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The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-11-03
GOOD cHArFFEURING

The Industrial Department of
the Armstrong Association is dis
tributing leaflet on Good Chauf-
fering." II points out, "The num-
Der OF chauffeurs in PHILADELPHIA
was nearly double the number in
1920.
Competition tends TO weed out
the less tit and unless you equip
Yourself to serve best you may
lose your job 20 someone who can
give greater satisfaction"
The pamphlet also shows the
Qualities demanded by employers
He must be polite cool-head-
ed and ohliging.
2. He must be careful. Punctual
and temperate
3. He must be dependable, steady
driver.
4. He must be industrious, re-
liable and honest.
3. He must be thoughtful PVT
capable 6. He must always be
neat and clean in appearance.
During these days OF depression
and widespread unemployment
everyone and especially colored
people should guard their jobs
with exceedingly great care.
There Is no need OF braying al
the moon. A good chauffeur's job
IL better than no job at all. This
newspaper does no advise that
colored citizens should not aspire
! TO every kind OF position. But II
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-11-03

thing is that having one, there Is
held out hope for more.
Detroit is soon to be privileged
to hear the famous Eva Jessye
Choir. II will appear at Bethel
Church the night OF November %
Miss Jessye has made an out
standing success in the field OF
Music. A graduate OF Western Uni
versity, trained under the musical
genius of Prof. Robert Jackson,
she has worked her way to the
very top in musical circles.
We possibly best know her as
the director OF the music OF the
moving picture "Hallelujah," and
from her Sunday afternoon Radio
broadcast over all MIC stations.
She has assembled a fine lot OF
trained musicians in her choir, and
today IL Is beyond doubt our best
i'm this line.
What we regard as important in
Miss Jessye's life is. that she has
demcntrated how il is possible for
one of our group to make sue
cess musically aside from the field
of Jazz. We are not of that number
that see no merit in jazz; on the
other hand. we. do know that there
is merit and beauty i'm jazz, but
certainly we ought to be able to
succeed in other lines in music.
We are looking anxiously for
this fine young woman and her
choir from New York and we wish
her we'll as she leaves to appear
with the Minneapolis symphony in
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-11-03
....E D 1T @ r IA L S....

Childrens Fund Building, who resided at 4S1 E. Ferry
street. about three blocks from the place where the girl
last seen and took him to headquarters for ques
ttionng
Thomas it is said taken into custady at about
m and released hours later the same day. w nat
opened Thomas during the period of his question
ing the public may know, but we do know that
shortly after he released and returned home Wed
nesday afternoon he collapsed and died. An attending
physician said he observed marks of violence on the
dead mans body and found evidence that he had
died of poisoning According to records at the coroners
office and the post examination, death due
20 heart disease.
Thomas was AS years DID, and though he may not
have received physical injury during <he questioning by
police there least the possibility that the severe
excitement and fear experienced during the
ordeal might have been largely responsible for his heart
attack
After having been brought back to Detroit in news
paper plane Miss Wafer according to reports adj
mted that she had not been abducted she previously
stated, but voluntarily left Detroit.
Such pranks, the part of individuals who arouse
unnecessary public alarm, not be too severely con
demned this case Miss Waers voluntary disappear
only needless anxiety to her parents and
the public but brought suspicion and humiliation to
many awabding coored citizens and indirectly caused
the untimely death of an innocent man.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-11-03
A TRAGIC ERROR

Detroit and the country in general thrown into
high pitch of excitement last week by the mysterious
disappearance Of Miss Elsie Wafer Wayne University
coed, who vanished from the Chldren's Fund Building
in this city Monday evening, Oct Do The girl last
by the night iantor, who reported that she was
sitting in the lobby of the building at about p. M on the
night of her disappearance after attending class in
nutrition, in connection with her college work.
Following the failure of officers to locate Miss Wafer
during first few days of the search it was feared she
had met with foul play and suspicion was directed
against Negroes The homes of coored citizens in the
vicinity of the Childrens Fund Building ruthessly
entered and searched by officers and the Board
cation condemned for allowing students attend
classes late hour in the so-called bghted dis
rcts, in which the ifeess body of the missing girl
thought to be concealed.
Last Wednesday morning, just before the time Miss
Wafer located in st. Louise, where she had voun-
tarily gone because her college lessons hard
three pain-clothes detectives according to witnesses
went to the of Harry Thomas exjantor at the
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-11-03
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dren's Fund Building, where
Thomas formerly worked as
janitor. After OBTAINING him for
several hours. the officers releas-
ed him into custody One OF his
neighbors said Thomas stated he
had not been given the third de-
gree by the police. as some of his
frinds' believed; but the intense
nervous strain to which he had
been subjected during the ordeal.
Is thought to have been too much
for his heart. Thomas had a good
record as a janitor at the Chill
dren's Building. and II is said he
told neighbors few days prior to
his death that he hoped soon to be
called back on the job.
Miss Wafer. the Wayne Univer-
s'ty student. whose mysterious
disappearance started nation
wide hunt. returned to Detroit by
airplainc Friday morning. and was
taken to police headquarters and
Questioned about the alleged kid
mapping. I'm face of the severe
questioning of police. she finally
broke down and confessed that
che had not been Kidnapped. as
she previously claimed. but had
i~urneycd 10 St. Louis voluntari-
ly, because OF her inability to keep
up with her studies at the univer-
sity.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-11-03

