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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-07
WPAAide Bares
DefenseListinq
For Women
r,.sru.s,on., New. serv,e. Wiz.

WASHINGTON, March 7.-De-
tails of a program for listing every
woman and child. and all nom
combatant men. in a nationwide
organization for home defense,
were revealed today by Mrs. Flor
ence Kerr, deputy WPA admins
traitor.
The plan. which was preached
by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt last
December to a group OF women
who were sworn to secrecy, at first
proposed only a woman's organi-
cation.
President Roosevelt himself later
directed the plan broadened, and
reduced to writing.
Mrs. Kerr was assigned to the
Job of drafting the program, which
was turned over to Paul v. Nc
Mutt, director of defense welfare
and recreation.
During this process. plans to in
clude children and noncombatant
males were incorporated. with pro-
posals to organize every home
town" in America on a basis
(which makes every woman and
child. as well as every man. an
Indispensable unit in home de-
Tense" a statement from Mrs.
Kerr's office disclosed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-07
Md(omb Drafts
Sewage Project
Tine. star Correspondent

MT. CLEMENS. March 7. =
Plans were developing today for
a S2.o0O000 sewer construction
and repair program TO safeguard
Macomb County against sewage
emergency caused by the antici-
pated influx Of defense workers.
Milton Adams. executive secre-
tary of the state stream control
commission; James +. Barlow. dol
lar-a-year man assigned by the
federal government 10 such prof.
ects. and a host Of officials from
Macomb County towns met here
yesterday TO make the first tenta-
tive plans for the program.
The chief item on II is con-
struction of large sewer from
Selfridge Field to the Wayne
County line and thence two and
one-half miles to connect with the
Wayne County system. Extensive
repair of sewer lines near the Oak
land County line in the general
area Of the Chrysler tank arsena.
is also planned.
is necessitated by the influx of
workers attracted by defense Jobs
ii is hoped TO get the federal gov
eminent 10 finance So per cent OF
the cost, the remainder 10 be paid
by the municipalities. which would
issue revenue bonds. officials sad.
The revenue would derive from 4
service charge against sewer users.
Barlow is TO study the plan and
report in week.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-07

18-day survey of the battle OF
Britain. undertaken to study mod
ern methods of civilian defense.
I'VE found out ways In which
the Legion and the Women's
Auxiliary can best serve in
home defense" Warner said.
land we will give the general
public the benefit Of our study.
Wen let the whole country
know what the situation Is, from
the vantage point Of the opinion
OF men who fought in the last
war"
Warner, whose home is in To-
ledo. said that he and his COM
panions had been deeply impressed
with the determination Of the
English people to win the war.
They feel. and I feel too" he
said. that with our help they
will win"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-07
Burns i'm Union
Bozooku Puts Comedian
in Musician Class
International New. service Wire


HOLLYWOOD. March Bob
Burns. the film comedian, was in
the American Federation of Mu-
sicians Union today-because of
his bazooka.
The local ALL was notified yes
terday by Jimmy Petrillo national
head of the musicians, that they
were not 10 appear on any pro-
gram with an instrumentalist who
does not carry card in his union.
The matter was settled--so far
as Burns was eeheeFned-when he
joined the AIM just before going
on the air last night, although it
was agreed the bazooka is not a
musical instrument.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-07
Woman Lawyer Joins
u. 5. Attorney S Staff

Miss Edith LowenStein. an at
torney attached to the criminal
division Of the Department OF JUS
tice. today ioined the staff of
Henry c. O'Donnell, special aSsis-
tant United States attorney gen.
eral prosecuting graft charges
against Michigan political figures
including Frank D. Mckay Miss
Lowenstein. graduate Of the
University Of hicago. will help
with research work in the forth
coming trials
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-07
Girls With Surface
pImPLES
Don't Get Bates!

