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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-15
they work and conduct themselves
on their present jobs.
Uninterested In Segregation

they work and conduct themselves
on their present jobs.
Uninterested In Segregation
Management is not concerned
with! the effects of forced segre-
CATION, the reactions of Negroes
who are forced to work on certain
types of jobs despite their training
or the natural resentment on the
par OF Negroes when white over.
seers become abusive Nor does
management easily forgive the Ne.
grJ worker who accepts his job
with chip on his shoulder, with
no intention OF going out OF lis
way 10 help create harmonious
working conditions. Management
is concerned only with production
ana profits: and believes that the
end. no matter how a given group
Of workers are affected. justifies all
means.
Consequently the responsibility
70 improving the conduct OF the
careless type OF worker must De
placed on the shoulders of labor
unions and Negro leaders. Man
agement has been far too indis
criminate in its hiring policy and
for this mistake, unions and Negro
leaders are much TO blame. There
are only a few isolated cases
where Negro personnel managers
were selected on their ability OF
core with problems affecting both
employer and employee. Most Ne
gro personnel managers hate been
hired, because they knew some per
son with a pull with the COM
psny and the moment he assumed
MS duties re became, not a COOL
w.L-an ambassador between employ
er and employee, but fall tuy
TO his company. He has offered
no suggestions. either to unions
or management pertaining 10 the
selection OF employees for certain
jobs and certain depart nts; he
has become pay check" worker
who has neither lis company nor
ttt war effort at heart
Labor unions and Negro leader.
can render management a great
service, and at the same time In.
prove tie department records in
many defense plants by suggesting
;ha. management either integrste
is personnel department or en-
ploy Negro personnel manages
who will realize that, in employ
ing workers they are dealing with
human beings and not just with
human robots. Labor unions could
recommend just such persons =
management. Negro leaders could
provide workers schools where
each worker, after signing up
MS JOB, could spend about i've
days learning that is JOB IS NJ;
only 10 produce for the war effor'
cut conduct himself in such q Way
that there will be no reason for I. /:
immediate discharge after the wa.
Management is BUILDING a stronr
case against the Negro worke.
and unless the unions and Neg
Leaders get 70 work on this prob!er
I OF conduct. Negro workers Will 81
the hrs; turned out Of their JOB
! after the war.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-15
DC. Educators At
Wartime COnfab
defender Washington Bureau)

WASHINGTON-Two prominent
Washington men, DR.. Garnet c. Will
kinson. first assistant superinten-
dent Of schools and Doxey A. VIII
kerson, on leave as associate pro-
fessor Of education al Howard uni
versity and now serving as senior
education specialist in OPA. were
on the program of the National
Wartime Conference held in New
York at the Hotel Commodore last
week. They were the only Negro
participants on the program.
The conference was the first meet
ing Of its kind. and represented
the largest joint gathering Of pro-
iessionals and whi;e-collar work.
ers in the country. The purpose of
the conference was 10 clarity the
position OF these groups in the ma
tons war effort and TO seek ways
in which the groups can be fur
Their utilized.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-15
Fights
Continued rom Psge ~

Continued rom Psge ~
investigation of the reported as
sault.
Furman was stabbed in the left
thigh. His condition was not re-
ported as serious.
Wilbert Hill. Al. OF 1885 Garfield
street, was taken to Receiving hos
pital from Riopelle and Garfield
and given aid for lacerated fore
head and left arm.
.He-was held prisoner.-
Lily Carmack. 36,\o the same ad-
dress was also treated>at. the hos
pital. She suffered from lacerated
forehead.
Police learned that she and her
husband had an argument and he
struck her with a meat cleaver and
she then cut him with a knife.
o
TELL OUR ADVERTISERS you
SAW 1T IN THIS PAPER
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-15
Baptists-
lContinued from Page u

Continued from Page IL
munity of the city. During the
regular school year it offers %
classes at churches in various COM
munities. Recently four classes
were offered at the First Baptist
church, Inkster. Rev. A. L. Merritt.
pastor: one class at the Community
Baptist church of which the Rev.
F.. c.. Melvin is pastor. and two
classes at the First Baptist church
OF Ecorse, Rev. J. d. Davis. pastor.
In order that churches throughout
the city may have thoroughly pre-
pared leadership, the school is con-
Quoting classes throughout the
spring and summer. Mrs. Mildred
McTyre Tate has been acting dean
since the resignation Of Rev. Fisher.
In 1910. retail food prices increased
400 per cent in Chungking. Chnas
capital. leading TO food control meas
ures by the Chinese government.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-15

