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


he continued his tour he found De-
troiters with engineer. coast artll-
lery and snti-aircrsft units.
Having recently made . personal
report OF his trip to President
Roosevelt. Bishop Gregg was
brought 10 Detroit by the local
branch of the Fraternsl Council OF
Negro Churches, representing IL
denominations and six million mem
berS His TRIP was sponsored by this
organization and he was commits
stoned q special representative OF
the President
His itinerary Included Islands I
the Canton. Fiji and Hawaiian
groups. New Caledonia. New Guinea
and also a flight over the Owen
Stanley Mountains. Wherever he
went. he declared. Re heard COM
handing officers praise the conduct
and performances Of Negro soldiers
A signal achievement OF Negro
engineers was the rapid conStruc-
ton OF the air bases from which
American planes took OF fox the
great battle Of the Bismarck Sea
Details OF construction OF this and
other important air bases. he said.
were worked on; by colored per
sonnel, including blueprinting and
other initial planning.
Soldier Morale High
Bishop Gregg said the morale OF
soldiers he visited was relatively
high. though some appeared 10 be
homesick and Lonesome. Their one
complaint was that they were not
receiving enough mail from the folk
back home. He added that just 10
shake the hand Of someone from
home who had made such a long
trip 10 SAY hello 20 them" was
great boost 10 the morale Of these
soldiers.
His tour was made easy by Gen.
Georgia Marshall, Chief Of Staff. who
csbled every outpost in the Ameri-
can held islands OF his coming.
pointing out that he was q special
representative OF President Roose-
welt
Talked With Macarthur
He had a 45-minute audience with
General Macarthur whom he quoted
as saying This war must be won
spiritually or 1t will be lost"
Throughout the tour, the Bishop
said he shared the quarters OF high
ranking officers and was extended
every courtesy. He said he also had
the thrill OF flying a B-24 bomber
for about go miles over the South
Pacific.
The Bishop said he was given
hundreds of messages 10 deliver TO
relatives Of soldiers and added that
he had already delivered most OF
them TO parents who were greatly
relieved to talk with ONE one who
had visited the boys at the front
At the completion OF tour OF
other American cities where he will
make similar reports. the Bishop is
scheduled TO visit soldiers in the
European theatre.
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Batting
CONTINUED from Page II

OF war material for the defeat OF
the enemy whose theories Mr..
Katylo intellectually endorses
eve use the Mr." advisedly).
Katylo rehashes the Sojourner
Truth incident and here his cam
paign spiel reaches its most stupid
heights when he says Negro occu.
psncy Of the project devaluated the
property of white residents in the
community. II Mr.. Katylo does not
know the value of that property
was enhanced, or il he is ignorant
of the fact that the value of prop
erty is automatically increased by
Negroes-and IL he doesn't believe
it we can tell him that Negroes pay
higher rents than any other given
group-far be it from US to spoil
his beautiful adolescent illusion.
In his own report on the race
riot. Mr.. Katylo makes the state
ment that this incident was pre-
coded by several smaller riots on
Belle Isle in which white and po-
lice were beaten by Negroes" land
we wonder why this was never re-
vealed before) With this informa-
ton tucked snugly inside an Skill
folder which only he had the I'M
mitigated gall to distribute at
Briggs stadium last Sunday, Mr.
Katylo promises bigger, better and
bloodier race riots unless he is en-
sconced on one OF the hot seats in
the city council where he can sit
in judgement on Negroes who. he
says, have been able TO assume q
position of political importance out
of proportion to their voting
strength.
We forgot to mention that Mr..
Katylo's picture appears on the
front of the folder. and any SINH
larity between him and any other
rodent is strictly coincidental and
we offer our most humble apologies
TO the other rodent
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Johnson
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Continued from rage ~
OF the Free Press. established over
hundred years ago.
Although the awards marked a
high spot in the days program. II
was the address by Dr. Johnson that
was eagerly awaited by the crowd
which cheered Justify as he lauded
tn Negro press and national organ
izations for continued protest
against organized opposition TO the
Negroes efforts TO achieve full citi-
zenship in country he has helped
to build and protect.
I'VE are at a point where rela-
tionship with Negroes may well de-
stroy our nation and reintroduce
slavery in this democracy DR..
Johnson said
Lashes Poll Tax
He pointed out that over eight
million Americans are denied the
franchise because of the poll tax,
and added that this condition keeps
former slave state areas of the
South in complete ignorance. The
greater majority OF these disfran-
chised people. the educator said. are
tenant farmers, most Of whom never
realize cash profit for their labors
from one end OF the year 10 the
other.
Southern legislators. he told the
huge audience, are responsible for
this condition, which he likened to
serious illness. But, he said, the
responsibility for the consistent
state of poverty throughout the
South must be shared by the or
ganized church which is doing
nothing to further the cause Of de-
mocracy.
North Bows To South
Reviewing the trend since the re-
construction period, and especially
since the last world war, DR.. John
son said that instead of the North
attempting to effect democratic pat
terms in the South, Southern racial
patterns have become the pattern
throughout the nation.
He warned that there are move
ments underway to wreck the labor
movement and that the race ques-
ton is being exploited by anti
labor elements TO this end. DR.. John
son said there are obvious attempts
to keep organized labor out OF the
South and the Northern industrial
lists have entered into an unwritten
agreement with Southern legisla-
tors to prevent the organization oil
the working class in the South and
pass legislation that will break the
back of labor throughout the coun-
try where it has made some gains
Referring TO the Negroes attitude
towards the prosecution of the war
DR.. johnson declared that the Ne
gro's morale toward the war effort
is dangerously low. Basic cause oil
this lack of morale can be found
in the War departments policy OF
discrimination. perennial filibusters
against poll tax and anti-lynch leg
islaton and serimination in war
industries. In spite of these handi-
caps. DR.. johnson pointed out, only
a few Negroes have refused 10 fight
! for their country.
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HILL AT JAW CONFAB

