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The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-10-06
TRADE ASSOCIATION HEADQUARTERS

b Mans To- establish permanent headquarters Tor the
local Booker T. Washington Trade Association are secur
ing hearty public support and going steadliy lot
ward.
Sponsors the movement state that they are greaty
encouraged by the fact that the business and proies
sional people of Detroit determined to help estapsh
this much needed local center. which will so
beneficial to the in this community.
committee consisting of Attorney Charles w. jones'
Dr. Harry S. Pope L. c. Blount, has been appointed to
prepare the legal and proper setup for the head
quarters
It is announced that the Headquarters Committee will
make an early call citizens for the collection of UNI
paid pledges Those who paid their subscriptions in full
requested to mail their checks in to Fred A. Allen
treasurer of the committee, 5247 Hastings street
After the pledges collected, general meeting OF
all subscribers will be called to select the secretary nd
official staff Of the organization.
This is a worthy and vital undertaken, and the Tribune
Independent heartily recommends it to the public and
urges that wholehearted cooperation be given
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-10-06

are SO carried away with the
sport we are enjoying that we
do not stop TO think of the damage
the eternal hurt which we are
causing. We forget that the coll
lege or Insurance company or
bank or church which we are
about 10 wrecq. is not tht private
property" really of the person
whom we are hilariously attack
ing but is in social truth very
valuable possession OF all of us;
that even tht great reputation
which we are about to fell. will.
when II falls, spatter Its mud over
many things which we prize.
Sometimes we are savage and
cruel about It.: we destroy those
whom We could easily save, re-
form or improve. asd make USE
full. We will magnify an ordinary
lapse" and beat the tom-toms
about IL. until we have the sadis-
ic Joy OF spreading ruin where we
could easily have carried rescue
\ big man" makes a slip. Well.
we've had chip on our Shoulders
for him all along-not because he
ever did anything to us personal
ly or otherwise. but just because
he is big" We still have the old
schoolground urge to lick the
bully" even II We must gang"
him when he Is down and when
everybody else wants 20 swat"
him. The result is that we find
ourselves carrying our happy war
Iagainst the greattst and often the
| best men and things.-not always
against he worst and the meanest.
1t Is the tall stack that we like
Ito see fall Nobody wants TO blow
up an ant hill. We wish to blast"
something that will make a big
noise and whose crash will make
am echo from TIT distant hills. Be
sides. we like 10 do something
that IL Is hard 10 do: IL is too easy
TO get those little scoundrels: we
like 10 70 after those big fellows,
even sometimes when they are
not scOundrels. We can still make
them look like scoundrels II we
get 20 use little of our sooty
paint on them
The thing may be mixture OF
sportsmanship and savagery, but
the damage is none the less real,
and terrible. Sometimes when our
little sadistic party Is over, we
are secretly sorry for what we
have accomplished but it's too
late. We are giving an unfair or at
least one-sided and incomplete
picture OF our race and OF our
selves 10 the outside world. No use
in saying that they must know
that the picture is not complete.
they may know. but they are also
sadists. those OF the outside world
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-10-06
THE WRECKING SPIRIT
By-WILLIAM PIcKENs

