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SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1945-07-12
2l,,,erieattcr planes,
SmIuk BON Sette I.

5onen @eiit crariffen baben. tperoen
aaiere Gcrtreter jim Ser &ontrou.
fommiiiicn eritlnalig nit Ser SUM-.
tom beflei1et iein rie @eeierung
Der @ereiuistcn Stoatan in politiidj.
Ell 0ingen i'm &eid 3u bertreten."
Gie wcitere grgdn3rng oes Mit.
arbeiterltatcs glaps in Berlin mui,
anf before 0ertebrs- uuio@obnunas.
geleaenbe;tcn ,parten. aniana Muq,,it
'0iirfte Sc: amerifaniide @ertpal.
tl,ngsapparat iid in Ser oeutjden
Salptitaot poIitGnbig etabliert ia.
ben rno iuiro aus stpolf Mbteilunaen
beiteben.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1945-07-12

2onbon. = Aui elmer gebeimen,
rrn ser amerifaltiihen Mrmcc l,nter
Sen auaen Ser Ieutid)cn be.-:ebenen
2uitlinie perlieBen i'm lebtcr Sabre
res europGiihes arieaes iibc: 5000
GaIiaaiere Oos nel,trale St,peoen
9ie Gelltiden aaben lid, Gle er.
Stnflife Ntiibe. oieien 9uitserfehr
unm0e lid su MAIDEN. aber ohre CT
folg. Girige ser @eheimniiia Ser
euho-3ipilen 2Mitli!,ie Die in5mi.
iden 81 einer rid,ti9en MilitIrs9i.
rle Sipiiden Sd,weoen uno Shot:.
lanS ae,porSen lit, ml,rben beits bon
Gem aommanbeur Der guropa--Ab.
teilung oes 2uit- lransnortsaom.
mnnoos, Brig. Gen. Carl g. 6oas,
erthiillt.
Ser ar0Bte seil Ser isliiae ,pur.
Sc obiichtlid) m1breno idled,ten 8et.
ters Surhaefiibrt. Die islieger, als
3ipiliiten perfleibet, batten iih 10 al
Ole 8eidlattuns burh 8eitapo- ren'
ten gepobnt. baI lie nod nid)t elm.
mol mebr ibre Sotel5inmer in
Stodbolm perihIoiien. Sic tpuroer
iomieio aui S6ritt uno 1ritt per,
folst.
gor Mnlritt ieoes lluses ned,.
lclten Die islieaer ibre untiormen
aesen 3ipilfleibung, ibre MilitGr.
ilus 2i5en5en seaen 3ipililu9if)eine
aao lire Tilit6rpopiere resen @ei.
iepdiie. 9rob aller goriid)tsmabnah
men mar es aber unm0glidl. ibre
sSentitGt 81 perbergen. llnb bolb
hoio bieBen Die islieger bel Matio-
nolio5ialiiten: amerifaniide .grias-
3ipiliiten." @ieber uno tpieoer nun
Den tire Sotelsimmer in ser it]tpe6i-
lhen Sallptitabt BON 8eitapo Spit.
aeln ourhiuht, oie lid, Bepibbeii
iiter Tlng-Routen uno Slug 3citen
rcr'hniien molIter.
Inter Sen Haiiagieren aui ser
aeheimen sSlus-Sinie beianoen iidj
9unoerte bon interniert aeipeiener
omerifaniId,en ssliegern. norlpegiid,e
Soioaten, 7iplomaten. auberoenl
Snternierte. entlaiiene 8iirser unS
hobe Junftionare ,ablreif,er Reaie.
rnnaen. mie Norpeser. Jran3oien.
SoaGnoer. Muiien uno in einem
iSalle ipitr0e oas perional Ser nor.
negilden grilresiermg BON 9onoor
nod sdmeben geilogen. Cine ser
gcwagteiten Gperationen mar Die
Goafuierung BON ettpa 1000 ausge-
tiloeten nortpeaiifen soloaten uber
bas BON 0eutid)en beieste Nortppeen
rad england.
aur5 Dor Der Snpaiion ssranf-
reid)s bate Die ifipeoiihe Hegieruna
nnigruno bon Nerbanolungen 0ic
ertldrte: .gs lit unm0elih,, eine
perniinitige areoititruttur aui Der
grunoloee su errihten, oab Elm
2nno i'm Jaa bon sf,pierigfeiten
einiad iagen fann: gs iaut mir gar
nidt elm 3u be3nblen."
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1945-07-12
0neral pattcn ,pieNer
IN Gmrcpa eineetrcffen

