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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-01-30
Will The Governor Forget Us?

MICHIGAN'S quarter million If coored citizens are
Il looking eagerly toward Capitol Hill in Lansing, wait
ing to what political recognition if any will be given
the by the Republican Administration One month
has passed since Governor Kelley took office During this
period, he has made many appointments but no Negro
appointments have yet been made. Of course. Gov
Kelley is just beginning his regime as Michigan's
chief executive and naturally he has select his political
appointees with and deliberaon There are other
appointments to be made and yet too late for the
Governor to give worthwhile appointment to Negroes
For number Of years, under previous Republican
and Democratic administrations in Michigan Negroes have
received appointments to important state positions
including the posts of assistant attorney general of Mch
gan Labor Board commissioner membership on the State
Parole board and lesser appointments This as it should
be, for live under form of government which mi
norty groups less than majority groups are entitled TO
due representation.
We at the dawn of a new era Of worldwide de-
mocracy in which the recognition receive must no
longer be determined by the color of their skin Cover
nor Kelley, who is guiding the destiny of Michigan in
which the Republican party born has golden oppor-
tunty to stimulate the spirit of democracy and fair play
home by including fair percentage of representative Ne
groes among his appointees.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-01-30
SENTENCE SERMONS
BY REV. FRANK CLARENCE LOWRY
(For AMP

In these times when folks are trying TO make
YOU lose your head no sure that yours Is grounded
beneath your shoulders in real heart that's strong
and beats true
Don't be misled about satan's locks; he looks as
good as you and sometimes Is you at your worst
A man who goes around with chip on his should
er won't have much trouble running into match to
start little fire.
One beside one makes eleven but two people
beside themselves can start a lot OF trouble
Don't forget dear reader war Is on: see the
handwriting in the sky. written by swarms Of bel
ligerent planes. TO be interpreted by you and l.
Our county now has system Of PAY as you en-
ter" and Pay you go" But Heavens only de-
mand has been Pray as you go" and you'll be re-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-01-30

the high officials. in the nations
capital that colored and whites
can work together in peace. even
- a member OF our race should
happen TO be the big boss.
WELL. I GUESS YOU HEARD
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker's speech
Friday night. which was carried
by ALI OF Detroits radio stations.
You know It interested your
writer very much. perhaps there
are a number OF reasons. but the
main reason was that he did not
fail TO give God credit for he
and his companlsns' rescue after
twenty-one days afloat In the
Pacific ocean. They prayed. he
was not ashamed to admit that
prayers and prayers alone saved
them. During his broadcast Fri
Gay night, here are a few para
graphs that touched yours truly's
heart and the sound OF his firm
voice came through my radio as
I / sat at my desk:
when faced with life or death
you realize how useless material
things In life are" I'VE prayed
for food and water humble and
honestly" During the heat OF the
dry, we would pray for night.
when our bodies were chilled
with cold at night. we would pray
for day"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-01-30

