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JHK DETROIT
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City. N v„ .N'atu-nai Advertising Representative
THE FALL ELECTION
Although the fail ele tior. is 'till several month'
ahead, many of th*. j. ■. l > liv -ificc-holders who art* to come
up for re-elect.--n. are air- ady beginning to court the g >od
will of the voters.
Within the next :*.*u months. >ome of the>e ofrice
holders, including a few of the judges, will again be seer
at colored meeting', making donation.' to various causes
and assuring our pt eof their loyal friendship for us.
Some of them will ever, seek to prove their friendship by
informing us that they have in their domestic employ faith
ful colored cooks, chauffeurs, janitors, and maids, or that
they are persona! friends of some well-known Negro
leader.
This is all very well, but they will forget to state that
these Negro domestics are usually paid less than white
domestics would receive. Furthermore, why do some of
these judge> av:pr *o few cases to Negro lawyers and so
many to white* 1
"Some of tr.e offke-h iders will also tell of various
personal acta of k:ndr.e*.' shown members of our race in
the past, but they will not mention a word about what
they*could have and r.e for Negroes, but failed to do, in the
matter of giving app-intment*. safeguarding the legal
right.-* of colored citizen*, and 'bowing other forms of
merited consideration in. the impartial administration of
their official dutie*
Political promise* ana verbal expressions of friend
ship from public office-holders can no longer satisfy our
people. When we vote for candidates and help place them
in office, we fee! justified ir. expecting them to reciprocate
by giving members of our group a fair share of the ap
pointive jobs at their disposal and seeing that we are not
discriminated again*! in the courts of justice, the Civil
Service Commission, and in the securing of employment in
the various municipui. .n'y, and state departments to
which we are eligible a- citizens.
This vita! political question is being seriously con
sidered by local colored citizens, and a united movement
has been launched by the Committee On Negro Registra
tion And Voting to induce members of the race to register
in larger numbers than ever before.
Under the auspices of this organization, headed by
leaders of the various local colored political and civic
clubs, a mammoth mans meeting will be held Sunday after
noon, April 10, at 3 o’clock, at Kbenezer A. M. E. Church,
Willis and Brush streets, for the purpose of stimulating
all eligible colored citizens in Greater Detroit to register
and vote. All interested men and women, twenty-one years
or older, are urged to attend this important meeting.
The fall election is in the offing, and the colored
citizens of our city and state must wake up, register, and
become qualified to vote.
Luncheon Club
To Obterve 2nd
Principals' Day
o
The second "Principals'
will be observed at the weekly
meeting of the Noonday Lunch
eon Club of the Booker T
Washington Trad*- Association
Wednesday. April 1.1 Dr. War
ren R. Bow. assistant -up«*i
SAVE YOUR
PROPERTY
The County Treasurer i.s compelled by law to
offer for sale next month, beginning May 3—all
•properties on which 1985, and prior years' taxes
are unpaid. This involves f’OUNTY taxes levied
on properties in the City of Detroit and the taxes
of TOWNSHIPS. VILLAGES, and CITIES other
than Detroit.
There is still time to withhold your property
from sale by paying the 1333, 1934 and 1935 tax
es in full, and at least three installments of the
1932 and prior years’ taxes Interest charges at
the Tax Sale will be much greater than they are
now.
f X
Properties are exempt from sale if
1935 and prior years' taxes are on
the 10-year plan
Make sure that you have not overlooked some
old special assessment payable to the County
Treasurer.
ACT NOW!
JACOB P. SUMERACKI
WAYNE COUNTY TREASURER
intendent of schools, will Is* in
charg,. of the program
The initial "Principals'
l»ay” program was held last
November at which time more
than thirty principals from
more than thirty schools were
present. A larger group is an
ticipated at the meeting.
All members of the luncheon
club are expected to be pre
sent. and reservations will be
made for as many others as
act rnmodations will permit.
