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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-28
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Fishermen, champing at the
bit to get on their pet streams
and lakes, will get a big kick
out of three books one by
Philip Wylie covering further
activities Of his two favorite
characters, Crunch and Des; one
by John Alden knight, chiefly
on fresh water equipment, and
another by Nash Buckingham.
Latter book is a collection of
stories on shooting and fishing.
knight, one of the country S
best known anglers, and pro-
Queer of the solunar theory gov
erning feeding habits of fish,
has turned out a handy little
volume in Field Book of Fresh
Water Angling putnam: So. In
it are contained important in
formation on purchasing a rod,
reel, line, flies, plugs, and other
fishing impedimenta; particu-
larly valuable to the fly fisher
man is the table of flies with
their names and descriptions.
Buckingham's book. Mark
Right (Putnaw; S2.50), is an
informal collection of yarns
covering duck shooting in the
main, and few fishing trips as
an inside. The author of DE
Shootinest Gent'man" makes
your mouth water as he tells of
a darby guide frying cat
feesh,' and puts you right in a
southern duck blind as the NAL
lards and big geese come in to
decoy.
CRUNCH AND DES! Anyone
who has read Philip Wylie's
yarns on the escapades of these
two fishing guides has had more
than his share of chuckles. And
he's in for some more in reading
Wylie's latest, Fish and Tin
Fish" (Farrar & Rinehart:
S2.50).
You'll remember Crunch as
the boss of the Poseidon, the
Gulf Stream fishing boat oper-
ating out of Miami. Dcs (Des-
perate) is his assistant. And the
escapades they have been fea-
tured in two previous books and
magazine articles have been
some of the funniest yarns of
human nature ever penned.
Wylie has outdone himself in
this volume. collection of
yarns about the pair. You'll see
the fellows in a series of scrapes,
many of them in connection
with Coast Guard auxiliary du-
ties, lending war atmosphere
TO the accounts.
A MURDER OR TWO
Set against the background
of Colorado mining town,
Murder a Mile High" by Ellz-
abeth Dean doubleday, Doran:
So, is a mystery in which in
tcrest centers on the who done
II angle, rather than the usual
ghoulish atmosphere created by
haunted castles and creaking
stairs.
Plot unfolds with the arrival
in Gold City of Emma Marsh,
who visits her friend Mary dur
ing the latter's stay in town as
star singer of the annual oper-
attic summer festival. Two sud-
den deaths. pronounced "acci-
dental" by the local police, start
the chain of events which lead
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-28
MCKINNEY ON
BRIDGE
By WILLIAM Z. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

In Baltimore recently l was
pleased TO see Col. Howard Van
dersluis, winner of three champ.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-12
Unfinished BUSINESS
BY cLARENcs ANDERSON

grading of the qualified Negroes, FEPC main
tanned that the governmental policy OF non-dis-
elimination took precedence over any unlon-com-
pany agreement TO the contrary.
At this point the union, you recall, arranged TO
carry their protest before the investigating Com
mttee headed by Rep. Howard Smith of Virginia,
which was out to smear" and discredit FEPC. At
this hearing the independent" union men, re-
peated their threat to strike if Negroes were up
graded Most important fact about this nearing,
however, is the fact that the company went along
in the resistance to FEPCe Its attorney cooperat-
ing with the independent" union testified that a
forced and radical change in employment prac-
tice. opposed by its employees, could not help,
and would inevitably hurt" uninterrupted war
service.
While all this was going on the independent"
union was involved in q fight for representation
of the company's employees with the ClO Trans
port Workers Union and the AL Amalgamated
Association Of Street Electric Railway and Motor
Coach Employees. In the NLRB election which
followed the independent" union campaigned on
the basis that we've kept Negroes of the plat
forms of Philadelphia transportation.
The AFL union took public stand The CLIO
union, as you would suspect, favored non-discrim-
naton.
On this platform the Go Transport Workers
won by large majority, polling 44l0 votes. The
"independent," and the AFL union, each got less
than two thousand votes. The ClO-TWU repre-
senting the majority of the employees then nego-
tiated non -discrmnaton contract with the COM
pany Notices were posted in the car barns that
employment is open ito all qualified applicants
without regard to race, creed, color. or national
origin"
The rest of the story is still fresh in our minds.
When the eight newly trained motormen were TO
make their trial runs last Tuesday the strike
broke Evidence of its careful organization is seen
in the answers given by various persons when
questioned Strikers said they were sick. Strike
leaders when questioned pretended equal ignor-
ance--except to call the strike spontaneous and
not labor organization movement. One strike
leader questioned by Army officers revealed the
real cause of the strike but refused to give them
his name Company officials expressed complete
ignorance Of the cause OF the strike.
So there's the story. And your guess regarding
its underlying factors Is as good as mine Do you
believe that the company and members OF the de-
feated union knew nothing about the planned
strike?-these persons who months ago predicted
that upgradins Of Negroes would rerult in trouble
Is il possible that this is an attempt 10 discredit
the CIO Transport Workers and to return the bar
gaining rights to a company dominated union? Is
il planned indirect attack upon FEPC?
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-12
HATE M0NGERS HOLIDAY IN PHILADELPHIA
By CHICAGO SUN

