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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-01-13

organizations with which we are affiliated. Re-
garding this, you will hear more from the pages
of the Chronicle.
= This fight. as we said above, will also require
a tightening of our belts. Like the military
battle, it costs money. And like the military
battle, it cannot be fought to victorious con-
clusion without maintaining a well-equipped
staff on the fighting front-in Washington, d. c.
This kind of a fighting front staff-call it a
lobby if you will-has already been set up in
Washington, D. c. Most informed persons have
heard of it. IT is called the National Council
for Permanent FEPC and has as its principal
officers A. Philip Randolph and Allan X. Chal-
mers, with Anna Hedgeman acting as its ma
tional executive secretary
The National Council has now proven its
worth on the legislative 'front.' Although it
fought losing battle in 1914, il came close to
victory. More than any other organization, how
ever Except for the CIO), it has successfully
educated our Congressman and our citizens to
point where the groundwork has now been
laid for victorious battle in 1915.
To wage this offensive, the National Council
now needs funds In order to maintain Its ONCE
and staff it is calling for contributions. That Is
where you and come In, and anybody else who
is willing to put himself out to give a dollar,
FIVE dollars, fifty dollars or larger amount, in
order that democracy in employment may be
realized.
Is il worth buck to you, brother? Then send
it to the National Council for Permanent FEPC
at $50 F. street. Washington 4, D. c. Or if you
prefer, you may send it to us at the Fair EN-
ployment Practice Council, 906 Transportation
Building, Detroit rs, Mich, and we will forward
it.
Here at the council we are calling special
meeting at which each of our members will
contribute one or more dollars to the National
Council This method of raising funds. the
council suggests that you carry out in your other
organizations and do il soon-if you feel FEPC
is worth fighting for.
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history OF the Governments Indian
school at Carlisle. Pa, an institu-
ton with which ! was long inti-
mstely familiar. There for many
years was conducted an elaborate
and costly experiment in educating
the American Indian. He Is not
white man with a red skin. He Is
radically different Some years ago
this experiment was abandoned as
complete failure. Now. no one
should. because OF that failure,
think less OF the Indian. He belongs
to race that has many noble traits
OF character. In his own field he Is
capable OF achievement far beyond
that Of the white man. But the
moment we try to make a tame
Anglo-Saxon out Of him. he fails.
Our civilization is distinctly bad for
him; so Is our education.
NEGRO IN HANDS
OF POLITICIANS
Ever since emancipation. the Ne
gro has been in the hands OF poll
ticians. He remains to this day
their victim, utterly incapable Of
doing anything about unfulfilled
promises, or Of dealing with their
tricks.
To be frank. the North and the
Republicans have never treated the
Negro with the same degree 81 can
did honesty Is the South and the
Democrats. The South made No
promises and therefore broke none.
While most northern people do net
to this day understand the Negro
land I doubt II any white man
wholly fathoms him). Political
leaders Of the Republican party
long ago discovered that he was
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-01-13
A LIBERAL TEXAN SPEAKS

attempt TO re-establish Slavery There has been,
on the contrary. considerable effort by many in
dividuals IN the South to educate the Negro and
10 help bring him TO a higher standard of living
to treat HIM as a human being. not mere
thing There has been no permanent and sue
ceSStui resistance 10 thc growth of democracy
in the South. though powerful interests have
fought and are still fighting a losing battle
against extending democracy TO all people. This
growth and extension of democracy in tho South
involve and mean Negro progress and white
justice"
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must now be retaken. All of
last years efforts to have
Congress create a permanent
Fair Employment Practices
commission failed of their
principal objective. There is
yet no strong EEPC with le-
gal power to enforce direc-
tives TO end discrimination in
employment against qualified
workers of minority group
origin. The bills to create
such an agency which were
introduced in 1914 in both the
House and Senate and which
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-01-13
WHAT IF THE SOUTH SHOULD BE RIGHT?

