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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-24
PER SON

turned from a vacation spent in
Chicago Indiana and BirminE-
ham.
MRS. NORA MURPHY Of 1915
Dubois street. was hostess at din
ner given in honor OF her out-of-
town guest. Mrs. J. w. Leigh OF
Brownsville. Tenn. Guests in
Guided Mesdsmes Maggie Coleman,
Lula Mapp, Mamie Starks and Will
lie RuDert
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THE COMMUNITY
MATRON'S CLUB

Met Al the homo " Mrs Ingram
FRIDAY. evening. Plans we're made
for Christmas gift exchange and
party.
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MRS. NJ. EDWARDS, ma

ment aide at the Oakdale Gardens.
gave an interesting talk on What
Are You Doing With Your Free
DOM which emphasized phases
OF work and services for women
It'll time 10 spare
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THE GOOD WILL CIRCLE

or the Florence Ames Temple
No. II OF the lBPO.E. met at the
home Of Mrs Rose Higglnbottom
on Philadelphia avenue for the
election OF new officers.
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C.ASKFR s p MCQUEEN
MRS CAROLYN GLOVER
MRS ALBERTA THOMPSON
MRS JAMES BENSON Mr.
AND MRS FZRA PRICE ard
-. MRS EDWIN 4. WILLIAMS.
WHICH REMINDS rs that .
sprrnpos ~ mon lr me service and
ct an lncro7s ne number arc
ifta.rira and ish.nc ~ life where
T. leti 'rcr7 O." wee versa ... 81"
MIR AND MRS RADFORD NOR
ElS unch.ns ~ INC Bow.
lIFuT STANTON HUTTON
nome on ? very short leave 80. f..
Jast n spend me Armlsuce day
with his family Hess stu N
Uniform and with no immediate
hope ~ becoming Jody .. d.
LIEUT. WENDELL cox is
~ town You VIII remember
him as IRIS BELL.COXS groom.
And We had ,e'ier only yes
terday from our brother Who
Nro,e from Kobe Japan that he
uss leaving for San Francisco on
November "a which should al
MOS, put HIM here as We lof TINS.
THE RAIFORDS e.. DIR. AND
MRS FRANK r SR -. are Just,
bach from :tlants. Ga The
doctors noteer passed away and
they zen, down 10 the funeral
MARY ELLEN HENRY was
rarricd - ALFRED l. SMITH
Saturday Al noon before
her immediate family The
REV HOWELL oficiated.
AND DOROTHY FOSTER
PERKINS viii be wed again
and very soon i, seems
Twill be HERSCHEL RIP
DAY NJ New York City :. four
letter man from Lincoln @ Teach
es IN the junior high school -. .
there and promotes basketball!
games
MAYOLA SMITH ~ Chicago :.
V as IN town last weekend for a
u, with her chum :. EVELYN
MONJOY.
MANwELLA WILLIAMS e. LIE
CLAIRE KNOX MRS. MATTE
BROWN and yours truly .
attended the last performance OF
the C bert and Sullivan repertoire
THE MIKADO 49,. last Satur-
cay night getting some professional
pointers for the forthcoming
production 10 he given by THE
PETER PAN NURSERY GROUP
. The group represented part Of
the working committee e. MRS
is chairman 81 the
operetta -. MRS. KNOX VIII
essist with the choreography . . g.
We will direct the production and
MRS. BROWN is head of the
PETER PAN GROUP -. A very
large committee VIII assist .
which includes among others -.
ADA SUMMERS >. and 49,, AL
SERTA SEWELL Saturday
afternoon and nigh, NJ MAY
A. the date ART INSTITUTE
. tho place
NARVA LOUIS =. is due THIS
Nav soon a. one Of the stars Of
zIGGY JOHNSONS new re-
Nue THE ATLANTIC CITY
TOILIES" which Is playing
ell over the southland and
scheduled 10 come here.
MRS. GRACE BALLINGER NJ
so'h stree, was hostess Monday
evening IN the BUGS .. Plans
were formulated for their third
annual bazaar 10 be held this
week MRS. JUANITA Nc
CLARY will be their next hostess.
Friends declare that . the
SIDNEY BARTHWELLS .. are
cradle shopping . Nothing Ike
Wce one TO pep thlnes Up about
inc house
Which reminds rs that ALICE
STANTOE-SUGGS . - proud
-.ars has fine baby son
VINO VIII be three weeks old by
the time you read this.
DR.. AND MRS. EDWIN A. WILL
Hams Wsll leave soon for
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.Hutchinson's
Anniversary

