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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-07-08


While many groups and teams
have not reported. campaign Of
ficials informed that non-par-
Elephants still had time 10 take
out memberships as well as
work TO secure them.
Carmen c. Murphy. owner OF
the House of Beauty stated last
week that her staff would report
100 per cent in NAACP member
ship
Many of the teams who have
already exceeded their goal are:
Bowie. Croft and Prior; Jenni-
son. TYrrell and Smith; LapsleY
and baltimore; Constable and
McClendon. the Rev. Damon p.
Young; Glosfer B. Current;
Barbara Helm; Luther Sim
mons; Mrs. Daisy TalleY; Green.
Walker and Warren; Mrs. Es-,
Their Lowe; DR.. A. L. Thomp-
son: Mrs. L. Thompson.
Also Dr.. W. A. Thompson. {.
w Underwood; billiard and
Flowers: John S. Talley: and
Miss Roberta Mcclure. The high
est team is Dr. A. l.. Thompson.
who also served this year as
Campaign Chairman.
Al this point the Ralph
Bunche Division. headed by the
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-07-08
LOCAL WEEKLY Halls
ANTT-RACIAL ACTION

The recent action Of the Amcri-
can Medical Association 10 elm
mate all designations Of race,
creed OF color from situation
wanted advertisements in future
editions OF its journal has been
hailed cditorially by the Michi-
gan Catholic
This decision is in accord with
ON cnuntrN's traditional stand
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-07-08

tails Vll be- given at our exccu-
tive meetne ON Wednesday
night
You cannot afford 70 mss any
past OF the meetings prior 70 the
conventions You VIII be sur
pfised "a the low rates therefore
We shah expect YOU T. so. Leave
al your ares al homes and ride
down ID q deluxe bus
The officers Of the Choral
Union are certainly enthusiastic
over the official contest II is
SET a. be known who can raise
the highest amount ~ money
The FIRST lap Of this contest win
nc reported az the monthly board
meeting on Thursday July 10.
~ the honc of D. y r. Hale.
1898 FarnsNorth ST We are ex-
pecting an una,ual attendance
IN that evening.
Who VIII Wear the diamond
ina2 Come 70 Mac Ray Temple,
1928 Monroe on The flfih Sun
day in july which Is the 30th at
$3.50 pm and YOU viii see Any
person whom YOU IRE interested
ill., pl,ase sec % il that they wear
the lne
We had treat last Wednes-
dap when Elder w NJ Rimson
and his chol conducted services.
Elder Rimsous message on "All
Men are Created Equal was
Wen worth our hearing
Remember the date Of Mrs.
Wllic Mae Ford Smith. the third
sunday IA July Watch next
weeks paper and We Viii give
YOU the exact place.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-07-08
DR.. Johnson Named
Fund Consultant

Mr. John Hay Whitney an
nounced today the appointment
of DR. Charles S. Johnson as
Consultant to the John Hay
Whitney Foundation.
DR. Johnson. acknowledgement
educator. Is president of Fisk
University at Nashville, Tenn.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-07-08

Rev. A. J. Griswold and MIA
c. w. Underwood. has reported
1857 members and leads by a
narrow margin OF 10 members
over the Eleanor Roosevelt Di-
vision. headed by Mrs. Celillus
Morgan and Atty. John w. Rox-
borough. II; and il remains 10
be seen by the end OF the week
which team will win the iro-
ply.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-07-08

a new feature has boon addtu
to the National Singers A gal
liant parade viii be in session
en- route 10 the convention Two
busScs along with automobiles
arc scheduled TO 20 Further dcS
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-07-08
Negro Lad is Mayor

CINCINNATI. Ohio Running
a platform of eight national and
International issues, Peter Ran
dolph, l8-year-old student of De
PORES High School, was elected
MAJOR of Operation Youth, a cit
izenship training institute at
Xavier University.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-07-08
[OBESON DENOUNCES KOREAN
INTERVENTION AT NY. RALLY