ularly like the girl you have in
mind. She i lust an amusing
companion 10 have fun with and
You can be Just as amusing.
XII am working at the pres
ent. but / feel that | could get
further In life IL take a course
Of study. ] have decided upon
accounting and intend TO enter
night school after Christmas. Is
a man OF IS too old to learn this
work?
Ans.;-TOu never get too old 10
learn something new. A course In
accounting will help you In the
line OF work you are In right now
and II may mean your only chance
for Advancement In pay. Yon are
n good book.keeper hut there Is
stu great deal mere 10 he
learned about this type Of work.
BY all means take this course.
TIT am A. years old. neat
and nice looking. Recently. met
a soldier on the train and fell In
love with him. He writes that he
loves me and wants me for his
wife. am confused. Tell me II
should accept him or not?
Ans.:-You have carried your
game far enough. Vow u Is time
10 wake mp 20 facts. II Isn't love
you feel fer this fellow. YOu are
only flattered mt his attention.
thinking you can regain Your lost
youth. He In turn Is flattered nj
n more experienced woman's at.
ientIon. You wouId be foolish TO
break M your home and leave
your husband for this momentary
fancy.
J.R.-I have farmed for the past
20 years and made good liy-
ing. My wife Is trying 10 en-
courage me to leave the farm and
60 10 work in defense plant. ]
know how 10 farm but don't
know how 10 work In a defense
plant. What should I do?
Ans.;-Although there Is a vital
demand for defense workers at
this time. there II equally de-.
mand for farmers. Won haven't
made an awful lot Of money for
the past 20 years. hut you have
educated your children. Stick 10
your farm and do your country a
greater service.
M.R.--My child has given me
considerable trouble In public
schools this entire wear. am
thinking OF taking her out after
Christmas and putting her In a
private school. Do you think this
would encourage her mischievous
traits or would II help her?
Ans:-A change sometimes
proves n turning point In q chIId's
life. AZ anv rate. n Is well worth
trying. The private school has
Just as mnch 10 offer NJ public
schools and your child will prob
ably be given more attention NJ
thew are less crowded. New as
soeiates will also have a tendency
10 bring about a renewed IN.
tcrest.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-01-30
EDITORIAL PAGE
George Washington Carver
As | Knew Him
BY HARRY o. ABBOTT FOR AMP
Travelling Companion and Intimate Associate OF the
Famed Scientist For 10 Tears During the Time
Mr.. Abbott Taught Al Tuskegee
NO. 2: Boil weeylI Started DIR. Carver
On Great Career

On Great Career
DEFoRE George Washington Carver had gotten
foothold on Tuskegee soil. cotton's arch enemy
the boil weeyi was on rampage destroying acres
and acres OF cotton neds and reducing sun nearer
10 starvation landlord. tenant ana snarecropper
alike The economic structure OF the whole south.
no; then fully recovered from the civil war. was
again threatened to its very foundation something
must be done and soon Young Carver fresh from
great northern agricultural school. and widely
heralded as an expert in the knowledge OF botany
and farm practice challenged
lie saw abandoned fields. hungry toilers and dis
couraged planters Though not unfamiliar 10 him.
he had lived and studied in section not nearly 60
favorable for growing sweet potatoes as was TINS
new area into which he had gone 10 serve. he I'M
mediately advocated large planting OF them But
ere long he was challenged by Mrs Cora Warner
neghbor TO the institute. and planter OF some
1000 acres. who simply asked him:
.Now what arc you going TO do With all these
potatoes YOU want produced? You cant sell them
and they can't be consumed. Naturally the price
will drop and they won't DC worth producing any
more than will this cotton.
Prot Carver reflected. Mrs. Warner had showed
him that he war advocating very faulty economy,
for simple reasoning showed him that over pro-
duc;ion OF sweet potatoes would mean loss OF botn
planter and laborer He reasoned that wider uses
for the potato would result in greater absorption
Of the product be prepared small exhibit OF
some Il or % products. which he showed MS new
principal Booker T. Washington, who encouraged
lin 70 kO hHtau
soon criticism came from the agronomists who
claimed that the potato depleted the coil too rap
Idly. And little later The dietitians charged that
the potato was deficient in essential food elements.
In the peanut Dr. Carver found the answer 10 these
complaints For the peanut being legume, fed
The soil with nitrogen and being rich in fats and
ole and proteins supplemented admirably the
starch and sugar OF the potato
But hero again was a relatively unknown and
unusual farm product he turned 10 finding new
uses for the peanut How we'll he succeeded and
how completely he senced his critics is too well
known 10 need repeating And 10 that wizard OF
the soil Just recently removed from us Is duo per-
haps more than 10 any other man, living or dead
the economic Improvement OF the south. the re-
claiming Of much OF its WORKOUT soil. and ite par
tial emancipation from It's one-crop system
(To he contlnucd)
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-01-30
ABBE'S 1913 ASTROLOcy
READINGS ARE READY

