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HIS. Way.To
City Council

Another barrage OF seditious lit
ersture that may well incits De-
troifs c;tizenry to violence has been
distributed by q candidate for the
City Council. q Mr.. Stanley J.
Katylo, who. unfortunately. can
boast that he has seen service in
World War II and lived 10 return
to America where he has dedicated
his life to establishing a way of
life he was allegedly fighting
against ..-.-.-.
Katylo. whose only claim to ell
gibility to a seat in the council Is
his professed hatred for Negroes
and liberals. by some unprecedent-
ed calculations accuses city Off
Gals of -psmpering Negroes" this
despite the fact that in the recent
race riot police virtually murdered
''psmpered Negroes despite the
fact that a majority Of Detroits COL
ored citizens still live IL SUBJ
standard homes and despite the
fact that the u. S. Government had
TO force many war plants to utilize
the skill Of qualified Negroes in
war production.
Ignoring Gf he can actually read)
Prosecutor Dowling's now infamous
riot report, Mr.. Katylo says that
there was no serious attempt by
the public officials to punish Ne
groes," who refused 10 stand idly
by on June 2o-2l and wait for white
hoodlums 10 walk UP and murder
them.
In his four-page. subversive cam
paign folder tprinted on coated
stock. II you please, the World War
II veteran attempts TO justify hate
strikes at Packsrd's, and weeps Bit
ter nordic tears in l2-point bold
type over the dismissal OF white
fascists who stopped production at
Packsrd's and the Hudson plants
because they did not want Negroes
10 have a share in the manufacture
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DetrOiter Killed In
N. Africa War Zone

Staff Sgt Richard r. Love, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. William r. Love Of
5287 Twenty-fourth street, has been
listed as killed In action in the
North African war thester. Word
OF his death was received last week.
Born In Euphuls. Ala. in 1911, he
had lived in Detroit for the past %
years. He was graduate OF North
western high school and attended
Wayne university two years He
was indicted into the service in
June OF 1912. Besides his parents
he is survived by two brothers
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Warrants charging two fathers
with failure 10 send their children
70 public schools were issued this
week against Henry Almanac Of $50
+. Milwaukee and Jafe Bell Dan
iels OF 1904 Lyman place.
II was disclosed that both fathers
had sent their children TO the Uni
versity OF Islam school. at 57S Med
bury. according to officers assigned
to the case.
Almanac. accused OF refusing to
send his l3-year-old daughter.
Veronica, and his eight-year-old
daughter. Concha. 10 school. was
sentenced to serve 90 days in tbe
Detroit House Of Correction BY
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RACE WORKERS
.0USTED FROM
WILLOW LODGE
Whites Wanted To Move
Next To- Negro
Workers Homes
By r. JOHN WOOD

