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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-29
Brewster Tenants
Mass Meeting Friday

For the first time a campaign is
being waged to determine who is
best fitted TO fill the offices in the
Brewster Homes Tenants Council.
The race Is proving one of interest
and is bringing out candidates who
through experience and other
necessary qualifications feel that
they should take an active part in
this campaign and have offered
their names as ''hopefuls." Friday
evening of this week at Brewster
Center the final pleas will be made
for the tenants support in placing
them in office, outlines Of their
program will be made. what they
propose to do to better the lot Of
those who make up this little COM
munity of more than three thou
sand residents will be told.
That strong unified organization
that can meet the challenge of the
times seems assured when such an
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-29
Clio ENDORSES
C. |. sim N 0 N S
AS LEGISLATOR

DETROIT Attorney c. LeBron
Simmons. president Of the Detroit
Council OF the National Negro Con-
gress was endorsed this week by
the Michigan State Clio 10 run for
State Representative
Mr.. Simmons. member OF the
Transfers Union. AT of l.. and ac-
tive in civic and fraternal circles
in Detroit. is expected to play an
important role in swinging the Ne
gro vote TO the win-the-war candi-
dates in the November elections.
At the same time the Council an
nounced the election OF two of its
executive board members as alter
mates to the National Convention Of
the Democratic Party in Chicago.
The alternates, two Of five Ne
groes named, at the recent conven-
ton Of the Michigan Democratic
Party are: Shelton Tapes. record.
ing secretary Of Ford Local 600
UAW-CIO and member Of the Ma.
tional Executive Board of the Ma
tional Negro Congress. and William
Booker.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-29
Citizens Group Initiate Vote Registration Campaign

gument with her soldier-husband.
Family trouble was listed a the
reason Mrs. Cora Williams Of 1851
Mullett street took lysoi In . re-
ported suicide attempt
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-29

Mr.. and Mrs. James w. Mack.
of Colfax avenue. announce the
engagement of their daughter.
Mary Anita. TO Harvey Dale
Shaw. son of DR.. and Mrs. Har-
veY Douglas Shaw of Wexford
avenue. Miss Mack. is a gradu-
ate of Wayne university. and q
member of Delta Sigma Theta
sorority. Mr.. Shaw was a pre-.
dental student at Virginia
Union university. before joining
the armed forces. He Is sta
toned at Fort Jackson S. c.
The wedding date has not been
set.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-29

array of prominent men and
women seek the offices to be filled.
Among them are, for president,
Horace Sheffield, Morris w. Hood,
and Petry Davis; for vice-president,
Chas. Hatcher and Chas. Robinson;
for secretary. Mrs. Jessie billiard
and Mrs. Violet Bromery; for treas
urer, Chas. Foster. Walter Burks.
B. T. McGhee, John Clark and Mrs.
Essie Lyons.
Come to the meeting Friday eve
ming and hear what they have to
say, and then on May 2. between
the hours of z am. and 8 pm, go
to the regular polls and vote for
the candidate that you feel is best
fitted by training and experience
to fill the office he or she seeks,
and elect them. The library at St.
Antoine and Watson and the social
room at 665 Benton will be the reg
ular voting places.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-29
Anti -SemitiSm
Issue Raised In
SeditiOn Trial

The issue of anti-Semitism will
be widely exploited by several OF
the defense attorneys for the 80
men and women on trial in Wash
ington for sedition, according to
stories by reporters covering the
trial Among the questions being
asked prospective jurors are
whether they are Jews, il they be-
long 10 labor unions, have read
"Under Cover" know the meaning
of Judaism and Zionism. and listen
20 Walter Wincheli' brof beasts.
The announcement Sunday that
one of the defense attorneys would
ask that Henry Ford and Lindbergh
be called to Washington to testify
because their utterance against the
Jews are 100 times more vicious
than those attributed TO the defend
ants was another indication of the
! DDteppt to make anti-Semitism ar
issue in the trial.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-29
STATEMENT OF.
NON PARTISAN
DEMANDS READ.
BY CHARLES wARTMAN

