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THE BRONZE REPORTER i

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Saturday, December 12, 1953

~ The Bronze Reporter
IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT FLINT, MICHIGAN~.
/. | Editorial Address ~- 1301 Lapeer St., Phone 8-4098
Lied ~| | STAFF

~ EDITOR IN ~CHIEF........... po ee JOHN W. CALDWELL
EDITOR.. MELVIN E. BANNER
ASSOCIATE EDITOR JOHN GIBSON, Jr.
SOCIETY EDITOR 100 ce IRMA M. WILLIAMS
ADVERTISING MANAGER JOHN GIBSON, Jr.
CIRCULATION | [MANAGER LEWIS WALKER, Jr.
STAFF ~PHOTOGRAPHER McKINLEY HINTON
JANICE~ STRONG, EARNEST DURHAM

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EDITORIAL POLICY

~The editorial policy of the BRONZE REPORTER is to present the news as seen through the eyes of its staff members,
as accurately as is humanly possible.

In like manner, it will be a reflection of Negro thought as
we see it... It~s scope will be national and its perspective truly
American.

No attempt will be made to ~grind axes~ as the saying goes.
THE. BRONZE REPORTER IS A JOURNALISTIC VENTURE,
not a,scandal sheet ani its articles will always uphold the: tra
+ ditions of true journalism. -

Our staff is composed of men and women, very competent
in their fields, and with variable backgrounds which will enable
them _to cope with the many problems that one. encounters on.
a newspaper which renders public service.... Our main objective is to be of PUBIAC SERVICE. where
ever a need is felt, and to that end we faithfully dedicate our
spree.
THE STAFF OF THE BRONZE REPORTER

> ~ The Economics of the Small Weeer

_ Thousands of people regard numbers, policy, and various sport pools as a harmless form~ of gambling. It is
often pointed out that small sums ~are wagered ~ sums
that aren't missed from the family budget.. In many
cases that is true; that is, till the individual becomes a
confirmed player. Let's consider, fo~ a moment, what
these small sums really amount to.

Throughout the nation, tens of millions of dollars a
year goes into the coffers of various organized ~syndicates.
This money comes from, the pockets of the people in the
lower econoniic income group; people who work hard for
an honest living.

The leaders of these syndicates invest parts of this
money in political machines, so that prominent men ar~
often ~tempted to protect them. These parasites corrupt
young, often under-paid, officers on the police forces,

| bribing them to turn their heads the other way. These

men have, and will, resort to murder to protect themselves
frorn the law, or from a competitor. Remember New
be oe ~~Murder Inc.>~~ Remember Theodore Roe, and

| e ~Jones Boys~ of Chicago? Remember Cohen and
Reich Your small wagers made these things happen.
Your small wagers brought about the pastel scandals
of a couple of years ago!

This is only a small part of what your small wager
does, Sucker. In nine out of ten cases, the syndicate also
controls the dope and prostitution in your community.
Your small wager helps to destroy the mental and physical. well-being of youngsters and adults who, if they
hadn~t become. dope addicts, could have contributed some
good to your community. Your small wager helps spread
_ the venereal diseases that go hand in hand with prosti| tution. Your small wager increases your taxes, as your
government must hire additional personnel to fight these
evils. You see, Sucker, you pay double, and force many
innocent people who don~t dream, also to pay.

If you deposited your small wager in defense bonds,
then you would be making a sure bet. Eighteen dollars
- and seventy-five cents will bring you twenty-five dollars
when your bond reaches maturity. If you do this, many
_ of the evils that exist will be corrected, and when the

boys return from prison, they won't be tempted to pur-}

sue their former parasitic professions. Taxes will be reduced, and you players will have more money in the
bank, and we will have a more stable community.

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Gov. WILLIAMS

LANSING ~ This week I go to
Washington, principally to confer
with General Omar Bradley, former chief of staff, on the possibility of organizing~ National
Guard guided missile units for the
defense of Michigan cities.

Some months ago General Brad
~ley, in a magazine article, sugges
ter that National Guard troops
might be trained to handle the

new ~nike~~ rockets in ground to}

air defenses against enemy planes.: His point was that the firing
of the ~nike~ weapons is: a job
which could well be handled by
specially trained state militia who
live in the area to be defended. |

This~ would free Federal troops
who would otherwise be tied up in
rocket emplacements around Detroit or Saulte Ste. Marie.

It is my purpose to find out
just how General Bradley would
set up such units.