Cruel words. but true-no one likes n
pm piy-looking skin-its never attractive
and always embArrassiag-but don't BE- dis
Outraged For years thousands Of young men
and women have put their faith In PoslAm
Ointment and Poslam Soap-whcn EXTERN
ally caused. unsightly acne ptnple. bring
misery and Loneliness
Poslan. q concentrated ointment. costs but
fifty eents-try II. For real relief ne Peeiam
Ointment according to simple directions en-
closed In the package and help your com
ple1ion rig ain ifs lsveiine>a Sold By drug
risfs for nearly IS yesrS-it must be good.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-07

To Train
Civilians
international New. Service Wire

NEW YORK. March IA home
defense civilian army with a nu-
cleus of more than a million
American Legionnaires and half a
million women Legion Auxiliaries
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-07

W / | ! be or
gained as re-
suit of a survey
of war condi-
tons in Eng
land. 1t w as
revealed today
by the Legion's
national COM
mander. Milo ].
Warner.
Warner and
I h r e e other
Legion officials
r e I u r n e d to
New York yes
terday on a
an S atlantic
Clipper after an
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-11
Urban League
Gets Men Positions
AT Camp Robinson

ploy Negroes and the Arkansas
State Employment officials agreed
TO refer qualified Negro carpenters
to the Camp Robinson job.
The latest report of Mr. Minton
gives the following information: AT
least SO Negro carpenters are now
On the job at Camp Robinson, to-
gether with about fifteen Negro
concrete finishers. who earn SIPS
per hour, several Negro bricklayers
and at least one Negro plumber.
The latter worker was originally
referred to the Camp as laborer,
but through League intervention
was re-clasSified and made fore
man of a crew of forty men on gas
line construction.
Especially pleasing to the Urban
League executive is the report of
the white supervisor over the
carpenters, who states that the
work of the Negro carpenters was
very satisfactory; that the group
as a whole is doing efficient work
with some Of them doing excellent
work. The men themselves report
fair treatment and pleasant work.
ing conditions.
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-11
Negro Still Remains Supreme Test
OfOur Democracy Asserts NAACP
Annual Report Is
Read By White

vestigators, "Lynching Goes Un-
derGround."
Mr.. White cited the lynehing OF
Elijah Williams, in Brownsville,
Tennessee, as the most flagranG
iynching of the year, pointing out
the connection between this lynch
ing and the desire On the part OF
Southern poll tax states to keep
millions of Negroes and whites
f1om voting.
JIM CROW IN DEFENSE
Then in rapid succession he
listed the White House announce
ment establishing officially the pol
icy of Segregating the Negro in the
country's armed forces; the Burke
Wadsworth CONSUMPTION bill, with
it's loopholes permitting the Army
and Navy to continue Jim Crow
as their policy; the barring of Me-
groes from jobs in industries hav-
ing billions of dollars in Govern
ment defense contracts, the con-
rinued discrimination against the
Negro in organized labor, notably
the American Federation of La
Dor, which clinched it's discrimina-
ton policy by refusing to pass a
single nti-discrimination measure
at it's convention in New Orleans;
the operation of the draft law in
many states where Negroes are
denied posts on the draft boards,
the calling up of only white drat-
tees for January induction into
the army, d policy that has just
recently been revised by Govern
ment order in the district of Co
lumbia, Pennsylvania, and Mary
land; and the failure of the Ma
tional Defense Program to include
Negro youth in defense training
schools for jobs in industry; the
failure of the Dies Committee to
conduct a single investigation into
the subversive activities Of groups
like the Ku Klux Klan, the Silver
Shirts, the Black Legion, and 9TH
er vigilante groups who have
counted Negroes among their most
victims.
Reports were also read at the
meeting from the heads of depart
nents including Legal Defense as
sociation branch work, the CRISIS
magazine, organ of the association,
youth work, and publicity. Vacan-
cies on the associations national
board were filled with the election
Of four new directors at the meet
ing
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-11
LOVE FREEDOM

