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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-04-15
Hunger Knows No Color Line

Rigors of discrimination practiced IN Deroit are
vicious vile unAmerlcan unC hrstlan and uncaed Tor
The most recent aired (there are hundreds oil
them daily occurred last week al Briggs Stadium when
operators the ball parks concesoney refused to en-
ploy Negro who answered ad appearing in oc a !
newspapers for statesmen
Henry AEcGl. father Of two young children was told
eve aren't hiring coored boys McGll is % years OF
age and aside of being denied employment nsuted
when the hiring manager Mr. Hewitt referred TO him
being a boy.
After standing in line for two hours and then to be
turned away because Of color disgrace and shameful
act of AmercanSm This incident alone IS sufficient
reason why an FEPC urgently needed in the City of De-
troit and State of Michigan.
McGilTs children like the other who were in line
must sleep asd haze the necessities OF HE Yet these
things denied merely because their father happened 10
be coored and therefore cannot get Job, at least
at Briggs stadium. a vendor or even porter
We wonder how the manager, who turned McGll
away. feels about his little act OF un-Americanism
We know that the applicant was heart-broken, dis
guested and surprised by and blunt denial OF an
opportunity for employment MoGi is only one OF
the many blot horizon daily all over The city Dis
elimination hiring Detroit piraled considerably,
since the concluded. VIII the city revert completely
to It's prewar when Negroes We're hired in only
some plants and limited to mental Jobs
McGls case should serve a starting point for those
citizens interested in Fair Employ Practice legisla
ton. renewed effort bring pressure lily and state
officials passage of FEPC should hold the spotlight
of every Democratic minded organization OF the city. Nc
Gill should be denied OPPORTUNITY 20 support MS
family only because he happens 70 be Negro
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-04-15
Acorns To Oak Trees
BY JULIAN wYcHE

Chicago coroner's jury last Friday found that Mrs
Marjorie Covington %, New Years Eve bride of De-
rot died of natural January 3rd instead of swa
owing an unknown of notwithstanding cold tablets
The jury returned its finding after report of Dr. w.
j. r. Camp, University of Illinois toxcoos'st who
ported that mo trace of poison resulting from the pills
found in her body despite rather extensive chemi
cal and biological Investigations concerning thonojy.
famine, a sustance used in the tablets"
On the same day from the same city came announce
ment of of North Americas leading researchers that
the human bodys defense reaction against germs often
kills the patient instead of the germs.
Dr. Hans Selye, director of experimental medicine
and sugery at the University of Montreal made the state
men before the Chicago Heart Association and Medical
Society.
Citing results of his 14year study Dr. Selysaid that
the body defense mechanism reacts to infection cold and
fatigue, in naming few ailments, through the adrena
glands which pour chemicals into the blood stream This
action drastic physical changes in the body act
ing the adrena glands and the system he add
ed, and possible death could be the result
The researcher stated that his theory based on
the medical science concept that before patient
be cured the of the disease must be eliminated
He help the patient adapt his body to these
stresses parts of it.
There EXTERNALLY many persons in my shoes un.
able to decide whether to buy cold tablets just let
Their nature run her course, for better
DR.. George Morris director of Wayne County Health
Departments venera disease division reported last
that present Today cures have people feeling that they
expose themselves with relative safety.
Explaining that former treatments took from so 80
weeks, Dr. Moore contends that morality during that per-
iod allotted by education and weekly returns to the
clinic. Now, he points the clinic is looked upon BY
promiscuous men and women as convenient obging rally
ing stations.
The rates of VD is increasing DR.. Moore said among
teen-agers we'll If the diseases to be wped-out
children must be trained by older persons to think whole
somely and soundly al out their bodies and about
roles of men and women they will play in the family and
society," he added
Talk about the family and society brings to mind
true experience of Detroit enumerator Enum
orator after knocking door and being asked whom she
I'm from the Census Bureau of the US Government
Perplexed Housewife: Just moment I'll call my hu
band
Husband: Who you? Enumerator: I'm from the
Census Bureau Husbands Listen lady l. m an unemploy
ed father of three children and can't contribute nothing
for your
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-04-15
Uproot The Weeds