Sixty-five Negro war workers
have been ousted from government
homes near Willow Lodge because
white people wanted to occupy
housing units near the Negro set
Element. il was learned this week
The Negro workers. employed by
the Ref RELY Construction COM
pany. builders OF housing units ss
Willow Lodge. were forced to va
cate homes near the project in spite
OF the fact that there has been no
friction between racial groups since
Negroes moved into the community
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Ind. to1d this reporter mat the
company had a 60-day contract at
Willow Lodge and that IL Of the
Negroes held out until the last
minute before moving to Ypsilanti
where. he said. 100 housing units
have been made available to Ne
groes.
Rev. Mattox added that most OF
these units had been filled before
the war workers at Willow lodge
village were ordered to move. He
also pointed out that the cost OF
living for the construction workers
would be almost doubled in Ypsi-
lanti with the added expense of
transportation 10 and from their
jobs.
Race Relations Good
Rev. Mattox pointed out that re-
lations between white residents OF
Willow Lodge and the Negro con.
struction workers in the village had
beef exceptionally good in view OF
recent controversies over integrated
housing. Negroes. he said, had 70
walk through the white settlement
TO the restaurant an added that il
is significant that this did not result
in incidents OF violence. There was
no protest 10 Negroes sharing res
taurant facilities with whites. the
chaplain pointed out or none OF
the disturbances predicted during
the heated debates over Negroes
living at Willow Lodge.
Another fear that was dispelled
was that friction would result be-
cause Of Negroes and white women
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Mordecai Johnson I alks
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Prcsensations Y pascques to thres
Detroit newspapers and a ringing
address by DR.. Mordecai johnson,
president OF Howard university
were high spots in the Public Re-
lations day program sponsored BY
the Detorit chapter Of the National
Alliance OF Postal Employees al
Ebenezer church Sunday afternoon.
The awards in recognition for
meritorious service to the Negro
race. were presented 10 Louis E.
Martin. editor of the Michigan
Chronicle; J. Edward Mccall. edi-
tor OF the Detroit Tribune, and
Malcolm w. Bingay. editorial d.
rector of the Detroit Free Press.
Presentation OF the awards was
sponsored by Snow F. Grigsby. .edi-
tor OF the Postal Alliance, national
organ Of the NAPE and chairman
of the Public Relations day pro-
gram. Mr.. Grigsby presided at the
meeting which was attended by a
capacity crowd of 5000.
Presentations were made by Rev
Charles A. Hill, pastor OF Hartford
Avenue Baptist church to Mr.. Mar
tin: by the Rev Geo. w. Bsber. pas
tor of Ebenezer AME church. TO Mr..
Mccall. and by Rev. J. d. Howell,
pastor OF ST. Stephens AME church,
10 Mr. Bingay. Special tributes were
also paid TO w. X. Kelsey. author
OF the Commentator column in the
Detroit News. and John r. Williams,
editor Detroit edition of the Pitts
burgh Courier.
First Press Recognition
The awards. in the form OF
PLAQUES. marked the first time such
public recognition has been given
the Negro press and indicated that
recent attacks on Race editors had
not shaken the faith OF Negroes in
their only means OF public express
sion. In accepting the awards. both
Negro editors paid tribute to their
staffs and pledged continued cam.
paigns against conditions and reac-
tionaries seeking TO prevent the
Negro race from enjoying the full
fruits Of democracy.
Mr.. Bingay pointed out that in a
fair presentation OF the news as 1,
affects the community as a whole
is merely in keeping with the policy
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negro VOTERS
SLAP PRESENT
CITY EXECUTIVE.
Vote Better Than 20 To
One Against Jeffries [
In Primary

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administration than was expressed
iAathe election of Tuesday In which
Negroes voted .lno.. N a. :
-. 49,. r.,
~ a :.
Inc vote was an indication Of No
resentment growing out az a.
riots of last June. ana those ee,>f
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scAttef06NDvuP - Sno0MDoe8 I'm
fratsrmising win fhelr white broth
ers frsm M sectisns Il America.
inclu1ing Texas and ether southern
states. At the northern end Of the
suditerium Q billboard was erected
which portrayed . Negro worker.
q white worker and Uncle Sam to-
gether with heads held high. lock-
ing forward and which bore the
message "ALL FOR AMERICA
REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR,
OR CREED In huge Roman letters.
Two issues were on the lips Of
the delegates as the opening session
got underway. the contest between
Richard Leonard and George Adde's
for election to the office o. inter-
national secretary-treasurer and the
proposed election OF Negro to a
position on the Executive Board of
the International. Both the Adde's
and the Reuther-Leonard factions
have gone on record in support Of
the move to give greater repre-
sentation TO the Negro members OF
the union who now number some
seventy-odd thousand
Three Candidates
Although all factions in the union
are agreed on the proposal. serious
rivalries have developed between
leading Negro labor leaders over
who among their number should be
nominated on the convention floor
in the event the proposal for a
Negro board member is adopted
The three Negro unionists who are
most frequently mentioned as likely
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Writ ToSaue
LeRoyDaUis

