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■ ederal Grand Jury To Probe Lynch ings VOLUME XXV-—NUMBER 34 2146 St. Antoine RACE ISSUE MAY SWING BTAIE - LOCAL ELECTION lection Evokes Great Interest In sro Community Among Voters The great interest of the Negro community in the ■thcoming election centers on the three Negro candidates and on the attitudes of a!) candidates on a state FEPC law and other vital issues. The three Negroes are Robert L. Ward, Republican ldidnte for state senator jn third district: Joseph A. iwn. Democratic candidate state senator in the second tnct: and Jeannetta Welch >wn. Democratic candidate for ir representative from Detroit. Iterd. the lone Negro Rcpub n candidate, has been a bailiff I constable for 22 years. He ks the seat once held by Dries E. Diggs. The last Rc )lk*n holder of the seat was srles A. Roxborough. Ward campaigning on the issue of jro representation in the Sen mar Clark osoph A. Brown is a well iwn attorney and former clerk the Comii'On Pleas Court. His lory is assured because of the dominantly Democratic char rr of his district, eannetta Welch Brown, pres nt of the Detroit Association Women's Clubs, and a law dent, has long been active in ic affair. There is a great il of activity of women in the rtion campaign and it is large due to her candidacy, mot Hop* Jcmocrats hope that these two grc» candidates and the last nute appointment of Charles A. Smith as a federal assist ; district attorney, they will able to keep the Negro vote in ir column. luch interest in the candi- V of Senator Arthur H. Van ihei g has been stirred by the 1 that his name has been de a by-word by the world at k on him by Communist lead ■ This makes it likely that he 1 receive 45 per cent or more Ihe Negro vote, led by church dors and others who abhor riel totalitarianism. >*onal Contact bm Sigler, Republican candi r foi governor, has gained at popularity among Negro ups by his personal contacts h them and his willingness and litv to answer questions. He 1 pledged support to a state Pi- law, and has said that he 1 make a trip to states where laws are in effect to study lr operation. He will also dy liquor laws in other states. >glcr told a group of Baptist listers Tuesday that he would sonally study every request extradition of a Negro to a THE CHAMP’S MOTHER FSrSK. ~ Emm .>, m .if > t a | ' '.;- v . \‘'\}?P%*- ... v ''..;" J. L,Ui * Brooke. the mother of Heavyweight Champion Jo# %*• »hown h#r# with Arthur H. Vandenberg. Jr. *J*J£» Uniled States Senator Arthur H. Vendenb#rg. Sr. Ori hi. "««* Datroit Mr. Vand#nb#rg call#d dn Mr#. Brooksat h#r hom# la*t Thuradar *o bring h#r grafting* from his f * lh * h l*tr of Jo#. Mr*. Brooks told young Vandenberg that althouq * not m#t hit fath#r personally she f#lt that «h# T fc e,Ui * °* the many gr#at things h# had don# for h*r p n , Bh « wid that sh# was going to cast h#r y°‘ # ,or h } h*d#nb#rg on November Sand that sh# was glad to l#arn that • ton waa helping the Republicans too. IB etto^'^MS&ribunt- WCA LEAP '//£_ NE G IkO WEFKJL.V OF MICHIG AN ARREST DRIVER TOO DRUNK TO TAKE TEST Too drunk to blow into a drunkometer, Parker Ponick. 25. of 6405. Scotten. was held Tues day for examination on a charge of ditink driving by Traffic Judge John D. Watts. His hear ing was set for December 12. Penick was charged with hit ting six cars and a pedestrian while driving on Hastings rtrect and on St. Antoine, the wrong way on the one way street. Cluster Williams. 22 . M 53 St. Aubin, was sligHUy ..^ured. Southern state to make certain that a fair trial would follow. He also promised to fight the Klan. Endorses FEPC Murray D. Van Wagoner. Dem ocratic candidate for governor, has also endorsed a state FEPC lr.w. He bases his campaign on his record of appointments of Negroes to important offices in the State Highway Commission and in the state administration. He was responsible for the es tablishment of a Negro unit of the state troops. The two candidates for lieu tenant governor are Dr. Eugene Keyes. Republican, and Osmund Kelly, Democrat Keyes, who held the post once before, has promised to follow the line laid j down by Sigler. ! In the race for secretary of state aie Joseph A. Bannigan, I Democrat and Frederick M. Al . ger. Jr.. Republican. Alger comes from «n outstanding Michigan family, but his stand on race questions is little known. He promises to give Negroes a fair break in employment. Well Known Bannigan is well known in Detroit for his energetic