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Gov. of Michigan Lists NAACP. As A‘^Communist Front Organization**
Walter White Asks For
Retraction of Statement
Resumes Dancing Career
By Popular Demand
TONDELAYO
NEW YORK—Emerging from
her elongated silence and seclusion
for the past months, the famous
danceuse Tondaleyo, (Wilhelmina
Levy), erstwhile Broadway night
life hostess and movie star of Her
ald Pictures, "Sepia Cinderella,"
is returning to the footlights with
her interpretative dance.
Tondaleyo & Her Bayou Dancers
the name of her new act is com
posed of four male terpsichorean
artists who portray dances of the
old Mississippi Delta. This smart
idea conceived and executed by
Tondaleyo has brought together a
troupe resembling a Broadway
production, inasmuch as she en
gaged a great staff of master
minds to prepare her act for the
*■ topflight stage. Among whom are
Felicia Sorel, choreographer, who
staged "Lysistrata;” Carlos Pet
erson; former Radio City Music
Hall Ballet Director, Buster Hard
ing, composer and music arranger
for Artie Shaw, Woody Herman,
et cetera; Costumes by Forrest
Thayer; all under th supervision
of Henry LeTang. noted director
with studios at 107 West 44th St
The dancers with Tondaleyo are
A1 Bledger. Frank Green, Bill
O’Neil and Bob Christian.
Tondaleyo's comeback to the
dance is upon the request of many
producers and agents who have
failed to find others to replace the
splendid results that have marked
her rise to fame. . . Walter Win
chell, in his column proclaimed her
... "A famed named dancer.”
4 Jn the Pittsburgh Courier, Billy
Rowe said, "The lovely who ‘sch
orched the Nation’ with her inter
pretative dance.” And, it is old
wit to remember that ‘She drove
white men crazy’ in the film
"White Cargo” and corralled the
raves of the critics in her dances
in the flicker, "Stormy Weather.”
Her intimate contacts with fam
ous celebs, white and colored at
her famous Swing (52nd) Street
bistro from Broadway to Holly
wood was the talk of the nation,
in blending all races, colors and
creeds into a melting pot of De
mocracy.—F- S.
GOV. DEWEY ASKED TO
BLOCK EXTRADICTION
.. .New York, N. Y. April 2nd— A
* legal tangle which is slowly but
surely strangling the man unjust
ly caught in it was revealed today
by the legal staff of the NAACP,
which has requested permission to
discuss the ihatter with Governor
Dewey.
The man involved is Arthur El
wood Engram of North Carolina,
His unfortunate series of mishaps
began in 1941 when he was aUeged
to have inflicted an injury with a
knife upon a women at a time
when they were both intoxicated.
Several years later he reported for
a physical examination at Local
Draft Board 2, Wash County, Roc
ky Mount, N. C.. and at this time
he was arrested on the assault
, charge, tried, convicted and sent
enced to eighteen months.
Engram states that he did not
he couunderstand the procedure,
that he could not make himself
understood that the complaintant
had forgiven him and did not de
sire to prosecute and that he was
denied right of counsel or an ap
peal. Three momths later he escap
ed from a proson farm. He did not
report back to the draft board or
advise it of his new address- He
was unable to appear originally for
examination by his draft board
as he was arrested on his way into
the draft board.
After his escape, Engram work
ed at the Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va.,
for a year and a half where he
* rose to the porition of first grade
helper. He came North and for the
past two years he has been em
ployed as a delivery man for the
Nomis Produce Co., 2542 Broad
way, N. Y. C.
On December 27th, 1946, he was
arrested in New York City on a
warrant for violation of the Selec
tive Service Law in failing to re
port for induction and notifying
his local board of his change oi
l address. This warrant was issued
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NEW YORK, April 7th—Walter
White, executive secretary of the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People, last
week end demanded an. immediate
and public retraction of Kim Sig
ler, Governor of Michigan, for
statements made by the Governor
listing the NAACP as a “Comm
unist Front Organization.’’ The
NAACP head demanded the re
traction in an unusually vigorous
day letter in which it was pointed
out that the Michigan governor’s
predecessor. Supreme Court Jus
tice Frank Murphy, was a mem
j ber of the NAACP’s Board of Di
rectors* Other members include
! former Governor of New York,
Herbert H. Lehman; Eric John
ston; Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt;
Governor of the Virgin Islands,
William H. Hastie and many oth
1 er distinguished Americans.
