The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-02-26

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Wnsi m talking about anyway
Nobody started anything AT leas,
the papers don't say anything abou'
anybody starting anything First
thlng J know somebody viii be nc.
cusins me OF trying TO start some.
thing. Let's stop al this and talk
about something else besides start
Ing something
X X X
HEAR THIS STORY: Charles De-
May is a. industrious tax,cab driver
who, al the age OF g.. still thinks
that the law OF give and take, or
live and let live is the law by which
human beings should live. Charles
DeMsy. driver Of Radio Cab No. l4s
lives alone at the GARFIELD hotel on
John r. street where ne whites
away the hours not spent behind
the wheel reading newspapers.
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THIS REPORTER WAS Charles
DeMay's passenger as his cab
badly in need of repairs, plowed its
way TO the West side through heavy
snow that blanketed Detroit last
Monday night. DeMsy asked about
our work and we told him we were
learning TO be q reporter Il beat
you TO that one. didn't IL Still with
his eyes on the skidding traffic
ahead and 10 the right and left.
DeNay turned and said. I'D like
for you to write a story for me-" So
] said Are away" So for the next
two paragraphs. my dear reader. it's
Mr. DeMsy's
I'D LIKE TO say something
about the stories OF Negroes hold
ing up white taxi drivers. The other
papers won't print what we want
TO say. but maybe your green one"
will give some advice to the fell
lows that will be for their own good
and also be for the good of cab
drivers OF both races. Now it's the
youngsters who are usually caught
In these stickups, and I don't mean
they're all Negroes, for I can tell
you. we are held up plenty by
white passengers The police don't
do much about these cab holdups,
but when we report that Negroes
robbed US. they ask us what do
you ride them for anyway Then,
ifyou notice. when it's a Negro rob-
berry. the daily papers 10 to town.
WE WANTED THE papers to
say only two things: we wanted
them TO tell the fellows that we
don't want tovpAss nobody up be-
s 49, ssssf r ssdi. =: tA =.
need our service. But some OF the
fellows viii use any excuse to keep
from going into certain neighbor-
hoods. and that's bad, because there
are spots where you seldom And q
colored cab driver. Then, you
ought to- tell the fellows who read
your paper that they're taking an
awful chance when they rob us. be-
cause We have to ride their mothers
and sisters, and IL we wanted to
get even we could take them out
somewhere and do anything to
them. and maybe beat them up like
some Of the robbers do the drivers.
And don't think some OF the drivers
haven't thought about this. just
tell the fellows we don't want 10
pass up nobody because we know
how hard il Is for colored people to
get service in some parts Of town.
But tell them they've got TO play
ball with us IL the thing Ia going 10
be worked out right"
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THIS ONE WAS told by John III.
Tsndy, our barber, and * you are
the type that goes in for abuse of
public servants. let this be a lesson
20 you: three passengers 1.-TWO white
and one coIoredD crowded around
the front door OF the bus and paid
no attention to the driver when he
asked them not to block his vision.
who does FOR that matter?) After o
lot OF argument, the white passen-
gers obviously from below the
Smith and Wesson line) became
abusive and, just to make IL an in
terracial affair on both sides, the
colored brother talso from down
home-a're"D joined in with the
others in their abuse OF the driver.
tWho said Negroes and whites from
the South would never get togeth-
ero Finally, two men, who later
turned out to be detectives assigned
20 transportation duty, got up from
their seats and announced to the
unholy three. you're all under
arrest. We've been watching you
and you not only refuse to obey the
rules by which the buses are oper-
ated. but you are endangering the
lives of passengers and keeping
many of them from getting TO their
Jobs on time. We promise you 30
days in the house of correetion."
The peace on the bus after that was
truly wonderful
THIS. ONE COMES from Mrs.
Mary Washington, who quotes Rev.
Arlen Van Loon, pastor OF Comrhu-
nifty church in Berkeley, Mich, as
having said over radio station
wExL two Sundays ago; Il looked
ut the Jews and Negroes-er--eolor-
ed people among us last week. They
are out OF place. The trouble is no
one seems to know his place The
Jews belong in Palestine. =. God
n going 90 send ther back there
The coiored people should be serv-
sIng the white people Now that S
nothing to their detriment They
could be perfectly happy serving US.
It's politics and financial greed and
other greeds that have US in the Ok
we are in" I respectfully submit
came 10 the Mayors committee on
matters interrscial.
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7 DgIROrrOPIcs: Chairman VII.
1nan Nortsn OF the new intsrracial
kroup will be flooded by the time
ros, read this with recommendations
Tor oaid members Of the stan All
groups with any power Tor excused
for Recommending anybody are
xeftInf their bids In early. Next TO
IN hsulah Witty. Ray hatcher
(Urhah League) will Get the strong
81. support, but we predict that he
SvonY sccept the sob IL offered IT,
Mrs. Ethel 4 Yeune and Mrs'
E@nsAnA Young walked into the
EAAC.P. once The other day and
nAomaced thkywanted 70 ouy soms