A writ Of habeas corpus TO stop
the return Of Leroy Davis to Dyer,
Tenn, to face seven-year-old
murder charge. was denied by Cir
cult Judge Sherman D. Calender
and the prisoner ordered turned
over TO the Tennessee authorities
who were in the court room at the
time.
However. Attorney Francis w.
Dent, counsel for the prisoner who
has been held in the County Jail
since last June, obtained a stay Of
20 days from the court to file ap-
plication for an appeal to the State
Supreme Court This stay was
granted by the court on condition
that petitioner file a $500 bond to
indemnify the Tennessee. agents
for any expense they might incur
il Davis loses his appeal.
This was done at the suggestion
Of Assistant Prosecutor Joseph
Brannigsn. who pointed out ITO the
court that the Tennessee officers
had made four trips to Detroit
without obtaining the prisoner
The state OF Tennessee filed OK
tradition papers with Gov. Kelly
for the return Of LeRoy Davis.
whom Dock Carrisnn, sheriff Of
1r1rn q 1870 49, - - rno
1ibSk 4ov. 4 Z go
dition papers June IL. 1875. but
Dent obtained rehearing In Cir
cult Court when he showed de-
fects in the extradition papers. The
papers were dated June IL. 1908.
II was at this rehearing last Fri
day that Judge Calender denied
the writ.
The state Of Tennessee produced
a-nafnber OF white witnesses who
testified that Davis and Patterson
were one and the same man.
Johnnie Hairston. 20. now living in
Detroit but formerly a resident Of
Dyer, said he had known Patter-
son all Of his life. and that the
prisoner lived just four doors from
his home on the East Side Of Dyer.
Lonnie Goad. 81, who said he had
lived in Dyer all his life, testified
that Patterson lived in Niger
town" whieh is on the west side OF
the city, and that the prisoner was
known as yellow" He said he saw
Patterson the last time during the
fall OF 1886.
Martin Nicholson. 80, now living
in Detroit. said he saw Patterson
the morning OF the murder. He said
Patterson lived in the northwest
section of the city. Toy Yates, an
other witness. testified that Pstter-
son lived in still another section.
Davis. who contends that he was
born in ST. Louis, Feb. 2. 1918. tes-
titled that he came TO Detroit in
1894 and that he has made only
one trip out Of the state since that
time. trip 10 Ohio TO get married.
The defense produced several
witnesses who testified that they
had seen Davis here at the time Of
the murder.
Attorney Dent said he will pre-
pare his appeal TO the State SUI
preme Court this week. based on
the grounds that the Identification
OF Davis is flimsy and that the
prisoner was not identified from
a group Of men. but from a. cell
where he was the only occupant
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xxx GROUP

xxx GROUP
The delegates representing Pack
ard Local 100 will run Norman
Mathews, president OF the local.
against r. J. Thomas in the election
for the presidency OF the lnterns-
tional union. The Packard workers
arc still smar;ing under the verbal
lashing OF President Thomas who
denounced the Packard workers for
staging the week-long hate strike
last June two weeks before the De-
,roit riot. The Packard boys are the
laughing stock OF the convention
and no one has taken their proposal
10 unscat Thomas seriously.
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STATLER HOTEL
BuffaloS swank. rcd-carpeted
S,a,ler hotel is the official hotel for
the convention and scores OF Negro
delegates are making merry in the
lavish suites furnished with radios
and running ice water. One col
ored brother who says he can't
stand restaurant cooking brought
along a suitcase full OF sandwiches
and flied chicken all OF which was
prepared by his dear little wife,
whom he left al home.
X y X
CAUCAUsES
Night long secretivc sessions be-
tween the Negro delegates OF the
various locals are taking place in
the hotel. Every move made on the
convention floor is discussed and
analysed and little plots are fire.
Quently hatched for the following
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UAW-CIO Highlights

day. Every leader stresses the need
for greater unity among the Negro
workers and in the same breath &C.
cuse every other leader as being
the chief disrup,er in the conven.
ton.
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WHO'S A LIARf

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WHO'S A LIARf
Walter Reuther and George Adde's
who think very little OF each other.
arc both telling the Negro delegates
that he is their best friend in the
labor movement. Reuther is so in
censed over the Adde's props ganda
that he indicated that he is willing
TO hold Joint meeting with Adde's
and the Negro delegates and expose
Adde's 10 his face. Adde's is equally
incenSed over the statements made
by Reuther in which he charged
that Adde's was intellectually dis
honest" on the race question.
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NEWSPAPER ROW
Eddie Levinson. who has charge
OF the convention press table. is
working away trying 10 make the
newspaper boys happy, including
Glosier Current, who told him that
ne was representing the Crisis. Earl
Brown OF Life magazine has one
Of LIES crack photographers in tow
and together they roam all over
the auditorium from the rsfters TO
the basement seeking those unusual
shots which thrill the millions who
substitute pictures for literature. As
usual the Michigan Chronicle is the
only Negro newspaper officially
represented at The convention.
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MoRDECAI JOHNSON