Mr. White in his message to Gov
ernor Sigler stated, “You are
quoted in an International News
Service release from Washington
dated March 28th as listing the
■Association for Advancement of
Colored People’ as a ‘Communist
Front” organization. We assume
you rgfer to the National Assoc
iation for the Advancement of
Colored People. If that be true,
we hereby call upon you to issue
a public retraction of this charge.
The National Association for the
Advencement of Colored People is
most unqualifiedly non-communist
and non-political. Since its organ
ization in 1909 and its incorpora
tion in 1911, it has unremittingly
worked as a non-political organi
zation for enforcement of the U- S.
Constitution irrespective of race
or color. Its Board of Directors
and officers include such distingu
ished Americans as U. S. Senator
Arthur Capper, Govenor Herbert
H. Leham, Govenor William H.
Hastie, Eric Johnston, Mrs. Elea
nor Roosevelt, Mayor Fiorello H.
La Guardia, Philip Murray, God
frey L. Cabot, Judge Ira Jayne,
Russell Davenport, Dr. Channing
H. Tobias and Arthur B. Spingarn
Your predecessor. Honorable
Frank Murphy, was a long time
member of the Board until he was
elevated to the U. S. Supreme
Court. The national policies of this
Association are determined at the
Annual Convention of the Associa
tion by vote of the delegates repre
senting 1,507 branches and bi-rac
ial membership of 535,000. No
political party whether it be Com
munist, Republican, Democratic or
any other, has ever been permitted
or ever will be permitted to influ
ence policies of the Association.
Your inclusion of this Assiciation
among alleged communist front
organizations, if taken seriously by
any American unfamiliar with the
facts, can do serious harm to the
cause for which Americans devot
ed to the democratic ideals have
given themselves unselfishly and
in accordance with American form
of government. We are therefore
requesting immediate and full
public reaction of your statement.”
That groups hostile to the pro
gram of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People would attempt to discredit
the organization was indicated in
the deep South only recently when
white students on the University
of Texas campus, who organized
anNAACP Youth Chapter in open
' defiance of University officials at
the height of the battle to force
the University to admit a Negro,
the Law School asked the National
NAACP office for a statement
of policy and political affiliation.
In a telegram to Marion Ladwig,
a member of the College Chapter,
Mr. White declared: “In response
to your inquiry, position of Nation
al Office NAACP is that no -pol
itical group, whether it be Commu
nist, Republican, Democrat or any
other, will be permitted to influ
ence Association policy- That pol
icy is created in democratic fash
ion by annual convention ofAssoc
iation whose resolutions are man
date on entire Association and
which is implemented by National
Board of Directors. If communists
or anybody else attempt to take
over any Association unit, speedy
and uncomprising action will be
taken by National Board of Direct
ors. You are at liberty to use this
telegram in any way you see fit.’’
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out of the District Court of the
United States, Eastern District of
North Carolina, Wilson Division.
Subsequently, the Federal Court
in North Carolina agreed to a
change of venue to the United
States District Court, Southern
District of New York, for disposi
tion of the draft charge, and on
March 28th, 1947, the defendant
pleaded guilty and received a six
months’ suspended sentance with
probation for one year.
He is now being held by the New
York City police in connection
with the charge of being a fugit
ive from justice on a warrant is
sued by the State of North Caro
lina. Extradition papers will prob
baly be presented to Gov. Devey
for his signature within the next
few days.
The NAACP pointed out, in a
I letter to Govenor Dewey, that En
grain has shown he has success
fully rehabilitated himself. He is
regarded highly by associates as a
law-abiding person of sobriety,
honesty and trustworthiness. His
employers have given character
testimonials. The letter conclud
ed, “We feel that it was an un
fortunate series of circumstances
involving him in his present pre
dicament. We feel that under the
circumstances of this case the re
fusal by you to sign his extra
dition papers wiy be justified.
