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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-10-25
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Better Relations

CALrTE those Northwestern High
y school students who sick at the
spectacle ~ several unfortunate
racial fights between pupils formed
The committee 10 Promote Better
Race Relations.
Approximately 100 students at
tended The committees first meet
ing and an executive board COM
posed OF six Negroes and six whites
were elected.
The new committee sponsored a
general students meeting at the
school 20 promote the cause OF ra-
olal harmony Five hundred boys
and girls heard speakers emphasize
tho importance of forgetting racial
pcriudices and hates.
They heard r. j. Riyett. principal
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-10-25
Making Use ~ Joe Louis Character
And influence.

THIS BOYS CLUB has made iull
use OF the great admiration o.
the boys for Joe Louis They io'
low every fight in which he Is en-
gagged. In order to hring home 10
the boys the value ~ Joes 'haI'
acter traits to his great success
we organized an IQ. contest q.
tending over four sessions WIZ
prizes to the three highest u
standing. We framed questions
based upon every aspect o. aOs'
pugilistic career, his publie a''n
ties, interest in hoys. interest,"
community. interest in every 'nla'
that upbuilds his race ana lne u.
ton OF citizens by whom ne %.
been so signally honoied' Neeuiss,,
10 say this was a mos' spun.
contest period. We endea UP -
singing out three ouls'ana'ns
qualities in Joe Louis as irienusnr
fair play and square action in. ~
words became the club mol'o 81,
they organized a hand siahs '.s.
signifies these principles linus -
set I'M to make full use OF lne va
uahle source Of inspiration sa ,.
guidance in the life Of Joe Lvn ~
Ia the Negro children in these p. =.
tricts. This short summation o. -,
clubs purpose and acllyi'ie' 49, 49,.
YOU some idea Of what We na
sought TO accomplish and 'ns , nu,,
club idea as a means CT s''''
II. 49,,
w. p. Dabney, venerable s. Nv.
OF The Cincinnati Union anu ,.n,.
prophet warns the Negro cons'' ~,
" 10 become realistic aboa, W. ~,
danger to Negro destiny IN "n,'' am
in the too large numneis u u.
young caught up IN crlme' yssro
urges Negro centers IN every YIN ~.
neiehborhood dedicated 10 .n "n.r,.
provement Of the coming
tions. x..o
We have such outstanding r cav.
leaders and thinkers as ~ ar.
ton Powell. Mrs. Bethune' W, m n,
ter Woodson. Bishop Hanco'S ',, "a
william Peck and many IN.
who have deplored me o,'s arous
ferences set up by Negroes ', roop.
,hsmselves and have urged CIV
Grafton with the Negro n's ,msrlcA
the way OF progress ID - With
You cannot have a great rs'' hass
ont a strong people at us
History shows no sucn e ,.',ar, me
what is needed TO imp em Is,n.srs
wisdom Of our leaders ana . .unrsrs.
,s nlan. a technique OF coO s,w.
ton. I believe the suEsesu0oo oar n q.
p. pabney has great merit ,nS fully
nerience with the boys ciuy !, men
support II. what IS needed 7 ,msIl
and women big enough 20 or
things without praise, puu "S Ton-
hone OF popularity. Men s"a "a get
az en- w,,b Character enough 70 nat
simple 10y out Of smal l. .. such
promotes christian pros'', msts q
a hand Of people would in.',,rstIcn
great contribution TO the ss Negro
Of race by preparing o., a'nrsr
youth for the difficult anu
Gus days that lie ahead
Atsc~u~v.At-LaW IN
Phone TO 30
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-10-25

nopulation, threatened by another
post war era in which this condi-
ton will be greatly increased, large
masses of the Negro group have
been unprepared and unable TO ad-
lust themselves 10 the explosive
times in which they live.
The road taken out Of these great
Emergencies by The Roosevelt Ad-
ministration has produced stats
teal civilization. in which the quail
ties OF all its citizens have been
classified by race. birth. in every
phase OF American life. The record
Of ones life from birth to death. all
crime. equality and the capacity OF
the citizen is now set down. All OF
this mountain OF social data lis
strictly confidential hut IL is being
analyzed and compiled for the bene-
FITS of national policies.
Thus at a time when the Negro Is
only three generations removed
from slavery, he finds himself
struggling for jobs and social JUS
lice IA this most exacting condition.
his identity of race disclosing a
mass of information that can be
used against him. The individual
today from birth 10 death. has ey-
cry step Of his life set down and
recorded for some governmental
agency for its permanent record
There is the birth record, the school
record beginning at five. setting
down his or her personal traits. be-
havior. etc. the job qualification
record. the work record, the health
record. crime record housing rec
ords. business records. profession
al records and other statistical rec
ords setting down everything con-
corning ones life. We are approach
ing the age OF RECOMMENDATION. Post
war politicians. with the pressing
problem OF unemployment on their
hands. will use the vast mountains
of social data TO Justify their anti
Negro policies. as is being done to-
day in some local instances.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-10-25
Voice Of The People