Sounding a keynote Of swareneSs
Of the problem OF Negro participa-
ton in the coming 1914 elections,
the Citizens Committee was host 10
. group Of civic leaders at the Goth
am Hotel Saturday. April - at !
p m.
Emphasis was placed upon the
unique position which the Negro
voter now holds both in the local
area and in the national picture.
The immediate object was 10 plan
a state conference on matters affect
ing Negroes and 10 get suggestions
from those present for an overall
plan 10 facilitate the registration Of
Negorcs in the Detroit area.
The members Of the group
stressed the point that the efforts
put forth by them would not be
aimed at cutting across any party
lines or ambitions Of any men in
the local political field. On the con-
trary. The object is TO make the Ne
groes OF Detroit consci Gus of the fact
that they are part Of government
and therefore they should exert
their powers.
Reverend Charles Hill presented
u the group a tentative platform
which sets forth the desires and
wishes OF Negroes regardless Of
party or creed.
!. Full citizenship-wherever the
American flag flies.
2. Full participation in all
spheres Of action for the winning
OF the war over fascist and undem-
ocratic forces al home and abroad.
g. Elimination OF all diScrimina-
tion and segregation -tAe-aFTHed
forces by complete indignation Of
Negroes in all branches. In the en-
ployment Including upgrading
Government and private enter
prises1. In public housing. In ali
Governmental Agencies. Red Cross
Blood Bank and USO units.
4. Right 10 vote Abolish poll tax.
fuges 10 evade this right.
S. Enact permanent federal fair
employment practice law.
g. Denunciation Of all spineless
leaders. Negro and white who for
personal profit or gain, attempt TO \
deliver the Negro vote.
Z. Measure party for candidates
by this platform as TO their belief
in democracy for all citizens re-
gardless of race, creed or color.
A seven-point statement was pre-
sented TO the group as sample |
handbill 10 be circulated This sam
pie set forth definite reasons for
Negro registration and voting par
6cipation.
II was agreed that another meet
ing Of the group would be held on
Friday. April 70. Local leaders Of |
MI political parties are 70 be invited
SnA IN other interested persons are
welcome.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-29

the rubber and plastics laboratory
Of the College Of Engineering by
the Detroit Rubber and Plastics
Group. Incorporated.
The Jewish Welfare Federation
gave $500 for the rnter-racial study
program along with the offer of the
Alpha Neo Art Society Of scholar
skip 70 be given to a high school
graduate qualified for admission to
the university as an art major.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-29
Ten Nutrition
Lessons On Air

The Nutrition School OF the Air,
series of ten lessons in the proper
selection, preparation and conserva-
ton OF food. will be broadcast over
station WJLB, beginning Thursday
April l3 from $50 to $40 pm.
The Detroit Office of Civilian De-
Tense cooperating with the .iulrition
Committee of the Wayne County
Council Of Defense is sponsoring
the broadcast, according to Frank
M McLaury, director of the Detroit
OCD.
McLaury said that this public
service Of broadcasting the fact:
on nutrition is intended, also, e
help victory gardeners now plan.
ming their gardens. E. 80.
Patronize Our Advertisers
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-29

With the avowed purpose Of con-
tinuing the fight for civil rights
more than ever, the Michigan Civil
Rights Federation celebrated its 9th
anniversary. April 81, 1914. at the
Webster Hall hotel.
Approximately 400 members,
guests and friends of the federation
were entertained at a buffet dinner.
Atty. Ernest Goodman acted as
master of ceremonies. He gave a
brief resume of the history of the
federation from its beginning in
1885 to the present. In conjunc-
ton with Goodman's talk, a well
arranged exhibit showed the high
lights in the 9-year struggle for
civil rights in Michigan.
Greetings were brought to the
gathering from Prof. Shepard OF
the University of Michigan, presi.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-29
Civil Rights Fed.
HeldAnniuersary

dent Of the Civil Rights Federation
and several outstanding persons
among the guests were introduced.
Noted among the guests were L.
c. Blount of Great Lakes Mutual
Life Insurance company, Frank
Fitzgerald. Atty. Elvin Davenport,
Charles Wartman, Rev. Brumbaugh
of the Detroit Council of Churches,
Rosa Gragg. president of the De-
troit Federation Of Women's clubs,
and Rev. John Miles.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-29

Declaring that true Americans
deplore racism. hate. greed and
injustice. J Edgar Hoover. director
Of the Federal Bureau Of lnvesti-
paticn. this week declared that "the
time has come 10 demand proof
when biased accusations are leveled
at groups OF people because they
are Catholic, Jew. Gentle. white,
or Negro"
Addressing the 53rd Centennial
Congress OF the Daughters OF the
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-29
Three Women In
Suicide Attempt