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HUBBARD CASE: Pursuant to
law and on the recommendation of
the President of |the Probate
Judges~ Association, I have named Probate Judge Wallace Walkes
~Jr., of Grand Rapids, to hear the
charges brought against Mayor
Orville L. Hubbard of Dearborn
by the Grand Jury of Circuit
Judge Miles Culehan.

The law requires that such hearing be held when a grand juror
files a petition seeking removal
of an officer.

The case will be presented by],
the Attorney General, and the
evidence which is taken at the
hearing will then be turned over
to me for decision.

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GOV. SIGLER: The state was
saddened by the tragic death of
my predecessor, former Governor
Kim Sigler, sin an airplane acci
dent. '

Although I was in political disagteement with him, I have recognized the fact that he-did som:
very-good things~ during his term:
of office. Notably, he led in the
establishment of the state Department of Administration, which }
have ~continued to support and
have tried to strengthen,

The Department of Administration ~- which centralizes the
state~s ibudgeting, accounting
building operations and transportation under one head ~ is probably the most important single
step we have taken toward streamlining the state government.

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WINTER. SPORTS: One of
Michigan~s most promising tourist attractions is her-winter sports.

~| With a little effort this type of

recreation can be made a major
part. of our tourist trade~which
is one, of our three greatest, industries.

To this. purpose, I halve callec
the first annual Governor~s Winter Sports Conference, to be held
at the City Hall Auditorium in
Gaylord,. December 15.

The meeting is open to anyone

interested in the promotion and}

development of winter sports.
'We~re going to try to formulate

a program which will make Mich-}|

igan~s outdoors a year-round at
traction to many more thousands|

of people.

The U.& Department of Labor
says the. standard of living in
Russia has been declining constantly since 1928. The Russian
worker today spends 45 per ceni
more time on the job than did
in 1928 to buy an equal amo of.
bread. potatoes, beef, butter,~ eget,
milk ana s.1gar.

An anti-fire' paint helps to stop
blazes from spreading by giving off

carbon dioxide and calcium chlo- |~
| Tide when fire licks surfaces coated

with it.

that lay in the house that Jack built.

The House That ~Jack~ Built
There is a Nusery Rhyme which goes something like
this, ~~This is the house that Jack built. This is the cheese #
This is the rat th:
ate the cheese that lay in the house that Jack built,~ and
soon. But we will stop with the rat because he has bebecome quite an important factor in home building. In.
fact he has made Borel quite at home i in many of them
around the city.

The rhyme is old, and Jack is old. And so are chien
houses he built years ago. Yet people must have a place
to live, and they are paying any price to get one of Jack~ S|
houses. Jack~s houses should have been torn down years |
ago. People will risk life and limb, along with that of |
their children to get into them, if they can, just to have.
a place to stay: | 1

A local Clabbtliblitik has asked the City Commission |
to appoint a commission to study, or cause to be studied,
the conditions of housing in Flint for the purpose of rec-.
ommending some favorable actions to ease the- present |
housing tensions. We suggest these members of the
committee go and get a good look at some of these houses |
Negroes are forced to live j in. Wesay ~forced~ because |
they have no place else to go to get a decent home with)
out mortgaging their very soul to make a downpayment |
on anything they would not be ashamed of. |

Housing projects have not been built for Negroes. in.
Flint that equal those in Detroit or Chicago, or New York |
Investigations of housing took place in the 30's. What |
happened? You and | know what. happened. |

Government housing has been fought in Wabhington | |
hecause a selfish group of men cannot make enough |
money buying contracts, and because in many instances |
it Would directly benefit colored men. And that, Dixie:

annot stand. Dixie, you know, is not always below _
~tha yet it seems 46 frequent high government circles. |

~We.-are not picking a quarrel with landlords, neither |
-eal estate men, the majority of whom are quite honest.
We make this statement also without tongue in cheek. |

We do condemn, ~however, any municipal, state, or
aational branches of government who will allow it~s citi; |

"ens to be denied the privilege of shelter adequate for |
heir needs, and those of their loved ones. We condemn |
ny group that is able to assist the Negro in obtaining _
Jecent housing, and will not do se because the estan ee! |
cain is not sufficient unto their needs. 3 |

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Why do we condemn these groups? Because we have
seen this housing shortage and conditions with our own
eyes and we KNOW the causes of these shortages and |
conditions. We are going to let the people know now. |

The BRONZE REPORTER does not need a City Com- |
mission, or any other commission to tell it about hous- |
ing shortages. __

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