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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-08
BY DIR. THOMAS BRICKENBAR

You will have read quite a bit
about the Intercultural Council OF
Southeastern Michigan by the time
that you see this. and so much the
better, because now we can ask
the really important question, name
ly. what significance can ii have7
Certainly a conference addressed
by such illustrious persons as Drs,
Aiain Locke and Margaret Mead,
Stewart Cole and Lester Granger.
and attended by over 1900 regis
trants. must have some significance
besides. that OF taking up time and
hotel space. But II Is hard TO funnel
the distillation into bottle labeled
Essence Of Intercultursl Conference.
designed 10 be spooned out in doses
10 sick school teachers, policemen.
politicians and ordinary citizens as
occasion demands. IT'S much easier
10 iot down random impressions.
and then 10 see II they add up to
anything In the last psrssr aph. Let's
try that method. :. 80
Differences I'm Traditions
In the frat place intercultural Is
a nice euphemisrn isn't ~ II implies
that with reference 10 the Negro at
least. differences in traditions and
customs are at the bottom OF The
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-08
Pontiac Voters
Re-.elect Mcneil
To Commission

PONTIAC-Dr. Howard Mcneil,
36ia Crawford. was reelected to
his third term Monday as city
commissioner from the First Dis
trict. He defeated Joseph Z. Jones.
81. IS Nagley, by 1875 votes. Less
than 1000 votes were cast.
DR.. Mcneil, veteran OF World
War l. was first elected in 1910,
defeating Jones by 10 votes. He
won again in 1912, He is a gradu-
ate OF the University OF Pennsyl-
vania and Howard university COL
lege Of medicine. He has been a
resident of Pontiac for Is years.
Jones, who was born in Mis-
sissippi, has been a resident of Pom
tiac for 20 years, and. has been in
the cry cleaning business IS OF
those years.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-08

tAoee organix1ticus csRhSehx " hAno
ben dcnnnl NJ mlll1ner S1 ~
flnc1danf ana - 76 5fSl
there Sunday. The oris}nsI neSS'
dispatch which was pubIlshed b.
the New York Amsterdam News y
reprinted below: M
CAMP SIBERT. Ala.--(Specfai)--
Staff Sgt Joe Leuis, world heavy-
weight champion. and SGT Raw
(Sugar) Robinson. uncrowned wei
terweight champion. were report
ed arrested by MPs here Last
Wednesday. March n. and held Tor
several hours In the post clink be-
cause they refused to accept Jim
Crow regulations ON army terri
tory. Louis and Robinson, Il was
reported, were later released, and
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-08

america must become the spiri-
tual and moral arsenal Of democ-
racy as well as the military and
economic" declared DR.. Alsin
Locke Of Howard university, one
OF the speakers 10 address the In
tercultural conference which met
at the Statler hotel. March 81 and
April l. One thousand nine hun
dred and fifty registered delegates
attended the two day confab. spon-
sored by the lntercultursl Council
Of Southeastern Michigan. an or
Eanization OF seventy groups, which
discussed the theme, "Practicing
Democracy Here and Now"
The purpose OF the conference
which was 10 present scientific in
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-08
Two Thousand Attend Discussions
At Inter-Cultural Conference

formation basic 10 the understand
ing OF the in,ereultural problems"
and 10 devise intelligent means OF
action toward the solution OF these
problems was admirably effected
through speeches and discussion
groups participated in by such dis
tinguished authorities rs Faye
Cooper Cole. professor Of anthro-
pology, University Of Chicago; DR..
Franz Alexander. director. Institute
OF Psyehoanaiysis, Chicago; Rev.
Father John F. Cronin. professor
OF economies and sociology. St
Mary's Seminary. Baltimore3 Ger
aldine Bledsoe. chief. Minority Sec
ton. War Manpower Commission:
Isaac Franck. executive director,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-08
Sgt. Worsham Is
Father OF A Boy

Sgt and Mrs. Conley S. worsham
announce the birth OF a son, Con-
ley Spurgeon Worsham. Jr., al
Harper hospital. Saturday. April 1.
The baby weighed six pounds eight
ounces. Mother and baby are do
ing fine.
Mrs. Worsham will be remem-
bered as the former Maxine Fears
of 296 Z Philadelphia. Sergeant
Worsham is now stationed in Italy,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-08

