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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-02-15

insisting that policy Of fairness
and justice 70 al peoples was
adopted
The resolution stated The Re-
pubAcans OF Michigan recognize
the contribution 10 the states,
accomplishments made by its Cit
izens of every race. color or
creed and insists that they have
equality Of opportunity IN the
economic educational and politi-
cal life Of the nation Our party
pledges Itself ~ policy Of
fairness and justice 10 all Of our
people
KENT SUPPORTS
The most enthusiastic support
crS Of FEPC were the members
Of the Kent County Republican
delegation TIE FEPC indorse-
ment was urged oy a spokesman
for W b NanMeulen. dele
gate II had the vigorous second
OF John 2 Martin j.. Dr.. VAN
Meulen urged the Endorsement
on behalf Of church group.
Martin declared II was time the
party recognized minority groups.
observing that II they are first 10
be turned on JOBS IN recession OF
depression, the COP will De
blamed
LAW ASSURED
WAYNE County s Republican
leader, Robert Ward. who head
cd the Negro delegation. said that
conferences with Governor Sig.
Ter, assured him that the Repub-
lican party would give Michigan
a FEPC law within due time.
The high point Of the conven-
ton was the keynote address Of
UnI'eu States Senator Arthur II.
Vandenberg on Saturday after
noon.
The Senator discussed dnmes-
tIc issues. as well as information
ahsm
ASKS FAIR PLAY
OF interest 10 the Negro dele
gates were his appeal for collec-
tive bargaining on Fair Play ba.
Sis and tor law against circu.
ontlhued on Page y
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-02-15
Forum on FEPC

FEPC legislation wall be dis
cussed at the Peoples Forum on
Sunday. Feb. is al 800 nm. at
the Bethel AME Church. Frede-
rick and St Antoine. according
20 an announcement by Arthur
Bowman, president
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-02-15

ST. Antoine Forum will have
as their speaker Sunday aft
srnoon February is, George 5.
Schuyler. eolumnist for the
Pittsburgh Courier, New York
City. Mr.. Schuyler has been
writing. travelling and leetuT.
ing for many years. He has
travelled extensively including
a trip TO Liberia. Africa. where
he represented . prominent
daily New York newspaper.
He will speak on the post
war opportunities for Negroes
In America and will use for
his subject. Negroes What
Now7" This will be the eih
meeting in the Forum Series
this year all Of which have
been well attended. The pub
lie Is cordially invited and sd-
mission Il free.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-02-15
Meet in Fires

WASHINGTON. Dc - a ma
tional conference on fire proven
ton. called by Pres ident Truman,
will meet in Washington on May
8. Z and 8
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-02-15

erS.
This book. like all compila-
tons Of its kind. includes sew
cral pictures taken during De-
troits race riot. While it gives
the impression Of being some
what hurriedly thrown together.
IL is a valuable and useful edu-
publication.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-02-15
TALMADGE SUFFERS SETBACK
IN SUPERIOR COURT RULING

ATLANTA, Ga. ~ tNNPA) - Herman Talmadge,
pretender the governorship Of Georgia suffered two
severe blows this week superior Judge Claude H. Porter
ruled on Friday that Melvin Thompson actnng COVER
nor and the widow of Confederate General James IT.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-02-15
0P PLEDGES ANTI
Poll TAX, LYNCH Law
Republican Leaders Promise Laws
On FEPC, Lynching and Poll Tax
By ULYSSES w. BOYKIN

Although the Republican State Convention which met
in Grand Rapids last Saturday failed come fatty
for enactment OF state fair employment practices act
broad resolution calling for equality Of opportunity in the
economic. educational and political life the nation nv
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-02-15
NAACP Holds Mass Meeting Sunday
On Restrictive Covenant Battle