Police records disclosed that three
women attempted suicide this week
by drinking lysol
Treated at Receiving hospital
were Miss Annie Montgomery. "a,
OF 2l4l Jos Campau, apparently des-
pendent over trouble with her boy
friend. according to police.
Mrs Lena Jones, II, OF 237 Wat
son street was also treated at the
hospital after she had taken guam
tity of lysol following a family ar
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-29
NAACP EXTENDS
STUDY. Gift At
COLLEGE

The Board of Education an
nounced last week that ii had ac-
cepted an offer by the National AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement Of
Colored People to extend for an
other year their graduate scholar
ship for inter-racial study. at
Wayne university.
The sum of $4,000 was presented
by the NAACP for that purpose.
Other gifts accepted included
grants from the Jam Handy Organi-
zstion and Mr.. Olin Rulon to be
used in biological research and an
extensive group of items of equip
ment valued at $1,000 presented to
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-26
Three al State
GAR Session
Tlm-. SAT- { orne-rosdesi

BAY CITY. June 26 Martin !.
Warner. 9S, Of Grand Rapids.
teday is tAe Hew- president OF The
state department GAR following
sessions here Of the 66th annual
encsnnpment. lie succeeds William
II. Ferguson. 81. Of Kent City,
who was elected Judge advocate.
With Orlando LeNalleH, %. Of
Caro-, assistant adlutant an q
quartermaSter general, they were
Michigans only remaining Union
Army Veterans al-Ihe- EnnNenhnn-
Grand Rapids was chosen As the
l945 convention.
Other GAR officers include
Ralph Towner Of Ailegan senior
vice commander: James Lyon OF
Menoninee, patriotic instructor,
George Morgan OF Crosse Polnte,
Charles r. Riker Of Cement City.
and Homer Aihrn Of Leslie, coun-
Gil Of administration.
Heading the Ladies Of the GAR
will be Mrs. Mary Eta Oman OF
Detroit. succeeding Mrs. Kate M.
Bowen of Battle Greek.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-26
Police Hunt
Missing Boys

Lincoln Park police are toda!
searching for two l4-year-old Lin
coin Park High School students
missing since last Thursday. They
are Dallas Wenn Of 22O9 Thomas
and Donald Richard Rowland OF a
trailer camp at 3O75 DIX
Dallas is blond. blue eyed. s feet
3 inches weighs 10 pounds and IS
dressed IN a dark suit. tan shirt
and black shoes. Donald IS D feet
5 inches.
Dallas. whose mother asked the
Times 20 assist IN finding him.
was last seen when he left home
10 attend the funeral of a friend
Thursday morning.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-26
Canvas BodtCdpsizes.
7 Of ; Men Rescued

NEWAYGO. June 26-George
Meyers, "a. a Battle Creek cab
driver. was drowned here yester-
day when his collapsible canvas
boat capsized in storm Two
companions were saved by men IN
motorboatS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-26
Falls From Dam

GRAND RAPIDS, June %
Herbert Roberts, 30, was drowned
in the Grand River yesterday. lie
lost his footing and fell from a
dam.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-26
If You Suffer PERIODIC
FEMALE
Pain
With It's Weak,
Cranky, Nervous Feelings

n az such times vou. like 90 many
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Start at once-try Lydia Il. Pink
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build up resistance against such symp-
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The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-08-07

ment, anti-union employers will
take advantage of this to hack
away at union gains.
Unions don't flourish during
depressions. Strong and success
full unions are based on members
working at productive Jobs, not
on relief clients. Some employers
are looking ahead to . period in
which they hope to take back the
concessions they've had to make
during the past few years.
Union wages, union security, un-
Ion seniority, all the things that
make unions strong are at stake in
the reconversion process.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-08-07