American war expenditures for the
first quarter of l943 were about a bill
lion dollars more than for the entire
war year 1918.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-15

Charles M. Brooks. former foot
ball star of Virginia Union uni
versitY. Richmond. Va. has
been appointed economist with
the War Labor board of Detroit.
The appointment was made by
the United States Civil Serv-
ice commission. Brooks holds an
ABB degree from Union. a mas
ter's degree in business admin
istration from New York uni
versitY and masters degree in
economics from Columbia uni
versifY. He has completed all
requirements for the Ph.D. de-
gree in economics from New
York university. He is on leave
from Tuskegee institute and a
member of Omega Psi Phi fra
ternitY.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-15

During the first quarter OF 1943.
Lend-Lease shipments accounted for
a pound of butter out OF every 100
pounds produced in the United, States.
and Is eggs out Of every 100 eggs laid.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-15

AS Michigan's war industry hits fun
stride, more and more long distance calls
have to be made-war calls vital to victory.
The burden of calls on many long
distance lines has reached critical stage.
Central Office equipment, fully manned
with operators, is being used to capacity.
At times, each unimportant call, regard
less of its destination, affects the speed
with which all other calls can be handled.
Many calls arc delayed-some for hours.
And materials to expand the system can
not be had.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-15

With current production OF war
planes passing the 6OOS-s-monih marx.
il Is recalled that only one American
made sirplane reached the fighting
from. in the first year OF the last war.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-15
COMPILING A
REPORT FOR
FUTURE Use
Threat To Postwar Race
Employment Is Seen
In Report
BY JOHN 7. WOOD

TIE National Association Of Man
u'ac,urers. according 20 \ reliable
source. is compiling ropor; on
The conduct OF Negro workers IN
defense plants. The report viii
deal exclusively WIZ conduct, VIII
no references 20 efficiency OF col
ored workers, for the NAM has no
quarrel with the Negro insofar as
efficiency is concerned.
The NAM Is making q careful
study Of the conduct 81 young Ne
gro war workers. those young n
years in poin; Of service and mos,
OF the findings of the report VIII
be based on recent disturbances by
young Negroes al Ford's and other
defense plants in Detroit In com
p.ling this report, the NAM is no.
taking into consideration the back
ground. environment or previous
place and status Of employment o!
the workers responsible for dis
turbances IN their new found en-
ployment As was pointed on,
20 this reporter. the NAM Is no,
conducting social clinic: il is
merely compiling report on con-
duct
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-15
Headlines
Continued from Page u

crocodile tears. These ignorant,
immigrant women have been so
we'll propa gandized by Buffa. Vir-
gil Chandler and other fifth colum-
nists that they will scream, tear
their hair and sob all over the place
at the suggestion that a Negro may
move next door 10 them. They
kept up suck racket at the hearing
that even the council members
sighed in disgust. BY contrast the
Negroes present, were so gentle
and refined that if man from
Mars had dropped in he would
have sworn that the colored people
were members Of a superior race.
o. X * X
STYMIED
The local news hounds were all
ready to do bang up, knock-down
and drag-out story on race discrim-
nation at Selfridge Field when
they heard about the colonel shoot.
ing his chauffeur. The army high
command. however, stepped in and
dug up a scandal which had no par
ticular race angle TO it and TIE
news boys were straining at the
leash. The NAACP and the Citizens
Committee were set TO put their
teeth in the pie but they too cooled
off when it appeared that the col
onel had simply gone batty and
might have shot anybody. regard
less OF race. color. creed or ma
tional origin.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-15

Yet, Sdr calls must go through
promptly So it is necessary that W.. all
curtail both our personal and our business
use of long distance. Therefore, please
!. Make fever long distance calls = and
keep them short.
4. Give the operator the number Of the
telephone you are calling. il possible.
,. II your call can't 90 through at once,
stay near the telephone ready TO talk
when the operator notifies you.
MICHIGAN Bell TELEPHONE COMPANY
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-15
Deals With Newcomer

