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FIVE PUT In CLAIM
FOR LOST COFFEE
(By Associated Press)

NDy ANNUtfuttU EtssJ
NEW YORK, Dec. 2l.-The
Lost and Found department
of the Hotel Belmont Plaza
posted a notice that a ring, a
pair of gloves and a pound of
coffee were awaiting claim
ants.
No one asked for the
gloves, two persons inquired
about the ring-but five
claimed the coffee.
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COSTLY DIVIDEND

NEW York; cost the James
town Board of Public Utilities
more to deliver a dividend check
to one of its electricity consumers
than the check was worth. 1t
was mailed to his Jamestown adj
dress and then remailed to Cali
fornia. It was for one cent.
Turn in war tide in favor of
the United Nations is seen.
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E. r. O'Brien publishes PAR.
Times of Cuba and Pan Amer
lean Review at San Ignacio 81.
Havana. p. o. Box 32s. Tel.
M-l0l2. Chamber of Commerce.
Hotel La Concha. Bus Station.
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La Revista MensuaI en- Espanol 3
Ingles. Mailed at Havana Month.
lY on the 18th. Ten Cents 81
Year. Six Years SIS. Sample FREE.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-10-10
EDITORIAL PAGE
Peoples Daily Doings
BY ISAAC JONES

writer to offer any lengthy comments but he would
like to add: IL the United Nations are fighting fol-
the same cause. and they certainly are. colored
ed, white. Englishman. Chnaman and all others
WELL why should there be any division in making
preparation for such stand? II shouldn't be-what
We are fighting for cannot come to pass under the
existing circumstances. There's got to be some
changes made. Do you agree? Whether you agree
or not common sense will tell you that | am right
II the races OF this country cannot train for war
together die together on the battlehelds without
segregation how do they expect 10 get together
as united peoples after the is over? II this bat
tie isn't won now-after the war II will be too late
Florida minister OF your race takes stand for
the white folks OF the South. In expressing him
self in letter to the editor OF national weekly the
minister states in part:
II say that the white people OF the South should
not be accused OF hating the Negro for that is not
true. The Negro in the South who respects himself
gets respect from the white people. What should
do is TO educate our children and ourselves to be
virtuous
THE white people OF the South have done all they
could to help the Negro and he is happy TO the
Negro get something for himself
That is what the writer terms one OF the most
fantastic statements that have ever read coming
from the pen OF minister. While yours truly always
try to see both sides of any story he knows that It
is true that there are some fair-minded whites in
the South there are people of the white in the
South who may be happy TO see our group get some
thing for themselves; sef-respect always begets
respect, but this type OF white person the South
is far in the minority II none of the white folks OF
the South hate our race why have they lynched
and burned for years? Why do colored people get
less pay for the same work? Why aren't our
allowed TO vote? From what this minister said, this
all must be because OF too much love that the good
white folks OF the South have for members OF your
race
The only other comment have 10 offer Is that
hope this is not the kind OF this minister de-
vers to his congregation when he occupies his pull
pit IL so, God knows 1t is the wrong kind OF docu-
ment
One OF your reporters for national race news
paper who is in England where the people
know the real meaning Of war--tele you how diff
fcult II is get shoe shne-there aren't any shoe
shine boys. He says II you want shine you will
have to shine your shoes. He further states
that the song Shoe Shine Boy" could never have
been written there.
That may come true here before this war Is over.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-10-10
Let Me Live!
By NATALIE MATTHEWS

Picture II you can. a Black knight
Standing on the pinnacle OF time;
Gazing DER fhe vast and boundless
space:
With out-stretched hands;
Head lifted high:
With believing voice
laundering TO the vaulted sky:
Seeing nothing. hearing nothing
But his own commanding voice.
Let me livei"
Let me live" he cries TO the whole
universe
"I.et me live for II I'm crushed
The mighty impact OF my fall will
crush you too.
Empires may fall
Kings and Rulers die.
But the strength OF my desire will
uphold me.
And who am 1?
Who. YOU ask.
/ am the past generation OF the
sons of Ham.
I am the present: proud. ebon.
] am the future race yet unborn:
And I demand the rights that are
my own.
Defiant aud courageous here
stand
Demanding not entreating
Let me live!
Let me live will be the pass word
OF my race
While we march on 10 take our
place on history's pages.
No other race can NIL nor dare 10
try TO I'll the place We hold.
With heads held high
Blend loud your voice with mine;
And hear the echoes that resound
through boundlees space.
And stand abreast staunch like a
mighty fortress,
Until the walls OF prejudice shall
fall.
Like the walls Of Jericho.
And men shall quake beneath our
laundering voice.
Our battle cry 10 freedom,
Let mo live
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-10-10
Between The Lines
By Dean Cord On B. Hancock
(For AMP

