The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-05-27
Acorns To Oak Trees
By JULIAN c. wYcHE


ECONOMIC FORECAST: The recent grant by Ii.
Nev York State body of the five cent,
boost on local telephone calls make the price ten
cents.
Twas time that the buffalo nickel was the open Sc
same to the for gaining his modest needs but
now with prices of trolley travel food automat the
street apple vendor doubled and rped the fvecent piece
is definitely off the American the most versau
COIN and is now just merely carried to make change
Think I'll form club in looking ahead, that would be
appropriately titled Save the American Thin Dime
EFFECTIVE CURBS: The recent drive by Traffic
Court Judges and the Police Department against speed
sters and drunken drivers
law-abding motorist last month usually wondered
whether the behind touched
upon being honked to and let him pass although
our hero observing the speed limit to the extent
the speedometer needle would culver between the speed
limit and couple of miles over it.
Now the speed limit observer is finding it an unbear
able temptation honk his horn these drivers who
front of him. crawling at speed rates far below
the limit Can be that these motorists finally awaken
to the luxuries OF driving!
BICOTRY BALLON POPS: The preview last Thurs
day night at the Downtown theatre of the Jackie Rob-
nson Story" had many members of the other
ceving entertaining lesson in the Stiffness of racial
discrimination and segregation
The life of Jackie up and to his first in modern
bg-league baseball the first member filled
with the ambitions and handcaps that similar
of those the audience with the only difference being his
fight against racial bigotry.
Scenes of the attempt to obtain job balpayer
and the conflicts encountered by preudicedmnded per-
sons had the white audience suddenly pulling with the
underdog Jackie) and unconscousy realizing how silly
il to ostracze individual because of his color.
So you can surmise that was not surprised to note
chiefly through curiosity that the oudest rooer in the the
atre for Jackie. in his suppression of emotions when
countering racial prejudice, was young male OF the
white race.
IRONIC SITUATION: Publicity last week was re.
leased by MIR. Davis representative of the Ford Motor
.kn..kk kc r1IIo
being launched locally Mr. Davis co-charman of the
campaign, similar position that he commercially held
last year when the Drive quota exceeded
What precarous note the fact that the word
Negro spelled with lower-case m throughout the
release The Drive chiefly sponsored in Detroit by the
local Urban League which repeatedly cashed with local
disc jockey playing records curing his broadcast
surprisingly discreditng to the because white
listeners were led to believe that all Negroes love low
down blues, augmented with obscene lyrics
hope that the responsible parties will henceforth see
that the releases will have designation spelled
with capital IN" For you keen-mnded persons, will
let the argument about there being no Negro colleges but
there colleges for Colleges ride for this writing Tor
acquleSe.
ANOTHER CHUCKLE CORNER: Dolores Calvin, New
York correspondent the agency bearing her last
name was victim of an uncear letter received from James
Edwards star of Home of the Brave, who bows out Of
Club FL Sino here Wednesday.
The correspondent reported: Heard from James Ed
wards star of Home of the Brave, who is enjoying
successful engagement at Detrots Club FL Sine the first
Negro entertainer
ON THAT wELL-KNOwN LIMB: That was Floyd
Snelson, pubicst for Billie Holiday who writes synd
Gated column Sneson reported that Marva Louis was def
lney not marrying because she informed him via tee
phone from Chicago.
We all know what happened by now What put Snelson
on the limb was his personal observation that Marva and
Joe would never anyone long the other remain
unmarried Could be- now. that Joe will take upon himself
bride and let Floyd move back to the tree trunk.