Deals With Newcomer
II is understood that the NAM
has no intention Of snesring the
Negro race as a whole. for the
records Of colored factory workers
prior 20 Pearl Harbor and Execu-
tive Order 1902 both OF which ia
cililta;ed the increased employment
OF Negroes in hundreds Of factories
throughout the country speak bet
te- for the old employees than do
more recent records for the young
er worker II is the newcomer
into industry with which the repor,
Will deal. for. unfortunately. it is
the newcomer into a new field Of
employment; al new rate Of pay
that creating national head
ache.
The report will not be released
for newspaper publication. Why.
then should the NAM spend so
much time and money compiling
such a brief? The answer is OBJ
vious; the NAM controlled factories
are hiring Negroes for two reasons:
I'D there is a labor shortage and
(2' Executive Order 1902 forbids
discrimination in defense industry
for reasons Of race or color, con-
sequently. there is only one rea-
son why such a report should be
compiled. and that is for future
reference. The old rule OF firing
Negroes frs; will prevail after this
war is over when industry Is nc
longer liable 20 prosecution for re-
fusing to employ Negroes. or mem.
bers Of any otker minority.
Whether the Negro worker will
he.d his job after the wal is up TO
the individual worker for the rec
ord he is making as defense work.
er is the handwriting on the wall
that can be interpreted in his fav-
or, or against him. Tie conduct OF
many Race employees. and espe-
cially the young worker who has
not accepted his job as respon-
sibility. is rapidly developing into
q problem. Thai MIL be NJ undolng
Negro leaders and local unions who
have waged q relentless battle for
the Negro's right to work now find
themselves forced on the defensive
by the unforglvable conduct OF ir.
responsible workers, and manage.
ment. none too sympathetic, con
siSars irn,ped ate discharge Of mis-
chievous trouble makers the only
solution 10 the problem. Reports
OF cuttings. sluggings and petty
qusrrels Of a personal nature while
OF the JOB are mounting rapidly
against youthful Negro workers
and also a number Of older work
or who fail 10 realize that, 10 a
certain degree, the economic future
Of their rare depends upon how
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-05

First honors at the monthly
salon at the "Y" Camera club at
the Y. NJ. C. A. Wednesday eve
ming went to Ben korsten, jr., for
his Oregon Beach Scene"
This and Bill Cutters Summer
Stroll, second award winner. were
included in the 20 best prints OF
the year selected for the ls43 trav-
cling salon which will pe sent to
the Is clubs of the Western Wash
ington Council of Camera Clubs.
Third place honors were given
Francis Powell for his Radio
Cowboy" Criticism of prints was
handled by Elwood Budn, assisted
by members of the club.
Plans were completed for the
monthly Institutional meeting on
Feb. IL when models will be avail
able at the club studio for por-
traiture practice. Various types
Of lighting Will be tried under
qualified supervision. Luncheon
will follow.
The next monthly salon will be
March 8 wheji results of the CON-
ing Institutional meeting will be
shown.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-05
Former Army
| Officer Loses
Freedom Fight

Rufo c. Romero. former L. s.
army captain Of Filipino descent
who was sentenced in 1910 to Is
years in Mcneil Island federal
penitentisry at a court martial
(Which investigated missing secret
army maps showing the defenses
of Bataan peninsula, again lost
his fight to get out of prison when
the ninth L. S. circuit court of
appeals at San Francisco upheld
the dismissal by Judge Lloyd l..
Black of Rufo's petition for writ
Of habeas corpus.
Romero was convicted on Nov.
rs, 1910, at a court martial held
at Fort William Mckinley in the
Philippine islands. Test mony
showed that Romero had the secret
maps hidden in trunk in his
automobile.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-05
Bill Leftwich
Sets Record
Shoots 683 Series
In City Circuit

Bill Leftwich and Mike Berry,
City league pin stars, put on a
brilliant battle Wednesday night
on the Broadway alleys for the
honor of leading the City pin
league bowlers for the entire sea-
son.
When the crowd, which
treated TO a grand exhibition
of the tenpin game all the way
across the alleys, departed,
only two pins separted the
two big leaguers and both men
had exceeded the 671 league
record. held until last night
by Sam Coles.
Leftwich, seasoned trundler oi
more than a quarter of a century
and veteran of many leagu,
campaign and money tournment
holds the seasons high score to
day. 1t took some high class pir
work in the clutch, but Bill wa,
there under pressure and rolled
six strikes in row to close his
third game. His score was 6S3
with games of 243, PA and 226.
The scores:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-05
0ne-Time Alaska
Gambler Passes

