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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-15

qualification on the acceptance OF
the n;i.discrimination resolution
by saying, The Presidents Labor
MANAGEMENT committee is going
into its fourth week and think
II - quite significant that the
only thing on welsh there has
been a meeting ~ minds is a reSo-
luton on race discrimination.
While Il isn't al We wanted
il is good % see some attention
IS being given 10 H."
Bits Critics
Mr.. TownSeId has received cri-
,icism from some quarters recent
ly because phrase ne used in
his speech 70 the conference which
said that II al those present were
honestly and sincerely men OF
good will. there would have been
no need for the FEPC." His cri-
tics interpreted his statement as
meaning he did not advocate an
FEPC. Strongly replying 10 the,
critical allegations. he told the
Chronicle: Il am a member Of the
Council for the Establishment OF
a Permanent FEPC. | am further
convinced that there should be
permanent FEPC by the express
Sions ~ management themselves
as shown in the resolution which
was presented 20 the executive
committee OF President Humans
Labor Management conference
group by Ira Mosher. president OF
the National Association OF Manu-
!se,urers Murray'S resolution was
a strong one and provided that in
al, collective bargaining aEree-
ments there should be clause
which would prohibit practices
based on race, creed or color.
Management realized Townsend
continued. as result 81 the in
sistence 81 President Murray 70
pass the resolution that something
should be done about Il And in
asruch as the leaders a. the AFL
and the leaders Of industry were
working together In the conference
i; is appsrer, that the supplement
resolution MAS tace-saving de-
vice"
The veteran labor leader who is
often chosen as Go Official dele
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-15

wanted to reach me after hours
My conduct pleased the Indians,
but taxed the patience Of my su-
periors.
Poverty Is still the first aspect
OF Indian life that strikes the vis-
itor. Poverty in India cannot even
be dignified by calling II an eco
nomic problem--it is a problem OF
keeping alive from one moment
TO the next
Along with the poverty goes poor
health. A great need throughout
India is education in personal ny
giene, not merely the improvement
of public health safeguards There
is nothing biologically-d
in the lack OF cleanliness anon 2
midas poverty-stricken people In
our camp. laborers learned quickly
by example how 10 keep them
selves and their clothing clean. Al
first most OF them feared medical
treatment and injections. but later
many began 10 like the bandages
and even the iodine.
Indians are making an adjust
ment to q world outside their own
immediate surroundings, and TO a
more chronological civilization
They are eager to learn. quick to
catch on TO the way machines OPP
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-15
Halt Jim Crow,
Delegates Told
By Association

WASHINGTON-tANP) - jim
Crow go, kick in the pants here
last week when the Arlington
Parkway Citizens ASSOCIATION wen,
on record as opposing the proposed
amendment of the Arlington CivIt
Federation limiting membership To
members Of tho CauCaSIon rdtC
The ASSOCIATION instructed It's doe
gates to the federation 10 vote
against the amendment at the COM
Ing December meeting
The Importance Of the stand Is
realized when IL is stated that
many prohibitions on color have
their origin In civic association
meetings. The presence OF Negro
members In civic associations Is a
preventative and halts untoward
actions which usually prove detri-
mental 20 the colored groups living
IN the community or IN adjacent
areas.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-15