Word comes from Boston that
DR.. Louis Tompkins Wright has
been elected a fellow OF the Ameri-
can College OF Surgeons. and on
Oct. 18th In Boston was formally
invested with the College robe.
This brings to our remembrance
the late DR.. Daniel III. Williams
who was the first Negro to be
elected to the College and was the
only one OF our race until DR..
Wright was elected.
Some years past we recall see
ing finely embossed certificate
from the American College hanging
on the office wall of prominent
white physician who at that time
was on the staff of the Henry
Ford Hospital. He took great pride
i'm il and explained to us the very
high requirements to obtain II.
II is fine to know that one vi
our race can meet the high re-
quiremcnts of the American Col
icSe OF HbbtoHS' anu ~ IL iihci w
know that the American College
can be big enough to recognize
such merit. Here the college de-
PARTS from the prejudice usually
present in our American institu-
tons.
We are not 10 be discouraged
because only one Negro has been
elected. There are not so many
whites. as compared to their num-
Der and their opportunity that
have been elected, but the one big
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-11-03
\ STgNIrIclNr MOVEMENT

Thc Mphi Phi Alpha fraternity
ne New Negro Alliance and the
National Association for the Ad-
vancoment of Colored People are
sponsoring a nationwide drive,
recent announcements state. -
establish the right Of colorcd stu
dents TO attend all universities
supported by state funds. The
initial effort Is to be made at the
University Of Maryland.
students and seekers after high
Ter education should welcome this
information There Is no denial OF
the advances the Negro has made
In the field OF education, despite
the handicaps. obstacles and dis
appointments placed In his path.
The theory Of the Alpha Phi AL
pha group. and their comrade or
carnations in this fight Is cor
rect.
Negro money. earned with ac-
complaining sweat OF the brow. in
suit and almost irt"'erable work
ing conditions help swell the state
payrolls. pay state expenses. con-
struct and maintain roads, vs.
TENS of government. etc Negro
money so won helps support these
universities and colleges which
deny the children of the black man
the right to enter them. The fight
now launched should have beer
started long ago.-Chicago Bee.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-11-03
sc II o o SEGREGATION
MARCHES NORTH

The effort OF white students,
backed by their parents. to have
Negroes excluded from the Morgan
Park High School I'm Chicago is a
challenge to colored people
throughout the North East and
West.
Slowly segregation has been
spreading outside the South.
Where no effort is made to have
IL embodied in the law, subtle
forces are at work in various ways
TO bring about the same result.
There are two ways in which
Negroes can effectively fight this
menace. One way is to be eternal
lly vigilant. backing desire with
dollars and ballots. The N. A. A..
c. p. I'm Chicago Is heading up the
flight there against the menace and
should have the united support OF
TALL Chicago Negroes not with taiA
but with memberships.
The other way TO fight school
segregation is for Negroes to stoT
launching up In few neighbor'
hoods. MS they are accustomed tC
doing. even where they are MOI
forced. With Negroes spread al
over a city the subtle drive fo'
lsegregated schools is dealt deatl
blow.
Residential segregation has beef
,utlawed by the United States Su
nreme Court. but property owners
agreements to not sell to Negroes
have not. This legal question mus
till be decided. That should b.
the point of our attack.
Black Belts are a menace an,
way you take them. The less there
are the better II will be for color
ed Americans. Black Belts are M
more necessary or desirable thar
blonde belts or brunette belts
'rhey foster and encourage segre
cation; make the task OF segre
eating easier for the segregation
J land crystalline race prejudice ant
social qualification. Where Blacl
Belts rise and spread. segregate'
schools are inevitable-Pitts
. burgh Courier.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-11-03
DEFEAT OF T w o AMENDMENTS
URGED BY PROF. SAMUEL M. LEVIN
Declares That Gas And Weight Tax Amendments, If
Passed Will Financially Handicap Educational
system Of The State Of Michigan

upon the state for a financial sup
port of s25 100000. If the Gas and
Weight taxes are lowered, the
state will have no source from
which it can raise this amount.
The taxpayers will have relief
from taxation on the purchase OF
motor vehicles and gasoline, but
this does not guarantee that there
will be any reduction in the price
of gasoline.
Prof Levin stated that II the
amendments are passed, grhu,
schools will be forced to charge
for books used by children and
college tuition fees may be doubl-
ed. In the long RIM. he stated. the
taxpayer will be the loser
Prof. Levin stated that close to
1000 students i'm Wayne Universe
~ alone may be compelled to pay
S2On = year tuition. instead of the
SlC0 fec in the event the voters
10 not see the danger existing in
these two proposals.
The proposed amendments we're
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-11-03

