The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-30
LA B o R
LOOKS AHEAD
By GEORGE W. CROCKETT
Executive Director
JAW Fair Practices
Committee

"A Letter To The Editor

Dear Mr. Martin COR perhaps I can
De pardored II say Dear Louis ,:
You Will nave 10 ask the readers
~ my column 10 excuse me this
week. am over here IN Ann
I Arbor attending the yearly JAW
CiO summer school There are
so many stracilOns' that n Is
/ difficult 70 concentrate on Labor
Looks Ahead.
We might mention one thing
There are a lot Of people VINO do
not know that an integral part
~ the educational program ~ the
International UAW-ClO IS the con-
duct OF area summer schools. Al
these schools pupils previously Sc
lected by their local unions are
taught the basic principles Of the
trade union movement JAW
schools this wear are being held
also At the University OF Chicago.
Indiana university. Ohio State uni
versity. Hudson Shores. y Y and
At Highlander Folk School down
IN Tennessee
THE PRIME objective Of these
schools IS the training ~ union
leaders who are expected to 30
back 10 JAW local unions and
give their felloW-memberS the
benefit Of what they have earned
The classes are held in the reg
ular university class rooms and
the students live in dOrmitOries
And. Of course. there is no racial
segregation; all students live to-
gether.
THE TEACHERS are drawn from
he staff OF the international Union
and from the university faculty.
Ana the courses include labor MIS-
'orv, collective bargaining, leader
ship. public speaking and parla-
nen'ary procedure, labor laws,
union newspapers and public rela-
tons, and determinations
My assignment is conducting
the class on discrimination; or
more properly, the class on fair
practices.
Remind nc sometime "a toll YOU
about thlS-clASS- more detail
For tha present ! shall mention
only that We begin with anthrO-
pOlo2y or what science has con-
tributcd 10 our KNOWLEDGE OF races
Before the week Is over We Viii
have discussed the economies and
sociology inherent IN any sane ap-
proach 10 the problem OF group re-
latlonshlps And We shall wind up
with d SECESSION of some o. the
Vervdav problems of dlstrinina-
ION these union mem bcrs face In
their plants and their COmWunI-
res and seek TO outline What the
loca' unions mem berShip can and
should do about these problems
did not intend 70 dWel, 50 long on
The nature OF JAWS summer
schools.
VIVA, really Sc, out - do was
70 remlnlSce a bit about The school
days you and jerome Harrison ana
spent together here A. Ann Ar
Dor fourteen years ago Eyes. nc
three of Us are sorta getting UP
IN years)
DROPPED in 70 see our former
landladv al the same old address
on Fifth street. remember? She
5 the same as she Was fourteen
years ago still cordial. friendly and
making her boys" fee a, ho,'e
though as ! REGAL, she never did
quite tame Harrison She srl.
has the problem. too. ~ Subt'v 70
mindlng them Whcn rent day rolls
around And 7 might add that she
still gets The answer tho ,hrcp o.
us used - give in hose denrcSs on
DAYS. Ny ,e,tcr from dad seems
70 he DELAYED. BAT Il should DC here
IN day o. tWo
Also. I saw the "B-House:" re-
member the house our honorable
state university set aside for "eN-
elusive" occupancy by Negro
girls?
THE CAMPUS prone. thai Is
he reCtinLle. IS much trc save.
bI' several new and beautiful. uni
vers.'v buildings have been erected
in recent wears opposite al, side
% the rectan-le And You VI
appreciate knoWin- that nc Old
leather char y which yol doSCi
80 comfortably over ~ Pondlcton
Llh arY iN nc Mich gan U0on. IS
sill therc-aud still serving nc
same purpose -
TIE beauty spot ~ tho camnJ%
Is stu my school. me School ~
Law But every ,imc SEQ il sti,l
experience that sinking feeling
felt when ! first said 10 the regis
'rar In quaking voice. II War'
10 enrol, in the law school You
recall that six Negroes rad 'a,,cd
10 make II tho year before
But WHAT impressed me- NOS.
Louis. was how We three YOU
Jerome Harrison and have ont.
grown our schooldav environment
BY training YOU should hc pub
Usher Of rcactionarv sheet like
tho Detroit News o. the Times in
stead Of vigorously pro-,ahor pa
per like the Michigan Chronicle
HARRISON should hc inst 1uo'Arl
"con'cu'cd' public school teacher
chiefly cOnCcrUc5 N'3 hold ny his
job rcoard,c>,-lot his convictions.
rather than 'AC assistant pr .oCiDd'
OF a Detroit school and militant
feh'cr ~" fair r'av w orr city
scho0 sy>'Cv Nd suDno,c nv
NC ,H"c 'okcN 7 .a.ld 200 press
inc -luiuust.0r ,~.'s or dcfcNdU'
NLRR and " 20 I'd Hour cases
for Ch-c'r1 employers
Ccr'lu'v orr to.ic-c training IN
history. ccouo9 les GEOLOGY. poll
..,.,1