MINNEAPOLIS. - (ANP)-Ad-
i.tionsl evidence was presented
- the national council Of Teach
ers Of English here during It's re-
cen. convention 70 prove that the
Readers d gest is both snti-NeErc
and snti-Labor.
The fight 10 bar the magazine
from public high school libraries
was spearheaded bv Mrs. Helen
Rand Miller. an Evanston. Ill.
teacher. and member OF the
teachers committee on magazine
and newspapers. The teachers
organization began q probe Of the
Readers DIGEST following press
criticisms about the masazine.
which boasts 1900. 900 circuis-
tion In America and foreign
countries.
THE COMMITTEE presents no
conclusions as 20 whether the
Readers Digest Is suitable class
room material" a teachers re-
oort said Each teacher will have
- decide for himself whether or
how In view ~ me information
contained in this report. the Read
e-'s Digest should De used in the
Classroom
An insight OF Readers Digest
policy may be gathered from the
comments made last year during
the teachers convention ut
Columbus. Ohio bv Dr, Edsar
Dale. 81 Ohio state unive- 'itv.
following an interview with rep
resentatiyeS Of the magazine.
~ seems - re ma. the Read
e~'S DiEc>t question IS a simple
one" he remarked The editors
who talked with re after the
meeting admitted. ard 7 wrote thiS
down az he time TIE majority ~
~o,i.ical articles which have ap-
- ed in nc Readers Digest since
100 have been 1,3inSt specific ac-
,.N"S - TIE administration
When 7 said 'The0 TIE majority
- vou~ ~oh''csl ARTICLES are against
re New Deal they replied
A~st"S' Socrjsc actions ~ ne New
Deal 7 wrote down their state.
-e0t n their presence. pointing
ou' - hon nc necessity fNr ado
lg5'e Recommendation
THE CIO has 'Cve'ed more thar
ono charge sEairSt Readers Di.
Se>' that 10 IS an,i-lsbor.
theoretically speaking. the
DIGEST claims to be impartial
when IL comes to labor questions.
but il has repeatedly used the
cloak ~ impartlsiity' To hide \
cne-Sid~d Anti-union HAS" said
'hr Catholic Work editorial last
NlrCh
w. 10 &c sirE Nat they ~,
IA. Nc-~o e~r~-Cy Rave beer
~1t- ths. editors - he uagazin,
. are te,Qc'an, - pg5.c.,e TIE cause
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-15
!{1|:|||

IT WAS thrilling TO learn last week that dark
Georgans voted for the first time in 40
years, in the Democratic primary election in the
city of Athens. 1t seems that tho county Demo
cratic organization voted Q 70 | to comply with
the recent ruling by Federal Judge T. Hoyt Da-
Wis which upheld the right Of Negroes 70 vote
in the Democratic primary Of Georgia About
800 brown AthensnS showed UP al the polls
and they voted withou, incident.
The guy who writes the headlines OF the De-
troit Times ought TO try his hand al novel. for
wrote that Mickey Cochrane was made manager
o. the Yankees and last week he told us that
Walter Reuther had been called to the White
House when the latter vas merely called ny
Phil Murray 70 Pittsburgh Pretty soon has guy
IS Go!ng TO make real boner
Col Hubert Fsuntleroy Julian. the Black
Eagle OF Harlem" was punched and punched ny
a Gotham cop last week The colonel IS gay
adventurer with an Oxford accent and metic
ulous dresser. Those who know h!m simply can
not understand how he could be arrested a
charge OF disturbing the peace with loud and
abusive language" Julian Will probably tell the
Judge that he was speaking Persian and the
dumb cop misunderstood him.
With labor and Negro leaders throwing
chunks 81 fresh concrete az President Truman,
the Republican high command Is busy making
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-15

hay. Last week Herbert Brownell, chairman OF
the COP National Committee, gave hopeful
message TO the black wing Of the party at din
ner sponsored by the National Council Of Negro
Republicans N Philadelphia
Lester Granger OF Urban League fame has
begun newspaper column and his first one he
wrote: \ can't promise IN this column 10 be in
tercstInG, That's up 20 the Lord and what re-
naming influence my old teachers Of English
still exert on me" One wit cracked: NO matter
how smart Sam gets, he never forgets to call on
the Lord Sam keeps the Lord so busy it's a
wonder He has got any time left for the rest Of
the folks
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-15
Navy Commander
May Oppose BiIbo

WASHINGTON-tA AMP Some
4 the best news since Lee sur
rendered al Appomatox has been
h.nted al by newspapers in this
city which indicates there is power
tul opposition developing in Ms
>isSppi against their present scat
Nolder in the United States Senate.
Theodore Bilbo.
Tired OF the inefficiency Of the
man" his constant imbroglioS in
Volving racial hatreds which do
the state no good. loyal MisSiS>ip-
plans who are proud Of their
state are happy to know that
Comdr. Nelson T. Levigne Of
Gulfport. Is seriously ponderlng
giving Bilbo some opposition In
the coming elections.
LEVIGNE has been a delegate 20
three nat Ona' conventions and ran
for lieutcnan, governor several
wears aeo. He is farmer and q
graduate " 'hc University ~ Nir-
sinia and durins the war served
on the USS. Mississippi as haG
officer.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-15
Rep. Adam Powell
Checking Report
Of Funds Misuse