Rev. Charles A. Hill, pastor OF
Hartford Avenue Baptist church
and chairman of the Detroit
Citizens Committee, is attending the
UAW-CIO convention at Buffalo
as a delegate from his organization.
He was instructed TO urge adop-
ton OF a resolution calling for a
federal grand jury investigation
into the causes Of the recent De-
troit race riot.
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Victory Dinner HonOrs
Ohio Pastor And Wife

A victory dinner was given last
Thursday in honor OF Rev. and Mrs.
C. J. Walker of Toledo. Ohio, Rev.
r. A. Allen OF Houston, Texas, and
Rev. Mozell Franklin, pastor OF
Sacred Cross Baptist church. De-
troit. Among the many guests
were Mrs. Margaret Fuller, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ned Johnson. Lucille Ramsey,
Mrs. Anna Strickland and Patricia
Ann Ramsey.
The affair was given at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Jones Of
265 Hague avenue. The hostesses
were Margaret Strickland and Miss
Eunice Norman, both Of Sacred
Cross Baptist church, Detroit.
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A.U.W.-
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tC0ntinued from rage ~
candidates for the pos. are Walter
Hardin. international representa-
tive: Shelton Tapes. recording sec.
rotary of Local 900: and Oscar
Noble. also an international repre-
sentative. Some Nero delegates
have expressed a willingness to
compromise on a dark horse" II
the three leading candidates force
a deadlock on the issue
Within the next few days the
delegates will act upon over Is
resolutions which affect the welfare
OF the Negro workers. Strong reso-
lutions against discrimination. Jim
Crow bowling. hate strikes. the
Detroit riot, Fifth Coiumnists,
lynching and the poll tax have been
submitted by both the Constitu-
tional committee and the Resolu-
tons committee OF which Shelton
Tapes was recently named re-
cording secretary.
Negroes Active
Negro delegates who in former
conventions seldom took the floor
to debate general issues affecting
union as a whole have a new
interest today. During the afternoon
session Monday when the delegates
debated the recommendations for
changes in the unions constitution
relating to dues. membership prob
lens. etc, Hodges Mason and sew
eral other Negro delegates stepped
TO the microphones scattered over
the convention floor and made
speeches which won applause from
the vast throng.
Showdown
In the showdown between the
Adde's and Reuther groups. Negro
delegates are taking sides in the
same manner as their white broth
ers. Shelton Tapes is leading a
bloc Of Negro delegates to the Adde's
banner and Horace Sheffield is
holding caucuses in the Statler
hotel for the Northumberland fac
ton. The delegates as a whole are
so evenly divided between the two
factions that few observers have
dared to predict the outcome OF
the internal battle which has been
brewing ip the UAW-CIO for sew
eral years. The Adde's group is
allegedly dominated by the Com
munists and the Reuther group by
the Socialists. The possibility of
these two groups reaching a COM
mon ground in this convention is
seriously doubted by the SO odd
labor newspaper reporters who
have followed the affairs of the
UAW-CIO and who are anxiously
awaiting the election of the
secretary-treasurer on Friday.
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MISSING