NEW YORK-A mixed audience of several thousand
bered in Madison Square Garden last Wednesday night
raly sponsored by the Civil Rights Congress to hear
hui Robson chairman, Council on African Affairs warn
m unless American intervention in Korea and the rest
AHA was stopped, Africa would be next in line
T;,,.. now
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-07-08
LOCAL MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
SOARSPAST HALFWAY MARK

The NAACP membership campaign drive passed its
and SIP 900 of an expected goal of 10000 memberships
This figure is 90 per cent reported this time last
year, according to Dr. A. l.. Thompson. Campaign chair
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-07-08
ChurCheS8!
HN
GOSPEL SINGERS
OF CHORAL UNION
by Pocahontas Williams

The recent communication from National Presi-
dent Thomas A. Dorsey. inspired hearts in regards to
out attending the national convention.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-07-08
Time IS nov

kVilllam |. Patterson. executive
tseiarv Civll Rights Congress,
10 chaircd the meeting, called
\ IA inlensification Of the fight
fcc American political pns-
IeN stop the pending execu-
bns Of Negro victims of lynch
kucc and save our country
b. Wan and taScism.
i He said that Just as the de-
loeracY we export 10 the
Colonial peoples is a democracy
y guns. violence and terror. so
DO. is the democracy for the
Fesro people al home a policy
\ police guns. violence and
kror."
'Speskas on the Korean crisis,
3M ROBINSON said
Ia Now VIZ 81 freedom
fws n The & people
J. 10 put OH II domi-
iion by GA wers. by
h ubber bH, aud white
|pfemacists of Europe and
who have held them in
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-07-08

for liberty for all men as well
as in line with Christian teach
ing. which holds that all men
are brothers in Christ" accord
ing TO the Catholic weekly.
Evening star., 1950-04-19
Georgia Voting

There is no doubt that the county unit
system of voting which prevails in Georgia dis
eliminates against the voters of a large city such
as Atlanta.
Under this unit system, six unit votes are
assigned to each of the eight most populous
counties. Some counties have four unit votes,
and the least populous have two each. The
candidate receiving the highest vote in each
county wins its entire unit vote.
The effect of this is to dilute the political
weight of a vote cast in one of the large coun-
ties. Thus in its bearing on the outcome of an
election vote in the smallest county is more
than 100 times as effective as vote in Fulton
County, the States largest.
Obviously, this is a discrimination against
the Fulton County voter. But it is not the kind
of discrimination which calls for Federal rectifi-
cation, and the Supreme Court has acted wisely
in refusing to interfere.
If the discrimination is to be removed, the
people of Georgia will have to remove it, Justices
Douglas and Black, dissenting, have done good
job of exposing the discriminatory aspects Of
the county unit system. But their argument that
the Federal courts should intervene is not per-
suasve-unless one believes that all of the
vagares of State politics are the legitimate bust
ness of the Federal authorities.
Evening star., 1950-04-19
Bu, Bu, Bo!

In the debate about music In the buses,
nobody has brought up the plight Of
the ultra musical person who is obliged
to sing music in his head after hearing
it in transit. The other day, had
critical interview ahead of me, and since
no taxi was in sight, hoped bus. My
trip was short, but long enough to hear
We're Poor Little Lambs That Have
Gone Astray' played through several
times with modern variations on the
theme. All through my interview with a
dignifled gentleman, I was mentally
obliged to sing to myself, Were poor
little lambs that have gone astray Ba.
Ba. Ba" to the bunting. Sir. of my
self-command.
I refrained from writing you at the
time. because hate to write for nothing.
But soon afterward, I had to visit the
Library of Congress, and rashly took
streetcar. If you will credit thing when
say it to be true. the radio on that
car was playing that same tune. Again
to the chorus of "Ba, Ba. Ba,"
spent my morning. love that piece in
its place, Sir, with Yale boys in their
Bowl singing it to their football. but
"Ba, Ba, Ba" was of no avail on my
errand. ....
And, Mr. Editor, If the question should
be asked why don't take taxi next
time, where I can control the radio If
1t is on-the answer Is that, next time,
! shall. ....
Frances Lester Warner.
Annapolis, Md.
Evening star., 1950-04-19
By Charles E. TroceweT

