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FLINT, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1941

REVEAL PL

NS FOR 1ST RACE AIR

Club Grievances Aired
Before Liquor Control
Commission March 18

FLINT, Mich~Colored Fraternal Club, operated by Or.
Leach, squawks on Golden Leaf Club, according to Detective C'gir Sobie, becauSe they entertained Louie Armstrong~s
band, January 19, 1941, following dance at I. M. A.

Jesse L,

ay
Hearings On

s. 8 &
Discrimination
in U.S. Defense

~.
Start April 1

WASHINGTON ~ (SNS)
~Senator Elbert D. Thomas
of Utah, chairman of the Sen.
ate committee on Education
and ~Labor Monday announced the membership of the
sub-committee to hold preliminary hearings on S. R. 75,

which provides for an exhaustive investigation of dis
crimination against the Negro;

in the nationa] defense program,

Chairman of the sub-committee
is Senator H. H. Schwartz of

Wyoming. The other members of
Senne, lasiie 2 of tive

Robert 8 Taft of Ohio, and Robert

M. LaFollette of Wisconsin. It will
be remembered that Senator
Schwartz introduced the amendment~ to the National Defense Act
to prohibit discrimination on account of race, creed or color.

According to present plans, the
sub-commitiee will hold its first
hearing on April 1 when Mrs.

_ Eleanor Roosevelt will testify.

The Senate sponsors of the resolution~Senator Robert F. Wagner
cf New York, W. Warren Barbour
of New Jersey, Arthur Capper of
Kansas, and Prentiss Brown of
Michigan~will urge speedy adoption of the.resolution and will
emphasize the nature and extent
~of the discrimination the Negro js
encountering which makes such
Senate action necessary

SPEEDY REPORT

It is hoped that the sub-committee will make a speedy report, after
the factual material has establish
ed the need of an exhaustive
Senate probe of discrimination.
Senator Thomas has _ pledged

speedy action by the full Senate
committee on Education and La
tor as seon as the sub-committee

has acted. This will bring S. R.
75. to the floor of the Senate very
shortly for a vote, provided it is
not. held up by the Senate Audit
and Centrol committee of which

| Senator James F. Byrnes of South

is chairman. Under~ the

Senate rules, all measures which~

provide for expenditure from __ the
~Senate contingent fund must be
passed on by the Adult and Control committee.

Walter White, NAACP secretary, who has been here most of
the week working on the above
steps, again urged that authentic
information regarding discrimina
| tion, particularly in industrial

filling contracts from the

federal government for the defense

be sent to the national

office of the NAACP, 69 Fifth Avenue, New York. ~~

~WE'RE CONVINCED"
~We are convinced that if the
American people only knew what

act Of New York, 3

| This type of stool-pigeon work
' came to light at a hearing held at
the offices of the Liquor Control
Commission, Lansing, Michigan,
March 18, 1941.

Detective Clair Sobie, when called
before the Commission for a ~rec-~
cimmendation stated that he had
no recommendation to make, but
would leave all matter up to the
Commission. He further statea
that this complaint was made
against, the Golden Leaf Club by
another Club, the Fraternal, which,
he said, was on the North. end of
the city. That they were. jealour
of the Golden Leaf Club) being
open between the hours of /5 and 7
a. m. of said date, since they couli
not stay open, and did not know
how to stay open.

ft may be that the Fraternal
Club had registered this complaint
(Dr. J. L. Leach~s Club) because
they wanted the Golden Leaf Club
assert privileges that they were unto close wp,~ and that should not
able to attain. That, so far as the
police were concerned, they had no,
further interest in the matter except to comply with the ~squawk~~

ments seeking. to challenge
merits of the Golden Leaf Club
be penalized to the tune of $50.00.

The recommendation was discarded by the Honorable John W.
Minor, Chairman, ~~ Commissioner,
James Cj. Dotsch, and Commissioner Phillip J. Neudeck, on the
grounds that it was unreasonable
and excessive. However, the chairman said that it was the duty, of
the club to ~remain: closed until
regular hours as are prescribed~ by
the Commission and that a smali
penalty would be assested as a Treminder.

It is evident that Commissioner
Orin B. DeMass has over stayed
his time on the Commissioner, has
out served his usefulness to the extent that he is a detriment to lifeenses who have (xperiences ~in
Genesee County in thé past under
Republican administration, when
8 club licenses were unfairly and
unjustly renewal by then Chairman, Orin R. Demass,

It is strange how some Negroes
act as stool-pigeons to ~the "Police
and attempt to play imto the hands
of such dictatorial white men as we
have described.

The Golden Leaf Club is a representative place where its members
- of color enjoy the privileges grant
are Estella Kersey, president; Abe
Myers, secretary; and Dr. Cc. E.
Walden, treas. R. M. Van Dyne
is general counsel for the club
which has been in existence. and
incorporated since 1922.

It is qa surprise as well disgusting to find and know the disloyalty of certain Negroes and organizations, that have a: trivail existence and seek to graduate to fame

sought to destroy.,

It is to be) hoped that the Fraternal Club will be} more obedient
in the future to the rules and regulations as prescribed by the Liquor
Control Commission.; Every Negrc
should watch every act as that
Club has been the subject of severa] license revocation due to its.
mismanagement and attempted |
sales to other

The Golden Leaf Club will. continue to cater to its membérship
only and their guest. Persons wh?
do not wish to promote the interest of the club, will no doubt
refrain from seeking to take advantage of its privileges. 3

(Marcellue Wilson, mgr.)