SEATTLE - Funeral arrange
ments are being made for Samuel
Square SAM Bonnifield, famous
Alaskan gambler of the Klondike
days, who died after being struck
by an automobile.
At different times Bonnifield
owned gambling houses and banks
at Dawson and Fairbanks and
once loaned the famous promoter
Tex Richard, $40, 900 with no Sc
curity.
Bonnifield died penniless Mon
day, but his body was not identi-
fled until late Wednesday
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-05
Volunteers Sought
Sunday to Aid on
Scrap Metal Pile

Pointing out the need to trans
late Tscoma's huge scrap meta
pile into Immediately useabl
classificstions Of cast iron. steel
and non-ferrous metals. Tscomi
Salvage committee has designate'
next Sunday As Volunteer Day
In issuing a call for help.
The problem IL simple.
Joe Dightman Of the salvage
committee explained Thurs
day. IAN You have 10 do 10 10
apply q lot Of manpowcr and
the job gets done. We are
asking that manpower 10 show
up Sunday morning nj 2
o'clock on . volunteer basis
The railroad brotherhoods. Wit
powered the sorting bee held 4
few Sundays ago. will again be OF
the job.
However said Dightman.
They need lots Of help. Con-
trary to some beliefs the job
Is not heavy. We can use, and
will welcome, just about
everybody from 3 to 30"
Aside from patriotic motives in
volved. the salvage committed
points out that a day on Tacoma
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-05
Point Raiioninq
Expected to Cut
F God Shortage

Some existing food shortages
will be eliminated in the neal
future when the point system
OF national rationing is insugur'
ated. according to Charles Schiller
chairman Of the War Price anc
Rationing Board No. of Ia
coma.
.'when the point system be-
comes effective" ne said.
flood sfuffs now unavailable.
because unusual buying has
cleaned the shelves, will be
hack on the market. When
meat Ia rationed, this COM
modify, 10 scarce In some
parts Of the Pacific Coast, can
again he purchased but In
equal shares"
Should the demand of our armed
forces create a shortage Of com
modities for civilians, the point
system will insure that what is
left for civilians will be distrib-
uted fairly to all he stated.
Point rationing Is a system Of
rstioning a group of related OF
similar commodities which can be
substituted for one another in
actual use. II will become ef-
fective Immediately upon distribu-
ton Of Ration Book 2. on date
not vet announced, but believed 10
be in the latter part of February.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-05
Tony Ursich
| Back in u. S.
From War Zone

1t. Anthony Ursich. well-knoun
Tacoma attorney, former Pierce
county deputy prosecutor. had ar
rived back in the u. S. Thursday
after some six months in the thick
Of ground fighting in the Solomon
islands.
1t. Ursich. a u. s. marine.
reached Mare island. Calf.
Wednesday, according 10 his
wife here. She left Thursday
by train TO Join him.
Mrs. Ursich. all but overcome by
elation. said she had been expect
ing him to come home pretty
soon. land now he's almost home.
She said they likely would
return together In three or
four weeks whenever he
gets q furlough."
1t. Ursich was a member of the
first landing party at Tulagi on
Florida island Aug. Z. Later he
was moved to the marine positions
at Guadalcanal.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-05
Joey Anderson
Liked by Fans
Fort Lewis Boy Is
Made 1913 Fovorite

Fistic forecasters trying 10
dope" the 10 bouts on Promoter
VIII Maylon's Army VS. Navy box
ing bill Friday night at the arm
ory. which finds Sailor Lonnie
Gentry OF Bremerton paired with
Joey Anderson, Fort Lewis light
heavy champion, electrified fans
here last month with a cyclonic
performance and as a result favor
Anderson by 10-to-s
Anderson received his ring
schooling at Pittsburgh before
entering the service and ac-
cording 10 ring observers II Of
potential championship caliber.
Gentry is a 1s0-pounder and
critics Of through-the-years ring
annals declare unreservedly that
he is a better prospect than was
Jack sharkey, former worlds
heavyweight champion, at the
same stage Of his career.
Bill McLain, Fort Lewis
middleweight, clashes with
Marine Dave Reynolds in the
semi-windup. and in the light
heavy special event Soldier
Joe Rodgers meets the highly
fouted Tarzan Tharoldson Of
New York and now a navy
yard welder. Seven other
bouts round out the program.
Fort Lewis technicians take
over the armory Friday morning
and with their ring apparatus
lighting facilities and seating ar.
rangements will convert the struc.
ture into a compact arena. Ticket,
can be obtained for ringside seat,
at local agencies up TO 6 p. m
Friday after which they and those
for the general admission section,
will be available at the armory.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-05
Marshal Back
With Prisoners

