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limitation Of Life" revived
downtown, Is more unrealistic than
ever. Funny how philosophy Of
race changes greatly over a 10 or
IL year period too. Louise Beavers
MISUNDERSTANDING seems 50
years behind times: while Fredi
Washingtons arrogant maladjust.
mcnt is just as far behind. too
Think it's bad idea to revive IT,
However II does talk freely which
movies haven't done since.
The Windsor Beauty Contest had
the prettiest girls in such con-
test in long time anywhere. Some
times the contests don't bring out
real beauty but this one did.
Memphis. Tenn. has banned an
other picture The Southerner"
starring Betty Field Must have
come Negroes in 1t somewhere for
that 10 happen.
Congressman Adam was e min
uteS late To his wedding cause of
fat tire. PV, his paper. went over
board on the wedding, and used the
romantic poem, % Perfect Love"
where his column usually runs. Life
mag covered the wedding and re.
ception.
Call-post Publisher William o
Wake received tho nomination IN
h, ward for reelection 10 the
Cleveland City Council Has 10 beal
someone else N the election now.
Canada Loc and Vera Zorina
VIII take The TenpeSt' on the
road.
sen. Bilge Typewriter! That
should he Bilbo Anyhow the
senator is getting a little worried
NOW. fvery body II down sou ktu1
INCLUDING the South. The Chat
tanooga Tenn Times suggested
Senator Bilbo ought to shut up
and sit down e" Amen.
Ted Collins. Kate Smiths man
a-or. who is dong WORK for ne
l.. 5. now. advocates that tho gov
eminent create 10 10 IL now cities
~ 80 n 100000 population each
t5roughou, the country. He figures
that would be A good source lof
employment. Interesting idea.
Too bad about Florist Marlowe
Whole things tragedy including
the age OF MS slayer Seventeen,
no less. ,
Marshall Field was feicd with a
big dinner in Hollywood by the
American Council on Race Rela-
tons ard all kinds ~ bigwigs -
tended among them the Chamber OF
Commerce Eric Johnston
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explaining .hcW II, book tells
naa; tso infantry o. Tins VAR has
1aG 10 - uu e-,n~ ~ one can
nr't V81' .,sy ), Ike Vh1 as,u :
experienced &c. .ac author says.
aa' Pa. r. nc VIVID .oo o. re-
po., ne 49, ne s4.y
As much ss anything else UP
FJor'' CXplaHs me ufSu'rNmanS
crlpcS against TIC home front the
brass hats 'hc Air Force etc. &C.
The au'hp- doc r.; '5c11rc he
infantry b... De- puts 5.nu n S,m-
-.c ord R'. '1cv On and 'nirk:
Il don't make tho infdntrNman
look noble. because he couldn't
look nohlr Il he tried Still there
il a certain nobility and dignity
I'm combat soldiers and medical
aid men with dirt in their cars.
Their mobility and dignity
como from the way they live
un~clGShlV and rick their lives
10 helm each other There
are gentlemen and Doors; intel
liCrnt ones aud stuntd ones tai
Cutcd ones and inefficient ones.
But when they are all together
aud they are hahtipg despite
their hitching aud gripinC and
goldhri king and mntttl Fear.
they are facing cold steel and
screaming lead ard hard enc
mics. and they arc advancing
/, and heating tho hcll ,out eoh,ihe
opposition lhcN wish e" heif
tho, were Snpr nllcc cfSc Ranf
tho, wish 10 he'll they WOULD ret
relief They wish 10 he'll ttc
mud was dr> md they wish 10
hcll' their coffee was not They
want 10 60 home hut they STAY
in their wet holes and hght. and
they climb out and crawl
through u'inchcld> and fight
some more
~ ~ NH N VAS ""c"
f,.t. .... .r.,..4 n, .ef... .r1 +
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~ y
Il have not
given such a
plan m u c n
thought. but /
should say that
il is not feaS-
ible. Negroes
should not be
put in 4 Sepa-
rate place SIM
y ~ because
they have sid
denly become
unWanted b V
so m o o ( h c r
group. AS a
group. We nave
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-11
AL BRAVE SAILORS"