MAIL have a boy friend IN
the army. He was home on fur
Tough few weeks ago. We were
supposed to get married, but due
70 my condition, he thought il
vas best to wait until l am we'll.
Now do you think this was the
only reason he had for putting
~ off?
AnS.;-I am convinced that he
used good Judgment when he
postponed the wedding. Had you
married him while hr was on fur
Tough. you would probably have
insisted on living with him. which
would have endangered his
health 10 some extent. II Is bet
ter that you remain In a sanl.
tarlum until YOU are pronounced
well than TO run the risk OF a
relapse.
A.C.-I have been married one
month and my husband likes TO
run around. Does he like the girl
think he does? Should l leave
him,
Ans.;-Gl,e your marriage a
fair trial before deciding anything
definite. lie was play.boy he
fore he married and he still wants
10 play. The many girls he knew
then don't make II very easy for
him 10 stop. The fact that he
chose you In preference TO these
other girls should prove some
thing 10 you. You are making n
mistake 10 sit mt home and pouf
about his running around. What
yOu need 10 do Il 10 dixie out and
insist that he carry you along
with him. No, he doesn't partic.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-01-30
Peoples
Daily, Doiings
By ISAAC JONES
Alabama's New Governor

GOVERNOR Chauacey sparks
tie nsVly e,ec,ed chief executive
Il the STATE az Alabama wrote
new page in the history Of
TIA states statutory laws last
week u Us inaugural address at
Mont cne-y. when he pledged his
admin. ration 10 seek better ra-
c.al relations between colored and
whites through independent ra-
c.ai development" The new gov
err made i, plain that he would
endeavor 70 afford 10 the co.ored
people 70 us state the same
equal opportunities as white
folk. vh.ca men are enutlsd." He
pointed CUT that the solution 10
our race and whites living to-
sethss n peace IN dixie rested On
tso violate principles; first,
compile racial segregation; Sec
: ord Eiependent racial develop
uent
In saaiyzlng the conditions OF
'he .op-t The governor stated f
"-te peculiar social structure a
or sol-hern states was due in
( Yt-; 20 trade barriers and pcli,i-
cal repsi-s.s which have dragged
'hs sol'h down 20 the lowest
lesfl - per capita and per capita
izcoms
Cove nor Sparks g the forty
f'ih rosesnor 81 the state az
Alabama. and he first to ever
mcp'ior o.cred people in their
.naug rsi address
u ne governor carries out his
fietga q VIII mear much 70 our
peops living IL that state; It Will
mean aiEaer wages for their work;
better .,irg conditions; better
schools opportunities 10 vote and
many ctae- ihi.gs.
40 one expects any southern
states 20 drop their coior-bar and
i'm crowisn overnight. That Is
problem that will require time
prayers and hard fighting 10
change
Capt. Mulyac and Mixed Crew
WELL | SEE BY the papers
where the War Shipping admins
ration has made an-jnsde report
On racial goodwill aboard the
s. Booker T. Washington. where
trouble was expected because the
thip was under the direction Of
colored captain f,he first In
Us. history With crew oil
colored and whites but when the
slip completed is FIRST run with
checkeIDoard creV and colore'
( officers 'he War shipping admin
isiraficn reports that IL could hnS
toihing 70 r9mpiain about. .ther'
vas nothing but friendly cooper
alton a'oafd
In addition 10 Capt. Mulzac, th'
second and third officers. the'chie
engineer and two assistants wer'
colored men.
The Booker T. Washington shil
made the trip from San Pedro
went thr ugh the Canal zone an
landed safely in New York City
The reason given for the good
Will trip. explained the War Ship
ping administration. was tina
after the ship got to sea. Capt
Mulzac ordered all men from tn
deck department 10 take instruc
ton In navigation every af.~-
noon In their spare time. to pre-
pare themselves for examination
and promotions.
That was a goodwill venture
on the part OF this colored CAP
tain. II proved that his positio
Gid not swell bis head. and II
true fact II one sends out goo
honestly from the heart. 600
win return. II also 70 proof
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-01-30
sy Chicago Tribpne)