The campaign to outlaw Restrictive Covenants will
reach its first climax Sunday, Feb l6 at 3 pm at
Second Baptist Church. AL Monroe Avenue when the De-
rot Branch NAACP holds its first major mass meeting of
the camnaiQn.
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-01

ist-controlled ne:ghbors We can note without surprise the cyn- ical and barefaced coup d'etat in Hungary"
 If for no other reason than that history has demonstrated again and again-even in very recent years-that the course of all one party governments and dictator ships is ALWAYS toward the con- quest of her neighbors, we should prepare ourselves and make our selves so strong that no one will dare attack us in l947 or any other time.
 There are several reasons to be- lieve that the attack will come over the top of the world through Alaska. Alaska is only sixty miles from the Siberian mainland. Rus sians still consider Alaska Russian soil, having declared ever since the Soviets took control that the Car had no right to sell Alaska. Russian airmen and seamen sta- toned in Alaska during World War II again and again referred to Alaska as Russian territory. The Soviet official newspaper Pravda Truth has published the statement that Alaska was sold to the United States without the con- sent of the Russian People.
 Words will not bring peace when people imbued with a re- ligion like Communism take covetous look at the world over massed guns and uniformed men. Only military might, which the United States does not have at present, will stop invading armies.
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-01

and flourish cannot do memories of past herosm and departed strength.
 On Army Air Force Day, America celebrates with gratitude and her warriors of the air. both living and dead.
 But that tribute will be empty and fruitless if it not accompanied by firm and purposeful resolution that this nations air power will be preserved nourshed kept fit in numbers and facilities
 So that instead of gallant handful sent alot against odds to be expended in lost cause it shall by its existence restrain, render sucdally impractical any attempt upon the liberties of this nation.
 That is the promise that the Army Air Force has earned beyond the call of duty and the of honor
 That is the promise the American people insisting shall be kept
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-01
That's That
 By BRUCE GUSTIN

SOVIET RUSSIA "cracked the whip" over Czechoslovakia. An ultimatum from Moscow forced the Czechs to cancel acceptance of an invitation to participate in the Paris conference on the Marshall plan for U. $. aid in European re- mobilization. In rejecting the Mar shall plan, the Russians charged it would interfere with the ''inde- pendence" of the countries to be aided. They complained it was de- signed to split Europe into two camps. Now they have done the identical things they accused us of trying to do.
 The way Soviet Russia dragged the Czechs out of the Paris con- ference was the most fragrant ex- ample imaginable of one country interfering with the 'independ- ence" of another. By refusing to allow any of the European coun- tries under its political thumb to consider the Marshall plan, Sov- jet Russia has split Europe.
 The anonymous "Mr. x" who expressed the view in Foreign Af- fairs magazine a few days ago that the United States for many years must deal with Russia "as rival, not partner" hit the nail right on the head. Russia tolerates no partners" Unless she bosses the game, she won't play. Whats more, she won't allow anybody else over whom Moscow has any control to take part. Any country dealing with Russia must be either a Soviet puppet or rival. The United States certainly is not go- ing to take orders from Moscow or any other foreign capital.
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-01

SPOKANE, (41 - Three men were killed and four others in- iured in a fire that swept through the Swanson Hotel here this morn ing.
 Dead from asphyxiation are William J. McCaney, 43, Spokane steelworker, and William Good pasture, 65, Ritzville, Wash. A third man, who burned to death as he attempted to escape the flames, remained unidentified.
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-01
The Eagles Right And Need

Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
 FORTY YEARS AGO the United States army started of revolutionary development
 special division of the signal corps consisting of officer and two enlisted men, assigned to study and experiment with flying machine invented by the Wright brothers.
 Two years ago, the United States Army Air Force had reduced to smoking ruins the industries of two great empires, destroyed their communications, para yzed their armies pursued their navies into hiding and proved with crushing fnaty to their peoples the hope leSsness of further resistance.
 As celebrate this Army Air Force Day, today, August 1, the two-and-ahalf million men, the thou sands of fighting aircraft the bases factories air fields that as the mightest weapon in history had doomed Japan and Germany, shadowy skeleton of the might that was
 And yet, today the need of air supremacy for Amer ica is greater than before.
 Neither peace the final victory has been assured democracy.
 In time when it obvious that future safety lies in the ability to dominate the air. the A. A. F. is outranked by other world powers.
 As General Arnold has said "A second best air force is like second-best poker hand-no good at all.
 In time when the vital organs of our nation are within easy reach of modern military aircraft in a time of intense development and perfection of guided mis- ses, of supersonic speeds and incredibly devastating explosives the American Army Air Force is being al- lowed to diSintegrate.
 This is good thng-for the enemies of America. It is gratifying condition for the enemies of Amer ican democracy, and democracy anywhere.
 For if there is specific deterrent against world domination by foreign totalitarian despots it is the awakened and every-ready strength of America.
 And of that strength, the mightest element is Amer ican hegemony of the skies.
 In fact, exclusive possession of the atom bomb and the ability to fill the air with American fighting planes today together one and only guarantee of world peace.
 Should either one boh of these be clearly lost defaulted by America the forces of otataran tyra- ny would immediately be on the march.
 This time, by air over the Great Circle routes that pass the polar cap and lead to the sree centers of industry and civilization.
 These are the premises that should be pondered by those who blandly believe that the instrument of air power be permitted to rust in ideness and sudden y when the storm breaks upon us be quickly taken up sharpened and wielded with effect
 There can be more fallacious notion, more dangerous.
 America needs air force second to
 Back of that air force there must be strong modern, progressive aircraft industry; wetraned of flyers and technicians; elastic, wellequipped ably staffed element of air transport.
 The schools the laboratories, the hangers, the cardeS the factories and the service organizations must be maintained at high pitch of activity and efficiency The Army Air Force that tomorrow might be called on maintain the right of American democracy to
Evening star., 1947-09-12