"All Brave Sallos> is John
Bcechcr's account .of the two years
ne spent as puyscr on 'hc B'orcr
r Washington. The Boakcr + Vas
tho first snip 20 sal with white
and colorcd mon working fogctGcr
as officers and crew A descendant
Of the family ~ Harric, Becch,r
Stowe. Mr. Bccchcr lives up - his
heritage He tells something Of his
early lie in tho South who're nc
has spent % ~ his 81 wears l. was
while he was working I0 q. s'c"i
plant i'm BlrupErau that &c 0c-
came aware of .uyus.c,s toward
Negroes
At first 7 didn't know what II
was bothering mr. Id been liN-
ing in the South long time.
Wherever YOU live. YOU get used
In things. how they are. ~ II
they had IN he that way. Then
something happens One GAv YOU
come TO. You suddenly sec the
things you've just been looking
at"
All Eroyc S3}or." give,
hc'chcs OF MANY %, 'ar wcn naa
we're a par ~ ,ao crow ~ ,-c
Booker T Among 'hcm Wo lc"t
Kus fr-'a assistant crr,roC Ws.
s'yNcd With INC ,-p Hi' H-n st
experience an" rating ss''r1 g.. f
oighcr rank, 1'c. Inc Nocso Vr.
applied aud was accepted q t..
Us Merchant Marine AeaHcr
and who wca'hcrc5 an o'g.HFcr
campaign against him AS '0r or',
Negro there Mac. nc man 4.
vhQm a Sou;hewcr hc mot or
shore SIE.
Wac where 7 como from W.
wouldn't give a guy like YOU
chance II You ever get
down my way after this i over.
want YOU 10 come aud see me
and thiros will he Just like they
were TONIGHT"
There was tho ek'opcr UlG'
Nul7ac. who in 1920 o Ral'H0ar5
passed his examination far t
ocean going r'aS'Cr.s 'ckc' = CHG
than arv candi1o'CF owe. cvaw,r,o
a. tho Bal;i~orc Office Thogo w..
nc "craCkcr" who w7u'ci - MAKE
trouble but who. f.Hlcd wi,crah'v
All those aud others Ike thcu
were Tho Booker r which I'M
orcsscd all 'hc ~rld'o-, and sailor
win shaped ON r. WLcrcAnl,hcA
were tho crow refused 20 oc'cg
scgrc"a'tou Ono instance wH. r.
tho North African p0r' whore 'l'
Pod CrOs refused to allow 'Nt
vhHc crow wonhers 'o cu'Cr 'N,
club because j yeas Moro rI"h
apd tho wf5fc. cpcw returned e.
'ho SHIN
Mr. Rcccrcr writes ou' n 'h,
doom siucoritv aod prtcc' on for 'h
mon end tho shin " Wi,'oh 30 Wr
part for two vcarS His CNNc'i
cnccs and corvi~'Ious Wus' hay
contributed 20 sr'a'l pat 20 g.
harmony u0 tho PnntCr r hu' y
writes nothing o' this Tho ~'oI
NJ those mon who lived 'o7c'hC
'hrouch dauocrS tho Wroo'ruv o.
shinboorS life. and ~ 'ho lonci'
moss o' ITO d&oN l't'''| L.'.I.'
~ INSPIRING ono Bu. "" T"cchc
writes thr' ihc mon ~ 'ho Rookie
r. 10 net like 70 bc rcfryrrd 80 q
an "eNpcrimcUi i'm racr rc'aNnns
They took care Of themselves,
as thrv would take care Of
themselves in any other human
situation where the same fornu
L. was applied. in and arrorcd
division. say. or whole army
in hig factory or an entire in
dustrv or city, state, q nation,
world. e..
AL Brave S-1nre.' bv Ioh
Bccchct: l. r Fischer Pub s."
company, New York Cry, '9r
$3.50.
UP FRONT"
/ Bill Nauldins cartoons % ln
and Willie arc Nv now lamill
most now paper readers lu Z
Front" nc has collected % group
his cartoons ard has written 30 'D'
10, of contacts and 'crhnqucs 'h
Negroes do NOT possess v1ie
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Enquiring Reporter

