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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-01-29
SOCIAL GAINS
AND WAR PRODUCTION

IF AMONG social gains" are to
be counted the support of people
who do not want to work, or the
working of short hours, or short
weeks, we are going to sacrifice
some social gains before we
achieve a maximum of war produc-
ton and defeat the enemy. Amer
lea has something more important
than social gains" to think about
today. Should Hitler win, those are
not the only gains that would be lost.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-01-29
Old Chair Is a Beauty Again.

Old Chair Is Beauty Again.
AN ELEGANT, tailored slip
"A cover is what that frumpy old
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You can make one yourself cas-
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founce-isn't a bit beyond you.
Our 32-page booklet gives exact details.
step-by-step diagrams for making slip
covers the pin-on way for differently
shaped chairs, sofas, auto seats. Tells
how to make swag and pleated fisunces.
decorative seams, trimmings. Suggests
colors, fabrics. Send your order to:
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-10-31

Our guest this week. is the First
Lady of our race in Michigan. She
is none other than the attractive
wife of our own Senator Charles
C. Digs, the attractive Mrs.
Mayme Digs.
Mrs. Digs was born in Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, the daughter Of the
late Rev. and Mrs B. j. Jones She
received her early education at
Austin high school, Knoxville,
Tenn, later completing her train
ing at Knoxville college, after
which she taught for one year at
one OF the public schools in Knox
vile. She then married Senator
ID. ggs and went to live in Philadel.
phia. While there she was en-
ployed by the Methodist Book COM
psny Of which Dr. R. R Wright, Jr.,
was president
Our guest is manager and lady
assistant of the Digs Funeral
home, holding an apprentice H.
cense for funeral director in en-
balm.ng. She is a member Of the
Senators and Representative
Wives club Of the State Of Michi-
gan in which she represents the
Negro women in the State Of Mich
fgan. She also holds a membership
in the Current Topic Study club,
the Atha Study club, Michigan
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-10-31
Plot To Bar Negroes From
Arden Park In Pamphlet

block are contracting colored pros
poets with a view to sell their pro-
perty and get out from under
"A very active real estate broker
on Oakland avenue has been send
ing automobile loads of colored
prospects to see two homes on Ar
den Park and one home at 638 East
Boston boulevard The same agent
is contracting other home owners in
the same section and is advising
them that he has colored buyers
for their homes and that white
Yeople will not buy in the neighbour
hood because there is a colored fam
lily living there.
Last week. a portly colored gen.
tleman from Chicago. insisted on
looking at rental property on Ar
den Park, and when advised by the
tenant that the house would not be
shown to colored buyer prospects.
the colored man went to the owner
and agreed to buy tn house from
blue print.
Five families on Arden Park are
Of the opinion that they better sell
TO colored prospects il an offer is
received from them, for the rea-
son that white people will not buy
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-10-31

The residents Of the Arden Park
area in North Detroit are up in
arms,oyer the threatened invasion"
of Negro families who are buying
ten and twenty thousand dollar
homes it was disclosed by the Mich
igan Chronicle last week in a story
revealing that court action has been
taken to bar Negro residents from
the Boston boulevard Arden Park
area.
The extent of the alarm among
the whites was further revealed
this week as a pamphlet being
distributed among the whites fell
into the hands of prominent Ne
gro realtor. A NOV is already un-
derway to raise $1,000 among the
residents solely to buy off a Negro
homeowner who obtained title 10
one Of the finer homes in the area.
At this writing the Reverend A.
C. Williams Of the Metropolitan
Baptist church is the only Negro
now living in the district and his
home is on Arden Park Several
other Negroes are reported 10 be
buying homes there but to date no
other families have actually moved
in. White homeowners are fran
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-10-31

Democratic club. North End Social
club, the Detroit Association OF
Women's club, Board of Manage
ment of the Y.WC.A., and chair
man of the Civil Service Commit.
tee Of the Detroit Association Of
Women clubs.
Recently Mrs. Digs organized
and founded the Mary Mcleod Be-
thune club. The purpose Of this
club is to collect books for the
llbeary at Bethule-Cookman COL
lege in Florida, OF which Mrs. Mary
Bethune is president. We know
that Mrs. Digs will put this or
ganization on top, for whatever she
resolves 10 do, she does il. Last
year when she headed the Y.WC.A
Membership campaign she brought
in more members than any other
woman. a total Of 600 new mem.
bers, thereby setting a record for
the women in the City Of Detroit
In addition 10 all OF her other &C.
tivities, Mrs Digs is a member OF
the Russian Relief Fund commit
tee, and has served over 100 hours
in the AWVS selling war stamps
and bonds. She has melited a uni.
form, and a pin for this particular
service.
The Chronicle Is indeed proud 70
honor our Woman Of the Week.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-10-31