ROBINSON WITH
CHAMP WHEN MP
CRACKED DOWN
Report Robinson Went
In New York
After Incident

A sensational New York news
paper story describing the arrest
and falling Of Staff Sgt Joe Louis
and Sgt. Ray Sugar" Robinson for
'allegedly violating the Jim Crow
laws OF Alabama by ignoring q sign
Tor white" in bus depot located
on a United States Army Post was
said to be substantially correct
by a Washington War Department
ofiicial who was questioned Nom
day by the Michigan Chronicle.
The incident which happened last
week at Camp Sibert. Ala, has
occasioned national alarm over Jim
Crowism in the u. S. Armed Forces.
and fortified the determinations Of
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-08
Requests Help To
Find Her Daughter

A dependent mother has re-
uuested police TO And her l3-year-
old daughter. Louise King. missing
from her home since March Fl.
The missing girl was described
as S feet ! inch in height weigh
ing IL. pounds, with black hair,
brown eyes and dark skinned.
When last seen on her way to the
Washington school. she was wear
ing a reversible blue jacket, brown
oxfords. and yellow socks. She
also had on glasses.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-08
FINDS BODY or
3 Tyr. old BOY
IN RECEPTACLE.
Child Missing Two
Hours As Search
Began

ku.r .noro~;r,tslv tuo hours
Ni ApS'o
OF fruitless search py oespohoeh'
grandmother and neighbor. the
half frozen body OF three-year-old
Gilbert Camp. of 44sf Mckinley
60. .,. ,ourA md. in , r,,b-
$3.50 " a.. CO.
DISH receptacie IN "e S'oo''
school yard by a passeroy' Mrs
Rose Murray OF $500 Whitewood
.ver,.
, A., A.. .u.u
IL was oiscioseo "S' ae ~
child was playing In front OF mas
home and had been missed for APP
s4sA sAns,rs .Asfore Ma
1 -. ~ ~ \ - v,.,-s g5 y,-..,~.,
4 = - !: 49, e. : : - SsssS;,;s
- - ~ : s.ss' q
ZS.,7 -
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-08
Roy Tibbs, Howard
Music Prof, Dead

Roy w. Tibbs. professor OF music
at Howard university for IS years.
died Sunday at his home IN wash
inston. d. c.
Professor Tibbs. who wss 90 years
old at the time Of hts death. wss The
brother Of Mrs z. A. Carter. -
Holbrook avenue. He leaves his
wife. Lillian Evxnti Tibbs. . brother.
Herman. and . sister. Alma sll 81
Washington
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-08

MEMPHIS. Tenn.-A. Philip Ran
dolph. international president Of the
Brotherhood OF Sleeping Car Por-
tiers, spoke here last Friday night,
with more than 2.000 crowding into
First Baptist church. Randolph had
been slated TO speak here earlier in
the year. but the meeting was cam
celled when Boss Edward H. Crump
protested.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-08

church. St An
tome and Eliza
beth. The Rev.
Frederick Mey-
er, rector Of st.
Matthews. om-
ciated.
A life : long
resident Of De-
troit Mr.. Mar
shall died last
Fri d q y Of q
heart attack
after a long in
ness. He was
born So years
ago on the PRES
ent site Of Re-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-08

Jewish Community Council: COL
leroche Krassovsky. consultant,
American Service Institute. Pitts
burgh; Donald c. Marsh. Wayne
university; Howard Y. McClusky;
Beulah T. Whitby, Lester B. Grang-
er. executive secretary, National
Urban League: and Margaret Mead,
executive secretary. Committee on
Food. Habits. Washington. D. c.
TEN-POINT PROGRAM
Mrs Whitby's group on lie gisla-
tive and Governmental Activities
as they are affected by racial. re-
ligious. nationality and socio-eco-
nomie factors" recommended a ten
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-08
SPOT NEWS
B JULIE TIN S
MISS MAYNoR WAITS