and they will take advantage of
our confessions" and heartlessly
damn us with the lying "evi-
dence." No use in our saying
either that "other races do tn,
same" because they do not.
American whies are the worst ex-
amples along that line. but II you
measure the percentage OF space
given TO the weaknesses" and
crimes and failures of the white
race in the average daily paper,
weekly periodical and monthly
magazine. even in riotous Ameri-
ca, you will find II much smaller
than that devoted to the like
qualities OF the Negro race in
most Negro newspapers. And II
you take English papers as an ex-
ample. the comparison will be
awful. awful for US. You will
find most of the space In the pa
pers of hose other races devoted
to raising thtir own races stock
relative to other races.
Too often when some student In
some seminary in white college
or some interloctor In some
forum OF white people, asks\ me
some foolish and ridiculous ques-
ton about the morals" or "ha-
bits" or "peculiarities" of color
ed folk, and when / show him
what n foolish thing such an idea
Is. he seeks an alibi by saying
well. read thus-and-so In such
and-such a paper and too often
+, he cites some Negro paper. Some
times of course. he refers to some
southern white paper or the paper
OF some northerner who has learn
ed his facts about Negroes from
his own imagination,--and from
colored papers.
Let Ms analyze. criticize. expose
land attack. but with more consid-
Grafton. and more canning. And
when we must "go after the big
fellow and the great institutions
lc our zeal be modified by a sob
or REFLECTION on the intimate com.
munity Of interest" which they
and We have together. When We
can tell of the good things a fel-
low has done. let us put him on
tho front page; when we must tell
of the bad things ut has done. lief
us put him on an inside page
Our readers are not all as sensa-
tion-hungry as we think. Some OF
them are wondering why we mess
up the front pages so continually
Besides. II we newspapermen stick
together and clean up our front
pages a bit, those who want to
rake in the muck will just have
to turn the pages and hunt on the
inside for the stuff they enjoy
They'll do II.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-10-06

sand signatures TO these petitions.
which in turn will be submitted 10
Mayor Frank Couzens and the City
Council. with the request that they
use their Influence in helping to
break down the colored bars in the
local fire-fighting branch of the
city service.
The favorable reaction of the
citizenry to this crusade for jobs,
has given new courage and deter
mination to the promoters; this
appeal Is made to every race-lov-
ing. citizen to lend his or her ac-
tive cooperation in distributing
the petitions and obtaining the
necessary signatures; also to aid
in arousing public sentiment in ia
vor OF this movement.
At present. there Is not color
ed fireman employed by the De-
troit Fire Department The public
Is beginning 10 realize that this Is
an unfair policy. which should be
Immediately changed. No change
Will he made. however. unless the
citizens make vigorous protest
and find means of bringing poll
teal pressure TO bear upon those
who have power to make the de-
sired establishments.
Petitions are available for dis
tribution and may be secured at
the office of the Tribune-Indepen-
dent. St Antoine at Columbia. All
IRE urged to aid in this movement.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-10-06
..E D IT ORIA L ST..
What Is Islam !?

same essence, possess the same
soul. and they have been equipped
with equal capability for intellet-
tual. spiritual. and moral attain
ment. Islam places man and wo-
man under like obligations, one to
the other. Islam Is a religion of
unity OF God and equality OF man
kind.
Lineage, riches and family hon.
ors. according TO Islam, are acci-
dental things. Virtue and service
TO humanity are the real merits.
Distinction of color. race, or creed
are unknown In the ranks of
Islam. All mankind is OF one fami-
ly. and Islam YIELDS the black and
white into fraternal whole.
The Islamic religion encourages
the exercise OF personal judge
ment and respects difference of
opinion, which according to the
saying OF the Prophet Muhammed.
rs blessing of God" The pur-
suit OF knowledge is a duty in
Islam. 1t is the acquisition of
knowledge which makes man sup
erior TO angels.
In regard to labor. the Muslib
believes that every labor which
enables man to live honestly, is
respected. Idleness Is deemed
sin. All the faculties of man have
been given as trust from God,
Tor others, and his charities must
be applied without any distinction
OF persons. Chariy in Islam brings
man nearer TO God. Charity ano
giving of aims have been made
obligatory. and every person who
possesses property above a certain
limit. has TO pay taxes levied on
the rich for the benefit OF the poor
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CROSS COUNTRY
DRIVE
(Continued from page 81

