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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-09-06

This was one OF the two approach
es offered for the future program OF
the League. The other was TO CO.
ordinate the activities OF all So
cial workers for united attack on
certain stubborn problems in COM
munities.
According to Official figures there
are now 1900 trained Negro social
workers, against 100 In 1888.
These trained workers could form
the link between the Negro worker
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-09-06

Memphis convention than at any
meeting since the days OF Mr..
washington.
Since the general theme OF the
convention was Education and
Negro business" many college
presidents. educators and teachers
attended. The growing need Tor
business training in Negro schools
and colleges was frankly admitted
while It was emphasized that the
present trend II definitely In that
direction.
The major addresses were deliv-
cred A the evening meetings BY
president Emeritus G. G. spsulu-
inr. 3r. J. =. walker. president;
tContinusd on page -
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-09-06
3 NJ j RDERED
In FOUR DAYS
Request Made For Investigation OF
Trouble At Fort Bragg And Robinson

Pointing TO widespread public
Indignation at the reports of vio-
lence against Negro soldiers at
Camp Robinson (Ark.) and Fort
Bragg. the Civil Rights Fedora
tion today called upon President
Roosevelt TO initiate a full and
prompt investigation of the Incl
dents. and urged the taking Of
"all necessary steps 49,. TO safe
guard the lives and equal rights OF
selectees.'
The demand. contained in tele-
gram to the President, characteriE-
ed the situation created by the in
cidents as intensely serious and
called for immediate action by
our government" It was announced
by the Rev. owen A. Knox. presi-
dent OF the Federation.
Full text OF the Federation's wire
follows:
"Public Indignation nj reports OF
violence against Negro soldiers,
following on the heels OF similar
occurrences nj Fort Bragg and
elsewhere. reveal an intensely Sc
rlous problem demanding immedi.
ate action by our Government.
Strongly urge full and prompt In
Yestigation followed by punishment
Of offenders. The people Of Mich.
gan expect In addition that all
necessary steps will he taken Ia
safeguard the lives and equal
rights Of selectees.'
.Re,. owen A. Knox. President
"Clyil Rights Federation
The following are some OF the
letters OF protest which The Tri-
bune has received concerning the
recent trouble at Camp Robinson
and Fort Bragg:
Soldiers Letter
Dear Pal
II received copy of the Tri.
bune today and all OF the boys in
camp deeply appreciate the effor.s
OF the Tribune in our fight down
here. Yesterday General b. Lear
commanding officer OF the ennirt
second army. was at our camp and
called the officer and the non.
commissioned officers 10 a meet
ing. was present at the meeting
We thought we had q solution e
our problem, but instead of that
he gave us hell and said that every
thing that happened here WAS our
fault. He relieved our battalion
commander OF his post and placed
a new major in charge of the out.
fit. We. the non-commissioned Of
ficers. don't think this was a good
deal because our past commander
was a northern officer and he un.
derstood our problem whereas th'
new commander is strickly south
ern and never handled any colorot
troops. l saw him and he doesn'
look like an officer wdo would
help us in this matter.
"In General Lear's spesch he jus'
as much said that he was In &C
cord with the treatment we ar'
receiving as he Is a southerner
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-09-06

The complaining witness against
the defendant was Miss Cecil whit
taker. OF 800 Il. Philadelphia, who
testified that she had been refused
service in the place on the pre-
ceedIng Tuesday. Miss Florrie
Berry and Clarence Beverly were
with Miss Whitaker at the time.
In her testimony Miss wojcik
said she had received many COM
plants from white customers who
objected 10 colored patrons eating
in the restaurant. She said that
because OF this objection she Of
fered paper plates 10 cSiorsa Gus
toners, telling them that they
would have TO take their lunch out
as they could not eat II In the
lunch room.
when asked by Judge ellis. II
she dld not know that she was vIo-
lating the law. Miss woicIk said;
Il cannot help that"
Thu Ford Local 600, UAw-CI0,
where Miss whitaker Is employed,
sent commit,ee TO Miss wojcIk to
complain and protest against her
reported discrimination.
In eonvicfinc uiss WoicIk Judge
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-09-06