Henrietta Wheat Of 80 Trow-
bridge street, Detroit. has been
missing from her home since last
Tuesday. September %. She was
wearing a two-piece suit color
brown and white yellow flowers.
spring coat brown with green COL
lar and a brown velvet tam. Miss
Wheat is Is years old, weighs lis
pounds. S feet and ? inches tall,
black long hair. brown complexion
and scar over left eye. Anyone
knowing her whereabouts, please
telephone To. 8-2806 or To. 5-20l8.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-10-09
DETRoITER EARNS PROMOTION

BARKSDALE FIELD, La.-Pfc.
Ellsworth c. Howard, formerly OF
Detroit, has been promoted to
technician 5th grade at Barksdale
Field where he is member OF a
quartermaster company. He was
indicted into the service in Oc-
tober. 1912.
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POLITICAL ACTION

Those who are annoyed by the
fact that labor leaders are dabbling
in politics may start preparing for
more annoyance in 1914. The top
boys in organized labor have finally
been convinced that the boys who
make the laws are the true rulers
Of this country and people who don't
go to the polls simply can't be ex.
pected to influence the law makers
opinion. In 1914, a vast national
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Nominated
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tCOntinued from Page ~
Truth Home Fitzgerald was given
100 votes to three for Jeffries. In
another district Jeffries polled one
vote while Fitzgerald was given
liz.
Simmons had a total OF 1885
votes to finish behind Lodge, Cody.
Rogell, Edwards. Van Antwerp.
Dorais, Castator, Garlick. Comstock.
Nsgel. and Bryant
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So NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. WHITE

ALBANY. Ga. thNP)-AIbany's
new city directory lists So members
of the Washington family. according
to the Albany Herald, and not sim
Gle one of them is white.
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Rur~ra 20 Public Reistious.
II. O. War Department

LIE SAh6o ~ "SS'DON
Rscsnt recipient Of an official
semmendation for his work in con-
nsetios with the preparation and
reinstatement Of Army regulations,
whose assignment to the Judge Ad-
vocsts Generals Department on
Sept>mber . has been announced
by the War Department. Lieutenant
NeL>ndon, . graduate Of Fisk and
Northwestern universities, prae-
s;csd Law IN Chicago for several
GsarL
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REV. BABER ON TRIP

Rev. George w. Baber. pastor Of
Ebenezer A.ME. church, left Mon
day night with Bishop John A.
Gregg for Carroll Ill. Rev. Baber
will return to the city Friday.
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political action group OF labor u
going after the votes in electng q
truly liberal administration.
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Forward

Continued from Page II
has charged. however. that Morde'
cal is a card-carrying Communist
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We Can't lose If we buy war Bonds
today!
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-07-05

I. The new "pay-as-you-go" or
20 per cent Withholding tax is not
q new tax or an additional tax but
a new method of collecting your in
come tax. The new law does not
change income tax rates.
/ 2. Under the old system you paid
income tax a year late on money
you earned the previous year. Un-
der the new "pay-as-you-go" method
you pay income tax on 1943 income
during 1943, bit by bit, pay day by
pay day.
;. The new tax goes into effect
July /, 1943, and all payrolls be-
ginning on or after July /, 1e43,
are subject to the new law.
4. Every employee should imme-
diately fill out q Withholding Ex-
emption Certificate and file with
his employer. This exemption GER
tificate will tell whether you are
married or single and how many
dependents you have. Unless this
certificate 10 filed 209s deduction
will be taken from your gross pay.
S. Exemptions are $1,000 for the
taxpayer, another $1,000 for a
wife, and $500 each for children.
In the case Of q married man
with three children, exemptions
would total $4,000. II the taxpay-
er's wage was $500 per week, he
would pay 20 per cent tax on
$500, which would amount to
1850.
6. The new 20 per cent withhold
ing tax includes the present FIVE
lper cent victory tax.
z. Employers will turn deduc-
tons over to the Collector Of In
ternal Revenue with their quarterly
returns; or if the employer has
enough employees to make aggre-
gate deductions from all employ
ees, $4,000 or more each month,
he will deposit that money monthly
/ in a bank which will turn it over
to the Treasury of the United
States. In either event, this money
stands to the taxpayers credit rs
prepayment Of income tax. The
employers will not withhold the
FIVE per cent victory tax after the
last payroll that begins in June.
1943. All payrolls beginning on or
after July I, 1s4S, are subject 70
the new law, and the victory tax is
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-07-05
Japs Force
Starvation On
Thousands