Continued from page 81
her dynamic drive. won first prize
in the contest which closed We'd
nesday night; second prize. Mrs.
M. l.. Perkins; and third by VIM.
Brown. All agents rallied enthusi-
astically with their reports.
A. N. Lake was the principal
speaker for the occasion. His sub
ject was "A Purpose And A Pro-
gram" Other talks were given by
Mrs. Frederick. contest winner;
and Rev. Albritton, another men,
Der OF the club. Prizes were
awarded by Nine Vivian Smith
Nash, the sponsor OF the club.
In the Gross Country" Drive
there will be eight stops as fol-
lows: Chicago, Des Moines. Iowa;
Lincoln. Nebraska; Denver, Colora-
do: Salt Lake City. Utah; Reno,
Nevada; Sacramento. California;
and Los Angeles.
Those in the. Cross Country
Drive are: Gertrude Frederick,
/ VIM. Brown. Mrs. Nj. l.. Perkins,
Rev. Norman Brown. Lucy White,
Effie Webb. Prudence Bailey. NJ
Coates, Mary Parker, Rev. Jos.
Smith. Priscilla Wishup, Mr.. L. Is.
Jones. Mrs. Sidney Stovall. Eliza
beth Tatum, w. b. Webster, Mat
tie Douglass, Mr.. Keys, Miss
Fletcher. Jesse Cotton, ii. Smith,
Matte Samuels, Lovely Flamer,
Josephine Grayson, Mrs. Woods
VOTE NOW FOR sMISS HAL
LOWE'EN"
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gives hem a superiority complex
which entirely unfits them for the
very day grind OF business.
However. they will have trained
minds. and whatever there is OF
that peculiar conceit that makes
them believe that they belong TO a
superior class Will soon be taken
care OF in this cold matter-of-fact
world.
Our youth Is our hope. They will
find their way. We must stand be-
hind them in their thirst for
knowledge. AS we face a changing
world no one can see just what is
going to be the thing for which we
should prepare. Ii is very possible
that general education is after
all the best bet"
or one thing. we can be reason
ably sure, the world will have but
little use for ignorance. We must
move away from this classification.
II Is what is cursing us now
bringing us to poverty and 10 vice
and 10 death We must seek life on
higher plane, and IL is this am
hiiion upon the part of our youth
TO get the best that after Is COM
mendable. We do not tremble for
heir fuure. They will find their
way.
D.
TkkES \EW CHARGE
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-10-06

We are busy within our house
this first week in October. Our
sons and daughters are leaving fol-
school. We are using our last dol
lar to get them off. Clothes, books
railroad fare. tuition. laboratory
fees. etc. are all to be paid. We
are mortgaging our very lives TO
give them an education.
| we note their selection of courses
They are just as we have done be-
fore their day. Possibly they are
initiating us. Here and there is an
exception. but in almost every
case II is not for a different line,
but for an advanced degree in the
same old professional course.
We need not wonder at this ten
dency. Most all OF the real success
that has come 10 Negroes has been
in the professions, and there is yet
success awaiting the man or wC
man of great talent in the profess
sions But the pitiable thing Is TO
see everybody rushing into a pro
fcssional course when only lew
can possibly make a success.
II we sought professional
training for the ideal of service il
would not be so surprising, but on
the other hand we find that we are
entering the professions TO make
money. and that 10 our mind means
someone is going TO meet with a
great disappointment.
The business world offers the
money making opportunity. We DO
not mean that great fortunes are
more for us than others In fact we
believe that the day for the max
ing OF great fortunes has indeed
passed, but there is yet an oppor-
tunity to make comfortable liv-
ing in he field of small business.
As our sons and daughters leave
for college IL would be well for
them to look at what Is going on
right here in Detroit. Here we have
Negro men and women who have
not even as much as "A high school
who are making con-
Portable living in business.
VIII our children return from
college and seek a position in these
Negro business houses in Detroit?
II will be no great surprise TO us
{ they do. and 1t would be no dis
grace for them To do so. But il |
would be far better for them, and
or Negro business that they would
return with business education
'ather than with training which
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-10-06
Confined from last week