Two facts have become clear about ugly PHILADELPHIA
traction strike which the Army TO seize the lines The
ouurst OF antNegro passion was not spontaneous
ueHDeratey injected into union jurisdconal conflict
handful OF disgruned hatemongers rabbe rosers
were not members Of the Go Transport Workers Union
which recently won collective bargaining election but
election and from the Brotherhood OF Railway Trainmen
The Go leaders continually denounced the strike They
supported the traction company when after directive
the Fair Employment Practice Committee it began training
eight Negroes as trolley-car operators.
This vouched for by dsnterested newspaper
ents on the scene is vouched for by William H. Davis
Roosevelt based the unanimous approval the boards
labor. industry and public members.
The strike and its racial overones were instigated by
group OF rngeaders $50 described by the WLB) from
nsurgent group which circulated vicious letters attacking
Negroes the FEPC the War Manpower Commission and
other government agencies
These rngeaders fostered the lie that in company en-
poyment OF Negroes stringent manpower shortage
transit workers stabbed in the back while their sons
and buddies were fighting They did
the fact that Negroes also fighting dying
Tense OF all Amercans-whte and Negro alike They used
race prejudice as weapon continue their battle against
the Clio.
Some comfort may be gained from realization that the
majority OF the strikers themselves simply victmzed
by this incredibly shorsighted leadership But that does
not remove the damage done by the wakout
Months and before Philadelphia
from the evil effects Of the strikers folly Relations between
Negro and white communities have been injured whole
city has been disrupted for days Aid and been
given enemies the Japanese who welcome oppor
unity TO exploit in propaganda TO Asia outbreaks Of
lean prejudice
The strike be ended The threat federal prosecu
ton or the responsible leaders thoroughly justified
every officer OF national international union
the reckless affair should be disciplined by his organza
ton That applies specifically the Brotherhood Railway
Trainmen, whose James McMenamn head of the srk
ers committee that repeatedly has dehed the Presidents
order to return to work
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-12

II our enemies had been asked
what they would like 70 have hap
pen in Philadelphia, they could
hardly have thought OF anything
better for them and worse for us
than wha, did happen there, begin
ming early Tuesday morning Robots
or arplane bombs would have
united the people OF Philadelphia,
In common grief and anger they
would have worked harder than
ever 20 win the war. The actual
occurrence separated and frustrat-
ed them. The working time of
thousands OF men ard women in
war factories was wasted. White
American employees o. the Phila.
delrhia Transportation company
went on strike, in defiance OF pub
lie policy. in contemptuous disre-
gard OF the responsibilities they had
knowingly assumed, in order 10
prevent the promotion of dark
skinned American employees,
The employers IN this instance
were acting not on their own initia-
tive. but on that Of the Federal gov
eminent. anxious 10 make fun use
o. available msnpower and 10 pre-
vent discrimination on account OF
race The issue OF seniority for men
promoted from the shops 20 the op-
Grafton OF street cars might have
been peacesbly settled through the
War Labor Board. Surely neither
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-12