Question:: What is your reac-
ton to the proposal that all Ne
groes in America he sent To
separate state and left 10 gov
ern themselves and conduct all
the business Of the community
apart from any other racial
group?
Reuben RaY--member ~ the
Board Of directors OF the Paradise
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no wish Ia be further shun'cd
about uncercmOniouSly We mad
no wish 20 DC brought here IS 10
90 years ago
Glostcr r Current. 4226 Milford
avenue. executive secretary OF De-
troit branch y \ ACP
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Such a prap
IoSal - an m
dicatlon acain
that NCCyocS
cannot plac Q
their faIth in
the Communist
party, as such
a proposal has
recently come
from Cong Ben
Davis. ! think
that IL is pre-
pOSterOuS
The .,tuc IS
not more ScGre-
CATION and its
attendant OWLS
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Include Bilbo
With Liberals;
Ignore FEPC

WNSHfNGTON p. G. ,NNpN
1r.og - IHc Dc1cta % ev
SER CHfe Pc OF F.Hl1a,
ca somehow ce. sen Theodore
R'rp m.' fci r IS paw N7s
organ "a Us. wee ~ h t0r
'o o'oa go 'no dome '-'r'
'.c N'~ &c .r oaicn3J' On 81.
prosicrf IrN -
Significantly. Pepper tho
spear head of tho movement an
nounccd that thcs '" ont talk
about such r1rtv-dividiuC issues
~ permanent lair Employment
Practices Committee.
ASSOCIATED WITH Son Ten.
nc N iNc Venture arc Sons Mead
80 y .N Nrr4 IS .A.c o., Ncs' N'r-
.-nl F'bcr' Thomas % r'a1.
% NaH'Haa Fa.o.at - Akron.
sass. michel 90 Washington, ans
r. or - lH3tp
NnoH' 70 nN'1'.onS Vcrc Ser'
o#i ,fs learned. ono went -
Sen p,1r. NuT f''Hdci 'N'
'un CON \ ecd phe'ag 10 coa-
,irioi E.'ap rc'a.. Son Fou-
no~ declared OF t"p' 60 VtN
A" ua many Things bUt .'ut
\..'ocr ra.o0 o1e COM :.
Sc. Ncne Ca5N.7 ~ Ncv Mos.
.r1 Son C.',cl q 4 rr' a''cno
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! don't be-
licvc that Il
" q u ! d cN or
W or k There
arc enough Ne
erocs trained IN
the er pro-
LESSONS an q
skills 10 I'll tho
necessary Jobs
an d positions
but they would
have 20 work
under = serious
handicap You
don't Just run
4 state a. easy
As IL may ap-
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Il don't think
that IL would
DC q very good
plan or that IL
would work
Patr o m a n
Earl Moore. OF
Central Station
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but complete and total integra-
ton. Congressman Davis has, with
this proposal, repudiatcd the trust
that Negroes had in him.
Col. BENJAMIN Oliver Davis Jr.-
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Detroit Police
Department
Il don't APP
prove Of Scgre-
CATION in any
form. and tins
would be ono
% its worst
forms I don {
believe such 4
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Io, of contacts and 'cchriqucs 'hf
Negroes do NOT possess v7re1
would he essential. The plan IS not
feasible
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plan would WORK and | don I think
Il will ever be tried
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Lowell Jones. 6l3 Roscdalc ave-
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pear on the surface. There are
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.IP IRONT"

Bill Nauldins cartoons o. Jrc
and Willie arc hy now famIlu 90
most now paper readers lu Up
Front" nc has collected % group ~
his cartoons ard has written 81 'rN
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Marshall Field was fetcd with a
big dinner in Hollywood by the
American Council on Race Rels-
tons ard all kinds ~ biswiEs -.
tended among them the Chamber Of
Commerce Erie Johnston
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-03-24