Waibington. General George g.
Vatton Sr, bat Sit gereinigten
Staatcn nieoer perlaiier, INN .pieorr
oas &onlmanoo i'm Sauptqunrtier
Der Grittcn Mrmee su iibernebmen,
beren gcicblsbaher er bleibt. Die
Gritte 9lrnlee iteIlt in @emeinId,aii
nit Der Sie1enten Mrmce sic ameri,
tafliidpn Neiab,lnasiri,ppen in
GeutiGlarb.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1945-07-12

: Bite Iefen Yie bic Anaeioeai
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1945-07-12

ertldrte: .gs lit unmoglih. cine
perniinftige areoititruttur api Der
@run0lage au errihten, oaB elm
2nno i'm Gaa BON Shwierigfeiten
einiad iagen fann: Gs iaat mir gar
niht Elm, 5u be5oblen."
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-08
WELL. WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

Perusing the local dailies last week, we got
great thrill. The boys downtown have discovered
there is a terrible housing problem and they are
"aetating" and "crusading" for sIum clearance and
new housing. They are even using big type on the
front pages and the back pages are full OF pictures
of rat-infested shacks and coal bins where so many
of us are forced to live. The Detroit News last week
looked like some back issues of the Mlchl gan
Chronicle.
If the daily newspapers keep up their "agltat-
ing" and "crusading' for better housing IN Detrot,
they will finally do what we have been trying all
these years 20 do and that is, convince the guys VINO
own and control this town that slums, no matter
who lives in them, are dangerous and they menace
the health and general welfare of all people IN the
city be they black white green or grey In arousng
public opinion in support of new deal for housing
and in urging action out of the city fathers, the
dailies are doing splendid public service.
We deplore, nevertheless, the popular theory
that there is such thing as Negro housing" We
hope that in promoting new housing development
the responsible leadership among whites will recog-
nize that the present jim crow pattern should be
scrapped 1t is this jim crow thinking that leads to
ghettoes and little walled cities within the city. Be-
hind these tight racial walls, hates grow and flour
ish, mutual understanding is impossible, and the
various and creeds are induced to suspect the
motives and aspirations of one another
Detroit needs housing for everybody, and we
don't see why all citizens should not be given an
equal opportunity to get housing. If sincere eff
fort is made to approach the housing problem with
out forever worrying about which race or creed can
or cannot be considered, great deal of progress
will be made in Detroit. 1t is time for the housing
experts to stop trying to play God. From whence
comes their right to allocate the earth according to
color or religious beliefs? Take the artificial factor
of race out of housing and let 60 forward to new
era of peace and prosperity.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-08

ported from Geo. Irockett
the South are returning there;
but not only are cOlored remain
ing In the North. hut otherS-es-
pecialIy cclored veterans - are
coming In each day.
THE -HARDS pass this off
with the comment that il is too
early 10 Judge the final trend; that
one must wait reasonable time
for wartime savings TO be de-
pleted. And they add significantly
that the present strike IN General
Motors will hasten the day Of col
ored migration TO the South.
We doubt this. Even though 1t is
known throughout the country that
GIN plants are closed and that
there at least is the possibility that
other auto as we'll as steel plants
will follow suit, nevertheless, the
immigration of colored workers
from the South TO Detroit. Chicago,
Philadelphia, Cleveland, etc, con-
tinues. They do not come as
strikebreakers. either; instead,
they come because they have con-
fdence in the unions ability to
win their strike demands and
bring full employment TO all who
are on hand TO participate.
A reporter from a white New
York daily asked us the other day
how we accounted for refusal on
the part of colored persons 10 take
their wartime savings and return
to homes and friends IN the South
where they could buy land. etc.
etc. She expressed the view that
this. seemingly, was what the re-
turning workers intended 10 do
Well. we do not profess to
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-08

thought what we are thinking now, the end of Army
Jim crow is almost too good to be true.
Everybody knows that segregation IN the
armed forces is anti-democratic, infammatory, in
cendiary and downright fascist. Everybody knows
that under the system Of segregation the Army
not properly utilize the manpower resources of the
nation it cannot create and maintain high efficiency
and morale, and it cannot prevent internal violence
and conflict. With these facts common knowledge
would that the brass hats out Of concern for
the national welfare would have abolished long ago
the separatist system which automatically pits our
own troops against one another.
Whatever the reason for the War Departments
stubbornness, we can be thankful that at long last
there are some brass hats who are beginning to
recognize the facts in front of their noses We sim
cerely hope that definite action will be taken shortly
to scrap the Jim crow practices of our armed serv-
ices. No human being likes to be Inundated, iso-
lated and Stunned if he had leprosy, all because
his parents did not have the good grace to be white
The colored soldier is human being, and if he is
treated like dog or later he may be forced
to act like one. Maybe the War Department is
waking up. God knows it is time.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-08
MIR. ICKES' ADVICE