EDITORIAL PAGE
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The Negro At The Crossroad
By Carter t». Woodson
During these days when Negroes
rweive the proclamation of great
achievement the mere act of get
ling on the relief roll* or being cm
ployed to administer relief It to
necessary for us to pause a minute
to find out where we are and how
we happened to get there. As Ne
gro clerks gradually reach the age
limit or die in the Government
service their positions are being
filled by whites. Industral estab
lishments have for some yeara
been doing the same. The laborers
occupying the very lowest brackets
huve suffered likewise. Agriculture
a« uow directed offers little hope,
for cotton is no longer king. Blnce
1910 the wholesale production of
this staple has been a failure. The
World War prosperity made It ap
parently profitable for a few years,
but the natural slump due to po
duction in other parts of the world
has shown since that time, the
necessity to break up tlie cotton
plantation into small parcels for
diversified farming, but this duty
neither the planters nor the politi
cians are wiling to perform
Tile Negroes, then, hnve no re
sort except t lie bread line mi loss
they can find some way to develop
toward self-sufficiency. Tills task
• hey have been unable to do in
spite of all the talk we have had
a limit socializing the professions, j
community buying and selling, j
consumntei* league* and Joint
corporations of the people The
hope long since held out In the
program of communism lias been
Ida-.ted by the dictatorial turn
tilings have recently taken In the
countries where despotsm rather
titan liberty lias become the rule.
Tills tendency, however, has been
explained as a temporary impedi
ment to progress toward the de
st motion of capitalism* Vet we are
compelled to Inquire what it would
mean to tne Negro to destroy rapt-1
tallsm when he has not shown suf
ficient efficiency lo compete with
others. The workers who are on the
higher level would step in and con
sume tile control now lodged In the
hands of the capitalists. The Gov
ernment can now tax the rich to
feed the poor at least a few years,
but in the economic leveling of the
social order with a redistrlhuton
of wealth, or no wealth at all. there
would he pracltlcally nothing to
tux. Wealth is mainly a fiction,
somethng based upon credit and
evaluated according to one’s abili
ty to manipulate things economic
to his personal advantage. The po
sition Is one of influence and with
tills comes an increasing clientele
which enhances the prestige of the
so called wealth/. The destruction
of such Influence over the commu
nity by sn upheavel brings ruin,
i and thlnga go hack to the days of
I humble beginnings- Can the Negro
figure such beginnings?
A great crisis In Negro affairs is
now Imminent. If the majorty of
Negroes can be forced Into the
bread line, and this Is thW present
trend everywhere. It will be an
easy matter to rot him off from
among the living as Hitler has
dyne Uv# the Negroes
are out of iftMTOlture. oat of In
THE DETROIT TRIBUNE SATURDAY. APRIL 9. 1988
| dustry. and out of commerce, th.*
I menial service remaining to those
I on the lowest level will not be con.
sidered of sufficient importance to
serve as a permanent attachment
to th«. connnuplty, and tfcefr «li.
mination will not be a dfraoult'
task for ther oppressors. The bread
line into which the socalled talent
ed members of the race are being
drawn along with others is no
more than an expedient or an op|.
at« used to ease one's dying. How
long can we continue at thla rate?
What way out of the difficulty is
'open to us? What thought have we
I given this matter? Can we by
thinking add one cubit unto our
stature? If we cannot do so by l
thinking what is the nroperdy?
Certainly there must be some
thing which the Negro can do be-
Hidea holding out his hand for tips.
W’hether the world is to be capital
istic or communistic the people
must be provided with food, cloth-j
Ing. shelter and medicine. Those*
who can participate in supplying
these essentials will figure more
conspicuously than those who
stand ready to receive while de- (
veloping no power to give. Human!
society cannot exist with nothing
hut drones. Without workers its exl
Istence |s impo-shle
All honor to those Negroes who'
in spite of their poverty have re-j
fused to go Into the bread line.