There apparently trend in Advertising as shown by
this unmakng picture which appeared in the Detroit News
Aug 90 in upage advertisement featuring the 8th Found
ers Sale of Kerns Department Store Evidently advertising
men and top-ranng officials have hit the almost insulting
idea by playing the Negro in his less complimentary as
poets, it will increase their sales among the whites
Not so long age Shell on Company hit upon the idea of
weet Performance shocked Negroes into vigorous COM
plants grnning Negro child shown eating slice OF wa
ermeon Gulf smeared the country with posters
Negro boy being chased by alligator all carrying back
the primitive days the African forest Even the A F.
stores put out and then called Ngger Head shoe polish
bearing distorted grnning Negro on the label but Kern went
them all by pcuring the Negro race of crap
shooters The picture speaks for itself links the modern
schooboy with craps" There the seven There the rab
bits the horseshoe all carrying through the theme OF
hnns tinna
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-09-06

lies, we recommend to the man
ayers and advertising experts OF
Kern's and other leading white
firms that they place more adver-
Using copy in Negro papers. as our
papers are full Of interesting pic
lures OF Negroes which do not fail
to attract the attention OF white
readers, as we'll as colored.
The Negro OF today is just as far
removed from the polarization in
the Kern's advertisement as any
such big business Is from the tech
niQue employed in Its early days.
We protest!
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-09-06

Such pictures represent the Me-
gro as being still the ignorant, SUI
perstitious, handicapped, grinning
individual that prejudiced men and
women would have him remain.
This is not so. 1t is embarrassing
and unfair. Therefore, we suggest
not only to Kern. but to other bust
nesses OF so staid and dignified
nature, that the policy OF poking
fun at the Negro in advertisements
be discontinued.
Since Negro pictures seem to
have such pulling power In adver-
tisements, and since many thou
sands OF whites read Negro week
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-09-06

~, "aroeu annually 10 the city.
~ me largest attendance at the
~. .snuon. Detroit had rs regis
A'0nso Wright. Cleveland. was
inner Of the spauldInr. Award for
n, outstanding business success IN
- Wright Is owner OF eight
pod "'o"s y" 1--WE
NJ, : vas the concepsus OF opinIon
.s delegates that the conven-
I. - vas the most successful IN the
o'y Of the organization. n. II.
No Nashville. Tenn. general or
nsn veteran member Of the
|oos.s and close friend Of thc'iate
y Washington. founder Of
k,hs.kue. said more interest and
a'm was displayed st the
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-09-06
Two Women
Held Following
Sayings
Man Makes
Escape After
Shooting

Domestic difficulties. whipped in
to seething storms by constant
quarrels, snuffed out the lives OF
three persons. sent two women 10
Jail and man into hiding as a
fugitive from justice. over the past
weekend.
The two women held In jail are
Mrs. Bernice Lott. 90. 1906 Isa-
hell. Inkster. and Mrs. Ora Corely.
IS. 1883 z. Fort. Police are search
ing for Harry Johnson, alias Henry
Smith.
MansIaughter Charge
Mrs. Lott was TO be arraigned
in inkster Thursday on a man
slaughter charge following the ia
tai shooting of her husband. Bailey
Lott. %. early Tuesday morning.
according 20 She n Andrew Baird.
The SHOOTING occurred after Lott
calne hulle and accused his wife
OF riding In an automobile, and
then hit her. according 10 the story
she told County Detectives John
Zogula and Roy Scates.
Mrs. Lott. who was in bed. reach
ed for a gun in dresser drawer.
grabbing the butt Of the pistol as
her husband grabbed the barrel.
She said he was shot in the scuffle
for possession OF the weapon.
Lott staggered from the house
and was taken 10 Eloise hospital
by neighbors where he expired at
80 am.
Mrs. Lotto later surrendered TO
Inkster police. telling them that
her husband had shot himself ac-
cidentally.
The Lofts. who were married last
July after living together for six
years. separated two weeks ago.
Mrs. Lott told the detectives that
] their trouble resulted from her
husbands gambling. He was en-
ployed al an automobile plant.
Mrs. Lott was arrested last month
for shooting a woman.
Mrs. Bertha Martinez. Of 1896 Z.
Fort. was stabbed TO death by Mrs.
Ora Corely. sS, OF 1893 Chase. last
Saturday evening.
The trouble started two weeks
ago, Mrs. Corely told police. when
she is alleged to have caught Mrs.
Martinez in bed with her hus-
band. John Corely. Since that time
the two women had been quarrel
ing.
Saturday night Mrs. Martinez.
according TO witnesses. came TO the
Corely home and stopped and talk
ed with Mrs. Corley. Witnesses
said they heard her say she had an
ice pick. She later went next door
and sat on the porch. While sit
ting there she Is alleged TO have
remarked that she had a gun.
Mrs. Corely went back into her
house. picked up bread knife and
returned to the front porch. In an
argument that followed Mrs. Mar
tinez was stabbed in the heart. She
was dead on admittance to Receiv-
ing hospital.
Mrs. Corely was arrested and
taken to the Homicide Squad where
she Was questioned.
Escapes After Shooting
Police are searching for Harry
Johnson TO question him about the
fatal shooting OF Charley Mitchell,
33. Monday evening in an apart
ment at 403 r. Adams.
| According TO witnesses Johnson
came to Apartment in the build
ing and asked TO speak 10 Miss Jul
liza Horton. and when she refused
10 step out IN the hall and talk 20
him. Mitchell said he would so.
Shortly after the door had clos
ed behind the two men three shots
were heard. johnson ned after the
shooting
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-09-06
DR.. Anderson Former
Mayor Of Kingston,
To Talk At Church

