The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-07-14

III 1910. l ut new iutlAcl pIbNiufh
that all elective offices of the city
should be partisan This ELI
inmates all party responsibility.
leaving individuals 10 forever pass
The buck.
The new charter also provided
for the election OF councimen az
large and reduced the nnmbcf
from ~ 10 .. Prior 10 this time
each ward elected two counclmcn
who were directly responsible 20
the voters of their ward The ward
system kept the councilmon in di-
rect contact with their supporters
and much needed service WAS rem
dcrod Naw an niuf nieinbcy- OF
The ciiy council may p" r'tTted
NH STIR so king block
which makes ID inpohlc l9r a
Negro tn be- elected i llenlher of
if the moiive b,hui the ncw
c'f7riti wa. t0 loeN Ne2roeo oni of
~ gcs v' inf,uenc fhe SPONSORS
'tye urceedee n 'ie WAY 1h
cffcc' the ncw ciH ,luicr gpo1
me race u Detroit may We elearif
soen from statistic. camniled bg
SNOW + Grigshy chairman of ne
Detroit civic Rights Committee
Fer example in ,hc Fire Dcpart-
menr there is uoi single Negro
employed yet he annual payroll
for this department. in 1888 totaled
SS.513.i7397,
Norman kicfer city Hospital
has force OF seven hundred and
iwcniy-seVen employees and onIy
one colorcd on part time. Tn,
total payroll for this city hospita
for 1888 was 5000 .S21 O6. The De
troit Library Commission employ
5hl persons. three heing Negroe
ana one OF these on part time. TIL
total annual payroll for the librar
in 1893 was $657 .S23.o The d.
I troii Board OF Education has Il
D thousand one hundred and eight
Z three employees. seven thousar
> three hundred and twenty-three (
whom are teachers with only fit
colored among them. The totf
payroll for all teachers was $14
l05 .352.0O Negro teachers receive
only 500 GOO of this amount Their
are three thousand seven hundre'
"nd thiriy-four policemen on tn
Detroit force. of this number
thiriy-flve are colorcd. which re
presents less than one per cent
Fair play In the allotment Of 20.
lice jobs would give Negroes nc
loss Than two hundred and sixty
one men on the force. The total
salary for the police department
during 1893 was SSGl2.S6oGo OF
! this amount Negroes received APP
I proNimately $3.50 30.
! In 1900 there were fifteen thou
sand eight hundred and sixly-one
: Nr"rces I'm Michigan ar this time
fhcrc was no changing of charters.
Neither were there any laws pass
ed 10 classify an voters according
10 race such changes closely fol-
lowed the influx OF Negroes from
/ fhc South When the presence of a
group stimulates this kind OF ac-
ton. II IS absolute proof that the
group has great potential strength
The slum clearance program IN
/ Detroit aims to benefit Negroes ny
: providing better and cheaper
homes \ laudablc undertaking In.
deed. Judgment OH the project
must be held in allowance until II
has bcen completed. So far. 1t has
caused one definite change. The
heart Of the Negro district where
the race raised its highest hope
for elected representation has al
most been cleaned out and those
who lived in this district have
been forced to move in other sec
tions. This does not reduce oui
voting strength in the city. but 4
does reduce our voting strength IL
1.-THE district from which we hope 4.
elect a Negro Congressman and
Negro State Senator. This same dis
! trirf "A lille over two wears age