How about the consumer, worker,
farmer, businessman or housewife?
How will he fare after the war?
A fairly good hint Of what
some industrialists hope for in
an unpianned reconversion pc
Rod IL seen I'm the preliminary
angling for higher prices now
going on.
Here again they're using the
argument that higher wages" won
In war production jobs make higher
prices necessary after the return
to civilian output.
Piano manufacturers are already
making this demand. Piano MAX
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-08-07

ers made gliders until the need
for gliders was filed. Everybody
will want piano after the war.
But II piano makers get a price
rise after reconversion, why not
radio makers, washing machine
makers, auto manufacturers?
without q rational, planned ap-
proach to this rs well as to other
problems of reconversion, we can
have the makings of first class
imitation. Remember, the worst
OF the imitation Of World War I
came after 1918.
Would you like to 70 through 10
again In 1915?
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-08-07
Who Is Affected?

building, etc. II these industries
are not reconverted to civilian pro-
duction rapidly and efficiently, as
war needs allow, the market for
steel will shrink, mills will close,
workers find themselves out of jobs.
III reconversion Is allowed to 20
through without q national plan,
workers will not be able to buy
the thousands and one things
made out of steel They'll hang
on to whatever money they have
because they'll be afraid Of .
repetition Of the unemployment
and misery OF the SOS.
EFFECT ON UNIONS
What about the effect of recon-
version on hard-won union gains
of the past few years?
II reconversion Is bungled, II we
have long periods of unemploy-
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-08-07

why do we need o national
plan for reconversion? Isn't 1t
. problem for industry-or for
industry and labor together?
We need o national plan and
Federal legislation for orderly re-
conversion just as we needed a
national plan for war production
and mobilization.
Industry can't and won't do the
Job alone. Already many big in
dustries, pre-occupied with war or
ders. are trying to keep smaller
plants from reconverting to needed
civilian goods, so they can mono
police the market after they're
through with war production.
UP TO CONGRESS
We have the basic elements Of
o national planned approach to
recOnversi0n In o bill before Con-
gress now. This Is the KilgOre
bill Is 1881, supported by CLIO.
ALL and Railroad Brotherh0ods.
The Kilgore bill provides:
1. A central government body
to organize cutbacks ON . ma
tional basis, utilizing all plants
and workers laid of for other
war work II needed, allocating
civilian production as needed.
2. Help to war workers and
servicemen coming into industry
by giving them unemployment
benefits when needed on fairly
decent levels; by restraining those
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-08-07

their own future. They have q nat
ural desire to quit and look for
the nearest civilian Job where there
seems to be a little less insecurity.
Already scores of thousands OF
workers have started travelling in
search Of jobs with q longer ap-
parent lease on life.
Tho system on cut-backs in
practice now Ia no system ut all.
Labor 10 not consulted or rep
resented In the cut-back process.
No attempt Is made to plan cut
backs 10 that the plants and
workers involved can 20 on with
other war work or can 70 into
producing needed civilian goods.
BARUCH's WARNING
Last June, Bernard Baruch, CO.
author Of the Baruch-Hancock Re-
port on war and postwar produc-
ton, warned the country and Con-
gress:
"The nation IL still months
away from being prepared to
meet the great adjustments that
will come on x-Day when one Of
our enemies II defeated
"For the good Of all Of ms, but
mostly for the sake Of our SOL
diers and sailors, let us hurry,
hurry, hurry, not only in win
ming the war, but In being ready
for the peace.
eff this transition Is to be ham
died without unnecessary unem-
ployment, without further infia-
ton and chaotic confusion, the
Government must be ready for
the swiftest action
Further delays will turn the
adventure In prosperity that lies
within our grasp into an adven-
ture in adversely"
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-08-07

Who 10 affected by reconver-
sion?
Every worker now employed on
. war Job II affected most Inn
mediately, and then every other
worker, consumer and housewife
In the nation.
Take the steel industry. At first
glance, you might think that basic
steel would be little affected by
reconversion, that 1t would just go
on making steel, war or no war.
with perhaps changes in the shapes
and some Of the kinds Of steel pro-
duced, but that's about all.
But steel IL used by the manu-
featuring industries now producing
direct war supplies automotive
industry. electrical, radio. ship
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-08-07