Mr.. william l.. Sheriff.
Associate Editor
Detroit. Mich.
Dear Mr.. sheriff.;
May express my appreciation
and wholc-heartcd commendation
OF your editorial in this weeks Tri-
bune. II is not only mastery pre-
sentation OF thoroughly merited
criticism but displays an under
standing Of fundamentals all too
rare in these days.
shalt call the attention Of my
customers 10 il with pleasure.
Very sincerely yours.
ID. L. Todd, proprietor OF
Todds Confectionery
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-10-25

THE EXACTING conditions under
1 which America is functioning
today challenges the Negro to an
examination OF the social heritage
OF his children. The situation to-
day challenges the Negro TO be no
longer satisfied TO make the excuse
Of economic discrimination as ac-
countable for all that happens 10
him. hut TO actively ordain some
plan for effectuating the program
OF the Negro prophets, calling for
cooperation with Negro business.
The postcrity OF the Negro Is In
jeopardy when We, the Negro form
per cent Of the population and
see our boys form 25 per cent OF the
criminals and a large per cent
more engaged in unproductive citi-
zenship on the borderline OF crime.
TO meet this situation. / am offer
ing the experience with a boys
neighborhood club. operating in a
typical Negro neighhorhood in the
likes Of which 10000 OF the De-
troit's Negro population live. This
job calls for the cooperation OF the
fathers and mothers and other
good citizens in these districts.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-10-25

critical phase oil
this country's eco
nomic and social
evolution. making
il imperative for
the welfare OF the
Negro here that
he save a greater
number OF h ! $
children TO useful
citize n : h p. In
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-10-25

in this rate during the next few
years. and he says that Il II clear
ly shown that every case Of tuber-
culosis discovered in an early stage.
before the person becomes a
spreader OF the disease. means less
tuberculosis for the people gener-
ally.
There are facilities In Detroit for
the early diagnosis OF tuberculosis,
Or. Douglas says. and physicians
generally are alert for signs Of the
disease. This means that no person
need 60 without care until the
disease has progressed to fatal
stage.
Figures for the first nine months
Of this year indicate that there will
be FEWER deaths from tuberculosis
this year than were reported In
1910.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-10-25
The social Heritage OF Negro
Children

THE GRAvEST problem facing
! The Negro race in America Is
the improving the social heritage
of Negro children. Suddenly in
America. the Negro strived at a
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-10-25

| EFT Me TRY and give you a fuller
~ understanding OF what we mean
when We speak OF social heritage
Of Negro children. We mean by II
those total influences operating up
on the tender minds OF children in
the home in the immediate COM
munity. in their association with
other children OF that community.
and those other forces imposed by
government and religious institu-
tons for their right development.
BY social heritage OF Negro chill
dren. We mean the inherited poten-
tial OF brain and character con-
ditioned by environment they are
born to in these districts. The So
cial heritage OF multitudes OF Ne
gro children exists In the accumu-
lated shortcomings and imperfeo-
lions created in Negro homes and
communities out OF the evil ira
ditions. habits, conditions and ig-
norance OF the past.
In other words. the sins OF the
fathers shall he visited upon the
third and fourth generations" In
these Negro districts, the passing
days witnesses children free from
restraint and discipline. gradually
developing into intractable and in
corrigible children. In these dis
tricts, there Is an absolute absence
OF constructive force formed by the
cooperation OF parents or others.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-10-25

Of Northwestern. hit the nail on
the head with the declaration:
AS city. Detroit, and rs ma.
tlon. America. must take more So
riou>ly the need OF unity among our
people Mt this tlme.'
l. the manner in which these
young people are tackling diff
cut problem is any criterion, little
fear need he entertained for the
future Of this city or this nation.
reprint from Oct. 20 issue Of
The Detroit Timcsl
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-10-25

Alfred Casey. Attorney-At-Lsww, ,,. TO. i'm
~ Kendall Street Phone ~
Evening star., 1941-03-23
Natural Curios Found
In National Parks