DR. o. 4. Anderson. former mayor
OF Kingston. Jsmaicn. and q for
mer member q THE National Legis-
lature OF Jamaica. will be the
guest speaker At ne III o'clock
services at Bethel AME church.
Frederick and st. Antoine. sunday
Sept 7. The Rev, william n Peck.
pastor OF the church. has extend
"a an invitation 20 the public ~
hear this outstanding speaker.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-09-06

with officials OF the Govern
lsnt and to present a memoran-
un on the current relation OF the
|esro worker to defense and non
'lense industries.
Inc delegates. coming from rs
a.ss to attend the conference, the
a1n consecutive held at Green
as'ures, also agreed to act as a
sennding committee on the
ss'uents Committee on Fair
soor Practice. and also TO coop
ave In building public opinion
.'cn Will perpetuate this commit
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-09-06

you couldn't expect anything diff
ferent He wants us to take all this
stuff and let II 30 and not 10 fight
back, but we won't do II. He didn't
say anything towsrd helping to
clear up this fuss o. about taking
action against the military police
men who are against u.
I'VE received notice that our out
1T was wanted in Louisiana and
for our officers not to bring us
down. Instead OF them sending us
back TO Fort Custer they are taking
US down there anyway. II we re-
ceive the same treatments down
there you can LOOK FOR THE
WORST TO HAPPEN. So far no
one has been killed or seriously
hurt. II the newspapers keep fight
ing the way they are we may get
out OF this hell-hole. No one has
bothered the southern colored
troops us just the northern colored
troops
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-09-06

In a reply TO W. J. Fields, Major
General T.. s. Adams stated, Il am
directed by the Secretary OF War
to acknowledge tho receipt OF your
letter of raceut date in which you
ofcr suggestions in the interest OF
the defense program. ,
"Your comments have been noted
in the Department and the CORES
pondencc has been made matter
OF record for such consideration as
circumstances may warrant.
"Your interest in national de-
Continued on pare g
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-09-06
Urban League Officials To Start
For More Defense Jobs

Because of the numerous racial barriers which have
en erected against Negro workers in the National De-
ene Program the delegates attending the national con-
erence of Urban league officials at Green Pastures last
PEEK agreed to make another visit to Washington to
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-09-06
Detroit Wins The Attendance Trophy
It Business League Convention

The work Of the ION To Memphis committee, which
= launched last year. came to glorious climax last
friday evening in Memphis, Tenn, when Detroit was
warded the Robert Motion Cup at the fortyfrst annual
kOnvenon Of the National Negro Business league This
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-09-06
White Restaurant Owner Fined For
Refusing To Serve A Colored Girl

Found guilty of violating the Diggs Civil Rights law,
Miss Viola Wojcik white, part and waitress in the
Dexter Dairy 1905 Michigan, fined $25 the atern
alive of spending days in jail last Friday by Recorders
Judge Joseph A. ellis. Miss Wojcik paid the fine.
Evening star., 1941-11-24
urged reduction of sl,783, 900, 900 in