Recently a \\ asliiugton woman
thus dislocated and facing the al.
ternutive of charity nr self-support I
chose ihf. higher level she estab
lished a chain of hnmhurgher
shops. At first she had a hard
struggle, and despondent Negroes
expected her to fall, but she strug
gled on until at last a gleam of
light Indicates that she will go for
ward unto success.
An equally striking instance is
• hat of another woman who had
been working In h white case.
She did not figure in the picture
and could not rise by promotion
any higher than of an assistant.
She stayed there lone enough, how
ever. to le«rn their efficient way of
conducting that business She
abandoned that service, took over
the old order after another had fall
ed and by applying method* of
clone admlnlatetlon In all of It*
operation* she has made this place
one of the most attractive dining
room* In the eastern part of the
I’nlted State*
Two young college men with the
name spirit contrived to find em
ployment In one of the chain gro
cery More* as a result of the
"Don’t- spend-where-you cannot
work movement.” They had suffl-t
clem vision to understand thati
their position waa only temporary. ’
Recently they gave up their work
In the chain grocery More, estab
lished a business of their own. ap
plying methods of efficiency which
they had learned by contact with
the large establishment: and they
have bulk up one of the moot
modern meat shops tn Washington.
I). O. These men and others Ilk#
them are the only eolation tor
avoiding the bread tine Other col
lege graduates should emulate their
example Iff going into the lea busi
ness:- coal supply, and r. huckster
•erHceM * >hi.» £ .
CAR STRIKE
• Continued from Page 1)
form men outrank bus drivers in
length of service, they would get
prior rights in event of layoffs and
might be shifted to busses, causing
bus drivers to he dropped unde •
system seniority, the bus men con
tend.
The" question has been fought in
the Courts'and also before the Na
tional Labor Relation Board witn
out effective settlement. At pre
sent. It is before the State Supreme
Court, but the platform men. by
1 their decision Wednesday night.
, apparently do not intend to wall
for a ruling.
1 The colored workers, because of
their work with the street cat 3.
favor the system seniority.
There is at present, only one col
jored bus driver in the system
chTloses
(Continued front Pag*- It
j With Chicago out of the run
ning. New York and Detroit re
main as the possible sites for the
staging of the battle Right no.-
Detroit looms as the most favora
|hie pot
j However. Joe was able to bias-.
Thomas out In the fifth round to*
I defend his title for the third time
since he won It last June. Because
of this. Joe was awarded a iv<|
white, and blue belt offered by the
National Sporting Club of London
for the first heavyweight to defend
his title successfully three times
Thomas said in no uncertain
terms that he was confident Louis |
would stop Schmellng when tit '
two meet in June
BURROUGHS
(Continued from Page i ,
Negro, and rank yourself with the!
human race."
In her talk on "Challenge of a
New Day.” Miss Burroughs urged
her listeners to exhibit more initi
ative. courage and ingenuty "Don't
have /people carrying your bur
den when you can carry it We are
not as had off as we think we are,"
she said.
I rged To Vote
She Importuned the audience to
make use of the ballot— and the!
dollar. 'You were whining j n Dixie
about not being able to vote. Now
you have the ballot, so make use!
of It The ballot and the dollar wli; (
help to solve many of your ques-i
tlons." she continued.
The meeting was under the aun-‘
pices of the local branch of the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People Mrs
W. A. Thompson, treasurer of the
branch, preaided
The Rev. Horace A. White, pas
tor of Plymouth Congregational’
Church and chairman of the legal
committee of the branch, road a re
port which told of the fight the
branch has launched against racial
discrimination la the city The re I
oent cases of Percy Keys, rejected
hy the superintendent of Woman's
Hospital after,,he had been brutal
ly tenttfi >y police Garfield Wil
lUms(..woyn<W4 lhWoodward
A»fiiua . v wh*fl w atb
tepfdfd to pprrha.se soffie haft
• - - * A<. , t
Tells How Church
Can Help Juveniles
The Kev F A Fisher, a graduate
of the Colon Theological Seminary,
gave a most interesting and edu
cational lecture on Monday. March
28. at ibe regular meeting of the
West Side Human Relations Coun
cil HU subject was. "How the
Church May Best Serve the Com
munity in Delinquency Prevention."