Exhibits in place" are among the
most dramatic of the visual educa-
ton aids by which the National
Park Service is interpreting the
archaeological features and natural
phenomena of its 162 areas. Four
national parks and monuments now
display such exhibits.
Hawaii shows the footprints made
IN the lava flow in 779O when
in the lava flow in 1890 when
oVertaken by the molten rock,
Grand Canyon has fossil ferns
Mammoth Cave exhibits the num-
mlfied body of a pre-Columbian In
dian miner, discovered in 1885 by
Civilian Conservation Corps en-
rollees, who were working on trail
building in the caverns. At Ocmul-
gee National Monument, Ca, two
earth lodges illustrate the pre-Co-
lumbian culture of the Southeast,
long homeland" for Indian tribes
who migrated periodically from Oc-
mulgee to return in later genera
tlons to live there again.
Evening star., 1941-03-23
|WMAL and WRC
Cited for Originating
Mile O Dimes
Peabody Radio Award
Goes to Stations for
Meritorious Service

Stations WMAL and WRC Of the
National Broadcasting Co. were cited
for enterprise in originating the
Mile O. Dimes" in the announce
ment last night of the George Foster
Peabody Radio Awards for out
standing meritorious public service"
in the broadcasting industry.
The Mile O. Dimes" originated
three years ago under the joint spon-
sorship of The Star and the Ma
tional Broadcasting Co., was a pro-
gram for raising funds to fight in
fantile paralysis.
In January, its third campaign
year, the local Mile O. Dimes" was
copied for the first time by more
than a score of other radio stations
throughout the country.
The awards, on the general plan
of the Pulitzer prizes in the field of
Journalism, were announced by S.
V. Sanford, chancellor of the Uni
versity System of Georgia, at a din
ner in New York.
Awards went to the Columbia
Broadcasting System among the
networks; Station WLW, Cincinnati,
among the large stations: Station
VICAR, Cleveland, among the medi-
um-sized stations; and Station
KFRU, Columbia, Mo, among the
small stations. Stations WMAL and
WRC were among those cited for
public service.
Broadcasting stations from "a
States and the District as well as
the three major networks submitted
entries which were examined by a
Faculty Committee of the University
of Georgia and the recommendations
Of this committee formed a basis
of selections approved by the ad-
visory board.
Evening star., 1941-03-23
Improvements (of which 55 per cent,
the same ratio applyinp elsewhere is

Improvements (of which IS per cent
the same ratio applying elsewhere, Is
loan). and through November 80
1910, an aggregate of 6,100 900 OF
that amount had been advanced
Last July Congress modified the
terms of repayment to this latter
P. w. A. program to ease somewhat
the terms of reimbursement that
originally prevailed. The District
now is permitted to make repay
ment over 15-year period with in
terest at the rate Of 1.67 per cent
Mr.. Pilkerton explained.
But the fact remains that charge
of 100000 a year will come out of
the general fund revenues until this
loan has been repaid, reducing to
that extent the revenues that will
be available for increased school IA
cilities, police, fire and other NUM-
cipal improvements made urgent by
the expansion now taking place in
Government activity here.
1T is evident" Mr.. Pilkerton told
the recent hearing, that the main
tenance and operating cost of the
District government is increasing at
the rate Of approximately $1,000
annually and that the funds avail
able for capital improvements are
decreasing"
AS large contributor to national
internal revenue collections, the
District, therefore. has contributed
heavily to the Federal-aid bounties
from which it was excluded until
recent years.
The inequity in the present situa-
ton will become worse if this session
of Congress imposes new tax bur-
dens and continues to hold the Fed
eral payment to the $4,000 900 figure
Evening star., 1941-03-23
Grand CouIee Dam,
Concrete Gargantua,
Ready 10 Serve u. 5.
Roosevelt, lckes P-oise
Eorly Sturt Of Project,
Mons Biggest Structure
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GRAND COULEE, Wash, March
22.-Grand Coulee Dam, a Gargan-
tua in concrete which has been
seven years and 142,224OOO man
hours abuilding, today began return
ing all that energy in the form OF
electric power.
Down in the west powerhouse, be-
low the level of the lake forming
in the Columbia River behind the
dam, a staff of engineers completed
the intricate series of operations
necessary to connect Grand Coulee
with the power lines from Bonne-
vile Dam.
Praise for the builders and visions
of a bright future for the region
destined to receive power and ir-
rigation water from the Columbia
River barrier were voiced in mes
sages sent by President Roosevelt,
Secretary Ickes and others.
Fine Job" Says Roosevelt.
"a fine job we'll done" the Presi-
dent said, to which Secretary Ickes
added:
Il am proud of the eight-year
record written by the Bureau Of
Reclamation to date on this vast
project, in which the dam alone
comprises the greatest single struc-
ture man has built"
Chief Jim James of the Nez Perce
Indians, speaking for his people in
the brief ceremony preceding the
closing of the circuit, said in his
native tongue:
Pride and humility mingle in
our hearts today"
Indians were the first to contract
for Grand Coulee power, which
they will receive on the Colville
Reservation north of the dam.
Serves 1.-TWO Emergencies"
President Roosevelt, in a letter to
Supervising Engineer Frank A.
Banks, said the project %" will
light homes and stores in towns
and cities: it will ease the drudgery
around the farmhouses and farm
yards of the Pacific Northwest. In
short, it will bring to millions the
many benefits of plentiful low-cost
public power"
He added that the project :" =
will have served in two emergencies.
1t served to provide much useful
employment at time eight years
ago when it was important that we
find at once a means of avoiding
complete economic stagnation, and
1t will serve now to provide the
power to make aluminium for air.
planes and otherwise to speed our
protective arms"
1ckes Expresses Qualification.
Commenting on starting the dam
"on its useful tasks two years ahead
of the original schedule" Secretary
IckeS, in a letter to Mr.. Banks,
said:
I'VE are able to adapt it to emer-
gency needs and enlist it in the ma
tlonal defense program to supply
vitally needed electric power because
OF the wisdom of undertaking such
gigantic works as Grand Coulee in
times of depression when our pro-
ductive labor and machinery were
not utilized, and pushing them for
ward with efficiency and dispatch
so that we were ready for the call
that came, now that all our produce
tive facilities are strained by the
defense program"
Evening star., 1941-03-23
500 Pound Turtle Cuuoht