Circuit Judge William Brown Of Grand Rapids last
week stated that hew in favor or re-esabshng the out
NODDED whipping post for deyiateS adding that such
punishment could also for alcoholics.
The S4-year-old barrSter with nearly 80 years the
bench stated that about time teach boys some
decences and ii they don't learn they would get good
physical whipping
Science has been seeking and means to help not
only these "depraved persons but also those that
mentally ILL., Though is gains have been tremendous the
modern approach towards possibly eliminating the
is comparatively
Just two days before Circuit Judge Brown made his
blast agans modern methods which seek aid and abet
those in need Information ard guidance center was
opened for persons IN Detroit who have alcoholic prob
lens or those seeking assistance in behalf Of Others
II takes not only time brains and money to fight the
evils but also the cooncraton of the community society
The establishment Of the center which financed by the
United Foundation testimony that the public realizes
long last that the deviae and alcoholic are their prob
lens rs well as that Of III endividaal family
These needy persons naughty bows that need
to be reprimanded with padding in the PANTS rather
they are in need Of spiritual and scientific guidance and
aid
is indeed hearennc 10 know that the deviae and
the victim Of alcoholism considered the RESPONSIBILITIES
OF society and appropriate concentrated efforts are being
made in their behalf For it orv by irving understand
human behavior rather than suppress it, that we can up
root the weed Of their personalities.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-04-15

areas are thus more important as
sealed pouches for natural treasures
than as quarry sites.
II is ~ the bowls edges in the
lake-bordered counties - Monroe
Wayne, HurCn, Arenac, Alpena'
Presque Isle, ChebOygan, Emmett
and Charlevois - that limestone
quarrying itself IL most profitable.
Here the limestone Is close to the
surface, and near cheap water trans
portation.
In the Upper Peninsula, as In the
Lower. quarry sites have been
chosen near water transport, WIN
Mackinac and Schoolcraft Counties
noteworthy centers. Outcroppines
occur in many Upper Peninsuls
spots, however, forming some OF the
scenic wonders Of the area, like the
Burnt Bluffs near Fsyette.
Aware of limestones importance.
900 Wayne University students VII
make field trips 10 various quarries
within the state this year Ihey
will be studying Michigan's gray
white wealth of stone-basic ingre
dent in the making Of iron, feri
lizers. chemicals, and building ms
terials: and a foundation stone
OF Michigan's prosperity.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-04-15

About $50 million years ago Mich
igan lay under a great inland sea, in
whose salty waters lived billions Of
tiny creatures. As they died, their
shells and skeletons sank to the
bottom, and later were covered by
earth.
Today the sea is gone, and the
marine deposits have become COM
pact layers which we know as lime
stone. An important resource in
itself, this limestone IL also a pro-
tective covering for other ~nder-
ground treasures, says DR.. Willard
II. Parsons Of Wayne University's
geology department in Detroit.
Limestone formations stretch be-
low the surface Of every county in
Michigan, he points out. In the
Lower Peninsula the formations are
shaped like a stack of shallow bowls,
with the deepest portions at the
center Of the state.
In this deep-buried portion, Mich
igan's oil and gas deposits are found.
Sealed far beneath the surface and
held In the porous limestone layers
the oil pools and gas pockets remain
until tapped. as in Isabella. Midland
Gladwin. and Barry Counties. The
limestone deposits In these interior
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-04-15
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could be used as a measuring
stick of community interest.

