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| and} you know what happens. One must remember that
-countries are inhabited by human beings.

is Lec than the angels, while remembering that he has

that is heart-rending.
~treating the Arabs, and the Arabs are doing the same
_ thing to many of the Jewish people.

to look forward to, neither a home, or parents, to look
backward upon.

Alea, so is he.~
As Santa empties his ak undies your tree on Chriei- |

Peet Tws

THE BRONZE REPORTER 4 0.

Saturday, Decenbes 26, 1953

| The Bronze Ripastar

| IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT FLINT, MICHIGAN
Editorial Address ~ 202 E, 13th St. Phone 3-8481

STAFF ie
EDITOR IN CHIEF JOHN W. CALDWELL
EDITOR | MELVIN E.. BANNER
ASSOCIATE EDITOR |,. JOHN GIBSON, Jr.
SOCIETY EDITOR sR eer eany Redeemer eects IRMA M. WILLIAMS

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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,
4 as accurately as is humanly possible.

a | In like manner, it will be a reflection of Negro thoupht 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 and its articles will always uphold the tra
true journalism.

Our staff is composed of men and ~women, very competent
4 in their fields, and with. variable backgrounds which will enable
4 -them to cope with the many problems that one encounters on
~| a newspaper which renders public: service.

| Our main objective is te.be of PUBLIC SERVICE where
ever, a need is felt, and to. that eed we faithfully dedi cate our
selves.
THE STAFR Or tHE BRONZE REPORTER

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Pe. Pa

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-. Peace On Earth...
| Good Will Towards Men

From the Land ~of the Holy Sepulchure comes a tale
It.seems that the Jews are mis
Frem the Far Eastern countries come tales of children
suffering from lack of proper food and adequate shelter,
dying by the thousands because there is no ~Santa Claus~

' From Germany come tales of secathion and another
hocle war in the making. From France comes the story
that |she will ally with Communist Russia if German attempts to re-arm again.

~From Afriea comes whispers of the Mau-Mau society
threatening the life of every white yonee that dares interfere in their way of life.:

North, South, East, West, wherever. you go there
seems to be no peace, nor good will. Why one may well
ask? |

We stand on the very threshold of wondrous things
to make life beautiful, and worthwhile, and healthful;
and{a world of peace. What is preevnting the world
from becoming all of these things?

Well, put ten chickens in a barnyard and watch who
gets! -pecked and who does most of the pecking. Like~wise, put ten cats into a room and see who gets bit and
who does the biting. Put ten human beings in a group

Do we mean to infer that man is- an animal, no we
We do mean to infer that man was created a lit
the capabilities of acting like an animal, or an angel.
Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men will only come when
| Man i is willing for it to come. oT prove this, permit us, to quote from the Good Book. ~As a man thinketh/in his

mas day, think of this, and be grateful that here in America we can say with full meaning, ~~Peace on Earth, Good

_ | Editor

of Editor

| any service for which I am, quali
To The Edi itor

ei 9/53
The Bronze Reporter -
1301 Lapeer St.
Flint, Michigan

Dear Mr. Editor:

I read the Bronze Reporter
Since the second paper. I read
from the second ~paper thru the
lest one. I~m a factory worker
and don~t have any education but
I can drive a bus. It seems to me
that your paper ought to fight
for the rights cf us Colored people.

Just like the Bronze Reporter
helped to break down prejudice
in bowling, why don~t you make
it so us Colored people can drive
busses and do other things?

My best,

Jonah Williams
Editors note: The Bronze Reporter, unfortunately, was not
responsible for the bowling
leagues being opened for Negro
participation. Full credit must
go to the FEPC of Buick Local
599, and the Youth Council of
'the NAACP. Please read edi
torial in~ this current issue.

Does this answer you ques-i

tion?
x

Bronze Reporter
202 E.-13th St.
Flint, Michigan

Dear Sir:

~When they had heard the King,
they departed; and lo, the star,
which théy saw in the East, went
before them, til it came and stood
over where the young child was.
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.~
Matthew 1:9,19~.

see the star in the form of the
BRONZE REPORTER. I for one
am going to follow the star because I have alll faith that it will
lead me from a morass of helpless frustration, and before I die,
I will bask in the sunshine of full
citizenship. I am with you, call
upon me at any time to perform

fied.
Yours truly,
S. A. Nelson

Four hundred decennial oul of
@ombs, rockets and napalm~and
100,000 rounds of 20 mm. ammunition~were delivered against Com| munist targets in Korea by one.
Marine jet fighter plane. This. same
plane later was turned over to the
Navy~and flew an additional 96
missions, Today, it is still operational in the Pacific. ~

family once lived in North and
South America. They were: mastadon, mammoth, columbian and
imperial. Largest was the imperiai,
which grew to a height of 1334 feet..