menrs hopes for postwar nuNef.
sal military ttalung legislation
II We have universal rtlliias
raining N'sso's haye 70 le .a-
Guided he said "One Of the k,ys
20 defeat Of The nurse-drat bill IS
that ont OF 1000 registered Nesio
nurses it ffhe Army has taken
only few more ;han 90
~fhe problem cannot be s'iead
~ rely ny legislation p4 i can
and viii he solved by del.i.j.i.
ton On the part OF the AlHy he
added Mis- Gibson Will report 90
the Wa depaftncui ADVISORY Com-
mate on SPECIAL Troop pofe,s OF
uhiyh assistant SECRETARY III war
John JMoCloy is ehnsmail
Talking frankly 81 press con-
ference. Sir. Gibson said hs had
lea 10 iind our ~hy Nfgso traops
50 often melt away in ia~ face
Of The enemy. Similar thing na,e
happened ia White units be- sad.
hut MI on such a large ,lr.
Whore a irw stiaagiers Nit DNi 81
the sayside IN other units. a 0ho's
Negro platoon VIII sometime, eef
fanicAy' particular az night When
the individual soldier feels be- aas
been ieft alone ~iul 40 nr Aoini
TO support him In battle. so a.l
Negro troop, melt away uner iuc
he said.
lie cited numerous instances a
personal courage and OF compan-
les batJalions aud regiments ~hirn
had distinguished themselves
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-03-24
BY Wireless 10 the Herald Tribune
(opyrighi, 1915. New York Tribune.
Incorporated

ROME The War department IS
making special effoi, 10 find on
Why the 9snd Infantry Division aud
other Negro combat units have
made unsatisfactory showings. aud
10 work on new methods for deal
ing With the particular problems
" Negro troops. il was revealed
this week by Truman X Gibson.
'Ir citii adsistr 10 The secretary
OF War.
Mr. Gibson, q Negro attorney
frcm Chicago, Who has been IN 1t
ally since February q on trouble
shooting mission that viii ,aN- HIM
10 other Negro units in other wal.
theatres said he had found no
reason 10 believe that Negroes as
ra,r are any less courageous liam
Other people The 9.nd Division Ia
bors under the handicar~ % -
ccS~i'c illi'cn,y and Inadequate
training he said while Nerfo
are always sensitive 20 in 'l.l
which revive raee mtluda d
many OF them lack clear con.
Nioiion ~ What lh,s u,.
90,
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Army Is Studying More Effective Negro Training
Negro Lawyer In Italy For Stimson Calls
teracy Factor In 92nd Division Nf'e ne 0"'f
Nhere One rroulIe LIes

>lf Gibson found 'h, snsne y
fie a.na pgohicm iaiefiy in iae
stNSious history Il VAS aeuyatfd.
ilrce years ase before the Aray 5
~ f'M ifaDng program ior af
teiatcs nas Developed snd nsny
IN the division ei not benefit hy
IL, be said.
Negroes were drafted 10 tll ihe
division. Instead OF being classified
and seut t. Whatever branch OF tue
service they weie best suited TO-
many Nnt s'saieAt tom tie
erfiivu uief 20 ills division Win
ON preliminary basie naming.
similarly. m,ny requirements
la, been Sent % the ,iesicn vim
out adequate infar'y training. and
ID IS Ia units Nah ilie laes 81 pfo-
portion 90 splaeeNtnis ihai Mf
Gibson touud The greasesi .ndeu y
70 melt aNay.
GInson Said e1psypee SLOWED
illiiegat ga nor Wy, sIiy lmk
native intelligence ASA csul4 on
IN he nude INTO excellent soidire,
hnt ibsy rcqui., sprdal trainms
me'hods aud annoi absorb cNnh
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InterrdCia| Cooperation Sets Pace For
Older Bows and Girls C0nfd.l @ ~ -
332D COMPLETES 2OOTH
MISSION WITHOUT LOSS
OF SINGLE HEAVY


WITH THE 18Th AIR FORCE.
italy The all-Ncero Mustang
fighter group led by Colonel ncnj-
amin o. Davis. lr commanding
officer on Fcbtnsry IS. chaihea no
IFS 2Oo,h combat mission with w
Eth Army An Trce When II pro.
,ided close escort for heavy bomb
ers attacking enemy tareeiA on the
Rrenner route m northern Ilaly~
These Negro pilots have I = enyl
able distinction Of not haute lost
single hea,y bomber 10 enemy
fighters.
The group -an flying " q 'hf
18th AAf ia Jan- 1877 sins Pc
Thunderholts soon after inrir 81
itation into ne 18th The pilot
we're assigned Pol Mustang
The pilots have besn award,
81 Distinguished Flying Cfess'
and completed more than SQoe in-
diNdual soriies Colonel Davis hrs
been awarded the Legion ~ Neru
The United states. fourth hisAest
award.
The all-Ncero group has de
siroyed more than 100 enemy air-
craft in combined aerial and
ground sifafing assaults aud has
DESTROYED or damaged muca en-
envy rolling stock.
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2e Infants Fly