In his talk, the Rev. Mr. Fisher
pointed out the need of the church
to provide information, expand the
| program, and equip itself with lead
ers capable of carrying out the
program of preventing Juvenile de
linquency He further stated that
where tiie economic security of a
group of people in any community
is la king the problems of juvenile
delinquency will also inevitably be
acute The speaker was well vers
ed on his subject and succeeded in
holding the audience spellbound
with his rendition of It
The regular program of the West
side Human Relations Council ron
i tinned as usual Reports were giv
j »n from the various committees and
the attempt to organize mothers of
school children seems to be work
ing out successfully. The toy pro
ject has reached a total of 65 boys
I and the work being accomplished
is remarkable.
All interested in making the
West Side a model community are
invited to attend the meetings at
the Lothrop Rranch Library. The
next meeting will be Monday. April
11. and another interesting speaker
will be heard discussing another
phase of juvenile delinquency
East End Youths
Plan For Dance At
Franklin Settlement
By Julia Tomer
Devotional services prior to the
preaching at Zion Baptist Church
last Sunday morning began tat
11:30. The Lord's Supper was ob
served and the choir sang beauti
fully
The Sunday School Union met at
First Baptist Church Sunday af
lernoon. Six dollars was raised by
Zion S S. The Cnlon will hold Its
next meeting at Zion Baptist
Church. The Choir Union will meet
on April 10 at Homer Temple
(Church. 8-Mile Road.
Mrs. Verrena. a member of the
Pilgrim True Church, died April 3.
The Junior Choir of Bast Lake
Baptist Church will render a pro
gram Sunday. April 10 at 7 p. m
Y«Wftr Set
The young people of East End
are looking forward to attending
the Phyllis Wheatly spring danoe.
Friday, April 8. at Frakllnn Settle
ment. It should be a grand affair,
with Isaac Goodwin’s music to
swing to. Yours truly will be pre
sent. Hope to see you there
Mrs. M. Green
Laid To Rest
Funeral rites for the late Mrs
Mattie Gre. n. 13491 Goddard street
were held Tuesday at 1 p m. from
Peace Bnptist Church of which she
was an ardent member. Rev. Lee
T Clay, pastor, delivered the
eulogy. Appropriate renditions
wt*r P sung by the Pastor's Chorus.
Mrs Thomas and Mrs Easley ren
dered solos.
Mrs Green, who was the for
Mattie Derricotte (> f Athens. (} a .
passed away Tuesday. March 29 in
Trinity Hospital She had resldul
in Detroit for fifteen years mak
ing her home with her fisher and
mother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs No.--
IUOII Green Having been a faith
ful member of the Peace Rapiial
Senior Choir and other church
auxiliaries, Mrs Green also took
active part in the various coni-1
niunlty activities i
Survivors are: two daughters
high school. Marian and Mildred;
a mother. Mrs Margaret Derricotte
Newark N. J . three sisters. Mrs
Camilla Phillips. Mrs Elizabeth
Hill. Miss Willie Derricotte. all of
Newark. N J.; two brothers. Mat
thew. of Newark Louis Derricotte
of Atlanta, Ga. and several other
relatives
Besides Mrs. Phillips and Mis.,
Derricotte. other out of town re
latives and friends who attended
the funeral were: Mrs. Mattie
Jackson. Mrs Judia J Robinson.
Mrs Tina Thomas. Mr. ajid MrR.
Willie Jackson, all of Cleveland
Ohio.
Ford and Ford Funeral Directors
were in charge
burners; and a rune on the Went
SSiClt*.
"'l' »•"«•* Robinson related
the history of the Youth r«unctl
and the program propoaed for the
™ T : Mr «. Klleabeth Terrell, told
v \*T n for th “ fo «ndln K of
National Training School f or Wo
2” “ and ° ,H *' «"<* nr Jam*; J.
branch, i n a brief talk, aald that
tr,r frTeVd lh “ ba,, °'
Joaenh A r“ n , and «««**.