MISS MAYNOR WATTS
Many a Detroit music lover Is
taking his watch TO the jeweler this
week following the Saturday con-
cert at Masonic Temple. Doll-like
Dorothy Maynor stepped out to the
center OF the vast stage at the
Temple and instead OF proceeding
with the program. she remained in
profound silence for ten minutes
and flashed her big meaningful
ewes at the late corners stumbling
over each other. Those who came
on time shared her disgust and we
bet a quarter you know which
group came late.
n X X
DIR. JOHN II. HALE
The New York Times carried an
obituary notice Of the passing OF
ysll- known DR.. j. II. Hale. chief
~ the surgical staff at Meharry
Medical college. Said the Times:
"He was TO have received Dis
tinguished Service Medal next
rnonth for outstanding contributions
20 the Negro medical profession.
II 4 r.
ID, C. GRAPEVINE
washington Negroes know more
government secrets than any group
in washington. A pamphlet on
command OF Negro Troops" which
,s supposed 10 be very good was
distributed to officers only but here
is what a columnist had TO say
about the pamphlet Its contents
are restricted and not available 10
the public. but the Government
Printing Office being what II Is.
practically every darkling' In town
has read It," The quotes are from
Q Negro columnist
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-08
Fun eraI Rites
Held TuesdayEor
Donald Marshall

Funeral rites for Donald J. Mar
s. 4. for 20 years q member OF
the personnel department at the
Ford Motor Co.. were held Tues
day from st. Matthews Episcopal
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-08
City Housing Commission Upholds
Mayor Jim Crow Policy AtHearing
By CHARLES wARTMAN

The Detroit Housing Commission
showed Its true colcrs last week
n they stubbornly refused to en-
terrain q motion that the present
segregated pattern Of housing. and
the sfowness with which the city
was building houses for Negroes.
was wrong. Despite the barrage Of
pleas from representatives of the
Citizens Committee. the JAW. and
the Detroit Council Of Churches,
the commission hid behind the plea
of limited authority and policy"
Mrs. Kelly. chairman OF the COM
mission. said. Any group OF citi-
zens has the right to appeal TO the
city and Federal governments for
a change in the present pattern
OF housing in Detroit. but the COM
mission can do no more than en-
unciate the policy OF the Mayor
in regard 10 Negro housing" This
statement came just after the Rev.
Horace White. member Of the
Housing commission. had made
motion that that body should say
TO the Mayor and 10 the Federal
government that as result OF an
analysis of the problem by them.
they deemed the present plan OF
housing for Negroes as inadequate
and unwiSe.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-08
PRINCIPLE SET
IN AMENDMENT
I0CohsIlIuIIoN
Breaks Precedent M q d e
In Grovey Versus
Townsend

The Supreme Court this week
ruled that the exclusion OF Ne
groes from the Texas White Prim-
aries is illegal. The decision was
8 to I.
Justice Roberts was the only dis
senter and wrote minority opin-
ion.
CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY
Directly overruling Grovey vs.
Townsend. the court held that prim-
aries are part OF the machinery Of
choosing officials and are subject
to the same tests to determine the
character OF discrimination in or
abridgement OF the right to vote.
The United States Is a constitu-
tional democracy" declared the ma
3ority opinion. Its organic Law
grants to Ill citizens q right to par
ucipAte In the choice Of elected on
80 siiAaIIe Nc 3E1sAion ysbys s1I1
EtD' tks ps6pAS * IN Soroe =
for choice 3 not 20 be phllaed II
. state through casting ito Alectofis
process in a farm which permits I
private organization to practice IA.
cial discrimination in the election
Constitutional rights would Be .ei
little value IL they could be thu,
indirectly denied"
The privilege of membership In
a party" the Court stated, may
be no concern Of u state as was
said in Grovey VS.. Townsend. but
when, as here. that privilege is
also the essential qualification for
voting in a primary to select NOM
inees for general election. the
state makes the action Of the party
the action of the State"
CONVINCED OF ERROR
Answering the dissenting opinion
Of Justice Roberts, which was
based on the need for consistency,
the court declared, I'm reaching this
conclusion. we are not unmindful
of the desirability Of continuity OF
decision in Constitutional questions.
However when convinced of former
error. this court has never felt
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-08
CONVINCED OF ERROR

~See PRIMARY. Page 1
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uI-see JOE LOUIS. Page rs
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-08
COMMISSION IN
CONSERVATION

The motion made by The Rev.
Mr.. White did not even receive a
second as the board members
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-08

uwSee HOUSING, Page 4
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Wsee CoNFAB. Page .
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~See HIKERs. Page S
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- See CULTURAL. Page II
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-17
Ohio Labor Will Sponsor
'Buck-To-School' Campaign