ment II would make one OF its most substantial con-
trbutions 10 the cause Of the Negro and democracy.
Certainly there are white newspapers that would
join in such a movement. Whether get the mixed
regiment not certainly need one 10 epitomize
the struggling spirits Of dying men. pound of de-
mocracy In practice Is worth a ton OF democracy In
theory
THAT JOE LOUIS MIDDLE
1T WAS ONE OF the happiest developments when
Secretary OF War Stmson stepped into the pro-
posed Joe Lous-Conn fight. He halted 1t and We
hope Il will stay halted 1t is greatly 10 be feared
ionship white hope. The military setting for
Joes training and the absence OF Chapy Blackburn
make the time unpropitious for Joe. fstic idol.
Joe deserves better fate. II would be much better
for him to hand over the crown and down in his
tory one OF the greatest than TO have some stage
set whereby he be knocked off by some third
rater.
We do not want the fair face OF his fame to be
SCARED by unhappy incident that may cloud
a brilliant Joe Is too fine 10 be muddled at
this late date by those evidently bent CONNER
cializng his fame and prowess. Joe is mea-ticket
him over to them for unlimited exploitation II be-
gins to look as II Joe had better check out while
the checking is good!
With prejudice rampant II IL in this coun-
try II takes no sage to understand how irksome Il
must be for Joe TO keep on beating and baterng his
way TO fame and fortune both OF which he has had
full measure. Some way must be found TO save Joe
Louis from his exploers. Secretary Stimson has
done Joe and the cause great service. 1t is our
hope that Joe will stay out OF the ring until he Is
his own boss. The press that popularized Joe and
his pugstic proves Is ready for the next
be in the subtle satisfaction evinced in tell
ing the Joe Louis-is-slipping" stories The press
means no harm; IL Is the way OF heroes The world
is not favorable to heroes of too long tenure joe
beware!
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-10-10

THIS is NATIONAL Newspaper Week. October
is are the days when millions of American
readers are asked to pay tribute to the American
Press which represents thousands OF daily and
weekly newspapers published to keep you inform
ed OF worldly affairs. BY the time you read this
column the ohserN ance OF this great week will be
almost over but from racial standpoint. 1t will be
beginning TO members of the race who support the
l50-odd colored newspapers edited. published and
controlled by our people, because most OF these
publications make their appearance on the news
stands Thursday OF each week.
Every colored American should read at least one
race newspaper week. but in observance OF Nation
al Newspaper Week 1t would be fine tribute 10 our
press II you will purchase many different col
ored newspapers as you can. IL you know a neigh
Dor who does not read newspaper regular
~ tell him or her about this great observance and
insist that colored newspaper gets into that home
from the period mentioned above.
The American Press is one OF the greatest fight
ing machines that this country has. Speaking OF your
race, much credit be given to the colored
for the gallant fights II has and is etill waging
and for the victories II has for your people.
Space will not permit the writer to begin 10 men,
ton such achievements but the activities, whether
good or bad OF your race from the coast OF Maine
10 the Gulf OF Mexico hence to the shores of the At
lantic and Pacific Oceans are brought TO you in the
form OF news 81 weeks year through your colored
newspapers and their gathering agencies
Above all things, in your observance OF National
Newspaper Week. and the week hereafter support
the home town newspaper. Here in Detroit. The
Detroit Tribune is the only colored newspaper
edited and published here in the city by your peo-
pie. There other race papers that represent the
city, but they published elsewhere and here
for distribution Remember, The Detroit Tribune is
your newspaper. printed in your home town. by your
own race II is your paper keep 1t yours by support
ing IT,
poll made among your folks from oas-to-coast
to determine whether you favor the present Jim
Crow set-up In the nations armed forces has been
completed. Ten thousand coored Americans have
spoken and here the answers: In the South Si9
per cent OF the persons interviewed on this question
feel that colored and white soldiers should he train
ed together. while 12.s per cent favors the present
separate units
Here in tho North $50 per cent answered yes to
the mixed units: 1876 per cent favored colored and
white soldiers being kept apart.
Folks, the answer to this question Is as plain as
your your face. 1t Is not necessary for this
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-10-10
THE MIXED REGIMENT

