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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26
THE CHRONICLER
By CONFUCIUS

them fiji your kids with lot Of
bunk.
PM Zone Of the things besides
the Chronicle you should be read
ing) made a survey on our vote
this November Seems like they
think from answers from some o:
our big shots in big cities, that FDR
has a slight edge over dewey Tom.
But they feel that what happens
tween now and the Day will de-
eide things.
X X X
Speaking OF surveys. Fortune
mag has one this month on how
we'll informed we Yankees are.
One Of the questions was about
ways to get postwar full employ
ment lthey should've asked some
Of those guys I'm the senate) and
thirty-three per cent Of the Negroes
asked said they didn't know. The
number not knowing was generally
speaking related 10 the amount OF
formal education the people had
had. But II We can't stay in schoo.
we can read the newspapers well.
and try 10 keep up with names IN
the news Read two or three
newspapers if poSSible)
X X X
An old Detroiter, energetic and
sharp Jeanneta Welch Brown. best
boomer for Mrs. Bethune's National
Council of Negro Women. was in
town briefly. II you hear about
any feminine brains" running
round loose with a lot Of educa-
tional alphabet back Of their names
let the Council know.
x X X
Speaking OF visitors. Confucius
hardly knew Captain Hall was in
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26

are far too many so-called leaders,
iack-leg preachers, chisling politi-
clans, and crack-pot intellectuals
who are just intelligent enough to
be conscious of their own short
comings. that seek to maintain their
perch by belittling those whom they
fear will supplant them. They lead
their followers to believe that
brains and trained minds are not
a prerequisite to great achieve
ment, while insinuating that the
erudite are dangerous.
EDUCATION, TRAINING, and
intelligence. These are not marks
Of double-dealing and depravity.
Neither is ignorance the tag Of
honesty and rectitude. This race Of
mine has in it thousands Of educat-
ed men and women who are honest,
true and loyal II I I'D not believe
this I would not write another line.
for our cause would be without
hope.
YES. THOUSANDS, we have in
all fields of endeavor working and
sacrificing for neither money nor
price. If we did not have these
how did we get thus far? Can the
blind lead the blind?
WE. THE NEGRO, must cease dis
crediting intelligent leadership. Oh.
| know we have had those who
have failed us. So has the other
fellow. but he refuses to bow down
TO ignorance. We need honest lead
ership. That is the absolute truth.
But honest leadership is not
enough. We must have intelligent
leadership. There must be trans
parent honesty plus intelligence OF
a higher order. The two qualities
must be present, must be INSOFAR
able. if Roadway is 10 be made.
For Negroes of today 10 get II
into their heads that they have no
use for the educated" that educa-
ton is not a priceless possession, is
objectionable folly. There may
have been some excuse for such at
titude in the days OF Uncle Tom 10
decry learning and scott at the
| gifts Of the school room. But the
Negro today who turns his back
upon learning is fool--of the first
water. And whenever you hear
one who is supposed to be leading
you. hostile 10 educated persons, as
such. you may be sure that you are
! being misled.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26

town. Whatsa matter, did you guys
wear yourself out beating the drums
when Major "Spanky' was here?
BY the way. as long as those boys
are in uniform, don't get the cut
back ji;,ers.' Stick 10 your rivet
gun. 50 they can give Berlin the
gun.
X * X
Hear tell they had a little dis
turbance in 81. Louis. some of US
colOred stumblebums got mixed up
with some Of the aryan jerks and
a life was lost. But the folks there
kept cool. calm. and collected lin
both so-called races; so differ
ent from the way all these Detroit
ers and Philadelphians get high
blood pressure! Confucius saws. see
your doctor and don't sock the guy
next door!
Didja sec where Brownell OF the
COP is going TO give US good ole
Republicans in Georgia another
emancipation. this time from nasty
ole New Dealers. and Georgia
DCiHS OccIIlS DtWey ana bTOW0-
ell just learned that certified Negro
Republican electors weren't put on
the ticket. and Georgias Arnall
wouldn't do anything about L. Nice
for the COP to look after Negro
GOPers in the South. but they
better star doing or saying some
thing for the lads and lassics north
Of the Mason and Dixon That
goes for the boys riding the dom
keys, too.
X * u
Confucius liked this from the
FreePress tdidja see it:1: a Ne
gro corporal Of an American service
unit leaped from a landing craft
during tho invasion. Waving his
gun high over his head. he waded
through knee-deep water up the
beach. shouting: 'Okay. master race.
here comes some guys from Mis-
souri,"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26