A turtle weighing $500 pounds,
the largest ever caught in New Zea-
land waters, will be cured and kept
on exhibition in Auckland.
Evening star., 1941-03-23
Collegiate Model Senate
Kills lease-Lend Bill
BY TIE Associated Press.

BY TIE Associated Press.
PRINCETON, N. j., March o.
The 9th annual intercollegiate
model Senate" at its final Joint
session tonight voted down, 21-17, a
"lease-lend bill" calling for all ma
terial aid to Britain.
The bill, approximating the one
passed by the United States Senate
after which the intercollegiate body
models its activities, set forth that
aid to Britain would further the
best interests of the United States"
The forces of the opposition group,
led by c. Leslie Rice, Princeton
senior from Gloucester, Va, sue
ceeded in having approved by 2O-11
vote substitute 'bill' providing for
cash and carry for materials of war.
An embargo on war materials to
Germany, Japan, Italy and Russia
was passed by rs to vote.
Attending the meetings were SO
representatives from Colgate, New
ark University, Brooklyn College,
Fordham, Georgetown, Florida State
College for Women, Bryn Mawr,
Smith, Sarah Lawrence, Mt. st.
Vincent's, Trinity College wash
ington), ST. Eizabeth,s College,
Skidmore, George Washington, and
Princeton.
Evening star., 1941-03-23
$50 Million Contract
For 200 Cargo Ships
Reported Signed
California Newspaper
Reveals Plan; Baltimore
Will Build 50 Vessels
BY the Associated Press.

OAKLAND, Calf, March a.
The Oakland Tribune said today
that contracts covering construction
of 200 emergency cargo vessels at a
cost OF $3.50, 900, 900 had been signed
by the companies that will build
the ships and now await signing by
the Maritime Commission.
The commission expressed con-
Germ nine days ago because ship
builders had been slow to agree
to contract terms.
Cost of the undertaking includes
establishment of seven new ship
yards.
The Tribune said 81 vessels would
be built in Portland, Greg; 81 in
Los Angeles, 25 in Houston, so in
Baltimore, 25 in New Orleans, 25
at Wilmington, N. c., and 13 at
Mobile, Ala.
Each vessel will cost about 1,700,-
900, will be of 10,400 deadweight
tons, 425 feet long, with a 57-foot
beam. They will be similar to 80
now being built by the Todd Ship
yards at nearby Richmond for the
British government.
The companies, to operate Joint
ly with the Todd Shipbuilding Co.
of New York, are generally the
same ones that built Boulder Dam.
The Tribune listed the West Coast
group as Henry j. Kaiser Co.. Oak
land; Macdonald & Kahn; Bechtel
McCone & Parsons, and w. A.
Bechtel Co., all of San Francisco;
Utah Construction Co.. Salt Lake
City; Morrison-Knudsen. Boise,
Idaho: Pacific Bridge Co., San
Francisco, and General Construc-
ton Co., Seattle.
The Wilmington construction will
be handled by the Newport News
Shipbuilding Co. and the Baltimore
work by Bethlehem.
Maritime Commission officials
have promised that steel for the
200 ships would be in the yards by
June and that delivery of the vessels
would start next January,
Evening star., 1941-03-23
Strikers Won't Cross
PicketLine to Get Poy