The Chronicle is proud indeed to
present one Of Detroit's younger
citizens in the civic world. Atty.
Charles LeBron Simmons Jr.
Atty. Simmons was born in Chat
tanooga, Tenn, and came 10 Michi-
gan in 1921. He is graduate Of
Eastern high school, later attending
and graduating from the University
OF Michigan in 1880. and the Uni
versity of Detroit law school in
1884. He passed the Michigan State
Bar in 1885.
Our honoree always has been in
terested in the welfare Of humanity
and quite early demonstrated his
ability to lead people in channels
that would safeguard their well
fare. He was superintendent OF the
Sunday school of Bethel A. NJ. &.
church for six years, was president
Of Bethel A C. E. league for a
number of years, and was district
superintendent of Sunday schools in
Michigan and Indiana.
This pounding human concern
ABOUT human needs led our honoree
to become active in the National
Negro Congress, Of which he is a
member of the national board, and
president Of the Detroit Council
He is also member Of the execu-
tive board Of the Detroit chapter
Of the National Lawyers Guild; the
Legal Redress Committee of N. A
A. C. P; Wolverine Bar association
and Pride Of Michigan lodge Of the
Elks. Recently he was sworn in as
member Of S2-i Rationing board
Of Michigan. He is chairman Of the
Civil Service panel of the local Fair
Employment Practice Committee; a
members OF Alpha Phi Alpha fra
ternity: Bethel church and the
Y. NJ c. A.
During the recent Soiourner'
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-10-31

THE FACTS IN
OUR NEWS .
BY HORACE A. WHITE

back because of the color of skin.
Such people must be defeated in
their efforts. The kind Of talk that
is attributed to the Senator, Is not
the way to defeat the race bait
crs." All of your friends, Senator.
are saying that YOU stood present.
ed wrongly by the Detroit News.
Those who want you TO correct the
error will tell you This column
does not care whether you correct
the utterances. as attributed to you
by the Detroit News, or not. We
do not want you to make such a
serious error again. This one error
does not in any way impair your
leadership. In fact, maybe you do
not know It, but it helps you and
US to grid for strong forward pro-
gram together.
We must all remember that there
will be different approaches TO the
many problems that confront the
Negro people. At any time these
approaches are subject to severe
criticism If someone defects from
a given approach, it does not follow
in the least, that such a person is
not interested. Only half-wits take
such a point If view. Senator, this
column will necessarily disagree
with you on many other occasions.
You will not find us dealing in per-
sonalities at anytime II We did
that, Senator, you would take an
lawful beating"
If you mean by sincerity agree
ing with you q. you are in for
a few hard blows from a lot Of
people. Let us hope when they
come you will have emerged men,
tally and emotionally to the place
where you do not have to weep
tears, in terms Of personal attacks.
Be able. Sir, to fight on the issues.
Such a procedure makes for a real
leadership. The question never is
whether the people can trust you.
The question is whether you can
trust yourself. Personality deal
ing is proof enough that a man can
not trust himself.
trust myself to say this in con-
.nection with your letter in the
Michigan Chronicle about me, be-
cause l always ride out the Storm
The storm never rides me. God
willing, shall be in Detroit to
fight with you, and, at times, fight
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-10-31

Truth controversy, Atty. Simmons
assumed the grave responsibility
as chairman of the Legal commit
tee of the Sojourner Truth COM
mittee. which successfully won oc-
cupancy for Negroes. and the free
dom Of all Of our people involved
in the race riots. He was also in
strumental in getting an injunction
restraining the city of Hamtramck
from occupying the project homes
there. for whites only.
The whole city of Detroit knows
Atty. Simmons for his fair labor
record. He was one of the few Ne
groes in the state who dared speak
out for the organization OF Ford
workers. He was a member of the
first Ford Organizing committee,
and was in on the organizing COM
mittee of the CLIO At present he
is a trustee Of Local 663. A. F. L.,
and a delegate to the central body,
Detroit and Wayne County Feder-
alton of Labor. A. F. L.
Because NJ Michigan's need for a
progressive Representative in the
Michigan Legislature, Negro citi-
zens. got together and drafted C.
LeBron Simmons 10 run for the
Legislature. In the October pri-
mary, he was not nominated. but
polled a huge vote Of over 10000
which was very good for the first
time, and taking in the fact that
this was not banner year for
voting.
Atty. Simmons told a Chronicle
reporter that: "A Negro lawyer
must, because of the condition ia
which he finds his people. fight
for progressive legislation and a
liberal Interpretation OF laws which
tend to increase the opportunities
for the masses Of people 10 better
their conditions, both economically
and politically"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-10-31