urged a reduction of $l,783, ,000, 900 in
what it called non-defense spending.
1t expressed its views in a report
sent to Chairman Byrd of the Joint
Congressional Committee on Nom
Essential Expenditures.
1t proposed that Federal aid to
agriculture be trimmed from ST ,06l,
100000 to S5000O0,GoO, saying that
the continuation of heavy subsidies
from the public treasury in spite
of prodigious increase in farm in
come is the least justifiable of all
Federal non-defense spending"
A reduction of the "aids-to-youth'
program, including consolidation OF
the Civilian Conservation Corps with
the National Youth Administration
would save $263, 100000, the league
said.
1t estimated that s479,00OO0
could be saved in the work relief
program The current w. p. A. ap-
preparation, it said, was based on
an average unemployment of s.
100000 for the fiscal year, but the
w. P. A. estimate in October had
reduced the figure to 100000.
Large saving" also could be at
tanned by abandoning the w. P. A.
administrative organization and
utilizing existing facilities of State
organizations, the league contended.
representative Reed, Republican,
of New York contended in state
ment that the defense program was
"degenerating rapidly into just an
other New Deal n-dosele" and
that the sagging defense effort can
be attributed only to bad manage
ment at the very top
During the last l6 months, Rep
resentative Reed said, President
Roosevelt has managed to spend a
little more than SIS 1000 100000 on
defense alone and yet we have it
from our military authorities today
that this country has only two Army
divisions (about $4,000 mem fully
manned and equipped for war serv-
ice
Evening star., 1941-11-24
Collaboration Of Congress
with Canada Proposed
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Foreign Policy Association
suggested yesterday that one pos
sible method for achieving greater
United States-Canadian collabora-
ton was consultations between
joint committees of Congress and
Parliament
The association, a privately funded
organization, said present collabora-
tion between the two countries
might constitute the practical ap-
proach TO the problem of building
for postwar reconstruction"
In the event that postwar leader
ship of the world falls to this coun-
try and the United Kingdom, The as
sociation said. Canada will hold a
unique position in helping TO link
together these two great powers"
Evening star., 1941-11-24
WeNes Pledges i. ).
Aid in Finding Homes
For War Refugees
Jewish Conference Is
Told Thut 10 Million
Will Need Assistance
BY the Associated Press.

by tflt ASSOSlAieu fTeSs
BALTIMORE, Nov. 24.-Under-
secretary of State Sumner Welles
yesterday pledged that after the
war the United States would join
with other governments to find per-
manent homes in new lands for mil
lions made homeless by oppression
and conquest.
In the meantime, Mr.. Welles said
in a broadcast address carried by
short wave to Latin American re-
publics, the United States will do
everything possible 10 provide
havenS for individuals and families
in countries of refuge.
Solution of the greater problem
of mass resettlement cannot be un-
dertaken, however. until the war is
over and the world has seen the
final and utter defeat of those re-
sponsible for this cruel tragedy
which shames our modern world"
Mr.. Welles said.
He spoke at the opening session
of the first Inter-American Jewish
SOli4Cl SPOliSOl GU ny tiiS 1hhASk
lean Jewish Congress and attended
by delegates from l8 Central and
South American countries and Cam
ada.
Many More Refugees.
when the war ends there may
be not one. million, but 10 millions
or more. men. women and children
belonging to many races and reh-
gions, living in many countries and
possibly in several continents. who
will enter into the problem OF the
human refugee" Mr.. Welles said.
Those OF us who have faith in
democracy and confidence in the
inherent humanity Of our western
civilization cannot, and I am sure
will not, rest until an equitable and
practicable solution Of this problem
which challenges us 50 funda-
mentally is found.
The problem is not new. 1t has
been with us on an ever-lncreaSlng
scale since the accurSed thing
termed Hitlerism came into being
Evening star., 1941-11-24
u. 5. Spending More
Than in World War
Period, 0. P. N. Says
Outloy Z Billion Greater
In IS Months, Despite
Lower Price Levels
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The United States is spending
now, and has spent regularly for the
last IS months, more money for
defense than it expended during the
first Is months of the World War
A recapitulation by the Office of
Production Management of the Ma
tlons industrial defense effort since
last July, compared with the CORE
spending months of 1917 and 1918,
indicated today that the Nation has
spent some $4,000 .000O 900 more on
this occasion.
The month-by-month compari-
son, prepared by economists of the
o. P. MS Bureau of Research and
Statistics, showed that four months
after the all-out defense program
got under way in 1910 the United
States was spending 1913 per cent
more than in the comparable month
OF 1917.
During the first Is months of the
World War defense disbursements
totaled more than $500, 100000; in
contrast. the first Is months of de-
fense effort in l940-4l cost more
than S1o,500, 100000, the survey
showed.
Getting More for Money.
Further. the O. P. NJ. economists
declared, the Nation is getting more
for its money under the present pro-
gram because Of lower price levels
and is benefting from increased in
dustrial efficiency.
Colncidentally, LeaSe-Lend Ad
niniStrator Edward R Stettinlus
made public summary which re-
ported total leaSe-lend aid given
by this country had passed the
blllion-douar mark. Actual con-
tracts have been let for more than
IS per cent of the first seven-billlon-
dollar leaSe-lend program. Mr.. Stet-
tinius said. and the new six-billion-
dollar appropriation is being
allocated rapidly"
Meanwhile, the National Economy
League, private organization,
Evening star., 1941-11-24
oy Charles Palmer, defense housing

