The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-22
CAPT. AL
SPOTLIGHT
Nv LOUIS LAUTIER
ffcr the NNPA News Servicsl
and on earth peace, good

ftof tug MIA NeWs SERVICE
and on earth peace, good
will toward men"
Although We and VI DAYS hav
come and gone. this Christina
finds no peace snyN mere eNcep, u
Father DivineS heaven
President Truman vs. heSc; b,
coloyed persons who disagree viii
Ms SQuelchng 81 the directive
which the Fair Employment Pa !,
tees committee proposed 10 ISSUE
81 Capita, Transit company order
ine employment Of coiorcd persons
during federal operation
Charley Houston. who Quit
EFPC A. result 81 the Presi-
Dental decree. threatens To take
the issue 10 the hustings.
REF BILL DAWSON. ~ Chi.
tsso. declines 10 engage 10 ne con.
troVersv but is hoping that Con-
gress VIII play Santa Claus the
'pa,ren SAINT ~ children. and bring
minority groups permanent
FEPC. but tho rclndeer viii have
~ climb over the dead bodies ~
Sllho. Rankin and the rest OF the
ro'l-tsY hloC.
\ cif' ~ colored person aS q
Pres dental secretary Vtore,handl Q
minority problems would Dew %
coined. but the only ;hlng Ia pros
poet IS an executive order au-
;horizins FEPC 10 irA eStieate
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recouVerSlo
Friends ~ Mike Ross. chairman
~ FEPC want Santa 10 bring
harmony between Nike and George
VI Johnson former deputy chair.
man ~ FEPC They accuse George
~ beng an ohstructioniSt and OF
reporting 20 the National AsSocia.
iior fo~ she Advancement of Col
ored People instead OF 10 the FEPC
chairman
The Adam CLAYTON PoWclls CHa.
sen are asking Santa 20 have the
stork deliver an Adam Clayton
Powell, III.
MAI GEN. OMAR y. Bradley.
administrator o. veterans affairs.
wants a large bottle of headache
tablets 10 relieve him from his
present big headache -organiza-
t'oTs and individuals who are in.
slstlng on = policy Of on-disCrim-
instIon ia Veterans hospitals.
When he thought ne had ap.
prased colored people BY abandon
ing the plan OF his predecessor,
Brig Gen. Frank T. Hines. 10
build another jim crow hospital in
Alabama or Mississippi, he finds
be simply caused them 10 shift
fhelr criticism 10 the construction
~ any facility for colored vcter-
ans in localities where segregation
discrimination and physical vi.
olence were heaped upon service
men during the war
o. course. il Santa brings him
from President Truman an adviser
On matters pertaining 10 colored
veterans. the mistake OF selecting
. locality like Alexandra, La. for
the construction of $50 bed i'm
crow addition will not be re.
peated
Secretary OF the Navy James
v, ForrestaI wants Santa 10 bring
him the votes 81 colored Demo-
Gratis In the New York guber-
Material elections.
A FAvORITE Christmas story I,
Dickens "A Christmas Carol
Scroose was "a squeezing. wrench.
INK. rrasping. scraping. clutching
covetous. old sinner" On Christ.
mas Eve his nephew visited his
counting house and cried in q
cheerful voice:
A Merry Christmas, uncle, God
bless YOU"
Bah" said Scrooge. "Humbug,"
But after he had seen the three
spIrits-the Ghost OF Christmas
Past. the Ghost OF Christmas Pres
ent, and the Ghost OF Christina.
Yet 10 Come Scrooge awoke
transformed and became las good
= friend, as good master. and as
good a man. as the old city knew ="
Not that any OF the individuals
mentioned IN this column are
Scrooees. but a visit 10 some OF
them by the spirits and a little
alteration would not be amiss
And so. A Merry Christmas 10
everybody,