" OntluutU iIOm Idrl Wtthf
The Muslims worship one God
the Almighty, the All-Knowing. the
Adjust. the Cheerisher OF All the
World. the Friend, The Guide, the
Helper. There RS none like HIM.
lie has no partner. and ACCORDING
to the Muslim's belief. he Is neigh
er begotten nor has He begotten
any son or daughter. He Is invisi-
BILE in person. and is the light of
the heaven and the earth. He Is the
merciful. the compassionate. the
glorious. he magnificent. the beau
tiful. the eternal. the infinite, the
first and the last.
Muslims believe that faith with
out action is a cead letter. Faith
by itself IS insufficient, unless
translated into action. A Muslin
believes in his own personal ac-
countabilily for his action In this
life and In the hereafter. Each
must bear his own burdens and
none can expiate for the others
sins.
The ethics of Islam are these:
Inbue yourself with the divine
tributes. That is the teaching of
Muhammed. God Is the protype OF
man and his attributes form the
basis of Muslin ethics. Righteous
ness in Islam consists in leading
life of complete harmony with the
divine attributes. To act otherwise
is sin.
The Muslims believe in the in
herent sinlessness of man. who Is
made OF the goodliest fibre and is
capable of unlimited progress, set
ting him above the angels and
leaving him on the border OF di-
vinity.
Man and woman come from the
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-10-06
NEGRO HISTORY

The Orlean Parish School Boart
has approved the teaching OF Ne
gro history in all grades IN the
city's twenty-five colored public
schools. In passing, we compli.
ment the board on this action
which is an outgi owth of a confer
cnce held recently by superinten-
dents and educators of thirteen
southern States in Nashville re-
grading the study OF Negro history
Ia the public schools of the South.
The findings committee OF tuS
conference reported as follws
Since pride OF race is one of the
most powerful incentives of noble
effort. the good deeds OF indiyi-
dual Negroes and the contributions
Of civilization OF the Negro race as
whole, should be taught in every
school for Negroes a book giving
faithful account OF the contribu-
lions OF the American Negro 10 the
life OF our country should be pre-
pared under proper guidance 10
use in our schools.
There should be taught in both
white and Negro schools those
things that Will build up in the
lives OF The people of both races
such knowledge Of The factors in
volvcd in a bi-racial civilization
and such mutual understanding as
VIII promote the good viii. fair
play. aud a spirit of cooperation
that viii enable Us 10 work togclh-
rr as one Tor a SAFER sancr, and
more fruitful civilization.
a. recent survey of sixteen South
crn States revealed hat fifty class
* in Negro history were being
taught IN the Negro public schools
of these states with an enrolment
OF Ills pupils. The survey also
showed thai pupils had manifested
more interest In Negro history and
Negro problems. and had displayed |
fine cooperation in all projects |
based on Negro history and Ne |
gro problems. than they had in 9TH |
Pr subjects and problems present |
I'd 20 them.
The Negro race has much To be |
proud OF. for the first civillIptiOn
iatcs back To the early Philippians
The teaching OF Negro history in
he schools Will reveal TO our
iouih that ii was this high type of
that made our group
,e0plc of peace, thereby leaving
hem unprer for the various
ltackS made upon them by the
,arbaric Egyptians. who absorbed
heir civilization. and passed ii on
o the various barharlc nations
hat conquered them in later years.
Going back through the pages OF
history We will find that civiliza-
ion has always made peaceful ma
ions, and il Is this that has caus-
al the civilization 10 be passed on .
10 other nations for the civilized |
nations were always conquered by
he barbaric nations. who became
utilized and they then were con-
lucrcd by other nations who conf
ii HE civilization OF their captiNes
kgNp presents some ot iln most /
amous historic exhibits OF the pre-
sent day aud on all these eNhi-
tits may be- found the Negroid
,Mnrcs. which plainly shows that
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tor AMP