That doughty old liberal warrior with the pink
cheeks Secretary of the Interior Harold L. 1ckes,
has always been generous with his ADVICE. We have
long regretted that more Americans did not take
his advice more seriously. His latest words of wis
dom are worth repeating, to quote his departed
friend, Roosevelt, "again, again, and again"
Speaking in Philadelphia last week. Mr. Ickes
delivered himself of the following: ITO me it is an
act of the highest stupidity that organized society
such as our own should have failed to avail itself Of
the productive skis Of every man and woman in the
land regardless of origin, race or COLOR
Assailing the myth that when coored brother
goes up, white one has to go down, Mr.. 1ckes
stated THE basic concept of the full employment
program which looks upon all labor potential
source of power and wealth. ends for all time the
idea that Negro labor is merely competing in the
labor market for Jobs" Said he: The competition
under the full employment program is for more pro-
ducton by more people, not for more production by
fewer people 49,
Here follows the advice for which we doff our
hat to Mr. lckes. He declared: I'VE have no option
except to live together in this country, and since
this is true the only sensible thing is to learn to live
together in contcntment and well-beng. This can
only be done if we recognize and prepare to defend
at all times the same rights for the Negro that we
demand for ourselves"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-08
March OfDimes
Annual Drive
Set Next Month

The annual nationwide March OF
Dimes will be conducted as usual
from Jan. IA 10 81. and has no con-
ncctlon with any other polio fund
appeal. il was announced this week
~ Abner E. Larned. chairman Of
the Wayne County chapter, Ma
tional Foundation for lnfantile
Paralysis. His statement was made
in response 10 inquiries received
from the public.
The March OF Dimes" he said.
is the same drive 10 fight the dread
disease, poliomyelitis, which has
been carried on for many years
under the direction Of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis,
founded by our late president,
Franklin d. Roosevelt. II was he
who Symbolized our continuing
crusade Mr.. Larncd said and
he 10 whose memory this years APP
peal shall be dedicated.
1t is and always has been the
aim of the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis 10 make sure
that no victim Of the disease goes
untreated regardless OF his finan-
Cial status. his age, race. color or
creed II is the purpose OF the Ma
tional Foundation for lnfantile
Paralysis 10 explore any new
means Of treatment which may be
found, and 10 further scientific re-
search into the causes Of infantlle
paralysis so that we may some day
find a means Of prevention and a
cure for this Gripping menace TO
our children
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-08
BY JAMES l.. HICKS
CNNPA staff WRITER

WASHINGTON, d. C-tNNPA)
of the 81 veterans hospitals in
the United States. II do not admit
colored veterans al all. except in
cases Of medical emergency.
and "a Of the remaining 30 admit
them but place them on segregated
wards or units. a study OF the Vet
Grams Administration revealed.
Fifteen Of the veterans hos
pitals which do not admit col
ored veterans are located in the
south, the other two being at
Reno, New, and Waukesha, Wis.
THE IS LILY-WHITE veterans
hospitals in the south are
located at: Albuquerque, N. Mex ;
Amarillo, Texas. Atlanta. Ga;
Bay Pines. Fla; Biloxi. Miss; Dali
las. Texas: Fayetteville, Ark;
Fayette, ". C.; Montgomery. Ala;
Legion, Texas: Cutwood. KY:
Augusta, Ga; Gulfport. Miss; Lex
ington. Ky. and Tuscaloosa, Ala.
According TO officials Of the Vet
Grams Administration. the term
medical emergency in Its appli-
cation 10 Colored veterans. is not
given too strict an Interpretation in
order that no injustice may re-
suit 10 colored veterans applying
20 lily-white hospitals for treat
ment.
There arc now "a veteran hos
pitfalls located in the south and the
Veterans Administration is al pres
Ont considering sites IN Alabama
and Mississippi for the erection ~
another This would be an all
colored 500-bcd hospital patterned
after the one now located at Tus-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-08
Letter. Has Comment
On Paradise Valley

hands Of the other group unless the
present owners make a change in
their attitude and disposition 10
the public
What is your opinion on the fu-
ture Of Paradise Valley Did you
agree with the recent series OF
articles on the past. present and fu-
ture OF the city's best known bust
ness section Your opinions are
welcomed. Mail them 10 Larry
Chism, 268 Elliot. Detroit !.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-08