WOMAN DIES AT 105 IN

AURORO 4
AURORA, m~ta N P)~Just a
month before 106th. birthday,

-who recently was placed as adver
~NAACP Contest

Essay Contest being conducied by
| the youth department.
ACP., ~and the we

ed by its club license. Its officers |

upon a carcassas of those they have |

Brownsville Staff
Member Drafted

FLINT, Michigan~wWill V. Neely,
author of the Keyhole Kolumn ap
pearing weekly in this newspaper,

tising.manager, is expected to report for examination at Detroit
April ist.

Indications are that the examinaticn given at the Flint Armory
was passed, placing Mr. Neely in
the group of Colored boys to go
April ist.

The Keyhole Kolumn, which has
become a popular pasttime to the
readers of this paper, will be continued as soon as Mr. Neely can
be assigned to a camp. Mr. Neelv
was formerly a staff writer contributing to a News magazine
New York, and was Editor of
Newspaper in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Mr. Neely came to this. paper
about five months ago. He is author
of several] short stories which have
appeared in nationally known magazines, and is now employed as 8
machinist operator at a mattress
factory in Flint, and is one of the
few Negroes in America operating
the difficult Garnett machine. -

It is hoped that something might
be done to get Mr. Neely a deferred classification. However, at
this time, it looks doubtful. His
latest Keyhole story will be pub- |
lished next week in this paper..
e

To Be Extended
Until April 1

NEW YORK CITY~(SNS)~Because of the intense interest in the

oftne N A.J

in |

Banning Discrimination In Housing

John M. Carmody, Administrator of the Federal | as A, J. Sarre~, Personnel Officer, left, and W. J.

Works Agency, signs special regulation implement- ~ ~Trent, Jr.. Racial Relations Officer, look on. (FWA
ing non-discrimination policy in employment of | Photo);
workers in construction of defense housing projects!

cerning it, the director of youth not later than April 1 to be con- JOSHUA JONES

work, Madiscn S. Jones, Jr., announces. that the contest has been} ~The subject of the Essay Contest

extended from March 15 to April] is: ~what. N outa - ~Expec
4.- Alt-entries must be~ postmarked Tron: National" Defense,~ ~

sidered.

By I. P. Reynolds

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_ FLINT-BROWNSVILLE STRAW POLL, PRIMARY

Vote for two from each part of Town, t N:
two on the South side. 5 Se on: Norte side: aaa

BALLOT

CUT OUT BALLOT AND MAIL TO.

VOLUNTARY COMMITTEE.
CHOOSE YOUR COUNTY SUPERVISORS

Blank Spaces Are For Use Where Your Choice Is Not on Ballot~ Now!

North Side, vote for only two

South Side, vote for only two

MARK ~*X~~ OPPOSITE

NAME

a MARK ~~X~~ OPPOSITE
NAME

| Joseph Birch

R. M. Van Dyne |

E. C. Robinson

Herman Strong

'E. J. Timmons

Charlotte Franklin

Ola Hughes

Thadeus Williams

A. F. Butler.

Henry Clark

Isiah Beck

- Archie Johnson

James Williams, Jr.

~Babe~ Brandon

VOLUNTARY

830 Pingree

COMMITTEE ~ pee gS OO 4
~: Neal

ground service.

Applications wil] also be accepted from Negro candidates for apPointment.as flying cadets to
qualify as pilots tof the squadron.
The unit will have about 33 pilots

The 276 men to be enlisted will

be trained as maintenance crews

of the squadron. Like all other
men recruited for the Air Corps,
these.recruits must have at least
a high school education. They
must also pass the Air Corps tests
te determine their suitability for

schools,
OFF TO TUSKEGEE

After the men have completed _
their training at Chanute Field,
Tilinois, on ~or about October 1,
1941, they will be transferred to
Tuskegee, Alabama, where the 99th
Pursuit Squadron will be formed.

attendance at Air C:&ps technical
i

There ~the flying phase of ~the -

Men wil Be Permitted To

Qualify As Pilots Of Squad
WASHINGTON~(SNS) ~ Thé War De rt:
nounced plans for the creation of the 99th Puréuit ent an

ron, first Negro unit of the Air Corps, for which 276 Ne-:
groes from all sections of the nation will be. enlisted for the

training will begin at a flying
cadet school to be established near
Tuskegee Institute.

Prospective recruits for the
ground service ate advised that
they will be accepted in the order
that they apply~first come first
served. Enlisting..will begin in. a.
week, which will give all applicants equal opportunity. to reach

recruiting stations at designated

air fields.
The distribution

of recruiting |
quotas is as follows: /

Mitchell Field, New York 40
Bolling Field, District of Columbia 40
Maxwell Pield, Alabama 60
ponte Field, Ohio 30

i 50

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FLINT, Vadis iad citizens are warming up to the business of straw voting on their choice

of two Colored Supervisors for
Genesee County. Last weék ~carried
an article on the duties of the
County Supervisors, but that article must be corrected to the extent that the duties set forth in
it were at variance to the State
Constitutional law.

The true duties of the County
Supervisors, as laid down in the
State Constitution are contained
herein. But the direct duties of
these Supervisors representing
Genesee county will be published in
this paper. at a later date. The
Manual containing these ordimances is not readily available.

The following are excerpts from
the State Constitution on th=
Duties of the General Boards of
Supervisors thrucut this State:
Section 9. The boards of supervisors shall have exclusive powers
to fix the salaries and compensation of all county officials net

have: dct Sidlinaintion on~! | the
subject of the board of Supervisors.
All candidates who take part in
the Flint-Brownsville Straw Poll
will please refrain frm seeking to
Purchase -additional Flint-Brownsville News papers to further their
individual, campaign. This request ~
is made to insure ~Fair Play~ to

Signed.~ ~$traw Poll Committee.: P. &.~Verbal..boosting and ietler writing to your friends are some
of the things to do.
Please mark your ballot ickimeits
ately and mail it to the Voluntary

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Receives C. P. A.