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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-25
About The Common Man
J U D An D R 0 D

poyment by sort OF incubation. They act as tho
all tina, We needed MAS shout sixty million
Jobs often enough. TO invoke the name OF Henry
Wallace. or FDR
These incantations won't work We need specific
plans and proposals to beat the unemployment. and
at least as much determination TO defeat iohess-
ness as we put into beating the Nazs and the lap
anese
That's why like the Full Employment Full Pro-
duction- Full Democracy bin that group Of liberals
progrcssyes and socialists are pushing an
amendment TO the Murray Wagner Full Employment
bill
4 specific Proposal
This specific proposal IS meant to give tho state
ment Of purpose OF the Murray Wagner bill that
every person has RICH, TO job chance OF being
carried ont
It proposes setting up federal Full Employment
Finance Authority tFEFAl 70 promote establish and
help expand nonproft democraticay operated en-
tcrprisos
These non.proflt enterprises would he able
ia start out with the tremendous factories
and stock OF machinery owned now by the CIV
erDment. and could he huilt into sector OF the
economy fully capable Of providing jobs for the
billions Of workers whom free enterprise con-
deInns 10 unemployment In peace time.
The FEFA Is 10 be by hoard OF directors
three ~ whom arc 10 he appointed by tho Pres-
dent ~ the United States with tho advice and con-
gent Of the Senate The other six arc 70 he elected
by the non-rront demorratically onerated enter
prises which arc financed nv tho FEFA and which
become its member corporations
Each Of the member corporations Is 70 have one
vote for every hundred employees in tho election Of
the directors
This proposal sets M very interesting evncr-
ment in non-profit enterprise I'm sure that II can
work and that It can be far superior to private en-
terprse
AZ any rate Il Is the first really concrete plan for
ending ioblessness and that Is real virtue
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-25
Living South :

Editors Note-T This week Mr. preece intro
duccs his VITO who writes under her maiden
name ~ Celia Kraft as his guest coumnist 10
give her views as a southern white woman
on this whole subject ~ Southern chivalfy
Miss krafis Viewpoint is n good sign that the
Souihs women OF both colors are beginning
10 demand equal protection for each other.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-25

or u the iitc into the frying pan.
T4ais the thought that keeps running through
ny mind With The sadden return OF peace.
of eogrse Big improvement. Anybody WHO'S
IN the ise would ste anything TO be up IN DE ,onl-
raias'o ,oolness and comfori and safety Of the
isias iau.
But these are funny irving pans and fires.
Pretty soon. I'm afraid lot oi people are go
ing to Start wishing Tor a nice and juic, war 10
give them hack the relatively high earnings they
had gotten used o..
rheyA be c.amorng TO get back into the fire
again.
Oi course | may be all wet certainly hope
an y max be- that ae viii produce the $50 billion
dollars worth q goods and services year that We
mass 70 emp.oy all our available Workers
There Just isn't any reason 40 be SO optimistic
Afer HE first World War We had prosperity OF
sorts uutil 1922 and then came tho crash We'll he
lucky ID we can hold of the crash that long this
une Ny impression is that great proportion Of
Tie working people are going 70 have 10 cash their
bonds IN order 10 eat That v II knock the bottom
our of that great MARKET for durable goods that is
expof'ed 70 save from unemployment.
4 symbol FOR Tomorrow
As ! write this the daily papers are running
photos OF the long lines az the Unemployment Com
pensalion office These are the symbols Of our TO-
morrow. fear
Nobody ever claimed that private enterprise could
provide full employment As matter Of fact, those
economists who defend private enterprise made no
secret OF The fact that II requires floating unem-
poyod In The United states Of several million.
What's mare in experience. private en-
terprisc has never given full employment. In
the best "prosperify" days Just before the 1929
crash there were always at least two million
unemployed.
only war has wiped out unemployment Now the
war IS over and unemployment IS as certain as to-
morrow's sunrise
Some people think that you stop the unem-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-25
BRUSHUP COURSES
FREE FOR VETERANS
AT U. OF MICHIGAN

