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Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15
Auto Industry
Faces Challenge

The end Of the war brings the
industry challenge
equal 10 that faced Al Pearl Har-
Dor Day. George Romney manag-
ing director OF the AutomotiVe
Council for War Production, SAID.
"Reconversion efforts must be
redoubled," he added For
tunstely, a partial reconversion
program vas authorized after
We Day, so we are not en-
tirely unprepared.
THE solutions OF our recon
version problems call for unity
and hard work, the teamwork
that made this glorious military
victory possible"
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15
vi Cost
800 Billion
Time, Photl

WASHINGTON. Aug Il (INS)
The United States has spent 300
billion dollars and four years of
unremitting effort 10 crush Ger
many and Japan.
For the military and admins
trative heads of the nation. the
prodigjous expend iture meant
enough OF the best equipment in
the right place AT the right time
10 assure battle-victories in the
fartheSt corners OF the global war.
Today. the monetary cost Of
war is reflected in national debt
of 262 billion dollars. an increase
Of more than 2l7 billion dollars
over the pre-war figure.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15

left their jobs. The movement
started in the production foundry
and spread swiftly
a Ford spokesman said he eX-
pected the plant would he empty
Of workers before the day was
ONpr
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Mikado 10 Abditate
Congressman Says

WASHINGTON. Aug IL HNSl
Rep. Mansfield (D) of Montana.
congressional authority on Far
Eastern affairs. predicted today
that Emperor. " hito would
either commit hafj-kiri or be
forced 10 abdicate.
The emperor lost face the
all-lmportant thing 10 the Jsps-
nese, by scceding To surrender"
explained Mansfield. land n will
he impossible for him, in my
opini ION. 90 remain on the
throne"
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15

"'' 1- Fiiy; s l s','p' ss al fs s's f.y.s s,, '
EVERY detail of the murder of those three young
~ Britishers of Santos Tomas by our Jap captors
is vivid in my mind this minute as if it had hap
pened only an hour ago.
You don't forget things like that-not when
you see brave men buried alive and feel the breath
Of death as ii whistles past your own head.
b. b. Laycock Thomas Henry Fletcher and II. F.
Weeks were good men They were young. They had the
courage to dare And they could not stand the thought
of sitting out tbe war in a Jap internment camp.
They had saiboa hidden somewhere salt water They
figured they could reach and sail to Australia So taking
their confidence they waited until after the o'clock
roll call this Thursday night February the fence.
We knew nothing the escape until middle of the
afternoon when squad Of Jap MPs oard into the camp t
umphantly returning the Brshers.
The three dumped into room on the first floor
building questioned. Htosh Tomoyasu
mandant bald 6O-year-od
Jap gendarme Tomoyasu wasn't as bad as he was weak
that Takahssh the second command did of the
persuasive questioning
Tskahash was that staggering young lieutenant men
toned eaierbodeyed the presence of well built
for Japanese without his sword and with sly
Jacka-like meanness
FTER the questioning Tomoyasu sent for and for the
two monitors OF the rooms from which the men escaped
The monitors E. British manager
r. H. Pedder shipping executveboth quiet, capable
When walked Tomoyasu dancing with fury Sweat
gistened his bald head mad he sputered
He reminded me, shouting words that he had warned
the penalty for escape deathand implied that the
leaders and monitors would suffer the penalty the
escapers.
did you help them escape." he yelled meaning all
What time did they escape:" replied.
He did not Instead he kept shouting accusing
questions. Each back with the
What time did they escape"
Finally he decided he not going trap he said
About o'clock"
spread my hands.
THAT let's out" said. Don't blame Blame your
guards the fence
OU see o'clock roll call and reported the
result him. Our responsibility ceased then. He could
blame unless could that lied about the roll CALL
Then Tomoyasu ordered the three Britishers.
Takahshi had enjoyed himself.
Laycock's face looked like hamburger. He
tried to speak to me, but only and humble
came out.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15
Underground Against the Jap
NipS Sentences )
To Firing Squad