block of Davenport street NV.
Police said she was hit as she tried
to run across Connecticut avenue
near Ellieott street NV. Driver of
the car, poice said, was Edward J.
BreyesS, 20, of Kensington, Md.
The child is being treated for neck
injuries.
A pedestrian who yesterday tried
to report the driver of a truck he
said struck him Wednesday was
himself charged with a traffic vio-
lation after police investigation.
William H. Scott, 81. of the 1900
block of Quincy street NV, re-
ported to police at No. 10 precinct
he had been struck as he walked
from loading platform in the
3700 block of Georgia avenue NV.
by truck driven by Jacob Gordon.
40. of the 5000 block of Georgia
avenue NV.
Officers found Mr.. Scott had left
the loading platform outside the
pedestrian crosswalk. and charged
Ilim with violating pedestrian-con
Evening star., 1947-09-12

the switch. carrying two other cars
with it, before Engineer James M.
Cook of 2975 Fort Pickett drive,
Hillcrest, could halt the train.
The coal was en- route to the Buz-
yards Point yards of the Potomac
Electric Power Co. and was being
transported by the Pennsylvania
Railroad. Charles Needham of
No. l Eighteenth street Sc,
was conductor of the train. The
truck, with Navy lieutenant's
household effects aboard. en- route
from the Gun Factory to Clinton.
Nd, had stopped momentarily to
let the train pass, officials said.
Evening star., 1947-09-12
troll regulations. He forfeited SIS

troll regulations. He forfeited SIS
collateral.
3 Navy Employees Injured.
Three Navy civilian employees were
treated for slight injuries yesterday
at the Naval Gun Factory dis
pensary, after a truck in which they
were parked near First and o
streets Sc. was hit by railroad
coal car that split a switch and
Jumped the track, smashing into
the truck.
Two cars had safely passed the
spur switch, leading to the yard Of
the Kline Paper Stock Co.. 1915
First street Sc. But the third split
Evening star., 1947-09-12

fatal potion as q test of religious
faith. was freed by Judge Claude H.
Porter OF the Rome Superior Court
yesterday.
Judge Porter. ruled there was no
State law to prevent an individual
from carrying poison and threw the
case out of court after testimony
revealed that both Mr.. Davis and
Mr.. Miller drank from the same
glass after the minister said, Il
warn you not to take it unless the
Lord directs you to-
Immediately after Judge Porter
Evening star., 1947-09-12
Minister Whose Poison Test
Killed Follower Is Freed
BY the Associoted Press

SUMMFRVILLE, Ga, Sept. H.
The Rev. Gordon Miller was free
today to continue his snake-han-
ding, poison drinking religious
services and to demonstrate his as
sertion that Il have the power of
Cod
The minister charged with man.
slaughter after the death of 49,
year old Ernest Davis, who drank
Evening star., 1947-09-12

announced his decision. Mr.. Miller
clapped his hands and shouted, "If
they don't believe I have the power
of God let them bring me snake
or some poison"
Mr.. Miller describes himself as a
Evening star., 1947-09-12

There are more than 10000 mo-
ton picture theaters in the United
States.
Evening star., 1947-04-04
War Come Teamwork

