The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-12-19
THE TALK OF THE TOWN

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
WHILE YOU ARE sitting around
dreaming Of a white Christmas
with nothing to worry about but
how you are going to spend all
thar money you have land l wish
l had some Of iO you may as well
have your weekly supply OF corn.
So hang on brother, pursue this
alleged column and read what was
told to me since you swore last
week that you would never waste
another ten minutes reading this
stuff and wondering il there really
is a shortage OF newspapermen
or have l got my finger in the
editors eye?
YOU PROBABLY remember that
there was much rejoicing in union
circles last spring when a UAW-
CIO trial board suspended Frank
Burhle for Ku Klux Khan activity
and spreading libelous propaganda
against one Curt Murdoch who was
making a>run for the presidency
OF Packard local 1870. AND you may
also remember that the trial reach
ed sensational heights when it was
charged That brother Buhrle TO-
mented sitdown hate strikes at the
plant when Negroes were upgrad-
ed according to ability and seniori-
ty. and that brother Buhrle also
aided and abetted Virgil Chandler,
Joseph Buffa ct al in their oppo-
sition TO Negro occupancy Of the
Sojourner Truth Homes.
YOU WILL ALSO remember that
you thought when Buhrle was CIV
en- a ten year suspension from the
UAW-CIO that the end had come
for Khan activity at the Packard
plant, but you were wrong. brother
For JUST few days ago an entire
Ku Klux Khan outfit was elected
at Packards and you can expect
more anti-Negro fareups there any
day now.
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YOUR INDULGENCE is asked
for just two minutes to hear the
case of Mack Newly, a DSR driver
whose wife was killed in the bus
train crash, leaving Mack with
three motherless children 10 look
after, in addition TO his daily du-
ties of plotting a bus and smiling
blandly when he feels like knock
ing that thing Sherman said war is,
out Of Passengers who crwod the
door while searching themselves
for the fare they should have had
ready Brother Newly has a
sister-in-law who has a l6-year-old
daughter and they are both on
relief, so Brother Newly things il
a good idea 70 bring them TO his
home. save the city the rent and
have someone to look after his
young ones at the same time
Brother Newby's first complaint is
that all relief to his sister-in-law
and her daughter was discontinued
which means he has 70 clothe and
feed two more people on his $3.50
month salary fr nm which he must
payoff $500 funeral bill His
second complaint is that the case
worker intimated that the l6-year-
old girl should quit school and 60
to work and his third. complaint is
that he can't find anyone who can
tell him if it is the policy to have
ell 16-year-olds, whose parents are
on relief. quit school and shift for
themselves. With the last period
Brother Newly rests his case which
you are asked to solve.
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ONE MINUTE, PAL! Before you
turn the page, hear This tale of
woe by young lady who, with
seven others, (USO hostesses) was
invited TO a dinner in honor Of a
group of army officers by and at
the racirema club Il. II was to
be a snazy affair, says she, and
the girls were told they were to
entertain only officers who had
been invited and were expecting
them. It's in tn" next paragraph
that the fun begins!
The eight young ladies. with hair
washed and ironed and looking just
too good for mere civilians, arrived
at the club house at the appointed
time, played bridge alone for abou;
an hour before the officers ar
rived. But to their amazement, with
the officers were ladies enough to
go around, and the ladies who came
in with the men who wear stripes
on their sleeves, introduced the Of
ficers 10 the invited ladies as my
fiancee." Well sir, according
TO this young lady, they all stood
around looking like Ned in the
first reader until they got up steam
enough to leave the place. And
what she thinks Of that club would
no: make good readingl
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YOU THINK you got troubles?
Well, you should be in Lela's shoes
provided you wear size 51s). Leila
operates a laundry out o. Oakland,
the kind Of laundry where you
sublet the washing while you do
the ironing. Three weeks ago Leila
gave her washman scads of work,
but Lela's customers never saw
their laundry again, for the plant
where the washing was done burn
ed down and the iobber, so far.
has refused to pay off, claiming
that he can't get his insurance COM
pany to see the light. And Leila
is attempting to pay for everything
destroyed from what she earns
from week 10 week.
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THE AMERICAN Beauty Social
and Art club plans TO open the Mt.
Vernon center for the benefit Of
servicemen. keeping same open
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