easily dipped. and that he could -
duped with impunity. IN
Finding at last that the Demo-
Gratis might do more for him than
the other party, the Negroes threw
the weight of their influence 70 Mr..
Roosevelt, and have continued un.
der his long administration TO sup
port the Democratic party. The
New Deal. in fact. was right down
their alley; for example. the idea
Of being paid for crops they did not
plant was like mama from heaven.
One Negro Is reported to have said
to comrade that Mr.. Roosevelt
was a greater man than Christ; for
Christ said. Follow me and ye
shall not want" while the President
said sit right there, boys. and I
will bring 1t to you"
NEGROES LOSING
THEIR MANNERS
One reason why put little stock
In the present drive to establish
what should not be, is the fact that
the spirit with which ii Is being
pushed Is an intrusive, q hostile
spirit: and notice that many Ne
groes because Of what they are
being told about their rights" are
losing their manners. Whether in
white or black, this is always an
evidence OF corruption Of character.
Insofar as pure manners are con-
cerned, many of the most charming
people I know are Negroes. But as
they are being urged on by poll
ticians, starry-eyed altruists, propa-
gandists and pressure groups to
seize their rights, they lose that
difference that is the hallmark OF
breeding.
While, as I have said, have not
observed in the Negro. as a race,
any so-called advance. I do not hold
it against him; and I am glad to
honor him for the part he has
played in the history of our coun-
try. He has cut our wood and drawn
our water; he has felled our forests
and dug our canals. He has plowed
our crops. raised our stock, and he
alone has had the wisdom to put
some sense into the heads Of idiotic
mules.
or what the true Negro may
become. I know nothing. But as
suredly he Is more likely to develop
admirably as a Negro than ~ 4
white man. This is the unslterable
conviction Of the South. And is il
not reasonable to assume that the
people Of the South may be right
in their view3"
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IT MAY BE HEREDITY


(Thc following quotations are taken from W. ~
kcIseyS Commentator column in the Detroit News
The Commentator. Mr. Kelsey. The column VAS
tribute the father Of Councilman George Edwards,
George Clifton IdwardSD
DERHAPS YOU have wondered how Corporal
Councilman George Edwards graduate of
Harvard got such a lot Of ideas about social
Justice that he came TO Detroit. went into the
labor movement. presently found himself run
ming the Housing Commission, and from that job
moved into tho City Hail one Of the Nine
frequently voting in minority of one.
Maybe he is taking after his father George
Clifton Edwards. who practices law in Dallas.
Texas, and who. few weeks ago talked turkey
10 tho Dallas Bar association on the subject Of
the Negro
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or not Try 10 enforce a closed
shop agreement.
In a unanimous opinion
read by Chief Justice Phil S.
Gibson is the statement that
n labor unions asserted right
10 choose It's members does
not merely relate 10 social re-
latlons; il affects the funda-
mental right 10 work for a
living
This opinion is from a state
court, but the emlnence of
the California tribunal on
labor law is such that many
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-01-13
BY ARNOLD RUTLEDcE
Condensed from The American Mercury,
f, December 1oA)

d OF n
Chronicle OF the articles the editors write:
with neither group CONSIDER uary herewith d
vstvs while MT Schuyler sessalssd
large element OF the Negroes"C
81 would say that there physical difference
between these which will prevent the Negro
and white living basis OF social and political
equality
This quotation from Abraham Lincoln represents the
Great Emancpators considered judgement on question
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-01-13
SOLVING THE RACE PROBLEM

of unskillcd employment The only active force
in labor for Negro justice Is the Go
We have a whole code of special nti-NCgro
legislation aimed at putting Negroes at diSad.
vantagcS whites would violently rebel at
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-01-13
BY KAMALA KOSAMBl
CONDENSED from The Voice of lndia)

India has more men than women Yet in the average
Indian household boy is more pampered than girl More
girl protected and sheltered in her adolescence
and youth and has less social freedom than the
Her contacts outside the circle Of relatives and friends of
the family supervised by the parents Most of her close
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-01-13
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
BY CLARENCE ANDERSON

AS the war on the military front demands
renewed efforts, so the battle on the FEPC front
now calls for rallying of forces and tighten
ing Of our belts.
The legislative beachhead we held during 1914
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-01-13

The Dallas Bar association did no, lynch Mr.
Edwards They probably adv hiS courage
Does this throw any lgh, on how Corporal
Councilman George Edwards SO, that way'
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-01-13

Negro workers all over the United States
received very welcome New Years greeting
from the California supreme court which hand
ed down an opinion January 2 that a labor
union must admit Negroes to full membership
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-01-13

There is little difference in spirit between
the TRADES Of person such as the whirling dervish
who diSgraceS the Junior SenatorShip from Tex
as-Pappy' O'Daniel-and the pro-slavery talk
Of lS50-60 Let us not repeat the pro-slavery
error. For have not the power 10 dominate
national issues and Federal law in this period Of
growing democracy. Before the Civil War We
had the power TO bring on a near wreck of the
Government but did not even then have the
power to turn back human evolution and the
development Of liberty
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-01-13
WHITE OPINION
SOUTH'S CURE