there is much more to this than meets the eye
and that there is plenty OF sense and schemng
under the surface by small reactionary and
clamorous minority.
The stakes for which this carefully organized
minority are fighting may we'll be much bigger
than only to prevent the employment Of colored
street car operators in Philadelphia 1t is not un-
thnkable that it was planned to discredit the
FEPC hearings scheduled for next week on dis
elimination by the Los Angeles Street Railways.
Whether planned not there is no doubt, how
ever, that the Philadelphia strike will make the
FEPC task much more difficult in Los Angeles.
There are other factors under the surface in the
Philadelphia strike, such the hangover of
three-way bitter fight between the ALL, the
CLIO, and an independent" union. There is also
the unpleasant record of logged resistance to
FEPC drectives on the part of the company. the
independent union" and the ALL.
IL we pause moment TO review the facts in the
background Of this strike recall the following
forerunners: The Presidents Committee on Fair
Employment Practice (FEPC) first received com.
plants from Negro employees of the Philadelphia
Transportation Co. about year ago in which they
charged refusal to upgrade them to motormen or
conductors.
Malcolm Ross FEPC Chairman, went to Phila.
depha 10 investigate. The company blamed its
independent union. claiming that the contract
with the union would not permit upgrading of
Negroes. The union likewise blamed the contract
In short, both union and company refused to
bulge. But Malcolm Ross stood Arm. FEPC is
sued directive 10 cease discrimination. Officers
Of the independent union warned that chaos and
strikes would result from upgrading Of Negroes.
But FEPC was unimpressed In insisting upon up.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-12
STRANGE SICKNESS
By DOROTHY NORMAN in NY. POST

say that it is those who insist on hiring Negroes
those who instigate and carry out such 'hate'
strikes. the news and radio accounts have taken
extremely objective position and have no,
whipped up panic or racial tensions in any way.
cIo LEADERS. VINO
FEPc AGAINST STRIKE
second point: The CIO union leadership, and
government, officials in the War Manpower Com
mission and the Presidents Fair Employment
Practice Committee, etc, have been 100 per cent
against the strike. The Go has consistently op-
posed II in the face Of the tremendous walkout,
and the government agencies involved have stood
absolutely firm against the strike, refusing to sur
render their properly constituted authority IN the
matter II is ironic and sad that not only workers
who voted against the Go but those who voted
for t. have gone out on strike in such large num-
bers.
What have these workers 10 fear? Why do they
not concentrate their efforts on fighting any
measures that would keep Jobs from being avail
able to ALL instead Of following their short sighted
policy Of discriminating against single element
in our nation, who are also citizens. who are also
human beings. and who must also work and live.
II was only a few years ago that Negroes were
kept from the same kind Of jobs III our own New
York transportation system. But who now no.
tees whether Negro or white man is driving
bus, acting as guard in subway station =
Who has been hurt by the promotion Of Ne
groes? Health can be as contagious as sickness.
Health exists when the causes for rioting and
bloodshed and hatred are eliminated The
growing health OF others can help t eliminate the
sickness Of such foolish human beings as those
who walked out on democracy in Philadelphia
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-12

WHEN the workers of the Philadelphia Rapid
w Transit Company went on their hate" strike
against Negroes this week they gave as their ex-
ness" had occurred among them.
No term could more accurately describe the
condition OF these strikers than the word sick"
Their disease both in its incpent and advanced
stages, has a very definite name too: Fascism.
First let us look al the background OF the
strike. The morning before il occurred the War
Manpower Commission had classified Philadelphia
more and not less labor was needed TO aid the
effort. Yet at A. NJ, the very next day Phil
adephia's street cars. buses. elevated trains and
subways, with a few minor exceptions. were
brought 10 q sudden halt.
Why? Only because Of resentment that Ne
groes were being upgraded 10 All Jobs they had
cause Of the effort
So now let us examine what frightened the
workers who walked out. The company had en-
ployed three new Negroes for platform jobs, and
had shifted five others 10 the status OF "trainees
These eight Negroes first trained In class
room. and later on an enclosed track, where they
practiced the running OF cars.
Then came the day when the first Negro trainee
was TO run car through the city. Not TO pick up
passengers. but merely TO secure additional train
ing This was the incident that apparently
touched of the strike Workers either did not re-
port at all, or phoned in to say that they were
"sick"
There are several points that should be noted
about this strike: First. the way In which radio
and newspaper accounts have been handled. Des-
pite the tendency of great number of persons to
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-12
BY en-