production OF cannon and ma
chine guns to steel rails and wash
ing machines will affect every
worker who wants security, every
serviceman who wants job. every
consumer, every businessman and
every housewife in the nation.
CONGRESS STALLS
So far, Congress has done
nothing to see to IL that we ap-
proach reconversion with q ma
tional plan. The Kilgore bill IS
1881 has been deliberately ig-
nored In the Senate Military Az
fairs Committee. The Kilgore
bill offers . rational, planned
approach to both the industrial
and the human problems Of re-
conversion.
Rather than take up the Kilgore
bill, the Senate Finance Committee
headed by Sen. George tpolltaxer.
Ga) this week reported out the
George bill Is 2050). The George
bill is a meaningless gesture that
simply suggests" that the States
pay unemployment compensation
to Federal employees, that they
borrow money to keep up general
payments when their reserves 60
down and that merchant seamen
be included.
This Is not even q serious ap-
pr0ach to the problem; it IL
simply an attempt to defect
Americas attention from the Job
that needs to be done now.
EFFECT ON WAR OUTPUT
Failure to plan for reconversion
now not only affects civilian pro-
duction but current war production
as well. War workers. watching
the sudden layoffs of thousands of
their fellow workers, as at Brew
ster Aircraft, get nervous about
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-08-07
Your War Job With CONGRESS

Congress is struggling back to work. Most the Sem
aors and Representatives don't have their heart much
as they have their heart in politicking back home
In ordinary election year. maybe wouldn't mind too
much But this not ordinary year-and Congress has
left its No. piece of business still undone.
This No. piece of business is passage of a sound and
rational reconversion program, outlined NIgore
bill Is 1889. The Kigore bill is the only approach
made to the problem of putting industries
peacetme footing without dislocaton without mass
unemployment.
Your Senators and Representatives supposed
have finished their vacation They're back the job
Tell them that you want quick passage of the Kgore
BILL Is 1881 to smooth the road protect
your job your security returning servcemen
and women during the change-over period.
Write to them now-your job and welfare depend ON
what Congress does.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-08-07

on the unfinished business agenda
of Congress. It's up TO us as work.
ers, consumers and citizens to get
action NOW, before more cut
backs and the longed-for defeat Of
Nazi Germany catch US unprepared.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-08-07
Why Is a National Plan Needed Now?

that need IL for new Jobs with
cash allowances, including de-
pendents; by transportation TO
new jobs; by sickness and dis
ability benefits.
The Kilgore bill Is No. item
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-08-07
Americas
Number |
Problem
BY G. w. FOWLER

Re-conversiOn Is Americas No. domestic uroblem now
Cutbacs and contracts are increasing
day. The defeat Of Germany estimated will cut back war
production BY rs much 40 cent The changeover
Evening star., 1944-06-15

in the face Of a boom; the under
taking of legitimate Government
projects at Government expense,
but by private contract, the moment
depression sets in-projects, for in
stance, that will improve the health
and welfare of the people, create
new markets, new purchasing power:
broad social insurances which will
both protect the individual and help
to stabilize consumer industries and
agriculture.
Productive Powers Are Assets.
But our basic answer to the prob
lens of a demobilization economy,
and one for which we are peculiarly
fitted by temperament and natural
circumstances. lies in our great pro-
duCtiVe ability. Our industry has
performed a miracle Of production
IN the goods of war. 1t waits eagerly
to perform the same miracle in the
gods of peace. The new automobiles.
the new houses, new planes, new
plaSticS, televisiOn. new uses for
farm crops. new discoveries born of
war research all clamor to be de
veloped. And the markets of the
world will be waiting for them
that is if we do our full part to help
stabilize the world.
If our industry, however, is to
develop its possibilities of postwar
production to the best advantage of
all, it must have certain releases
and certain safeguards. Capital is
necessary-riskc capital that is ready
to take a chance on the future.
Because We have failed while we
fight to pay for the war to the full
Evening star., 1944-06-15

extent Of our ability through an ade-
quate tax program, 1t is going to be
impossible to have any early gen.
eral reduction of taxes when the
war is over. But there should be a
drastic revision of the tax laws to
encourage risk capital for new in
veStment and new ventures.
Opposes Monopolistic Prices.
Also, in order that industry may
function Venturesomely. new and
effective methods must be found for
Counteracting and controlling the
tendency toward monopoly and
monopolistic prices. They are the
Trojan horse of the free enterprise
system and in essence a protective
device by men and industries who
want to escape the hazards and
penalties which are the counter
part of the opportunities the system
offers.
Under such releases, under such
safeguards, our genius for produc-
ton will go long way toward solv-
ing the problems of a demobilization