Kweilin, China, July 5 (ALN)-
Since the capture of Hong Kong by
the japanese in December, 1941,
over 100000 unemployed and un.
skilled Chinese workers have been
driven from the former British col
ony. The majority have been fore
IDLY deported. the rest driven 10
leave through denial of food ration
cards.
Without any resources whatever,
thousands Of these refugees have
starved to death in the barren is
lands and coastal regions where
they have been taken.
Despite this treatment, how
ever, these deportees are more
fortunate than thousands of wom-
en-. children and unemployed
who have been simply herded
onto junks and barges, towed out
Beyond the entrance to Hong
Kong harb0r and dumped over
board. Many skilled workers,
who refused to work for the
Japanese and were unable to es-
cape. have also persisted In this
manner.
Two factors make Il particularly
difficult for skilled workers TO es-
cape from Hong Kong. First, the
Japanese guard them closely. Sec
ond. it costs at least $1,000 Chi
nese ($52.50 U. 81 to evacuate a
worker from Hong Kong to the
nearest factory town in the interior.
Since most workers did not re-
ceive the wages due them at the
outbreak Of the war, Japanese
occupation found them with their
reserves gone and facing starva-
ton. Today, the wages Of work.
ers whose skills are needed by
the japanese, are carefully cal
culated to give them exactly
enough TO keep alive, and no
more. Nevertheless. thousands OF
skilled workers have escaped
from Hong Kong.
Most effective work as regards
absorption Of refugees from the
occupied areas is being done by the
Chinese Industrial Cooperatives.
Operating on a small scale and
utilizing local resources, the coop
eratives, despite lack of funds. can
at once provide the refugees with
productive work.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-07-05
You Can't Whip the Axis
BY Making Faces at Hitler!
Buy More War Bonds Instead!
A-B-C Of New Withholding Tax Law

included in the 20 per cent with
held.
8. Employers are permitted to
use the wage bracket tables
which are written in the law set
ting out definite amounts to be
withheld each pay day. For ex-
ample, in the case of a married
employee with Shree dependents
whose weekly wage is anywhere
between $4,000 and $4,000, the en-
ployer is permitted to withhold the
fat amount Of $3.50 per week in
stead of requiring him to figure the
exact amount for each individual
employee. The amount of tax
withheld may be slightly different
from an exact computation at 20
per cent, but if q little less than
the actual 20 per cent is withheld,
the taxpayer may have q small
balance to pay March Is. II the
Withholding is q trifie more than
the exact 20 per cent, the employee
will have . credit coming to himI
March Is.
9. For a majority Of taxpayers,
hat is people with incomes upon
which tax amounts to $4,000 or
less for either 1912 or 1913, the
whole tax for the smaller year
would be forgiven.
10. Shortly after the close Of the
year. or with the last pay if you
stop working before the end of the
year, your employer is required to
give You q receipt showing the
total amount Of tax deducted and
withheld from your pay during the
year. II the amount withheld dur
ing the year amounts TO more than
the tax owed, any overpayment Of
taxes will be refunded or credited.
II you change employment, your
employer is required to give you
q receipt showing the total amount
Of tax withheld with your last pay.
IL. There is no Withholding tax
from the pay Of (l) personnel of
the armed services, (2) ministers
of the gospel, (3) all persons en-
gagged in domestic service, and ~
all persons engaged in agricultural
service. These people will be re-
quired to pay their income tax out
Of their current income by fling .
return showing their estimated tar.
and pay such tar quarterly. Dssc
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-07-05
Canadians
Back Win-War
Policy Of Clio