WASHINGTON. n ,NNPA,
-Reprcsen,s'ivc Adam c Powell
Democrat. ot New Yoyk. has asked
the State and Navy Departments
70 inform him whether colored
Americans arc bcinc denied en-.
ploymcnt on q harnor project be-
Ing constructed with lend-lease
funds az NoWovis Liberia nv an
American firm
In letters to Secretary Of state
James r. ByrneS end Secretary Of
the Navy faces Forrestal. Mr.
Powell said he had been in
formed that white Americans In
south Americans, preferably
BraTilianS. hut no colored Ameri-
cans. were being recruited for
work on this project
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-15

~ uisCi dS a policy,
against Negroes in Panama.
But the most significant
news is that Negroes have
voted for the first time in 40
years in the Democratic pri-
mary in Athens, Ga.
This column is syndicated
In Michigan and California,
so that do not know wheth-
er my readers can really APP
preciate the significance of
Negroes voting in the Demo-
cratic primary in Georgia.
Voting is such a habit in
Michigan and California,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-15

crate. In their work with simple
machines and In building. ! found
most Indian workers to be ex-
tremely exact, seeking always to
make things perfect in appearance
las we'll rs ure.
There have been many plans pro-
posed for educating the people OF
countries less advanced than those
II the West. Education in. India
must OF course be more wide
spread. but equally important is
the kind OF education 10 be given.
Western educators tend 10 recon-
mend almost exclusively manual
and trade courses for the youth
81 more primitive societies. This
5 understandable. for the people
must be able 10 perform the me-
chanical operations necessary for
he growing use OF machinery TO
raise living standards. India. how
ever. should not repeat the mis-
take Of the West by educating its
people only in techniques to serve
a business and chronological civ
!lization.
Traditional Indian liberation and
receptiveneSs to other cultures
should not be sacrificed upon the
altar o, archaeological progress.
The movies in India are signi-
fcsnt medium FOR educating the
population TO new ideas in social
relations. Native productions. OF
course. are the most significant in
the implantation and development
OF new attitudes. since the Ameri-
can movies reach only the more
eduea,ed members o. the COM
munity, not the mass OF Indians
These Indian films. from what
| learned. are on a much higher
level than those we manufacture
in-Hollywood A good many Of
them deal with the legends OF the
Hindu religion and are designed
10 illustrate It's precepts Others
are more purely for entertainment
with music and dancing predom-
inant. Finally, there is a consider
able number OF movies made which
mirror the current problems be-
fore the people. such as the ever
present conflict between youth and
age. and the growing desire Of
Indians 20 select mates freely In
these frankly didactic films. the
makers usually take a moderate
stand for progress.
Whereas at first, learned, the
orthodox Indians opposed the
movies. and the actors were held
10 be disreputable, they have ap-
parently given up ne fight by now
Actors have a higher social statt,!
than before.
Like our own movies. Indian
Aims frequently deal with love
between men and women. While
Hollywood usually manages to
skirt the issues and play up the
romance. a greater proportion Of
the Indian Aims face them more
directly. IN human relations moth
ing is more vital than marriage
and the movies in India often hit
az the core OF the problem there:
the tensions produced BY the In
cresSing desire FOR marriage based
chiefly upon love.
Marriage for love Is becoming
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-15