Many who regard DR.. Mordecai
johnson as a radical who goes too
far in the direction OF Moscow do
not know that he is far more con-
scrvative than some Of the boys who
work for him at Howard univcr-
sity. Recently one Of his profess
sor. Doxey Wilkcrson, gave up his
Job TO become educational director
for the Communist Party. No one
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The
FORWARD
M ARCH
sy John EDWARDS

According TO the long distance
grapevine. dapper little Walter
White is trying TO get permission
from the boys down in Washington
10 do a Wendell Willkie and make
b round trip fight around the globe,
stopping al points OF color. II Wal
ter White doesn't get the OK. soon
some Bishop Of the African Meiho-
dis,s may get chance TO make such
q flight. Somebody wants q morale
flight: you know. help the folks
believe that the War Department
means well, in a jim Grow way.
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First Press Recognition

uW-see JOHNSON. Page .
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pTses GREGG. Page .
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Simmons, EDWARDS AND
FITZGERALD NOMINATED
Negroes Split Over JAW
Executive Board Member
BY LOUIS MARTIN

CONVENTION HEADQUAR-
TIERS, BUFFALO, N. Y. - Forth
right. tobacco-chewing President
X. j. Thomas Of the international
UAw-CIO opened the eighth annual
convention Of the auto workers here
Monday ~ 1.S7s accredited dele
gates representing million Negro
and white union workers assem-
bled I'm BulIals's vast municipal
auditorium.
Following welcome address by
Mayor Kelly Of Buffalo. President
Thomas made ~ annual report Of
progress to the cpnvention in which
he hit induskxyB failure to utilize
lar reserved NJ available man
,po and cited the discrimination
- minority groups Negroes,
Mexicans and Jspsnese-Americans.
Insistine that victory over the Axis
is the dEst concsrn Of labor. be
,strssss Z ~. aesl ~ ttscking ths
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not afraid of the terrible guns look
ing for Mr.. Quack for her?" said
Sammy. Il will, for one, and I'm
quite sure my cousin, Blacky the
Grow, will for another. He surely
will if he thinks it will spoil the
plans Of any hunters. Blacky will
go long distance to do that. He
hates terrible guns and the men
who use them. And he knows all
about them. He has got very sharp
eyes, has Blacky, and he knows
when a man has got a gun and
when he hasn't. More than that,
he knows better than any one I
know of just how near he can safely
go to one of those terrible guns. He
is smart, my cousin Blacky is, and if
he will help me look for Mr.. Quack
we'll find him if he's alive"
That will be splendid!" cried
Peter, clapping his hands. but
aren't you afraid OF those terrible
guns, Sammy?"
Not when the hunters are trying
for ducks" replied Sammy. IF
there is a duck anywhere in sight
they won't shoot at poor little me,
or even at Blacky, though they
would shoot at him any other time.
You see, they know that shooting at
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gray to brown, red, green, yellow,
violet and black.
SpongeS usually reproduce them
selves by means of buds which re-
main attached to the parent so that
great masses are found. Young
Sponges lead a free swimming exist
ence for brief period; then they
attach themselves to some solid
object by means of needlehke
threads, becoming fixed animals.
Millions of sponges are needed
for domestic use each year. The in
dustry is very important one.
Fleets of boats go to where the
sponge beds are located. The ami
NAL is ripped from its foundation,
tossed on the boat decks from the
gathering baskets and trampled into
a shiny mass. This is washed into
the sea and the sponge placed in the
sun to dry. Treat your sponges
with respect, They are the empty
homes Of animals that were active
day and night in order to build
this strange skeleton which we use
with so little concern.
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us would frighten the ducks. Blacky
knows all about the Big River. You
know, in the winter he often gets
considerable Of his food along the
banks of it. I've been over there a
number of times, but I don't know
so much about it as he does. Now
here is my plan. I'll go find Blacky
and tell him all about what we want
to do for Mrs. Quack. Then when
Mrs. Quack comes back to the
Smiling Pool, if she hasn't found
Mr.. Quack We'll tell her what we
are going to do and what she must
do. She must swim right up to the
Big River, keeping out in the middle
where she will be safe. If there are
any hunters hiding along the bank
they will see her and then they
won't shoot Blacky or me. because
they will keep hoping that Mrs.
Quack will swim near enough for
them to shoot her. Blacky will fly
along over one bank of the Big
River, and I will do the same over
the other bank, keeping as nearly
opposite Mrs. Quack as we can.
Being up in the air that way and
looking down we will be able to see
the hunters and also Mr.. Quack if
he is hiding among the rushes. Are
you quite sure that Mrs. Quack will
come back to the Smiling Pool
tonight?"
She said she would replied
Peter. Last night she came Just
a little while before dark, and I
think she will do the same thing
tonight to see If there is any corn
for her there. You know, Farmer
Browns boy put some there for her
yesterday, and it tasted so good IN
her that I don't believe she will be
able to stay away even if she wants
to. I think your plan is perfectly
splendid, Sammy Jay. I do hone
Blacky the Grow will help"
He will. Don't worry about that u
replied Sammy. Hello! There
goes Farmer Browns bow over -
the Smiling Pool now!"
Then there will be some mora
corn Tor Mrs. Quack. I lust know
~! crleo Peter. He is going over
mere TO see if Mrs. Quack is there
ana l Just know he has got his
pocket full of corn"
Il wouldn't mind a little of If NV
sell said Sammy. We'll 7 must
go go along TO hunt up Blacky. Good
dooo-oy. and good luck" replied
IeIef' I've always said you are not
nan such bad fellow as you try to
jay" 0' 0"iii'iis
lhanks,' said Sammy. and
started for the Green Forest to look
tor his cousin, Blacky the Grow.
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minute changes IN radio pro-
grams sometimes reach The Star
too late for correction that day.
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Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.