EDITORS NOTE-IIhc1 Earl CotyoN, 'quet-spoken
bespeciaclcd b~cssmn r0 projected into the post OF
cirjGn icodcr o the >Gato TomnS iHtcrncat camp he
had ide0 Of the dangerous dual toc he WoUld pag in
the foiowog three yeors Becoming the secret brains OF
the camps underground he fopgbt the Japanese nj erery
JH. His hatred of the enemy crysob:Cd he the
brLLnLitA Of the Jnnnn-eL.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15

in China. Hong Kong. Singa-
pore, Java. Sumatra End scores
of other places will not obey
orders from any other authority.
a veritahle carnage Of death
and destruction may be the CON
sequence. as japan would then
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15
Search Ruins
For Victims

Inspector George W. Smith Of
the police arson squad personally
directed a search Of the runs
today for the bodies Of TWO more
womon reported missing in
Detrolt'S most disastrous fire In
l6 years, a blaze which killed A.
least l3 war workers and injured
more than 40 others.
TWO Of Tho l3 bodies were
unidentified They were believed
10 be those Of two Of four women
employees Of the Export Box and
Sealcr Co, whose relatives had
not heard from them since fire
swept the firm, two-story plant
AZ 4Si4 Grand River yesterday.
No trace Of the other two missing
women had been found.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15

below US in Che first floor with
his ears cooked. -
THE execution has been
moved up 10 Sunday evening""
he said
Copyright. ls45. by Kinz Features
(Tomorrow-Japanese Blood Lust)
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15

they were taken away. We de-
manded 10 know where. Taxa
haShi assured as the men were
only being taken TO another in
ternment camp.
The next morning, Saturday,
Tomoyasua summoned me and
informed me a court-martial had
sentenced the three 10 die. He
said they would be shot Monday
evening.
THEN began meeting Of the
l. executive committee that was
not 10 break UP for "a hours.
Al first we were stunned. We
had not taken TOO seriously the
Jap warning that any one at
tempting escape would die. After
all. the Japs themselves had for
mally described our status as
civilians in protective custody"
Many of the camp leaders were
in and out of the meeting. ! re-
call particularly well that Bob
Cecil was there-normally genial,
hard working Bob, his lanky fig
ure slumped far down in a chair
And Dug Duggleby, the wealthy
mining man. always a tower OF
strength And gray-haired Judge
c. A. Dewitt, brilliant SOLID
lawyer. who has been legal aid &c
high commissioner Francis Sayre
"Of course it's a violation of
the Geneva convention Judge
Dewitt told us,
But what di that mean 30 tht
Japs? They got so mad every
time we mentioned II that late
we we're warned never 10 Spcat
of Il.
We decided The first thing u
do was draft 4 petition 10 th'
commandant Not protest iol
that word, too, was a red flag.
WHILE We were working on j
w Yamashita. 2 thin higr
voiced civilian interpreter fol-
! Tomoyasu, broke into the meet
Ing.
He stood up there In front of
US and declared that TomoNasu
and he and other Japs connected
with the camp had tried to win
leniency for the doomed men
and had failed. He said higher
authority In the Jap army had
decided the men must die
And as he talked he startec
. CRYING. big tears cOurSlng doWr
his cheeks and his voice CHOKING
I'd like an emotional girls.
We demanded meeting vllt
the connandaut. lie frtt IN {
few minutes he was back ,
The commandant j. too
broken up to talk about It, ne
said
( As he walked oUf i0 came Er
nest STANLEY wcishman v hg
had spent year, IN japan and
knew The language lie had beer
hanging around the Jap offices
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15
AFL Meeting Off,
Waiting Word on VI

Frank y. Martel, president Of
the Detroit and Wayne County
Federation Of Labor today an
nounced- the associations regular
Wednesday meeting has been can
celed due 10 anticipated VI Day
celebration
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15
$4,000 70 Lose Jobs

CHICAGO, Aug "a tINS)-
Peace with Japan will mean the
layoff OF rore than 1901 000 war
workers in the Chicago area
within week, Il was estimated
today
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15
Detroit Time

Two outstate soldiers dead and
one wounded are included in the
1913 casualties announced by the
war department today.
No Detroit casualties were listed
by the war department.
One Detroiter dead and one
wounded are among l42 casualties
released by the navy department.
Naval casualties for the out
state area include one dead.
In all cases. the next Of kin have
been notified and have been kept
informed Of any changes in status.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15