en forcement of civil rights laws. He has headed the civil lights division of the county prosecu tor’s office. There is considerable Negro in terest in all the Detroit Con gressional races. Social Legislation In the tirst district John P. Sosnowski, Republican former Continued on Page 12 ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED • f jjjj# n vHHb ¥ - .a Jr Mr*. Mari* Allen Wheeler, of 3951 McGraw. announces the en gagement of her daughter. Bette Ann. to Henry Ja»on. of 301 , Hague. The date of the ceremony ha* not yet been set. ESTABLISH COMMITTEE TO STUDY POLICE PROCEDURES A nine-man committee has been established to study relations between the police department and the Detroit Negro community, it was revealed this week by George The committee was authorized by a meeting that in- eluded civic loaders and repre sentatives of city departments, called by Police Commissioner John F. Ballenger and by Seller mer. Members of the study com mittee are: Edward M. Swan. De troit NAACP executive secretary; President Roy J. Morton of the Nacirema Club; Rev. Robert L Bradßy. Jr.; President L. t Blount of the Booker T. Wash ington Trade Association: Rev-. Horace A. White; Ballenger and Superintendent Edwin Morgan of the police department; Stanley Oates of the City Plan Commis sion. who will act as public rela tions consultant; and Schet mci, who will be temporary chair man. Pepper Blasted Democratic Senator Claude Pepper, leading spokesman for the pro-Moscow wing of the Democratic party, and widely be lieved to be a liberal, came in for two attacks this week fol lowing his recent visit to Mich igan. 4 Senator Homer Ferguson told a Republican rally in Cadillac Michigan, on Monday that Sena tor Pepper of Florida, is seek ing to defeat Senator Vanden berg in retaliation for the rejec tion of a 1200.000.000 Florida ship canal project by the Senate Vandcnherg led the opposition to Pepper's canal project, Fergu son recalled. Praiaing hia coUeague a record DETROIT, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1946 FIRST NEGRO WATER METER READER ON JOB The first Negro water meter reader employed by the Detroit Board of Water Commissioners is now at work, it was an nounced by Francis A. Kornc gay. vocational secretary of the Detroit Urban League. The new meter reader is Wil liam Bundy of 19994 Cherry lawn. He was employed after Kornegay’s survey of city em ployment showed that the water commissioners were recruiting veterans for the job but were rejecting Negr«*s. on world affairs. Ferguson said that “the communists have put Senator Vandenberg at the top of their purge lists all around the globe."' Lewis Supports Senator C. Henri Lewis, veteran De troit lawyer, fraternal leader and business man, said in a state ment to the press Tuesday, that Pepper was not so liberal in the state of Florida which elects him to the Senate. "Since Florida has no poll tax, he is active in opposition to poll tax. However, he gives no aid to FEPC legislation. The last time he was elected to the Se nate he was the outstanding race baiter in the campaign. "Florida gets the real old Appoint Smith To D. A. Staff Charles Tl. A. Smith of 540 Holt)! onk was appointed assistant Uu.ited States District Attorney Tuesday by District Attorney John Lehr in Detroit, it was an nounced by Democratic national committee members E. Cyril Be- Van and Clara Van Aukcn. The first Negro to hold this post in Detroit. Smith was ap pointed after Negro leaders had urged the appointment ol a qualified colored attorney for many months. For several weeks this Spring it was rumored that Edward Simmons would receive the appointment. Smith is a graduate of North western university and the Chi cago College of Law. He has an ULM. degree from John Mar shall Law School in Chicago. Admitted to the Illinois Bar in HR. le was accepted by the Michigan bar in 1928. He has lived in Detroit since 1930, where he has engaged in gen eral practice. Smith is married, and has two daughters. Sarah, aged 17, and Marguerite, aged 13. He was a member of the staff of William Dowling when he was Wayne County prosecutor, and served three war years in the U. S. Navy as a recruiting officer. Ho is chairman of the a Wards com mittee of the Detroit Catholic Interracial Council. Wins Award For Freeing Boys In Race Riot Cases A (special Hey wood Broun Memorial award was announced , this week for Marguerite Gaha gan, DETROIT NEWS reporter, for her work in securing the | Ireedom of Aaron Fox