Bronze Reporter [Volume: 1, Issue: 8]

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tee THE BRONZE REPORTEK

| EDITOR'S NOTE: The
Bronze Reporter repeats the
question it asked on Dec. 26,
1953: Have you seen a colored
bus driver lately?
We repeat this question be| Cause~ we have not seen one.
| Since this question~ was asked,
|many explanations shave been
made as to why ~Negroes are
| mot driving buses. One is, that.
there are no openings at the
present time. Perhaps this is
true. The Bronze Reporter has
the names of several applicants
- who applied when there was a
shortage of drivers, and these
men are still available if the
Transit system will use them.
At press time, the * Bronze
Reporter understands that an
explanation will be made to the
_ Negro of Flint over one of the
_ local radio stations. We,- along
with you, will be listening, but
an explanation will not lull us
to sleep. We want action based
upon an indiscriminate hiring
policy. We shall repeat this
question ~over, and over, and
over again, HAVE YOU SEEN
A COLORED BUS DRIVER
LATELY?

OPEN LETTER TO:

Mr, John Caldwell
Editor in Chief ~
BRONZE REPORTER
' 202 East. 13th Street
Flint, Michigan.

Dear Mr. Caldwell:

We have just read your editorial
of December 26, 1953, dealing
with the employment policies of
the Flint Trolley Coach Company
- in which you relate the obvious abgence of Negro workers as bus operators,

I feel very keenly the fact that
you or anyone on your staff did
nog call Brother Crompton or my
~| Michigan~s lower peninsula.

Letters To The! Editor...

self before: writing your editorial | to continue to practice discrimin
of December 26, 1953. However,
I do not wish to debate that point
with you as the facts in the case
are more important than any individual or individuals and I would
like here to state the facts.

You ask: if certain people were

only giving lip service. My record of working against discrimination in-any form is well known.
I became actve iin the fight against
discrimination in. 1937. My activity from that time until 1948
when I became City Commissioner
is well known by'the people of th*
| City of Flint. Since 1948 my ef'forts are a matter \of public record:
It is unfortunate that you only
recently came to the City of Flint
and was not aware of my long ree

ord in this fight when you wrote:

the article,

~In the case of Flint Trolley

Coach not hiring colored people;|.
timate group that worked fer the

I pointed out this fact to ~the cit--
izens of Flint. in the summer of

1948. and have pointed it out re
peatedly since that time. I pointed it out again in late 1951 and
early 1952 when I sponsored. and
fought for a Fair Employment
Law in the City of Flint.

You state that I am the Direc
tor of the CIO and therefore have
some jurisdiction over the Trolley Coach Workers Union. ~This is
a fact that you could easily have
checked and I regret very\ much
that you didn~t. I am the elected
Director of the United Automiobile Workers Union, which is af-.filiated with the CIO and Region

IC which takes in the center of
The
Trolley Coach workers are members of another union which has
its own officers and its own director and has no connection
with the UAF excepting the fact
that we are both affiliated with
the CIO. -:

You also quesion my position
as a Commissioner and allowing

the city~s transportation system

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ation. It should be noted that
Flint Trolley cach is an independently-owned | firm operating
on a franchise with the City of
Flint. When the franchise renewal for a; ~ten+year period was
placed on the ballot here in late
1947 or early 1948 I campaigned
vigorously against this franchise
both as an individual and as Pres.
ident of Local 651. Later ~as a
City Commissioner, I consistently
voted against the present day-today franchise and against any
fare raises. In fact I have voted
against every issue which came in
front of the commission~ that
would in any. way benefit Flint
Trolley Coach Company. One of
my prime reasons for taking such
a position was their. practice of
discrimination.

I have - joined with every legi
advancement of the colored people and will continue to do so.
In regards to Mr. Crompton:

he has for years been a resident
of the south end of Flint.and.a
very active member of the UAW,
an organization ~that has fought
consistently | against discrimina-:
tion and for equal opportunities
for people of. all| races. -Mr. Crompton came on my staff in the

summer of 1951. and along with

other duties has been charged
with the responsibility of working
with any | group or any individual]
in the never-ending fight for
equal rights,

I.want to welcome to Flint
another newspaper: dedicated to
fight against -discrimination and
fight. for equal opportunities,
both economic and social.

I want to state further that we

will help you in every way possible in this fight. We ask only

| that when speaking about us, you
first check the facts. so that it
\will never again be necessary for

us to defend ourselves against
unfounded allegations,
\ Very truly yours, |
\(s) ROBERT A. CARTER,
Director Region No. IC,
UAW- CIO

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December 18, 1953

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The Bronze Reporter

1901 Lapeer St.
Flint, Michigan.

~Gentlemen:

I was very happy ~to find in my
mail two weeks ago a copy, of
the Bronze \Reporter. I rea
with interest, It would seem that
such a paper would fill a muchneeded place ~in your community:

It is my good pleasure to know
many of the individuals who make
yp the staff, and I feel~ certain
that all of them are producers.
| If it is possible, I should like
to receive additional copies. In
the meantime please know that I
am grateful to you~for the contribution that: you\ are attempting to make toward an improved
Flint Community. |

Very sincerely yours,

(s) ARTHUR W.)\ DAVIS~

WEAR.
AFTER

WHITE
\DARK

Bolden shared

Flint~s Leroy
co-captain honors with end Don:
Katth of Paducah, Kentucky.

Bolden~s election as co-captain
is highly significant in that he is
the- first Negro at MSC to be $0

honored,

Tickets On Sale
For Flint Golden
Gleves Tourney

Tickets are now available, according to ticket chairman W.
Clifford Kehoe, from any member of the Flint Junior Chamber
of Commerce, Mullins Sports, AllSports, the IMA Auditorium box
office and any of the six training headquarters. The. Golden
Gloves Tourney will begin Jan.
28, at the IMA Auditorium. The
Fiint Golden ~Gloves Tourney has

been very popular in the past.

The Jay-cees are-out to assure
the 'tourney~s popularity with the
community. So, to all sports enthusiasts, let~s make a~date to
stand behind this worthy venture
=e make it ~a success,

You Can Keep
Game 60 Days

Sportsmen are reminded that
wild game can be kept in cold
storage only 60 days after the
close of the season in which the

| wildlife was taken, ~the conserva
tion department notes.

After that date, a permit must
be obtained from the local conservation officer that authorizes

keeping the game a longer period. |
it

This means that ~after January
9, anyone with~ pheasant or squirrel meat packed away in a deep
freeze must obtain a permit from
the conservation oo

The world~s largest coal mine~
U.S. Steel's Robena mine in Greene
County, Pa.~last year produced
3,332,872 tons of bituminous coal
from the 8-foot tick oe

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ELLIS ~DUCKETT. CAN ALSP
TAKE A BOW

Ellis can be commended = for
sportsmanship spirit
has been playing unselfishly, He
could have easily sulked and denied-his team tthe best. of his performance, in that his team-mate
Bolden. has been the object of

~much sports copy throughout the ~
very

country. Flint is proud,
proud of.the manner in which
her sons have accounted for
themselves on and off the grid-.

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