Mr. and Mrs Harry Hutchison
OF Van Court avenue were hon
ored with reception celebrating
their 25th wedding anniversary
given by their daughter. Saturday
evening. al 2 pm. The couple were
attended by Mr. and Mrs j. Good
en-.
A VERY PALATABLE menu
was served 10 many friends and
neighbors including; Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Harris, Mr.. and Mrs
Michel Wofford, Walter Jones.
Mrs. Bernard Tumlln, Eliza Crit
fen, Julia NJ Dothord. Wilmor
Waters, Mrs Arthur Hill. Josephine
Ingram and many others.
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and Other. Briefs

next meeting Sunday at 4 pm, at
the Y.M.C.A.
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MR.. AND MRS. JOHN WHITE

are enrOute TO California
Cor two months "a. They will be
guests Of D.. MRS. LILLIAN HAM
NONDS former Detroiter
who has adopted the West Coast
ERNEST CABTLE JR. 60. who is
row A Lieutenant, VAS home from
Goldman Field for the past week
end.
Friends are still talking about
how perfectly stunning 49,. MAR
iORlE WILLIS &C.,. was dressed at
Il bridge party this week past
All a symphony in brown as TO
frock hat, shoes. bag, gloves. etc
Frock by Adrain Hat by
John FrederlckS 49,. Shoes by Pal
ter Dcllso. bag by Nat Lewis. gloves
by Kislav, and all topped with a
luscious mink short coat.
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Mex "a whore they viii spend the
-cmarndcr ~ tho winter -. Twill
- = delightful place for recupera-
uon for the doctor who has 5ren
., o.. bat Is better now.
And news Of last week 49,. culmi-
mated IN the fathcrhood " .
FOREST "FOOTS" GREEN He
raH ULY BOYKIN a close second
on GIVING uut the cigars.
AND THE HUSTSMEN are
'ond!rS 'hclr way homcward
pheasant laden ... The trek this
Year . was not 10 the upper
peninsula Of our own state but
10 tho land Of the OubWays d.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
With tho beginning OF the deer
season on November Is TOMMY
GAMBLE -. ROY MAPP LEE
LUCKEY IRVING ROAM
md others left those parts
their sacks fun ~ birds Must be
creat fun 80. and is real good eat
ing
Twas somewhat disappointing
that neither &C.,. ROLAND HAYES
nor HAZEL SCOTT . were able
20 attend the after affairs gwen
FOR them during their recent APP
pesrances The public must be
served . and folk like 10 get a
.ook close up q. Meanwhile we
predict another sellout for
NELLIE WATTS when
ROBESON F.. appears for her on
December 2.
DIR. WILLIAM LLOYD INES.
pres dent Of Knoxville college =.
~ as in the city and was entertained
by the Detroit Alumni -. during
MS visit e.. ROBERT HOLLOWAY
8" as host Among those in al
tendance were MRS. ROSS
TAYLOR MISS THOMPSON
MISS DELFRED Ely 9.
CLARENCE ROBINSON DR..
ERNEST JOHNSON MRS.
! ROBERT HOLLOWAY ABE
LAIDE TAYLOR MRS. F.
TUCKER 49,. MRS. d. PITTS &.
MRS. w. BABCOCK DR.. A.
CLAY =. DR.. w. THOMAS LOVE
MISS CARRIE STERLING :.
and HENRY OVERTON.
Folk interested in the youth Of
the e 2ht Mile Road Community
are very grateful 10 VIRGIL
PERUVIAN for his assistance
10 the Brdhurst Recreation center.
He IS putting up the gold for
the Thanksgiving dav football
game IN Keyworth stadium.
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lezMNz1z1

THE McCAMPRELLS TOM AND
tertained Al a post Armls,ic party Tue
home OH Chandler avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-07
EIectronics' Is
 Subject of Talk

Earl r, Reihman Of the General Electric Go. in Boston will give talk on "Eleetronics" at q meeting of the Industrial Foremen's club to- night at 8 o'clock at the Y.M.C.A. Motion pictures will be used for H. lustration. A technical forum will follow the lecture.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-02-21
CONDITIONS IN ITALY AFTER
LIBERATION VERY CONFUSING