ANN ARBOR. Michigan A
four-week pre-school refreshs'
course for veterans whose sr'y
habits may have become NJ
rusty while in the service. VII 10
offered by the University Of Miohi'
gan this fall. the Veterans Service
bureau has announced
The course. which begins sept
-, offer basic brush-up work
in math. English. and acaden'N
orientation for the fall term begin
inc Nov. /.
Emphasis will be put on insiruc-
ton in how 10 study. how 10 con-
cenlrate and prepare for exams
how 70 read rapidly and efficient
ly. how 10 budget time and nov
to use library aids.
According 10 the Veterans se''.
ice Bureau. the course Is primary
designed to combat the hien a'E
demic morality rate Of reiul"'..
veterans. Last fall and spring 9
out OF 500 veterans dropped q"
Of the U. OF VI. because OF scno'
lGstic difficulties.
All fee costs for the ref'esns'
course will be absorbed by 'n'
Veterans Administration and e
rolled students Will receive ""
subsistence allowances. No acaoe%.
ic credit will he awarded for NV
work.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-25
Caroline BALM, Recy Taylor
Copyright, 1916 by New South Features)
ny Harold Preece

But Caroline like hundreds OF white women
Is experiencing a rude awakening-iust how
sanctified Is any home. she wants 10 Know when
sanctity hears the color line'
t'nder her very nose in Eufaula. Alabama ter
ror has been marching unchecked since July 4,
American independence Day. Peer Paul iialls
2s-ycar old Negro farm worker alesedly confessed
TO criminay assauting Ethel Luck ~ COTTON
mill worker and drowning her in Little Chewalia
Creek on July 4.
Since then tar-bucket "chiyalry" has heen on
tho loose Negro Americans have been beaten and
driven from Eufaula streets bv unidentified
white hoodmms. Army military police from ~.
Renning and state highway patrolmen have been
conspIonouslv present And the spirit OF old Judge
lyr"h fouls tho air.
Governor Chauncey Sparks. your boyhood home
of Eufaua has acted with dispatch How about
some action on the Recv TAYLOR AZ Abbevlc.
a mere % miles duo north Thousands Of pleas
for ius.ice have come 10 You in the more than
ten months yet her attackers have stiil to be
inflicted.
over in Mobile police scout officer l.. l. David
son recently violated a Negro woman. Mrs Rosa
shaver and was fired from the police force for
conduct unhecomlng law officer. But how about
Justice for Mrs. Shaver? How ahont pu ting Dav-
il-., 'ehnd the bars?
Governor Sparks right In MONTGOMERY the site
Of both vonr mansion and Kilbv Prisons white
man last fall abducted Amanda Baker young
Negro girl In an automobile. raped her and then
murder red her Nv pouring hvdrochloric acid down
her throat Governor. have done anything
arrest AZ vet
Women Worried
seriousis ycnr Honor. and the rest NJ vonr
Eonorg serving ne governors Of tho South We
women NJ both races are worried We are power
fully worried about our homes.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-25
CURRENT
NOTES
How The Negro Voted
BY
GLosTER B. CURRENT

How The Negro Voted
In ,crain districts throughout
ne ci'> mich Is made OF how
the Neeso votes IN the primary
ana elc,ton for mayor This COLI
umn docs not intend 90 80 INTO
me 1886 Anr-Aeero laee-oai'lns
,or the facts are already we'll
Known but * oppoinns 20
ouiet,ntA observe how tho Me-
lto >ote Ia the primary
Issues which affected 'h' Ne
era voter IBIS year We're clear
and pronounced housing has not,
impsayea Applications as placed
on fie 81 'he War iioaslng Gem
a runhcred llopo IN 1915 They
pia nov materially increase or
decrease ii 1875 The Common
Council ad Ae administration
iaGsa 10 approve The rceonim'n-
da'iea ~ ne housing Connis-
son io .ocaic $40 units ~ nous
rs So southwest Detroit
IN si.ition % housing and The
at'on a. no council and he IN
action ~ ;ho administration Me-
$40 ifi-srs were atfet ted bs lack
" san1auon Garnagc and tsb-
Nsh collections We're bth.nd
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-25
by AL HENINcBrRG

went the rounds. Both the hor..
power and the price have bas.
s,epsed up. and eventually W,
may be able To make a bid for m.
II you've been thinking of tak,r,
jeep for a few hundred dollar,
the announcement tina, ,bs,.
midgets cost over a thousand al.
lars may make you change von,
mind Baby Austins arc ,oniny /,
from England which means ,h,,
somebody over there has the INN,
on as for postwar reconsersior
hut the price on these pocke, mod
els is not attractive either perhs,,
soon we shall hear from Henry !
Kaiser whose promise Two wear,
ago Of really low-priced esr ma,
now become a reality
Don't Expect Too Much:
The natural optimism OF Amer,.
cans is likely TO cause 4 gfs,,
many disappointments these nor,
few months, Manulaci,ic.> a,
home improvements and otaes d..
vices to make life more pisassm
have been painting an attracts.
picture. hut no one can csiins,.
az present the long delays hefor.
most Of these items can reach ION.
sumers. on the one hand q Is visa
not 10 expect too many Improve.
mcnts on short notice ana On "a
other it will pay 70 hang onto VOW
savings just as long rs You rossib.
~ can anyway
No News From Dartmouth:
The news that Darrhmosih Col.
leec follows rigid quota system
based on race Is really No rev,
at all. Proud Negro gradra,es n,
that institution have knoen an
the time that only so man. Ne.
eroes could he admitted each
year and that fact made gong 70
Dartmouth even more atfrac,ss
&c many We still haven't ont.
grown thai old Il was fhe only
Negro complex
More Young People Needed:
The old folks in the Long Island
town who tried to force negro
family out OF the commpni'y Nv
having the son barred from ne
Boy Scouts OF Amerioa even
though other Scouts protested.
proves that We have too many IA
people about Perhaps il srf .
smart after all to constantly r.
crease mans life span II enossh
oIds'ers died oughtright an amsr
inc amount OF bitterness Rogh
disappear.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-25