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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-01-30
A NON-PARTISAN
NEWSPAPER
To Captain Mulzac


Negro skipper of The Booker T. Washington
Now Sailing with Mixed Crew
By LANGsT0N HUGHES FOR AMP
DANGEROUS
IL Are the western waters now.
And all the waters OF the world.
Somehow,
Again mankind has lost It's way
Down paths OF death and darkness
Gone astray-
But there are those who still hold out
Both chart and compass
For better way
And there are those who fight
To guard our harbor entrance
To brighter day.
There are those who too. for so long
Could not call their house, their house,
Nor their land. their land
Formerly the beaten and the poor
Who did not own
The things they made-nor their own lives
But stood. individual and alone,
without power
They have found their hour.
The clock Is moving forward here
But backward in the lands where fascist fear
Has taken hold
And tyranny is bold
Yes. dangerous are the wide worlds waters still.
Menaced by the will
or those who would keep, or once more make
Slaves OF men.
We have been slaves before.
We will not be again.
Alone know no one Is free.
But we have joined hands
l. with you. You, with me.
Together we have launched a ship
That sails these dangerous seas
But more than these.
Our symbol OF new liberties.
We've put captain on that ships bridge there,
A man. spare. swarthy, strong. foursquare--
But more than these.
He too, a symbol OF new liberties.
There is crew OF many races, too many bloods-
Yet all OF one blood still:
That is the blood OF brotherhood,
or courage. OF goodwill
And deep determination geared to kill
The evil forces that would destroy
Our charts. and compass. and bell-buoy
That guide us to the harbor OF the new world
We will to make
The world where every ugly past mistake
or hate and greed and race
Will have no place.
In union. you. white man.
And l. black man.
Can be free
More than ship then Captain Mulzae,
Is the BOOKER T.
And more than Captain you
Who guide IL on its way
Your ship Is mankinds deepest dream
Daring the sea-
Your ship is flagship
or newer day.
Let the winds rise then
And the great beat
Your ship is Victory,
Not defeat.
Let the great waves rise
And the winds blow free
Your ship Is
Freedom
Brotherhood
Democracy,
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-01-30

I WISH ALL or you READ
ERs A VERY SUCCESSFUL
YEAR DURING ipts.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-01-30

paid you enter.
II IS true cannot live on earth and board In
heaven. but there Is living bread" which Il
refuses to eat. he throws himself overheard
II took God six days 10 make the world and nine
months TO bring you here. you shouldn't grow M
patient over anything
When the lights 20 all over the world" Il viii
be when men really recognize Jesus as the light OF
the world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-29
A Thought for Today
Filling the Loopholes

If we were to follow the suggestions of Professor Lutz of Princeton University, and simplify our tax structure by adopt ing a single overall basic tax for all per sons of normal income - tax withheld at source and requiring neither year-end return nor intermediate tax estimates there would be certain obvious loopholes to be filled. One is the person whose income takes him into higher surtaX brackets. Obviously he would have to file return. This could be simplified by treating the initial income, against which taxes were withheld, as a closed book, and requiring that he compute merely upon the sur5aXable income. Another is the person whose withholding tax income is supplemented by earnings from other sources He should account for those earnings. Most imply, he could do it by paying the withholding rate on enough of them to bring the aggregate up to the top of the normal bracket, and if they ran over into surtaX propor- tions, he would pay the proper surtaX
 A third is the person whose deductions and credits are abnormally large, who would be defrauded by being taxed as an average earner. There are two poSSlblll- ties here. The simplest is to fix an aver age CIdG WOulu dllOW lOI SUCH CdoSo dAAA forget the matter. The fairest is to per init any person who feels that he would profit thereby and is willing to go to the trouble, to prepare computation of his tax similar to that with which we are now familiar. Even then, the taxpayer would benefit because for his initial brac- ket he would be paying one tax of 24 per cent, computed on single income base, Y,l,Na SI1rtaxeS f1c11red nn the same base instead of having to work out three diff ferent net incomes from the same actual earnings and apply different tax to each of those incomes.
 These suggestions, which stem from but do not necessarily coincide with Pro- lessor Lutz's proposals, are offered now because Congress has learned how the people feel, and would like to simplify the indescribably involved tax structure. They might serve at least as point of depart ure for discussion of something that is too important to let the "experts" decide without benefit of public opinion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-29