by Charles Palmer, defense housing
co-ordinator, and money has been
allocated by the Federal Govern
ment under a defense appropriation
for conversion and repair Of prop
erty, Mrs. Harper said.
Communities have been urged to
accept the plan of the co-ordinator.
thereby using existing properties and
making it unnecessary to construct
new housing units. Besides saving
critical materials, remodeling and
repairing of existing properties will
save vacant lands which may be
used in orderly city planning after
the emergency, Mrs. Harper said.
The Alexandria Office is now
making a survey of the number
OF units that can be created.
The local Office will accept ap-
plicatioLs from home owners who
desire TO take advantage Of the
program.
Evening star., 1941-11-24
H. 0. e. Will Assist
Conversion Of Homes
Into Apartments
Alexandria Registration
Office Tells Of Plans
To Help Owners
By, Stan CORRESPONDENT of Tn. Star.

By - Stan Correspondent of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, Nov. "a
The Alexandria Homes Registration
Once announced today it will assist
owners of homes in multi-family
zones in obtaining Federal aid to
convert their dwellings into apart
ment units.
Mrs. Ellen r. Harper, director Of
the Office, said the Home owners
Loan Corp has worked out the new
service to be administered by homes
registration of1ices throughout the
country to provide for defense hous-
ing.
The local office, for the last sew
eral months, has assisted newcomers
in search of apartments, houses and
rooms.
The new service was established
Evening star., 1941-11-24

seven million Jews who may sur
vive will have absolutely no means
of existence.
Gov. OConor OF Maryland and
Mayor Howard w. Jackson Of Bal
timore also addressed the delegates.
The women delegates were to go
to Washington today for a recep-
ton by Mrs. Roosevelt at the White
House.
Evening star., 1941-11-24
Engineer Listens
As Beavers Work

By the Associated Press.
BEAR MOUNTAIN. N. Y.-Inter-
ested in learning what beavers sound
like when they're working, natural
ist and an engineer listened in on
them.
They concealed a microphone in
the roof of a beaver house and con-
nected it with a portable recording
apparatus outside.
Evening star., 1941-11-24
Mai. Gen. G. A. White Dies

PORTLAND, Greg, Nov. "a Pl.-
Maj. Gen. George A. White, so, who
rose from a bugler in the Spanish
American War to commander Of the
41st Division, died last night. He
had been i'll with a stomach ailment
since last summer. but had remained
at his post at Fort Lewis until .
few weeks ago.
Evening star., 1941-11-24

eight and q half years ago. .
Written in terms OF open persecu-
tions. concentration camps, broken
homes, of lines of pitiful people
swelling into thousands, then tens
Of thousands and hundreds Of thou
sands of whom q few have been
enabled to fee abroad. 1t spells
a chapter of unmitigated horror
which our children'S children may
not hope to forget"
Sponsored Refugee Aid.
1t was the United States, Mr..
Welles said, which sponsored the
Intergovernmental Committee on
Refugees before the war, through
which representatives Of 80 govern
ments outlined program for
orderly refugee emigration and re-
settlement.
While the war has had a marked
effect on the work and progress Of
this committee. Mr.. Welles said, its
work has not been abandoned.
You and 1 know that even were
that day peace to come tomorrow
and would to God that it might be
so-the economic and social pros
tration of Central Europe and the
occupied countries will be such that
immediate measures must be taken
by international concert to relieve
distress on 4 scale never before
conceived.
That is why I so greatly well
come the efforts being made by this
congress. The work you accom-
plish here in devising new plans
will be invaluable You represent
those groups most deeply concerned
in every section OF our new world
and you can speak with final au-
thority in the sister republics from
which you come"
DR.. Stephen S. Wise. president Of
the American Jewish Congress, said
The conference represented in it
self a tangible expression of adher-
ence to the Roosevelt good neigh
bor' policy"
Revolutionary Peace.
Discussing the problem of the re
construction OF Jewish life, DR.. Ma
hum Goldman, chairman of the
Administrative Committee OF the
World Jewish Conference. predicted
that at the end OF the war, six TO