per week for &c weeks reason-
able sum 20 tide one over the
period OF reconversion. However.
there ia ruling that an unem.
rloyed person. II offered WORK.
regardless Of rate OF pay. should
accept work or he becomes 10.
eligible for unemployment com.
pensation.
The War Manpower Comms.
sion will relax much OF It's con.
trolls over manpower This
means that private and free en-
ployment agencies will receigs
job orders. and they viii he in a
position TO refer persons directly
to jobs. II stands to reason then
thai every person who Is unem.
rloyed and wishes employment
should register with such asen.
cies. DO not wait. Go now. To-
morrow the other man may
have your job.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-25
OvERTONES


The War l. Over
The war is over. and soon mil
lions OF Americans will return 10
their daily tasks. They will again
eat we'll. and neither Tuesday nor
Friday will be without meat. Gas
rationing has already gone by the
board, and important motorists are
doctoring up jaIopies which have
had no more than a spoonful Of gas
these last few years before long
the highways will be the same
menace TO life and limb that they
were in 1910, when our motor cars
killed more persons that did all
the bombs dropped On England
that year.
We arc filled with q deep sense
OF rejoicing 10 know that men no
longer kill each other and TO real
lie that thousands OF wives and
sweeihearts will soon see their
loved ones Whether We join tho
boisferous crowds IN Times square.
or seek the quiet corner in the
neichborhood church all Of as are
profoundly tonchcd nv the magic
four words Tho war Is over.
But too many Americans do not
yct know why We have passed
through this holocaust Too many
are now prenared either Thought
lessly or after careful scheming
10 make hate an even more awful
instrument in this country than
ever II was in Nazi Germany They
have never realized that FOR mill
/ lions of black reonle IN America
This war has meant more than
froeirg tho ooeunied Countries Of
Furone and drivinr. tho 1ananese
hao'- ~ fheir homo isrords ~ hos
meant tho nersoral conquest for
which overv undcrnrivile-ed nov.
son tho world over drea-'s all his
We The var has meant aostrovin~
fascism not only ahroad Int ~
home As we'll
Our announced war aims indi-
cate that We sock No territorial OK
parslon and that the pconlos con
cerned should determine tho M
inre Of their government r-ntll
thirteen million black Americans
share This kind % secnrltv orr M
ton will be guilty. Of tsisn- the
stems which Inevitably lead 10 an
other conflict
The Fli,ter Returns:
The first 1915 Ford came of the
assembly lines a few days ago.
just before the surrender news
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-25
PATHOs



What wretched curse has thore been put
IN ms head Ia, shrnks my soul;
That burdens heavily my heart;
That guides me 10 some cross marked Knoll
What demon ghoul o'erpowcr~ my life
OershadoNs all my Joys with woes.
Supplaufs ALI hopcs with misery
Subjects my flesh 20 artless foes
VIVA, hoaftlos, ficnd is manifest
By some cruel pagan sorcerer,
To grip me in the ihroes Of love
Yet turn 10 stone the heart in her?
What prcwsomc charge has been released
From Hados cayornous refuge
To haunt nv steps from dawn 70 dust.
To bring down tears in sad dcluge?
What impsh character is there.
Satanic missions sent 20 do.
That tennis me with couolerics.
Yet still upon ny heart doth hew?
What monsirous form OF creation
Whose ramnant purpose is defined
Must dare live in dread fear Of
Lest my heart be 10 love resigned
What evil atmosphere enclouds
Ny daily thinking. cen nv dreams.
That fiji my days with etagnant gloom
That hangs fororn like crepe. II seem
What avenue pavcd for escapc
VIII SOMEONE omen unto mo-
That ] might flee the etark and real
Or yet escape from fantasy.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-25
Wanted, Jobs For All