Progressves who are sometimes discouraged by South
'bourbonsm in Congress need to remind themselves
every while that the for Southern
sm primarily from the South itself and that
there is liberal movement below the Mason and Dixon
Line with honorable traditions and great promise There
fighting editors who in the ront-lne trench
is safe and easy be liberal of course, about the
suerngs of the Chinese but it takes real courage and
conviction fight the progressive against deep
rooted economic and racial preudces in ones
munity." Chicago Sum- December H. 1s44)
BACK TO AFRICA
Whether considerable numbers of American coored
after the will Africa the rich regions of
will be left white explore and develop the coored
remaining in the United States seek equality to
gain only from white association, will be interesting to
observe will be test Of native racial abilities Charles
ton News and Courier, December II, 1944)
COAST POPULATION PROBLEMS
San Francisco faces the problem Of serious consideration
of relationships in the Bay Prior the defense
boom the Negro population of the Bay was about
200o Today is estimated $4,000 Surveys indicate
that about twohrds of the Negroes intend here
Consequently there is escaping the problem and
calling and the phrases such let them back
where they from not going 70 be the answer
Various groups and organizations, such the FEPC,
Mayor Laphams Civic Unity committee and the NAACP,
working the problem Opportunity for employment
decent housing and the part the public
large that the Negro civilian and soldier, has made
big contribution the for demoCracy-and if democ
acy means anything means protection of minority groups
are Of the things that will help the times ahead
(San Francisco Chronicle December 10 1914 Article by
Stanley Baiey)
POLL TAX IN VIRGINIA * ...
1T only fair TO men in the armed forces that
wait until have amended the Constitution of Virginia
to permit them to vote before proceed
further amendments to the Constitution The poll tax
is working such havoc with political concerns that
cannot wait TO say whether or not shall keep or
discard II while our young men have no power to express
their opinion. What Georgia should beat the aboi
ton Of the poll tax? We have been shamed by the
political example by Georgia Virginia is Of and
quite able 10 make UP her mind for herself Our State
government quite good that of neigh
bos New Jersey and Pennsylvania neither Of which has
the poll prerequisite the right Of suffrage
Richmond Times Dispatch. December IA, 1914 Column
by Thomas Lomax Hunter.)
SOLVING THE RACE PROBLEM
The question with which so many people are
concerned will have its settlement for the South by
migration Of (SC) in numbers in the
following the In 20 years California will probably
have larger negro sc) population than South Carolina
has New York City has considerably than half
many (sc) the former slave Of South
Carolina has Charleston News and Courier December -
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-01-13

all their power refuse Negroes, solely because Of
their color. legal rights TO vote. to jury service
to equal educational opportunities, TO considera-
ton for work on merit they arc seeking to gain
an undcScrved advantage IN those respects which
Justice and law-even if il has to be Federal law
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-01-13

During Reconstruction days the
legislature OF South Carolina. my
own state. was in the hands Of
Negroes. characteristic measure
passed by them was 20 the effect
that the state should provide, solid
sold spittoons for the convene nce
Of tho august members OF both the
House and the Senate
Another sidelighi is shed by the
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-01

ever, the executive ends of the
government turn up their noses
and turn down their thumbs.
The only time the government
can reduce its debt, they say, is
when receipts are greater than
expenditures. That condition has
not existed during the war, so
the debt has gone up. But to
take any special postwar re-
ceipts and earmark them for
debt retirement simply means
that Congress will have to ap-
propriate that much more mon
ey and levy that much more In
taxes to run the government,
and that the national expendi-
lures will therefore be increas-
ed by the same amount that Is
put into debt retirement. It Is
like the old trick of spending
your money out Of two pockets
instead OF one.
Now cooking In the Treasury
is big plan for postwar debt
retirement. Until that Is pre-
sented to Congress, says Assist
ant Secretary Daniel w. Bell,
the Treasury Is opposing any
other legislation on debt ,retire-
mcnt.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-01
BY PETER EDISON

In writing legislation 10 con-
troll the disposal of surplus war
property, both Houses of Con-
grcss crashed through with pro-
posals that all receipts from
these sales should be applied
against the public debt.
To the man in the street and
the women and children on the
sidewalk, this proposal sounds
good.
In Congress the proposal was
made to sound even better than
il really is because il was ban
died about that there were rs or
100 billion dollars worth of
surplus stuff TO be sold and the
impression given that the ma
tional debsSwould therefore be
reduced by that amount so that
the cost Of the war would be cut
a third.
But the picture isn't nearly
that rosy.
Bureau Of the Budget esti-
mates that the cost Of the war,
by June, 1945, will be S289,-
800. 100000. This is just the
American taxpayers and bond
buyers share. II divides rough
~ as 80 per cent pay and sub
siStence. 10 per cent conStruc-
ton and 60 per cent munitions.
including ships. The pay and
subsistence are not recoverable,
the munitions will have been
largely shot away or will be of
future use to only the armed
services. The salvageable part
that can be resold as surplus
property won't bring 20 cents
on the dollar, and if the govern
ment gets Sl5,000,000.000 net
from these sales it can call itself
lucky.
HOW CONGRESS WOULD
SPEND IT
But even mere Is billion
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. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