Black have always been led to dc battle
for white mems causes after hope is dangled before
them that they fighting for freedom The inher-
ent love Of freedom is stronger in the black mems
breast because he for so long has known the bitter
anguish of oppression. segregation and slavery.
This natural love freedom the spirit that
drove black men to willingly risk their lives for this
principle when America going through her birth
pains. They fought. bled and died when many
white Americans We're content to remain under the
tyrant-Iike rule of King George.
You see this Inherent spirit of freedom possessed
by all black men heco~ing determining factor in
the present conflict The first revolt against Marshal
Petains Vichv government came not from the scores
of white governors of French possessions abroad 1t
carre instead from Monsieur Eboue, governor of
Chad the sedom-heard-of territory of French Equi-
toral Africa tucked away in the heart of the Dark
Continent,
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-11
Ihe Globe lrOtter ~% Br cliff M@ekeev

Born in Cayenne French Guiana, in 1884, of African
parentage, Monsieur Eboue who made brilliant aca-
demc record in law and colonial administration at
SorDronne in Paris, stands today as the Africans
paragon OF freedom
No greater moral uplft was given the cause of
General Gle Gaue, leader of the Free French forces
than Governor Eboues decision cast his lot in the
direction Of freedom. The decision was hailed. be-
cause of the strateg Importance of Chad in raying
dssident sections of the French Colonial Empire to
continue the struggle side by side with Britain and
her allies.
1t is this will to freedom which has so permeated
the million Or more black troops under the COM
nland of General Weygand now stationed in Africa
This huge force gives Marshal Petan his sole
bargaining lever to restrain any harsh actions the
Hitler government might choose to take. switch
Of this army to the British side would spell imme
date disaster for both the Axis partners and Hitler
knows it, so does Petain and so does Weygand.
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-11

NEW YORK CITY-(ANP) -
The American Student Union,
progressive national student organi-
zation, Sunday condemned the
anti democratic poll tax, which
deprives more than ten million Ne
gro and white southern citizens of
the right to vote. The action was
taken during the third day of the
unions sixth national convention
in New York City.
In the meetings resolution on the
defense of America living standards
and liberties, Cne convention de-
manded full political and sociai
equality for the Negro people
through abolition of the poll tax,
passage of the anti-lynching bill.
and an end to discrimination in
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-11
ON FERTILE SOIL

Rallying around the >>al1 of General DeGaulle
thousands of these black men of French Equatorial
Africa rapidly forming another immense acmy
to strike for freedom
The seeds of democratic government by the
Third French Republic have fallen fertile soil
None of the other world mperialists approached the
French in an equitable and democratic manner of
dealing with their colonial subjects. Many black
men under the French Tri-Color, given opportuni
IT, have risen to high places and positions. These
black men quick to realize that this opportuni
ty would not be given them under regime dictated
to py q color-nad man like Hitler.
Before the last war Frances best known gen.
eral was Alfred Dodds, a Senegalese, who held the
office of inspector general of marines A black West
Irdian Colonel de Mortnel commanded the air de-
fense of Paris during the first World War and
other Negro, Amoit reached the rank of admiral.
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-11
Discrimination Termed
Real Subversive Force"

cation" the denial Of equality to
Negro students and the discrepancy
between educational funds expend-
ed on the education of Negro chill
dren in the .5ouJn and the conGri-
button of the Negro to his COM
munity's income. These he charac-
terized as some Of "the most
flagrant subversive influences which
now infest American education"
The chairman of the conventions
presiding committee, Bayard Rus
ten, Negro student Of the College
of the City of New York, opened
the session at which DIR. Wilkerson
spoke.
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-11
Negro Skilled Workers
Get Ark. Defense Jobs"