Commenting on recent articles
asking Paradise Valley. what
now" Mrs. Edna G.. Jones charges
that the Valley has lost lis allure
because Of the attitude Of some
business men towards their patrons.
SHE SUGGESTS that the bust
ness places should make induce
nents 10 the public so they will
patronize the respective establish
ments.
They do not have the tact and
diplomacy that such men as the
late Roy Lightfoot, Earl Walton,
Judge Nelson and Jesse Faithful
had to induce patrons to return
to their respective business
places after their first visit" the
writer said.
= In her letter, Miss Jones stated
that during IS years spent in the
Valley she had seen the loss OF the
alluring atmosphere long, long
ago"
A dark future for colored bust
nessmen was forecast by the writer
when she said: And as the trend
seems TO lead now. in q few years
the majority Of business places in
Paradise Valley Will be in the
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-08
DC. Groups Seek
Transit degrading

WASHINGTON-tANP) - Pro-
rot!on Of competent Negro en-
ploycS Of the Strike-bound Capital
Transit company to the positions OF
operators and platform men was
urged this week by nine DC. or
CARNATIONS.
In a written statement to the
Office Of Defense transportation
which is operating transit system
for the government. these organlza-
lions which included the National
Lawyers guild, Washington Indus
trial Union council. and the District
council, United Federal Workers of
America. approved the demands
for a wage increase Of 30 cents per
hour for the workers. but also
1ayed the transit company and the
workers for their un-American
policy Of barring Negro Americans
from jobs as motormen.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-08
UNRRA Specialist
Directing Forums

ATLANTA - (ANP) - Or. r.
O'Hara Lanier, special assistant in
the bureau of services Of the United
Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
administration, Washington, was in
Atlanta last week in the interest
of public discussion and forums by
UNRRA workers in foreign fields.
Or. Lanier. a former acting presi-
dent Of Hampton institute and dean
Of the faculty at the Virginia
school. has been with UNRRA for
five months as the top American
Negro in the international organi-
cation. He serves in Washington on
the faculty Of the school for train
ing staff members for foreign areas.
His experience with the Washing
ton setup is proving interesting and
valuable, he said.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-08

know the answer to that, but we
can suggest few.
FIRST. THE AVERAGE colored
person who migrated North had
no home in the South. Home"
for Sharecropper, a common la
borer or a domestic servant in the
South is a moCkery Of the word.
Even his friends and relatives
down there would think him lack
ing in sound judgment to come
back 10 conditions which they are
prepared TO leave upon the first
opportunity.
Second, as any Southern con-
gresham will tell you. in case of
another depression the $50 per
week unemployment compensa-
ton. which is near the average for
Northern states, is pretty close to
the average monthly earnings
Southern employers will be will
ing 10 pay colored common labor
ers and domestic servants.
The Colored worker rightly asks
himself, Why go South to work
for $50 per week when I can stay
here where | have paid for an
equivalent monthly amount in I'M
employed compensation?
Work Is, of course. more hon
orable and more 10 be desired than
relief. But work at starvation
wages is hardly better than slav-
cry or peonaGe, and relief is not
charity where one has paid for it
in advance. II there is to be full
employment then Id much rather
have my share of that employ
ment here in the North.
For at least up here some pre-
tense is made at individual free
dom. My children can attend COM
paratively decent schools. And I
can speak up for a fairer proper
ton of the good things in life"
So the colored worker Is go
Ing to remain here with us. That
Is his choice to make the same
as that Of any American. Ii is
time, then, that we began to
think in terms of his permanent
migration into our community
life. 1t is time we accepted them
as part of us.
THIS means that unions can no
longer consider hith temporary
fellow-employee. The man next
door can no longer look upon him
as a temporary neighbor City Of
ficlals no longer can regard him
as wartime voter. And the bust
ness and professional group err Il
they treat him as temporary Gus
toner. For the wartime Negro
migrant is as permanent as is the
increase in your unions member
ship.
He is as permanent as the home
he has purchased or the tempo
rary' public housing he occupies.
He is as permanent, too, as the
wartime businesses and profits
which are the result % the sweat.
toll and spending power he has
contributed in common with all
other workers. And. finally. he is
as permanent as the men and the
ideals his political action has ad-
vanCed 10 high places.
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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-08
lz1E|11l7