These thoughts are directed to
our papers and their readers. To
the producers and consumers OF
our news" Therefort | am not
writing as a critic" at least not
as an outsider for myself am
one OF the persons included in the
group TO which am writing.
belong with the newspapermcn
at least am volunteer in the
ranks and | have been In II so
long that | ought to be called a
veteran" Therefore what
write here. Is not an attack: It's
plea. am saying what shall
say in the spirit OF LET us. ..."
Sometime ago the Editor-in-
Chief of the Associated Negro
Press said something TO me which
has stuck In my craw ever since,
and think that the only way to
get IL out Is TO divulge it: He
showed me bundle OF our news
papers. somt of them great and
good newspapers. and pointing to
their terrible headlines and their
hot front page news" he re-
marked: THE glazing display Of
murders and moral lapses togeth-
or with the direct and Shiny at
tacks made upon the chief insti-
tutions which Negroes have been
able to erect THE church. our
schools. and upon these men and
women who have sought to lead
exemplary and useful lives, can
not fail to breed In the minds OF
the public which reads those pa
pers contempt for everything
worthwhile In the race" We both
concluded that the damage Is not
intended. but Is thoughtlcssly
done. that each individual paper
pursuing its own course, has not
stopped to reflect what IL al
means when that same sort OF
stuff comes in one continuous
brOadside from nearly all TIT pa
pers every week OK every year.
This unfortunate performauc,
is not all commercial. rs som'
might think At first. bat II IS part
| " thercsult OF an even more fun
damenaI human trait which
should be understood and con-
trolled or curbed. We shall here
try To analyze II ana see the
psychology" that underlies II. in
way TO make II siay In our
minds and cause us TO "remem-
ber."
We men and women are for the
most part merely longer. wider
heavier boys and girls, and We
have a savage Joy in taking a
fall" out OF the big fellows
We do not get nearly so much Joy
out OF knocking down or topping
over little fellows. Sometimes We
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-10-06
NEGROES MIST FIGHT FOR
THEIR RIGHTS

The only way Negroes will ever
get the full rights and privileges
of American citizenship Will be by
fighting for them. by balloting, by
striking. by staging mass protests
by boycotting.
lut. wherever possible. they
must learn TO do this WITH white
Americans favorable 10 their cause.
The Communists are correct when
ihey chant Black and Whitet
Unite and Fight Stricly race or
ganzaion as ii is limited in menu
bership. SO is il limited in scope.
In Bcrwyn. Pa. we have at pre-
sent an excellent example of how
blacks and whites must fight to-
gcthcr fr common rights. In June
lg32. Negroes went on strike
against a Jim crow school to which
The school board had sought to
shunt their children Negro chill
drcn were not admitted to the cost
~ new building. That battle was
wone and some Negroes were adj
mited TO the new school
- - nv HtHtldllf hIlOW II IIlUl
the Italians of the neighborhood al
so struck against the Jim crow ar
along with the Ne
sroes Now there is on foot another
effort on the part of the silk stock
Ings of the town TO exclude Negro
and Italian children from the new
school. with the exception Of a
selected few Negro children.
Negroes and Italians fighting
side by side are refusing to Yield.
More power TO EN-. They will
Nin again as they won before.
Let other communities do like
wise. The masses of black and
White people have practically
in common except their
olOr. They should work together.
lay together and fight together.
.ei us 20 half way TO meet the
lher Pittsburgh Courier
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Citizens Join
Crusade For
Jobs i'm Fire
Department

The neIndependent's mill
tant campaign TO open up a tair
share of jobs for Negroes in the
local Fire Department, is in full
swing. In this connection city
wide committee. composed OF pro-
minent men and women of De-
troit. is being formed for the pur-
pose of stimulating public inter-
est and cooperating in the distri-
button of petitions.
II Is the desire of the manage
ment of the acknowledgement
to secure at least seventy-thou-
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-10-06

outstanding attorneys Of the city
without thought to race. on the
sole basis OF ability.
Los Angeles cours are so crowd
ed that prominent attorneys are
bcing asked 10 assist in relieving
the calendar. Their services is
gratuitous.
Tyler is a Harvard Law gradu-
ate. having practiced in Los Ange-
les more than twenty-five years
and is admittedly one of the most
brilliant minds in the legal frater-
nifty
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NC. Girl Wins
Scholarship

New ork-(ANP)--Elmer A.
Carter. editor Of Opportunity an
nounced here this week that Trina
S. Cox. a high school senior OF
Durham. N. c., had been awarded
the Grand Prize In the Opportuni-
" Scholarship Contest for 1884.
Miss Cox was awarded the prize
OF $3.50 and an additional bonus OF
$4,000 for securing the largest