refused TO pay more than the S.
and told Mary TO stay away from
these 'no'thern' you-know-whats, "
Here Mrs. Granger protested the
treatment of the girl from the south
and she and her new neighbor had
words. but Mary and her employer
had more than words. They had a
big row which resulted in Mary
getting slapped-and good-by the
man from the south. The happy
ending was reached when Mrs.
Granger found Mary another job
with better pay. The story didn't
make the headlines because Mary
Murrell was afraid of what the
southern man would do to her, and
now Mrs, Granger makes it her
business to inform her neighbours
new help that he is a Simon Legree
in factory overalls. He is advertis-
ing for new maid every week.
!; i !;
BULLETIN FROM THE LABOR
FRONT: Hitlerlike treatment of
Negroes at Excelsior Manufacturing
company plant in Highland Park
caused one employee Carl Ed
monds) TO quit because he feared
trouble brewing between whites
and Negroes will eventually come
to a head. Plant is chock full Of
southern white men who until late
ly never earned more than 81 a
day. Negro men employed as jani-
tors and colored women work in
toilets only. To make bad matters
worse. southern whites, unmindful
of the fact that a war is going on,
insult Negroes by telling them they
tthe Negroes can't work in any
other capacity because they are too
dumb. 1t was one Of these remarks
that caused Edmonds to quit Com
pany won't think of hiring skilled
Negro workers News just leak
ed out that workers at Ford's Sc
verely beat up GermsN three
weeks ago because he refused to
buy bonds and lambasted U. S.
government. 1t happened in same
division where one Negro worker
buys 500 in bonds every month
Reports coming through the
vine that as many as so southern
white men walk off jobs at Fords
and other factories at one time to
smoke, and defy foremen who beg
them TO keep the production lines
rolling. (These are the same men
who object to working with patri-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-10-31

THE INSIDE STORY: You prob
ably haven't suspected it, but the
Ford Motor company. which has
been very liberal in the employ
ment Of Negroes, has decided to
employ the ratio" system used by
many concerns in the hiring of Ne
groes. This was revealed in letter
from Edsel Ford to ALI Taborn in
Kalamazoo some three months ago,
AT that time Ford's hiring hands
journeyed to Kalamazoo asking for
men from the USES, which office
sent a number of Negroes and
whites to the Ford company in De-
troit. The story is that the white
men were hired, but Negroes had
their names taken" and were sent
back home. Learning of this treat
ment Of Negroes, Mr.. Taborn wrote
TO Edsel Fard, pleading for an ex-
PLANTATION, whereupon Edsel Ford
dipped his busy pen in nostalgia and
answered Mr.. Taborn 10 the effect
that the Ford Motor company now
employs about II per cent Negroes
while the Negro population is just
seven per cent, and informed Mr..
Taborn that the Ford Motor COM
pany has no intentions of increas-
ing the present ratio, We could for
give Edsel Ford this if these were
normal times, but men are hired
now according 10 need AMI skill
and not according to racial popula-
ton. Maybe this explains the re-
luctance to hire colored women at
the Willow Run Bomber plant.
x - X
OFF THE RECORD: This story
would have made the headlines if
it had been written when it first
broke. It concerns a southern white
man who believes in slapping his
Negro help. He brought a maid.
Mary Murrell, up here from Geor-
gia and although he came here him
self because of the high salary he
could earn up moth he continued
to pay Mary the measly S. a week
he had paid in Georgia for maid,
cook and laundry service. He NOV
ed into a house on Monterey in
Highland Park, where Mary be-
came acquainted with another maid
working for a Mrs. Granger. Mary
learned her maid friend from next
door was paid S12 week with no
laundry, two days off and all that
sort Of thing; so Mary asked her
employer for a raise. However, he
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-10-31
MORE FUN WITH THE
WEEPING SENATOR