and Aldo 1 Trani. youths who were convict ed in 1943 of race riot'murders. Miss Gahagan was given a special second place award by the American Newspaper Guild (CIO) because her achievement was outstanding, and came so close to equalling the feat that won the top award This is the first year that such a special i second place award has been made. Single Handed Miss Gahagun worked single- I handed to secure evidence that proved the innocence of Aaron Fox, a Neßro youth, who had been convicted of the riot mur der of Dr. Joseph DeHorattis, and of Aldo Trani. white, who had been convicted of killing ! Mose Kteka. For Attacks Oil Vandenberg fashioned rabble-rousing white supremacy stuff from Pepper while he is home. A good slo gan for him might be "Look Homeward Angel.” While Senator Vandenberg is atending a United Nations meet ing in New York as a member of the delegation representing the United States at the UN con ference. his son and Secretary Arthur Vandenberg, Jr., is co ordinating activities in his fath er’s behall He said that on No vember 4. his father will be act ing adviser to Secretary of State Byrnes at the Council of For eign Ministers meeting in New York. Young Vandenbeig told newspaper reporters that his father refused to leave the con VICTORIOUS IN COURT Jjr | ■Jr Rev. and Mrs. Jonathan A. Dames of Bethel AME church. The pastor won the first round of a Circuit Court litigation with the suspended officers of hit church last week, when Circuit Judge Thomas J. Murphy* dismissed an injunction restraining the pas tor from holding an election to replace the ousted officials. The picture was takan Sunday at tha home of Mrs. Beatrice Fleming. Suspended Bethel Leaders Denied Injunction, Plan Court Appeal An injunction was refused the suspended officers of Rethel AME church on Friday by Circuit Judge Thomas J. Murphy. They sought to have their suspensions declared illegal and to prevent appointment of successors by Rev. Jonathan A. Dames, pastor of Rethel. While supporters of Dames acclaimed the Judge's decision as "perhaps one of the most momentous decisions ever handed down bv a presiding judge in this city”, the deposed officers announced that they would carry an appeal to the Supreme Court of the state of Michigan. No Grounds Judge Murphy ruled that the petition did not contain grounds on which he might grant the in i junction and that the court had no jurisdiction. The petitioners ■ were Dr. Aaron Toodle, John Ar ; tis. Jack Cushing. James Mur ! phy. Theodore Jones. Robert Washington. William E. Boone, M. L. Spears. Stampp Willis. A1 Watkins. Elam Dudley and i Edward Rodgers, who have been 1 suspended by Dames, and Dr. E. I W. H. Johnson, Dr. Scipio Mur phy and Charles Ward. In the first official statement issued by the church since the beginning of the dissension, it j was charged that after the reap pointment of Dames to Bethel in August, "he discovered that a small group of malcontents had banded themselves together in a conspiracy to defeat his Continued on Page 12 ference to campaign Joe’s Mother For Him The Senator’s son visited Mrs. Lillie Brooks, the mother of hea vyweight Champion Joe Louis, last Thursday and received from [her an endorsement for Senator Vandenberg. Mrs. Brooks, a prominent church and club lead er. said that although she had never met the Senator personal ly. she felt that she knew him because of the fine things he had done for her people. She said that she knew her son Joe would agree with her. Receives Baptists' Support On Tuesday noon the Baptist Ministers Conference, meeting at the Baptist Training school, went on record endorsing Senator PRICE TEN CENTS Lawyers Host To National Bar Assn. Finn! plans were completed last Friday by the local com mittee of Detroit attorneys to entertain the National Bar As sociation here on November 28, 30 and December 1. The speakers scheduled to par ticipate on the program are As sociate Supreme Court Justice Frank Murphy. State Supreme Court Justice George Bushnell and Circuit Judge Joseph A. Moynihan. Executive Circuit Court Judge of Michigan. Murphy will speak at the Sun day meeting on December 1 at Bethel AME church. The local headquarters will he the Gotham hotel The president of the Detroit Bar group is As sistant Prosecutor C Leßron Simmons and Wynne C. Garvin, secretary. Members of the host commit tee are H. B. Talliafei ro, Per cival R. Piper, Allen Bibb The national officers are Earl Dicker son of Chicago, presidet; and Chester