Columbus, Ohio. - Emphasizing the
responsibility Of school authorities and
parents in urging school age children
now employed on summer jobs to re-
turn to school next month, DIR. David
j. Wiens, Cleveland, addressed mem
bers of OhiO's Back 10 school, com
mittee meeting which met here Fri
day. The group, Of which DR.. Wiens
Is chairman, Is Il subcommittee of the
Youth In Wartime committee Of the
Ohio State Council of Defense
Ohio Is one of the first states I'm the
union to be completely organized for a
concerted drive to get employed chill
dren back into their elassrooms, DR..
Wiens said As chief attendance officer
OF the Cleveland Public Schools, DR..
Wiens has had unusual opportunity to
observe the reluctance on the part of
wage-earning children tO give UP their
Jobs. Ohio this year issued the great
est number of work permits, vacation
and part-time In its history" he ex-
planned. Young people within the next
few weeks will have TO decide whether
to give up school or job that means
ready money"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-17
Says Depression
Bound To Come

Albany, n. Y. OPP. = Republican
Presidential Candidate Thomas Il
Dewey ended his first campaign trip
with few contradictory words on the
subject of recOnversiOn-a grave prob
| lem, he said, much too heavy for the
incompetent Roosevelt administration
| to handle, but what does it matter be
cause postwar depression Is inevit-
able anyhow.
Summoning the press to his special
he reached after discussing problems
of reconversion with COP governors
in st. Louis, Dewey said:
81 think everyone recognizes there
will be a very substantial reduction in
production when the war is Over-a
very substatial one, overall and ma
tionally. OF course, ii will differ In
different states very sharply. There
may be an increase in some items but
the overall picture will decline and de-
cline very substantially
What did Dewey think of the Kill
gore reconversion bill, reporter ask
ed. The bill, backed by labor and the
Roosevelt administration, proposes Il
labor government-ind overall plan
ming setup gearing recOnversion toward
full production and employment, with
adequate unemployment compensation
and provision for the human aspect OF
the problem. Solidly opposed by COP
senator's I'm committee, the bill is eX-.
pected to run into even stiffer 0ppo-
sition from Republicans on the senate
floor. -
have not had chance yet to study.
the Kilgore bill, Dewey said. The two
first things that must be done to re-
convert industry to peacetime econ
omy, he asserted, are F: (D Making sure
that the companies are paid properly
so they would have the money to re-
ment property, machinery and raw
materials out of the plants. He did not
mention the human problems. Asked If
he favored continued government con7
troll over materials through priorities
and the giving of priorities for civilian
production, he said:
There has been considerable debate
on that and | don't think / want 70
comment on ii at this moment"
However, the COP White House
hope concluded, the problem was so
great that "it requires a degree of
competence never yet shown by the
present national administration In any
thing"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-17
Asks PdY Rate For
Dernobilized Vets

New York (FP).-A campaign to
guarantee by contract that all return
ing veterans including those disabled
In war will receive their former rate
of pay plus any general increases ac-
crued when they return to their jobs
was launched August IL by United
Electrical Radio 4 Machine Workers
Announced jointly by President Al
bert j. Fitzgerald and Chairman James
McLeisch of the UE National Service
mems and Veterans Committee, the
unions proposal guaranteeing former
earnings when an employee returns
from military service would apply to
all veterans who are former employees,
including those who were disabled and
who cannot perform the same job they
had before they left for the armed
forces.
IF disabled veteran Is placed at
IL lower rated job because of his physi-
cal disability to perform his original
job, he will still be entitled to no less
than his former earnings plus any
general increases that have been given
during the time he served in the arm
ed forces" the union said.
UE contract provisions which pro-
tect the employment rights of workers
I'm the plant after their discharge from
the services will provide specifically
that "such returning employees should
be given employment at rate which
will be not less than his average week
ly earnings of the last quarter imme-
diately preceding his entry into the
armed services, plus any general in
creases which may have accrued dur
ing his period of military service"
The basic key to all veteran prob
lens Is full employment, the UE point
ed out, asserting: The 10 million vet
Grams Of this war cannot possibly be
given jobs and security unless the
problem Of security and jobs for all
veterans-is solved.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-17
LAUDS RACKET EXPOSE