Prof. Samuel III. Levin, of the
faculty of Wayne University, this
week. severely attacked the Gas
md Weight Tax Amendments. and
warned the voters of Michigan
that in the event that the amend
ments are passed, at the coming
election. they will seriously en-
danger the status Of the schools
and the educators.
Professor Levin points out that
the proposed amendments will not
only financially handicap the pub
lie schools of Michigan but VIII
create serious handicaps for stu
dents and teachers. Furthermore,
he warns Of the danger tnat a
decrease in funds to be made
available for the schools may also
cause the shortening of the school
year. thereby throwing the chil-
dren on the streets and submit
ting them to additional dangers.
II was also pointed out by Pro
fcssor Levin that the educational
system in Michigan is dependent
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-11-03
More DR.. Gallagher
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noon meeting. under auspices of
the Detroit Civic Rights Committee
is also pending. lie will likewise
speak Wednesday evening. Nov. .,
at Plymouth Congregational
Church. Garfield and Beauhien,
which Is pastored by his rormer
classmate. Rev. Herbert King. The
program will feature a free lee
.ture and moving pictures Of Negro
scho life i'm the South. Special
music win be rendered by local
Italcnt. Fratcrnities and sororities
and young high school and college
people will also assist.
a cordial invitation Is extended
the public to attend these events
free
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-11-03
Amendment Favored kidnapping Suspect
For Non Partisan Dies After Crilling
Election Of Judges B y. Police Officers
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tCOnt1nueQ IrOm ftBc ~
no business. Judges should bo
selected for their personal fitness
for judicial positions, their charac-
ter, their honesty. their fairness,
their lack of prejudice. These
things have nothing whatever TO
do with their political affiliations.
A Judge can be just as well qsaii-
fled. for his important position,
whether he is a Republican or De-
mocrat. This amendment will
make II possible for the voters to
select the best qualified men from
all political parties. or all the
officers OF our government, our
judges should be most free from
political party influence and domi-
nation. No judge should be in the
embarrassing position OF being I'M
der obligation to political party
leaders.
Our present method OF electfng
Judges Is a relic of the dark age
when citizens were forbidden to
vote because of race or sex. 1t Is
time that the people OF Michigan
discarded this awkward and anti
que method by bringing forward
a modern. up-to-date and sensi-
BILE plan for selecting their judges
Proposal No. | will do exactly
that.
This amendment has nothing
whatever to, do with taxes. 1t
won't cost anyone a cent. There is
no catch in It, 1t simply provides
sensible method for removing
our courts from the unsavory
realm of party politics"
Mr.. Brand also emphasized the
fact that each amendment should
be Judged on its own merits, and
that any effort to induce the vot-
ers to use the blanket method"
Of voting no or YES on all the
amendments is un-American and
is a direct reflection upon the in
telllgcnce of the voter. If there
are bad amendments, he stated,
they should he thoughtfully re-
jected. but If there are good
amendments which are sound and
sensible, such as Proposal No. /,
they should be just as readily ac-
cepted. IF you had basket of
apples he added. you would
not throw away the whole basket
because II contained one or two
bad ones"
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-11-03
What Other Editors Say
MICHIGAN GOES YELLOW

gan people. black and white
the time ~ do il Is long before
n man reaches his. senior year.
III Ward Il acceptable to .Michi-
gan In any form OF varsity
competition against any OPP
p0ncnt he should be acceptable
In I'll. There should not be any
possible combination Of cir
cum>tance> that would remove
him from the lineup so long
AZ he has the ability to make
u place on the team. Ward N
u Michigan undergraduate has
more right 10 play football
than any empl0ye OF the athle-
tic association has to bench
him because ri his racc-mOre
than any member OF the facnl-
~ has 10 permit him TO be-
humillated.
We do not blame Georgia
Tech for drawing the color
line. But we do blame Michi-
gan Tor scheduling n team TO
whom Negro Is not accetable
when Michigan accepts him.
Ward has been n regular on
the Michigan team before this
eail" was booked. Even though
h. had won his place after
the contract had been signed.
Michigan would have been With
in her rights and within the
hounds nj deccncy 10 cancel II.
snd lest there be any mis-
tnhr ~ 10 where the writer's
sympnthicS naturally lie in II
clash ni tie white and black
races. lei H. pnt him on record
~ n native Oi North Carolina.
thu son 81 Il Na,c-ovner.--.
Detroit saturday Might. Oct.
D. l93t
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-11-03