Wanted Jobs For All
During this period of reconversion from
activities OF war 10 activities Of peace, rapid
economic transitions are taking place in our
country Only a few days ago, long lines Of
DcuoiterS We're standing on the street wait
ing to purchase q pack Of cigarettes at COR
ner drugstore ora bit of meat from the butch
en- shop on 4 pain of hose from dry goods
store
Then last Tuesday the japanese surren-
dered Countless thousands Of DetroiterS
stopped their work and began to celebrate
the victory
This WAS as it should have been. 1t was a
time for rejoicing but with victory came cut
backs in war contracts and the cut-backS have
caused lay-off-
What is taking place in Detroit is going on
in cities all over the nation. Thousands Of
men and women who were standing in long
lines q few DAYS AGO, waiting 70 buy a few
cigarette. title meat or some other scarce
commodity e today standing in long lines
before s Fmnlovment offices, waiting to
register IS io}-Seekers
IN Detroit d daiemore than 100000 work
efs are ioblt~S and il is estimated that as
many more wiN soon Ne added 10 the list. as
additional war contracts are cancelled.
Large numbers Of the iobleSS are Negroes.
Some of them have saved their money and
still hold war bonds which they purchased
They have little cauSe for fear But many
others were iNproyident and spent their pay
checks as fast as they received them. This is
unfortunate
Of course, unemployment compensation
. will tide the iobleSs over for while, but such
will be only temporary If industry is able
to retool for civilian production quickly
enough and if sufficient raw materials are
available for the manufacture If automo-
bles, radios washing machines plumbing
equipment refligcrators and other commod-
tiles ia large quantities the unemployment
problem will soon be adjusted and new Jobs
will be available for q large percentage Of
those who have recently been laid off
President Truman and Congress should
take Immediate steps to formulate a full en-
ploynent program and enact legislation to
make il effective. This nation with its unlim-
tied material resources, industrial know
how and organizing genius can achieve the
Same miracles Of peace-time production and
employment that it performed during the re-
cent war
Let get started on the Job Of creating Jobs
for all VINO are able and want to work. That
is the only economic foundation upon which
to build national peace and prosperity.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-25
BY CELIA kraft
Guest t0lnmniS. for Harold Precce)

wncn ever Caroline Balm hears loose talk
about Negroes "rapns white women she no long
or acts like q Southern lady is supposed TO act
Caroline inst Lcts doc mid She gets as MAD
nfy husband who comes homo purple with rage
when some dumbhcad village storekceper cracks
what the ruling South Gale dsrky joke
The lacc-and lynchine aris ooracy. which foot
tho bills for the bod sheets and tar buckets or
The Ku Illnx Khan. have appointed themselves ~
the guardians OF Southern white women. But. my
friends Caroline Bain in Birmingham
wants none of their protection"
She's q Southern white woman who's all worked
up over real violation OF Southern womanhood
Herself q wife and mother she's spending lot
~ timo irving 10 get the law 10 move against the
white hoodums who raped Young Negro wife
and mother. Mrs Recy Taylor. OF Abbevle, Ala
hanna. She takes time of from her home and her
baby 10 help send these hoodiums 10 Kilby Prison
Ia MONTGOMERY where Ike good Confederates they
can look from behind The bars and stars
My see Scoitsboro Boys
In Kllby saws Caroline. these hoodlums may
run into the four remaining Sc0itsborO bOys locked
np for years on phonv charge OF "raping Two
white vagrants As secretary OF tho Alabama com
mi toe Tor the Defense ~ Mrs Rccy TAYLOR, she
has written hundreds of letters in these ten monip
to leading citizens tc leading church and CLUB
women Of her native ti1iama asking that they
use their Influence 10 see thai these known, but
unpublished. rapisis set what they deserve
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-25

