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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-05-20
BY wooDIE KING. JR.
THE LOWER DEPTHS:

Vanguard Playhouse ; prescnta-
ton Of the four act drama Low
er Depths" by Maxim Gorky is
good theatre. II is tn best theatre
That has been presented here in
a long time The play alone is
q classic; seeing the complete
play on the boards will satisfy
Vanguard 5 mailing list and many
more.
The set is sturdy and bawdy.
The play is well staged. The ac-
ton moves from stage left to
Stage right. then all over during
the fight scenes The transition
OF speeches and action are never
INSTRUCTED. II will be difficult
for one to gaze on this play and
miss the professionalism and
seriousness of this staging of
Lower Depths However. the
anguard presentation staged
imprcsSivcly by VIM Gregory
lacks individual Characterization.
The Lower Depths" is a nat
vrslistic drama about people Iiv-
ing for nothing but tomorrow. No
one will help them. No one cares.
All have phiIosophie ideas Of
Truth, Life, and Man. Each ones
philosophy could or might be
correct, yet they all live in the
waste OF slvm.
If one knows truth all are near
truth because they are all to-
gcthcr in the Lower Depths ="
They Wander in and out. ap-
parently unchanged by the situa-
tions in which they find them
selves There is no story line
but in the inner struggle Of the
characters no logic but in the
emotion OF the characters.
Therefore Lower Depths" nat
uralism gives freedom to encour-
age the actors creative genius.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-05-20
COURT NEWS

he saw Hunter with whiskey
bottle in his hand during the
argument between the two men.
James Lyons, 25, of 5482 Four.
teenth, was killed last week when
he jumped from an overpasS onto
the Ford Expressway and was
struck by car.
Police said Lyons climbed the
rail Of the ourlcenih Street
oyerpass and threw himself into
the westbound lane of the eX-
pressway.
He was run over by car driven
by Mrs. Virginia Parker, SO, Of
1884 Williams. Taylor Township.
Andrew L. Martin, SO, of 1854
Madison, was charged with first
degree murder last week in a
warrant issued by the prosccu-
tors office and arraigned from a
bed in Receiving Hospital on the
charge by Recorders Judge Geo.
Murphy.
Martin is charged with the May
! Staying Of William A. White,
40, of 5000 Colfax, a Circuit Court
bailiff, and. the wounding of
Walter Bates, 40, of 1929 Gar
land. Wayne County deputy
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-05-20
EDl.l s.Oii
SpsIllitc

Efforts of Dctroit's Co-ordlnating
Council on Human Relations and
similar groups are important AIDS
To America foreign policy. Mr..
lseor-e Leon Paul Weaver. special
assistant TO Labor Secretary Gold
.,er I. sad Monday Weaver. VINO
will become assistant secretary
( labor FIR internatlona affairs
m July. addressed Leadership
Cline at the Veterans Memorial
Building Tuesday night.
line clinic Is sponsored by the
Council on Human Relations.
group Of 81 community oreanIza-
ons affiliated with the Com
mission on Community Relations
such groups as the council are
doing much to assist the govern
mont with the acute and sensitive
problems connected with African
and Asian representatives here,
Weaver said
He referred 10 African dipIo-
mats who have been refused SER
vice in restaurants and hotels.
Such experiences influence the
attitudes Of these representatives.
toward Amries," he said. The
educational influences Of human
relations groups can help offset
such Incidents" Weaver said the
Image Of America" is acquired
not only by foreign labor rep
resenistives and groups which
participate in exchange study
programs here.
The Labor and State Depart
ments have similar problems.
he said often when we arrange
visits for foreign labor groups
to such places as the IVA, there
are several problems 10 over
come" a former official for the
Go. Weaver has spent much OF
his life in the organized labor
movement and in the field of
civil rights. He was appointed TO
his present post last January
and is a representative TO the
International Labor Organization
tlLO).
AT the Leadership Clinic, MIR.
Weaver praised the lLO as an
"eminently practical. specialized
agency of the United Nations,
strongly committed to democratic
ideals and posing no threat TO
any nations sovereignty
Time and time again the Com
munistic totalitarian system has
been shown up for what it is" he
declared. This has been done
Continued on Page 81
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-05-20
a GRAND TESTIMONIAL
RECEPTION:

Mrs. Ruth Sprays of 30th st
who has received the highest
honor that the Grand Temple
OF Daughter Elks can bcstow,
past GRAND d UG II + f r
RULER" was honored in a Grand
Testimonial Reception, Sunday,
May 9TH at 700 pm. in Taber-
nacie Baptist Church Lecture
Hall. Mrs. Erma Henderson
served as mistress of ceremonies,
and Atty. Jessie r. Slaton was
principal speaker.
other program participants
were Mrs. Maxcinc Young. State
Representative of Michigan, Eliza
beth Patterson. Mary Lester, Alex
Brewer, Marsha Swain. Miss Ruth
Kcndrick. Ernest Charles, and
Paul X. Holt. Mrs. Helen Carney.
P.C.D.R., Grand Secretary, Music
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-05-20
BY Ruby Williams
PRE.HOME COMING PROGRAM:

Each year the lhird Baplis'
Church. located 502 4 Ferry
celebrates HOME COMING
ans is time that a spccia
invitation l. extended 10 all mem
bcrs who have for various rca
sons been inactive in the support
Of their church program. partl
cularly By their presence Friends
and other churches are asked lc
share in this mammoth service
Leading up to this special
c,ent.date TO be announced later
the committee mas piancd pro
gram 10 BE- held IN the church
sanctuary sunday May 2ist al
3 80 p m Mrs Hattie { Dosans,
general chairman has announced
that guests from various churches
Will participate IN the program.
as well as local talent. and the
Third Baptist Senior Choir
The writer Of this column has
been asked to be guest speaker.
Ihis promises 10 be an entertain.
in program that YOU won't want
10 miss and the public is invited
The Res Samuel J Williams Is
pastor Of the church
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-05-20
StudUb to Honor
Mrs. Harriet Wesley

First race woman 10 serve as
Recording Secretary of United
Churchwomen of Detroit After
completing this term. was asked
TO move up to the state where
she was again the first race we
man TO serve as Recording Secre-
tary of United Churchwomen Of
Michigan
January 1861 Harriet Wesley
was selected by the Woman ;
Division, the national body of
the church, to serve a four year
term on the Methodist Consulta
tive Conference on Race 100 mcr
and 100 women came together
across sectional and racial lines
TO set into motion an integrated
program on race relations within
the church. The CALL to the
delegates read These arc
crucial times in the life of the
church and community. What we
do in the years Immediately
ahead to make our basic christian
beliefs apply to our church anC
community practices in the area
of race contribute to the speed
with which Justice and rea, bro.
thcrhood are achieved in our
own land What we do now will
also be a part of the world i'm.
age We create. and in a large
measure influenie our effective
leadership among peoples across
the world Mrs. Wesley was a
Discussion Leader and member OF
the Steering Committee of this
conference. She is member of
Scott Methodist Church.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-05-20
MULlETT STREET
FOUNDERS DAY TEA:

- John ; Presbyterian Neigh
borhood House l4l0 JOS Campau.
was filled with hundreds Of guests
ard members Of the BOO Mullett
Street Block Club. for their First
Founders Day Tea, Sunday, May
nh al I pm
Guests were greeted and cs-
corted to their places by lovely
hc>tes>c donnins aftcr-five attire.
They were McsdameS Eunice
Smith Vera Williams. Dolores
Thornton Earna kindell Claudia
Forrest Mary Burneet. and Lcttic
Reed. who represented different
block clubs Of the area Mr.. Lacey
Berry introduced the Master Of
Ceremonies Mr. Mark Battle.
Asst Director Franklin Settle
mcnt and Mrs. Josephine Dale
welcomed guests.
Mr.. Hugh Banding. Sr., Public
Health Educator, was principal
speaker The general theme was
LET'S Work Together To Improve
Our Community"
The history Of the club dates
back 10 NOV 30 1859, when il
was organized with fourteen per
sons present for the purpose
Of improving the block To date
there are approximately 100 mem
bcrs The club registered with
Nciehborhood Conservation anc
Continued on Page 81
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-05-20
EMPLOYM EMIT:

File clerk Tor dept. OF public
welfare. until marriage to James
Wesley. local pharmicist. worked
as his clerk at soda fountain and
cosmetics. AS a clerk she saw
a great need for cultural train
ing of young girls who frequented
the store as customers this neigh
borhood was the highest in Ju-
venile Delinquency. She organized
girl scout troop at Scott Metho-
dist Church. Today some of these
girls are found in many cultural
cmploymcnts
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-05-20
BRIDE weA s LACE:

Ruth Harris wore gown Of
chantlly lace fitted bodice, long
pointed sleeves. round .ncckllnc
with satin binding etched with
pearls. full skirt with back detail
Of iullc rufflcs. with satin bow
above insert OF rutfles for her
marriage to Calop Brown Satur-
day May s. 1861 at 400 p m.
IN the Pleasant Grove Baptist
Church She carried white or.
chld on white Bible Hcadpiccc
was 4 white satin crown with
pearls.
Parents OF The couple are Rev.
and Mrs. 3. n. Harris OF Maine
Street, and Mrs Eliza Brown Of
Csrdoni. Lillian Harris, sister Of
The bride vas maid Of honor.
Bfidemaids were Harriet Hutch.
ins. Clara Williams, Margaret
AItridee, and Faye CurII.
The attendant, were dressed
idcnlicslly in white nylon or
a.n,a stranlnss dresses w,,h ~,
In embroidered Jackets hluo
,a,fc,a csmm.rhnnds and hlll
skir,s The maids cnmmcrb,,nd
syss nint
Thor bo.dn,.ces wcro small
cr,un. w,th ycls r,lc LAM,
Al,r,dgo 49,. fl.,,cr oirl xcarino
,rb,,c nrg.nd, Nnrd,s uesd "a.
h.., man scum 10 o,e.t. u.r,
Afo,ra. II.rri. Dou.l..s cnnnino
IN chfford NfcDa, and Tomui,
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-05-20

Mrs Harriet Wesley will be
honored by the Current Topic
Club. Saturday May 18th, at 1890
o clock at the YWCA on their
Flower Day Program. People who
have made a tangible contribution
to the community are eligible
for this program and il is con.
,sldcred a pleasure to present
TO the readers of Detroit Tribune
the interesting biography Of Mrs.
Harriet Wesley
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-05-20
Society Domgs

guests present.
Business included the election
Of officers. with most of the
officers being reelected. Mrs
Lila Brogdan is president.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-05-20


The Detroit City Opera pre-.
scented a Workshop Saturday
afternoon in the Community
Church. Woodward at Hague.
Prof. Kenneth B. BiIIvps. Presi.
dent of the National Negro Musi'
clan Association Inc, Of ST. Louis.
Mo-, was the guest conductor
tor the Workshop. Many people
were present.
Sunday afternoon the leading
artists of the city will render a
program at the Detroit Institute
of Art. which will be followed
by a reception. Mrs. Jerellne
Macklin is president.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-05-20
ENTRo NOUS CLUB:

The Entro Nous Club com
muted by car and bus to Ecorse,
Mich, for their regular meeting
at the home of Mrs. Matte Nc
Crazy, with forty members and
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-05-20
EDucATIoN:

She came TO Detroit al an early
age attended Dawson School,
Presided al the graduation ex-
ercises upon graduation from this
school. Graduated from North
eastern High School Commercial
Coursc). Post graduate work at
Wayne State University.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-05-20
woMEN's DAY LUNCHEON:

The Womcn'S Guild, organized
by Mrs. Dadie l. Palmer. of the
Peoples Community Church gave
luncheon Saturday at 1870 al
the Nacirema Club.
Mrs. Alice Stewart, guest speak
er. brought a discussion on First
Things First which was followed
by singing
This organization, Women )
Guild. is better known in the
church as the Sistcrhood All
women in the church can be mem
berS.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-05-20
Community Services Served:

Girl Scouts of Metropolitan
Detroit; Board of management,
Lucy Thurman YWCA public At
fairs Chairman) President, Elliot
torian Business Womcns Club;
President Detroit Pharmicist
Guild Auxiliary; President Cur
rent Topic Study Club; Second
chairman March of Dimes Fash.
ion extravaganza and recording
secretary Detroit Association OF
Womcn's Clubs.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-05-20
BIRTHDAYS ACKNOWLEDGED:

The staff and employees of Mt.
Labanon Hospital acknowledged
with plants the birthdays of the
General Manager, Mr.. Clarence
Preston, and the Dietltlan, Mrs.
A. l.. Poole, Tuesday, May 9th.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-05-20
Currently Serving:

Currently Serving:
Board Of Directors of U.S.O;
Housing relocation committee,
will be working through the De-
troit Urban League with the re-
location of families being displac-
cd by the Medical Center rc-dc
vclopment program.
Service in the Church,: ("First
love"o:
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-05-20
BY Mary Belle Rhodes

ITO ALL MOTHERS:
With God all things are pos.
sibie, without Him, you can do
nothing.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-05-20