The letter reads in part:
We are taking tii.r opportun-
ity Of registering. our protest
against the removal of evening
Bus service on Second Ave, and
] lines after Z pm. weekdays
and no service on Sundays. Az
ter making survey Of the COM
munities effected. we find this
change has worked a definite
hardship on the Citizens.
we are in accord with the
Seal Of the Dept. of Street Rail-
ways Operated for Public Ser
vice not for Private Profit. II
IS natural for US 10 expect street
railway service in practice as
well as in theory. We feel keen
~ the state OF circumstances that
our transportation system is in.
Labor troubles internal and in
dustrial, coupled with declining
economic conditions have had
their effects on every business
enterprise. still we are at loss
TO understand the reasons for
totally depriving the Citizens OF
service on Second and John r
Bus lines after Z pm.
1T is our honest conviction
that this was a discriminatory
move. rather than economic.
I'VE desire to state our position
on this and future anticipated
changes in DSR System insofof
as public accommodation is ef-
fected. We feel that the DSR
Commission should establish a
procedure OF public hearings
where community interest is al
stake. This will provide the DSR
with a yard stick with which Ia
measure the public interest"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-04-15
B,NAI BIRTH
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TIE ADJ report noted that
most Of the si.ooo0O0 poured IN
20 gained art-Semitism was
secrHec Nv outfits operated By
HATE GROUPS
s,ep g x HAT III NE Notion I
Eeor,sn C-re.l H o1p e-
ceycs 8 least $40 600 .sst seat.
including nsrs zar'c donations
from BIZ and ~
inert rg4 A-.fs
G. rais S0s.'h us C. ,an
Nators. = Gu AIDE was chi ned
by more iban s.5oo00.
Cerald Wlnroa FDndamertalst
pseaehe and p.sashrf IL nr-
Semitic periodicals. About 500
coo was received at bis Wicnlta.
Kansas headquarters.
Upton Close colunnls, and fa-
do commentator whose uans-
crinec boadcssis are bcsmod
from Mcxicos border station.
$50 600
Joseph P Kamp now sppe ding
= contempt conviction fc ms re-
fusal 70 disclose officers ~ and
contributors q lis Constitutional
Educational League. S5800o
Allen Zoll former tundrsiscr
fort Har' and kamp ma plonot-
or Of the discredited National
Council for American Education.
$40 200
Re- Wcsiev Swift Anglo
Saxon theo.oe ST q. Los Anle'e,
$4,000
The bulk Of the hate promoters
IN this couniry found the PICK.
ing slim the survey noted ETY.
seven ant-Semlt.c organizations
were active N 1919 and nine 9th
ers not direc'it involved N anti
Semitic pronans were controllfd
BY known anti Semitcs.
Highest concentration was in
the Midwest q The Northeast
had IS flnctioning anti-Jewish
groups: the South. l6; the Far
West. g. Thirty-five once active
groups folded during the year.
largely from lack Of finances, the
survey disclosed.
OPERATION
Most hate groups operated as
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-04-15

event.
A highlight will be Albert j.
Kahn, famous author and world
traveller. who just returned from
Euripe where he participated in
the World Peace Congress held
in Stockholm. Sweden. He will
give first hand information on
the growing world peace move
ment.
The dramatic narration and
play Will feature not only the
cultural contributions made by
the foreign born and other min
GRITTY groups to America. but al
so the role they played in build
ing this country's democratic in
situations, its trade unions and
fraternal societies, its science
and industry.
Tickets are available at Room
424, lao Cadillac Square, phone
Woodward l-6278.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-04-15

Robert Nolan. Detroit Choir
al director and teacher has
assembled four choral groups
each directed by graduates OF
his school who will confribu-
to their talents TO the pro-
gram.
The festival. sponsored by the
Michigan Committee for Pro-
lection Of Foreign-Bor Civil
Rights Congress, features cast
il 500 musicians, singers, dan
GERS, actors, writers. directors
and stage managers who will
seek to put on the most enter
tanning show Of its kind seen in
Detroit.
Outstanding singing and dam
cling group, Mexican. Negro,
Jewish. Russian. Polish, Lith-
uanian, and Zugoslav among
others: dramatic narration and
play. combined choruses singing
the Ballad for Americans; gor-
geous costumes and decorations
will be featured to make II a
gay and enjoyable cultura !
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-04-15
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tended that he was framed.
Several years ago. luke
Box owners conducted a war
on the Easfside. causing con-
siderable damage 10 many
machines. owned by various
vendors.
In many instances. tavern
owners and other proprietors,
innocent of alleged territory
serviced by different companies,
suffered disturbance of routine
business by different vendors
demanding that they take out
one machine and put in another
Following police intervention
the vendors apparently got to-
gether, and divided the terri
tory. and peace has remained
until now.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-04-15
Veterans
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tiated for.
we have in our office many
such cases and are turning away
every day scores of veterans and
their real estate agents who have
bought homes, for we are unable
to process them because all Of
the available money of the Fed
eral National Mortgage Associa-
ton has been allocatcd.
For your information, the
commitments that FNMA have
issued are not transferable.
which makes it impossible even
to borrow such commitments
from a builder who may have
bought hundreds Of commitments
in anticipation Of his project.
NEGRO HARDEST HIT
THE extreme hardship is on
the Negro veteran who is abso-
lutely dependent on FNMA fol-
the financing Of his home.
please use your good office:
to correct this critical situation.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-04-15
FBI SEEKS TO INDICT
CROVELAND OFFICERS

