The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-22

issue 10 the people.
THE PRESIDENT also has
called for q permanent FEPC
twice. but thus far he has done not
one thing that could be construed
as applying the pressure OF his
Office In an endeavor TO get his
Senate and House spokesman 10
AXE action on this bill.
He has filed almost every i'm
portant vacancy with Southern
conservative whose past TeCoro
indicates GOODNESS 10 labor. And
about the only concession he has
made TO the WORKING people Of this
country is his endorsement of the
Full Employment bill and his an
nounCed intention to call confer
ence OF industry and labor. Re-
CARELESS OF what PM and the other
liberal papers might say. i stll
can't see Truman as a Progress
SiVe'"
After that comment we were in
clined 10 think that perhaps the
lady did know a little something
besides human anatomy. But We
still had lingering doubt. So We
switched To the international scene
What ABOUT our policy IN Germany
and Japan What do you think OF
the Labor Party's victory in Eng
land?' we asked
HERE Is HOW this female mind
responded You can look for the
Army 10 keep Germany and Japan
safe for American prohteers. Labor
unions and any other movements
which spring directly from the
little folk in these countries, vii
not be encouraged India and
South Africa Will remain victims
OF British Imperialism for some
years 10 come-mainly because our
own State Department under Sec.
rotary Byrnes will support Brit
aims desire 10 keep II that way
The Socialist government ~
England is anything but Socialist
It's attitude toward Russia It's sus
pcion of Titos Yugoslavis and It's
distTust OF DeGaulle in France is all
part nf the Churchlllian philos-
ophy that the safety of England Is
! tO be found not IN world co-opera-
/ ton but in maintenance of the
balance Of power or the continent
Of Europe. Specialization Of the
already depleted coal mines will
profit the miners little but II vii
save the investments OF the mine
oWners-'
We were SO carried away with
the iady's knowledge. 81 basic
public ixsues--which seem 10 Us
most uncommon for . medical
docter--we decided to risk an
other question about labor. this
time coming nearer home. What
/ about all Of these strikes the
newspapers are playing up9" We
asked.
Her answer was a model OF sim.
plcity: The fact that - or s.
/ thousand auto workers go out on
strike is only drop IN the bucket
compared with the hundreds nj
thousands which the shOrt-sighted
ness OF industry and government
has caused IN be laid of The work
ing men and women all over ou
country are uneasy about their ia
ture: and they are discounted over
accumulated past injuStlces anc
governments failure tO do any
thing for their general welfare
Take Detroit for example. tn,
whole nation knows that the mer
-, n1.nt. nor.
worked like the dickens tone O
her pet remarks Ito make Detrol
the arsenal OF democracy. And
what do they get now that wal
production is all over An indef
mite lay-ofI from their employer
and a run-aronnd from the State or
their unemployment compensation
Even those who are still employed
have no assurance that a similar
fate is not in store for them"
WE WENT on in this question.
and answers vein for some time
And during the whole period VIZ
were conscious OF the fact tina
more women really have begun tC
read diScerningly and To think foI
themselves: and they are reaching
sound conclusions. II occurred I,
us that We men. whether inside In,
plant or outside in the community
had better accept voluntarily TN,
/ fell and equal intellectual partner.
ship Of women in our common hgh
for the better life; otherwise W.
shall be compelled to do so by tn,
sheer force of circumstances
How do VIC know Well. there
vas the little matter Of the doctor
comment about this column. Sht