The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-02-20

in spite OF al that seems TO be
happening, is on our side.
Blu; what seems 70 have every
body worried is labors position cor
lack OF position) Local labor lead.
ers are themselves in favor OF in.
terracial occupancy OF homes in
fpS!lanti and IN lnks;er, but gov
eminent housing moguls wont even
l!t; an eyebrow until such fellows
IS Phillip (ClO) Murray and vii.
liam IAFLl Green have had their
SaE- Cenfidentally. it cannot be
SAID that labor leaders Ton the local
'!cn1 speak for labor, for there IS
90 much talk OF workers object.
az 10 living loo close 10 their fra
'eTEaI brothers. Less than $50 ap.
7Icaaons have been made for
AomeS IN Willow Lodge but appli.
cations are being .aken for homes
or Negroes that haven't been bull,
Meanwhile. N,AAC,P. has made 20
IS collective mind 10 go 10 town,
oeAeVlng that government nous ny
otflc.a.S must decide sometime
whether or not war workers MUST
De segregated. and there is no BET
Ter time % decide than now B.sst
ron Dr.. J. j. glad 10 seeya back
hac) McClendon against color line
. public housing viii be folio wed
~ action from al organizations
"ho are sending delegations 10
Washington cali for a showdown
EXCITEMENT over housing
problem does not mean that job
Ugh; and efforts 20 hold FEP hear.
.ngs here have subsidized C James
tFEP INVESTIGATOR Fleming has an
une:r!so.e JOB, for while he Is
Estimating evidence OF discrimina-
;ion ne IS also Inadvertently putting
the fear o. God into the hearts Of
biased employers who would rather
hire few colored workers than
Ike their chances with FEP i.
Bell Telephone tand you can thank
Fleming sn1 NAAC.P. for ;his)
mas employed ten coiored clerks
and IS now in need OF ten elevator
operators because former indoor
pilots have been upgrsded. This i.
Il laurel for Hello company. fol
ten Clerks IS just drop in the pail
Announcement was made a
Ebsneer church Sunday am. tina
Dodge company wants hundreds o
Negro women workers but DR.
(WMC) Gray warned that there 4
10 use taking long trip TO Dodg,
plan. without hrsi getting releas,
from War Manpower commission
SAID Dr.. Gray CHS will kill you
Paul McNu,. is doing great thing!
for Negroes right now Where's b
been?
LED BY HORACE tcIO) Shelf.
held, Negroes a; CIO conference
went 20 town when a white brothe.
suggested thst Negroes give a ris.
ING vote OF thanks for what white
union men have done FOR the
colored worker. What they SAID
about that brother. Hitler wouldn',
say about Roosevelt. DSR
should prosecute tina; Negro motor.
man who held up Is street cars TWO
weeks ago come Sunday while he
got drunk on the JOB The story il
;his:" AS he pulled his car up a,
Forest street the traffic Ugh,
I changed 10 red. so he jumped on,
Of his car, ran into a tavern ana
GOT a little drink On his way out
lie vas stopped by a friend who
Insisted tina, he should have an.
other drink, which he did. Each
drink called for another ard ne
proceeded 10 &c; s;ifi HIS conduc-
;or tried to gei him out AMI SC
did other conductors and mo;ormer
whose cars were Lined up - deep
They finally transferred all the
passengers 20 The front cars, poured
he inebria;ed mo:orman on The
rear car and proceeded on 10 the
car barn What should happen &c
him shouldn'; happen 20 TOTO.
BOB JOHNSON is assiS,an; :reas-
lrer for NAACP Don't gei
excited over the news shat 100000
/, tires are now on sac. You can,
90; any Of them. OK 3pevinG
says al city workers are due for a
raise. County workers may no.
&c, overtime when they begin &c
work IS hours a week. Just
fos he record. there are approx
lma;e!y $500 more coloreS people III
Deiro.; than there were year ago
John Dancy and Rev Charlie,
A. Hi made the Socis. page OF ne
De;roi; News last Thursday. -.
Rev. J D. Howell didn', ike j; be-
cause radio station WJLB wouldn
lie; him talk as he pleased in tha'
Sunday address. Laugh Of :ht
year is on the honorable Chase
Going Woodhouse, secretary OF s,ht
STATE OF Mass chuse;ts. She cid
nc; know she was here as me CUES
Of a group OF Negro women un.
Amos; ;ime for her address So,
urday e.. Orchids 20 Eii,og Me
Call for editorial treatment q On,
suggestion shat Negroes build 'hc.i
own" general hosptt1t. S-me piay
Vas revealed in this column hrs
week in January Formal open
f,rg of enlarged USO viii be helc
9th of this month which is Faihel
Dade's birthday.