NEW YORK CITY-(SNS)- Ne
gro skilled workers, at first passed
over when they applied for ma
tional defense jobs at Camp Joseph
+. Robinson, outside of Little Rock
Arkansas, arc now being employed
in a, variety of jobs, according TO
Urban League. The League has
been active in securing conSidera-
tion for local Negro workers on ma
tionalr defense contracts.
Last fall when construction wor
on Camp Joseph T. Robinson first
began, the Little Rock Urban
League discovered that, though
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-11

white carpenters were being re-
terred to the employing contractors
in large numbers, no Negroes had
been so referred. Clifford E. Min
ton, executive secretary, immediate
ly got in touch with the Nationai
Urban League and the local or
ganization in st. Louis, since the
main headquarters Of the construc-
ton company was located in that
city.
EMPLOY NEGROES
As a result of prompt cooperative
action by the three officers, the
st. Louis company agreed to en-
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-11

the bulk of II Duce's badly - -
catered forces realize they have all including the
supreme sacrifice of their lives to lose, without even
d semblance of promise of a single thing to gain
Their hearts are in the battle They have real
quarrel with the black men the English have mus
tered to send against them.
The whole present struggle between Great Brit
ain on one hand and Hitler and Mussoini on the
other hinges certain point difference of ideol
ogies but the real struggle is for the mastery of mil
lions of black people and the untold wealth of Africa
The battle of Europe is just the preliminary
stages of this. The payoff will be the rich prize Of
the Dark Continent. its myriad natural resources and
its heavy population of exploitable labor
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-11
American Student
Union Backs
Negro Rights

private and government jobs" The
rights of Negro conscripts and of
all other conscripts, must be
vigorously defended the convention
declared. The action On the reSolu-
ton was unanimous.
REAL ANTI-ANIERICANISM
On the previous day, the conven-
Jion's main report was that of DR..
Doxey Wilkerson, professor of edu-
cation at Howard University. DR..
Wilkerson branded as "the real
subversive forces in American edu-
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-11
GIVEN BALLOT
And as a result of the French revolution the ma

And as d result of the French Revolution the ma
tivez of the old French colonies of Galldeloupe Mar
tinioue. Guiana and SENEGAL lin West Africa
Given the rieht to vote in 1348 under the Second
Republic and until the collapse of France the blacks
in these colonies had direct representation in the
French Chamber OF Deputies and Senate.
A NEGRO deputy Gratien Canace, was vice presi-
dent of the French Chamber till the time of the
petain surrender. That is why black Frenchmen
have QUICKLY responded to the call of the Free French
forcas. which creating such a thorn in the
side Of the Axis powers
How rorovidentia1 it would he If these black men,
who treated like bv the French Third Re-
public should become the chief instruments in re-
Storing freedom I'd that coneeraaL nation. .st
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-11
NOTHING TO GAIN

The Libyan natives, who form
the bulk of IL Duce's now badly
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-11

That is the story behind the story
of Mussolini's present predicament
in the Mediterranean campaign. 1t
IS largely a tale of black men who
chose to retreat rather than take
up arms against other black men.
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-11
Black Men Fight

ONE OF THE greatest tragedies of this World
War No. IL is the demand made of black subjects
of white empires to sacrifice their money and lives
not for their own freedom, but to determine whether
or not there will be any change in who will be their
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-11
A MAGICAL NAME

Adolph Felix Svlvertre Eboue is magical name
To black men in French Equatorial Africa who de-
slJe orders from Yichy. view Hitler as an evil man.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-10
FBI ENTERS CASE

FBI agents entered the case
when it was suspected that much
of the material was taken 10 other
states for sale in violation of the
Interstate commerce code.
According TO Bowling. James
Brady and Chuck Bernard of the
Ford service department conferred
with him on the cas- late yester-
day and promised the full support
of the company in uncoVering the
ring.
Bowling was given an additional
as hours TO hold Rinnar ard p -
ardson yesterday afternoon, the
second stay OF habeuS oJl "a,
granted by Judge Chenot in. two
DAYS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-10
Pay Waiver DeadIine
NaLepa, Reinstated DSR Intelligence Unit Head,
Insists He'll Wait to See Mayor