Joseph A. Pralaen, deputy labor
Onmmitw* of N#Kro
SUSS?- -4 «t
--wu tl **»■« which
»1 11 be hold Bunder afternoon at
a ** ’*• ciMwak- n* * •
ll* £<*f? _*., v '
tIM at AK— mnM. dm*! a>Wi-
School Children’s
Verse And Prose
Kdltor’a Not*: Th* I>etfoU Tribune dedlrstM thla column to •>,
and |iro««'*ril*-* of the iNrtrolt traded w hoola, In order to r,"!!**?. ►**
devtlop their literary talent. Ail poem* and atorlea Kent to th.. r u
lira I lon ahould be abort, and poplla arc requertod to firat f#r P«k
to tlielr leather* for I neper t lon. ’ *k*lr wetttat*
FASTER DAY
Ila.-tei Day is enmiug
Anu you must say
What you will do
On Faster Day.
St>in<* people pray.
And some get gay.
All on a bright
Sunny blaster Day
Henry Murry—MM
A FRIEND
One who helps you all the time,
One who has no fault to And.
One who has always been kind.
Is my idea of a friend.
One who thinks that you are grand.
One who ran always understand.
One who does whatever he ran.
Is my idea of a friend.
One who always is around.
One who never wears a frown.
One who helps you up or dowm.
Is my idea of a friend
lly Joya Sherrill—age 13 BA3
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GARDENING
'When spring does come, it's time
for fun.
And it's time for gardening too;
It's time to plant some tulips
And narcissi of all hues.
You take the hoe. dig up the weeds
Along the garden wall;
For If you leave those terrible
weeds.
You’ll have no floivers at all
Roberta Smith—age 12. 7A
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SPRING
In spring when the sun shines
warm,
With the birds and flowers so
sweet.
The flowers with colors gay and
■ bright
And the birds with songs of lofty
cheer.
Oh, isn't the spring just dar
Ivm U.LL ■ ti nT
Hoard..
(Bf ULYSMf W. BOYKIN)
SPRINT, la here (Believe It 6r
Not) and April, the enchanted
month, is just over a week 01d....
This month will mean new clothes,
new loves, new places to go and
lots of new and interesting things
to do The fashiou editors tell
us that the ladies have gone in
for a flowery Season and every
thing is blooming—from the cun
ning little bonnets to the posies
perched gaily on the tip of their
shoes
The men down east are golug to I
wear gay colored artificial flowers
in their lapels . .So much for the
fashions Tell rhe gents to watch
Andnrew JAP Sneed and George
Slaten for the latest Esquire has
to offer....ln fashions
POLITICS Things political seem
to be holding the spotlight thl*
week....We would like to mention
the fact that a group of unselfish
members of the Race (members of
the various political groups) have
handed together to wage u militant
campaign for Negro Registration
and Voting... .This group feels
that one hundred and fifty thou
sand Negroes in Michigan could be|
a politic.il power if they only regls!
ter and v0te....1t is interesting to|
note that the voting strength of the!
Negro in the City of Detroit alone I
Is approxlmaely 70.000—These are
enough to command the respect of
any politician Hut this respect can
only he demanded if the Negroes
would Register and Vote ..
If our won turned for a mom
ent. however, from the world of
poltiral affair* to the activities of
the undistinguished masses we dis
cover men and women of all ag-u.
and stations making an effort un
precedented in the annals of human
aspiration to flt themselves by the
obvious mass of education for a
higher plane in the social and eco
nomic scale... .The key to salva-
Mon for the Individual and the
group lies in political education..