NEW YORK.-The Department
of Justice stated last week that
the case against the law enforce
ment officers in the Groveland,
Fla, rape cases will be presented
to a Federal Grand Jury in Ocala
April H.
u S. District Attorney Herbert
F. Phillips vii seek an indictment
on behalf of the Justice Depart
ment, against any state officers
who might have violated the
Groveland defendants constitu.
tional rights.
FBl intervention followed re.
ports By NAACP attorneys that
Samuel Shepherd, Walter Lee r.
vim and Charles Greenlee. the
three youths whose conviction is
being appealed by the Associa-
ton. were brutally beaten and
otherwise badly mistreated by
state police officers followinb
their arrest
Franklin II. Williams. NAACp
assistant special counsel who is
handling the case, reported. after
visit TO the prisoners in the
state penitentiary, that the beat
inSs continued after their con-
viction.
The appeal of the convictions
IS scheduled'to be argued by VIII
llams and Alex Alderman Jr.. of
Winter Park. Fla. on April 10.
before the Florida Supreme Court
at Tallahassee.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-04-15
Felton-Williams-
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states, Boxing Association.
Palermo has asked Stevens 70
have the MIA lift suspension II
FELTON,, inasmuch as Williams
has agreed to the May fight.
But Stevens maintains that Will
liams' suspension hold tight"
until he fights FELTON, and no
one else"
IF the suspension is removed
before he fights here" Stevens
declares. at will be over my
dead body"
Williams was granted two
suspensions by promoter Nick
Londes. when the champ COM
planned that he was Ill with in
jured hand then light attack
of influenza.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-04-15
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out Of phone booth.
Arresiing officers claimed tina,
the pair were drunk and almost
caused a riot at the scene of the
accident. William Ryan, under
sheriff, stated that the suspen-
sion was sufficient. inasmuch as
both had never been in trouble
before.
The arresting officers did not
ask for a warrant as they orig
inally stated that they would. in
charging the paid with disorder
ly conduct.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-04-15
NAACP Slaps-

N(oHAhHuco kfOfu EdSe
as Hill quoted him. "A Negro
woman Games 10 my home every
week and washes the floors"
Meanwhile. NAACP officials
point out that thousands Of dol
lars are spent weekly at the
Stadium by Negroes. during the
regular baseball season, and that
Negroes should be employed by
the company.
Because Of the Briggs Incl
dent. the NAACP states that il
is urgently necessary that all
citizens support their campaign
for a municipal FEPC in Detroit.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-04-15
Seeks To Order

NOonunueo FROM rage
grant the JAW time to discuss
the Chrysler strike.
Further delay" Macy stated.
will allow the station 10 sue
coed in flouting the edict issued
last year"
Radio Station WWJ offered
time for the strike discussion to
the union, according to union
Spokesman. "only il Chrysler
Corporation would agree to avail
themselves OF like time"
The company refused 10 discuss
the strike over the station. con-
sequently the station refused the
unions demand"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-04-15
Many real estate operators and
development builders are cir
cumventing the intent of the
Courts decision with ''loophole
maneuverinq."

cumventing the intent OF the
Courts decision with ''loophole
maneuvering."
The forced ghettoization of mi
nority groups. with its overcrowd-
ing and recreational facilities, has
created serious problems of crime,
juvenile delinquency. commun-
ity tensions, racial and religious
disharmony and other unsocial
practices.
5-Mass media in the United
States, particularly radio, the
press and the magazine field,
have shown greater awareness
Of the need for publicizing human
relations activities. There was a
greater number of dramatic ra-
do shows and published articles
and fiction stories devoted to in
tergroup harmony than at any
time since the war years.
eight states followed the
lead set by New Jersey, eliminat-
ing segregation in their state mil
itias. Connecticut. Wisconsin and
illinois. by statute, and Mime
sofa, by executive order. made
the change immediate. New York,
Pennsylvania. and California leg
islatures enacted similar laws. ex-
cept that a reasonable time" is
allowed for the indignation Of Ne
gro and white troops
with the exceptions OF the
Professional Golfers Association
and the American Bowling Con-
gress, both of which bar Negroes.
professional sports are relatively
free Of racial or religious discrim-
ination. The rules that apply TO
business govern professional
games which have a mass market.
Most American sport spectators
frown on prejudice and discrimi-
nation and promoters are happy
to move ir the direction Of that
public sentiment. Whatever dis
elimination does exist is not typ
ical OF the sport itself but reflects
the social climate of a region.
The Anti-Defamation League,
founded 81 years ago, is the edu-
cational arm Of B'nai Birth. l07
year-old Jewish. service organiza-
tion. Funds for its anti-discrimi-
nation program are received from
public contributions made 10 the
Joint Defense Appeal Of the ADJ
and the Omerican Jewish Com
mittee.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-04-15
Bad Business Hits
Race Members lst
Bx DAVID ]. BETHEA

