The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-10-16

haunMr quickly tucked cover
INK IS fur about the professor 5
kncss. closed The door entered his
oni scat in front beyond the
glass partition and the big ear
pnrrea away Within he lobby u
ihe cheap hotel few ill-clad Ne
sfoes watched he whole procedure
eih amazcmcnt
"A big shot'' somebody said
Ahe corner as the err passed.
feo 81 three ash-eolored children
r across the street IN front OF
ah~is heir skinny legs and
cheap clothes plain in the glare
~ heddliehls as the 90 nneni
slowed down TO let them pass
afa the car turned and ran the
Rhhs length Of Negro street
Na WAS lined win pawn shop
beer ioinis. pigs knuchle stands
ien cert movies haIrdrossing par
lors and other ramshackcl places
q susiness patrouized by Tie poor
blacks Of the district inside the
fg car the professor Dr. Walton
Irown. regretted that in al the
frs cities where he had leciured
VA his present tour in behalf OF
s College, he main Negro streets
presented the same seazy and
Asasfceable appearance pig
srnele joints pawn shops. beei
sailors and houses Of vice no
doam save thar these latter so
leai did NOT hang oui lhcir Signs
The professor looked away frMn
unpleasant siEhi Of ihi- iypi
cal NeFro street moor and unkempt
'it ooked ahead through me glass
ne diguified white neck OF the
uniformed chauffeur in front q
m The professor IN his din
~ lolhcs his brown face ~
brcnner about he white SIN scarf
bl~ ne,k. tcli warm and CON
'n'lshle under The fur rug hm BE-
fef ieo. a liitic unsafe a. helms
driven through the streets Of his
my on the edge OF The South ~ an
ypensive car. by white chaaf
fenr
3oi then" he thought this is
'lie wealthy Mr. Ralph = chand
'rs car and surely ro hrrm Gu
ccme 10 me here. The Chambers
q q power ia tnr Aiidd.c Nes
sod in he South as well Theirs
ono Of tho great fortunes "
America. In philanthropy, nobody
eRrtsds them in wcii-plannrei
sfnerosiiy on a large and highly
pqhlicized scale They are a pow
n IN Negro education. 100. and
hat is why am visiting them 10
hight at their invitation"
rust nov the Chambers were
inerested In the little Negro col
lrse At which the professor taught
They wanted to make il one OF
ihe major Negro colleges Of Ameri-
"a. And in particular The chand-
as were interested in his be
rarlment Of Sociology They were
blinking OF endowine chair OF
esear'h there. and employing p
man Of ability for H. A rh. y and
scholar a man Of some prestige
foo, like The professor For this
The Sociology OF Prejudice that
restrained and conservative study
M Or T Walton Brown's) had
recently come to the attention ~
ne Chandler Committee. and a
representative Of their philan-
'nropies. visiting the campus. had
ronversed with the professor AT
some length about his book and
nls views. This representative OF
ne Committee found Dr Brown
highly gratifying. because IN al
most every case the professors
views agreed with the white mans
own.
"A fine. sane. dependable young
Negro was the description that
came 10 the Chandler Committee
from their travelling representa-
tive
So now the power himself Mr.
Ralph = Chandler. and Mrs
handler, learning that he was
recurring At tho colofed churches
o' The town. had invited him 20
dinner Al their mansion in this
CITY on the edge OF the South.