bluebird house rather high, say IS or 20
feet.
If intended for bluebirds, the house is
put as low as or feet. on a post or
other solid base. and faced. south.
Some care should be taken to give
any type of birdhouse ventilation.
This may be secured by drilling few
small holes both in the floor and near
the top of the sidewalks.
There should be a roof, OF course, but
under this it is best to place a sort Of
subrooflng, also with few holes bored
in it.
Holes in the bottom of the house help
carry off any water that may get into the
house in heavy rains.
If nesting materials are deemed neces-
sary for the birds. they should be cut
to very short lengths. not more than 3
or inches. Every year yields one or
more pictures Of robins and others
hanged with nesting materials. Keep
it cut very short and help save bird lives.
Experts say that brightly colored yarns
are not good, since they tend to attract
other birds to the nests. Soft dark grays
and browns are the best.
II you have pair of Baltimore orioles,
the yarn lengths may be as much as IL
inches. but never longer The female
oriole is the nest builder. She is an
expert at stresses and strains. and lashes
her nest as securely to the end Of q
branch as any human engineer could
do 1t.
Evening star., 1950-04-19

speak. But an employed single workers
pay may be taxed-and is. II he makes
more than $13 in any one week.
Here's an example. A worker drawing
$50 compensation a week is offered
job at $35. Suppose he is sap enough to
take it. His first pay envelope contains
$3l.07, his pay less withholding and old
age benefit taxes. By working. say. 40
hours in a week, he increases his income
SLOT. That figures out 27 cents an
hour for working.
If he lands job at $45 week he does
better, but not much better. His take
home pay is $39.42, so by toiling away
for eight hours a day five days a week.
he increases his income by % cents for
each hour worked.
And should he in some thoughtless
moment accept employment at $50 q
week, he is At subject for psychiatrist.
The poor. misguided simpleton then
actually pays for the privilege Of work.
ing. since his pay envelope contains $3.0
less each week than he was getting from
the Government.
Why work for cents an hour when
for doing nothing you can be paid IS
cents?
Rufus 8. Lusk,
President. Washington Taxpayers
Association.
Evening star., 1950-04-19
Cheerio to You, Too

have just had the pleasure of read
ing the write up by Henry McLemore.
about his desire to visit Scotland. Well.
he has had that pleasure. and I. as a
Scot. thank him for all the nice things
he writes about. especially the dog
Robert Bruce. The article was very in
teresting. Should Mr.. McLemore visit
Scotland again. would be delighted to
show him around some very interesting
parts.
AS boy. my desire was to visit Mount
Vernon. and in 1947 my wife and had
the great pleasure of seeing not only
Mount Vernon but also Williamsburg.
Detroit, Chicago. Minneapolis and
Charleston. w. Va. Our visit to Wash
ington was beyond our expectation.
thanks to our friends on Rhode Island
avenue NV. Mr.. and Mrs. J. CARRIER.
They certainly did show us around
Their kindness to US can never be for
gotten by two people from Scotland.
We love America and look forward to
visiting the United States again. Cheerio
and kind regards.
Thomas Munro.
Edinburgh, Scotland.
Evening star., 1950-04-19
PRINCE FREDERICK, Md.

PRINCE FREDERICK, Nd
Dear Sir:
Gould you suggest some text. not too
scientific. which would help one identify
the birds seen here in Calvert County,
beside the Bay?
ALSO. Is there book you could suggest
which tells the types Of bird houses to
build to attract certain kinds of birds
wrens and bluebirds. for instance?
1--WE find your column of interest. as
we have many kinds of birds around us
here.
Thanking you, R. W. P"
There are so many good books nova
days to help with bird identification that
one hesitates to recommend any one in
particular.
How helpful any one book will be
depends upon just how it happens to
strike the reader.
For that reason. we recommend that
our correspondent go to his public library
and look over the books they have in
this department.
After little study he should be able
to select the one he likes best, that is,
the one he thinks he can work best
with. and get the most help from: he
will discover that pretty pictures alone
do not make good bird book.
Nor is the latest book by any means
the best. Some of the older works do
very we'll.
ANY book dealing with the birds of the
Evening star., 1950-04-19
This and That