1t is not surprising that the &C
cent is on interservice cooperation
in the first big postwar maneuvers
designed to test American defenses
in the new era of guided missiles
and jet planes. The war games were
begun this week in Georgia, with
500 senior Army, Navy and Army
Air Forces command and staff off,
GERS participating or observing. On
the sidelineS also are military and
naval representatives of British,
Canadian and several Latin Ameri-
can countries.
The imaginary invaders already
have consolidated landing in
Florida and have moved northward
toward Georgia. Whether the land
ing was preceded by an atomic
bombardment of strategic cities and
strong points is not clear. Nor are
details available as to how the
enemy succeeded in preaching our
Caribbean defenses and pulling a
surprise invasion of our mainland.
Where was the Navy? That is be-
side the point. All that concerns
the defenders at the moment is the
task Of throwing the invaders back
into the sea-or liquidating them
before they get there.
Dispatches from correspondents
make it plain that the war games
of today are far cry from the
wooden-gun, simulated-tank ma
neuvers of prewar days. The tempo
is much swifter, the weapons awe
somely formidable (57-millimeter
recoilless rifles and 75-millimeter
howitzers raining from the skies
with men to use them) and the
tactics reveal lessons learned by
bitter experience in World War II.
Above all, however, the maneuvers
are benefiting from the combat
proved system of all-service team
Evening star., 1947-04-04

engines month, with half Of these
produced by single company. A.
he sees 1t, most Of our heavy air
craft industry is operating in the
red, and the danger Is that little
will be left OF it, or Of its KNOW
how" II 1t continues to lose money
and is deprived OF other incentives.
In terms of the future. this Is a
potentially serious situation. We
cannot keep on producing planes at
the wartime rate, but certainly there
ought to be systematic minimum
flow of orders for new and expert
mental types orders designed to
give us a lead as regards both the
quality of our aviation and our
ability to convert swiftly to large
scale output. The air age makes
this a security essential.
Evening star., 1947-04-04

work developed during the late war.
Army. Navy and Air Force officers
have found it not only practicable
but absolutely essential to work to-
gether under single, co-ordinated
command when taking the field
against common foe. Thus, while
the Air. Forces have been assigned
q major role in the current games,
1t is reassuring to know that rival
ries evident in the merger contro-
versy have been put aside and that
land, sea and air services are play
ing the game as one team. Such a
combination is hard to beat, as our
enemies found In World War II.
Evening star., 1947-04-04
The Numbers Racket

To the Editor Of The Star:
Your editorial entitled "Penalize All
Of Them" was read with q great deal of
interest. Your statement that ut is an
open secret that numbers betting goes
on daily all over the city" is quite true
This practice may be stopped If
every offender caught, Is given the limit
of the law and not "let of easy" just
because he Is not the big shot," Jail
terms, perhaps, will lead some of them
to obtain legitimate employment.
am not criticizing any particular
court because Jail sentences have not
been given to small" or "big" who
violate the law. However, any kind
Of gambling is bad. 1t Is not only the
numbers racket. Gamblers of all kinds
should be either relentlessly prosecuted
and convicted in accordance with the
law or there should be q law passed
allowing gambling in the District of
Columbia to raise badly needed revenue.
If the law is so widely broken and can
not be enforced, it should be repealed
and law which can be enforced should
be enacted.
SOTERIOs NICHOLSON,
Evening star., 1947-04-04
Our Air STRENGTH

Not dong ago the United States
had by far the greatest air strength
in the world. Today, however, it
does not have as many operational
planes as Russia. Indeed, accord
ing to Senator Brewster, its mill
tary aviation is rapidly falling be-
hind'not only Russia's but Britain's
as well.
OF course, with the war over,
there Is no reason why our armed
forces should have scores Of thou
sands of planes. If the Russians
and the British are ahead of us
merely in quantity, Senator Brew
ster's statement need not be taken
too seriously. Numbers alone do not
count for much if they cover only
the types CT planes used against
the Axis-types that may be re-
garded as largely obsolete now.
What counts is quality, plus the
ability to convert readily to the pro-
duction of advanced aircraft of
every description. If we hold the
lead in that respect. we can feel
reasonably secure. '-
The truth. seems to be, however,
that We are not holding the lead.
At any rate, Senator Brewster's
statement has been underscored by
some highly disturbing figures from
General Echols, our wartime deputy
chief of air staff for procurement.
According to General Echols, our
plane production in 1946-a total of
1880 military planes and 467 trans
ports-"waS worse than in peace
time 1885," when we built 2,500 air
craft. In his judgment, ''if some
thing isn't done about the situa-
ton, and quickly, we're going to be
right back to the point we reached
after World War I when we had
only three manufacturers in the
business" To support this warning,
he has estimated that we are now
turning out only about 400 plane
Evening star., 1947-04-04
This and That
BIZ Charles +. Tyacetoell