An srubsranf soldier drove
through Downtown Detroit With
collection Of Rorbags cans.
buckets nnd TIN cana dyoRRinR
behind hs car. Attached 10 the
cana wos sign With letters tGo
feet high. rsadinF.. "Jap
Fleet"
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15
THREE MEN HELD

Police held three men for inves-
tigation of DrtroitS worst fire
since the Study Club burned IN
1929. with the loss OF y lives
Menwhlie roSecutor Gerald K.
O'Brien and Assistant Prosecutor
Frank Schemanske inspected the
ruins carefully with Inspector
John q. Whitman and sgt James
Turner OF the homicide squad
O'Brien promised \ thorough
investigation of an phases Of the
box factory tragedy Both he and
Inspector Whitman called the
plant a fretrap when they had
completed their inspection.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15
SideIehts on Ci+ys Celebration:
WAC Gets Hiss
On City Hall Step

While there was huggng and kissing everywhere
among the crowds probably the most spectacular kiss Of
M received by WAC Pvt Beatrice Tassano 26 of 1876
Rlgonqun. Halfcarred to the top of the City Hall steps
Nor ovation Pvt Tassano seized by unidentified
civilian and resoundingY kissed She bIushed while the
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15
PEKING AGAIN CHINESE

Picking. the beautiful ancient
capital Of the Mongol emperor
Kublai Khan, grandson Of Genghis
Khan and who took the name
Emperor Yuan, will again be
Chinese.
Aside from the islands in the
Pacific which We Will doubtless
keep for strategic purposes. the
lions share Of the fruits OF the
American victory will fall 20
Stain and Soviet Russia in Asia,
as II has in Europe
The atomic bomb makes Amer
ica the strongest military power
in the world today
We have the power we win the
victory we pay the costs; Stain
collects
Communism and socialism have
the profits That IS the historic
irony Of our war for world democ-
racy.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15

proper.
If the emperor abdicatcs,
commits suicide or is induced
not TO sign the surrender de-
cree, we may be certain that
for some time the Japanese
marshals, generals and troops
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15
STAIRWAY BLOCKED

Mrs Agatha Jackson q, o
5l0l Maybury Grand said
II VAS on the second honr
when the fire started. The only
way TO get downstairs was by
a two-f0ot ,tsirway which Was
blocked and we had TO Jump
over boxes. We started 10 run
10 the windows, hut they were
blocked with packing boxes.
II started herding the women
down the stairs, which already
were on fire. One woman
started IN 20 back up, and I
pushed her down the stairs and
helped her outside"
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15

A procession of teen-age
youngsters with hagS and
squAwkers psraded the walks Of
Grand Circus Park Leaders
started through the lobby of the
Staler Hotel but were turned
hack without difficulty. The
group consisted OF several hun
dTed.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15
$4,000 CeIebrantS
Drop Tools at Rouge

Responding pranksters Of factory whistle and
thousands OF Ford workers TODAY pouring
, the 10 celebration.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15
Von
Harm IN NlikadO Will BRING Chaos

troops. though this is by no means
certain, and in any event the
Chinese may not be expected 10
60 heNond Mukden.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15

Several girls in slAcks
swArmed all over the Soldiers
and Sailors Monument in Cadil-
lac square and draped long
streamers Of confetti over the
shoulders Of the confederate
and Union statue soldiers.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15
"JAPs ANNOUNCE Sur

"JAPS ANNOUNCE Sur
RENDER"
Vendors were a. nearly every
downtown street corner hawking
flags and noisemakers.
Several stores rsmoUe sTpsr.
H,ue fur coats from dspioy uin.
doWs Other stores closed
window shades 10 shut out the
nerehnndiss from the Uisw Of
the eroud.
Most Of the soldiers. sailors and
marines IN the city hall crowd
had their faces covered with lip
stick the result OF enthusiastic
kisses from the young bobby
SoNers
Three hlindmcn with their
secing-eNe dogs were among the
victory CelebrnntS In Grand Cir
Gus Park. The dogs trailed
long colored streamerS and
guided their happy masters
through crowds Owners NJ the
dogs were Jack McAdamS Of
Gal Merrick, Raymond Morri-
son Of Columbus. and Bob Sor-
enson NJ Lansing.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15
LIST Of Dead
And Injured