The current condition of Italy is a poor advertisement for Anglo
American craftsmanship. Not only are cold, hunger, and disease ram
pant but reports from all parts of the liberated area speak of a wave
of crime and juvenile delinquency. Herbert L. Matthews has recently
cabled the New York Times" from Sicily: Eighteen months after it's
liberation this island is halfstarved, wretched, and rebenious, a prey
to grave civil disorders According to this source, the troubles range
from brigandage to draft riots to virtual instructions" An uprising
in Ragusa and Agrigento provinces early this year ended with at least
thirty-six dead and eightyfive wounded. Reports like this remind us
that the necessity for preventing anarchy was one excuse for following
the principles of continuity in Italy, for UNFOLDING the Royal House,
and for maintaining in office local Fascist functionaries unless their
regulations were especially malodorous The promises of law and order
must now seem IS ironcal to the Italians as the promises of food.
In Sicily one cause of unrest and possibly a cause of disorder is the
separatst movement, whose leaders re seeking to have the island made
an independent, sovereign state, after which they would be willing to
federate with Italy. Mr.. Matthews reports that this movement cuts
across all party lines. 1t supporters claim that ever since the Risor-
gmento they have been exploited and neglected by the government at
Rome, which has hindered industrial development and done little or
nothing to relieve agricultural distress. However, it is noteworthy that
the financial backbone of separatism and its chief leadership ire sup
piled by the big landlords. Since one of the most vital needs of Sicily
is a subdivision of the big estates, this group may well be moved by
the fear that some future left-wing Italian government will move to
exproprate them, along with the landlords of the mainland. With
independence" the island would almost inevitably come under British
influence, and British governments arc VIGOROUSLY tender of landed
interests. Mr.. Matthews does not mention this point or, perhaps because
British have given aid and encouragement to the separadsts. But the
analogy he draws between the separatists and the Moselm League in
India, with its demand for Pakistan, is suggestive.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-02-21
TWO

Since the beginning of mankind two forces have made themselves
evident in all of mans consciousness, a force of construction and a
force of destruction these powers have made themselves manifest
in mans endeavors and have reflected themselves in his work.
Where the force of destruction is felt, there is greed and hate
Where man seeks to destroy the works, the rights and privileges of
other men for his own ACKNOWLEDGMENT, seHishness abounds. In the
force that guides construction is unselishness, is found the desire to
leges of freedom =. to help in securing those things which bring bene-
fits to all people. -
1t is an interesting observation to see these two forces. at work.
On one side, we see the activities of the National Tax Equality Asso-
citation, an organization collecting funds for the purpose of destroying
the cooperative movement. The men who are behind the NTEA are
Utilizing the force of destruction for selfish purposes; they are wont
TO wipe the cooperative from the economic scene of American life be-
cause it threatens to curtail their hitherto mimpaired gathering of huge
profits from the labor of others.
While on the other hand a constructive force is at work. Monies
are being collected by the cooperatVes themselves, not for the pur-
pose of destruction, but for the purpose of construction, of building
new hope in the. hearts of men, who, because of devastation and greed,
have little hope. This effort on the part of the cooperatives of this
country is THE FREEDOM FUND which will be used to re-estabhsh
cooperatives and cooperators in the wartorn areas of Europe and to
aid in bringing security and comfort to men regardless of race, color,
religion, or politics.
These two funds -. one to destroy, the other to build clearly
indicate the positions occupied in the economic life of the world by
the cooperative movement and it's antpode, the National Tax Equality
Association.
Wherefore by their fruits ye Shall know them" CMatt. 1907. =
Producer-Consumer, Amarillo, Texas.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-02-21
Wheeler Raises q Question

Montanas Senator Burton K. Wheeler drew the fire of administra-
ton forces-as he undoubtedly knew he would-when he declared
that the demand for unconditional surrender of Germany and Japan
IS prolonging the war and costing American lives.
Even Britain's Prime Minister Churchill commented upon
Wheelers statement and, while expressing doubt as to its correctness
insisted that the war would be prolonged until Germany does surren-
der Internationally.
We believe, and it appears that Churchill suspects. that the var
last longer if Germany must be utterly beaten. And we don't
think there should be any question n that point.
However, there is a question when we ponder whether it is ne
cessary O worth while to pay the price for unconditional surrender.
The Socialist Party, in its 1914 platform, likewise stood against
surrender. That document submitted as al alternative
a demand for a peace offensive aimed at the conscience of the Ger
man people and designed to effect the overthrow from within Germany
of the Nazi fanatics and military Junkers.
We don't exactly know what Wheeler proposes, and his failure
to offer a positive program for peace is a weakness in his criticism
Perhaps he thinks that the allied nations a do business with only a
partly beaten Germany. And perhaps we could at hat-f the purpose
OF the victorious alliance is to establish economic Justice and equity
within and between nations.
But if what is intended is another era of labor exploitation at
home and the establishment of d group of nations who will use their
power to control a world economy, then the ruling nations better
either let Germany in on the racket or keep that nation helpless for a
long tme-Reading Labor Advocate.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-02-21