Smith, 4th vice presi dent. Vandenberg. A spokesman at the meeting In behalf of the Senator, told the press that it was the Dem ocrats in the Senate of the Unit ed States who, by way of the filibuster, defeated time and time again the attempts of a considerable number of Repub lican Senators to force through to a vote on its merits the FEPC bill. "There was not a single Democratic Senator who, at any time gave any support whatso ever to those Republicans who took the position that the only way to beat the filibuster against i the FEPC bill was to hold the i Senate in session for 24 hours ! a day for as many days or Continued on Page 12 Attorney General Orders Probe NEW YORK- Tom Clark. At. torney General, disclosed Tuesday that he had ordered a federal grand jury investigation into the mob slaying of four Negroes near Monroe, Ga., last July 26. AME BISHOPS SUSPEND SIMS CINCINNATI. Ohio _(AN'F) Supervision of Bishop D. 11. Sims’ first episcopal district of the AME church was turned ov er last Tuesday to Bishops R. R. Wright. Jr., and S L. Greene in a meeting here of the AME bishops' council, pending a spe cial conference of the connection in Little Ro<.k, Aik, November 20-24. Sims immediately announced his refusal to recognize the a*-, lion, and secured injunctions m the New York courts and ip the federal court at Dayton, Ohio, to prevent carrying out of the bish ops’ decision. The bishops declared that their action wa>- takrn in view of Sims’ “open rebellion” and the j fact that he is under charges. 'Sims denied that thete was a I legal meeting of the council, and j pointer! nut that the meeting i was not called by Senior Bishop : W. A. Fountain. Among those named by Sims as his enemies were Bishops Wright. Greene, Ransom, Nichols, 'Reid, Clavborn and Raboi. Ba* j her was formerly pastor of Ebe* ' nezer AME church in Detroit. WYATT HITS RENT GOUGING A sharp attack on " unscrupu lous landlords and real estate sharpers'* was made Monday by National Housing Administrator Wil in W Wyatt in an address before the Economics Club at the Book-Cadillae hotel. Wyatt declared that the con trols imposed by the federal gov ernment had resulted in greatly increased production of build ing materials, and provided vet erans their only protection against gouging by '"real estate speculators”. He denounced attempts of real estate organisations to re move ceilings on rents. i Wyatt replied that the vet ! cran needs lower rents. “Let’s , be sensible,” he said. “There is : a housing shortage. The chief • sufferer from the shortage Is the ! veteran. He needs a place to live and his need is desperate.” ONE BABY BURNED AND ANOTHER ABANDONED One child was severely burned this week when it tipped over a pan of boiling water, while I another, newly born, was aban ' doned in an alley. Burned was Walter Alford, one year old. who lives at 0251 Goodwin. He was taken to Rc- I reiving hospital with Ist and j 2nd legree burns, and is in tem porarily serious condition, after pulling the hot water down on himself on Sunday night. A newborn Negro hnv was ‘found al Ihe rear of H 261 Ells worth bv Mrs. Gertrude Pi east i who lives at that address on Thursday afternoon. The haby was wrapped in a dirty old rug. The child was taken to Mt. Car mel hospital for treatment. Start FEPC Law Petition Drive Sharp factional differences characterized the beginnings of the campaign for initiating a state FEPC law as about 300 delegates met in the Masonic Temple Saturday to lay plans for securing more than 200.000 ' signatures to force action by j the legislature or a vote by the 1 people. The fight was between state CIO and UAW-CIO leaders on the one hand and the Civil Rights Congress on the other. Many labor and progressive leaders charged that identifica tion of the campaign with the Civil Rights Congress, said to be Communist dominated, would make success impossible. The forced broaden ing of the committee heading the campaign. They pushed through the conference a mo tion requesting organizations to name their own representatives to the planning committee, against the suggestion of the Ci vil Rights Congresa representa tives that his own nominees from those organizations be se lected. The petitions will have to be circulated between November 6 and December 1. If sufficient signatures are gathered, the leg islature will be required to adopt | the proposed FF.PC bill or place j the hill on the ballot in the I Spring election for action by tha | voters.