Toronto, July 2 (ALN)-Cana-
dian unions affiliated with the Clio
give full support TO that organiza-
tons policy Of opposing strikes in
wartime. Pat Conroy. secretary
treasurer of the Canadian Congress
of Labor (CIO and national unions),
declared here this week at an
emergency conference attended by
524 delegates from ia Ontario Clio
locals.
Labor has kept It's nO-strike
pledge" COnroy said. 1.-THE cur
rent steel stoppages in Gait and
Hamilton were imposed on the
workers by the employers and
government. This Is being used
by some to justify sympathetic
strike action by labor.
But this is not an employers
war. II is a peoples war. Shall
we let Hitler go while we concen-
trate our fight against the employ
ers? We have to see to it that
this war is Won"
THE workers in Europe are con-
sidering going on strike as soon as
invasion starts, yet some here
want to do the same thing and so
nullify that action" said Roy Eng
land. president Of Ford Local 200,
United Automobile Workers.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-07-05
John L. Lewis
No Hero To
British Miners

London, July 5 tALN)-Eforts Of
the New York Times and other
u. S. newspapers TO make 1t APP
pear that John L. Lewis is a hero"
to British miners were roundly con-
demned this week by Will Law
Their. president of the Miners Fed
Grafton Of Great Britain, and Ar
thur Horner. president of the South
Wales Miners Federation.
"Ninety-nine per cent Of Bril-
fish miners have maintained that
their prime duty Is to produce
coal for the war effort" Lawther
stated. "Just as we condemn
strikes here at home, so we re-
sent any interference with pro-
duction by miners elsewhere.
"1he British and Russian min
ers are firmly linked together
to crush fascism, and American
miners should join with U.S."
While expressing support "for
the basic demands of the American
miners" Horner accused John L.
Lewis Of utilizing their discomfort
to serve purposes contrary TO the
real interests Of the labor move
ment."
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-07-05

The UAWClo international Office sends in the following
victories: Tmm Aircraft Alameda Calf
the lam and 1870 for the
CLIO 1876, law 1885, and union
Frank Hardesy USA district director In
held ut Murray Gin, Dallas b7 Of
as against 42et.
W. ID. Mackey, USA director in Virginia. at
the election held ut Mt Vernon Bridge 7
Fullerton Fulton regional director Chicago
following election victOes Chicago Metal UERNWA
union Chicago Flexible Shaft
the ALL Benjamin Electric UERNfWA. union
Cnch Mfg, UERNWA 81 40 for the ALL;
Co., UERSiWA 157 union, Co,
UERNfWA 81 to 46 for the AL.
Bucmaster, vice-presdnt URWA-cO
election victories: Buffalo Weaving Betting
union plant KelySpngfed Tire
Clio ISL 10 for Goodyear Tire Rubber
Ont, Canada, CLIO 249 TO S for union.
Adoph emer the winning of three elections by the IVA
CLIO Vcksburg Mississippi: King Stave Co., WACIO
Vcksburg Hook Mill, IWA-CIO 4S
County Heating Co. IWAC1O g against AFL u.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-07-05

labor movement who have violated
the no-strike pledge.
Representatives from foreign
seamen's unions will attend the
sessions. The convention has o
United Nations theme and Is ex-
pected to 20 on record In favor
Of preserving the United Nations
as q postwar force.
Appropriate ceremonies honoring
the 6,198 merchnat seamen who
lost their lives delivering the goods
since Pearl Harbor will be held.
Joseph curran. president Of the
NMU, will preside at the sessions.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-07-05

torpedoed seamen, began arriving
here today.
Representing the $4,000 NMU
members delivering weapons OF
war to battlefronts all over the
world, the delegates, including
many who saw action In the Sol
ONION Islands and North African
campaigns, will act on current
political and home front matters.
The delegates are expected to
renew the MINUS pledge not to
strike for the duration Of the war
"A pledge which has been scrupu-
lousy upheld since Pearl Harbor.
The convention IL also expected to
denounce those forces within the