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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-02-07
BOOK REVIEW
TWELVE MIIliO> BLACK
VOICES"

TWELVE MILLION BldDG voaa,
by Richard Wrish ylkrs
Press, New York.. is a sting.ns n.
dictment Of the white Ame lean A..
tiiude toward the Negro over a,
period OF 500 years. 'lo isi n,
story of the Negro misses NJ
wright. distinguished author n
Native Son" digs deep into ,n
black mans heritage and wrin
with passion and fire Ills gory 4
magniiicently supplemental bv (,
large collection OF phoiog ANS
woven adroitly into The ieA'.
Through the narrative M
Wright has chosen 10 have the ".
gro speak TO the reader by iAe uv
Of the personal pronoun rae an.
euage j. distinctly po,tf. and
archaeological. No wA.'e Amei.
can, unless he has hear az sie,l
can read this hook without helng
greatly chasiened by It's llal m.
dicmcnt No Negro can rcad /
without being made to ieiizr hat
the great masses Of Neg O,,. bon
urban and rural, ike Z. "a. bottom
of the economic ladder rn vast
iiagic school that swirs b. oa 4
the depths against the ,u 20 81.
leutly. and heavenly
With bitter tone o. ple. he
paints America as silll nah-.M,s
and hat-Irec After c.-. years
~ freedom he speaks Il VOC W.
gro ss being within ihe w,p o
system We cannot heat ln. NegfO
has tanpcd down the road for 20
yedr- We are a folk horn 81 cal-
,grai devastation. slavery. pnssilsl
suffering unreqnited long 1ns,
abrupt emancipation migration,
dlsl'usionment. bewildermcut iob-
l'ssne $, and insecurity
10 America. he has tho Nesfo
say. Look al US and know ne and
You viii know yourself. 'or We az
you. Looking hack NJ you from ins
darn mirror OF our lives.
What do we black !ok aani,
he asks, He has the Neg answer
pcintdly We want What oiherI
have the right to share in he ~
Ward march OF American llle ~
only HE we remember . have ever
known.
David Ea'iour.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-02-07
EDITORS MAIL
Express views On AmerIcanlsm

River Rouge, Mich.
Jan. &c 1912
To The Detroit Tribune
In The present war crisis. no
doubt. all the world Is wondering
What Negro America is ihnNing.
While am unable 10 yoice all the
thoughts OF my people, | should lik"
10 speak a word for young dark
America ana for our ancestors II
seems strange that al such "A time.
when America needs citizens Of
spi u and morals only. u should
restrict people who are real Ameri-
cans and who FOR generations haN'
shown nothing but patriotism.
The FIJI is now busily engaged
in rounding np un'riendly aliens
and axis sympa hizers people
who defy America and seek us
ruin.
On the other hand. Negro Ameri-
can men and women. boys and
girls. are fighting and have been
lighting for decades 10 be recog
nized As Americans and 10 be re
cipients OF the same democracy
which other Americans enjoy
melican Negroes are upset over
the recent refusal TO accept then
blood for the Red Gross blood bank
They resent this because they
want 10 be free 10 give as other
Americans give 10 share the bit
ter. as well as the sweet. rs other
Americans do.
Last week, my little fouryear-old
daughter looked at me wistfull,
and asked Mother. are We Ameri.
, cans? was puzzled for moment
then quickly answered. Why, o
course darling We are Americans.
Then the child smiled and said
Mother, am glad | am an Ameri
can"
Yes. she u glsd she Is an Ameri
can. and ! as an American moth
er. want her 10 continue TO be
leve in America. from childhood
through maturity. I want that lit
lie soul 10 live and not be crushed
| don't want her faith to be shak
en-. when she becomes old enough
10 see and understand. don't wan
my chllds faith 10 be tattered an'
torn by those selfish parasites VIII
feed upon the misfortunes an'
! hsndicaps OF weaker race.
don't want her little heart TO bleed
and those trusting eyes TO wei
with tears. as her mothers d.
while this letter is being penned
want her TO be an American
Christian American. with the bro
therly love which our Creator In
tended should prevail.
Yes, We will be true 20 OIL
Glory. We have always been faith
full and doubtless always will u
spite 81 the injustice we suffer an
the tears We shed. We are wiilin
and ready n need be. 10 give on
I lives for this America we love. Al
We ask IL - chance 10 be Amer
cans.
(signedl
Susie Holmes
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-02-07
Colored Churches At The Turn
~ The century