omparison ~ Registered with
Waters for II, as Whole
lgt5


For this coienn @e have sclcsf-
81 - pfecinofs in census iracis
which in 1852 according 20 ne
census wote ocapied 9o-'f 8
rsr cert Negro Between 1912 and
lss thore Uas drop q 50
registered voets in these mr.
Dpc't This WAS percenlasc ae-
crease ~ 20 PER cent In the
io4i sample census however.
There wss az INCREASE In tho Ne-
gro popllaiion nom % % i2f
par cant The arop in resis'ran's
is theodore afiicult 20 account
cir IN siow ~ the decided in
cfcase IN pnpeiaiion
IN he 49,. e,c'iion 2.N3i cifi-
7ers voted in INC IS precincts.
Tins was IN iuegease % 10 voters
over the 1873 primary when OK
a,fs -s24 voted In 1861 how
over ihore wore s 500 non-yoters
for per ceniage of ,5S In
iais there we're 7ai7 non-,oiers
'nr percentage ~ 121 While
there was an increase o. 81 per
cent In The number who took il
uron thsmselvcs 10 70 10 the
polls The large nnmher ~ nom
voters In primary election in
which so much is at stake is a
considerable problem
How do Negro non-yoters COM
rare with The citv AS Whole
There were 7s4sio registered
voters eligible 10 vote in the
August 9Th primary on this num-
her 200 sol voted or percent
age Of % s per cent In tho No
gio precincts 20 pef cont yot-
cd which Was considerably heav-
ier from q percentage standpoint
than the average ~ the city az a
whole
Reasons For Nof Voting
Nv curiosity lesd no 10 do
some investigating in my own
precinct which Is ACROSS the
street from Rev Hill's Church
! was interested in why some Of
tho prominent west slders didn I
vote when they we're 80 close 10
one ~ the candidates discov-
cred hat number ~ The people
J know arc chronic non-voicrs.
Many have had their registration
Cancelled because Of failure TO
vote for two years.
Most humorous incident 7 ran
into was a prominent business
man IN whose front windows the
display consists Of IIill. Edward
and Frankenstecn signs. lie talks
necessarily 10 each Of his Gus.
toners about voting and the Is
sues OF tho campaign. To look
az his windows. Won wonld think
he was tho west side spokesman
for PAc
Guess what he hasn't voted
| since 1i-z-45.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-25
Victory Fruitless
Without Equality

CHICAGO (ANp)-- Nau0n..
vi day celebrations hallihs "A
end Of the worlds hlood'es' ~. ri.
greatest melodrama. VIII 80
nothing unless there Is eq"'
Of opportunity for all. ..
That IL the combined op'" .,.
Of Negro leaders all over H" W..
On following the dramatic su'u ~.
capItulaiion Of the japanese .ns
piro Wednesday and 'he "a
scenes ~ utilization that MS. MS,
The end OF World War u ~ :.
city. town and hamlet OF 'n'
ton.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-25
After Thoughts
BY FRANCIS A. KoRNEGY
ATONIc BoMR

ATOMIC BOMB
Tho greatest scientific discov-
cry In the history OF mankind
Is The smashing Of the atom and
The concentration Of its energy
into what is known MS the atomic
bomb n Is the most danger
Gus device known 10 man japan
we'll knows the unbelievable re-
suits Of such explosion Total
destruction Is the Achievements
which is tho greatest menance 70
world civilization II must he
controlled The secrets by which
II came into being must he for
ever guarded Yet IN five years
scientists of o'hcr nations can
work out its formula and they
will have tho same weapon with
which TO strike at any nation
who becomes too smart
The new atomic energy would
be the greatest savior to man
kind II some OF tho medical re-
search scicntIsts we're able 10
work out WAYS by which II could
be used TO cure cancer. infantile
PARALYSIS and so many other d.
scases which yearly take heavy
tolls OF human lives. That. II
seems 10 mo. would be the most
timely and valuable use to man.
Instead ihen ~ using atomic
energy to destroy life. Il would
preserve life Go to It scientists
the job can he done.
VI DAY
AZ last human destruction has
temporary ceased. The world IS
apparently glad II was good
tidinrs 10 re' the official nows
on that memorable dav August
IA. 1945. VIII II he forgotten
All night Ions cars slowly moved
M all main streets. blowing
their horns. while occupants
shouted. sang and celebrated IN
every known fashion. Yet II
will be sad day for parents
and rela ives when they SOC sons
OF their neighbors returning
KNOWING theirs will never re-
turn While on Woodward ave-
nue.. saw man and wife step
hack and cry 10 their souls salts
faction The woman sobbed
"Our only son oh II he were.
coming hack God bless his soul
departed"
II was a long awaited day.
However, tho most trying prob
lem lies ahead Peace and JUS
ticc for all people. Is the world
willing TO guarantee every per-
son the world over full rights
Did prejudice. segregation. jim
crowism. racial hlgotry. and all
human evils die with the dawn Of
Peace The war has hit every
body. LEI US all share in the
bounty which Is rlghtfully ours.
UNEMPLOYMENT
With the close OF the war
there will be mass unemploy-
ment. That is certain. That IL
now. The future Of workers
will depend on how quick will
Industry and the government
supply so million jobs. There IA
ore good feature available un-
employment compensation.
] President Truman favors t25