T. Arnold Hills spot In the OPA
went to Frances williams. = dy-
manic worker. and a good public
speaker who was once on the WV
national staff. The racial relations
adviser Job In the OPA has been
cut down to a lesser position for
Miss Williams. as the agency Is a
little short of funds. Brings to
Confucius' mind. the whole sep
aratist adviser" set-up In Washing
ton. Sure we want good treatment,
but let our good economists and
brain trusters work on white folks.
and they on us. We're all humane
and we don't need anything more
than humane intelligence to "un-
derstand our problems
X X X
Those convicted legislators sure
put the heat on the county COM
mittee. and washed out lie Bron
Simmons and some OF the other
promising lads. Don't forget lie
Bron and the others next time you
have a chance TO vote for EN- and
don't split your vote, either. That
was a lousy record we darker De-
troiters made last primary. out OF
all those Negroes running, none OF
them nominated.
That gradual death OF Daddy
Warbucks" in the Free-Press is the
saddest thing Confucius has seen
Poor, little. capitalist Daddy, with
just a few millions TO his name
finds his time is up. Be nice II
we 'uns could persuade his living
prototypes that their day was done
figuratively if not literally. Con-
fuciuS amt bloodthirsty Watch
those comic strips and don't lie,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26
~ BOOK NOTESkk
GERTRUDE SCOTT MARTIN

lack OF education and is humble
IN his ignorance In Charleston.
where the convention is held. he
first begins 20 educate himself and
il IS education he seeks for the
people OF the South-whte and
black. Nov with cducation-that
you cannot take away from a man
who has learned, and believe
nan who has learned truly cannot
be slave. In one way. il IS like
gun, in other. II is better than
the gun. he says on one occasion.
~ the end. however. Gideon re-
turns 10 Carwell. the little village
where Ms family and friends,
white and colored. live There he
tries TO arouse them 10 an aware
uation - with the troops with
drawn. In q short while. events
make il clear that the day for co.
operation between whites and Ne
groes was over and the Klans ter
roristic rule had becun
FACTS ON RECONSTRUCTION
Mr.. Fast has not only written an
excellent novel but has performed
a real service in presenting the
facts on the Reconstruction period
in way that viii be widely read
His sympathies are deep and he is
outspoken in denouncing those in
high and low positions who were
responsible for the deal which gave
the South back 10 It's defeated for
mer leaders His book offers
challenge for today: Is the cooper
alton begun i'm the Reconstruction
period possible today? Although
the book ends in disaster for Gid
con and those around him il is by
no means a book without hope.
Mr. Fast seems &c say that this
need not have happened. that
through Federal Intervention until
the common man Of the South was
ready TO take full hold. the history
Of the years from 1905 10 the
present might have been different.
Put FREEDOM ROAD on your
must list Reading il is no ordinary
experience. That such a book has
been written is more encourag-
ing sign than hundreds OF interra-
cial committees because Mr. Fast
has met the issue squarely Of Ne
gro-whjte relations. His book will
offer no encoura cement TO the
faint in heart or TO those who W sh
TO 90 slow. This is a book TO make
history.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26
FULL EMPLOYMENT