Three weeks ago this column took
issue with our little fighting SEN
ator." He Is grand guy. He was
quoted as having said that Negroes
come into the North with a "chip
on the shoulder psychology" This
sort Of thinking by any Negro miss
es the point. The senator knows
better. This column tried TO give
him the benefit Of the doubt by
saying that he might have been mis-
quoed. The devoted little fellow"
thought there was a difference be-
tween the wordss basic" and
totally" Sometimes these various
concepts Of words confuse me, so
1t is not strange that Senator Digs
would be wrong.
Seriously now. My criticism was
not personal one. The issues
were too important to deal in per-
sonalities. 1t is to be hoped that
the Senator will clear up what he
meant. What he thinks about my
intellectual interests are not i'm
portant. To understand that sort of
thing would demand abilities that
the Senator makes no claim to
having.
l may debate any issue to bring
out the good points for and against.
If the people are to decide a given
issue the facts must be presented
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-10-31


took a glimmer at that high upfront
chassis, that body by Fisher and
those tragic orbs OF hers, I knew
that chick was the fine dinner
for me.
80 what do do but play the
free lancer, letting her ogle a mitt-
full of dead presidents on every pay
till she swoons with the invite OF
the cabbage leaves and falls hard
and fast for me, Hepcat Willie.
"Tben when the c,bbaoo lava,
took fade away trek ms and
eniels that irs her turn 10 giva out
with some Of the coin n nav Tor
our brown times round ho,ft town
"Sbe falls on in like tba Green
Hornet and laws the live right
where NV deuce n, granular. can
dish IL M and everything /, kona-
settle from then hi way later in The
fun season.
y,r,. ~ cx,
,,..,,. W '"e N
WINE hao learned long ago that
women were Hhdu ior play Time
on-; ,ona IN no 30 90 -. -eaSp p,. 10 Aeep
to admit that Hepcbick Sue sweet
had been a triple threat to his pet
theories about women.
"If I'd been the hitchin' kind 70
she'd have gotten me- TO sign on The
dotted line, And we'd be legal
twosone bv now" Willie realized
somewhat SADLY now ax he was
about to face the future without
the presence of anv woman near
him.
Draftee Hencat Willie knew that
the longer he thought Of Sue
Sweets comeon for him the more
bitter he'd become with the whole
setup.
Better forget that chick Cause
I'm in the army and INK Sam won't
stand for no biddies always hang
in round" Willie commented un.
derneath his breath and gave I'M
thinking of the mast to trv and vie
ualize the future in the army
,r,.i,,,. ~ H., ~
"
Du' IL WASH any use.
ms thoushts went PACK 70 mat
y eeA Detole ,toaay' ne "a -sola the
!, NEST Caulilac IN town. let INK
iiei man. the pa|iioroker give MIN
iodh on LOCK OF fightiy draped
IooI suns floFsheim triple AAA
'oU'S' ueuCe Vi sH'telihs stones
a aus, o'iiei Sueh iidsny oooaos whlch
,4'- mac. one am all recognize
nun ds De'loi'S ming OIL 1--WE ana
y ,,,.,,. i
LOU Hepcat wine mad turned
over ms stable OF ponies TO ms
sHuch ouoay' Jo-1o Brown WINE
re- sre'teo tn4S' cause tne ehlcks mad
zone surety III rlgnt by him' FOR
ASH ne the pest ESQUIRE man IN
.o"H' WASH tne zahlest snort IN
,vo,,ia 49,, - - az az " ..H 10. Ia.
which called for some ijvestuif7
He Was King of Underworld
az was the King of the Under
world. Everything was goln, nv
way. Then INK Sam saws Come
here Heocat Willie I need Won 10
90 over there and lick the Panrats
and run the German out of Berlin
So what do I do but ioin M with
old INK Sam" Willie talked low
10 himself
$50 I'm in the army now"
"'Taint no better for me cause
I'm a good hep cat what's going 10
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-10-31

WHITE LIF
By Ricardo Weeks tfor AMP
Polieel Police!
He stole my purse
And is making his escaped
No. mol
II was my purse
He's innocent Of raps.
He's Just another
Harlemite-
So admit that too-okay?
No, I'd rather
Drop the charge
Twas empty anyway.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-10-31
LAY UP A DOLLAR FOR A
RAINY DAY