Once every year Templeton Jones loses
his right glove.
This annual affair is most likely to
take place on q snowy day.
Jones seldom wears the right glove,
because he cannot make change, use
handkerchief or do anything else with
one on.
Hence. he carries his bare right hand
in his overcoat pocket.
What worries our friend is the rapid
ity with which the glove disappears
when inadvertently dropped.
No matter If he realizes his loss in
two seconds, when he turns around to
look, the thing is gone.
If there is no one there, it is gone
just the same. Dogs may account for
it, we suggested.
Jones agrees that there is nothing a
dog likes better for plaything except
. slipper.
But how do you account for the fact
that lost the two others on downtown
streets? There are not many dogs
there" went on Templeton Jones.
II do not mean the loss, of course,
but how do you figure it that the gloves
disappeared so quickly?
There was, on a normally crowded
sidewalk. looked down and realized
my right glove was gone.
II turned Immediately and walked
back. looked carefully, but there was
no glove In sight.
What worries me is the speed with
which some one picked them up-and
concealed them. s-....
You might think that no one would
want just a right glove"
Here we interrupted our friend.
Maybe somebody wears only a right
glove, just as you practically wear only
left one"
Perhaps" admitted Jones. Maybe
they are left-handed people, these who
pick up my gloves so quickly
II honestly believe that If dropped
it out of my hand, with my eyes glued
to it. it would be gone before it hit the
sidewalk"
That" we put in. would be magic,
not cupidity: and it is greed, as We
gather it, which you suspect"
You put it plainly, as usual" said
Jones' 81 do not understand people
+, who would want one glove"
But you wear just one we could
not help but say.
Il have two" said Jones. THAT is,
I do until lose one. can understand
the man who picked up that 25-cent
book I dropped one afternoon. He
simply swept it into his pocket. I must
say he had a good eye, because I got
another copy, and it was swell story
He, at least, had the satisfaction of
some good reading. But what in the
thunder can man do with one glove?"
Wear 1t, of course" we stated.
Templeton Jones drew on his left
glove.
st will admit that the finder can wear
it, but there must be no satisfaction in
it for him. He must have guilty
feeling.
Nov I, with but one glove, know
that somewhere there Is a glove that
belongs to me. get satisfaction out
of that"
"And the finder" we interjected,
knows that somewhere there IS man
wearing a mate to the one he has on.
II you two men ever meet, one without
a glove on his right hand, and the
other without one on his left. you can
extend to each other the hand of fell
lowship without much trouble"
With this conclusion, however, for
some reason or other. TempletoI Jones
did not seem to agree.
Evening star., 1947-04-04
Time Is Priceless
By David laurence
From the New York Post.

Prom the New York Post.
Delay Is wholly unreasonable. No
matter whab other concerns may occupy
the Congress, the strengthening Of our
ability to forestall aggression is primary
and pressing. 1t is obvious that the
United States must maintain that abil-
ity. There is no excuse for failure to
adopt the most efficient and economical
means. Time is not only the priceless
element of war. It is equally the price
less element of peace. Even after the
Congress has authorized the War De-
partment plan for universal military
training) it cannot be put into opera
ton at once. The Army must have time
to set up its training centers, arrange
programs and recruit instructors before
the first young men can begin to learn.
The world Of 1947 still is too far from
peace to permit US the luxury of q
letsurely pace In taking those steps nee
essary to guarantee our ability to oppose
force with force If factors beyond our
control force US to do so. We believe
we should do everything possible to pre-
vent the necessity of armed action by
squirting the complete organization Of
the United Nations. In the meanwhile
we should build our strength. Again
we say to Congress: Don't delayl