We trust that under any circum
stances before action is taken you
will give us an opportunity to dis
cuss this matter with you furth
er.”
SPIRITED DEBATING
EXPECTED AT
ANNUAL EVENT
Next Tuesday Evening
At Elks’ Hall
ELKS’ ORATORICAL
CONTEST
The Improved, Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks of the
World in inaugurating these Or
atorical Contest, national in their
scope, are hopeful that in this
way a force will be put in motion
that will result in directing the
minds of all America to the in
justice of Race discriminations,
and will aid in the correction of
these great evils.
Our Order, in the name of hu
manity, urges all of the students
read and study the Constitution
of the United States, especially
the 14th and 15th Amendments
thereto, and generally discuss the
same; we desire every public
spirited person to aid us in this
effort, and especially invite and
request the teachers and clergy
men to assist us.
CONTESTANTS OF THE
VARIOUS HIGH SCHOOLS
Miss Lois Brown, Miss Thelma
Buster, Miss Cosetta Eubanks,
I Miss Jacqueline Goodlett, Miss
[ aMrtha Hammonds, Miss Nadine
1 Hancock, Miss Norma Lee Thom -
as, Miss Marie Williams, and Mr.
James Smith.
Bl’BJKCTS FOR ORATIONS:
1. The Constitution and Slavery.
2. The Constitution and Citizenship.
;t. Harriett Beecher Stowt and the
Constitution.
5. Lincoln and the Constitution.
I>. John Marshall and the Constitu
tion.
9. Booker T. Washington and the
Constitution.
10. The Constitution.
The winner will be awarded a
$1000.00 Scholarship at the Na
tional Convention.
The door prize, a pair of beau
tiful hand embroidered pillow
cases.
Please attend to encourage our
youth
Directress, Dt. Bennetta L.
Cleveland; Secy, Dt. Margery
Clayton, Reporter, Dt. Vivian
Smith.
EAURAM UISllLLtn.3
REFUSE TO HIRE NEGRO
GIRL IN SUPERVISORY
POSITION
CHICAGO— Joseph Seagram
and Company, liquor distillers,
have revealed their true colors in
refusing to hire a young woman
supervisor who met all their re
quirements but one. Her fatal
mistake was being a Negro. This
discrimination practice of a ma
jor distiller selling thousands of
gallons of liquor to Negro con
sumers each year was made
known to an agent of “Home Cir
cuit”, the Magazine for Bronze
Women, in Chicago last week.
About a month ago, Miss Gloria
Johnson, 57 E. 46th St., Chicago,
answered an ad in the Chicago
Sun which stated that a large con
cern wanted college graduates for
supervisory positions in the com
pany's plants. Miss Johnson states
that an agent of the company in
terveiwed her and gave her the
necessary blanks to fill out, after
he learned that she had earned a
B.S. degree from the Univerity of
Illinois in 1944. The blanks called
for no designation as to race color,
or religion.
A short time later, the company
officially notified Miss Johnson
that her application had been
accepted and she was instructed to
report to Louisville, Ky., April 1st,
for a supervisory training course
conducted by the pompany. In
addition, she was promised theop
portunity to take graduate coursed
in colleges there.
Miss Johnson, who has been a
teacher in the Chicago school sys
tem, was currently employed by
the War Assets Administration.
She resigned this position and ap
peared in Louisville as directed by
the Seagram personnel supervisor
A place to stay had been arrang
ed by the company in a white
home near the bottling plant. Miss
Johnson reported that she was ad
mitted into the home without a
question and went out to do some
shopping.