ments. He is inclined to be impatient with such condition.
 But there's one bright spot in the sit uation. The American boy, despite his reSentfulness, can bow to the inevitable, and he has the inner resources to adjust himself to new conditions. After few months, he begins to realize that life behind barbed wire is livable. He sets out to devise ways of spending his time and developing his latent talents. He gets onto the rules of the game.
 Dr. Strong points out that German soldiers are trained by their army to be war prisoners. They are told of all their rights under the Geneva conven- tion and are advised to demand them.
 American soldiers do not expect to become prisoners. Their one regret when they are interned is that they are prevented from finishing the job which they had set out to do But it is good to know they are sufficiently adaptable to adjust themselves to prison condi- tions when such a situation becomes inevitable. It shows an inner resource fulness that the superficial observer, noting only the Americans love of &C., tion, might never suspect.
 It proves that Americans have a ca- pacity for contemplation, an ability to live within themselves, that their hurried manner does not always reflect.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-29
War Bond Holders

Among the runlorS which some citizens keep alive is one that goes something like this: "Sure those defense workers are buying bonds but they are caShing them in about as fast as they buy them" It is hard to assay the full scope of the mischief done by persons who continue to repeat such rumors.
 The facts are that Americans are doing a good job of hanging on to their war bonds, and this despite the withholding tax Sales and redemption figures from the treasury's daily statement tend to contradict those who spread the false notion about the high percentage ot bond redemptions among workers in the war industries. For the first eight months of this year, for instance, approximately 90 per cent of the money that was h. vested in war bonds has stayed there.
 That is a good record. It is even as- tonishing in the face of what happened in Canada where redemptions of war sav- ings certificates jumped to nearly 50 per cent after withholding tax went into effect.
 So far this year the monthly sale of war bonds has averaged $1,OOO, ,OOO, ,OoO' Cashing in of all types of war bond ls- sues, treasury figures indicate, amount. ed to 100000 in August compared to $138,o00,000 in July. Some increase, it is explained, would be normal since the total of outstanding issues has been ris- ing steadily.
 In the main, then, Americans - war workers and everyone else - seem de- termined to save in bonds the money for the things they want after the war, a car, a refrigerator home or, perhaps, an airplane.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-29
Not Good Prisoners

It is doubtful that anyone ever ex- pected that American boys would make good prisoners. Americans are accus- toned to freedom, to doing as they wish. It would be surprising if they took kindly to prison camps in foreign countries.
 Dr. Tracy Strong, world director of war prisoners aid of the YMCA, confirms the fact that Americans do not make good war prisoners. When an American soldler finds himself in a prison camp, Dr. strong says, he is at first resentful, rebeIll0us and bewildered by his loss of freedom, his loss Of comforts and amuse-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-29

With the biggest number in our history now gainfully employed in some kind of work postwar problems are being antlcl- pated. John J. Graham, the acting ex- ecutive director of the State Employ ment Security Department, says that at least 3OO,OOO postwar claims are anticl- pated. Our state, he says, will have to take care of it's own unemployed non residents as well, the migrant war work CTS from less industrial states. Workers are in our industrial cities from all over New England as well as from other sec tions. Some of these people will return from whence they came, but it is quite likely that fair percentage of them will remain in the locale to which they came during the war days