RESULTS
Spade" is the intriguing name of a Washington publication edited
by a group of clever writer's who are primarily concerned with the
problems of the farmer, but n convinced that the interests of the
farmers and the industrial worker are inextricably intertwned.
Recently the editors of Spade discussed the arithmetic of farm
prosperity" and the article attracted 81 much attention that it has
figures and sound logic and is worthy Of the attention of all who are
thinking about the economic future of our country. Here are a few
extracts: +#@ #A I'll
" G. l. Joes have a postwar plan. It's simple: Sweethearts, Jobs
prosperity. America can deliver on the sweethearts, but is not so sure OF
the rest Most Americans, according to a Gallup poll expect unempoy-
ment and depression. That's like looking to death and destruction.
And it's a sorry answer. to yesterdays 11O000 900 kids, who are
going through the fiery furnace of war the rest of us have escaped.
Nor does it have to be the answer. The outcome will depend on
Whether Amerlcas quarrehng groups OF farmers, labor, business com
merce, industry and the professions can build bridges of understanding
to each other. eye t
p" ~ 0 @
zone o: the most important of these bridges is between the farmers
and wage earners. Together they make up more than four-ftfths of the
population. If this bridge can't be built, the Yanks have a sad home
coming ahead of them.
Spade has dug through the rubbish of propaganda for facts
needed for the bridge, and the facts indicate that the stomach is the
approach to this bridge of understanding between farmer and city wage
Garner.
them full of good, nourishing food is good business for the farmer.
Anything that prevents full bellies is bad business.
1T takes more than a stomach to make a customer for the farmer.
A purse, fat enough to buy a stomach full, is required, too. Aside from
that. the customer may look like a Methodist or a Mohammedan, a
business MAJ II a boilernaker, a Republican Or a Democratic doesn't
matter.
~"The essentials are a stomach and a purse. No customer is bigger
than his stomach, and n o stomach is bigger than it's owners purse"
age city family of 312 persons should have at least $500 a year for food.
That is9$13.5o a week for groceries, all bought at a store. If it seems a
lot, try it sometime.
And to have that much food, more than three times hat amount
of total income is required. The family breadwinner needs at least S4
a week in wages o about S2,30O a year. In terms of a 4o-hour week, it
means about Ito an hour.
ITO many farmers, such a wage seems altogether too much. Mavbe
it is. But it takes that to keep city workers buying their stomachs full
OF food. Anything less than that is bad farm business" Labor.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-02-21
Big Steel After
Western Plants

The United States Steel Corpo-
ration announced that it is ready
to open negotiations with Uncle
Sam for the purchase or lease of
government-owned steel plants at
Fontana, Calf, and Provo, Utah.
The negotiations will be watched
with interest by members of Con-
gress from Western states, some
of whom have voiced fear that if
the plants fall into the hands of
Easterners-particularly the most
powerful member of the steel COM
bine-they will be closed down or
operated on a limited scale.
The Utah plant, built at a cost
of 100000, 900, is now operated
by a subsidiary of big Steel
while Henry j.. Kaiser runs the
plant in California, which cost
$780, 900 900.
Kaiser said the Fontana plant
"is not and will not be for sale
and that he would put in a bid fol
the Utah plant.
big Steel" officials said that ar
outlay of about $85, O00, 900 will be
necessary to place both plants ir
; commercial production.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-02-21
WAR CRIMINALS

There must be no compromise
in our stand on the punishment of
war criminals. Already two good
r1en have been lost to the United
Nations War Crimes Commission
because they insisted that neither
the political status of the criminal
o the nationality of his victims
should protect him from justice.
Ii the hundreds of thousands of
helpless German Jews - men,
women, and little children-and
the courageous anti-Nazi Germans
who have fallen victim to Nazi
torture and cruelty are not
avenged, then one main objective
Of this wal will remain unfulfilled.
There has been a sinister tendency
on the part of both the State De-
partment and the British Foreign
Office to eliminate from the war
it's theological ssenc and reduce
it to a mere clash of military
powers. Under such an interpreted
ton the sadists who carried
through the shocking brutalities in
Poland will be run to earth but
the master minds who designed the
crime of Nazism itself will go free.
If this is a peoples war and not
just a war of states and govern
ments, now is the time for the
people to speak. Their pressure has
already forced statements from
Richard K. Law for the Foreign
Office and Joseph Grew for the
State Department, although it has
not put back on the War Crimes
Commission Sir Cecil Hurst and
Herbert c, Pell. The Nation.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-02-21
MEDICAL CARE FOR
ALL AMERICANS