QUEBEC one of the oldest air.
plane loads ever ,afred left THIS
city recently when a plane ilew
% babies. not one oyer months
Cd. 20 ChiCoulimi To insure fhr
safe earrings of he infants. sp"i
ally designed three plaee plt~ood
cribs constructed So thar each box
would III into a plane SCAT We're
used. The young passengers. were
orphans from La Creche Saint N.u-
ccnt-dc-raul in Qncbec.
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Jews Need PEPC Too

WASHINGTON. PC. tWDYl
Declaring That Negroes and Jews
would he the first 70 suffer iar
hruni 90 rcconyersion, Nathaniel
NJ. Minkon. representing the Jew
ish Labor Committee, urged he
senate Subcommittee holding hear
ines on 5 lol. The FEPC bill 70 re r
commend its adoption by Coneress
as "one ~ the most urgen' pieces
OF legislation
The jewish Labor Committee Is
naiionel federated organization.
representing half million wetn
crs in thu Af'L. and CO.
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Von'inucd ON Page Is
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200 Delegates
Attend Thirteenth
ANIMAL Confab

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4 Po>f.uar Factor

Mr. Gibson said the War Depart
ment i especially Interested In
the problems because il "a a
stumbling block to the depart
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
See Hobbs Bill
AS Dangerous
To Civil Rights

WASHINGTON, y c. (NNPA)
The Hobbs bill. filed with dan
ger to the civil rights. particular
~ OF Negroes, passed the House
OF Representatives last week and
was sent 10 the Senate.
The bill. setting aside the Sill
preme Court ruling in the Nc
Nabb case would leave il 10 Dis
trict courts to determine, what
constitutes reasonable time
between arrest and gnmcnt.
and removes legal clauses in the
present law calling for "immedi-
ate arraignmcnt without delay
on which the McNabb ruling was
based.
The Supreme Court ruled in
March. l9l3. that a voluntary con-
feSSion was inadmiSsablc as cvi-
dcnyc in the McNabb case because
the defendants, charged with MUIR
der OF federal officer during a
RAID on Tennessee moonsh.ne
stu. were not promptly arraisned
after arrest
Under the Hobbs bill. many
persons sec chance FOR continue.
ton of abuses practiccd particu.
larry on Negroes or holding them
unrcaSonahly long times without
charges beng placed against them,
during which time they are sub
Jected 20 beatings and other third
degree methods TO obtain confess
SlOns
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intolerance wherever it is found. The Catholic In
ter-racial Council of Detroit has recognized this
fact and last week we received notice of its work
toward this end. The report states: Since the be-
ginning of the fall semester lectures have been
given in twenty-five schools before a total of over
eleven thousand students. In addition, members
of the Councils Speakers Bureau have addressed
sociology students in three colleges, and student
assemblies in two public schools"
1t is apparent that some Catholic leaders UNI
derstand the true menace of prejudice in our society
They recognize they have a responsibility for the
social climate of Detroit which boasts many Cath
ocs. The Mother Church should itself set an ex-
ample for Detroit and resist the influence of white
supremacists who give "lp-service' to the church
doctrines To maintain y-white schools or to sup
port racis traditions is essentially anti Catholic
Those Catholics who succumb to popular prejudices
doing more damange to Catholicism than all the
non-Catholics put together.
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THE CHRONICLER
By CONTIGUOUS