Barney a. NaLepa, recently re-
instated as head of the intelli-
gence division of the DSR, today
was given "a hours by the DSR
Commission TO sign salary
waiver for the siX-months period
between February Is and Au-
gust Ia.
NaLepa, a close friend and poll
teal associate of Mayor Edward
j. Jeffries Jr.. was appointed 10
head the newly-formed intelli-
gence division in February, 1910.
A year later he was suspended
when he was sentenced TO 80 days
in Jail for contempt in the court Of
Recorders Judge Joseph A. ellis.
Following his vindication before
the Michigan Supreme Court, he
was reinStated by the DSR Com
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-10
.FBI Takes Hand
In $4,000 Theft
AT Ford Plant

Prosecutor William F. Bowling
today limited that he. FBI officials
and Dearborn police would seek
conspiracy warrants involving 80
or more persons in connection
with an alleged $4,000 theft of
small auto parts from the Ford
Motor Company.
The alleged ring came to light
with the arrest by Dearborn police
of Sam Rimar and Sam Rosen-
berg, one-time heads of a tire
theft ring. Both were placed
under $4,000 bond by Circuit Judge
James f. Chenot. Rimar furnished
his late yesterday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-10
DEADLINE SEPT -

Unless the former owner petit
tons hy September D. the land
viii not he offered 10 was eN-
planned Anybody Will he entitled
10 hii. however the former owner
retaining only the preferential
rights he had an the first auction
EVer petition 10 have land auc-
toned must he accompanied by an
AZ tract company certificate. stat
INC that the petitioner had an
owners interest As Of Feb.
j. 1911 i
All other unSold properties in
WAYNE County viii be made avail
able al a general reofferinC auc-
ton sale to start about November
! In this sale tho former owner
viii have no preferential rights.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-10
Heads Bar Group at "a

COLDWATER, Sept. 10.-Mark
S. Andrews Jr.. "a, an attorney
here. today became president Of
the Branch County Bar Associa-
ton, the youngest lawyer in south
ern Michigan ever to hold that
office.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-10
Plan Wayne Welcome
To Medical Students

The Wayne University college
of medicine today was planning
a special Welcome Day" Friday
for the largest class of entering
students in seven years.
Requested last Summer from
the government through the Assoc
citation of American Medical Col
leges, special arrangements have
heen made TO accommodate 10
more medical students.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-10

Jeffries Is in South America and
will not return for several weeks.
Unless NaLepa signs by tomor-
row afternoon. he will be removed
again from the pay roll. the DSR
Commission ruled. -.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-10
QUESTIONS THREE YOUTHS

Bowling said he had questioned
three youthful Ford employees who
admitted taking parts out OF the
Rouge plant.
"They said they gave them to
a man." Bowling said. They
also named a number of others
involved i'm the thefts whom we
are rounding up for questioning.
AS far a. we know they dealt
only I'm small parts, for those
questioned said Ii was their
practice 10 smuggle stuff out in
their lunch buckets. We still
don't know whether any Of il
was for defense production"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-10
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-10
PAY AGREEMENT CITED

According to the commission,
NaLepa agreed verbally with
Mayor JeffrieS and Samuel T. Gil
bert, general manager of the DSR,
that he would waive his back pay
during his suspension period.
BY the time a formal waiver
could be drawn up. NaLepa said
he had changed his mind and
would not sign until he could talk
it over with the mayor. Mayor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-10
Freshmen DAYS at Wayne

This week AZ Wayne University
Freshman DAYS" arc being OBJ
sr-rvr'ti with -sff program -fnstruc-
ton and entertainment 10 acquaint
Inc new students with the unlYcr-
Sitv. us activities and traditions.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-10
What S on the Air
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

Ths progrAm has been
given The Detroit Times by
ne stations herein listed.
- the presentations as
scheduled are not on the
ar. the fault lies with the
stations and not The De-
truit Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-10
Eastern Standard Time }

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-10

mission at the request of Mayor
Jeffries. but against the advice of
Fred A. Nolan, chairman of the
commission. At the time Nolan
said:
II have no use for Mr..
NaLepa."