Postwar employment has been the subject OF
much heated discussion in the press, IN Congress-
and in labor and management circles in recent weeks
The announcement Saturday BY an Army spokesman
that employment at Willow Run would be cut 10000
before December of this year brought the matter OF
production cuts and reconverSon home to Detroit.
The statement from the Detroit War Manpower
Commission office that there will be no mass layoffs
at Willow Run since the normal labor loss Will take
care Of the cut in employment does not alter the stu
alton measurablv In the next few months with
war production declining and the necessary recon-
version period ahead there is no escaping the fact
that employment figures will drop sharply. $4,000
workers over the country in the airplane industry
alone will be looking for new jobs within year
time.
It is during this period of adjustment that the
matter of unemployment benefits to workers is OF
the greatest Importance Recently in Congress the
usual coalition of Southern Democrats and reaction
ary Republicans scutted the Murray-kllgore bill
providing workers unemployment benefits hlc n
would insure minimum standard OF living. IN us
stead the Senate adopted the George bill leaving the
matter of unemployment benefits to the various
states instead of to the federal government as with
the Murray Kilgore bill. State control of benefits
will mean a haphazard system of varying benefits
for workers. The quarrel with the Murray kllgore
bill was chat benefits Cup to $35 weekly maximum
for workers with three dependents were scaled
too high.
Over and above the matter of providing benefits
for unemployed workers is the far more important
question of postwar plan which will insure full
employment for all who wish to work. Negro Ameri-
cans like all others should be vitality concerned in
seeing that full employment be the goal of postwar
planning. If such program is put into working
order much of the racial friction incident to de-
mobilization and the return of the soldiers will be
avoided. The recent Philadelphia strike is an eX-
ample of the use that be made of the false issue
of racial competition for jobs by INSCRIPTIONS
individuals.
Full employment which has been means to an
end during the war must be regarded as the goal
itself in the postwar period. Through planning on
a national scale and provision for the inevitable adj
justment periods the goal be achieved. No other
group has a greater stake in such program than
Negroes and other issue is of greater Importance
during this political campaign. The Negro with
organized labor must be vglant in urging the adop-
ton of program for full employment in this country
and the passage of legislation ike the Murray
Kilgore bill which will cushion the impact of any
periods of forced idleness.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26
RECONSTRUCTION
DEMOCRACY'S TEST

Out Of that terrible war came
reconstruction-essen, ally test
for democracy, test Of whether
freed Negroes and freed whites
for the poor white was as much
slave before the var as the black
could live and work and build
together. say that test was taxi
Ell and proven. that democracy
worked in the south-wittf- All It's
faults. its plumbers. its Boosting ex-
travaganceS. its fools and loud
mouths-with all that. il worked
Those are the words Of Gideon
Jackson spoken TO the President Of
the United States in Howard FaS'S
new historical novel FREEDOM
ROAD DUEL. Sloan and Pearce,
New York City: 1914 $275). They
are a part of his plea to Presder'
Grant 10 take action 10 expose the
deal made bv Republicans and
Southern Democrats 10 put Ruther-
ford Hayes in the pres dency
Hayes part in the bargain was to
withdraw the troops from the
South thus turning the control
back to the former slave owners.
and ultimately. 10 the Ku Klux
Khan.
FREEDOM ROAD Is stirring
account OF the Reconstruction pc
riod and of how one man met the
challenge Of the times. The man
was Gideon Jackson. ex-slave and
fighter in the Union Army, who is
chosen first as a delegate to the
South Carolina Constitutional Con-
vention. Later he is elected as a
member OF the State Legislature
and finally TO the Congress Of the
United States where he served UNI
I'll the end Of Grants term.
PERIOD COMES ALIVE
Mr.. Fast succeeds in making the
man and the period in which he
lived come alive. The reader finds
himself back in South Carolina at
the time Of the end Of the Civil
War plunged with Gideon into the
new business of voting. OF shifting
for himself. OF learning. Mr.. Fast
writes in his "Afterword" that
Gideon Jackson is a composite of
several Negro statesmen Of the
time Yet he is real person
whose thoughts, aspirations and
ambitions all ring true He is a
natural leader who realizes his
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26

sequential matter are confused and
torn to bits on the inside because
they have lost their sense of inner
wo ' the argument will go on in
definitely, without either person
getting anywhere. On the other
hand. il one person, by accident
or upbringing. keeps in his mind
a sense Of his own dignity and
also hat the other person is striv-
ing TO reach sense OF personal
dignity and integration. the argu-
ment over the inconsequential mat
te- will vanish Both people will
be able TO move along in spirit of
mutual helpfulness to one another
and their neighbors.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26
GYPSIES

Legendary is the L. s. service
mans desire not 10 stay put, his
constant requests for transfers.
Latest story about TINT habit con-
Germs the group Of sesmen who got
to Heaven. What kind Of sailors
are they" asked 81. Peter. They're
American" replied his assistant.
"Oh, well. let EN- in" said 81. Peter.
They'll want transfer In six
months anyway"
This Week
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26
Public Health Notes
Bv CLEMENT SCOTT. Md, D.P.H.

the dosage until he can tolerate
large amounts without symptoms.
However, this is 10 be done during
the time when the patient is free
of symptoms. At the time OF suf-
fering, only relief is indicated as
any additional substance given
means additional discomfort.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26
FEPC VICTORY

