The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22

IN WASHINGTON last week, Ne
gro seers dropped predictions on
soldier-vote and s-l-pou tax legs
lation TO peer into the future OF
FEPC. recently high-hatted by
Philadelphias AFL dominated tran
sit system. STOPPED ever their
crystal balls. the mys,ics saw; ~
FDR sideiracking FEPC until ne
can come forth with more far
reaching dicium affecting all phases
OF industry; ~ FEPC as club IN
the hands Of reac;iopary repuoh-
ea,s or 81 FEPc as the MEDIUM on
which FDR will ride back INTO the
White House.
IN NEW YORK, Adam Clayton
Powelvs Peoples Voice began
pressure campaign 10 force himlng
Sad showing OF Negroes IN action
on the war fronts covered by news
reel camersmen A citizens
committee started smuggling al dis
criminaiion and intin idstion OF
Negroes in metropolitan New York
war plants tarl Bgowoer, the
mental Rembrandt. painted oeauu-
FL word pictures OF brighter fu-
ture for al minority groups b..
Joseph Ford. director OF Peo-
pies Committee started move 10
srecover every piece Of jewelry and
every garment lost in the Harlem
riot" and revise laws governing
pawn shops.
IN INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. proud
Negroes pad tribute 10 two men;
one young, one old. Back from the
italian war front came Stewards
Mate &c John r. Robinson. gun
loader in an anti-aircraft crew
which was bombed. and strafed
landing al Saleyno. On both legs
the youthful veteran wore the scars
az battle; on his left chest he wore
the Purple Heart, and on his ebony
face he wore a broad. yet modest
smile as his townspeople paid
tribute 10 youth. A; the same time
group o, coored and whites were
feting 73-yesr-old Charles Turner
who. after 30 years as head jsni-
tor" for the NYC railroad. refused
20 retire Asked how one should
so about getting a job in normal
times, the youngish-o!d man ad-
viSed: Make no false promises or
misrepresentation when seeking a
Job 90 percent OF the job seek
ers have more ambition than abil-
ity."
IN COLUMBUS, OHIO. wha. was
labeled as dirt" lin politics. was
stirred up by anti-Negro. anti-pro-
eressive Councilman w. Herbert
Daley, who attacked Mayor James
A. Rhodes appointment OF Mrs.
Cora Jordan White (Negro) to sew
en- member city recreation commits
sion. Meanwhile. rumor had ii that
the city would appoint Negro to |
superintend the cleaning OF all |
Said an "Ohio State News" report |
or next superintendent OF street |
cleaning will be William c. Ander-
son. once an employee OF the de-
partment-" Said department head:
mo contamination: no denial AT
his Sob on the production line in
the Curtis Wright plane plant. An
derson. like Mrs. White, refused to
comment on the city's newest dirt
rIimors.
THE PRIZE HOG Of the week
cut in Cleveland by Assistant Po-
lice Prosecutor Ted Williams who
got tangled up in a mistaken iden-
tity case, and before being extri-
ested by Judge John Busher, had: |
q, helped a man prosecute his
wife; az helped the woman prose-
cute her husband; CD prosecuted
both husband and wife and; "a
used both husband and wife as
prosecution witnesses against each
other. Cause OF the mixup: another
woman with the same name as the
wife, living at the same address
was before the .ame court on the
Sarne charges-disorderly conduct.
Unable 10 bring order out OF chaos.
Judge Busher dismissed both cases
while Williams went for an aspirin.
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IN JEFFERSON CITY, MO-.
where the Missouri Constitutional
Convention was in session. Negro
LOBBYISTS tried to push through the
convention amendments 70 existing
clauses 10: % safeguard civil rights
of all races and: 90 equalize SAL
aries OF all teachers employed in
the state. Polled by Negroes. six
liberal delegates foresaw failure for
The frst proposal and better than
SO 20 chance OF success for the Sec
cnd
ST. LOUIS ALDERMAN Jasper
e CASTOR in his first resolution to
TIRE ci,y's law makers since his cleo
zion last April uumbfounded the
ci.v BY asking that discrimination
IN a city hall restaurant be discon-
tirued and an Investigation OF dis
elimination IN other city depart
ucnts. The ci'v's white aldermen.
shocked by Caston's proposal APP
pointed him chairman OF COM
rf'tee OF Ave fellow law makers 10
Investigate discrimination In the
city hall
IN NEW ORLEANS. Negroes
Ft7rtod a $4,000 fund 10 carry the
a., for the ballot 10 the higher
courts: raised s.. 500 o. the fund al
The FIRST meeting after promises
from several labor unions that they
(the unions would match any
amount raised by Negro citizens.
y y x
so HELP NE SIX -.
Must he something wrong with
Mahatma Gandhi because one OF
Neepin' Willie Hearsts writer's
fas suddenly discovered that the
Mahatma Is "Christlike." Couldn't
be anything wrong with Willie
and his writers could there? Or
am I bein' "ny-eeve?
Havana, Atlanta
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