times be disgustingly bigoted and
narrow-m!nded Is 20 put oneself
outside the bounds OF discussion. 20
question the very premises OF ones
society, 20 commit the ultimate
heresy
We democrats still 1--we in the
shadow OF Rousseau. We are always
yearning sentimentally over the
Common Man. We pamper him
spiritually We work hard 20 give
him an out, 20 provide him with
scapegoats.
But children in family and men
IN q society can grow 70 full ma
turity only by being forced 20 bear
responsibility for what they do.
painful though the consequences
may De. An occasional wallop is
good for the little dears
Nothing Sinister Visible
II wouldn't hurt sometimes 70
look al things like the Philadelphia
transit strike from this point OF
view, 20 recognize that neither CON-
pany unions nor wicked employers
nor any other favored variety OF
the Sinister could make Roadway
Il too many people didn't have a
wide streak Of just plain downright
meanness. stupidity and prejudice
This strike is the Commsn Man.
not the common man as he sits for
an official portrait. but the common
man in his undershirt. There is no
sign 81 plot in Philadelphia. There
IS no indication that We would be
justified in covering its nakedness
With big words like Fascism. Few.
II any. Of these strikers are fascists
They're just bunch OF white
workers who don't want 20 give
chose damned niggers" break by
letting them drive street car. too
don't know what the Common
Man is We're all uncommonly
different 10 those who love US, but
sometimes think we must look
uncommonly alike 10 God. who
must long ago have been exasper-
sted by our capacity for being
heroes one moment and quarrel
some. cantankerous. greedy hog,
the next.
Bedbugs and bigetry
As a corrective to sentimentality
l give you q comman man verbatim
James McMenamin. chairman Of
the Philadelphia strikers commit
tee. The New York Herald Tribune.
reporter asked him TO explain II
his own words why the striker,
resented having Negro car opera
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-12
RACE STRIKE
BY NEW YORK POST

Last Tuesday 5000 workers went
out on a wildcat strike, not author
ized by their union. and tied up the
entire transportation system OF
Philadelphia. The strike broke In
resistance to the promotion 10 driv.
er' jobs OF eight Negro employees
OF the Philadelphia Transportation
company. pursuant 70 an order OF
the Fair Employment Practice
Committee.
We believe that the race hate
angle Of the strike is at least partly
phony.
Last March company-dom-
mated union. the Philadelphia Rap-
i'd Transit Employees Union. lost
an NLRB election 10 the Transport
Workers Union. CIO.
The ous;ed officials of the COM
pany union have been fighting ever
since 10 regain their power.
The strike leaders have used the
Negro issue 10 smear the victorious
TWU. which does not practice rs-
c.al discrimination.
We don't believe that the mass
OF the 5000 workers now out were
willing 70 cripple the war produc-
ton o! Philadelphia merely in
order TO stop eight Negroes from
being promoted 10 motormen and
conductors. Our belief is borne out
by the fact tia, last March 4.4l0 OF
these workers voted for the TwU.
ana only 1915 voted for the COM
pany union,
But We do believe that the mass
OF the workers are confused bv
clever agita:ocs and bedevi!ed by
larger problems, including the
problem Of wha; is going 10 happen
10 them after ne war.
Job Security
Il IL probably true that the racial
prejudice which the organizers OF
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-12
First Get Cars And Buses Running

Now that IL appears likely thdt
the Federal Government; Will step
in and the Army take over. Il is
strongly 70 be urged that no time
be lost in ending tire dissracefal
PFC. strike and putting the caTs
and buses back In operation.
The. least the striking employees
can do in the event % Federal Seiz-
ure OF the transi; system is 20 re-
turn promptly 20 their Jobs, holding
in allegiance their in.olerant de-
mandS regarding Negro workers
until calm has been restored.
The PFC. operators staged their
sneak strike in defiance not only
VI public opinion. but O. the United
States Government IN wartime b.;
10 defy directly the authority o.
the Army in a transport ;ie-up tina,
has eur,siled the production Of war
tools so gravely messed by our
feht!ns men would not only be
plain violation OF the Smith-Co
nsNy snti-s,rike law. bu. treason
able aid 20 Hitler and Hirohi:o
In the outrageous transit paralysis
TIA; has sripped Philsdelph.a since
early Tuesday IL became regre;;ably
evident that there Was no early
solution save through Federal &C.
ton and the pressure 81 armed
forces
But The burning shame remains
that such measures appeared re.
CURED, az this Of all times. 20 assure
vitally needed travel facilities 70:
the people Of Philade lpaia. home OF
The Liberty Bel and Cradle o.
Liberty
The United States IL fighting tn,
most terrible war In its history
Millions of Its sons are battling IL
( Europe, In Asia and on the sever
| seas 10 free humanity from th,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-12
HOW A MOTORMAN ON STRIKE MAY FEEL