thirteen 0eA0, lOuf missing, 4.
seriously hurt and another rs suf
fering minor injuries is the toll oi
the fire and explosion at the En-
port Box and Sealing Co.
The dead
MRS. VERA BOOKER, 20, Of
1861 Grand River
MRS. LORETTA DONALD
son. as, Of 1876 Grandville.
MRS. MARGARET ENGLER,
40 Of 2645 Lothrop,
MRS. BERTHA FORHAN,
50, of 9O46 Beverly Court.
MRS. VICTORIA GALLO, 80.
OF 1924 W. Hancock.
MRS. LAVlNA HERBISON,
81, of l4ll2 Ilene.
MRS. JENNY KLINGER, o.,
Of 2645 Lothrop.
MRS. CAROLINE J a { r.
SON. 50, u 1868 Lothrop
MRS PAULINE LOOMS,
IS, of ISIS Henry
ADRIAN sHATTUCK, 40. Of
4l50 Lincoln
MRS. VONELL WEBB, 2s Of
1926 Calumet.
TWO OF the dead remain IN.
identified.
Missing and perhaps included
among the dead
Mrs Thelma Hudson. %. OF 332'
LinWood
Doris Sims % Of 765 Lansing
Alice Zimmerman. 81, OF 29e.
Hogsrth
Dorothy Ayiward, q, addres,
unknown
LIST OF INJURED
Seriously injured Except Al
Otherwise noted all are IN ST
Marys HospitalD
Mrs Christine Fearn 80. Of
1880 Kentucky burns head in
Jury and arm fracture. tReceiv-
ing Hospital
Mrs. Haze! MHgh, 2750 Me
GTaw, burns and mead injury.
JeweI Whitfield, 40. Of 43li
Brooklyn, burns over half OF
body providence Hospital
Nellie Roy. 20. Of ABA TNRen-
ty-fifth. broken right leg
providence HospitalD
Sue Allen. II. of 5l0l May.
bury Grand possible fracture OF
both ankles and right foot
Jusnita RIchey q. NJ 1908
Twelfth. fracture ~. left foot.
Jean Ssdsch. 2s. Of 1900 Sell
den. fracture Of right hip and
knee
Doris Jensen q, Of 1857 Fif-
teerth. burns on back. arms,
hands face fractured right
elbow
Mike Zarach AZ of 1911 First.
burns on hands arms and legs
Joan Rasmussen. 4s Of 1891
BraInard burns on both arms
Ruth owen. 80. 1889 Lake
wood fractured leg
Harriet kowal. 2s. Of 1900
Grcenycw burns on both arms,
possible rio fracture
Matte Sumpter. 20. a. 42l5
TWenly-fourth diSlocated left
nip and wrist burns on arms,
legs hands and back
Julia Poussard 30 of 200a
Agreha fractured left leg. pos
Sihle skull fracture
Ralph Jackson 20 S1nl May
bury Grand fractured Jeff lcc.
PO,s'Ftc fracture of right leg
William Tervolcs %. of 1902
Gibson severe burns on hands
and arms
Lorraine Craig. - ef 3eia
Maybury Grand fractured right
ankle sprsined left
Alfredo Griffith. "a. of 9s ".
Hancock fractured left ankle.
possible fractured spine
Michael Walsh. AZ. ~ 35l4
Fourth burns on arms and legs.
possible fracture Of left arm.
Helen Coffell. IS. of 1856
Magnolia, contusions of legs
and thighs, lacerated arms and
face burns
ThereSa Peters. q. of 1902
Fourteenth, burns, possible leg
fracture.
Albert CraniS. 80, of 6l29
Minnock possible fractures Of
left mp and lCC.
Viola Gray. al of 1905
Twelfth. burns on face. chest
and arms fractured left h1p
Lorraine Fisher, l7.ret 1851
w Lafayette. burns
Bernice Michael. "a NJ 4sl2
CrNfaanfk
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15

Police Inspector Arthur w
Mierow SAID leaders Of the gang
expressed 2 desire 10 carry the
mayor through tho streets.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15
UNACCEPTABLE ONCE