See that the Ohioana society
gave an award to Henrietta Buck
masters Deep River" Miss Buck
master is an Oh.oan.
Playwright Robert Sherwood
added a touch Of glamour TO the
Bishop Sheil-Philip Murray din
ner by putting on dark glasses
after his speech.
Playwright Lillian Smith has at
tended every performance for sew
en- weeks on the road of Strange
Fruit" AKA Thonasina Johnson
and Miss Smith greeted each other
with guSto y, TIC African Councils
benefit performance.
Young Jane White has c0rfourd-
cd all her racial critics who
damned her youth and iucXpcri-
ence for the STAGE. Every critic
liked her portrd. al.
Willard Townsend. the Go
labor leader. would rather dis
cuss his ll-year-Old son than
problems In labor. The lad is al
ready in the tenth grade. Gee, a
whiz.
Roi Ottley VII aaye an article
in Golfers soon
Miss Smiths sister, Esther. does
a 5ang-up JOB as one OF the little
Southern towns cd maids in
Strange Fru.''
The new Offices % the NAACP.
and. indeed az OF W.lk.e Me-
moral building arc very lovely
and quite modern. Freedom House
is 10 De congratulated.
The CLOS George I. p Weaver
Of Washington bears AZ amazing
resemblarUe 20 Jerry Colona's Spe-
cially bout the mJs'ache.
Secretary Of the Interior Harold
T.. lckcs rccc yCd tho Pyramid
clubs anNua medal for better
merit 81 race relations between Ne
81 Is ard Wa.'os Z is d Ph..aGcl-
YA.a organization.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-08
THE BRASS AND BRAID

According to correspondents from Washington
four-man committee appointed by the War De-
partment to study the Armys policy regarding COL
ored troops is about ready to report, and the COM
mittee will recommend the abolition of Jim crow.
If this is true, we understand why It. Col Mar
Gus Ray, recently appointed civilian aide to til e
Secretary of War, collapsed last week and had to be
confined to Walter Reed hospital He must have
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-08
Vets Committee
Makes NewPoHc
OnRaceQuestion

The recent American Legion
convention in Chicago at which
colored veterans protested segrega-
ton m separate posts points up the
treatment colored Scrvicemcn Of
World War | received a. INC hands
81 the largest veterans organlza-
ton.
In the past, veterans orsaniza-
tons in the United States have
been characterized for the most
part by their reactionary politics.
their eXhib.tionlStic conventions.
and their Jim Grow policy toward
oolored vets. Now with servicemen
returning by the millions. lnclud-
ing hundreds Of thousands Of coll
orcd, veterans GroupS-new and
old-are seeking new members.
AN ARTICLE, Veterans Arc
People. in the December issue of
Headlines and Pictures discusses
the various veterans organizations
and what they offer the Negro CT.
a young but vigorous group. the
American veterans committee to-
day offers The most clear cut policy
on Negroes. This group organized
by Charles G.. Bo'c. includes
Grant Reynolds and Franklin d.
Roosevelt Jr, on is National Plan
ming committee. Ph'ip W!llkio. son
Of the late great American. Wen
dell Willsie, is also a member Of
tho AVG The ave statement of
n,cntions declares unequivocally:
Therefore. We are aSyociatlng our
selves with American mon and
women regardless II race. creed
or color. who are serving with or
have been hororaDly DISCHARGED
from our armed forces. merchant
marine or allied forces" Included
n nc Headlines and Pictures ar
'icle Is FL, q scusHon Of the
hNCS approach 20 INC problems
90 unemployment and adequate
housing.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-08
100000 NAACP
Christmas Seals

NEW YORK-Up 10 Nov. 90
100000 NAACP Christmas Seals
had been distributed for sale
throughout the country, il was an
nounced by Madison S. jones, Jr.
i'm charge Of the rn'IHl-Wide sale
from NAACP headquarters. Lare-
est orders have been placed by
the West Coast regional office of
the NAACP in San Francisco
100000: Detroit, Mich. 100000,
and Baltimore. Md. 10000.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-08

awakening now
To the shallow
ness of their
thinking.
T h g Y as
s u m g q I h at
come the vars
end. CO lore d
ers on s in
great numbers
would be re-
turning South.
7 h Q p a S t
months in d i
cate this Will
not happen.
The W h tie
w ork ers i'm
nnriad fr0m
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-08

whole nation 10
"a point where
all people can
be assured of
certain irredu-
& i b ! e mini
NUNS because
OF citizenship
in the u. S.
There are GER
tain things that
n o American
can be denied
and our coun-
try remain a
safe and pro-
gresSiVe coun-
try
ColOred peo-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-08
E33zg2x3
IN NEWS
:Xl;lslSkSS WHITE

A Fight For Irreducible Mini
NUNS - The fight that colored
people and other minorities are
making al this time is to bring
the thinking and actions OF our