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 22-The $50
striking employees of the J. r.
Thompson restaurant chain refused
to cross picket line in front of the
company Offices today to collect a
weeks pay due them.
The State Mediation Board, for
the first time in its history, acted
as paymaster. The company, re-
fusing to give the money to the
union, turned it over to the board.
Evening star., 1941-03-23
Scout Leaders to Meet

The first of a series of three
meetings on leadership training for
Boy Scouts will be held tomorrow at
7:30 pm. at Scout headquarters,
1927 K street NV. The study
periods, designed to actuate the
Scouts Emergency Service Corps,
will be held each Monday night for
Scoutmasters and other Scout lead
ers. The meetings will not replace
the emergency service course now
being given each Tuesday evening
at Mcfarland Junior High School
by William Armstrong, field COM
missioner in health and safety.
Evening star., 1941-03-23
Gordon Junior Hioh
Students Plan Circus

Students at Gordon Junior High
School, Thirty-f1fth and T streets
NV, will give a circus at the school
April 2 at $3.50 pm. and April and
4 at 8 pm.
Clowns, cowboys, Indians, a strong
man, maglcians, snake charmer.
educated horses, acrobats and an
animal act will be among the at
fractions, according to young Brian
Bell, jr., advance publicity agent.
Evening star., 1941-03-23
DC. Pays $3.50 of Own Costs
Plus Substantial u. S. Taxes
Internal Revenue Levies in Washington
Totui More Than in Any One of II States

This is the fifth and concluding article the editorial
articles discussing the Overton plan fiscal relations
Evening star., 1941-03-23

articles discussing the Operton plan fiscal relations
In addition to meeting of the
the National Capital from it's local revenues Washington through
its national tax payments is heavy contributor toward the
remaining IL which available
$50 900 lump payment from the country whole.
In the field of national taxation the District of Columbia
ibued to the Federal Treasury during the fiscal 1910
than each of 81 of the States Alaska the Philippine
Puerto according report
nue. Commissioner Hevering
the year WaShngonians paid national
into the Treasury to the amount of $40 192784
Evening star., 1941-03-23

Aiming 10 make Latin American
music better known in the United
States, the Pan-American Union,
which for some years past has been
giving frequent concerts and broad
casts of the music of the Americas,
has established separate music
division.
Evening star., 1941-03-23
Measles Cases Spread

Washington's mild" measles cpl
demic continued to develop yester-
day as reports of A more cases were
received by the District Health De-
partment. This brought the total
reported since the first of this yea,
to 700.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09
Girls TAUGHT TO Fix Faulty Faucet

The girls the other hand, enjoy the manual training
In they taught for instance to make simple
repair in the plumbing system such fixing eaky faucet
They taught do bit of painting that 1t Will
now be mother if the kitchen chair needs face
lifting.
The classes are set up 10week basis For five weeks
the youngsters cook and for the next FIVE learn the
intricacies of handling
In both classes the children taught ways to help
their mothers home II the experiment works 1t
will be adopted in other schools.
mothers who would like junior and sister to help
around the house might the vocational guidance division
of Education and suggest that the Burns system
be adopted in the school their children attend.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09
Useful Home Membership Seen

The purpose of the plan according to the principal MISS
Clara Mcconnell useful home membership Before the
experiment started children in the seventh and egnth
grades filed out a QUESTIONABLE.
In it questions such as these:
Do yeu make your bed? Do you clean your room!
Do you sweep polish the floors Do you work
around bed Do help with the Dishes
carry out ashes paint? Do shovel snow from
the sidewalk? Do you help with the laundry
the these and other questions sehool
authorities then drew up program OF training
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09

Doris Merrill of 1920 Robson, Marian Martin Of
i450i Lauder, Virginia Willis Of 1922 Sussex. Bery
Raven Of i4209 Freeland, Ruth Anderson Of 1883
Lauder and Mary Jane Venus OF 4240 CoyIe, painting
their work in the manual training course at Burns