Interviewed after the fire. Fire
Marshal Hall said that he had in
.spected the nlant regularly and
found ~ unacceptable only once
That was last April" he said,
WHEN their housekeeping con-
ditionS were poor. I ordered
them 10 clean up the place.
They closed down over night.
Strengthened up the factory and
opened the next morning"
Mayor JefrIes said ne had or
dered Hall 10 make a complete
report 70 him on the fire
II will decide when I receive
the report whether l will take
any action" ne said
Hall said the stairways as in
side exits were perfectly &C.
ceptahle' 10 the department.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15

h Cars packed with a, many as IS
4 r 20 youngSters many ot them
standing 20 wave flags. were not
uncommon As traffic began in
CreaSIns by leaps and bounds in
m 'dTorninC Some radiators were
plas'ered with the headline from
The Detroit Times extra which
screamed IN tall red and black
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15
WORKMAN HELD

Mike Zarach, AS, who Is in st
Mary's Hospital with burns Of
arms and legs. is one of the men
police are holding. Zarsch is the
workman who poured a highly in
flammable liquid into a not vat
on the plants main floor, result
ing in a blast Of flame that shot
up the stairwell and trapped the
workers on the floor above.
Held also are Philip Hoffman
az. of 1897 Ardmore. and Joseph
Piechocki. SO. of 1876 Stratford
foreman and superintendent, re-
spectively, who. Zarach said di-
rected him 10, pour the liquid in
the vat.
About 125 employees, mostly
women. were in the plant. An
other so we're absent. many be-
cause they expected that yester-
day would turn out 10 be WI
Day
There was q festive air about
those who were working Many
were the wives of servicemen and
they chatted of plans for reunion
with their fighting husbands.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15

of the Rouge plant to Join the VIC
The Ford plant apparently was.
the only one seriously affected by
the premature exodus. Other fac
tories reported only normal ah-
senteeism up TO ] p m. At noon
more than 10000 Of the $4,000
Ford workers on the day shift had
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15
ORDERS STAIRW AY

"Early In l943," he SAID. II
Inspected the building and
found 80 people working on the
second floor with the only
means Of egress a stairway
leading to the first floor. ] or
dered another stairway built
and considered the building
safe"
Hall SAID he Lad last inspected
he building July IS and hac
found conditions 10 be very good
Asked about the size Of the
building and the reason for only
FIVE exits. Hall said the building
was 80 by 100 feet but the size
didn't make any difference
The only place space makes
any difference il in theaterS.
caharets and OF her public
places where they might become
oVercrowded," he said
Hall SAID he considered th'
building normally safe
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15
Chapter III
By EARL CARROLL

American Leader Of Santo Tomas irternrent Camp
EScusvss Tntsustons! News
tWord copyrsrt and a R.snV RsservedI
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15

crowds cheered.
A gang OF 50 teen age boys and
girls stormed the city hall, de-
manding that Mayor Jeffries grant
them an audience. John Sullivan,
guard on duty in the mayors Of
flee, explained that Jeffries had
not arrived and told the group 10
leave.
Whereu pom, the crowd de-
scended back into Woodward and
began 10 dance impromptu jigs
around embarrassed Servicemcn
and 10 plead with work bound
men and women 20 join the
'party.
In the early hours, the celebra-
ton seemed confined 70 teen ayers.
Two young women--obViousiy
oUsr the body soE oss--eouidnt
even Uait 10 drsss Vhsn the big
nsUs come.
When traffic stopped at
WOODWARD and Grond Riusr for
red hRht they Jumped from a
cor and cut eapeys IN the mud
die Of the street They Wors
poJama,. the sleeping Vovisty,
and ucre bdrefooted!
The Jap surrender, even II
unofficial. started AT least one
worker on a celebration,
Alighting from a streetcar At
Michigan and Third early today
he dashed across the street and
bought n Newspaper. With one
:. glance at the head nes he
emitted an ear-splitting yell
- "a he hurled his lunc h box,
vacuum bottle and all. into a
trash can. lie announced 10 all
and SundTy;
This calls for big one
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15
HAVE 8 OTHER PLANTS

