The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-10-09
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BY
JOHN WOOD

while ! relate 10 you the details az
tbs dreadful tragedy which bcfcli
o pairlolc cl,zcn who barely ckcs
out a living abou; so Ncr wcek>
% oeep IN the bowels Of Ford ROUGE
plsnt--in the very toughest part q.
the foundry division which work
srs have rona ned HEIRS ktchor ."
There he was. giving out with his
share Of the blood and sweat and
tears made famous nv the inimit
able Winston Churchill. when a
shop steward tapped him on ono
drop everything. for orders had
come down from above Ia stop the
machines. close down The furnaces,
turn off the power. and cease pro-
dueticn for an hour and a half
WHAT q a.. th.S moan :; mean
ths; The to.,c~S to5'd no. - -
90 minutes. ;Ha' ;hcy woI.i use
that time 80 purchase, ~ p,"1-o 80
purchase Wsr bonds b.; go "aE
no ord nary Cal. TO- treasury help
s. sS our hero soon found GU Tor j.
and behold. five Negro Sc~v. comen.
some veterans a. rany c,mpa. IN
sgs.n$t &c japs .r The Tsc.hc or
sSa.rS Ans sghmar mes were pa
faded before INC crowd o. dirty
sWes;y workers
There was a platform; there was
woman acting as chairman, there
was a LONG talk nv the chairman.
after which followed an appeal to
the workers pocketbooks. But
there were very few war~bond sales.
So NADINE chairman calls on ono
a. The scgr.ccmen - tell the work
Crs whs; !, was Ike where he was
Sighting COR sailing and what (
VIII DC Ike : We don'tknock the
AXIS on It's Adams apple q fooled
you, didn't lp. The young man
made his spiel. bat because the Nc
60 workers remor bered Jane 20-2l.
because they remembered Prosecu-
tor DoWling's repor: because they
renembcred The Colman white
wash and the latest murder OF a
Negro soldier in our jimcro army
there were very few bond sales.
* X X
So madam chairman calls Fon
another from the scrviccmen's
quintet and he told the workers all
about the four freedoms: about the
freedom 10 work and live and serve
In this good old and Of the free
90 and home Of the brave. But
because these workers remembered
Sojourner Truth. because they re-
membered Willow Lodge. because
they remembered hate strikes and
Jimcro cars and buses and theatres
and restaurants, there were very
few bond sales.
All through this our hero stood. in
the middle OF sea OF men and
women who cheered nuch--but
bought little. And he stood through
two more s,ereotyped speeches de-
livered byI two more servicemcn.
And he watched. unmoved as the
bond sales virtually crawlcd up 10
$500.
BY now. madame chairman was
desperate: she was stunned: she
was amazed; she was speechless,
tBy now you may have gathered
that madame chairman was unable
90 understand this seeming lack Of
patriotism Of American workers
who were giving their part of blood
and sweat etc).
Madame chairman showed plain
~ that she thought she was a fail
ure. Her speech became uncertain
and her voice began 10 w3vcr. some
thing like the soundleSs laugh OF
Glostcr Current when Lawrence
Carter called him "warned-over"
jtterbug. The old "oomph' just
wasn't there. and madame chair
man was ready 10 wilt right before
The eyes Of her audicrce as she in
PRODUCED the next speaker-ihe last
OF the servicemen.
CWhew! This thing is getting so
exciting you'll have 10 excuse me
while 90 take an Aka Settler 10
quiet my nerves.
I'm back Now can 20 on with
the story 80 lou can 70 on with II
too Well sir. this last scrviceman's
talk did for the audience just what
. double Imperial does for Larry
Chism. Not only did he know what
20 say. he also knew how TO say /,
In their language. He held back or
the patriotic jive, but went To towr
on thc future security. interest OF
bonds, taxes, nest eggs for the chill
dren, squanderiny hard-earnet
dough when IL could be saved
brother, he laid IL on the line until
the crowd began to buy bonds and
make pledges to buy more bonds
!: i !:
And this time our hero had beer
tusi standing and listening but as
this young sul..t began 90 lay il
down a Little thicker our hero DC.
esn 20 get n the groove and he
joined the Others gong 20 he front
The way they were Smelling on
fheir dough you would have though
Rev. Hill vas up there asking iol
q Sojourner Truth collection.
Well. now. Our hero tears out o
the crowd and rushes up front an'
makes IL known that he Is on tn
market for one Of them-there ord
And what price bond. sir' Well
now. n said that. didn't u Thi
Is our hero's biz moment. Not tina
he was trying 10 show off. under
stand. II was just that he had a
last found a safe investment for hi
hzrd-earned money. so what prio'
bond did you say. madame chair
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