UNllkE TODAY. with perhaps q
- hundred or more churches. re-
presenting many denomination. to
choose from among our group here
in the city OF Detroit before one
connects himself with the church.
WAS The days OF my youth. around
the turn Of the century. There were
only two denominations represent
ed by colored people, and three
were the number OF colored
churches in Detroit therefore. in
those days. yon had TO be either q
Methodist or Baptist II YOU wanted
your name on the church's roll.
Surviving the many storms OF
life. and sill shining like the city
that stands on hill" are those
same three churches that served
Detroit's entire colOred population
in those days. They are: Ebenezel.
AME. Bethel AME, aud Second
Baptist. The latter occupies the
same site a. Il did At the turn of
the century However. Ebenezer
and Bethel AAE are in new loca-
lions In those days. Ebenazer was
located on Erskine street and
Bethel at Hastings and Napoleon
streets. DO not know The exact
membership OF any OF the three in
those days. but | do not believe II
exceeded 200 members. Today. The
membership OF each OF The above
churches are in the thousands.
So when you hear someone say
that We have roo many churches
today. it may be- good &, compare
the number that We had in those
days with the number today. II is
true that the colored population
Of this city Is much bigger than in
those days. and II is also true Thai
We as a group has made rapid
progress In the number OF church
IS operated by the race. represent
ing many faiths
The churches across INC river in
Windsor. especially the BME Meth
odist. and the methodist churches
Of this city used 10 work together
very nicely. 'rhe two groups would
cooperate In MANY ways. Singing
contests among The choirs OF Inc
churches In Detroit and Windsor
was an AFFAIR that the Christian
people always looked forward m
with eaecrness.
IL Il with regret that 7 cannot
call The pastors OF The three colored
churches n the turn Of the cen
fury. however. they were ministers
who foresaw greater day for their
congregations. aud perhaps are
partly responsible Tor those same
churches standing in the comm
nity with on open door for All nj
those who with 10 come The men
who started those churches and
many Of the faithful members Nho
helped to carry on are gone to Thar
great unknown but their church.
es live on.
So the great difference IN tho
churches In Detroit Al the turn q,
the century and today Is that We
did not have 20 many ditferen,
buildings to worship in en- Sunday,
and only two faiths 10 choose
from otherwise. the church OF The
eighteenth century Is same as the
church Of Today. Next week EN-
PLOYMENT AMONG Our GROrp
AT THE TURN or THE CEN
TURY."
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-02-07
The Faithful Soldier

By 0FHHIF VHFWtIs JTs
A SOLDIER who lived like you
n and me
And had M metals ~ victory
All he had was a will 10 fight
For his country and his right.
He was not general Of high
degree
Only hghier for liberty
willing TO die for his country
Willing to die for you and me.
lie heard voice speak softly
fieht on. hght on coursgeously
Your work is never done
Until the victory IL won.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-02-07
Your Income Tax

THE RECENT lowering Of the federal income tax brack-
a cts will make il necessary for many thousands Of
citizens pay income tax this year who have had
file returns before. Under the law. single persons
whose wages salary commissions from January l. 194l
10 December 81 1871 have amounted 10 $3.50 more or
married persons whose income for the same period has
amounted TO $500 will be required to pay in
come taxes In Michigan and Ohio. married couples who
have separate incomes may file separate returns
All income returns must be made between Jan
uary and March Is. which is the final date The report
accompanied by check money order to the
of due should be mailed to the Collector Of Internal
Revenue in Detroit for residents Of Michigan. You may
obtain form from the Office Of your Collector Of Internal
Revenue.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-02-07
Food For Thought
by James Ernest Williams

America though full OF flaws
yet full OF opportunities ana
worth lighting for.
Life Is what you help make y.
does not come TO order. Is "''
iaiior-made or form-htting.
An excuse is a poor excuse lo'
an excuse.
One who carries chip an n
shoulder may someday ma D
shoulder broken or his "'
knocked out.
IT'S better to start late SOM
times, than not al all. A.,
People are In hurry 10 w
nothing aud to go Somewhere no"
adays..
One who minds hts own bn'ins'
hnds himself q life time JOB
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-02-07
DO WHAT lOi THINK
vol OtGHT