Los Angeles (FP) ).-"Good for New
York Now let's start In California :"
says Southern California Teamster
editorial on the exposure of nearly
1900 New York doctors as recipients
of kickbacks on workmen's compensa-
tion cases.
Organized labor has long contended
that too many workmens compensation
doctors, working In collusion with the
insurance companies, are minimizing
workers injuries and taking kickbacks
for prolonging treatment of injured
workers." the editorial comments. Ii
warns members OF organized labor
mot to sign any statements when they
are injured on the Job"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-17

trained said Miss Katharine f. Len
root, chief of the Children's Bureau.
When peace comes we shall have the
greatest job we have ever had to help
people get the many services they
need for good living. School is the best
place to get basic training for this
McNutt Backs Drive
Paul v. McNutt. chairman of the
War Manpower Commission, also en-
dorsed the drive. He told the nations
youth that 'the opening of school this
fall is your D-day in the struggle for
better world"
81 hope" he said, that every one
of you will meet its challenge whole
heartedly, just as your older brothers
are meeting their challenge all over
the world"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-17

other agencies have asked all COM
munity groups, including labor organ
izatiOns, teachers, parents, civic lead
erS, welfare agencies, youth-service or
ganizations and youth itself to join
in supporting local Go7to- School drives.
Child Labor Soaring
Since 1940-41, the peak attendance
year of American high schools when
1.25O000 students were enrolled, en-
rolment gains since 1894 were wiped
out. Our high schools are now edu-
eating only as many students as they
did 10 years ago, the agencies said.
simultaneously with this drop in
enrolment has come an Increase in the
number of children of high school age
at work In October, 1913, about y,
750,000 boys and girls IA through II
years were working full or part time
or 3 times the number working at the
time of the national census in 1910. In
July, 1913, about 5,000,O00 had jobs,
and this summer the number of school
age children at work has further in
creased.
Efforts are being made to arrange
for students doing part-time
work.
Need OF Training Stressed
Statements from. the heads of fed
eral agencies cooperating in the school
drives stress the need of education for
success in both war and postwar
periods.
You want this country to be pros
said John, w. Studebaker
L. S. Commissioner of Education, in a
letter to the youth of America. But
this country can do its duty only if its
citizens continue to know how The
best place to get ready for tomorrow is
IN high school,
"You will be much more helpful in
winning the war if you are swell
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-17
LABOR LEADERS TO TOUR
EUROPEAN WAR FRONTS

Washington, ID. G. ULNS). Six
American labor executives will visit
the European war theater to see ut
first hand problems on fighting fronts
and to watch performance of Ameri-
can-made equipment.
American Federation of Labor rep
resentatives are Frank Il. Fenton
director of organization A. l.. Wege-
ner, International brotherhood of Elec-
trical Workers, and Erie Peterson, In
ternati0nal Association of AIachinists.
G. |. O. representatives are II. j.
Thomas. United Auto Workers; Sher-
man III. Dalrymple, United Rubber
Workers, and David j. Mcdonald,
United Steel Workers.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-08-17
WPB Officiul Hits
Times Anti Union
Series As False
Keenan, And Golden Will
Make Thorough Study Of
Tire Production Problem

New York (FP) Smear stories ap-
pearing in the New York Times which
blame the heavy tire shortage on union
restrictions were riddled by War
Production Board spokesman Aug. 10.
The government official told FEEDER
ated Press from Washington that there
is no difference in the method of Oper-
ating in the rubber tire plants today
and the methods are the same com
panies have accepted and indorsed for
years. The Times reporter quoted rub
ber industrialists as saying they could
increase production Is per cent over
night if restrictions by the union were
removed.
WPB Labor Vice Chairman Joseph
Keenan, and Clinton s. Golden, WPB
ments, are enroute to Akron to make
a thorough study of the tire produc
tion problem, FTP learned.
Among the angles that will be in
in the factories. Up until four months
ago the Akron plants have not had
enough stocks Of synthetic rubber to
keep in full production. There have
been repeated layoffs and men have
not been given full weeks work.
. 1t is the hope of government investi
gators that means will be found to in
sure a full stock supply in the plants
to guarantee full production of the
vitality needed tires
After these problems are ironed out,
an investigation will be made of
methods but, FTP was told, there is no
doubt of the cooperation both of the
workers and the unions leadership.
The WPB official said after all,
these are American workers with their
full share of sons and husbands and
brothers in the armed forces of their
country. They are every bit as patri
otic as any other group of Americans.
TO say otherwise would be to state a
falsehood.