By william Henri Huff flor AMP
Again the eagle flies your way.
Again the mill wheels roll,
Again you're drawing lots OF pay.
Again you're off the dole
Now. are you WISE than before,
And do you know that rain
Is bound 70 come when this is DER?
Hard times will come again.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-10-31

tically seeking to stem the tide Of
Negro buyers through hastily ar
ranged property agreements and
by buying Off Prospective Negro
homeowners.
Full details Of the plot to thwart
the rights of Negro citizens to buy
decent housing are disclosed in the
copy of a pamphlet which was sub
mitted to the Michigan Chronicle
by a prominent Negro realtor this
week.
The copy OF the pamphlet is here
with printed in its entirety;
THE BOSTON BOULEVARD
SITUATION
August 81, 1912.
ITO all owners OF property on Bos-
ton boulevard, Arden Park,
Longfellow avenue, Edison ave-
nue. and Chicago boulevard:
"A beautiful home situated on
Arden Park, Immediately adjacent
10 Judge Healy on the east and
Judge Keiden on the west. was ac-
quired by a colored family, The
family in question has moved in and
is now residing there with the re-
suit that other home owners in the
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-10-31

other Negroes are reported 10 be
buying homes there but to date no
other families have actually moved
in. White homeowners are fran
======--
otto Negroes) Regal Manu-.
featuring company in Kalamazoo
wants men and vii hire Negroes as
machinists, etc, with no questions
asked Bohn Aluminium (plant
No. p hiring skilled Negro women
50 SAYS "a patriot" Can YOU
imagine CAGE Higgins working at
the R. L. Polk company where
EVERYTHING is segregated? .
Bull Stamping wants Negro wom-
en- as weIders Fisher Body hir-
ing colored females as drill press
operators. Mote to women: contact
employment. offices of both these
eompanies) Attention Domes.
tic Workers: Baltimore and Wash
ington personal service workers
have organized and now have CLIO
charter, You ca do the same here;
see an organizer at once
FREE SPEECH: Rev. George W
(he's gonna be bishop Baber; Re
ligion has failed to deal with the
Race questions The church
has compromised on saving the
budget instead Of the people i.
Horace A. Il like a good fight on
real issues White: Why doesn't
Senator Diggs tell who writes his
stories and speeches for him?"
The CLIO news Actually, the war is
the only real issue in the Novem-
Der elections Golfers maya
zine: The Michigan Chronicle
brought about the arrest of Taxa
hashi" Senator Charles C..
Digs: 1--WE been trying five years
to stop Horace White from speak
ing on what people want him to talk
about" The government should ra-
ton some Of this hot air.
X x X
THE TOWN Is TALKING
.AR0IrT. Jimmy fwe1terweightl
FdgaT- 9oir,u-t,-+be-sp,,ay in Noven.
her THE Edpars are blessed EVENT
ing, The new hosnital nolicv
~ not accounting natients unless
tbev car NV foT meaL,s care in
advarca Tho fret Soiournnr
Truth terant delivering teiegrams
an tbe rigbt sb;f, and doing fac.
,ory wi nv dav pobbv rraed
ubo o,;t 4ba fig1t gane n work
in factory blacked the foreman's
eve ven back 70 the ring before
leaving for tbe ar,nv Iast Monday
Jimmy tsnorts writer, Rutler's
,,.;t. eat,i,.u ~ ell $50.
The row on the Woodward avenue
street car Friday night when
white man objected to a white
woman talking with a Negro con-
ductor. Some fun! The renew
ed effort 10 get colored men on in
the fire department Local
girls. Helen Parker and Stella
Stokes meeting old friends. Eta
Molten and John Garth of the, "Por-
gy and Bess' cast The Twelve
horsemen's purchase Of tive pieces
Of property adjoining the club
house Zone store and one apartment
housed The hundreds Of peo-
pie looking for any kind of shelter
for the winter The % litter
bugs. some Of whom led the push
against the hcodlums in the famous
riot of last February %. joining
the army n a group because they
want TO divide Killers carcass be-
tween them,
* X
17rS TUE RINK. We renaat for
.bo ssko of er,nhasis. An tbis bprk
.bont tho Negro moi boirg ,r,erosf-
od IN tho asr is doi5g onr neonle
~ 49, W. ro,oat for mo saLo
- e11,,basis. Negro ioadors sbonid
nro,os, -1s.,z,re snd no,,snsnor
s-,;ole. tbat .hoY, -, Tho Negro ss
a. 80, 49, III irto-es, ~
~ - nro1ro,, 1, bigb y,aoas
80 :, 5atea-a .nd,,s,rY W. %
49, 80 - - aroTSasis. ~,
- lone as tho nubIic is led 10 he.
Evening star., 1942-03-15
Wesleyan U. Alumni
Plan Annual Dinner

Maj. Gen. Myron c. Cramer. judge
advocate general Of the Army; Paul
+. Douglass, president Of American
University, and Prof. George M.
butcher, history professor at Wes-
leyan University, will be guests Of
honor Friday at the Cosmos Club
during the annual dinner Of Wes-
leyan University alumni.
Harold D. Kraft is president OF
the local group. and Clayton v.
Travis Is secretary.