willis Ward. senior In the
University OF Michigan, In good
scholastic standing. GO Il
health and with football abili-
~ ut least the equal OF that
possessed by any other man on
the Michigan squad, sat In the
press box at Ann Arbor last
Saturday and watched his
team. representing his college,
play Georgia Tech. Therein
lies the most shocking indict-
mcnt .0f Michigan football that
could be conceived.
Ward Is "a Negro. He was
Negro when he entered the
University OF Michigan in re-
sp0nse to much urging. He
was II Negro when he helped
Michigan 10 win Conference
football championships in
1922 and 1893 and Il national
title in 1913.
There i something radically
wrong with football nj Michi-
gan. something completely out
ri focus when the athletic as
>Ociaiion can thus deprive any
student in good Standing 0f
the privileges that he has
richIS earned. There i some
thing wrong with the cNecu-
tive department al the uniNcr-
Ill, when The athletic Assoc
citation runs the university in
matters of general policy.
here j. something incOn-
nruous in "c0urtcSy" 10
Georgia Tech that involves II
griei disrnrtrsy 10 a Michi-
gan NAN. VI Michigan i going
to draw The color line an
ab>urdiis in II university main
tiined by the taxes 0f Micli-
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-11-03

does suggest that a good chauf-
four is better off than a person
who has no work
There has hccn SO much talk re-
Gently concerning unemployment
that little attention has been Civ
on 10 the essentials Of keeping a
job. And 1t can be said with equal
truthfulncss that the same quah-
ties that make one good chauf-
fcur will be effective on any job
Keeping a position Is more inn
portant than getting one. Those of
us who have jobs whether chauf-
four. cook stenographer. elevator
operator or scrub woman should
do everything possible 10 keen
them. Philadelphia Tribune.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-11-03

opposed at the 40th annual con-
vention Of the Michigan Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs. IL was
pointed out to the convention in
Grand Rapids that these amend
ments will handicap the collection
Of sufficient school funds. The Gas
and Weight Tax Amendments
were also under attack last week
by the Detroit Bureau OF Govern
mental Research.
Educators OF Michigan unani-
mously adhere TO the viewpoint
expressed by Professor Levin, and
the voters arc urged to vote No
on the proposed two amendments.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-11-03
Former Slave Gets
Old Age Pension

Port Huron Mich.-The first st.
Clair resident to receive an old
age pension check of ten dollars
was a 90-year-old former slave,
lack Minis. born in South Carolina.
Mr.. Minis came to Port Huron
after he was freed in 1865 and has
been destitute for the past two
years.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-11-03

PATRICK H. OBRIEN, Democratic Attorney Gen.
eraI had courage break eighty old prece-
dent when he appointed NEGRO the legal staff of
the great State of Michigan We need in public of
fee who afraid to befrend the Negro publicly.
We must change proven friends for unried We
must honor those who honor vote for PATRICK
H. OBRIEN is a vote for a NEGRO.
VOTE DEMOCRATIC
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-11-03
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13
SENATE DROPS
FORD CO. PROBE
Examination of Deals Is
Halted Abruptly by
Committee.

u CHtttH ftSS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Ex-
animation of Ford Motor Company
tax transactions was halted abrupt
ly by senate Investigators today.
They explained that the subject
was not under their jurisdiction.
Witnesses who were subpenaed to
testify about the Ford company's
practice of converting cash into
bonds at the end of each tax year
were informed they need not ap-
pear. All inquiries received this
reply:
1T has been decided that this
particular tax question does not
come within the province of the
banking and currency committee.
Therefore. the matter will be pur-
sued no further"
The decision came as a surprise.
The Investigators frankly expressed
disappointment in the testimony by
Edsel Ford that cash-on-hand held
by the company was not subject to
Michigan state taxation.
In his two-day appearance before
the committee, Mr.. Ford said his
company frequently purchased gov
eminent securities at the end of a
tax year and then converted them
back into cash at the start of a
new year. He denied suggestions
that the transactions were for tax
avoidance purposes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13
CONFIDENCE VOTED
IN FRENCH PREMIER
ChautempS Downs RoyaIist
Opposition Forces.
By United Press

By United Press
PARIS, Jan. 13.-Premier Camille
Chautemps, fortified by a vote of
confidence, enjoyed respite today
from royalist riots and chamber of
deputies attacks for alleged cabinet
negligence in making possible the
frauds perpetrated by Alexander
Sacha Stavisky, suicide banker.
But the chamber debate will be
resumed Tuesday and royalists and
many members of the ordinary pub
lie remained sufficiently angry to
call for police guards at public
buildings.
The confidence vote, of 800 to 229,
killed right wing proposal for
parliamentary inquiry of the Sta
visky scandal. Public opinion re-
manned critical of the government,
however.