The FEPC has won another victory - this time
in Los Angeles where the Los Angeles Railway Com
pany after oneday hearing announced that it would
begin hiring Negroes as street car motormen and
conductors Full cooperation was promised by the
union (AFL) and company spokesman if the govern
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-17
Mishdp Marks
DE Launching

BAY CITY. June 16-Defoe
Shipyard yesterday experienced
It's first mishap. minor one,
since il started to build fighting
ships for the L. S. Navy. during
the launching of another destroyer
escort.
Stern Of the l.. s. S. Cavallaro
started down the skids first and
hit the water ahead of the rest
Of the craft which was not dam
aged. Only noticeable damage was
10 the heavy timbers down which
the ships slide. sideways, some Of
which were broken.
Sponsoring the fast fighting
and patrol ship was Mrs. Ange-
lima Cavallaro. New York. mother
of the young naval hero after
whom the boat was named. En-
sign Salvatore Cavallaro.
The young officer died Of
wounds received in action during
the Saferno landings last year.
The Army Needs MORE Planes
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-17
kidnapping Story
To Be. Broadcast

A KIDNAPPING that shocked the
country will be the theme OF
FRONT PAGE DRAMA. over
Station WJLB al 1915 p. m. to-
morrow.
Back in 1920, this kidnapping
stunned the nation because of the
sordid cunning and cold blooded
brutality that marked the kid
naper's activities. The tense. dra-
matte story of this mystery will
be told.
FRONT PAGE DRAMA, true
life radio play. taken from the
files of The American Weekly
Magazine. which comes with The
Detroit Sunday Times. is heard.
each Saturday, on WJLB.
The Army Needs MORE Planes----
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-17
Faces 2dChdrqe
In Bank Ho|dup

FLINT. June 16-A second
charge of assault with intent TO
commit murder today was placed
against John Lora, as, who also
is accused of armed robbery in
the $1,000 robbery Of the Citizens
Commercial & Savings B an X
branch at North Saginaw and
Williams in 1888.
Lora is being held under $4,000
bond on each charge as is his
brother, Paul.
Examination on the assault
charge is set for June p, and on
the robbery charge June %.
Irving Fortang. depositor,
was shot in the holdup.
S.. Uhaf ynIf Nahe nj Air shaw
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-17
Runaway Tractor
Kills Boy Under Tree

LAPEER. June Is (UP)-Neil
F.. Haynes, 10. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Haynes Of near Dry
don. was killed yesterday by a
tractor that ran out of control
and crashed into a tree under
which the youth was resting.
Haynes had been working for A
neighbor, Fred Dernberger. Dern-
berger, operating the tractor in a
nearby field, was caught by a
grapevine and thrown from the
vehicle.
Every Day Ia D-Ua, in Factories
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-17
Gets
Custer Unit
Rehabi|i+ate Wounded
at Reception Center

BATTLE CREEK, June 10
Mai Gen. Henry S. Aurand, COM
mander Of the Sixth Service Com
mand. announced today that the
old Fort Custer Reception Center
would become a part of the Percy
Jones Hospital and would be used
as a reconditioning center for sol
diers from the entire command.
Brig. Gen. Joseph +. Bastion,
Percy Jones commander, will
have command with officers from
the hospital as Subordinates.
The new unit will be used TO
recondition battle casualties for
further duty under medical di-
rection. They will be given regu-
lar army training and their re-
actions will be watched closely. A
similar but smaller unit for the
same purpose is now in operation
on the old w. K. Kellogg estate
at Gull Lake.
According 10 the announce
ment, the Fort Custer unit will
be the only one in the Sixth Serv-
ice Command and will train re-
turned wounded sent here from
all hospitals in the command
Although the announcement did
not specify the number of troops
that might be stationed there,
the old reception center had
capacity of 5000 men. Battle
casualties probably would be
quartered under less congested
conditions than were inductees
going through the induction CEN
ter.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-17
AnZiO Vet
Returning

JACKSON, June 16-His son
shattered by flying shell frag-
ments in bitter artillery fighting
near Lacata, Sicily, Sgt Robert
r. Weeks is coming home today
after 10 months in Africa. Sicily
and Italy.
SGT. Weeks is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Weeks Of 90S
Spring. Jackson He was trained
al Fl. Sill, Okla
During the bitter defense Of
the Anzio beachhead, Weeks field
artillery outfit smashed IL enemy
tanks and dispelled three-day
Nazi counterattack. forcing the
foe TO withdraw.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-17