The prosecutor said the COM
pany operated three other small
plants. They are ar 200 Twenty
second 4520 Grand River and
14lQQ Fullerton.
r. J. Thomas. president Of the
UAW-CIO, which represents the
plants employees in collective bar
gaining. and Percy Llewelyn. CO
director for the union on the west
side. demanded a grand jury probe
of the fire.
The union officials said scores
OF other Detroit factories pre-
sented fire hazards and called for
immediate legislation 10 correct
the evil"
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15
This cali. for a big one

Police detaIi Al City Hall was
increased 10 26 men early today
after two hilarious crowds had
marched through the corridors
clamoring for Mayor Jeffries.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15
Factory Safe,
City Said, But

The Export Box and Sealer Co
factory. 4s44 Grand River, where
l3 persons lost their lives and Al
others were injured in the worst
fire in Detroit in rs years. repeat
eddy was pronounced safe by the
Detroit fire department.
But
The second floor, Whore ap-
proEinatsiy rs persons, mostly
Womsn, Wsre trapped, had only
tWo exits.
. hsithsr sSit led 10 the outside
and committed OF fwo woodsn
staDwoys that led 10 the first
floor.
On the ground floor wsye only
three doors through which en-
pioyes could escape.
No FIRE escapes Wsrs on the
building and none Wds required
by the city FIRE iaw., according
10 Edward Hall, fire marshal.
. Bodies Of men and Womsn
Who burned TO death had 10 be
ioWsved 10 the ground on lad
dsrs bseouss staivWaW had
burned aWay.
Mrs Fannie Young, chief stew,
ard OF Local 9S5. UAW-CIO
charged that one. OF the second
floor exits was blocked with boxe,
and that some Of those who cS
capped jumped over boxes to ge'
downstairs.
She also charged that "boxe,
usually are piled high. and so clos,
together that only one person car
pass in"
Mrs Young also said that sh,
had asked Joe PieChoki, plant SUI
perlntendent 10 correct the condi
ton last Saturday, and that h,
told her he would as soon as n,
had time. The condition had no
been corrected yesterday, Mrs
Young said.
CLEANED FOR INSPECTION
Mrs Margle Sw1sher. %. o
2nl3 Poplar, another empfoye
SAID:
THE hre inspector came
around Saturday morning at the
same time, and they would
always have the place cleaned
mp when he got there. Two
hours later. II would be the
same old mess again II was
continually clUttered with
boxes.
The fire department made
them paint yellow lines as
lanes and told them they must
be kept clear. The instructions
generally were disregarded."
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15

we want the mayor. We
want the mayor" tho excited
crowd of young peoptc chanted
as they marched around the
rlFr4.!f.f-
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15
DETROIT

DETROIT
NAVY DEAD
INGALLS,. VINCENT LANsFOEp CPL
GSMC-Son - Mr. and MrS Leo V lntalh.
l425l Crescent drive
Navy Nounded
KING WILLIAM JOHN CAPT UsMcR-
Husband OF Mrt William J. KING. 1850 Long
fellow.
OUTSTATE
ARMY DEAD
PACIFIC AREA
FITCH WALTER J., PFC - son n Mrs.
Mary Fitch Cooms.
JENKINS. HOWARD " PFC son q Mrs
Emma X Jcnkins. Adrian
ARMY WOUNDED
PACIFIC ARIA
LEMIRE GERALD C., SON ~ Cnsfle'
Lenite Fiint,
NAVY DEAD
oLMsrKD JAMES NEWTON NC SGT
IsNc-Son ot Mrs Effihsa " OlmSed,
Wsttrvlisi
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-15
DETROIT sffMES

BY CARRIER
YTNrtT
The echo., 1945-03-02
HAVE YOU READ THE AGENDA
SENT YOU?

Sometime ago we mailed to each
president an agenda that should be
carefully studied so that it can be dis
ussed with much consideration in the
Convention.
We are confident that at least some
PORTIONS Of this agenda need careful
consideration a nd enactment in our
iext Convention for the protection Of
his Organization for which so many
f us have worked hard to establish.
Many of us have been criticized be
cause Of The long years of toll for the
perpeluature OF the H. B. A.
Study the agenda sent to you by
the Secretary so that you will be able
o act sanely.