Sammy Jay sat on the lowest
branch of a little tree in the dear
Old Brier Patch just over Peter
Rabbits head thinking as hard as
ever he could. Peter watched him
and wondered If Sammy would be
able to think of any plan for helping
| poor Mrs. Quick. He hoped so. He
himself had thought and thought
until he felt as if his brain were all
mixed up, and he couldn't think any
more. So he watched Sammy and
waited and hoped.
Presently Sammy f1irted his wings
in way which Peter knew meant
that he had made up his mind. Did
I understand you to say that Mrs.
Quack said that if Mr.. Quack is
| alive he probably is hiding among
the rushes along the banks of the
Big River?" he asked.
Peter nodded. And that she said
that she doesn't dare to go near
the banks because of fear of the ter
ribe guns?" Again Peter nodded
We'll, If that's the case, what is
the matter with some of us who are
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filled with holes so that water may
pass in and out freely bringing in
tiny particles Of food and carrying
away waste matter. The inner cells
have minute hairlike projections.
1t is their constant movement that
sets up the currents.
The skeleton prevents the soft
cells that make up the living
sponge's body from collapsing into
3 helpless jelly mass. Some sponges
consist of spicules Of carbonte of
lime or silicon, or spongln flbers.
These spicules are Of various shapes,
though constant for each species
and Of great value for identification
They are built up within special
cells from material the sponge eX-
tracts from the water.
Sponges vary from the size Of q
pin point to one measuring 3 feet
across and / foot thick. They are
OF various shapes; some resemble
cups, others globes, still Others
candelabras, and so on. Their
eolors range from white and dirty
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WDc, 9:30-Frenth journal: Jean Bsai
IRE Feguy Of France Forever"
WHV, 9;30-hIion Bere Giovanni hart
neI in Berls opera
WhAl, 9:30-5potIiaht Band From Fort
BeNoir Va.
National Radio Forum: Senator Willard E.
1ydings Of Maryland on Farm Labor Prob,
lens" WNAL al 1855 pm.