more and more frequent In india.
II requires considerable strength
Of character 20 flout . fathers will;
the young men are more apt TO try
IL than are the young women. The
greatest tragedy occurs when An
intelligent youth wants to choose
his own wife but cannot muster
the fortitude to refuse to accept
the girl chosen by his parents.
The caste system is probably the
most difficult aspect OF Indian lie
for Americans TO understand. We
are accustomed 20 the fact Of class,
OF course. and even 10 some here
di,ary social prestige irrespective
OF economic position. Attempts 10
explain the Indian caste system,
| have found. only make II seem
more incompreheuSible. especially
when a writer points out thatsthere
are thousands OF castles and pro-
ceeds 10 list perhaps a hundred.
The caste system is not so rigid
as many authorities have claimed
In the first place. there are only
few large caste distinctions which
have real significance today Most
OF what are listed as castles are
really only occupational groups,
and while more or less honor is
attached 10 each one in India. il is
equally true that We in America
grade professions and trades in
much the same way.
There is much mobility wi.hin
the subcastes and occupational
groups, although the four main
castles are more rigid. Even these
largest castles. however, are weak
enlng. especially in the urban
areas. You can look for DAYS IN
many cities in India and not OBJ
serve single special sign Of caste.
There are poor. middle class and
rich people who can usually be
distinguished by their clothing and
demeanor. but these are not neces-
sarity signs OF caste Further. In
dams do not worry too much these
days about the caste OF the persons
they deal with. and members OF
al castles hold all sorts OF Jobs.
have read accounts. no doubt
intended TO be amusing, OF Ameri-
can soldiers who had difficulties
with bearers who would not per-
form certain less honorable tasks.
NV own experience has been that
bearer will not do more than
the job for which he was hired.
In America too you cannot make
a dishwasher out OF the head but
Ter. In addition. I have read Of
sweepers who would not wash
clothes or maybe 10 was the
other way around. found our
sweepers would do anything We
asked imposing only Que limita-
tation: extra money for extra work.
Our bearer swept. washed our mess
kits, shined our shoes Indian kids
give the best shine you can ret
In Africa and Southwest Asia) and
In . pinch washed our socks toe.
have tried 10 show that Indians
are not so mysterious and 90 dif-
ferent rs they have been frequent
~ described I have seen Ameri-
can bsckwoods areas which are
as foreign TO the rest Of American
communities as q small Indian viii
lage Is, and I have found too that
have more In common with many
| Indians have met than with some
| types OF Americans. Personality
and social relations are not entirely
contained by geographical boun-
daries. People mix. merge. change,
forge ahead andvlsE behind. be-
lieve the Indians are people who
are advancing in the direction best
suited 20 themselves: and that
means in manner which will
5eneht all OF US too.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-15
HIS PLACE

During the Boston tryout Of The
Rugged Path" which he directed.
Capt. Carson Kanin told this story
of the day Lionel Barrymore
was in the wings Of 4 theatre
watching the late Bert Williams
doing his turn. Barrymore told
the stagehand. 4 Southerner: How
do you like him." He's all
right" said the stagehand. nodding
towards the great Negro entertain
er. He knows his place. Hes
good" Just then Williams
came offstage. and heard the stage
hand repeating He knows his
place" williams said: Yes. l sure
do know my place" then stopped
in front Of his stars dressing room
No. and said: And this is IL"
LEONARD LYONS
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-15
REPARTEE

Walter Winchell Mirror relays
a dialogue between sutton Fl
matron and a little Dead End Kid
she caught smoking in the street.
She: Young man. YOU oughnt do
this. II will stunt YOUR growth.
Tell me- does YOUR mother know
YOU smoke" The contemptuous
reply: Lady. does YOUR husband
know YOU stop and talk with
strange men or the street.
N. Y. POST
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-15
SlEUTH

For all those who like shaggy
Dog stories. here is a shaggy Skunk
tale that is going the rounds;
Mama skunk was worried be-
cause she could never keep track
Of her two children They were
named In and Out. and whenever
In was in. Out was out, and II Out
was in, In was out. One daN she
called Out in 10 her and told him
10 20 out and bring In in. SO Out
went out and in no time At all he
brought In in
WONDERFUL" said Mama skunk.
How. in all this great forest. could
YOU And In in so short time
1t was easy" said Out. In
Stinct"
THIS WEEK
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-15
LIBERIA STAMP OUT

MONROVIA. Liberia (NNPh
The Republic OF Liberis has is
sued a Roosevelt Memorial Stamp
as token Of It's appreciation for the
late President OF the United States
and AZ a bond OF the traditional
friendship that exists between the
Two republics. President W. V :.
Tuhman revealed here recently
The stamp is blue. ~ ave cent
denomination and shows = scene ~
,he late President and his ofhrisl
ar,y in a ieep reviewing Liberisn
..1ops
The scene IL taken from pie
tue made during President Rooss-
veltS visi, 20 Liberia in 1917.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-15
lI6a6l I|1I7Rs

T'HERE is much significant news this week,
- with Charles H. Houston resigning from the
FEPC because of the run-s around given to the
Capital Transit case by President Truman, and
with the State Department, under Secretary
Byrnes (of South Carolina), admitting that there
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-15
Say Readers Digest
Has Anti-Race Ideas

Of equality. justice and fair play
for Negroes. Among the articles
the teachers say the magazine has
printed 10 promote and foster ra-
cial discrimination OF colored are
A Negro Warns the Negro Press"
January. l94S; Sketches In Black
and White" anecdotes. April. ls43,
and How the South Feels About
The Race Problem" June. 1914.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-15
P0ME