Upon her return she was notified
that a telephone call had request
ed her to report to the plant office
immediately. Arriving there, she
was asked if she were colored. She
was then informed that the com
pany could not use her as it was
against southern policy to place
colored girls in supervisory posi
tions over white workers. The only
concession that the company
would make was to reimburse her
for the travel expenses and to try
^re-Dedication Services At St John s Sunday
Processional Upstairs
To Be Led By 3 Choirs
‘‘A PROVISION OF GOD’’
TOPIC OF REV. CHILDRESS
Rev. E. B. Childress of St. John
AME- Church, 22nd and Willis
Avenue, has chosen as his subject
for the opening Pre-Dedication
Service at 10:45 a. m. Sunday,
April 13th, “A Provision of God.”
He will deliver this awe-inspiring
sermon after the Processional by
the St. John’s three choirs, the
Senior Choir, the Watchmen’s
Choir, and the Junior Choir.
At 3 p. m. Rev. J. B. Brooks of
Allen Chapel AME. Church, will
deliver the sermon and the Rev.
Childress will administer the
Holy Communion to the member
ship- The Senior Choir will furn
>ish the music for this service.
At 7:30 p. m. the Presiding Eld
er of the Kansas City District of
the Nebraska Conference, Rever
end John Adams, Sr., will deliver
the sermon and th Watchmen’s
Chorus under the direction of Mr.
H. L. Preston will sing.
to get back her old job.
Miss Johnson, however, does not
plan to take the discriminatory
insult without a protest. She is
taking up the case with the NAA
CP and the American Jewish con
gress, and intends to prefer charg
es against Seagram and Company
for misleading advertising and
breach of contract.
'OUR
GUEST •
P Column
I (Edited by VERNA P. HARRIS)
FOR BETTER HEALTH
Better health for all Americans
is obtainable.
In a democracy no person should
suffer needlessly or die by reason
of the lack of proper medical at- ’
tention. To assure to all people
equal opportunity to the best med
ical care modem science offers is ;
a responsibility of our govern- !
ment. Great strides have been',
made toward bringing necessary
health and medical services to all
our people, regardless of where
they live, their color, or their in
come, but more can and must be j
done to reach that goal.
We know that the death rate for
Negro babies is higher than for
white babies. We know, too, that
at the time of child-birth more
Negro mothers die than white
m6thers. It is common knowledge
that in many parts of our country
the hospital and other health facil
ities for Negroes are often entirely
lacking or shockingly inadequate.
It is the lack of adequate health
services for Negroes that explains
their favorable social ecenomic life
of the Negroes contributes to their
lower health and medical standard.
What is needed to bring to the
Negro child and mother all the
health and medical services need
ed?
The answer is more physicians,
more nurses, more hospital beds—
more of everything in the way
of health and medical care ser
vices. And not only must there
be more profesionally trained per
sonnel and more hospital care. In
addition, we must show people how
best to use their community health
services. These requirements for
better health can be achieved- The
last Congress increased the a
mount of funds available to the
Children’s Bureau for grants to the
states for health and welfare pur
poses from $11,200,000 to $22,000
000 for the current year. This in
crease in funds will enable the na
tion to do more for Negro mothers
and children. These funds can be
used to employ health and welfare
personnel and to purchase health
care for physically handicapped
children. It will enable State
health agencies to develope special
projects to meet particular prob
lems in the several States and to
enable more persons to be train
ed as doctors and nurses than
otherwise would be possible.
These funds cannot do the whole
job of making services available
wherever they are needed. But
they will be a big help to the stat
es in meeting their urgent prob
lems. and particularly those states
in which the need is greatest.
People everywhere have a res
“Light A Window at the YW CA”..says Chairman
LEAVES FOR BERMUDA BASE COMMAND
CAPTAIN HUBERT H. BYRON, na
tive of Bermuda BWI., who recently
left Tuskegee where he was in charge
of Veteran’s facility, after spending
last week in New York City as the
guest of Miss Mattie Jean Johnson of
•Kill Convent Avenue, departed for Ber
muda where he will be attached to
the Bermuda Base Command of the U.
S. Army.
Captain Byron, a naturalized citizen
"of the U. S. entered the D. S. Army 4
years ago. on the Reserve list. In
June 11(14 he was called to active duty
in the Dental Corp and sent to Fort
Benning. Ga.