IF AN OUNCE OF prevention is worth pound of
cure then a pound OF democracy in practice is
worth ton of democracy in theory. 1t Is compare
lively easy 10 get worked up over democracy an
ideal; but not quite easy to practicable in our
lives And that is where democracy has fallen short
not because it lacks the imaginative and moral pull
but because it lacks adherents who believe il with
their hearts as well as with their heads and lips
Democracy is fast becoming political pharisee-
ISM we cry aloud with democratic patudes but
our hearts are far from its spirit Democracy like
Christianity it's counterpart. is not thing OF the
head but Of the heart and unless there Is radical
change in heart there can he no democracy in the
lives OF men, Just Christianity has been rebufed
at the color line has democracy: just the color
line has threatened TO devitalze Christianity the
color line Is threatening TO destroy democracy.
or that fair beginning OF which that has been a
blessing to tho world.
One of the most fertile suggestions that has been
born Of our current crisis was that OF mixed regi-
ment. Such mixed regiment would focus the atten-
tion OF the world an instance OF applied democ-
racy that is deploraby lacking at present II there
somehow could be formed regiment in which whites
and Negroes and Jews and Catholics and Genties Of
divers persuasion could stand side by side and ex-
emplify the kind OF democracy that must prevail II
indeed democracy Is to survive. the tagging spirit
and hopes OF the world would receive moral tonic
that would stimulate lukewarm morale. The
Negro press could perform no greater service in this
emergency than by generating the sentiment for the
mixed regiment.
II there are not enough OF different races and
types 10 form such regiment. the effort would at
least show the measure OF our national deviation
from the spirit OF democracy. and II would further
peace Furthermore II would serve as a crude meas
ure OF the probability Of World War III.
III the NAACP could somehow crystalize a senti-
ment through the Negro press for this mixed regi-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-10-10
What Are We
Fighting For?
BY RUTH TAYLOR

WHAT ARE We lighting for
F" Those who would subvert our
thoughts as individuals and so de-
feat us as nation, lay great stress
on every flaw in our democracy
| in the failure TO sustain the Bill
OF Rights for all the people in the
country. in every evidence OF die
elimination. prejudice and lack OF
brotherhood. They say Let us first
demand and fight for our rights at
home before we fight for the rights
of others overseas
This is a specious argument. II
sounds we'll. but it just doesn't
make sense-for this is not a polite
war. We are not lighting in SUI
perior. altruistic fashion 10 save
other people. setting forth on a
noble crusade with banners flying
and the laws of war carefully
drawn up In tournament form.
We are fighting for our own
lives-whether we are black or
white, rich or poor, worker or en-
ployer. Protestant. Catholic or Jew.
We are fighting in defense OF our
homes and our famllies-no matter
whether those homes be great es-
tates or sharecronpers cabins. trim
city houses or walk-up flats in
Harlem.
II We lose this war. we won't
just have less. Wen have nothing
nothing that We can call our own.
our possessions. however meager
they he. will be confiscated. What
money a lifetime Of scrimping may
have enabled us 10 put aside. will
he forfeited to the state. II any OF
the master races underlings
want our home. we will have TO
leave IL on minutes notice with
out removing anything. Education
for our children will be at an end.
Gwen in occupied France children
are 10 be apprenticed instead OF
schooled. the order stating that
they will henceforih have no need
OF education. that only workers are
wanted) Free observance OF our
religion will be forbidden. Our own
lives will be lives OF drudgery.
hardship. priyation. with the only
ray Of hope that of a speedy death.
What are we fighting for? We
are fighting for ourselves. For the
right 10 continue 10 say what we
think. 10 complain without fear
of secret police: 10 stand up for
our rights; 10 struggle on upward:
10 see that our children get bet
ter chance than We. or our fathers
before us. had: TO live more pros
perously: 10 work 10 make our de-
mocracy 4 more vital force in our
lives 10 put its principles into ac-
zion: 10 prove the worth OF free
dom.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-10-10
Workers