Surgeon General Thomas Par
ran of the Public Health Service
has been studying health and hos
pital problems for many, many
years. He is probably as well in
formed as any man living.
In his annual report, DR.. Parran
suggests that Congress provide a
network of hospitals" which will
make the latest developments OF
medical science available to ALL
Altogether, there would be g.
400 "health centers, placed al
what may be called strategic
points and they be tied into q
system of rural districts and base
hospitals"
It's an ambitious plan and il
would cost plenty of money-pos.
sibly as much as we spend in
week on the global war we are
now fighting-but it would save
lives, not destroy them. - Labor
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-02-21
Strange Doings
In California
Los Angeles, January 80

Politically California is one of
the iiveliest states in the union
a state in which anything can
happen; it has been the scene of
some fantastic political shenani-
gans during the past fifteen years.
Even seasoned political observers,
however were stunned by Gov
ernor Warren's message TO the
legislature on January 8. Boldly
Selling the initiative, the Governor
has proposed a liberal, if by no
means comprehensive, social pro-
gram. Among its items are a COM
pulsory health-insurance bill, large
| plans for preventive medical care,
the establishment of a school of in
duStrial relations at the Univer-
sity of California, the creation of
a commission of inquiry into race
relations, and a liberalization of
unemployment-insurance legisla-
ton, including - miracle of mir
acles!-an extension of unemploy-
ment-insurance benefits to agricul-
tural workers. Since as Late as
1912 persons who advocated the
inclusion of agricultural workers
in the observation-disclosures
program were automatically de-
nounced as Communists" a prac-
tice in which the Governor actively
participated, it is small wonder
that his message has been referred
to as a "bombshell' that rocked
the legislature" Coupled with the
Governors sudden and total, re-
versal of attitude on the japanese
evacuee question, his message is
important political news, and has
been SO interpreted in the West.
To appreciate its effect one should
realize that it came as a distinct
surprise to most factions, including
apparently his own stand-pat Re-
publican hackers, and is markedly
at variance with his 1943 program
and, indeed, With his entire politi-
cal record to date.
Unquestionably the decisive
factor in this sudden reversal was
the November, 1914, election
There can be no doubt of the cur.
rent liberal trend in California
politics-the people gave Presiden'
Roosevelt a plurality of 500, 000-
and Governor Warren apparentl,
read the meaning Of the election
correctly. Prior to November h,
had given no hint of the kind o
program he intended to sponsor
but between the election ant
January 8 he seems to have de
termined to make a bold bid TO
liberal support. His program show
evidence of hasty improvisation
the compulsory health-insuranc
legislation, for example, has no
yet been drafted. 1t also indicate
that the Governor, an ambition
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-02-21

Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
was explaining the Greek civil war
to the British House of Commons.
what was our purpose in going
to Greece" he asked. He then an
sWered his own question: 1--WE seek
nothing for ourselves in Greece.
Neither strategic advantage nor
economic advantage nor any other
advantage of that kind at all. In
this action we are taking we have
no Interior motive whatever. /
don't know why some members
should be always so eager to think
that we have some sinister pur-
pose"
Could a denial be more sweep.
ing? Britain is in Greece neither
for strategic nor for economic adj
vantage, but only to see that law
and order is maintained so that
relief may be distributed. Anyone
reading this paragraph of Eden's
speech would conclude that British
troops yer fighting in the Greek
civil war for purely altruistic pur-
poses.
Eden's next paragraph sounds a
very different note, however. "Of
course it is true that we have an
interest in the Mediterranean. That
has never been denied by anyone
What is Britain's interest in the
Mediterranean? First, and quite
incidentally, the Mediterranean
countries produce a great variety
of semi-tropical fruits and vege.
tables and considerable quantities
of minerals. In exchange for these
raw materials they take manufac-
tured goods. The Mediterranean
basin is a profitable trade area
for which Britain, France, German,
and other manufacturing countries
have long competed.
But the Mediterranean is fal