Eastern United States will serve equally
well in Calvert County, or Montgomery
County. or Washington, D. c., or nearby
Virginia.
AS for book on building birdhouses,
THE Audubon Guide to Attracting Birds"
Is a good one. r.-
There the information seeker will find
listing Of various houses, with their
proper dimensions.
Most generally used houses are those
intended for bluebird, wren, crested fly
catcher and flicker.
If one desires to put up houses for
bluebird house suits him very well!
Just the other day we received call
from a man who wanted to please his
English sparrow friends.
He wanted to know how large the
entrance should be made, so that they
could get into the house easily.
"An inch and half in diameter" we
told him. THAT is the right size opening
for the bluebird house, and it is the
bluebird house that the common sparrow
prefers"
II one wants to reverse the situation,
and keep sparrows out of bluehird houses,
the thing to do is to place the house low.
Sparrows do not like to nest low.
Wherefore, If one seeks to please spar
rows, the best thing to do Is to put q
Evening star., 1950-04-19
I'D Million Fingerprints Can't Be Wrong
By Thomos S. Honey

TN almost 26 years Of fingerprinting. the
L. FBI feels 1t has learned Just about
everything there is to know on that
subject.
1t has collected 114.0oo. 900 prints and
figured out how to classify them in five
basic types. It devised means Of filing
them in sets so they could be checked
almost instantly. 1t long ago learned
to bring fingerprints out Of surfaces on
which there apparently were none.
But the FBI can't explain the fascina-
ton that the science 1t helped develop
still holds for so many people.
Many are the calls for lecturers and
films on the subject Tourists ask about
it first, when they go through FBI head
quarters here.
Even FBI agents are affected. Let
two or more Of them meet In the base
ment cafeteria for coffee, and the con-
versation is bound to get around to
fingerprints before very long. They can
tell some grisly tales.
There was one case which began when
q woman registered one summer evening
three years ago In a Chicago hotel. Next
morning her body was found. Heart
coroner wrote on the death certificate.
The city's police stepped in
Two men turned up who identified the
woman ASIAN acquaintance She came,
they said, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
With so positive an identification. police
and the woman's family made funeral
arrangements there.
Nearly four months later, the two men
met the corpse" they had identified-in
a Chicago tavern. They told her what
had happened and advised her to call
her home at once. She did.
Meanwhile Cedar Rapids authorities
ordered the body exhumed. Fingerprints
were taken and all the dead girls fingers
were photographed. The FBI had her
identified correctly within two days
That doesn't mean necessarily that
she had once been involved in some
crime. either.
Evening star., 1950-04-19
Times Have CHANGED

In ancient Greece. according to Plato.
the eldest son was first taught religion:
then to be upright and true-to become
master Of his desires and fear nothing.
How times have changed! Today. large
groups teach sons and daughters to be
atheistic; to double cross their neigh
bors; to cater to the lower impulses Cor
even glorify them) and to fear everybody
on the theory that no one can be trusted.
Decay Of our vaunted civilization ap-
pears imminent unless indeed. the race
rebuilds it's structure on decency. justice,
faith and fair play.
Edmund X. Goldsb0rough.
Evening star., 1950-04-19
No Common Mon

Although try as best ] can, -
! cannot find the common man. ,-'
Look here. look there. hoD different OIL
And not one common tDiH I caH -
To liue on earth and to be human ~
Is alDdys to be most uncommon.
My Negro plown,dn has tDdy
OF singing at the break OF day. -
knoy tramp who's alwdvs smiling:
A blacksmith NTH blue eyes beouiltnp.
k,rotD q n1ountdineer tCho plays
The duIcinIer on rainy days.
All these are humble, all dtperse.
To coll them common is to curse
The uaried Donder Of each heart.
Eternal ldD sets them apart.
Each Is original and lonely
As II the Lord had made him only.
All human spirits deptate:
MGrDelous, iOhether small or great.
A tiny mountain stream I knop.
Whose iCarblino secret icateys fop -
With elfn song and fairy MOTION, ~
Is fascinating as the oceGn. -
ARCHIBALD RUTLEDG1.
Evening star., 1950-04-19
A Relic Worth SAVING

