truman this w«k denied charges
that he is a member of the Ku
Klux Klan.
“Although the record shows that
the Klan fought me and I fought
the Klan. I have been falsely ac
cused of Klan membership by irre.
sponsible newspapers which active
ly support the Republican ticket.’’
Truman said.
"The Klan i« repugnant to every
policy and every principle I have
advo'fltrd end st-i -led for all nay
life," he imerted.
Sparks All Wet
NAACP leaders who queried
Truman about Alab*ma's Governor
Sparks’ assertions that Truman was
“safe on State's rights end the right
Buck Passing Still
Prevails In Pontiac
By CHARLES I. WARTMAN
The problem of housing addi
tional Negro workers in Pontiac
was etill unsolved this week when
the Board of Supers isorr of Oak
land county and the special com
mittee of management and dabor
hailed to coene to any agreement
about the use of the Cementpock
Building for dormitory fncUmps.
This building which I*
Oakland county reprr<cnWfksnh^
■ MAW OFFICE: *M ELIOT ST. TEMPLE 14*77
ICKES BLASTS
GOVERNOR FOR
RETURNING MEN
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daJo4N la his blllttrtal a4>
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FDt Agateat Army BegragaHau
Flaying tha Republican nom
inee's record on the Negro issuo,
Ickes cited tho chain-gang return
of Negroes to Dixie by Governor
Dewey as rteenUy revealed ip the
Chicago Defender
On the hot question of race seg
regation in the army, Icke* de
clared that "Ever since the event
ful March A 1833. President Roose
velt has pressed steadily toward
the goal of a democraUc army
where there will be no segregation
or discrimination."
“When President RotAevelt suc
ceeded twelve years of Republican
rule," Ickes continued, "he found
an army and navy steeped in racial
discrimination op and down the
line. It was President Harding. Re
publican. who had banned Negroes
MTte DEWEY. PageT””
of the State to control the quali
fications of its electors." were in
formed that neither Trumans
views nor his words were accurate
reported. Sparks is alleged to'
have added: “In the matter of race
relations Senator Truman told me,
he is the son of an unreconstructed
re be. mother."
T. .-nn. .n the other hand, asked
to be ju'* on hia record and not
r ** ■'pie’s ? e j
of his actions.
"Whether anyone falls an issue
one of State or national rights,
you can turn to the Congressional
Record and toe exactly how I voted
and what I have supported. You
will flnfl that I have fought for
fair treatment of every minority,
every labor group, every interest
that hat been underprivileged.
“Especially 1 believe that on is
sues affecting fair treatment for
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authorities to maae prov.sums tor
workers who have been requested
by the Industries in this area. _
4M Laborers Free! the Sosß
Lett Week the controversy dim-
Into the open when' it was an
nounced that approximately 2.V
Negroes end over 200 Mexican*
were to be imported from thr
South The housing of the Mexi
cans Is to be facilitated by the ad
k BTIm PONTIAC. Para 4
DETROIT, MICHIGAN. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1944
SERIOUS CONSULTATION DURING EXAMINATION
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Hterged wife' kidnaping a fin* te—ik nte
white baby, k shown dknmiag the cane with
her altwwye *2 the examine fina hate kkt
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SIX DECORATED
FOR HEROISM
WITH THE 93RD
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WITH THE 93RD DIVISION IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC— Fot
heroic services in the Sot: thwest
Pacific area, one Negro soldier has
received the Soldier's Medal and
five have been presented with the
Bronze Star Medal, the War De
partment reported this week.
Pfc. Stvman Clayton, Route 3.