DETROIT TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, MAY 90 1861
Evening star., 1961-08-01

has come up with an interesting sug-,,
gestion. He says the Department of
Justice should start an investigation
with a view to adding the American
Nazi Party to the Attorney Generals
list of subversive organizations. This
list already bears the names of numerous
Communication organizations, the
Ku Klux Klan, etc. There ought to be
plenty of room on it for the American
Nazi Party, within the usual meaning
of the word "SubverSive."
The problem is, as the Justice De-
partment has pointed out, that adding
the party to the list would not ban its
operations or impose sanctions on it.
Nevertheless, if it can be done, we think
it might be useful to list the party
At least, if this were done, it could no
longer fool anyone by pretending that
it is serving the higher interests of the
United States while manhandling 13-
year-old youngsters.
Evening star., 1961-08-01
Guilty Verdict

Hans Joachim Won Merkatz, West
Germany's Minister for Refugees, has
taken long, hard look at the tremen-
dous flow (now slowing down bit) of
East Germans into free Berlin. The
flow, as he has rightly described it, can
only be regarded as IAN unceasing
accusation of the inhuman system"
under Walter Ulbricht's puppet Red
regime on the other side, the slave side,
of the Iron Curtain.
There can be no doubt about this
In its own way, the story Of these
escapes amounts to verdict of guilt
against international communism as
run from Moscow and Peiping. Pre-
sumably the situation is one that Soviet
Premier Khrushchev-who regards West
Berlin as bone in his throat-finds
increasingly intolerable. Hence his de-
sire to put an end to the freedom of the
city; hence, too, the Vests ineScapable
responsibility to resist all his efforts to
that end.
Evening star., 1961-08-01
Belts for Safety

On the basis of tests and experience,
the use of safety belts in passenger cars
could save many lives and avert serious
injuries in highway crashes. This should
be justification enough for the Nation
wide safety-belt educational campaign
planned by Federal, State and private
agencies concerned with traffic safety.
The combined effort to induce mo-
toristS to install and use the belts will
be waged by the National Safety Council,
the American Medical Association, the
United States Public Health Service and
other groups. The Advertising Council
will prepare series of ads on the sub
ject for press, radio and television. The
public will be told about the advantages
of being strapped in the seat when the
impact of collision occurS-and also
will be advised that fear of being
trapped in a wrecked car by belt is
not based on fact. It is said the
belts can be easily unfastened in an
emergency
While some cars this year were not
equipped with the frame anchoring
devices required for safety belts, all
American-made automobiles next year
will have the attachments as standard
equipment for front seats. 1t has been
predicted that general use of such belts
could save as many as 5000 lives next
year, not to mention 100000 injuries.
II this estimate is approximately correct,
the motoring public should welcome
this move of the car manufacturers and
the information to be supplied during
the educational drive. ~
Evening star., 1961-08-01

good fortune, no lives were
lost in these. CD The area
abounds in houses owned by
INSCRIPTIONS absentee land
lords who have been exploit
ing their tenants for years.
The 1861 building code can
force them to safeguard the
lives of these tenants. No
tears need be shed over the
"hardships" this type Of
landlord will be subjected to.
Rather it is the tenants who
deserve the tears Where
genuine hardship cases exist,
they can be handled by ap-
peal. a. hologically it is
poor procedure to relax code
enforcement. (5) Either a
law is a bad law and should
be repealed, or it is a good
law and should be enforced.
Elsie F. AlSberg.
Evening star., 1961-08-01
Suggested Reading

I've Just completed read
ing "A Nation of Sheep" by
william J. Lederer, co-author
of 1.-THE Ugly American" This
book, like the article on "The
Scandal of Our Missile Pro-
gram" by Kenneth o. Gil
more in Readers Digest OF
August: 1861, is an eye
opener. It, too, should be read
by every American, and its
remedial suggestions given
careful consideration. Thank
God for men like Burdick,
Lederer, and Gilmore who
have the courage of their
convictions to tell us about
our shortcomings. AL of us as
Americans are affected.
For the good of the nation
the message of "A Nation Of
Sheep" should be publlshed
serially in every Washington
newspaper verbatim. Surely
Mr.. Lederer would agree to
this as a public service. We
are living in serious times
and are in need of arouse
ment now. Your paper has
always done its part in giving
the facts - no matter how
badly they hurt. The Wash
ington Star is listed by
Lederer among the handful
of firSt-class newspapers in
the United States as far as
national and international
affairs are concerned" Con-
gratulations on thatl May
the Star lead out now.
Ralph B. Nestler.
Evening star., 1961-08-01
Mr.. FuIbriqht and Berlin