John p. Vargo, assistant u. S.
deputy marshal, was back in Ia
coma again Thursday after a two
day absence during which he ar
rested three Southwest Washing
ton men on federal charges, one
of which came on secret indict-
ment by the gn~nd jury on Jan. 20.
Sam Ting, 4l-year-old
Chinese proprietor Of the
Lotus cafe In Vancouver,
Wash, was arrested by Nargo
for having falsified records In
declaring the amount Of sugar
he had on hand. The charge
said Sing had 1000 pounds in
the basement of his restaur-
ant. He was freed Thursday
on $1,000 cash bail.
Anthony Michael Yuknis. Van
couver shipyard worker who had
served a 11-yesr term at Joliet
ILL.,, state prison, was arrested for
having violated a federal Law
making 1t Illegal for anyone con.
victed of crime of violence tc
transport firearms across the
state line. Yuknis, whose Illinois
conviction was for highway rob.
berry, carried gun from Port.
land TO Vancouver.
Gerald Ham, 30-year-old kelsC
fisherman, was arrested for viola
ton of the selective service act
Bail was set at $4,000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-05

CAPITOL Olympia - A Dill
aimed at collection Of $40. 1000 COM
pensating taxes from the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph company
was filed Thursday by Sen. John T.
NcCutcheon r, Pierce The bill
would authorize the tax commits
sion to levy q special use tax for
the period of March Is. 1887 and
Feb. 8, 1889. in order 10 collect
the taxes on equipment and ma
terial brought in by the company
without taxes. A recent supreme
court ruling held the firm was not
liable for the taxes.
Bills permitting tavern oper-
ators to appeal license suspen-
sions to superior courts were filed
IN both houses. The measures
would require that the board Of
liquor control serve notice upon
the dealers and grant them hear
ings before suspension of the Ii.
censes. Suspensions are at the
discretion of the board now.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-05
$1,000 Killed,
100000 Hurt

CHICAGO - The home front
casualty list Of $4,000 killed and
e.300. 900 injured during Americas
first year at war far exceeded
the total casualties on the battle
fronts, the National Safety coun-
Gil reported.
But despite its huge casualty
tolls, the home front was eight
per cent safer in 1912 than in
1871. the report said. This saving
was attributed to wartime restric-
tons on speed and travel. which
cut traffic deaths by 12,200 or 30
per cent.
The toll Of injured, however. re-
manned about the same as for
1871. 1t meant that one out OF
every IL persons IN the United
States suffered injury during the
year.
The accidents cost the nation
. IS, 1000. 000. 900 in wage losses
medical expense, insurance ant
property damage.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-05
Chrisioforidas
Hurt in Accident

CLEVELAND - Slight automo-
bile accident injuries suffered BY
Anton Christoforidas were not ex-
pected today to cause postpone
ment for his duration light heavy
weight title bout with Jimmy
Bivins Feb. %.
Christoforidas was injured only
slightly yesterday when his auto
mobile overturned. killing James
Nagas. ~. Their wives were
trapped in the machine but both
escaped injury.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-05
Suicide Attempt
Londs Man in Jail

Jack Him, AZ. WAS in the city
jail Thursday following an as
serted attempt TO commit suicide
In his room al the California
apartments, 1905 Broadway.
Him took a portable gas burner
TO bed with him about IL a. m.
and pulled the blankets over his
head. police reported. Fumes and
groans attracted the attention of
two carpenters working IN the
building. They notified police.
Him was taken TO ST. Joseph's
hospital for treatment and later
was returned 10 the city jail.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-05
Bontz Requests Bids
On Three Projects

State Highway Director Burwell
Bantz Thursday called for BIDS on
three projects in Pierce county, TO
be opened Feb. "a. The projects
are:
Raising and widening Of the
timber trestle over the Wapsto
waterway on east 1lth ST
Grading, paving and construct
ing traffic islands on primary
state highway No. al Fife inter-
section. Pierce county.
Constructing a turn night lane,
drainage and traffic islands on
state highway No. at Lskevlew,
Pierce county.