The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-08

no gas coupons because they do
not drive regularly. By the time
they find their regular driver II
not coming il Is too late to get 70
work by street car or bus
z. Some people wish TO change
their place of work; so they take
a day of to look for q new job
which offers better wages. better
hours or would be closer to their
residence.
8. Women, and sometimes men
who work all day cannot get 20
markets and food stores in time to
take advantage Of TIE short time
when foods are available, such as
meats, butter, etc, so they must
take time of from work to stock
up for q week or two.
Q. Employees. some from other
parts of the country, state or coun-
ty. 60 house hunting and. II they
are fortunate enough TO find q place
to live. they move during the week.
10 Many workers, after putting
in too much overtime. fnd that
they must take time Of IL they are
to keep At to turn out good days
work, while others, after working
six or seven days a week for .
couple Of months take q day or two
off TO rest up or spend some Of the
money they have earned.
IL. Illness in the family Is . para
mount cause Of absenteeism.
IL. Drinking is VERY SMALL
added cause.
AL this ruckus over showing Of
the film Tennessee johnson" gives
one food for thought. and far be It
from this department to turn down
food, whether for thought or In
testinal fortitude. In our little red
book Tennessee johnson" u just
another so what" picture since
nobody raised ned over the show
ing Of limitation of Life" or Santa.
Fe Trail" In Santa Re Trail"
John Brown was portrayed az q
worse scoundrel than Thaddeus
Stevens Is pictured in Tie aim now
under IRE. and 90 far ~ this de-
partment can recollect Il was no
akin Oh anybody's chest
And 20 far N the harm . pic-
ture can DO tie race II concerned.
ws should have yellsd our heads
on when Louise Beavers In '.lmi.
tatina q Liz oays tn impeQ0ai1a
that no matter how ~eN Neeruao
succeed they srs content 70 i've IA
i -madam'S" basement whils still
performing the duties Of q lacky.
Why not ban ALL pictures fsatur.
ing Louise Beavers a. q crying
blahhsring WITHHOLDING NANNY
Why not ban ALL films In wkiel
willie Best Is featured - q Wild
eyed superstitious, no good Shuf
Hing Uncle Tom who n eonten
with nothing more than q bottle o
gin from "boss- and q chance h
shoot crap while ON the jobf
And while we are getting tschni.
cal about what II good and wha,
Is not good for race relstion4 lett
not just pick On the motion pic.
lures. Lists ban from the air local
radio programs featuring iiliterats
pulpit racketeers and tkeir alleged
nocks who .perform each week fog
the amusement Of other people and
to the disgrace Of the Negro race.
And let's also ban from the air q
number Of so-called quartets and
other alleged singing aggresations
who are doing to Negro spiYituals
and other music what shouldn't be
done to Hitler, as bad as he Is We
have our nerve talking about the
harm motion pictures can do and
at TIE same time making no COM
plants 10 operators Of radio sta
tons who gladly clear programs
that have no immediate value other
than to keep the Negro pictured ~
an emotionalist seeking nothing ON
earth but q chance to die shouting
so the world at large can hear
him. Let's clean up our own house
and then We can talk about the hltt;
Of our neighborS
INCLUSIVE: Ford Motor com.
pany. after probing records, u plan
ming to Are about $50 Negro work.
erx Strangely enough. the COM
pany Is not too much interested
in the records OF sluggings. stab
bings etc. as reported In daily
papers but Is digging back into the
records Of those caught violating
no smoking orders. sleeping on the
job and guilty Of too much alb
senteeism.
EXCLUSIVE: Negro flyers at o..
coda are not at all grateful 10 the
NAACP and other organizations for
protesting their removal from air
base. Fact is they would very
much; like to leave Oscods because
as they explain. oscoda Is cramp-
ing their style.
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