In his Sunday televiSion interview
(ABC-IssueS and AnswerS), Chairman
Fulbright of the Senate Foreign Re
lationS Committee seems to have been
implicitly and rather sharply critical,
in a vague sort of way, of the admin
istration's handling of the Soviet
manufactured Berlin crisis
Thus, although supporting the Pres
1dent'S recent speech on the subject, the
Senator has voiced the opinion that 1--WE
have been renisS in not making pro-
poSalS that would give some opportunity
for negotiation" aimed at averting
military test that could explode into
nuclear war. And he has gone on to
declare that I'VE should have confer
ences at the ministerial level to avoid
showdown. :. :. I don't see any great
advantage in just taking the view that
we will entertain no negotiations, we
won't enter into any negotiations for
any kind of change. I'm for nego-
tiation and discussion as opposed to
ultimatums and showdowns."
Well, wholly apart from the COM
pletely non-Specific proposals" he has
referred to, it seems to us that Mr.
Fulbright has been less than helpful or
historically accurate in suggesting that
the United States has not sought (which
it actually has, ever since 1945) to work
out decent German settlement on the
basis of good and affirmative PROPOSE
tionS. It seems to us, too, that his
remarks have had the unfortunate
effect = undoubtedly unintended - of
leaving the impression that President
Kennedy and Secretary of State Rusk
are not really interested in negotiating
with the Russians on Berlin, but instead
showdowns" to demonstrate to the
Krenlin how tough our country can
be-and it can be awesomely tough, of
course.
The fact is, however, that our Gov
ernment, as the President made clear
in his Somber address on Berlin, is
ready and willing to negotiate honestly
with the Kremlin in an effort to bring
about an abatement of the crisis that
Mr.. KhruShchev himself, deliberately
and with malice aforethought, has
stirred up. This point has been under
scored by Mr.. Rusk, who will be in Paris
a few days from now for conferences
with the foreign ministers of Britain,
France and West Germany. AS he told
a news conference last week, these
meetings, in addition to fostering allied
unity, will "try to find opportunities for
a peaceful adjustment" of the situation,
Unhappily, Senator Fulbright'S off
the-cuff TV remarks have failed to take
into account these positive aspects of
our American posture as regards Berlin.
And this is doubly unfortunate, we
think, because of his position as head
of the august and powerful. Foreign
Relations Committee
Evening star., 1961-08-01
Educating Arlington

George Lincoln Rockwell'S threat
to educate" Arlington County unless
people stop "agitating" against him
comes little late in the day.
The leader of the american Nazi
Party told the county board that he has
in mind parades, loud speakers, speeches
and the circulation of propaganda in
Arlington. We suggest, however, that
none of this is necessary. For the people
of Arlington have already had liberal
education in Rockwell's Nazi-ism-they
know that it is an outrageous public
nuisance, if not worse. "a
SIN this connection, Senator KeatiAg
Evening star., 1961-08-01
Weapons Plant

. There can be no nnisunder-
standing of the seriousness OF
the position of the United
States in its need for ade-
uuate defense facilities dur
ing these times as stated to
the Nation by President
Kennedy. He emphasized the
need for stepping up OF
armed services, manpower.
reactivation of air.. sea and
land facilities. His approach
to increased military pre-
paredness and potential
would indicate the intent to
activate and reactivate
United States-operated naval
bases, ordnance and military
plants now in existence. The
Naval Weapons Plant in.
Washington, D. c., formerly
termed the Naval Gun Fac
tory, had been previously or
dered closed as unneeded, ef-
fective sometime in 1862. Ger
tainly this plant with its
complement of skilled work
men and machine tools is an
essential part of our defense
structure, representing an in
vestment Of many millions OF
dollars and should be fully
utilized. None can challenge
the contribution which this
plant and it's employees have
always made. This plant and
its employees can make a ma
jor contribution to the Presi-
dents program in addition to
serving the economy OF the
area in which it is located
and the thousands of en-
ployes who will otherwise be
compelled to seek employ
ment in other areas. Also
use can be made of the facili-
ties now available rather
than duplicating them else
where at tremendous cost in
both materials and man
power.
James A. BrOwnl0w,
President, Metal Trades
Department, AFL-CIO.