COMEBODY l don't want to be Is one OF the
~ striking motormen and conductors who have
tied Philadelphia in traffic knots and gummed up
the works Of war production. can imagine my
self being one of them, though it is not particu-
lary pleasant thing to do.
am obliged TO begin by assuming that am not
very bright Sometimes il dimlY occurs TO me
that may be downright dumb believe what
am told 50 long a. nobody tells me more than one
thing at q time. Thinking Of two or more things
NJ once Is confusing.
I've been having q bit OF holiday and you
needn't think don't deserve il. It's hard work
collecting tokens and making change and some
times a passenger will want change all at once
for 81 bill So I've been having rest. except
that the old woman got real nasty yesterday and
had me walk seven blocks to buy something for
supper And then had TO walk back It's pretty
tough to walk fourteen blocks at my time OF life
and I've mind 10 write to the President about it.
Those bureaucrats in Washington don't walk.
They ride everywhere they want in street cars and
buses
It's getting pretty dull around the house. None
Of the neighbors have been here and lot OF them
glared real mean at me on the street on Wednes
day night the night II rained. Nice rain for the
garden except that amt got garden The fell
low nsxt dor bias one Of them community gar
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-12
the NEGRO PROBLEM
By NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

No doubt some way will be found
Of restoring the travelling facilitie.
Of the city so tina; war production
schedules can be resumed. That i.
important, but there is another
aspect 70 the strike tina; IS much
wider in significance TAa; is the
rather frightening flare q race
prejudice that might be expected
in Mobile. Ala. but not OF Paila-
delrhis
More Ii Concerned Than War
Production
II Il another denomination Of the
fact that the Negro problem Is one
Of the most acute facing this coun-
try, on . par with postwar planning.
what to do with Germany and all
the other tansles for which no one
has yet formulated any reasonable
solution.
There are probably two Negro
problems in the country, as FAR as
tha; goes-one in the South and
another in the North. Southerners
always brush Of any discussion Of
the Negro with the snug assurance
tina. we know how 70 take care OF
our darkies: they are happy down
here and we dent want any inter
ference from you Yankees" And
the Negroes IN the South remain the
deeply submerged portion OF the
population.
A good many Southern Negroes
have moved North in recent years.
especially since the war started.
20 find more money and a freer life.
Il is not likely they have found
much more freedom.
Their Lot Isn't Better In North
They do not have 10 obey Jim
Crow laws in public corveyanees
and that may comfort them. but. all
in all. they probably have found life
IN the North no better than in the
South.
They are confined to segregated
districts where rents are high and
living conditions unhealthy. Their
chances for employment are limited
to service Jobs and generally mental
positions. Their educational privi-
leges may be better. but they soon
find that education isn't much help
TO them. Many . college-trained
Negro Is . Pullman porter or an
elevator operator because he has
found that white men will not give
him q Job for which he Is qualified.
In extreme youth the Negro child
may not be aware O. the situation
that his dark skin places him IN.
but as he moves into adolescence.
he sees that he's different. and
that life is going 10 be harder for
him. This. we think. Is the reason
why there are muEgerS and gangs
OF hoodlums in Harlem and else
where-the youngsters are turned
bitter al an early age when they see
that the chances are against them.
They develop a wha;thc-hell a'il-
tude because they know they have
little 70 lose.
There are some IS ooo. 900 Negroes
in the country. Their ancestors
didn't ask 10 be brought here they
obviously can't be sent BACK 10
Africa now. And the breach be-
tween the races seems 20 be grow
ina