The little old house at 305l M street north
west may not have been George Washington's
headquarters while he was planning the Federal
City which was to bear his name Somehow, 1t
seems too small too diminutive in its proportions,
to have contained so great man even for a
few days. The same observation applies to the
legend that the place once sheltered Major
Pierre LEnfant while he was working on his
drawings for the future Capital Conceivably
1t might have been office for the first Com
missioners of the new city, but even this story
fails of attraction.
Much more probably the structure was raised
for and used by quite humble people. Such
houses were common in the second-half of the
eighteenth century. Its design was standard
among carpenter architects" Grace Dunlop
Ecker, in her Portrait of Old Georgetown"
says the edifice in question was built in 1851,
and was owned by Cassandra Chew. She cites
newspaper advertisement describing it as "the
house where Mrs. Annie Smith lately dwelt,
containing three rooms and a passage on the
lower and three rooms on the upper floor, a
large cellar and garret, kitchen detached from
the house and good garden"
. No verification of the suggestion that Gen.
eral Braddock stopped at 3051 has been found.
He died as the result of wounds received in battle
in Western Pennsylvania in 1755 and thus ante
dated the little stone cottage by at least dozen
years. Other romantic legends appear to be as
inconsequential. But the house still is worth
saving. 1t has been judged by the National
Capital Parks authorities to be a. relic worthy
of renovation, stabilization, maintenance and
preservation" Under the proper auspices 1t
might be museum of a sort, reflecting the
common life of the period to which it belongs
Evening star., 1950-04-19
.Griff CoIIed Old, Not Foxy

Clark C. Griffith. during his horse
trading days. was known as the "Old
Fox" However, it seems the auto. plane.
atomic energy. inflated pocket books. and
millionaire ball-club owners are here to
stay.
Griff can't seem to bargain with these
modern car dealers. He is outmoded.
He'd best forget the short-term welfare
of few stockholders, and consider the
real meal ticket. Gus" the suffering fan.
Otherwise. young John Jachym might
take over.
Think about it, Griff.
Stephen p. Allen.
Evening star., 1950-04-19
Letters to The Star :.

have only heard Of the fabulous country
far away across the ocean that they will
automatically understand the ways and
thinking of the people that inhabit it.
It is this fact that creates misunder-
standings and makes things harder than
they should really be. The best of inten-
tions can be nliSinterpreted If the right
approach is not there.
Things don't come at once. Dealing
with foreign people is hard, but it is not
impossible. 1t will come-With patience
and understanding
A powerful propaganda machine Is
now in operation all over the world.
The best intentions of countries and men
of good will are distorted. This makes
the task of Americas representatives
hard and thankless. It also demands Of
those who are responsible for the execu-
tion of the different statesmenlike pro-
grams, like the Marshall Plan and the
Point Four program far -sightedness
in the choice of the people that are to
carry them on.
Most of the people abroad are sus-
picious of anything that is given them
when nothing is asked in exchange. You
cannot blame them for that. In the
past, whoever gave them anything, so to
say gratis. made them pay very dearly
afterwards. What is needed is q more
widespread and clearer Interpretation of
the spirit and the intent that lie behind
those wise undertakings.
The hostile propaganda is too powerful
to counteract with propaganda. The
best that can be done is to present the
truth in the simplest possible way and
through the best of media-the men who
are sent abroad.
Dimitri *. KaraghiOsoff,
Former Acting Consul General for Bull
garia in Turkey.
Evening star., 1950-04-19
Unemployment Compensation

The worst feature of the proposed
legislation to increase by so per cent the
maximum benefits payable under, the
District Of Columbia Unemployment
Compensation Act is that 1t will put a
premium on loaf1ng and avoiding en-
ployment. If worker can make almost
as much, and even more. by not work.
ing. why work? And that's just what he
can and-experience proyes-will do.
Remember the 52-20 clubs?
How? Simple enough. Under proposed
legislation, an unmarried beneficiary
may draw as much as $50 compensation
q week for 26 weeks. This handout is
not subject to income tax or deduction
for old age benefits; it is sacred. so to