NEW 1Ohk.-Jlm CrOW is a
dangerous old boy in any eco
nomic set-up. and the amuse-
ment world is not escaping the
results of il. If the present bust
ness slump is affecting niteries
and other branches of show BUSH
ness, the spots always hardest
tapped are those who draw Ne
gro trade.
Atlas News Service spoke to a
number of mite club owners,
though none Of them wish to
talk outright about the problem
Of the business striking the hard
est at the Negro. it IS a known
fact that such hot spots as Bird
land and Bop City are finding
the going tough these days. These
spots cater to both white and
Negro customers. and employ
top notch bands and perform
ers..
During the last forty days of
lent. which is always a dull
season along the main show
stems of big cities. business has
slumped to a new low, and the
Negro has felt it more than any
one else. Many of the big named
bands have had to cut down to
small CONDOS.
There are more musicians in
New York today than you can
shake a stick at. Not that the
white performer is not dented
by the slump, it is that he is
the last to go. and the first 10
be hired, whether it is a club OF
Theatre. And its all because OF
that old boy" we call Jim Grow
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-04-15
FREDERICK DOUGLAS PROJECT APPROVED

Detroit's first public housing
project since 1912 was given the
construction" sign Tuesday as
Common Council voted favorable
for the new project, the Fred
erick Douglas homes TO be built
on the Eastside.
Actually. the project. although
named Frederick Douglas. is an
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-04-15

p0lliico-cconomlc carnations.
the report said Some posed as
religious or educational move
men's But dozen boldly pub
Aciled themselves as out-and
saclst groups
Except on the West Coast.
WHARF, Gerald Smith rallies Of
ten attracted audiences of 1000
and more. attendance at public
ami Semitic. meetings was
Stunned by the American pub
lie Most propasandisis invested
heavily in Pamphlets and
periodicals. Foriy.nine regular
anti Semitic publications were
circulated last year. the report
said.
Southern office ~ the Anti.
Defamation League eport a dis
lrtel silon { 'nc ku Klux Khan.
Despite Tic Khan frcnetlc activ-
l'y eu.nf 1919 tine rcpo, noted
that 4 hss split into tfagmen-
wed no.tecni handful of n.a-
10 KIN units competing with
each ether ,oI power
The Kan lacks the strength
quality aynamr lcadcssh hip anc
most signiifar' -thc public ac-
cepiarce ssh z nadc Il an awc.
Ogre and Il ghjcn.ng power II
the l920s 'hc oport aid In.
stead hutfotel .fom without b,
an aroused ard ofganized South
ern populace and eaten away In
teinallr bv iacsal, INC culrcn
Khan has become itflc come thar
poor-paying racket for a ganl
~ confidence men"
KLAN'S WEAKNESS
Only in Georgia. where tn,
county-unit system OF voting still
provided il with a local politica
purpose. did the Khan have any
stable strength. says the League
Anti-mask laws passed by Ala
bama and 81 Southern communi
ties has robbed the Khan Of il
secrecy. thereby sapping it
strength. and Khan efforts to linl
itself with the Dixiecrat move
ment were repudiated by South
ern political leaders.
Many Americans who rejec
the professional anti-Semite ant
refuse 10 be duped by his racke
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-04-15

addition 10 the Brewster project
The new project will be bound.
ed by wilkins, ST Antoine
Brewster and Beaubien.
Initial construction will include
ia units. with SIC units 10 fol-
low in the near future. The pro-
iect is estimated 10 cost APP
proximately S2,0O00OO.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-04-15
Fails To End Life

a 33-year-old common law
wife OF one year failed to end
her life Easter Sunday after
noon by swallowing lysol in a
florist shop where her husband
was employed part time
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-04-15
Fire Victims
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fire victims temporary shelter
until the city can provide homes
for them. More than that, a
committee OF tenants in the pro-
ject collected clothing and funds
10 aid them.