CTEER CLEAR OF the negative adj
vices from relatives. friends or
acQuaintances. Guard against in
dividuals who tell YOU ito stick
where you are ; not to take a
chance you are doin fine In
your cid job ETC Watch out for
Tree advice. Nest people who give
it out are negative. 1t is asserted
that In the United States only one
ont Of every twenty persons are OF
POSITIVE frame OF mind. SO
avoid negative advice from any
one. ADVICE FOR NOTHING ~
ISL ALLY WORTH WHAT ~
COSTS TO AtQIlRE II.
You know better than anyone in
this world what you CAN do. and
what you WANT to do. So DECIDE
for your-eli. and ACT Tor yourself.
II you allow every person yon meet
10 advise and sway you like the
wind, you Will never reach your
goal OF success. DECIDE what you
want TO do. and as long as It Ia
right and does moi violate the laws
of God and society, 10 IT I'M
MEDIATELl.
when Bell started experimenting
with the telephone. his relatives,
friends and acquaintance thought
he was crazy. They told him he
Was fool to waste time and money
on his notion OF telephone. But
Bell was wise enough 10 let this
Free Advice" 30 and kept up his
experiments. lie knew what he
WANTED to do. and he knew he
COiLD do Il. Today. within a few
minutes we can talk 10 people in
any country in the world. Follow
Bell. DO what YOU WANT and wha,
you Can do Steer clear of mega
tive advice.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-02-07
The Guardian Mother
BY Bertha Lee Prosser

GUARDIAN MOTHER 40 swee'
" and pure
You'll always he kind am sure
When I came 10 your door and
! know there was happiness galore
As smiled into your face
I saw love. peace and grace
with nv DADDY seated there
with all he had 10 share.
] MAS welcomed 10 your home
And because OF the love shown
I can never forget you
No. never forget you.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-02-07
REVIEWING
OLD DETROIT

EDITOR NOTE: This i the
ninth of n series Of articles
about Detroit and Deirri,ers
~ toId 10 Isaac Jones by John
7. Williams who has lived In
the city since 1859.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-02-07
fSienedl
Susie Holmes

Paul Williams, Angel CIiyan. has
Supervised the construction ol
many homes for the stars Of Holly
wood.
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MEDIATELy.

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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1942-10-09

man to himself, to the use Of
his own powers, to the enjoy
ment Of the fruits Of his own
exertions ~
Since property is labor in
concrete form, non-property
owners in society can only be
the non-producers. But how,
under-the-sun will a sales tax
ever effect them. For the fact
is, a sales tax is an un-equit-
able tax, falling more heavily
on the poor than the rich, and
tends ultimately to discour-
age both capital and labor.
Mr.. Phillips displays greater
confusion in his weak defense
of capital:
Capital is the best friend
the working man ever had or
will have, ! he said. Capital
competes with itself, thereby
increasing work, raising
wages and lowering rents.
Any system Of taxation which
destroys capital or discour.
ages it's employment in pro-
ductive enterprise, is a social
curse. Those who object to a
general sales tax are neither
| sincere nor consistent unless
they oppose processing taxes
and gasoline taxes. :
We realize, without d doubt,
that there should be no con-
| flict between capital and la
Dor, since they are, in reality,
parallels in production. How
ever, capital does not supply
the materials which labor
turns into wealth, therefore
capital cannot increase or
create work. If such a state
ment were true, how did prim-
tive man ever manage to en-
! ploy himself before capital ac-
cumulated? And we also ask
the former congressman, how
can capital raise wages, since
wages do not come from capi-
tai? 1t would be well for Phil
lips if he would brush up on
the fundamentals in the SUBJ
.iect he SO freely discusses.
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w ith a Buckeye
In Congress.
~ Q-ARKyecx 4 no Wu
as~s~ - csaers.s. - 60 oas&lua