A recent study disclosed that the
average woman, spends almost six
times more of her husband's earnings than he, himself,-spends. She
buys 62 per cent of all the hardware items; 84 per cent of the
drugs; 98 per cent of groceries;
and 61 per cent of men~s haberSeemeis

| A century ago, America~s entire
output of goods, at present values
was around $7.5 billion. Final figures for 1953 are expected to disclose a world's record of $270 billion. This means that wé have
seven times as many Americans
working little more than half the
time, yet producing about 50: times.
as much.

Approximately. 10,000 persons
earn their living at the Washington,
D.C. National Airport~an employment center big enough ~te support
@ city the size of Boise, Idaho.

Seashore sand at Beppu in Japan
is black, hot to the touch, and
gives off sulphur fumes. Thousands
| of people go there to lie for hours,
| even days, covered by the pulverized voleanie debris, which they

Gentlemen, I see the star. fF

Four members of the elephant | -

Have You Seen A Colored Bus Driver: Lately?
No? Well neither have we. And aigreat many peo
ple in Flint are beginning to wonder why.

diana, cities of comparable size to Flint, but you don~t
see them in Flint. You don~t see them in Flint because
they have not been hired. | New why have they not been
hired?

Is it because they can~t read?) No.
can't spell? No. Is~it because they can~t drive a trolley
bus? No. Well, then just what is the reason > Nae
are not driving city busses? __

The BRONZE REPORTER would like to ae this
question of Mr. Carter and Mr. Earl Crompton. | You
see, both men are directly concerned with the FEP. | Mr.
Carter is the Director for region 1C, and Mr. Crompton
is the International Representative of the FEP committee in Flint, UAW-CIO.

We wonder if real sincerety or lip service is being shown
in this issue. Perhaps an explanation should be given to
the thousands of Negroes who constitute a large majority of the UAW-CIO organization in Flint, as to why
Negroes have not been hired in the city transportation
~system. _

Mr. Crompton i in his latest press td stated that,
Quote,
crimination by the UAW-CIO in industry and within the
Union is an achievement of which to be proud.~ Perhaps we can refresh Mr. Crompton~s memory regarding
the seating of five Labor men on the city commission,
and not a Negro was hired to drive a bus.

It is becoming quite apparent that some one is adopting a policy of the ~theory of limits regarding FEP in
Flint. It is also quite apparent to us that the head of an
organization is responsible for the acts of its subsequent
members, anl to the people who elect them. It is high
time that the sleeping giant, the Negro, awakened and
took under consideration his political power..

It is now more than ever apparent that someone has

workers, and out of the other side to those who believe
the Negro has a definite place in | the econemy of the
country.

Have you seen a epored bus Meivec lately?

By Acther jk Raleeeds | |)
Executive Secretary
Urban League Of Flint |

The most important of all holiday seasons is here and the greeting ~Merry Christmas and a Happy New. Year~? continue to ring]
in our ears,-: Phe greeting ~~~Mer- t
ry Christmas~ would be truly
meaningful and blessed if all of}
us applied the true spirit of}:
~Christmas in our every day lives. |
~A Happy New Year~ would be|
accomplished for most of us if
the remaining instances of second| t
class citizenship were done away)
with completely in 1954. In this}
regard a really ~Happy New Year~
depends largely, on you.

great disservice. ~The problem of
the future is how to live with the

Is it fedaag they.

The CIO is the local bargaining agent for the bus com- |
pany employees and Mr. Carter is the regional director.

During the past year we witnes
freedom and equality for all. To
cite a few, we saw an almost complete end of segregation ~in our
armed forces, a lessening of ~~jim
crowism~ in our nation~s capital,
and, most significant, the involvement of our nation~s Justice
Department and Supreme Court}
in the struggles to end segrega-|
tion in.our public schools. Locally, all of us view with pride the}
recent employment of a Negro
cashier by Kroger~s Supermarket.
1954 could be filled with outstanding changes like those mentioned above provided we set ourselves to the task of bringing them
about, One does not have to be
overintelligent to see that a

Will Toward Men.~ -: MERRY CHRISTMAS

hope will cure their ailments.

sed many gigantic strides toward}

moral ~ is taking place

pen AR EB

change.~

~1954 can be the heitent of
new years, however, only if we
wake up and realize that no one

~is going to do the job for us. The

You can see them in Detroit, in Chicago, in Gary, ie |

~The progress made toward elimination of dis- _

been talking out of one side of their mouth to the Negro.

~

$250 contribution by our local ~

~churches to the NAACP~s fight

for equal educational opportunities was a good start. Your buying of Urban League memberships

| certainly is another way of doing

your part. Probably the part you
tan play best is found: im: your.
answer to this verse: ~If I am not
for myself, who is for me? And

if I am for myself alone, what am

I? And if not now, when?~
Find your answer and - take

your place in the ranks of those ~

fighting for the dominance of the
~true ~Chirstmas spirit
all have a HAPPY NEW YEAR.

and we will -