To begin with, the great thing to
live in a country where every citl
xen may form an opinion, freeiy
express that opinion, and cast into
ihe mill of the public judgement
without prejudice to his neighbor
and without s'rainlng the unity of
state ...We have made a few
toward developing a political lead
<M’"h,P In Detroit But we have
only scratched the aurface... .If
can fight for fair represents*
tlon in government In our trtfy and
■tat# because our salvation lie#
In our political activity. 4. .The
$5
A NON-PARTISAN
NEWSPAPER
' " h~s frp e «nd lovable ..-k, ,
Rosetta Cavett
*** 12.
** »tr*,
i TIIH WISH KORIN
A* I was walking home nn , ,
I 1 » ,a9Be <l robin on the wav
We started to walk together
And soon we talked of the w >ath .
Oiirp. chirp.” said he. “If,
again— * prin «
Sometimes if. fail , s
there’s rain;
Whether it’s fair or if it , ho
Joseph Waller—aged io *O.
1028 K Ferry street
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--j THE SPELLING HKE it
! OARFIEID
The Spelling Bee i n o ur school
was very Interesting, and to think
I won the seventh Grade Bee. Al
though others may think it nothing
I’m very, very proud id myself
■When we first started pr*ctlej M
for the Spelling Hee. i w&i , or .
prised at my own self, f or SUa(l
ing up last every day
When the final Spelling Bee did
come. I was so nervous I coaid
scarcely spell. I was doing veil
until I came to the word. '"locaH
ty. M which is a very easy word ta
most people, but to me it wm then
very difficult. Anyway, from then
on. It was kind of difficult. I think
my rival was by far the best spell
er, but you see. a lot of people
make mistakes on the voweli.iol
won the Seventh Grade Spelling
Bee by sheer luck
Now. I have a chance to compete
for the school's Championship Bae,
so I say. "Good Lurk.’’ to every,
body Including myselt.
Hortense Rice - age 1!, 'M
5815 Brush street
live In It....Vbu work Id K tffl
you pay taxes for its support...!
An Interesting e**nt of this *edl
will he the BUNNY PARTY at Xc|
Kenzle Union on Friday events*
sponsored by the Beta Mu Diapul
of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorori!
ty. .... I
JOHN DOLPHIN, progressive aut*l
mobile dealer, reports that hr V
doing a record business and iiufl
xious to get all of the Race bam
ness ..Give him a break...Jfl
| advertises in the Detroit Trflw«
the home town paper I
DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY I
will be the name of Nsdrtasj
play to be presented at the Afl
Institute on May 6 The meaß
bers of the cast will Is* Julia HIIIH
ton. Nimrod Carney. Leon SmIUH
Sadie Routt. Constance Miller.
Webb. Clarence Bradfleld.Blll
ton. Edna Swan. Jack Wells. Onß
ge Higgins.... Mr and Mrs. Ck®
Mills are the able directors H
PAUL BOOTH, (Who works Dr
Special delivery service of
S. I Is quite a man-abnut town thei^B
days m
The Youth Legloners. an orgintijM
Hon of progressive young men
a fine program all worked out
will go places... Monday
the organization which meets InH
Mich Federated Democratic CJ
on E. Warren, presented a
at which several speakers
presented... Those who talked
the boys were Judge I> J
Joseph A Cralgen. and Y<»r«
Tru1y...... ■
Things nre going along ,or
Ellltorian Business Csi r,s
show (date to he announced
according to Mrs Marie Andej^*
Mitchell We would
a model, the lovely
cfciids.. ..
Dr. and Mrs Joseph A
returned to the city Sun< |*J ,
attending the Funeral »« r f
Doctor Marlowe’s mother in
con, Georgia... Dr. Haley j
so atteded the
lleve It or Not Dr -
the way to Macon and
PULLMAN v g
The St Antoine Branch. _
A. will celebrate tbe
a a r y with * baiM
the branch on Thursday
It**.... Judge P*«l K ™ f
Federal Court wIU apej*
National Negro Health f
being observed thi«
Totroft MOd leal Bor,ft^.^s i l
part of that oba#m*J
clety sponsored a spec* get
at the weekly meet Inr [o¥
et T. WaaMnirton
►cm Hub. Wediwaday •
ertw .* %
_ •sun' . . t