Box 44. Thomasville, Ga., recipient
of the Soldtes*# Medal, dashed into
a blazing ammunition dump ad
jacent to his gun position and at
tempted to extinguish the blazs by
tossing sand and dirt on the
Iffi-Se* DECORATED. Page 4
FDR's Seniors
Here are a few of President
Roosevelt’s seniors who are
active in their particular pur
suits. President Roosevelt at 02
is outdistanced by these promi
nent Negro Americans:
Gen Benjamin Davie 67
Dr. W. E. B. Dußois 76
Mrs Mary McLeod Bethune .. 72
Pill “Bojangles" Robinson... 66
Channing Tobias .. 64
C C Spaulding 70
P B Young Sr 64
Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown 63
LASHING OUT AGAINST DEWEY
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One of the moat dramatic talks made it Olympia U*t Wdey
night during the Democratic rally held for Preetdent Ro ore volt,
wet that of Conyreatman-elect Adam Clayton Powell mi New
York. Powell it shown aa he lnehed eel against Oot. Thornes
Dewey. Republican aspirant for president. A capacity Rreeg
was UuMa Olooani*. and thousands were tufed
liniiint ajMiHMn. ftLm.i>D»
Urges No Race Bias .
In Post-War Economy
CHlCAGO—President Roosevelt
in his Chicago speech Saturday
evening urged the Congress to
make the FEPC. .which he created,
a permanent* body. «
Hi outlined his domestic course
and specifically warned that there
9 Charged With
Conspiracy Held
At Examination
Charged with conspiring to vio
late the gaming laws, seven men
and two women were held for trial
Tuesday by Recorder s Court Judge
John P. Scallen. The defendants
are:
Frapcis Roberts. 49, 1405 Me*
Dougall street; Craig Roberts. 25.
6392 Northfleld avenue; Albert
(Geechie) Pakeman, 44. 550 Adams
avenue; Luther Mosley 49, 210 E.
Palmer street; Will* Mae Lae. 29.
241 East Forest avenue Mose Gam
ble. 42, 5010 Brush street; Nana
Watson, St. 97 Trowbridge street;.
Emmett Stout, 61. 238 E Hancock'
avenue, and James Hughes, 583
Alger avenue.
All were released under bond
i ranging from 1500 to fI.OOO each.
must be no discrimination because
of color. Said he, “The American
people are resolved that when our
men and women return home from
this war, they shall come back to
the best possible place on tha face
of this earth—to a place where all
persons regardless of race, color,
creed or place of birth can live in
peace, honor and human dignity—
free to speak and pray as they
wish—free from want and free
from fear."
“Last January. In my menage to
the Congress on the state of the
union." he continued. "I outlined
an economic bill of rights on which
a new basis of security srdT pros
perity can be established for all
regardless of station, raca or croak*
“I repeat them now." he said.
“The right of a useful and re
munerative job in the mdustnianr
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MT*Bee POST-WAR. «
Plead Guihjt-W
Km Ijeziltitg s9^ooo
6liv.a smd Ruth Johnnie. It and
IS qipecti ve! y. pleaded guilty
TuedU Mirt Judge.
JoMfTltoher to tmbaatHhg g».M»
frnfn Or Harry M. ItUttaOTtoM St
JHibin avenue \ v j
The girl* who threat Hi JR*Fan
Tjtorney Bamonli^MarUpew,
UtuEon as 12JIMB in caah and
tnerdhatHi.se to thfc Ifuttall. ,
Roosevelt
4 (• ' \ J .*•*** % +
*. inkaaaf and ton TrifiV
R»ugS suburbs of
veTt ftv*ths IRdMiQjP(]
voting poll toil Vll. 1
in lnkstor'MM 71 per ant* as MU
of President Roosevelt on tobF, flj
The polling of Rtean throe eofH
X unities, the fourth and flpaLM
• Chronic!*'' ui^idedWai
:: V" /A
Liberty And
Equality For
All Mankind
BEFME FIR™
>Ww^ I C\J33*
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Owner Gioes In,
Won’t Take Cash
By CHARLES J. WABTMUUf
I will never alga a contract with
the government for the mo ad nr
lots until they make an offer -rNrh
I consider fair," Mark Byrd, owner
of two vacant lots at tha tonorn
Wyoming and North End atraato
told the Michigan Chronicle tola
week.
The two lots in Quoatlop have
been the seat of a controversy be
tween the FPHA authorities and
Byrd ever since work was begun *
on the Federal Housing Project
now under construction to too
Eight Mite Wyoming Amt
Byrd, who had prnvlMdl* in
fused two odnn of MM aatlMM
as being unfair and far halnv What
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