The French are fast taking the
lead on the handling OF colonial
areas IndO- China Is to become
the first dominion in French
Federal Union. The French are
grateful for the loyalty In some
cases Of dependents peoples. not
ably that Of French West Africa
under the late, great Governor
Felix Eboue.
4
The highly-tou,ed Chamber Of
Commerce. CIO, AT of l. charter
OF amity nowhere mentions dis
ordinations in employment, while
il has points covering most Of the
other areas In which labor and
management are jointly concerned
The New York State Health de-
parimcnt has just gotten 500. 900
from the state Golfers 10 set up a
store OF blood plaSma for tranSfu-
Sions. Although aided by the Red
Cross. still the state blood bank
probably wont have the Red Cross
double talk about race and blood,
etc.
Mama Mary" Bcthune Is
working to get suspension of the
years hard labor sentence given
those four WACS at Fort DevenS.
Secretary Stims0n ordered an in
vestigatiOn Of the court martial
and conviction of the four girls.
The White House Is also report
edly interested in the case. which
would seem all too possible IL
Mrs. Bethune Is on II Where
Mary Is. there also Is Eleanor,
and vice-versa.
Max Lerncr. PM editorialist.
made An interesting comment the
other day in PM. My impress
sion, therefore. is that those Ameri-
cans who expected our soldiers TO
come back from the war with a
new vision OF the world and OF the
future, and with more perfect dem
ocratic convictions, are off base.
The war will not have made us a
better democracy. But my impress
sion is also that those who we're
afraid our soldiers would come
back as labor-baiting. democracy
hating fascistS are also off base"
EX-PrcSident Herbert Hoovc
The Depression Nam has been
writing a short series Of articles
tWillkie like, but not in content
particularly giving his views be-
fore the United Nations confer
ence. He asks for world COM
mlt,ee 10 safeguard political rights
and to insure world morality. He
brings in the old races and creeds
phrase.
Speaking IF races and creeds.
swoon-boy Frankie Sinatra made
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WHO WALK WITH THE EARTH

A new book released April by
Harper and Brothers. WHO WALK
WITH THE EARTH. by DorSha
Hayes, is sure 10 evoke mixed
reaction evCn-from those VINO like
it most, Ii is a novel. one OF the
comparative few, about the labor
movement and abojt one union
local in particular. Its centra
character, with whom the book
seems 10 grow. Is young Har-
ward student. Stuart Greene, who
becomes educational director of a
garment workers local after grad
uation.
Greene il an ideaIistic liberal
whose edges are still raw when
he goes to work for the local.
Scion OF a wealthy capitaiistic
family he believes the right"
things about labor. Negroes. the
under-privileged because il is
the intellectually right" thing
to do. This Young Galahad. as
one Of the other characters calls
him, eager to "uplift the work
ers" Is amazed TO find that his
boss. the locals manager. Blotz.
Is a dictatOriaI bully who gains
progress for the workers as a
incidental aspect OF his own lust
for power.
The youthful Harvard graduate.
sometimes pictured aS too nave
and unNor.d.v about doWn-tO-
earth matters iur. even that c,olS-
tered ms ..t, mn. j. d2na,t at the
spectacle " Il 'slmkcr' Who is az
the same t.Wc the representative
OF the people. and OF labor. MIS-
Hayes sly : somewhat StIlted in
the first feN chapters of the book
perhaps Decd.e Suc is then Sc, =
ting down the ocicfs OF her still
Immature nero Nnlch are. 10 all
later evidence. not her own
Stuart AZ first cannot see Why
the union members VII not throw
oJt me cn,-oncned Blot Late.
through nc efforts o. the under
ground OF the local de1!cated 10
Blotz' removal. ne sees that Blot.
though iygann.ca., has served his
cause vel in MS own way as an
organizer and leader. Soon Greene
is INVOKED vita two women UNI
iou.sts. Say Logan. intclli2 gent
ana understanding. VINO works 20
ou,t BOY, and lisa Fore. beau
t.iai. young an'-anioniSt Cn the
uu on With Ahom he falls in
love.
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ln2 % me people anoI' h =, and
'0e.r problems. Stuart becomes A
living ehsrseteE oftsn cauzht be-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07

The announcement last week that our boys at
the St Antoine YMCA would share the camping
facilities Of the Detroit Association gratifying
news to those who are familiar with ~" policies.
Many Negroes have specuated over the significance
of the word Christian in the name of the Associa-
ton A good Christian sometimes might be i'm
PEELED to sue the Association for libel
The old division between White Christians and
colored Christians maintained by the YMCA must
he shocking thing to God, no matter how "prac-
teal or realistic" it may seem to those who claim
to be intimate with the Master. Racial nonsense
certainly has no place in the YMCA and we are
happy to note that at least few ~" big-wgs are
beginning to take its alleged Christian character
seriously