Thousands OF men in Detroit are
working long hours and at times
OF the day TO which they are not
accustomed. This imposes an adj
justment in sleeping habits which
is particularly difficult for many
persons. says DR.. Bruce II. Douglas,
commissioner OF health.
DR.. Douglas says that II Is i'm
portant for everybody to realize
that noise slows up the defense
program by destroying the rest so
vital TO those who are building
tanks and planes and other war
essentials. Studies made. he says.
show that fatigue contributes ire
mendously TO accidents. both in and
out OF industry. The man who must
20 10 work without having had ade-
quate rest is hazard not only
to himself, but TO others, DR.. Doug
las SAYS
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-10-10
Says Negro Railroad Workers Are
Menaced BY The Closed shop
Demands OF Undemocratle
I'nione-

Unions.
THE CLOSED shop contracts now
being sought by Is powerful
incorporating unions in the rail.
road Industry is a loaded rife point.
Ing at the barred breast OF the Negro
railroad worker.
This statement is no exaggeration
for In the railroad industry most
unions and railroad arrangements
have generally stripped the Negro
worker OF all opportunity for adj
vancement and employment in any
but the most mental occupations.
Closed Shop Increases Power
Of Jim Crow
THIS OPPOSITION to the employ
ment and advancement OF Ne
groes has come mainly from the
Brotherhood Of Railway Clerks, the
Order OF Railway Conductors and
organizations OF railroad stewards.
or the Is unions now demanding
the closed shop II either exclude
Negroes or do not admit them 10
membership on a democratic basis.
Certainly as long as this situation
prevails. II Is TO he expected that
these unions will use the tremen-
dous power OF the closed shop 10
block more effectively the employ
ment OF Negro workers at a time
when the roads arc badly in need
OF them.
Even now as this closed shop
drive gathers momentum, Milton
Webster. heading a subcommittee
OF the FEPC. Ia investigating gem
eral practices OF discrimination
against Negro and Spanish-Ameri-
can workers in the industry.
Joint Council Accepted
THE DANGER to the Negro worker
OF the closed shop move under
general conditions of segregation
and discrimination Is not lessened
by the fact that the Joint Council
OF Dining Car Employees, led by
Scion c. Bell, Richard Smith and
George +. Brown. was allowed TO
participate In the conference at
which the closed shop demand was
agreed upon.
AS Negroes representing pre-
dominantly Negro railroad cooks
and walters, Bell and Smith had
long been denied the tremendous
advantage OF being able to negotiate
their contracts with the carriers In
association with II other non-op-
Grating unions which compose the
railway executives association. This
privilege the joint council won aft
er a long and bitter behInd-the-
scenes hight. .
The Joint council certainly de-
serves commentator for this fight
Its victory. though overshadowed
by the move for the closed shop, "a
nonetheless a victory for Negro la
Dor and democracy. Many workers
are hoping that the victory marks
the beginning for a general move
10 smash all barriers 10 the full
utilization OF Negro defense work
ers In the railroad Industry.
Negro Workers Not Main Objective
II UNFORTUNATELY these hopes
= seem 10 be quite premature.
Not that the purpose Of the closed
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-10-10
....WEEKLY COMMENT
BY FRED HART WILLIAMS. Assoc.,. RI,