A singer of merit, Capt. Byron is
single, excels at tennis and golf and
iiK.-.s all sports. (Global).
LOCAL COUNCIL NAT L NEGRO CONGRESS
Leads Fight Against Discrimination
And All Forms of UnAmericanism
The Omaha Council of the Na
tional Negro Congress is carry
ing through on its program as
outlined by the National Organ
izational director Edward E.
Strong, after his visit here last
fall and appeared before the local
School Board on March 17th with
a delegation composed of Messrs.
Fred McDaniels, and Earl Wheel
er representing the Ideal Improve
ment Club, Rev- F. S. Goodlett,
representing both groups and
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Hayes
of the Omaha Council, Miss Mil
dred E. Brown, editor of the O
maha Star, represented the Negro
Press. Mrs. Hayes was spokes
man for the group. This group
was seeking to clarify several
significant issues relative to the
school community problems and
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ponsibility to learn as much as
possible about the health and med
ical care problems of their own
neighborhood and community.
Assistance must be sought from
persons qualified to help assess
community health resources and
health needs. Groups of citizens
can look to their local and State
public health officials for explan
ation of available health resourc
es and services that are or can be
made available to them.
When physician services are
lacking or insufficient and clinic
and hospital facilities are non
existent or need strengthening,
the people people in the comm
unity can turn to their local and
State public health officials for
help. Many people write Feder
al agencies, such as the Childrens
Bureau, for special help and ad
vice.
When more funds are needed to
provide services that are lacking
or that should be extended, the
people can express their concern
to their elective officials. More
and better health services can be
achieved through joint action of
the people and their public offic
ials.
All our forces must be mobiliz
ed in the interests of bringing op
portunity for better health and
medical care to all members of
our population. Financial aid
must be given to those areas with
insufficient funds to provide a
basis minimum of health services
and care. No child or mother
should go without required care
for reason of race, economic, sta
tus, or residence.
Health assurance is a people's
cause.
relationships. The issues were as
follows:
(1) If the School Board condon
ed the rental' of School buildings
to" groups whose aims had been i
authenically proven to be for the I
purpose of promoting racial dis- i
crimination and instituting re- I
strictive covenants in connection/
with this issue the Board was ask
ed to take immediate steps to pre
vent such a group, the Kountze
Park Improvement Association
from holding further meetings in
Lothrop school.
(2) That Colored Teachers be
assigned to teach in schools thru
out the city system and not be
relegated to two schools attended
only by Colored pupils as Bong
and Howard Kennedy. The reas
on being given that such a move
would promote better racial un
derstanding and ease existing
racial tensions and barriers.
(3) That courses in Negro his
tory be instituted in the school
curriculum in order that both rac
ial groups may become conver
sant with the contributions of
Negroes in all fields of our civil
ization.
The members of the School
Board and the audience manifest
ed much interest during the pres
entation and the members of the
Board asked many pertinent ques
tions relative to the subject. The
President of the Board promised
that the group would take these
matters under advisement.
In a followup of the visit to the
School Board, a delegation of five
persons including Messrs. A. R.
Goodlett and Walter L. Seals,
President, and Executive Board
members of the Ideal Improve
ment Club, Mrs. George W- Dun
can, a member of the Lake School
PTA., and rM. and Mrs. Thomas
E. Hayes of the National Negro
Congress, conferred with Supt.
Harry A. Burke on Wednesday,
March 26, on specific commit
ments relative to the request
1 made at the School Board meet
I ing.
supi. rsurice promised to cooper
ate to the fullest extent to bring
the request of the group to a re
alty, and stated that each point
which we presented had definite
merits- He further promised to
work toward the assignment of
Colored teachers throughout the
city after a study of problems
and prevailing conditions. He
concurred that Negro History
should be an integral part of the
school curriculum and felt sure
that there would be little diffic
ulty in getting same to be taught
in the system. Even though Supt.
Light a window at the YWCA,
by paying your membership! A
miniature building is on display
at the Northside Building. When
your membership is paid, your
name will be placed in a window
of the replica behind which a
light will glow. Your member
ship will lieht a window!