BROADW
Girls Who eat lot of sweets.
Take up all the biggest seats.
JESSE ADLER.
Earl Wilson
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-15
MAKING TIME

In Dover Matchmaker had $500
alarm clocks finished before he
realized that their faces featured
II instead Of II numerals That's
ono way to lobby for shorter
dSN
PARADE
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-15

Democratic politician IN Chicago swears
that he IS gong 10 Gul, tho party the next time
the Democratic administration gives a post TO a
tcp-rank.ne NAACP leader He claims that the
NAACP boys, Judge William HASTE and Atty.
Charles Houston. don't achieve half as much by
resiGrinE as they would by staying on the jobs
20 the bitter end. Give en- hell and let them put
you qNt, says he
The boys who sell war bonds have put the
LAST straw on the camels back. They trotted out
Jack Johnson in fighting togs in New York last
week and matched him with Joe Jeanette in a
hrce-roundcr for publicity purposes Jack John
son is s. and his opponent was 81 years old.
Jack allcCedly winked his eye AZ chick IN a
,ncsdc scat and brought the house down
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-15
COSTLY WORDS

All dearest say the words that
will make YOU mine pleaded the
lover
One million dollars said she
SEA BOG
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-15
NEGRO UNION LEADER APPRAISES
D. CHARLES ALLEN

NEW YORK-Presdent Willard Townsend of the United
Transport Service Employees. Go recently commended an
resolution originally proposed by Clio
President Philip Murray the LaborManagement confer
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-15
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AN AMERICAN SOLDIER LOOKS AT india
CONDENSED from Voice Of India)

on he
soldier As he
still In the service he prefers 1 remain Anonymously
CONDENSED from Voice OF lnda)
When you get excited about something you rush to tell
everyone about it. That is what I'm doing now India ex-
cited me much during the time stationed there and
spent so much time away from camp that became
sary for my commanding officer leave he
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-15

With labor and Negro leaders throwing
chunks 81 fresh concrete az President Truman,
the Republican high command Is busy making
Bradley beam., 1945-06-16
Col. Julian Stanley FAF Deputy Chief Of Bases, Retires

Colonel Julian c. Stanley, Depu- ty Chief of Staff for Bases of the First Air Force, has returned to civilian life after three years serv- ice in this war.
 A veteran of World War I, Colonel Stanley was one of the original American pilots to go overseas in 1917 to train and fly with the Royal Flying Corps. As a First Lieutenant in World War 1, he was shot down over Cambrai, France and for three and a half months was a German prisoner of war. Col. Stanley is widely known as the Jake" of Elliott White Springs famous book "War Birds. . In this war Col. Stanley resumed active duty as a Major in the AAF on June 3, 1942. He immediately proceeded to England for duty with the 9th Fighter Command, then un- der the leadership of Major Gen eral Frank O'D. Hunter, present Commanding General of the First Air Force. He served as General Hunters Assistant Chief of Staff and later as Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Liaison Officer with the RAF Fighter Command. After 26 months of overseas duty, Col. Stan ley returned to this country and assumed the First Air Force posi- tion which he held at the time of his retirement from active duty.
Bradley beam., 1945-06-16

Decatur, III. (CNS)-It was more fun than a barrel of monkeys in Decatur the other day when 2 barrels of monkeys overturned in freight car. The lively little brutes scampered unmolested through the passenger compartments, bit RHO. Wood, an express clerk, then ate his lunch and finally swished their tails in his face.
Bradley beam., 1945-06-16

Quotable if not notable: ... He calls his wife Crystal, cause she's always on the watch. Our Sarge was married yesterday. It was real garden romance. He's dead beat and she's an old tomato. He has two sons: one a first sergeant in the army, and the other isn't much good either.
Bradley beam., 1945-06-16

Peggy is one of Bradley's Wac Guides who are doing such swell job in aiding rede- ployees get through processing at Hangar 2 every day. A native of Syracuse, N. r., she entered the WAC almost three years ago and was serving at Westover Field before her recent transfer to this Base. Before donning ops, Peggy was employed as hor- ticulturist with the Woolworth Company in her home town. Her post war plans include home, a husband and children, and at present a sailor at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station claims top spot in her affec- tions but she claims there's nothing definite yet Peggy likes her present duties and since redeployment started has met num- Der of boys from Syracuse on their way back home, including the husband of her best girl friend
 Alt Official FAF Photos.