MiddIepont avenues, Dearborn Since then
he has increased his route to l04 ouSto-
rer,, nov earns So week IN profits.
has $40 in the bank and owns l War
Bonds. lie PLAYS football and baseball on
HI. school teams and plays lef, held posi-
ton on his team IN The Detroit Tunes
Carrier Softblll League.
Domenieo gets all As and B's At Thiyer
School and plans 10 attend college at
Wayne Uniyernty. Re, like other Tunes
carriers, in addition to keeping ~ home
front morale with his prompt daily de-
livery OF war news. also aids the battlc
fronts through has regular siles and de-
liveries OF War Saving, stamps lie
attend, service, weekly at 81. Alpbon'u'
Church. lie is ~, lives at ~ Kingsley.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-17
State Pastors Elected
By Christian Synod

GRAND RAPIDS. June IS
OUP)-The Rev. Gerrit Hook
soma of Chicago, entered his
second term as president Of the
Synod of the Christian Reformed
Church today after his reelection
at the annual meeting here.
The Rev. George Goris, pastor
OF the Sherman Street Church
here, was named vice president,
and the Rev. Ralph Danhof of
Holland, and the Rev, Edward j..
Tanis, Grand Haven, were elected
clerk and second clerk, respec-
lively.
The Army Needs MORE Pisne.--
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Breaks Probation,
Burglar Sentenced

SAGINAW, June 16-A IL
year-old burglar who broke his
probation within three months by
another series of robberies was
sentenced 10 30-year maximum
prison term yesterday.
The youth, Albert O'Nelll, Abs
Joslin. received a minimum sem
tence of three and one-half years
through two sentences Of one and
one-half TO Is and two 10 IS
years 10 run conSecutively for
two different robberies. He was
sentenced after pleading guilty
before Judge James f. O'Neill.
The Army Needs MORE Planes
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-17
$500 Bonds 0utseI|
S250nes in Saginaw

SAGINAW. June 16-Sale of
more large denomination bonds
than usual has led Fifth War
Loan drive officials TO believe
savings are being used for the
purchases as well as present earn
ings.
Special issuing agencies report
more than 500 bond sold this
week than SIS bonds.
-See What yOV Made nj Air shaw
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-17
Set Airport
Dedication

FLINT, June 16-Plans are
being completed for the dedica-
ton Of Bishop Airport's new $50
600 lighting system June p at 9
o. m, the Flint Chamber OF Com
merce aviation committee an
nounced.
Pennsylvania Central Airllnes
resumed service out OF Bishop
Airport after a lapse OF two
years because of army demands
on its planes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-17
Saginaw Filler Killed

SAGINAW, June 16-A message
from Germany through the Red
Cross has notified Mrs. Genevieve
Pierson Mackichan OF the death
Of her husband. 1t. William G.
Mackichan, bomber pilot. He pre-
viously had been reported missing
i'm action
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-17
1Firemen, Widow
Will Get Pensions

BATTLE CREEK, June Is
Two retired firemen and Mrs.
Frank Ziegler. the widow OF a
Battle Creek patrolman. will re-
ceive pensions with the approval
of the city pension commission
headed by Mayor Bernard +.
Codde. The firemen are c. d. Hall
and lewis kncnn
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-17
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DESTR oY
AN It's

Psserman's Ant Food is quick death
90 ants. Ii kills by oontact or swal-
lowing. Effective "a hours a day.
No odor. Over 100000 cans of
Petefmsn's sold last year. Get il al
your druggists, grocers, and hard
ware dealers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-17

All money sent ~ sender's risk. Do not
send cash or stamps All checks, drafts
and money orders should be made payable
70 THE TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY.
International News Service has the ex-
elusive rights 20 use for reproduction in
any form all news dispatches credited 10
Il or not otherwise credited in this paper.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-17
Passerby Chased:
Dog Owner Fined

Lora Mcdowell, SO. Of 3l17
Beaubien. was fined SIS today by
Traffic Referee Fitzsimons for al
lowing her German police doy Ia
run at large. Patrolman Dewitt
Rowe charged that the dog caused
a paSserby to take refuge on top
of an automobile on April s.
Army Air show Is FREE
Order IOc United States War
Savings Stamps from your De-
troit Times carrier. He'll de-
liver them to your home.