Roosevelt demanded that the ma
tional legislature fax ceilings on
farm prices, adding that he him.
self would take care of "stabiliz-
ing" wages and salaries. The farm
ers of the nation, and the Repre-
sentatives in Congress from the
rural districts, remembered that
prior to the passage of the Price
Control Act last January, farm
spokesmen offered to accept a price
ceiling on farm products Of one
hundred per cent of parity, provid-
ing fixed ceiling was Immediately
placed on wages and salaries at
the same time. The President and
his Administration strongly OPP
posed any wage control whatso-
ever, and the farm interests were
finally given a price ceiling of one
hundred and ten per cent Of parity
as a matter Of appeasement. The
hundred and ten per cent of parity
ceiling was specifically approved
before Congressional committees
by Secretary Of Agriculture Wick
ard and Price Administrator Hem
derson, and later was also APP
proved by the President when he
signed the Price Control Act. In
April the President made q strong
speech to the nation warning that
both labor and agriculture would
have to make sacrifices in the ma
tional interest, and could expect
no further increases in prices or
wages. Hardly had the Presidents
words been uttered when his War
Labor Board decreed that indus
trial labor should have an increase
in wages of fifteen per cent above
the levels of January l, 1941. I'M
mediately many farmers began de-
manding a corresponding increase
in crop prices, which represented
their labor. In the meantime meat
prices went above 10 per cent Of
parity--pork reached 138 per cent,
mutton 131 per cent, and beef l2s
per cent of parity yet neither
Price Administrator Henderson nor
the President did anything TO hold
meat prices at the 10 per cent Of
parity rnte as fixed in the Price
Control Act. Increases in indus
trial wages began to be reflected
in increased prices for processed
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Confusion Worse
Confounded

Arguing for a nationwide
sales tax, former Congress
nan Thomas w. Phillips Jr.,
Of Butler, Penna., says:
1t would be difficult to sug-
gest d better method to COM
pel the non-property owner to
bear directly a portion Of the
cost incident to living in a
state of civilization
The question Immediately
crises What is meant by
property oWners9 Does that
include those people who, be-
ing born too late have no
claim to the soil? Or, to whom
il he referring when he
Of the "non-property"
owner. ! ike many Of his con-
tenanoraries, Mr.. Phillips re-
veals his confusion as to what
constitutes the rightful basis
Of property.
What is it that enables a
man justly to say of a thing,
It is mine?' says Henry
George. From what springs
the sentiment which acknoWl-
edges his exclusive right as
eainst I'll the world? Is it
not, prirlarily, the right of a
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fContinusd from page y
ber /, 1871 there were 1862
persons on the rolls of the Di-
vision.
The division chief said that
the assistance rolls were ex-
pected to fluctuate around the
1900 mark for some time
and expressed the belief that
the peak had been reached in
January, 1912, when 139,479
persons were given Aid.
Mr.. Rabb announced that
the recently announced state
wide increases in awards to
recipients which were sched-
uiea to be effective Iii October
were nearing completion and
would be certified in time for
the October mailing. He said
the October adjustments were
occasioned by the rising costs
of food and clothing as shown
by recent surveys which were
conducted by the State Divis-
ion at the request of Gov. w.
Bricker.
The new adjustments were
made by means of a desk re-
view OF every active case in
the State, Mr.. Babb said. He
explained that a federal law
requires a study of each case
before an adjustment in the
award can be made for that
case and said Division en-.
ployes had worked day and
hight to accomplish the re-
view of each case in time for
the October certification.
Division records show that
the total amount of Aid for
the Aged awards for the first
nine months of 1912 was $3O,-
075,434 as compared with
S28,673,311 expended for aged
assistance in the correspond
ing period of last year.
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The other evening at A party,
dominant ma.e WAS heard 70 say
that girls in rough working Clothes,
and rougher war jobs, We're losing
their woinanly charms and IeIiini-
nifty. The attitude was obviously
hangover from a previous genera
tion. But 1t served to focus a1ten-
ton on the change that tiiue mas
wrought in popular thinking.
Not being OF the feminist schooi
yourselves. we nevertheless depiofe,
mot tile vanishing female, but the
lfact that those strictly female nj
tributes aren't vanishing fast
enough. It Is now considered DIS
tInctly uncomplimentary for q
woman To say that 50 and 50 - TOO
female 1t has come 70 stand tof
exaggerated vanity. ruthlessness III
attaining an end, and let OF inaudsln
isentimentality serving as y smoke
screen for the realities.
Tie fact is that women TO-DAY
have developed code among them
selves, comparing In hiah-minded-
ness with tne Tules VI lHS pc1s
sportsman. Just ms men are heard
to say that Jack Is right guy
or regular fellow" women now
look for the same high standards Of
behavior among the girls with whom
they work. Luckily, we women who
are on - another, are not bur-
denel lie false illusions which
serve nall's near-sighted deli-
milton lininity!
In Important matters, man
would be smart to take into consld-
Grafton woman's rating with work
Ing companions Of her own sex. Be
cause woman who Is unpopular
with other women Is very likely to
be lacking In some important fun
damentals of character. The wom-
m who says she Is disliked by the
girls at the shop, usually infers that
they are jealous of her greater
charm or sex-appeal. This Is pos
sibly true, but don't count on It
Look carefully into the facts before
ycnturing friendship with such
Il one.
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F E A u RES