The solicitors of new member
ships and renewals are called
Lamplighters of the YWCA. Mrs.
Leola Jones is Chairman of this
Committee and the Lamplighters
follow: Mrs. Ruth Gude, Mrs. Ro
berta McCloud. Mrs. Lucile Avant
Mrs. Lida Hughes, Miss Ethel
Hughes, Mrs. Mattie Caldwell,
Mrs. Lucy Britt, Mrs. Francis
Cloud, Mrs. Minnie Dortch, Mrs.
Rose Darling, Mrs. Alma Clark,
Mr3. Estelle McAfee, Mrs. Thelma
Reese, Mrs. Dorothy Brooks, Mrs.
Anneda Hogan, Mrs- Greta Wade,
Mrs. Hattie Moore, Mrs. Willa
Woods, Miss Lena Paul, Mrs. Lu
la Bryant. Mrs. Gladys Ervir.,
Mrs. D. W. Gooden, Mrs. Anna M.
Kennedy, Mrs. Thelma Hancock,
and Mrs. Minnie Dixon. Support
your Young Women’s Christian
Association. Your membership
will light a window!
SONG OF THE YWCA. LAMP
LIGHTERS
We make the Y a little brighter,
Where-ever we may go.
The y Lamp Lighters of Northside
Branch,
Your memersbip will light a window
We want to make them glow
The Y Lamp Lighters of Northside
Branch
The Drive is on so don't delay, be
sure you pay your fee today,
We want to make the Y look bright
and gay and if you pay your
membership, the beam will help
to light the way into the North
side Y—so come wha may
For we recall the days of old.
We love the memories we hold
The many helpful things that we
were told.
We make the a little brighter,
Where-ever we may go.
The Y Lamp Lighters of Northside
Branch.
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Burke’s response has all positive
indications, only by continued and
united efforts will these issues
become realities.
Organizations or groups who
aim without hesitancy to promote
hate and prejudice have no place
in the community and democracy
of ours. They Must Go!
The Congress aims to stimulate
an awareness in the members of
the Negro race of their own prob
lms and the conditions which sur
round them and to create an in
terest in the community in order
that a steering committee might
be formed with representatives
of all organizations. Such a com
mittee would represent a united
front of representative leader
ship.
Th interest of the Council is in
working on the problems which
face all as a group, and has to
date interceded to get Negro stu
dents admitted to the Nebraska
College of Barbering.
The management after several
conferences with th Council, prom
ised to accept the applications of
Negro students for the next
class, due to the fact the existing
quota was filled.
The Congress also interceded in
behalf of one of the Union Pacific
waiters, who was fired without a
hearing and came to the Council
after his local Union representa
tive refused to help him because
he was in arrears with his union
dus- The Council was able thru
its efforts and by forming a unit
ed front of said waiters’ cowork
ers, to get a hearing for him be
fore the deadline date.
As a result of the hearing the
waiter was reinstated with all
seniority rights unimpaired.
Other aims of the Council are
as follows:
(1) Jobs for Negroes in all pub
lic utilities.
(2) Equal Opportunity for Ne
groes where-ever they spend mon
ey. *
(3) For all measures which cor
rect the evils of discrimination,
jim crow and civil liberties.
A membership in the National
Negro Congress means a vote to
advance this program.
(4) An enlightened citizenry to
become an intelligent non-parti
san voting element.
If anyone desires further inform
ation about the Congress, call the
President, Mrs. Thomas E. Hayes,
JA. 8366.
SPEECIAL SERVICE IS
AVAILABLE TO NEXT OF
KIN OF WORLD WAR II DEAD
Miss Leota G. Norton, Home
Service Director of the Douglas
County Chapter of the American
Red Cross, announced recently
that her office has a special ser
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THIS COMING SUNDAY
Closes Sixth Year
At Clair M. E.