ily' His loyalty. not oDlv ;. :.
city OF his birth. where he h.. F" a'
a lifelong resident, but to h. -, =
tive state and 70 the nation 80 =. ID
dlcatve Of his sterling oua,,, -
OF character. A produc, :, ~, s-@"''ss
state OF Michigan, he rs sns sIsa'
lts people with an impartis Ii.s'e "a
places self-interest in a Say ,a'i
position. secondary
ATTITUDE ON RACE QrEsy,o,
MlcHIGAN's JUNIOR sss.. ''a
80 attitude on the so-called NJ
problem, is sound. fair ana Nssia
ital. When southern Demoer .'.pal !.
the senate staked the fllibus,s.. = =
order to kill a vote on tbs y
iynching bill Cl93S, senator p. SUD
voted in the affirmative 10 h.''a
me anti-lynching bill TO a yo,. '. NY
following month. Feb. 1s hs ~. am
voted IN favor of cloture when , -.
lost 42-46, eight not voting. va
The Negroes economic s,,u.,.
Is ineradicaliy associated Win a' \,
Dor question to such an exten, ~ =
whatever legislation Of any n., ,n'
Affecting the latter eyentuauv r.'.
intrude Itself upon the weliars J,
the former group In copclus;o.
permit US 10 point out that sens,..
Browns stand insofar as conrsrs'
labor, is just as sound and fai, !.
upon the Negro question.
SHALL ls,OOO.OOO BE Dyyvn,
DEMOCRACY in The fun meau',
OF the term implies a form !,
government in which the sunrsn.
power Is vested in the people col
lectiyely. II this connotation ma.
Gates anything it is that ALI. peonl
OF a democratic form Of goyernmen,
should share equally in it's benefits
The equalization and distriburm
OF privileges accrued through Il.
medium Of citizenship based upOa
the premise OF colectiyity are a.
MED a tenth of the population .,
the United States because OF an.
ference OF race and pigmentaiiou
Such denial To an integral uor,o,
OF a democracy Is not only undeu.
ocratic but untenable. Moreoys,
this fragrant violation OF the splrt
and intent OF democratic primo.
pies, Is as well. unsafe and On.
sound. II makes for discord and
disunity within form OF govern.
ment. otherwise ideal.
II Is to be hoped that out Of The
weller of blood and carnage q
social, economic and spiritual dis.
order in which all Of Us ind our.
selves. will arise mutual desire
upon the part OF the manhood and
womanhood OF white America 10
remedy an evil that denies 10 10.
100000 patriotic citizens. full par.
ticipation in the enjoyment Of a De.
mocracy Of which they are a vial
and necessary part.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-10-10

eral manager of Great Lakes
Insurance company.
We do not presume to
know what course the local
Executive Board will take in
this matter, and the Tribune
has no personal axe 10 grind.
We shall continue to support
the NAACP branch 100 per
cent, no matter who may be
chosen president.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-10-10

THE RESIGNATION of Dr. j. J. McClen-
don last week as president of the De-
troit NAACP chapter resulted from an
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-10-10
THE WEEKS PERSONALITY
THE MAN

ihL VELho fEhSVNALlII
THE MAN
pRENTISS M. BROWN Is a prod
uct OF Michigan. born June Is
1883. ST. Ignace. where he wa.
born, Is still his home. His educa
ton tegan In the school of the
place OF his birth. later ATTENDING
Albion college. where he graduated
in 1911 with an Alb. degree. AL.
bion college. 1917. conferred upon
him an honorary degree LIB. He
Is at present a trustee OF Albion
college. A scholarship in political
economy attracted him 10 the Uni.
versity OF Illinois in 1911. He is
the proud posessor OF Phi Beta
Kappa KEY and Delta Sigma Rho
pin.
He is what We are are pleased to
term family man. the husband OF
charming wife and ideal mother
and Is the father and pal OF seven
children, the youngest. Paul W.,
seven years OF age. the only one
now remaining with him and Mrs.
Brown. One OF his married daugh-
ters. Ruth. is the wife OF Forest
Evasheyeski, who in 1910 was cap
tain OF the University of Michigan's
great football team. The remain
ing sons and daughters single. are
either attending the University Of
Michigan or in ST. Ignace High
school
Senator Brown Is friendly. mod
est and unassuming. and definitely
not to be identified with the back
slapping. glad-hand type. Neither
he nor Mrs. Brown are sIngularly
freed Of attractions AFFORDED by the
nations capital social set. A big
man nationally. he Is by choice a
lover Of small-town life. He is a
devoted follower OF the Detroit Ii
ger baseball teams fortunes.
AS A CITIZEN
1T is SAID that the best judgment
= OF a man can be formed from
the opinion OF those nearest and
who best know him. In the sena-
torial primary in 1886. in the four
counties OF Michigan in which
Prentiss NJ Brown IS best known.
including his home county. he car
ried them by a vote OF better than
ten 10 one. This amply shows the
high regard in which Senator
Brown IL held by those who know
him best as a man. citizen and sem
ator
As SENATOR
CENATOR BROWN has been de-
- scribed as THE Most Typical
American" among the members OF
the United States Senate. His rise
10 national prominence and stature
has not heen spectacular nor fam
boyant. II has been gradual but
certain. His integrity Is unouestion-
ed. and his devotion 10 duty Is
synonymous with that 10 his fam