meet with and handle mutin-
Gus subversiye forces and en-
yious, self-seeking leaders.
But where Columbus had the
idea Of u new road TO the In
dies, we have the ideal Of a
new world, where democracy
will have an opportunity to
progress, and where all men
will be free. lie we steer
straight ahead, along the
course we know to be right,
with our faith in the sanctity
Of the Individual and in the
inborn right Of all men to be
free and equal as our guiding
star, We will reach our goal.
But we must persevere-or to
take its original meaning we
must follow through.
THE good man said Now
must We pray
For lol the very stars are
gone,
Brave Admiral speak; what
shall / say?
Why say sal on. Sail on!
And on
Then pale and worn, he paced
his deck,
And peered through dark
ness. All, that night
OF all dark nightsl And then
a speck
A light A light! At last a
ligth
II grew, q starlit flag unfurled
It grew To be Times burst OF
dawn.
He gained a world, he gave
that world
It's grandest lesson: On,
Sail on r
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foods and other products. On Labor
Day the President again advised
the Congress and the nation that
would have to be done
to stop imitation, insisting that Con-
gress legislate on farm prices only,
while he would personally handle
All matters affecting labor. I'M
mediately there was a revolt among
the farm groups, who believed the
Presidents failure to control indus
trial wages as well as his neglect
in enforcing the one hundred and
ten per cent Of price ceiling
on farm products, had actually
brought about the danger Of infia-
ton. They insisted that In indus
trial wages were to be increased,
with consequent increase In the
cost Of farm labor, processing and
distributing farm products, and in
all of the things the farmer has TO
buy, that farm prices should not
be reduced, but instead the farmer
should be guaranteed at least the
cost of production for the food he
raises.
THE sad thing about the whole
situation is, had the offer of the
farm group, year ago, been ac-
cepted, and price ceilings of one
/ hundred per cent of parity beer
placed on farm products, while ef-
fective wage control provisions hae
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M lAIl.
(Continued from page u

SSontfnued from page
''e mailed, neither will inflam-
.nable materials including
matches or lighter fluids be
accented. Sealed packages Of
candy, tobacco, cigars, cigar
TO ard toilet articles may be
enclosed in parcels without
affecting the parcel post class
lfication Of such packages.
During the conference. tho
secretary also pointed out the
fine state of health existing In
the army at present. Adrnis.
slons to hospitals and confine-
nneflt to quarters for all causes
currently are fewer than at
this time last year when the
army's physical well being
was considered excellent. On
the basis Of figures to date it
y anticipated that the general
admission rate will be approx-I
lmately 10 per cent lower in
1871.
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been written into the original Price
Control Act, the whole controversy
OF the past few weeks would have
been unnecessary, and much Of the
price imitation which has taken
place during the past year could
have been avoided. Instead the
President and his Administration
tolerated rising labor costs for
many months. and then finally gave
support to wage stabiiization
formula which materially increas-
ed labor costs. and greatly added 70
the inflationary trend. It was only
natural for the farm interests TO
resent the Presidents attempt to
place most Of the responsibility for
the inhationary spiral upon the