REV. C C .REYNOLDS
EXPECTED TO RETURN
TO CLAIR ME. PARISH
This coming Sunday, April 13th
1947, will mark the clostng of the
sixth year’s work of Rev. and
Mrs. C. C. Reynolds as pastor of
the Clair Methodist Episcopal
Church, 22nd and iliami streets
This has been the banner year of
their pastorate. This past Febr
uary a twenty year old mortgage
on the church property was liq
uidated, when the church mem
bership, rallied to their leadership
in raising $3888.86 in ftve months
and received a grant from their
General Board of $1750.00. For
the first time in the history of
Clair Chapel, all of its property
both church and parsonage, is
fully paid for and free of debt.
The membership of Clair has
been increased over four hundred
under the leadership of Rev. Rey
nolds. A fine congregation greets
the Pastor each Sunday morning
and the spiritual tide of the chur
ch, is always high.
This coming Sunday morning,
Rev. Reynolds will preach from
the theme, “We Make Ourselves".
Mrs. Reynolds will sing “Lord I
Have Tried".
In the afternoon at 3 O’clock,
Clair Church is sponsoring an Ap
preciation Service for Rev- and
Mrs. Reynolds. The Pastors and
members of all our churches have
been invited to attend this serv
ice. Each Pastor is to bring greet
ings. The Pastors and Churches
that cannot be present are asked
' to be represented with a Love Of
fering.
The Rev. R. W. Johnson and his
Choir of oMunt Calvary Comm
unity Church, will have charge of
the service. Music will also be
burnished by the Drama League
Quartette and the Men’s Chorus
of Pleasant Green Baptist church.
We cordially invite the many
friends of Rev. and Mrs. Reynolds
to attend this Appreciation Serv
ice
Rev. and Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs.
Alberta Jones lay-delegate, and
several other members will leave
nxt Tuesday morning for their
Annual Conference in St. Louis,
Mo. Rev. Reynolds will return to
Clair Church for another year it
is believed.
vice available to the next of kin
of all World War II dead.
“The next of kin of all World
War II dead will shortly be receiv
ing letters /from the War and
Navy Departments asking them to
signify their wishes for perman
ent burial for members of their
families who lost their lives dur
ing World War II,” Miss Norton
said.
The Chapter has been informed
that all next of kin will not re
ceive their leters of inquiry at the
same time. In fact, the letters
from the War and Navy Depart
ment will be mailed out to next of
kin according to a fixed plan for
the next 18 months. Miss Norton
said that anyone wishing an ex
planation of the program, assist
ance in filling out the forms, or
any other help or information in
connection with this program,
should seek the services of the
Home Service workers at the Red
Cross Chapter House. According
to Miss Norton the Chapter House
office hours are from 8:00 A. M.
to 5:00 P. M. weekdays, and 8:30
A. M. to 12:30 P. M. on Saturdays
MICHIGAN NAACP DEMANDS
HOMES FOR SAGINAW VETS
Saginaw, Mich., April 3rd—Mov
ing to secure homes for Negro GI’s
in Saginaw, Michigan, Attorney F.
L. Robinson, representing the Sag
inaw branch of the NAACP, in
cooperation with the National leg
al staff of the Association, has fil
ed suit on behalf of John Henry
Smith and other Negro GI’s sim
ilarly situated to compel the City
of Saginaw to admit Negroes
without discrimination *to the 200
temporary veterans’ housing units
provided by the Federal Public
Housing Authority.
Only about forty units in the pro
ject remain incomplete and over
one hundred families have already
been admitted to the project, but
the complaint alleges that no Neg
ro applications are being consider
ed, and no Negro families have
been admitted to the project. More
than ninety Negro GI’s in desper
ate need of housing filed applica
tions for admission.
The complaint requests the court
to issue an order to the appropriate
city officials directing them to
consider Negro applicants upon
the basic of need, without discrim
ination because of race or color
and states that failure to provide
units for Negroes because of dis
crimination is a violation of the
Fourteenth Amendment of the U
S. Constitution and of the rights
guaranteed under the Michigan
Constitution
A temporary injunction has been
secured preventing the placing of
any further families into the pro
ject until the decision of the ques
tion presented. The case will be
argued on April 22nd in the Cir
cuit Court of Sawinaw County.
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