bucks isn't to be sneezed at,
though it's only a fraction Of
the total national debt. So the
question Is, do you want to
earmark this estimated Sl5,000,-
100000 receipts from the sale
of surplus property for reducing
the national debt? That propo-
sal apparently made sense to a
majority of Congressman, but
u S. Treasury and Bureau Of
the Budget officials say it's no
good, for reasons which will be
gone into presently.
The average guy not versed
in the intricacies of big money
book keeping will probably say
that Congress has the right
idea. Sales Of surplus property
represent a reduction of capital
assets. To take money from
such sales, put it in with gen.
eral receipts and spend it as OPP
Grating expenses would certain
ly be bad business for any indi-
vidual or any corporation, par
ticularly if the individual or
corporation had any debts that
might be paid off
Furthermore, the psychology
of the thing looks good. After
the war, the heat will be on to
reduce government expenses
and reduce taxes to the great
est extent possible. Keeping tax
es high to appropriate money
for the reduction of debt won't
be popular. The smart political
thing, since the debt has to be
reduced some time, is to take
all the easy money you can get
and apply it against that awful
deficit. The mere interest on
that Indebtedness will amount
to S3,75O,00O,0O0 this year, SO
any reduction would mean some
saving in interest.
TWO-POCKETS SPENDING
To all such arguments, how
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-01
. IN HOLLYWOOD

press agents to identify her in
their copy as Rudy Vallee's es-
tranged wife. Johnny
Mack Brown is heading out on
three-Week personal appearance
tour, with a singing act TO
prove he's as good a croonin',
shootin cowboy as the Autrys
In Hollywood says Joan
Davis, it's better 70 have loved
and lost than never to have had
mink coat at all.
Universals new romantic find,
Charles korvin, took his wife
to see his film debut in EN-
ter Arsene Lupin.' We'll, how
did you like it," he asked. Mrs.
x. sighed and said: Wasn't that
a beautiful fur coat Ella Raines
wore in the last scene?"
AS everyone knows, a sea-
gull landed on Eddie Ricken-
hackers head while he was
adrift in the Pacific, SO the in
cident is in the movie, Captain.
Eddie" with Fred MacMurray's
head as the landing field.
Hollywood animal trainer
David IF It's Alive l Have It
Twiford trapped the seagull
down at Malibu beach A hunk
Of fish concealed in MacMur-
rays hair lured the gull to the
correct noggin.
Fred Brady reports that one
studio isn't worried about their
leading cowboy actor being
drafted. They have an ace in
the -hele-a- singing horse who
plays is own guitar accompani-
ment.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-01
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA staff Corresponds

HOLLYWOOD-Maybe We'll
hate ourselves the morning aft
er the Academy award shindlg
March Is, but here are John
sons predictions in the 1914 Os-
car race.
Best picture Of the year: Co
ing My Way"
Best performance by an ac-
tress: Ingrid Bergman in Gas
light"
Best performance by an ac-
tor: Bing Crosby in Going My
Way"
Best supporting actor: Barry
Fitzgerald in "Going My Way
Best supporting actress: Ethel
Barrymore in "None But the
Lonely Heart"
Best direction Of the year:
Leo McCarey for Going My
Way"
Best written screen play:
Frank Butler and Frank Cavett
for Going My Way"
Best original screen play: La
mar Trotti for "Wilson."
Best original song: Swinging
On Star" by Johnny Burke
and James Van Heusen, from
Gong My Way" by Leo Nc
Carey.
Going my way?
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DOUBTFUL PARTY

We love the American system Of political parties
for all it's fouIts and would not see it changed Still
it was rather pleasant to learn that when Adml
Thonoos c. Hart was appointed United Stotes Sem
otor from Connecticut otter 48 years in the Navy,
one was certain Of his party offiiotion Perhaps the
odrnirol wasn't quite sure Of himself. HE fnol|y
decided to sit on the Republican sde.)
There have been occasions when one had reason
to suspect thot porty utilization the only thing
that some congressman we're Of. The presence
of Senator designate Hart in their midst should at
least provide some welcome variety.
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. BARBS

Germany and Japan are on
their way to finding out that
two of a kind beat nothing.
An Illinois store advertised
dinner pals to war workers at
reduced prices. Just drop In
the bucket.
The we a h er has been so
changeable we're beginning TO
believe the men in charge is a
woman.
It's a lot more pleasant to be
ahead with your work and be-
hind with your worry than the
reverse.
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Same Maid so Years

BAY VILLAGE, .. - IU,P =
Mrs. August HIM feels she is
very fortunate in these "maid-
less" days, for she has had her
maid for so years. When the
maid, Emma Darby, 81, cele-
brated her golden anniversary
with the HINES, Mrs. HIM, SO,
reversed the positions and served
Miss Darby.